A Greensburg sailor killed 20 years ago while serving in Bahrain will be memorialized Saturday with the naming of a Lynch Field footbridge in the city in his honor. Petty Officer Roger Napper Jr., was...

Josh Palmer has coal mining in his blood. Like so many others in the industry, his mining roots run deep: His father, his father’s uncles, five brothers and a great-uncle have toiled underground. “It’...

What has become a perennial request by some Westmoreland County residents for the election board to install drop boxes for the collection of mail-in ballots in advance of an election was met with the ...

TribLive garnered 12 awards for journalistic excellence Thursday in the Keystone Media Awards and Keystone Chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists annual contests. The awards are presented ...

A South Greensburg man was sentenced to two to four years in a state prison Thursday in connection with a robbery at a Hempfield convenience store. Matthew Shashura, 29, pleaded guilty Thursday to rob...

Angela Vaslavsky knows she will walk again. After being launched into a pair of downed trees while sledding on New Year’s Eve, Vaslavsky, 44, suffered a paralyzing spinal cord injury. Doctors th...

Voters in 11 Westmoreland County precincts will be casting their ballot in a different place for the Nov. 3 general election. That includes voters in three polling places that were housed at the Mones...

More than 700 volunteer firefighters could be eligible to receive $250 rebates on their property taxes starting in 2028. Westmoreland commissioners on Wednesday unanimously passed an ordinance that cr...

Penn-Trafford School Board will discuss a potential school consolidation plan at its October meeting amid budget concerns relayed by the business manager this month. Superintendent Matthew Harris told...

For 73-year-old Sam Avampato, keeping his home warm this winter likely will cost far more than it ever has before. As cooler fall weather approaches, the Hunker resident is staring at a staggering $5....

A Greensburg attorney is facing theft charges after investigators said she stole $98,000 from a client. Ashley M. Lovelace, 42, of Sewickley Township, was awaiting arraignment. Charges filed Monday by...

The Greensburg Community Development Corporation is hosting its annual development conference next month, with a focus on expanding housing downtown. The conference will be held 11:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m...

Mutual Aid Ambulance Service has moved a base back into Latrobe, three years after departing when negotiations with the city stalled over a lease agreement. “It’s definitely an advantage i...

Ligonier Township officials have ruled out, at least for now, testing for lead at the large empty pool at the former Ligonier Beach property along Route 30. The township supervisors on Tuesday tabled ...

Westmoreland County prosecutors said evidence that led to public corruption and drug charges against former Ligonier Valley police Chief John Berger should be presented to a jury. Berger, 55, of Ligon...

Country star Luke Bryan may return to Southwestern Pennsylvania this fall after soggy weather forced the cancellation of his 2026 Farm Tour opener at 1846 Farms in Unity. When Bryan’s management...

Fall has arrived — and it’s shaping up to be a colorful season. “Compared to the average year, we’re probably leaning toward the better side for leaf color production,” s...

Westmoreland County officials are aiming to saturate the region with free overdose-
reversing medication during an annual statewide prevention event next week. The county will hand out Narcan an...

Rick Meason has been searching for Pvt. Emer J. McElwee for years. McElwee has been buried in Mt. Pleasant Cemetery since the late 1890s. The exact location, however, was a mystery until relatively re...

Christian Klanica has seen so many changes in tariff policies that he’s struggling to keep up with the latest levies flying between the U.S. and Canada and the impacts they could have on his Hem...

Data center development across Western Pennsylvania has spurred renewed growth in another hotly debated industry. Fracking, the extraction of oil and natural gas from underground rock, jumped 50% from...

The Municipal Authority of Westmoreland County has plans to substantially expand its program to remove and replace lead pipes throughout the water distribution system. The authority board Thursday app...

Fayette community leaders are hoping Penn State will sell its 100-acre campus near Uniontown to a county authority for $1. “They (Penn State) have all the information in front of them,” in...

An unnamed airline sponsored the application that landed $850,000 in federal money that could bring commuter air service back to Arnold Palmer Regional Airport near Latrobe. The Westmoreland County Ai...

The Westmoreland County Transit Authority is considering a transition to propane fuel for its fleet of 60 passenger vehicles used for a shared-ride program. Executive Director Alan Blahovec on Thursda...

