Category Archives: Local News

FORMER MCKEESPORT POLIC CAPTAIN CHARGED WITH THEFT AND RECEIVING STOLEN PROPERTY
A former McKeesport police captain has been charged with stealing more than $260,000 from the department's evidence room. 54 year old Christopher Halaszynski was charged Wednesday with theft and recei...
Cindy Perino Mar 13, 2025

BIDS OPEN FOR SCI GREENSBURG PRISON DEMOLITION
22 contractors want a piece of the SCI Greensburg prison demolition. The Trib reports bids were opened Wednesday afternoon and revealed a wide range of price estimates to remove hazardous material fro...
Cindy Perino Mar 13, 2025

GREENSBURG SALEM SCHOOL BOARD TO LIVESTREAM VOTING MEETINGS
The Greensburg Salem School Board will only livestream its voting meetings, following the board's vote last night, 6-3 in favor of reducing its livestreaming to one of its two monthly meetings. This i...
Cindy Perino Mar 13, 2025

TRUCK DRIVER STRIKES TWO PEDESTRIANS IN INDIANA
A truck driver struck two pedestrians on Philadelphia Street in Indiana Borough Tuesday morning, killing one. Indiana Borough police said a driver from Alliance Properties Group in Connellsville was m...
Cindy Perino Mar 12, 2025

STATE HOUSE BILL COULD PAY OFF MEDICAL DEBT SENT TO COLLECTIONS
A bill is under consideration in the State House that would establish a program within the Pennsylvania health department to pay off medical debt balances that have been sent to collections. A Penn St...
Cindy Perino Mar 12, 2025

EXPLOSION AND FIRE IN PENN HILLS HOME
Allegheny County medical examiner personnel were called to the scene of a fire and explosion in the 300 block of College Street in Penn Hills yesterday afternoon. Neighbors reported hearing two booms,...
Cindy Perino Mar 12, 2025

PLEASANT LANE FARMS OWNERS SAY LIGONIER COUNTRY MARKET IS PENALIZING THEM FOR BEING TOO SUCCESSFUL
The owners at Pleasant Lane Farms feel like the Ligonier Country Market is penalizing them for being too successful. According to organizers at the nonprofit market, the Unity-based dairy farm and che...
Cindy Perino Mar 12, 2025

JEANNETTE MAN ORDERED TO SERVE UP TO 52 MONTHS IN PRISON
A Jeannette man was ordered Tuesday to serve up to up to 52 months in prison for the possession and dissemination of child pornography. 38 year old Anthony Cortazzo the third pleaded guilty in Decembe...
Cindy Perino Mar 12, 2025

AIRPORT TERMINAL CONSTRUCTION TWO MONTHS BEHIND SCHEDULE
Officials said yesterday that construction of a new, larger terminal at Arnold Palmer Regional Airport in Unity is about two months behind schedule. This winter's cold and snow delayed ongoing work to...
Cindy Perino Mar 12, 2025

KENNAMETAL GLOBAL SOURCING MANAGER CHOSEN FOR ANNUAL UNITED WAY SHOPPING SPREE
Megan Loughner of Hempfield, who is the global sourcing manager for Kennametal in Unity, was chosen for the annual United Way Shopping Spree, which recognizes a donor from Westmoreland County each yea...
Cindy Perino Mar 12, 2025