Category Archives: Local News
WESTMORELAND COUNTY JUDGE APPOINTS CONSERVATOR TO CLOSE LATROBE LAW PRACTICE
A Westmoreland County judge has appointed a conservator to close the practice of a Latrobe lawyer accused of bilking a client. The Trib reports Judge Christopher Feliciani has assigned John Eric Buter...
Apr 08, 2025
PA SUPREME COURT HALTS EFFORTS OF WESTMORELAND COUNTY COUPLE
The Pennsylvania Supreme Court has halted efforts of a Westmoreland County couple to sue a gunmaker whose product killed their son in 2016. The Trib reports that Mark and Leah Gustafson had filed the ...
Apr 08, 2025
SENATOR FETTERMAN LOOKING TO STOP DRUG SMUGGLING IN FEDERAL PRISONS
Pennsylvania Senator John Fetterman is looking to stop drug smuggling in federal prisons. The Democrat Fetterman and Republican West Virginia Senator Jim Justice have teamed up to introduce the Bureau...
Apr 07, 2025
WESTMORELAND GARDEN COUNCIL ACCEPTING SCHOLARSHIP APPLICATIONS
The Westmoreland Garden Council is now accepting applications for their Katherine Mabis McKenna Scholarship. The fund supports young people who are going into fields connected to plants and plant life...
Apr 07, 2025
PIRATES PRESIDENT SAYS CLEMENTE LOGO GOING BACK UP
Pirates President Travis Williams says the Roberto Clemente logo that was on a pad at right field is going back up after its removal sparked some controversy over the weekend. Williams says the remova...
Apr 07, 2025
SCAM BILKS HEMPFIELD TOWNSHIP WOMAN OUT OF $70K
State police are investigating a scam that bilked a Hempfield Township woman out of $70,000. KDKA-TV reports that the victim, an 83-year-old woman was lead to believe that she was being investigated b...
Apr 07, 2025
WESTMORELAND COUNTY JUDGE REJECTS PLEA DEAL
A Westmoreland County Judge on Friday rejected the plea deal of a North Huntingdon man charged with a crash in July of 2024. The Trib reports that Judge Scott Mears said that he understood the victim'...
Apr 07, 2025
POLICE LOOKING FOR SUSPECT IN DERRY CONVENIENCE STORE BURGLARY
State Police are looking for a suspect in a burglary at a Derry convenience store yesterday afternoon. The Trib reports that the suspect entered the Par Mar store on Route 982 around 1:15 PM brandishi...
Apr 07, 2025
FIRE DESTROYS MOBILE HOME IN EAST HUNTINGDON TOWNSHIP
A Mobile Home was destroyed by a fire in East Huntingdon Township on Sunday. WPXI-TV reports that fire crews were called out at 5:02 PM to the property in the 1200 block of Emma Street to fight the bl...
Apr 07, 2025
UNITY TOWNSHIP MAN RESCUED FROM LOYALHANNA CREEK
A Unity Township man was rescued from Loyalhanna Creek on Friday afternoon. The Trib reports that the Unity Fire Departments and the county's Swift Water Rescue Team were called out just after 4 PM fo...
Apr 07, 2025
