Category Archives: Local News
VETERANS’ DAY OBSERVED TODAY
Today is the federal observance of Veterans' Day. It comes on a Monday this year due to the fact that the 11th falls on a Sunday. As such, there are several closures in effect today. All federal, stat...
Nov 12, 2018
LAWYER: BRIDGEPORT STORE OWNER’S MILLIONS CAME FROM CHECK-CASHING
The attorney for a store owner accused of selling stolen merchandise is saying that the massive amounts of deposited money that were shown in a forensic analysis of bank accounts were actually checks ...
Nov 12, 2018
COURT RULES IN FAVOR OF PENN TOWNSHIP FRACKING DEVELOPMENT
Commonwealth Court has ruled that development of four Penn Township fracking sites can continue as scheduled. The Tribune-Review reports that Protect PT, an advocacy group that had appealed the Penn T...
Nov 12, 2018
GRANT MONEY AWARDED FOR PORTION OF LOYALHANNA TRAIL
The State Department of Conservation and Natural Resources has awarded $500,000 in grant money for a portion of the Loyalhanna Trail. The Tribune-Review reports that the money will be used to build a ...
Nov 12, 2018
MT. PLEASANT TEACHERS TO SUPPORT NEGOTIATIONS AT BOARD MEETING
Mt. Pleasant teachers are expected to show up to tonight's meeting of the school board to try to show support for progress in the ongoing negotiations between the teachers union and the district. The ...
Nov 12, 2018
SUSPECT SOUGHT IN DONEGAL TOWNSHIP BANK ROBBERY
State Police are still looking for information on a person who robbed a bank in Donegal Township. Troopers say that the suspect went into the PNC Bank on Route 31 and demanded money from a teller. Whi...
Nov 12, 2018
WEST OVERTON VILLAGE GUESTS ON WESTMORELAND COMMUNITY CONNECTIONS
This week on Westmoreland Community Connections, our host Chad Amond of the Westmoreland Chamber of Commerce will talk with Aleasha Monroe and Aaron Hollis with West Overton Village as they get ready ...
Nov 09, 2018
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
