Category Archives: Local News
TWO VANDERGRIFT PEOPLE CHARGED WITH USING ANOTHER'S HOME AS METH LAB
Two people charged with operating a meth lab out of someone else's home have pleaded guilty to lesser charges. KDKA-TV reports that Tia Klazon and Kiel Freeman, both from the Vandergrift area, were br...
Jan 04, 2019
HEMPFIELD CYCLIST ACCUSED OF VIOLATING PROBATION
A man who has served time in prison for repeatedly obstructing traffic on Westmoreland County roads by riding his bicycle is facing charges once again. The Tribune-Review reports that 59-year-old Davi...
Jan 04, 2019
GREENSBURG WOMAN SENTENCED ON SEX TRAFFICKING CHARGES
A woman from Greensburg will spend up to 20 years in state prison on sex trafficking charges. The Tribune-Review reports that Rebecca Shadle was sentenced Thursday for a guilty plea in September to tr...
Jan 04, 2019
LANDSLIDE REDUCES TRAFFIC ON STRETCH OF ROAD IN SEWICKLEY TOWNSHIP
Traffic on a portion of Guffey Road in Sewickley Township was reduced to one lane due to a landslide last night. PennDOT announced that the area affected is between Turner Valley and Mickanin Roads. T...
Jan 04, 2019
FIREFIGHTERS CALLED OUT TO MONESSEN HOUSE FIRE
Firefighters in Monessen were busy with a house fire last night. The Tribune-Review reports that the fire was at the intersection of Graham Avenue and Dunlap Street and was called in before 10:20 PM. ...
Jan 04, 2019
FORMER HEMPFIELD STUDENT SENTENCED FOR WEAPONS VIOLATION ON SCHOOL PROPERTY
A former Hempfield Area school student has been sentenced to three years probation after police found 16 weapons in his car which was parked at the high school last March. 18 year old Rocco Valore fro...
Jan 03, 2019
ARNOLD MAN CHARGED AFTER CRASHING CAR INTO NEW KENSINGTON SUBWAY
He crashed his car into a Subway restaurant in New Kensington last month and now Brandon Jackson of Arnold has been charged with reckless driving and failing to report an accident to police. New Kensi...
Jan 03, 2019
POLICE LOOKING FOR LATROBE MAN ACCUSED OF THEFT, FRAUD
Greensburg Police are looking for a Latrobe man who, they say, took $2,000 for partial payment for a roof repair project that was never done. Sean Hurley is charged with theft by deception and home im...
Jan 03, 2019
SMITHTON MAN ARRESTED FOR STEALING JEEP IN WILKINS TOWNSHIP
A Smithton man apparently went for a joyride in a stolen Jeep last month, a ride that has landed him in jail. The Tribune Review reports Frank Porter was charged with a host of offenses following the ...
Jan 03, 2019
SALEM TOWNSHIP MAN CHARGED AFTER BASEBALL BAT ATTACK IN HEMPFIELD
A Salem Township man didn't exactly bring in the new year in a good way. Adam Daniels was jailed after, police say, he used a baseball bat to hit two people at a New Years Eve Party in Hempfield. Stat...
Jan 03, 2019
