Category Archives: Local News
STATE DOG WARDENS TO BEGIN CHECKING FOR UNLICENSED, UNVACCINATED DOGS IN WESTMORELAND COUNTY
Starting today, state dog wardens will be checking for unlicensed and unvaccinated dogs in the county. The Tribune-Review reports that the Department of Agriculture's Bureau of Dog Law Enforcement Off...
Apr 08, 2019
GREATER GREENSBURG SEWAGE AUTHORITY COULD BE SOLD TO MAWC
The Greater Greensburg Sewage Authority is warning its customers of a possible sale of the authority to the Municipal Authority of Westmoreland County. The notice came as part of the latest round of b...
Apr 08, 2019
LATROBE MAN DIES FROM MOTORCYCLE CRASH SATURDAY IN UNITY
A Latrobe man passed away in a motorcycle crash on Saturday in Unity. State Troopers say that 60-year-old Mark Gerard Gruss was driving his motorcycle on St. Vincent Drive near Winnie Palmer Drive Nat...
Apr 08, 2019
IRWIN MALE CHORUS TO BE FEATURED ON WESTMORELAND COMMUNITY CONNECTIONS
This week on Westmoreland Community Connections, sponsored by St. Anne Home, Chad Amond will talk with Forrest Moore and George Muentzer, both of them with Irwin Male Chorus, about the state of the ch...
Apr 05, 2019
COUNTY COMMISSIONERS APPROVE FINE PAYMENT ON INCIDENT AT NURSING HOME
Westmoreland County Commissioners approved paying fines totaling $75,000 concerning a fall at a county-owned nursing home. The Tribune-Review reports that the state and federal fines came from an inci...
Apr 05, 2019
WESTMORELAND COUNTY APPROVES SPENDING FOR COUNTY PARK IMPROVEMENTS
Westmoreland County Commissioners have approved spending over a half-million dollars to improve the county's parks. The Tribune-Review reports that the commissioners approved an annual tourism plan th...
Apr 05, 2019
MISSING NEW KENSINGTON GIRL FOUND SAFE
A girl missing from New Kensington has been found safe. KDKA-TV reports that 13-year-old Patience Johnson had not been seen since Monday. Police in New Kensington, on Twitter just before 4:00 PM on Th...
Apr 05, 2019
MAN SCAMMED WHEN BUYING KISS CONCERT TICKETS
Police are investigating a case where a man was scammed out of $375 when he thought he was buying tickets to the KISS concert on Saturday. State Police say that the unidentified victim bought three $1...
Apr 05, 2019
DERRY WOMAN ARRESTED ON CHILD PORNOGRAPHY CHARGES
On Thursday, a Derry woman was arraigned on charges of child pornography. The Tribune-Review reports that 32-year-old Tiffany Beeman had videos on her cellphone of her in sexually explicit positions w...
Apr 05, 2019
MURRYSVILLE MASSAGE PARLOR LICENSE SUSPENDED IN WAKE OF PROSTITUTION ARREST
One of the massage parlors involved in a human trafficking and prostitution ring has had its license suspended. The Tribune-Review reports that Murrysville council suspended the license for the Tokyo ...
Apr 05, 2019
