Penn Township Ambulance Chief Ed Grant is the next guest on Westmoreland Community Connections, discussing the advancements in emergency transport medical care. Listen Sunday at 7am and 11pm with host Jennifer Miele on Classic Hits 107.1.

Allegheny County Police are continuing to investigate a burglary that happened last weekend at the home of Penguins' star Evgeni Malkin. Authorities were called to Malkin's Sewickley Heights residence last Saturday night with reports that items including the hockey star's three Stanley Cup Championship rings had been ...

Incoming Pennsylvania Attorney General Dave Sunday is being accused of politicizing his office before he is even sworn in. Consumer Advocate Patrick Cicero claims he was forced to resign last weekend because of what he called an "open, vocal and public campaign" led by investor-owned utilities. He stepped d...

Planning is now in the works for a new development at the former Monsour Medical Center site in Jeannette. Mayor Curtis Antoniak says the city's code enforcement officer has been in contact with Don Tarosky Junior with Colony Holding about a project on the property along Route 30. No one involved with the potential b...

A Westmoreland County pilot is out in California right now helping to battle the wildfires. Captain R.K. Smithley is assisting firefighters on the ground by making runs to drop flame retardant from his large DC-10 Air Tanker. Smithley says it takes focus to fly at about 170 miles per hour, roughly 250 feet off the gr...

A New Alexandria man who says state police used excessive force on him is filing a lawsuit. Forty-eight-year-old Denton Krapf was stopped on Glacier Drive in January of 2023 as he says he was walking to a local hospital for help with a mental health concern. He says officers punched him multiple times resulting in br...

The former CEO of Mutual Aid EMS has issued a statement concerning his resignation. According to the Trib, Gene Komondor said he resigned over workplace-related issues, not the personal reasons as was said in a news release from the ambulance agency earlier this week. Komondor said that he didn't want to leave the po...

The former president of the Monessen Fire Department is facing charges of stealing over $30,000 from the departments bank account over a four-year span. The Trib reports 49-year-old Stephen Gaydos III is charge with theft, receiving stolen property and other crimes. Officials with Monessen Department Number 1 were co...

Florida Senator Marco Rubio said yesterday he has not forgotten about Marc Fogel. Fogel, a teacher, has been held in Russia since 2021 after he was found carrying a small amount of prescribed medical marijuana. Rubio was being questioned yesterday by a Senate committee considering his nomination to be President-elect...

A planned power outage for West Penn customers in Latrobe will take place today. KDKA-TV reports that the company plans to shut off power for several customers from 8-3 today in Latrobe. Some are questioning the timing of the planned outage, citing dangers from the cold weather on residents and on pipes, but this is ...

The New Kensington-Arnold School Board approved the Act One Resolution that promises they will not raise taxes above a state-mandated limit. The Trib reports that the vote was taken at a special meeting on Tuesday. The resolution says the district will not raise taxes by more than 6% for the 2025-26 school year, if t...

Officials with the Ligonier Valley Police Commission have decided to start all over again in finding a new citizen member. The Trib reports that in December, the commission voted to reappoint Scott Gongaware as a citizen member, but earlier this week, a Westmoreland County Judge said the vote was invalid as Gongaware...

A fire damaged a home in North Huntingdon on Wednesday. The Trib reports that the fire was called in at 7:40 PM in the 1400 block on Otis Drive. No injuries were reported. Seven fire companies were called to the scene.

The Hempfield Area School District is continuing its investigation into high school basketball coach and guidance counselor Bill Swan. The Trib reports that Swan is on paid administrative leave from both positions after a player's father made a complaint. Details on the complaint have not been released. Tuesday's ga...

The cold conditions and snow have forced some school districts across the area to either delay or cancel classes for today. The National Weather Service has Westmoreland, Indiana and Allegheny County under a winter weather advisory until 4:00 tomorrow morning. We'll have that information for you on air and online at ...

The Red Cross is encouraging Pennsylvanians to volunteer. The American Red Cross of Greater Pennsylvania says anyone looking to make a difference this year can join the organization. Volunteers are needed to assist people displaced by house fires, help military families, and deliver blood to hospitals after blood drive...

Wrongful death lawsuits have been filed against several nursing centers where several deaths occured. The Trib reports that those centers were the locations of several deaths at the hands of 42-year-old Heather Presdee, who is serving three consecutive life terms without parole and another 380 to 760 years after plead...

