Category Archives: Local News

WESTMORELAND COUNTY COMMISSIONERS NAME NEW ELECTION BUREAU DIRECTOR
Westmoreland County Commissioners yesterday named their new election bureau director. The Trib reports that Scott Ross of Youngwood was formally appointed as the new head of the row office that overse...
Cindy Perino Mar 07, 2025

JURY FINDS GREENSBURG MAN GUILTY
A jury has found a Greensburg man guilty of rape. The Trib reports that 48-year-old James Swanson was convicted yesterday of felony rape and involuntary deviate sexual intercourse connected with incid...
Cindy Perino Mar 07, 2025

MAN HIT BY PICKUP TRUCK IN HEMPFIELD IN JANUARY HAS DIED
A man hit by a pickup truck clearing snow in Hempfield in January died on Sunday in a Pittsburgh Hospital. The Trib reports that 73-year-old Paul Tucci of Southwest Greensburg died as a result of blun...
Cindy Perino Mar 07, 2025

SENATOR FETTERMAN CRITICIZES FELLOW DEMOCRATS
Pennsylvania Senator John Fetterman is criticizing his fellow Democrat lawmakers for their responses to President Trump's address to Congress on Tuesday night. In a post on X, Fetterman referred to th...
Cindy Perino Mar 06, 2025

PREPARATION UNDERWAY FOR HEMPFIELD HIGH SCHOOL RENOVATION
Preparation is underway for a renovation at Hempfield High School. KDKA-TV reports that the project will cost $130 million. It will be paid for by various bond issues over several years. Assistant Sup...
Cindy Perino Mar 06, 2025

ARNOLD POLICE LOOKING FOR MAN CHARGED WITH FELONY AGGRAVATED ASSAULT AND FIREARMS OFFENSES
Police in Arnold are looking for a man accused of attacking two men with a gun in separate incidents on November 15th. The Trib reports 37-year-old Roger Moore is accused in two incidents, one on Wood...
Cindy Perino Mar 06, 2025

INDIANA COUNTY MAN CHARGED WITH STEALING PACKAGES OFF OF PORCHES IN FOUR COUNTIES
A man from Indiana County is charged with stealing packages off of porches in four counties, including Westmoreland County. State Police say between February 12th to the 27th, 34-year-old John Davis M...
Cindy Perino Mar 06, 2025

STATE POLICE ARREST SCOTTDALE MAN ON HOMICIDE CHARGES
State police have arrested a Scottdale man yesterday on homicide charges related to a fatal crash in 2021. The Trib reports that 38-year-old Earl Brooks Gilbert IV is charged in connection with the de...
Cindy Perino Mar 06, 2025

RULING EXPECTED SOON IN DEFENSE EFFORT TO END MURDER CASE AGAINST THOMAS STANKO
Westmoreland County Prosecutors have refuted defense claims that a Unity man was falsely accused of killing his former girlfriend. The Trib reports that a ruling is expected soon in a defense effort t...
Cindy Perino Mar 06, 2025

NEW KEN WOMAN FACING JAIL TIME AFTER PLEADING GUILTY TO FEDERAL CHARGES
A New Kensington woman is facing as many as ten years in prison after pleading guilty to federal charges. Prosecutors say that 33-year-old Barbara Miller purchased firearms that she said were for hers...
Cindy Perino Mar 05, 2025