Category Archives: Local News
FLU RATE CONTINUES DECEMBER SURGE
2024 will begin with Pennsylvania's flu rate still on the rise. After an increase of more than 8,000 lab-confirmed flu cases in the previous week, the number of cases in last week's report was up 11,4...
Dec 31, 2023
SMALL AMOUNT OF METH FOUND IN CLYMER TRAFFIC STOP
A Cherry Tree man is facing drug possession charges after a traffic stop in Clymer on Friday evening. Clymer Borough Police say 37-year-old Brandon Krolick was pulled over for an expired inspection st...
Dec 31, 2023
APSCUF STILL WITHOUT CONTRACTS AS 2023 COMES TO A CLOSE
The new year begins without a contract for faculty or coaches at IUP and the other state-owned universities, and with no new negotiations scheduled for the teachers. Faculty talks were last held Decem...
Dec 31, 2023
NEW LAWS TO TAKE EFFECT IN 2024
The start of the new year brings with it a batch of new state laws, including two that will have an effect on incarcerated individuals. One of the new laws is a probation reform bill that shortens the...
Dec 31, 2023
KILL FOR THRILL MURDERER LESKO STILL ON DEATH ROW AS ANOTHER YEAR ENDS
2023 ends with John Lesko still on Pennsylvania's death row, 43 years after he and partner Michael Travaglia murdered four people at the end of 1979 and beginning of 1980 in a "Kill for Thrill" spree....
Dec 31, 2023
SUSPECT IN CUSTODY IN AIRPORT SHOOTING, CHASE THAT ENDED IN BLAIRSVILLE
A man from Lancaster County is now in prison in Westmoreland County for firing shots at Arnold Palmer Regional Airport and leading police on a chase that ended in Blairsville on Friday. Police say 22-...
Dec 30, 2023
ONE DEAD AFTER CRASH IN DERRY TOWNSHIP ON FRIDAY
One person died in a crash in Derry Township Friday afternoon. Westmoreland County Coroner Tim Carson identified the victim as 72-year-old David Leonard of Derry. Carson's report said that Leonard was...
Dec 30, 2023
POLAR PLUNGE SET FOR MONDAY IN BLAIRSVILLE
Organizers are getting ready for the annual Blairsville Polar Plunge on New Year's Day. The event has helped many different organizations and people in the past, but this year, it will assist the Blai...
Dec 30, 2023
CONCERNS CIRCULATING ON PEOPLE FIGHTING FLU, RSV SIMULTANEOUSLY
State health officials say they're concerned about a spike in the number of people who are trying to fight off more than one respiratory virus at the same time. They say people fighting the flu and CO...
Dec 30, 2023
CHASE INVOLVING ARNOLD PALMER REGIONAL AIRPORT SHOOTING SUSPECT ENDS IN BLAIRSVILLE
A chase that involved a suspect in an incident at the Arnold Palmer Regional Airport in Latrobe ended with the suspect apprehended in Blairsville. Westmoreland County Park Police reported that the sho...
Dec 29, 2023
Voter ID
Pennsylvania is one of fifteen states that does not require any form of identification in order to vote. Meanwhile, eight states require photo ID in order to vote with no exceptions. What should Pennsylvania do?
Voting Ends: Feb 24, 2026 | 12:00 PM
