Category Archives: Local News

Pennsylvania's treasurer is offering counties and early education programs $500 million in low-interest loans to hold them over until the state budget impasse comes to an end. Reports say that the int...

Hempfield Township Supervisors approved a 20-acre solar array near the Routes 66 and 30 interchange on Monday. The Trib reports that the site along Everglade Road is expected to generate three megawat...

Officials in Westmoreland County are finalizing plans to furlough some workers in an effort to cut back on costs. Commissioners say as many as 100 county employees could be taken off the job to help d...

The Southmoreland School Board has voted to censure one of its members. The Trib reports that remarks made by Catherine Fike at the September 16th meeting were removed by the board. According to a let...

Two women are facing charges after prostitution raids were carried out in Lower Burrell and Murrysville. The Trib reports that the two local police departments and the Westmoreland County DA's office ...

State police from the Kiski Barracks are looking for a missing Saltsburg woman. Troopers say they were called out last night at 7:18 PM to a home on Loyalhanna Dam Road in Loyalhanna Township. Police ...

Two men who previously pleaded guilty in connection with an Arnold shooting are now changing their minds. Tishan Lowe Jr and Imani Patterson pleaded guilty earlier this year to charges including aggra...

PennDOT closed a portion of Arona Road between Route 30 and Wendel Road in North Huntingdon because of a water main break yesterday afternoon. The Trib reports that the water started to well up in an ...

Two people were hurt in an SUV rollover crash in New Kensington yesterday. The Trib reports that the crash happened around 2:00 PM in the 900 block of McCandless Avenue in front of Gunny's Lounge. One...

A Mt. Pleasant man is facing charges in the death of a Greensburg man this past winter after the two fell through the ice in Maryland. The Trib reports that officers with the Maryland Department of Na...