When firefighters serving with a Westmoreland County trench rescue team arrived near a Unity restaurant in early December to help search for a woman who…
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Shapiro joins families to mark 24th anniversary of crash of United Flight 93
By lowber on September 11, 2025
Gov. Josh Shapiro joined family members at the private wreath-laying ceremony at the Flight 93 National Memorial Thursday on the 24th anniversary of the 9/11…
Solar canopy proposed at Arnold Palmer Regional Airport
By lowber on September 10, 2025
Officials at Arnold Palmer Regional Airport are exploring a company’s proposal to add a canopy of solar panels above some of its parking spaces, to…
Westmoreland airport authority 'strong about Spirit' while staying in touch with other carriers
By lowber on September 10, 2025
Westmoreland County Airport Authority officials say they’ll stick with Spirit for commercial flights at Arnold Palmer Regional Airport although the budget carrier is headed into…
Troopers testify they feared for their lives during 2024 East Huntingdon shootout
By lowber on September 9, 2025
Two Pennsylvania State Police troopers testified Tuesday they feared for their life when they opened fire last year on an East Huntingdon man during what…
Paper ballots now an Election Day option for Westmoreland voters
By lowber on September 9, 2025
Westmoreland County voters in November will be given the option to use paper ballots on Election Day. Source: The Tribune-Review
Westmoreland County tax auction estimated to fall just shy of record sales
By lowber on September 9, 2025
Murrysville resident Nathan Boyd came to Westmoreland County’s annual auction of tax-delinquent properties Monday with the hope of snagging fixer-upper homes for him and his…
'Gear for Deer' seeks to boost the number of 1st-time hunters
By lowber on September 8, 2025
Pennsylvania hunting license sales peaked in the early 1980s. Source: The Tribune-Review
102-year-old Avonmore woman killed in crash
By lowber on September 7, 2025
A 102-year-old woman from Avonmore was killed after a driver ran a red light Friday along Route 22 in Burrell Township. Source: The Tribune-Review
Volunteers pull around 200 tires from Youghiogheny River to stop chemical leaching
By lowber on September 6, 2025
Digging rotting tires out of the mud might sound like a strange idea of fun, but it’s one shared by the 20 some volunteers who…