The CEO of Mutual Aid Ambulance Service is stepping down after less than two years on the job. The Trib reports that Gene Komondor was hired as the CEO of Mutual Aid in 2023. Before that, he was North Huntingdon's emergency management coordinator from 2007 to 2020. He resigned for personal reasons, and has not respo...

A mother and her son have filed a federal lawsuit against the Greensburg Salem School District, claiming officials discriminated against the boy when he was mistreated in an elementary school special education classroom. According to the Trib, the lawsuit claims that despite concerns that the mothers 8-year-old son wa...

A Jeanette man charged with attacking another man with a hatchet last year is now charged with rape. The Trib reports that additional charges were filed last week against 32-year-old Kyle Blair. The charges stemmed from an investigation that started last February after a man said Blair raped him while he was unconsci...

Two Pennsylvania lawmakers are teaming up for a bipartisan bill on food allergy safety. Democratic Representative Arvid Venkat and Republican Natalie Mihalek recently introduced House Bill 77, which would introduce new food allergy protocols for restaurants across the commonwealth. Pennsylvania restaurants would be r...

Aldi is recalling frozen taquitos that have been sold in a number of states, including Pennsylvania. The company says some of their Casa Mamita brand Chicken & Cheese Taquitos could contain pieces of metal. One consumer contacted the manufacturer, Bestway Sandwiches Inc., and informed them they suffered a dental ...

An Irwin man was killed in a vehicle crash in Manor Borough. Westmoreland County Coroner Tim Carson identified 86-year-old Vincent Neal as the victim. He was driving his car Northwest on Main Street when a trailer carrying a skid loader pulled by a dump truck rolled over, hitting Neal's car. A woman in the car was t...

Arnold's suspended police chief claimed that he was set up by his former wife. The Trib reports that 42-year-old Joshua Stanga was charged with theft, obstruction of justice and other crimes for what was described as a sting operation meant to check Stanga's integrity. When Stanga investigated a stolen car, he recove...

A Unity man charged in connection with a stabbing last year has pleaded guilty to lesser charges. The Trib reports that 62-year-old William Evans, Jr. was allowed to enter a guilty plea of felony aggravated assault, while other charges including attempted homicide were dismissed. Evans was drinking with the victim at...

One person was killed in a crash this morning in North Huntingdon Township. WTAE-TV reports that the crash happened in the area of Route 993-Broadway Street. Officials say that an 86-year-old man was killed. His wife was taken to the hospital. Details on the crash have not been released yet.

President Biden's administration is allowing U.S. Steel and Nippon Steel to have more time to move on from their merger negotiations. Biden had ordered the companies to drop the plan within 30 days when he blocked the sale on January third, citing national security concerns. Now, the Committee on Foreign Investment i...

Work on filling a sinkhole near Monday's Union Restaurant in Unity is nearly complete. The Trib reports that is where 64-year-old Elizabeth Pollard from Unity was found after she fell through the sinkhole into an abandoned mine. Crews have pumped 3300 cubic yards of grout into the abandoned mine void to stabilize the...

A woman charged with stealing over $50,000 from an Indiana County band boosters group was sentenced on Friday. 57-year-old Lara Lee Brown pleaded guilty to four charges related to the embezzlement of the United School District Band Boosters that happened while she was the treasurer of the group. She used much of the ...

A Mt. Pleasant woman was convicted on Friday for a crash over four years ago that hurt two pedestrians. The Trib reports that 35-year-old Elizabeth M. Siriani was behind the wheel of a car that collided with 23-year-old Vincent Polito of Mt. Pleasant and 40-year-old Laurence Grimes of Armstrong County as they were wal...

Some schools in the Southwest PA region may be impacted by a cybersecurity breach involving the PowerSchool information system. The Trib reports that the platform that organizes student and faculty information experienced a cyberattack on December 28th. Some schools in Westmoreland and Indiana Counties sent home lett...

Unity Township is considering some limitations for future solar farms. The Trib reports that if the amendment to their zoning ordinance is approved, any potential solar farm would be confined to the eastern edge of the township in the conservation zone. As it stands now, solar farms can be in the agricultural distric...

Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro discussed the state's agricultural industry while visiting the PA Farm Show earlier this week. Shapiro said agriculture brings billions into the state's economy, and lawmakers want to ensure Pennsylvania farmers have all the resources they need. The governor also discussed the ongoi...

