Category Archives: Local News
TWO PETS RESCUED FROM BURNING HOME IN GREENSBURG
Two pets were rescued from a burning home in Greensburg on Wednesday. The Tribune-Review reports that the fire was reported just after 2:30 PM at the two-story home on Jefferson Avenue. Both the dog a...
Mar 07, 2019
IRMC DOCTORS COMPLETE FIRST ROBOT-ASSISTED GYNECOLOGIC SURGERY
Doctors at the Indiana Regional Medical Center has completed their first robotic-assisted gynecologic surgery. In a news release from IRMC, the operation was done by Dr. Tracey Gemmell, an Indiana Cou...
Mar 07, 2019
THREE PEOPLE STABBED IN NORTH BELLE VERNON BAR
Authorities are investigating a stabbing that stemmed from a bar fight in Westmoreland County. WTAE-TV reports that the fight happened at the "Just a Tavern" bar in North Belle Vernon. Two men and a w...
Mar 07, 2019
DEADLINE EXTENDED FOR DEVELOPMENT PROPOSALS ON DOWNTOWN GREENSBURG HOTEL
Developers who want to submit proposals for a downtown Greensburg hotel were given an extension until the end of the month. The Tribune-Review reports that The Greensburg Community Development Corpora...
Mar 06, 2019
WESTMORELAND COUNTY TOWNSHIPS TO MEET IN MAY
A convention of Westmoreland County's 18 second-class townships will be held soon. The annual meeting of the townships will be held on May 8th at the Stratigos Banquet Centre. The Tribune-Review repor...
Mar 06, 2019
DEMOCRAT ANNOUNCES CANDIDACY FOR WESTMORELAND COUNTY REGISTER OF WILLS
An office and estate administration coordinator with a Greensburg law office has announced her intent to run for the Register of Wills office. The Tribune-Review reports that Susan Vosefski is seeking...
Mar 06, 2019
FORMER STRIP CLUB EMPLOYEE CHARGED WITH THEFT IN SALEM TOWNSHIP
A former employee of a strip club in Salem Township is charged with stealing $905 from the business late last year. State Police say 44-year-old David Zaremba was charged after an investigation that w...
Mar 06, 2019
GREENSBURG WOMAN ACCUSED OF LEAVING INFANT, TODDLER HOME ALONE
Greensburg police accuse a 23-year-old woman for leaving a one-year-old and a two-year-old child home alone in a crib last week. Police say they were called on February 27th by a neighbor who said she...
Mar 06, 2019
HEMPFIELD DOCTOR PLEADS NO CONTEST IN OVERDOSE DEATH OF PATIENT
A doctor from Hempfield entered a plea of no contest in the overdose death of one of his patients. The Tribune-Review reports that 80-year-old Dr. Egar Peske entered the plea to charges of drug delive...
Mar 06, 2019
THREE PEOPLE ARRESTED IN GREENSBURG RELATED TO OVERDOSE DEATH, FOURTH PERSON SOUGHT
Police in Greensburg yesterday arrested three people on charges related to an overdose death in January, while a fourth person remains at large. Police say they arrested 33-year-old Andrew Hohn and 39...
Mar 06, 2019
