Category Archives: Local News
HEMPFIELD MAN'S MURDER CONVICTION APPEAL DENIED
A judge has rejected the appeal of a Hempfield man accused of killing his wife. The Tribune-Review reports that Common Pleas Court Judge Rita Hathaway said there was no evidence that 48-year-old David...
Dec 07, 2018
NORTH HUNTINGDON MAN DIES NEXT TO BURNING BARREL
A North Huntingdon man was killed yesterday while burning something in his backyard. The Tribune-Review reports that 88-year-old Thomas J. Scheetz was found with thermal-related injuries next to a bur...
Dec 07, 2018
SITES SETTING UP AROUND WESTMORELAND COUNTY TO RECYCLE CHRISTMAS TREES
While many still have their Christmas trees up, those who have a live tree will be able to recycle them after the holidays are over. The Tribune-Review reports that Westmoreland Cleanways and Recyclin...
Dec 07, 2018
JEANNETTE PASSES PRELIMINARY 2019 BUDGET
Jeannette City Council passed their 2019 preliminary budget earlier this week, with no property tax increases for city residents. The Tribune-Review reports that the budget holds the line on property ...
Dec 06, 2018
MISSING ELDERLY WOMAN IN DELMONT AREA FOUND SAFE
A search overnight for an elderly woman who went missing from a Delmont-area assisted living facility was found hours later at a nearby home. WTAE-TV reports that the woman, identified by police as 84...
Dec 06, 2018
PROPOSED MINI-CASINO DEVELOPERS ESTIMATE ECONOMIC IMPACT TO COUNTY
At yesterday's special meeting in Hempfield, the developers of a proposed mini-casino destined for the former Bon Ton at Westmoreland Mall are touting that the gaming property could deliver an economi...
Dec 06, 2018
POLICE RELEASE MORE INFORMATION ON CARJACKING OUTSIDE HEMPFIELD JAIL
More information was released about the carjacking that took place earlier this week in the Youngwood area. The Tribune-Review reports that the carjacker was identified as 36-year-old Thomas Lee Willi...
Dec 06, 2018
RE-OPENING OF JEANNETTE BRIDGE DELAYED
Construction delays have pushed back the reopening of the North Fourth Street Bridge in Jeannette. The Tribune-Review reports that replacement of the bridge was supposed to wrap up by mid-December, bu...
Dec 06, 2018
TESTIMONY CONTINUES IN HELD TRIAL
Sheriff's department employees were on the stand yesterday for the second day of the public corruption trial of Westmoreland County Sheriff Jonathan Held. The Tribune-Review reports that Sgt. Irvin Sh...
Dec 06, 2018
GEORGE H.W. BUSH HAD SPECIAL CONNECTION WITH HEMPFIELD MAN
As former president George HW Bush is being laid to rest later today in College Station, Texas, word has come out concerning a connection between the 41st president of the United States and a man from...
Dec 06, 2018
