Category Archives: Local News

State police will once again take part in an effort to keep work zones on the PA turnpike safe. The Trib reports that "Operation Orange Squeeze" is a joint operation of the state police and the turnpi...

A Monessen man was sentenced on Friday for a stabbing that happened in 2023. The Trib reports that 62-year-old Robert Varner was ordered to serve a mandatory 2-4 year prison sentence and five years of...

Officials in Hempfield are reallocating $7.5 million in surplus funds after higher than expected revenues over the past few years. The Trib reports that at a recent meeting, township supervisors appro...

State Police Special Emergency Response Team members are involved in a standoff in Monessen. The Trib reports that police were trying to serve a search warrant at 4:30 this morning at a home on Leeds ...

"Saving Isaac" is a new book written by Greensburg author Scott Brown and co-authored by Dr. Dawn Hennessey, Executive Director of Faith Forward in Latrobe. It details the story of a newborn baby expo...

The Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission says its phone number is being used in a scam. The PUC reported yesterday that scammers are manipulating the caller ID to make it appear that its Philadelphi...

This year's lineup has been announced for Summer-Sounds, the annual free outdoor concert series in Greensburg. The first show is set for Friday, June 6th at the Robert Shaw Amphitheater in Saint Clair...

Police in Rostraver Township are investigating a school threat at the Belle Vernon School District. KDKA-TV reports that the district's superintendent Dr. Timothy Glasspool said in a letter to the com...

The man charged with killing the owner of Mogie's Irish Pub in Lower Burrell remains in Torrance state hospital in Derry and is unable to stand trial, according to a Westmoreland County Judge. The Tri...

Five Westmoreland County football teams have left the PA Youth Football League in order to form their own league in the wake of a police investigation. The Trib reports that the teams from Derry Area,...