Category Archives: Local News
TRAPPED PERSON RESCUED AFTER TWO-CAR CRASH NEAR HEMPFIELD SCHOOL
One person had to be rescued from a two-vehicle crash on Route 136 near Hempfield High School. The Tribune-Review reports that the crash happened just before noon on Wednesday. The drivers have not be...
Nov 08, 2018
FORENSIC INVESTIGATORS TESTIFY IN KNIGHT RE-SENTENCING HEARING
Forensic investigators took the stand yesterday during the re-sentencing hearing of Melvin Knight. The Tribune-Review reports that during Wednesday's session, forensic scientist Sarah Keener testified...
Nov 08, 2018
WALLET THEFT AT WESTMORELAND MALL UNDER INVESTIGATION
State Police are investigating a theft at the Westmoreland Mall of someone's wallet. Troopers say that a man lifted a wallet from a woman's purse on Tuesday in the mall's food court and used her credi...
Nov 08, 2018
ONLY ONE ISSUE REPORTED WITH WESTMORELAND COUNTY VOTING MACHINES
Only one problem was reported with voting machines in Westmoreland County. That was in a voting precinct in Irwin. The Tribune-Review reports that a voting machine at First Presbyterian Church was rep...
Nov 07, 2018
WOLF, CASEY RE-ELECTED; RESCHENTHALER WINS NEW DISTRICT SEAT
Governor Tom Wolf and U.S. Senator Bob Casey were re-elected to their respective positions. Both of those races were essentially called by several news organizations right when the polls closed at 8:0...
Nov 07, 2018
EX-COUNTY SHERIFF’S DEPUTY ACCUSED OF SOLICITING SEX FROM TEEN
A former Westmoreland County sheriff's deputy is now accused of asking a 15-year-old girl and her juvenile friend for sex through text messages. The Tribune-Review reports that 38-year-old Bobby Neide...
Nov 07, 2018
HOLOCAUST SURVIVOR SPEAKS AT KRISTALLNACHT COMMEMORATION
A survivor of the Holocaust spoke last night at a service at Seton Hill University. The Tribune-Review reports that last night's service in the St. Joseph Chapel at Seton Hill commemorated the 80th an...
Nov 07, 2018
TESTIMONY CONTINUES IN MELVIN KNIGHT RE-SENTENCING HEARING
Testimony continued yesterday in the Melvin Knight re-sentencing hearing. The Tribune-Review reports that yesterday's testimony included details on the torture and killing of 30-year-old Jennifer Daug...
Nov 07, 2018
TODAY IS ELECTION DAY
Today is election day and the polls open at 7 am and will be open until 8 pm tonight. The major races up for grabs include US Senator, PA Governor and Lieutenant Governor, congressional seats and some...
Nov 06, 2018
SETON HILL UNIVERSITY TO HOLD ANNUAL KRISTALLNACHT OBSERVANCE
Seton Hill University will hold its annual Kristallnacht observance tonight at the university's St. Joseph Chapel, and this year's service comes as the memory of the shooting at the Tree of Life Synag...
Nov 06, 2018
