Category Archives: Local News
WOLF GIVES BUDGET PROPOSAL ADDRESS TO LEGISLATURE
More money for schools, better worker training and new voting machines are all part of Governor Tom Wolf's budget proposal. The governor spelled out the requests in his annual budget address before th...
Feb 06, 2019
NORTH HUNTINGDON PLANNING COMMISSION TO DECIDE SOON ON CHURCH'S BUILDING PLANS
The North Huntingdon Planning Commission will hand down a decision next month on a plan by St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Church to build a new 3,500-foot administration building adjacent to the church on Le...
Feb 06, 2019
NORWIN HIGH SCHOOL TO HOLD SPECIAL MEETING FOR PARENTS ON EIGHTH GRADER SCHEDULING
Eighth graders and their parents in the Norwin School District can get the lowdown on high school scheduling at a special meeting on February 13th at 6:30 in the high school auditorium. Guidance couns...
Feb 06, 2019
CNX RESOURCES SAYS UTICA SHALE GAS WELL CONTAINED
CNX Resources says they have contained that Utica Shale gas well that suffered a significant pressure drop last week. The pressure drop apparently affected several other nearby conventional gas wells,...
Feb 06, 2019
DOWNTOWN JEANNETTE TO HAVE AMPHITHEATER BY THIS SUMMER
Construction should be completed this summer on an amphitheater in downtown Jeannette. The Tribune Review reports that the $170,000 project will be located on a city-owned vacant lot at the corner of ...
Feb 06, 2019
CORONER RULES NATURAL CAUSES IN WESTMORELAND COUNTY PRISON INMATE'S DEATH
Westmoreland County Coroner Kenneth Bacha said a woman who died at the Westmoreland County Prison back in November died from natural causes. The Tribune-Review reports that 35-year-old Ashlee Jackson ...
Feb 05, 2019
MAWC REQUESTING MORE WATER SAMPLES FROM BEAVER RUN RESERVOIR IN CONNECTION WITH PRESSURE ANOMALY
The Municipal Authority of Westmoreland County are asking for further water samples from the Beaver Run Reservoir. The Tribune-Review reports that a natural gas well near the reservoir recently lost p...
Feb 05, 2019
CREDIT CARDS STOLEN AT PANERA BREAD IN HEMPFIELD TOWNSHIP
State Troopers are looking for two individuals who allegedly stole credit cards and used them on a shopping spree. KDKA-TV reports that the theft happened at the Panera Bread Restaurant in Hempfield T...
Feb 05, 2019
HEMPFIELD CONSULTANT TO SEEK REPUBLICAN NOMINATION FOR COUNTY COMMISSIONER
A Hempfield consultant has announced his intention to run for the GOP nomination for county commissioner. The Tribune-Review reports that 48-year-old Doug Chew made the announcement on Monday. Chew is...
Feb 05, 2019
WATKINS NAMED NEW DEAN OF SAINT VINCENT COLLEGE
Saint Vincent College has named a new dean. The Tribune-Review reports that Margaret Watkins was named the new dean of the school. Watkins has served as the interim dean, and was named a professor las...
Feb 05, 2019
