Author Archives: Renda Media

TEACHER ACCUSED OF TAKING GUN INTO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
An employee with Monessen City Schools is accused of taking a gun to the district's elementary school yesterday. The city's police chief has confirmed that the person who had the gun is a teacher, say...
Renda Media Feb 20, 2026

SCHOOL DISTRICT SUSPENDING PARTNERSHIP WITH SCHOOL PHOTO COMPANY OVER LINK TO EPSTEIN
A schoool district is suspending a partnership with a school photo vendor due to concerns over a possible link to Jeffrey Epstein. Mount Pleasant Area School District Superintendent Tim Gabauer says t...
Renda Media Feb 19, 2026

THUNDERSTORMS A POSSIBILITY THIS EVENING, OVERNIGHT
From the US National Weather Service More rain moves in this afternoon/evening, and you may even hear a few rumbles of thunder tonight. Chances for thunderstorms are highest across eastern OH and nort...
Renda Media Feb 19, 2026

UPDATED DISTRICT 6 BASKETBALL PLAYOFF SCHEDULE, BRACKETS THROUGH FEB. 18
District 6 basketball playoffs continued Wednesday night. Here's a roundup of the action. The following are the district schedule and brackets through the results of those games. Schedule Brackets
Renda Media Feb 19, 2026

MAN CHARGED WITH CRIMINAL TRESPASS IN PUNXSUTAWNEY
State police in Punxsutawney charged a former employee of a Bell Township oil and lube shop with felony criminal trespass after investigators say he used a key and safe code to enter the business afte...
Renda Media Feb 19, 2026

RESIDENTS DISPLACED, CATS DEAD FOLLOWING GREENSBURG APARTMENT FIRE
Some residents are out of their homes following a fire in Greensburg yesterday. Emergency crews were called to the scene at an apartment building in the 200 block of East Pittsburgh Street shortly aft...
Renda Media Feb 19, 2026

WESTMORELAND COUNTY LOTTERY PLAYER WINS $116K+
A Fast Play ticket sold Tuesday in Mount Pleasant Township came up big for the player. That individual bought a ticket in the lottery's Lightning Loot game and won more than 116-thousand dollars on th...
Renda Media Feb 19, 2026

WESTMORELAND COUNTY MAN TO BE SENTENCED FOR DRUG, WEAPONS CONVICTION
Sentencing is being ordered in Westmoreland County for a man convicted on drug and weapons charges. Prosecutors say that Trafford resident Vondae Freeman sold illegal drugs to undercover police office...
Renda Media Feb 19, 2026

VIDEO SHOWS TEACHER RUSHING COURT AFTER SON'S BASKETBALL GAME
Leaders with Laurel Highlands Schools are looking into an emotional outburst from a woman who teaches at the district high school. Superintendent Jesse Wallace has confirmed a video that has been circ...
Renda Media Feb 19, 2026

PENNSYLVANIA FACES WORST AVIAN FLU OUTBREAK SINCE 1980S
Pennsylvania officials say the state is experiencing its worst avian flu outbreak in decades. More than five-million birds have been affected by avian flu in the Commonwealth, which Secretary of Agric...
Renda Media Feb 19, 2026

Konnor Griffin
Konnor Griffin is a Bucco! Are you going to go watch him play?
You bet! He's going to put them in the playoffs!
Sure will, but he's not going to make them much better.
Maybe a few games, but he's going to struggle.
Nope! The Pirates have been too bad for too long.
Voting Ends: Apr 14, 2026 | 12:00 PM











