Category Archives: Local News

Three municipalities are asking a county judge to formally dissolve the Crabtree Municipal Authority. The Trib reports that lawyers for Hempfield, Salem and Unity townships made the request to disband...

The Pennsylvania House is once again looking to ban hair discrimination. The State House of Representatives passed the CROWN Act on Monday for the second-straight legislative session. The bill would p...

A Seniors for Safe Driving class is planned in Latrobe next month. It is happening at Adams Memorial Library on April 14th. The course is approved by PennDOT and open to motorists who are at least 55 ...

PennDOT has announced some lane restrictions for I-70 for today and tomorrow. Traffic will be reduced by one lane in both directions between exit 49 to Smithton and Exits 46 A&B for Route 51 in Ro...

Time is running out for a person holding on to a $2.6 million lottery ticket. Lottery officials said the winning Cash 5 ticket was purchased on May 8th of last year at the Shop 'n' Save in Murrysville...

A home was destroyed in Cook Township on Monday. The Trib reports that fire crews were called out at 10 AM to a home on Hauger-Hood Road. The home is a total loss. The family living in the house was a...

Four confirmed tornadoes touched down in Indiana and Westmoreland Counties on Sunday as part of the strong storms that rolled through the area. The National Weather Service out of Pittsburgh reported ...

A former New Kensington man was sentenced in Federal Court this morning for federal firearms charges. Acting US Attorney Tony Moretti said in a statement that 19-year-old Steyun Sarduy was one of the ...

There were less traffic accidents in Pennsylvania last year. That's according to a study by Insurify, which says the accident rate in the commonwealth declined by almost 15-percent compared to 2023. H...

PennDOT is continuing to set aside dedicated windows of time at drivers license centers throughout the state to help folks who need to acquire a REAL ID-compliant driver's license or photo ID. The IDs...