Category Archives: Local News
PITT-GREENSBURG STUDENT HIT BY VEHICLE IN HEMPFIELD
A Pitt-Greensburg student is in the hospital after a car hit her near the entrance to the campus in Hempfield. The Trib reports that the student was hit at the intersection of Mt. Pleasant Road and Un...
Nov 15, 2023
DERRY TOWNSHIP COUPLE ACCUSED OF ASSAULTING TEEN BOY
Charges have been filed against a Westmoreland County couple accused of assaulting a teenage boy to the point of permanent disfigurement. State police, acting on a tip, went to the Derry Township home...
Nov 14, 2023
TRIAL UNDERWAY FOR MAN ACCUSED OF KILLING APOLLO WOMAN
The trial of a man who killed an Apollo woman last year at a storage facility in Lower Burrell got underway yesterday. The Trib reports that Alfred Steele is on trial for allegedly shooting and killin...
Nov 14, 2023
WESTMORELAND SANITARY LANDFILL IN ROSTRAVER FINED FOR BREAKING STATE RULES
The Westmoreland Sanitary Landfill in Rostraver was fined over $60,000 by the state Department of Environmental Protection after breaking several state rules. The Trib reports that the DEP fined the l...
Nov 14, 2023
TWO ARRESTED AFTER SHOTS FIRED IN ST. CLAIR TOWNSHIP IN WESTMORELAND COUNTY
A Bolivar man escaped injury after shots were fired during a domestic dispute at their home in St. Clair. The Trib reports that the incident happened around noon on Sunday as Justin McDowell went to h...
Nov 14, 2023
DRUG DELIVERY CHARGES THROWN OUT AGAINST SOUTHWEST GREENSBURG WOMAN
Charges of drug delivery resulting in death against a Southwest Greensburg woman were dismissed in court on Monday. The Trib reports that the criminal charges filed against Jennifer Lynn Gartland were...
Nov 14, 2023
FORMER EAST HUNTINGDON MAN SENTENCED FOR IMPROPER CONTACT WITH BOY
A former East Huntingdon man was sentenced to serve up to seven years in prison for improper sexual contact with a nine-year-old boy over an 18 month period that ended in December of 2017. The Trib re...
Nov 14, 2023
IDENTITY OF WOMAN FOUND DEAD IN NEW STANTON POND RELEASED
The Westmoreland County Coroner's Office has released the identity of the woman who was found dead in a pond in New Stanton last week. The Trib reports that 34-year-old Kele Diane Townshend was found ...
Nov 14, 2023
THREE-VEHICLE CRASH IN EAST HUNTINGDON INVOLVES SCHOOL VAN
A three-vehicle crash this morning in East Huntingdon involved a school van. The Trib reports that the crash was reported around 8:50 AM near Tender Care Pediatric Dentistry and the Country Pie Shoppe...
Nov 13, 2023
PLUM NEIGHBORHOOD RATED WITH INADEQUATE FIRE HYDRANT SYSTEM
Emergency officials say that the fire hydrant system in the Rustic Ridge neighborhood of Plum was not adequate enough to fight a single fully-engulfed house fire. The Trib reports that the summation c...
Nov 13, 2023