It seems downtown Irwin businesses are planning to put many New Year's resolutions in jeopardy later on this afternoon. They are getting together to host a Downtown Chocolate Tour from 4:00 to 8:00 p.m. Guests will be able to sample decadent treats at various shops and enjoy some fun activities, like making their own...

John Fetterman is heading to Mar-a-Lago. The Democratic Pennsylvania Senator says that Donald Trump invited him to his Florida home and that he has accepted the invite. Fetterman says he is the Senator for all Pennsylvanians - not just state Democrats and that he will meet with and have a conversation with anyone if ...

The New Kensington-Arnold School District has scheduled a special board meeting for a vote concerning the 2025-26 budget. The Trib reports that the meeting will be held January 14th at 6 PM and on the proposed agenda is a motion for the district's Act 1 Resolution, which says the district will not raise taxes above th...

The recent snow storms have eaten up salt supplies for many communities, but Greensburg has just received some more salt for the roads. KDKA-TV reports that the city has 10 plow trucks to cover 55 miles of city streets and 22 miles of alleyways. After one trip through, the trucks have to go back for refilling. On Ja...

A Jeannette man is moving on after having been acquitted of charges including solicitation to commit murder. Prosecutors had said that 27-year-old Brandon Ingram instructed his teen brother to shoot someone that he had just lost a Jeanette street fight to in 2021. The younger brother shot the other teen in the hand b...

A mother and daughter were arrested Thursday on charges of stealing a relative's $4.4 million inheritance from the estate of the CEO of Greensburg Beverage. The Trib reports that 51-year-old Lisa Valesky and her daughter, 26-year-old Angela allegedly used the money to buy homes in Murrysville and Jeanette. Bail for b...

Winter weather returns to the area this weekend. The National Weather Service issued a winter weather advisory to start at 7:00 tonight and end at 1:00 AM Sunday. 2-3 inches of snow is expected, and roads could be slippery. A check of your accuweather forecast is coming up.

There will be no regular mail for area residents today and all federal offices are closed. President Biden has declared today as a National Day of Mourning for Jimmy Carter. The country's 39th president died December 29th at the age of 100. Biden and all of the nation's living former presidents -- including Presiden...

Officials behind a charter school that is operated by Adelphoi in Westmoreland County are planning to open their newly expanded building this summer. Leaders with Latrobe's Ketterer Charter School say the project will double the enrollment capacity at the property. The school focuses on educating students who are dea...

The trial of a Mt. Pleasant woman charged with hitting two pedestrians with her vehicle while driving while intoxicated got underway yesterday. The Trib reports 34-year-old Elizabeth Sirianni is charged with drunken driving and aggravated assault connected with the crash in July of 2020 in Mt. Pleasant Township. 23-y...

Charges of attempted homicide were added to the case of a Mt. Pleasant man accused of chasing another driver and shooting at his vehicle. The Trib reports that the trial of 30-year-old Paul Caletri III was delayed as state police re-filed the charges. His father, Paul Caletri, Jr. faces similar charges to his son wit...

Crews were on the scene of a garage fire last night in Export. According to WTAE-TV, the fire started around 5:30 PM, as a garage in the 2000 block of Carolina Street was fully engulfed in flames. No word on how the fire started or if anyone was hurt.

A Monessen man was acquitted of sexual assault charges at his trial yesterday. The Trib reports 63-year-old Jerry Geist was found not guilty of three charges connected to accusations made by an autistic woman who claimed she was raped after she rejected his sexual advances at her apartment building in August of 2022. ...

The former president of the Derry Area Aqua Club is in jail awaiting a preliminary hearing on charges that she embezzled money from the organization to pay for gambling and sports betting. The Trib reports that 35-year-old Josie Ruffner of Latrobe is accused of taking $24,000 from the group. Detectives say that she m...

Jeannette Mayor Curtis Antoniak says he wants new panic buttons installed at City Hall. The mayor is calling for the alert system after Administrative Assistant Andrea Beneke reported that someone barged into her office last week, shut the door, and demanded to speak with her. Some offices in the building have foot s...

Valley High School in New Kensington will reopen today after a broken boiler was fixed. The Trib reports that the school was closed Monday, like many other schools across the area, but was closed the extra day due to "heating issues". Students at the high school went to a flex instruction day and repairs we...

The trial of a Monessen man charged with sexual assault got underway yesterday. The Trib reports that 63-year-old Jerry Griest is charged with rape, involuntary deviate sexual intercourse and other crimes in connection with allegations that he sexually assaulted an autistic woman in her apartment in 2022. In opening ...