Category Archives: Local News
PENN TOWNSHIP ASKS DRIVERS TO AVOID PAINTERTOWN ROAD
Penn Township's department of public works is requesting that drivers avoid using Paintertown Road as part of the street now has a large crack in it from ground subsidence. KDKA-TV reports that the cr...
Jan 25, 2019
HEMPFIELD STUDENT ACCUSED OF USING SOCIAL MEDIA TO THREATEN STUDENTS
A student from Hempfield High School will face charges after allegedly using social media to threaten students. According to a letter posted to the school's Web site by Principal Kathleen Charlton, th...
Jan 25, 2019
WARNINGS ISSUED AFTER HEMPFIELD MAN SCAMMED
State Police and a sweepstakes company are warning people of a scam that has hit the area and has caused a Hempfield man to lose $15,000 from his bank account. Troopers say that they were called out e...
Jan 24, 2019
GREENSBURG STATE TROOPER ARRESTED AFTER DOMESTIC INCIDENT IN PLUM
A State Trooper from the Greensburg Barracks was suspended without pay after he was arrested and charged with threatening his wife with a handgun. The Tribune-Review reports that 32-year-old Scott Man...
Jan 24, 2019
ENGINEER TO LOOK AT DAMAGE DONE BY TRUCK TO DERRY TOWNSHIP HOME
A structural engineer is being brought in to assess the damage done to a Derry Township home that was run into by a pickup truck on Monday. The Tribune-Review reports that the home of Jesse Noel on Li...
Jan 24, 2019
SOMEONE STEALS STEEL NEAR BIG LOTS IN MT. PLEASANT
State Police are investigating a theft near the Big Lots in Mt. Pleasant. Troopers say that in the overnight hours of January 15th and 16th, someone stole 15 pieces of steel that were in a constructio...
Jan 24, 2019
RUFFSDALE MAN PLEADS GUILTY TO DRUNK DRIVING IN CONNECTION WITH EAST HUNTINGDON CRASH
A Ruffsdale man has pleaded guilty to drunk driving and two counts of causing a crash resulting in injuries in connection with a crash along the railroad tracks in East Huntingdon. The Tribune-Review ...
Jan 24, 2019
HEMPFIELD MAN CHARGED WITH INDECENT EXPOSURE FROM AUGUST INCIDENT
State police have charged a Hempfield man with indecent exposure for an incident in August. Troopers say 33-year-old Paul Montella recognized himself on surveillance footage of the incident released i...
Jan 24, 2019
DRAVOSBURG WOMAN'S REMAINS FOUND, ARREST MADE
An arrest has been made in connection with the disappearance of 46-year-old Heather Short of Dravosburg, whose remains were found in Sewickley Township. WTAE-TV reports that Short's remains were found...
Jan 24, 2019
GREATER LATROBE TO NOT INCREASE TAXES ABOVE 2.36 MILS
Greater Latrobe School District said they will not increase taxes above 2.36 mils for the 2019-2020 school year. The Tribune-Review reports that the number comes from the state-mandated act 1 index. O...
Jan 23, 2019
