Category Archives: Local News

NO TAXES RAISED IN APPROVED 2019 WESTMORELAND COUNTY BUDGET
Westmoreland County Commissioners have approved the county's budget for the next year without raising taxes. The Tribune-Review reports that the budget expenditures will top out at $348 million and ke...
John Smathers Dec 21, 2018

FORMER SOUTH GREENSBURG SECRETARY TO BE TRIED ON MULTIPLE CHARGES INVOLVING EMBEZZLEMENT
A former South Greensburg secretary will face trial on charges of money laundering, theft, receiving stolen property and perjury concerning where he got the money for his restitution in a separate cas...
John Smathers Dec 21, 2018

WESTMORELAND COUNTY DA NOT TO PROSECUTE BONAFED FOR ALLEGED SEX ABUSE
Westmoreland County District Attorney John Peck announced yesterday that he will not prosecute the Reverend Joseph Bonafed for alleged sexual abuse. The Tribune-Review reports that the reason for that...
John Smathers Dec 21, 2018

HEMPFIELD HOUSE FIRE CLAIMS ONE LIFE
One person has died in a house fire in Hempfield Township. WTAE-TV Reports that the fire was reported at a home on Courtview Drive near the Hannastown Golf Club around 9:00 last night. During the fire...
John Smathers Dec 21, 2018

GREATER LATROBE SCHOOL DISTRICT BILLED TO CORRECT STORM DRAINAGE PROBLEM
Greater Latrobe School District is looking at a repair bill of $44,625 to correct storm drainage problems at their old elementary school. The Tribune-Review reports that a storm line from the building...
John Smathers Dec 20, 2018

NORTH HUNTINGDON COMMISSIONERS APPROVE SETTLEMENT WITH OFFICERS
North Huntingdon commissioners approved settling with two officers who sued them over lost pay from military duty. The Tribune-Review reports that the commissioners voted, 4-3, to pay an $86,000 settl...
John Smathers Dec 20, 2018
FOUR GREENSBURG-SALEM FEMALE STUDENTS CITED, SUSPENDED FOR CAFETERIA FIGHT
Four girls at Greensburg-Salem High School were cited with disorderly conduct after a fight on Monday in the high school cafeteria. The Tribune-Review reports that the girls ranged in age from 14 to 1...
John Smathers Dec 20, 2018

SALEM TOWNSHIP MAN EXPECTED TO PLEAD GUILTY TO RAMMING GREENSBURG POLICE CAR
A Salem Township man expected to plead guilty next month to allegedly ramming a Greensburg Borough Police car now faces charges of selling drugs out of his home. The Tribune-Review reports that 52-yea...
John Smathers Dec 20, 2018

KRINOCK SENTENCED FOR ROLE IN ROBBERY, MURDER OF PITTSBURGH-AREA DRUG DEALER
One of the men involved in the death of Daniel McNerny in 2016 was sentenced yesterday. The Tribune-Review reports that 20-year-old Austin Krinock was sentenced to serve at least 34 years in prison fo...
John Smathers Dec 20, 2018

ROUTE 981 TRAFFIC IMPACTED BY MOTORCYCLE CRASH WEDNESDAY NIGHT
A portion of Route 981 was closed last night as emergency crews were tending to a one-vehicle crash. The Tribune-Review reports that an unknown driver crashed his motorcycle on Route 981 near Trauger ...
John Smathers Dec 20, 2018