Category Archives: Local News

New ownership is taking over the Monroeville Mall. This past Friday, the previous owners announced the property sold for 34-million dollars. The buyer has not yet been disclosed. The mall was initiall...

A Greyhound bus crashed in Fairfield Township Sunday night. WPXI-TV reports that Route 271 was closed completely between Rachaelwood Drive and the Westmoreland County line. A spokesperson from Greyhou...

A proposed solar project at what will be the Hempfield Emergency Management headquarters was put on hold after concerns over a federal funding freeze for clean energy projects would be frozen due to t...

A Massachusetts man is accused of posing as a police officer while reportedly trying to scam residents in Hempfield Township. State police were initially called to a home on Crows Nest Road around 10 ...

A Donegal man faces multiple counts of insurance fraud and theft. The Trib reports that 45-year-old Walter Smith is accused of scamming two insurance companies on seperate occasions with false claims ...

Join host Jennifer Miele for HEART MATTERS, a special series during February's Heart Awareness Month. She interviews Dr. Hiro Tsukui, head of Heart Surgery for Independence Health System. He talks abo...

A Jeannette man was sentenced to up to nine years in state prison for drug-related offenses. The Trib reports that 35-year-old Larry Frederick was sentenced this week. He was found guilty of nine coun...

While the warm weather is nice after the recent cold snap, it also brings with it its own weather problems. The National Weather Service has issued a flood watch for Westmoreland County through 1:00 P...

A man who pleaded guilty in the murder of a woman at a Monroeville hotel is headed to prison. Forty-year-old Matthew Gribschaw of Irwin killed 49-year-old Rochella Anderson on New Year's Day of 2022 a...

Westmoreland County Prosecutors say a long-lasting hostility between a New Florence woman and her mother provided the motive in her killing in late 2023. The Trib reports that 50-year-old Melissa Fox-...