Category Archives: Local News

60 year old Rene Davis of Hempfield was killed Friday morning when the school van she was driving was struck by a tractor-trailer that ran through a red light on Route 22 in Salem. The Trib reports th...

Former central banker Mark Carney will become Canada's next prime minister after the governing Liberal Party elected him its leader on Sunday. Carney won in a landslide, winning 85.9% of the vote. He ...

Federal immigration authorities arrested Palestinian graduate student Mahmoud Khalil Saturday night. Khalil played a prominent role in last spring's anti-Israel protests at Columbia University. Khalil...

The search for a University of Pittsburgh student continues after authorities say she went missing Thursday while on spring break in Punta Cana, Dominican Republic. 20-year-old Sudiksha Konanki was la...

A plane crashed into a Lancaster County retirement village parking lot Sunday afternoon, leaving multiple people injured and sparking a fire that engulfed nearby vehicles. The plane came down just sou...

A two-year-old child was killed, and one person was sent to the hospital after a fire broke out inside a mobile home in Butler County Saturday morning. First responders were called to the scene along ...

West Mifflin police are asking for the public's help in locating a teenager who has been missing for a week. Mariah Moreno was last seen on March 3. She is described as being 5-foot-2 with brown hair ...

Westmoreland commissioners last week ratified a new 5-year labor deal for the county's largest municipal police force, the Park Police Association of Westmoreland County, and issued the temporary halt...

Creating an inviting environment was the theme at Hempfield Township's second annual fire forum on Saturday. Steve Kohl, captain at Midway-St. Clair Fire Department, said his department is in the fina...

The town of Irwin is getting ready to host its annual Saint Patrick's Day Food and Family Fun Fest on Saturday, March 15 with hidden shamrocks around the town, food, music and games. Organizers John S...