Data center development across Western Pennsylvania has spurred renewed growth in another hotly debated industry. Fracking, the extraction of oil and natural gas from underground rock, jumped 50% from...

A flashing stop sign will be installed at a dangerous intersection in North Huntingdon where a woman was severely injured in a crash two years ago. Westmoreland County commissioners on Thursday voted ...

South Huntingdon officials Thursday approved a set of regulations for any data center development, a unanimous decision made amid some residents shouting for them to table the regulation because they ...

The Municipal Authority of Westmoreland County has plans to substantially expand its program to remove and replace lead pipes throughout the water distribution system. The authority board Thursday app...

Brian Verbanick Jr. noticed it’s a little harder to find a spot to eat in the cafeteria at Saint Vincent College, as the school last month welcomed its largest incoming class of students in eigh...

When representatives for country music star Luke Bryan reached out to the Stas family to gauge their interest in hosting the opener for his 2026 Farm Tour concerts, they were a little nervous. “...

Criminal charges against an East Huntingdon man accused of a politically based attack on a Democratic operative at the polls in 2021 have been dismissed. Westmoreland County Common Pleas Judge Christo...

Larry Miller Jr. still doesn’t know how or why he spent hours behind bars late last week. Miller, 57, of Jeannette, claims he was erroneously detained by the Westmoreland County Sheriff’s ...

A Jeannette man is accused of failing to prevent his pit bull from biting a Jeannette police canine in the neck when city police were assisting in a search for a woman wanted by the FBI, according to ...

Efforts to combat violence aren’t always focused on the stands or outside venues. Sometimes, prevention is needed on the playing field. Gridiron Home, a New Kensington nonprofit that offers lead...

A Westmoreland County judge Tuesday threatened to dismiss the criminal cases against a man accused of the attempted murder of his landlord. Common Pleas Judge Christopher Feliciani said he will consid...

Westmoreland County Housing Authority board members approved operating budgets Tuesday that rely on $20 million in federal subsidies to pay for operations of nearly half of the agency’s inventor...

The search for a new warden for Westmoreland County Prison has started. A posting for the job appeared this week on the county’s website, and commissioners said they received their first formal ...

Textile artist Rachel Weinblum contributed to the Pennsylvania panel in the “America’s Tapestry” exhibition at Seton Hill University, but she was still taken aback to see it on displ...

A house in Perryopolis. An old Westinghouse factory in Pittsburgh’s eastern suburbs. A former funeral parlor in Rural Valley. In the early 1990s, before Pittsburgh started gaining a reputation a...

The self-storage business in the region looks poised to grow in the western end of Westmoreland County, as an independently owned business plans to expand operations along Route 30 in Irwin. Conley Se...

Fourteen-year-old Andrew Doran watched for 20 minutes as a blacksmith at the Fort Allen Antique Farm Equipment Association heated a metal rod over coals and pounded it into the shape of an “S&rd...

Westmoreland County court officials said a growing number of residents are ignoring summons for jury duty. “It’s not only people who don’t show up but people who don’t even fil...

Lynn George thought her husband, Jayson, and their three children were dead. The Delmont family piled into their white Honda Pilot the morning of July 27 to drive home from 14-year-old Lillian George&...

Several thousand people made their way to the Flight 93 Memorial Plaza in Stonycreek Township, Somerset County, on Friday to mark the 25th anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks. Morning and aftern...

Lynn George thought her husband, Jayson, and their three children were dead. The Delmont family piled into their white Honda Pilot the morning of July 27 to drive home from 14-year-old Lillian George&...

Follow this story for live updates from the memorial in Stonycreek Township. Arrivals 8:15 a.m.: Members of the U.S. military began arriving around 8 a.m. to the Flight 93 National Memorial grounds, i...

Outside tiny Shanksville’s fire station stands a gleaming steel cross made of material salvaged from remnants of the World Trade Center’s North Tower in New York City. Prominently displaye...

A New Florence woman convicted earlier this year of orchestrating the execution-style slaying of her mother in St. Clair has lost an appeal that sought to overturn a first-degree murder conviction and...

State investigators said a major statewide narcotics ring with roots in Westmoreland and Allegheny counties funneled tens of thousands of illegal drug-laced products and millions of dollars in cash th...