Category Archives: Local News

All Joann Fabrics locations are being closed after the fabric and craft store chain was auctioned off to new owners in bankruptcy court. Originally about 500 of the 800 locations were going to be clos...

Plans are on course to double the number of teens that are housed at the Regional Youth Services Center in Hempfield. The Trib reports that the Westmoreland County juvenile detention board said that o...

The Burrell Unified Bocce Team was given a hero's send off as they made their way to North Allegheny High School for a playoff match. The Trib reports that the the bus carrying the team was escorted b...

A businessman says that he would like to see changes to the release of prisoners at the county jail for safety reasons. The Trib reports that at Monday's Prison Board meeting, John Boettger who owns a...

A Greensburg man died over the weekend after his side-by-side vehicle went through the ice at Deep Creek Lake in Maryland. The Trib reports that 58-year-old David Linsenbigler was found submerged Satu...

A home was destroyed by fire in Delmont this morning. First responders were called out around 2:30 this morning for the fire at a home Manorfield Circle. The home was destroyed and smoke damage was re...

Pennsylvania authorities say the man who held staff at a Pittsburgh hospital at gunpoint before killing a police officer had visited that hospital before the shooting. Police in York County say 49-yea...

Officials in Lower Burrell are inviting residents to apply for their citizen police academy. The course will consist of weekly meetings and is scheduled to start on March sixth. Participants age 18 an...

A revival of the Ligonier Beach resort is in the works, but without its well-known swimming pool. The resort first opened 100 years ago as Ligonier Valley Bathing Beach and Dean Martin reportedly sang...

Hempfield Township supervisors are expected to vote this evening on a management takeover of the Midway-Saint Clair Fire Department. If the proposal is approved, the township would take ownership of t...