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MT. PLEASANT STORE OWNER CHARGED WITH SELLING STOLEN GOODS
Police in Mt. Pleasant Township have charged a grocery store owner with selling items that were shoplifted from other area businesses. Police say that over the last three years, 60-year-old Melvin "Be...
Nov 09, 2018
GREENSBURG POLICE SEEKING HIT-AND-RUN TRUCK DRIVER
Greensburg city police are looking for the driver who pulled down a decorative light pole in a hit-and-run crash on Tuesday. Police say that the truck had a long flat-bed trailer and looked like it wa...
Nov 09, 2018
UNITY TOWNSHIP PASSES TENTATIVE BUDGET WITH NO TAX INCREASE
Unity Township Supervisors met last night and passed a tentative budget without a tax increase. The Tribune-Review reports that the budget will hold the line on taxes while balancing out at $5.9 milli...
Nov 09, 2018
DAUGHERTY TESTIFIES IN KNIGHT RE-SENTENCING HEARING
One of the six people convicted of the torture-murder of Jennifer Daugherty back in February of 2010 testified yesterday in the re-sentencing hearing of Melvin Knight, who was convicted of that same c...
Nov 09, 2018
MURRYSVILLE LOOKS TO REDUCE POLICE OVERTIME
Murrysville officials are taking steps to try and reduce the amount of overtime their police forces are racking up. The Tribune-Review reports that this year so far, the department has incurred about ...
Nov 09, 2018
TWO PEOPLE INJURED IN HEMPFIELD TOWNSHIP CAR CRASH
Two people were injured last night in a crash on Baltzer Meyer Pike in Hempfield Township. Westmoreland County 911 reports that the crash was reported shortly after 9 PM in the 500 block of Baltzer Me...
Nov 08, 2018
DRIVER FALLS ASLEEP ON ROUTE 30, CRASHES INTO CAR DEALERSHIP
A driver in Greensburg fell asleep behind the wheel of his car and crashed into a car dealership. WTAE-TV reports the crash happened just before 3:30 at the Sendell Mitsubishi dealership on Route 30. ...
Nov 08, 2018
SHOOTING AT CALIFORNIA BAR LEAVES AT LEAST 13 DEAD
At least 13 people are dead in a shooting that happened outside a bar in California. Police on the scene at the Borderline Bar and Grill in Thousand Oaks, California say that the suspected gunman is a...
Nov 08, 2018
TRAFFIC VIOLATION LEADS TO DRUG ARREST FOR GREENSBURG WOMAN
State Police in Greensburg have charged a woman with marijuana possession after they pulled her over on a traffic violation. Troopers say that 32-year-old Ashley Brawley of Greensburg was stopped on R...
Nov 08, 2018
VANDERGRIFT FIREFIGHTER LOSES HOME TO FIRE
A firefighter from Vandergrift lost his home to fire Wednesday morning. KDKA-TV reports that Rick Hooks found out that his home was on fire and he beat firefighters to the scene to help them out, but ...
Nov 08, 2018
