Category Archives: Local News
MONROEVILLE STREET CLOSED TEMPORARILY FOR CRASH CLEANUP
Mosside Boulevard in Monroeville is expected to be shut down until 8 or 9 AM today as crews continue cleanup from a crash overnight. WTAE-TV reports that a tractor-trailer had crashed into a utility p...
May 03, 2019
WANTED LATROBE MAN FOUND IN TENT IN UNITY TOWNSHIP
A search for a 29-year-old Latrobe man who was wanted for failure to comply with court-mandated drug tests for his probation led the Westmoreland County Sheriffs to a tent in Unity Township. The Tribu...
May 03, 2019
NORWIN CHANGES GRADUATION DRESS CODE
Norwin school officials have backed down on a long-standing graduation dress code for girls. As we reported yesterday, senior Heather Kozak made a request to the school board to wear pants to graduati...
May 03, 2019
MT. PLEASANT MAN ARRESTED IN CONNECTION WITH PEDESTRIAN DEATH IN SOUTH GREENSBURG
A man from Mt. Pleasant is under arrest in connection with an investigation into a collision last month in South Greensburg between a car and a pedestrian that killed the pedestrian. The Tribune-Revie...
May 03, 2019
FORMER FLORIDA UNIVERSITY DEAN BECOMES PRESIDENT AT PITT-GREENSBURG
A former dean at Florida Gulf Coast University has accepted the position of president of the Pitt-Greensburg campus. The Tribune-Review reports that Robert G. Gregerson will start as the branch campus...
May 02, 2019
FIRE DAMAGES DERRY HOME
Several fire departments were called out late last night to a fire at a home in Derry Borough. WTAE-TV reports that the call went out at 11:55 PM Wednesday for the fire at 111 Walters Street. Initial ...
May 02, 2019
REWARD OFFERED IN SEARCH FOR DRIVER WHO KILLED PEDESTRIAN OUTSIDE SOUTH GREENSBURG RESTAURANT
The owner of a South Greensburg restaurant wants to offer a reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the person responsible for hitting a pedestrian outside the establishment two...
May 02, 2019
NORWIN HIGH SCHOOL PERMITS FEMALE SENIOR TO WEAR SLACKS FOR GRADUATION CEREMONY
A senior at the Norwin High School is fighting a dress code policy that is a part of the district's graduation. KDKA-TV reports that 18-year-old Hannah Kozak received a letter dictating that girls wer...
May 02, 2019
OIL SPILLED INTO YOUGHIOGHENY RIVER TRIBUTARY
The PA Fish and Boat Commission said that about 20 gallons of oil spilled into a tributary of the Youghiogheny River. The Tribune-Review reports that the oil came from a heating oil tank that was thou...
May 02, 2019
LOOSE COWS ROAMING MURRYSVILLE
The search continues for some black Angus cows roaming through south Murrysville. The Tribune-Review reports that photos on Facebook first posted on April 26th showed that a herd of cattle was on Scho...
May 02, 2019
