Category Archives: Local News

Police arrested a Philadelphia man on charges of trafficking drugs into the county Wednesday night. The Trib reports that Latrobe Police, county detectives and agents with the State Attorney General's...

A mistrial was declared Thursday in the case of a Greensburg man charged with drug delivery resulting in death. The Trib reports that the jury was deadlocked on the most serious of the six charges fil...

Lawmakers in Harrisburg are on their way to naming the Eastern box turtle as the official state reptile of Pennsylvania. The House Game & Fisheries Committee gave its unanimous support to a measur...

Pennsylvania Senator John Fetterman is urging the Trump Administration to let a rule allowing Medicare and Medicaid to cover high demand anti-obesity drugs move forward. In an op-ed piece for the New ...

The egg hunt that is planned in Monroeville this weekend is moving indoors due to forecasts of chilly weather. "Egg-stravaganza" will now be happening at the Monroeville Convention Center starting at ...

Three area middle school students are on their way to a state civics competition with a chance to go to the national finals. The tri-county region of Fayette, Somerset and Westmoreland counties held i...

A biology teacher at New Kensington's Valley High School is being recognized nationally for the impact she is making on students. Kathy Jo Sagwitz was chosen as the grand prize winner in the Shell Sci...

Some residents in New Kensington say they are angry over a massive sinkhole that has grown bigger in the last several months. An open pit is now sitting along Moss Alley after the hole started as a sm...

A private club in Monessen is being sued over a shooting that resulted in a member being hurt last month. The Trib reports that Amir Reid claims the Monessen Elks Oaky Lodge staff served an intoxicate...

A garbage truck driver is suing Penn Township and an area resident claiming he was run over by his own truck after hit hit a leaning and overhanging tree. The Trib reports that Republican Services dri...