Category Archives: Local News
MAJOR WATER, SEWER LINE RELOCATION PROJECT SLATED FOR YOUNGWOOD AREA
A large water and sewer line relocation project will get underway next year. The Tribune-Review reports that the lines will be moved as part of an upcoming PennDOT project on Route 119 to repair and r...
Mar 11, 2019
ENVIRONMENTALISTS DEMAND MAWC ORDER HALT TO BEAVER RUN RESERVOIR DRILLING
A group of environmentalists are demanding the Municipal Authority of Westmoreland County board members to order a halt to deep well gas drilling at the Beaver Run Reservoir in Washington and Bell Tow...
Mar 11, 2019
YOUNGWOOD TOY STORE SHED FIRE RULED ARSON
State Police fire marshals have ruled the fire that broke out in a shed beside a toy store in Youngwood was intentionally set. Marshals say the fire started in a shed that was up against Gene and Troy...
Mar 11, 2019
GUN GOES OFF IN GREENSBURG TAX OFFICE
No one was hurt when a gun went off in a tax law office in Greensburg. The Tribune-Review reports that 59-year-old Jeffrey Burzawa now faces charges of reckless endangerment and discharging a firearm ...
Mar 11, 2019
HEMPFIELD WOMAN ACCUSED OF SHARING CHILD PORN TO BE RELEASED FROM JAIL
A Hempfield woman charged with sending a video that depicts a woman having sex with a five-year-old boy is now released from prison. The Tribune-Review reports that on Friday, Judge Christopher Felici...
Mar 11, 2019
TWO PEOPLE INJURED IN MOTORCYCLE CRASH IN HEMPFIELD AREA
A motorcycle crash in the Hempfield area injured two people on Sunday. The Tribune-Review reports that the crash was on Eisaman Road and was reported around 2:15 PM. Westmoreland County 911 reports th...
Mar 11, 2019
ROBBERY AT GREENSBURG GAS STATION ON WEST OTTERMAN STREET
Greensburg City Police are investigating a robbery that happened at a gas station on West Otterman Street. Few details are available from police on the robbery itself, but police are still looking for...
Mar 11, 2019
YOUNGWOOD TOY STORE DAMAGED BY FIRE
Westmoreland County fire crews in the Youngwood area were able to put out a fire at a toy store on Thursday night. According to the Tribune-Review, the fire destroyed a storage shed adjacent to Gene a...
Mar 08, 2019
FIRE DAMAGES EAST HUNTINGDON TOWNSHIP HOUSE
Fire crews were busy with a fire that burned a portion of a home in East Huntingdon Township. The Tribune-Review reports that a neighbor saw smoke and flames on the second floor of the house off Water...
Mar 08, 2019
PENNSYLVANIA LAWMAKER PROPOSES ELIMINATING DAYLIGHT SAVINGS TIME
This weekend is the weekend Daylight Saving Time begins, meaning that on Sunday, you need to put your clock forward one hour. But there are some state representatives that are trying to eliminate Dayl...
Mar 08, 2019
