Category Archives: Regional/State News

DOLLAR GENERAL TO PAY PA OVER $1.5 MILLION FOR OVERCHARGING CUSTOMERS
Dollar General is agreeing to pay the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania over one-and-a-half-million dollars after being accused of overcharging customers. The PA Attorney General's Office says the company ...
Renda Media Dec 10, 2025

PA SENATE MOVING AHEAD WITH LEGISLATION THAT WOULD PROHIBIT CELL PHONES IN SCHOOLS
The Pennsylvania Senate Education Committee is moving ahead with legislation to take cell phones out of schools across the state. Yesterday, committee members unanimously approved a bill that would re...
Renda Media Dec 10, 2025

WESTMORELAND COUNTY AIRPORT AUTHORITY EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR TO RETIRE
The head of the Westmoreland County Airport Authority is looking to step down. Executive Director Gabe Monzo announced his plans to retire yesterday. Monzo has overseen operations at Arnold Palmer Reg...
Renda Media Dec 10, 2025

PSU FACULTY TO VOTE ON UNIONIZATION
Faculty members at Penn State are set to decide on forming a union. Members of the university's organizing committee met with supporters in Harrisburg to file paperwork and make the announcement yeste...
Renda Media Dec 10, 2025

DOLLAR GENERAL AGREES TO PAY OVER $1.5 MILLION OVER ACCUSATIONS OF OVERCHARGING CUSTOMERS
Dollar General is agreeing to pay the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania over one-and-a-half-million dollars after being accused of overcharging customers. The PA Attorney General's Office says the company ...
Hometown2 Dec 10, 2025

PA SENATE EDUCATION COMMITEE MOVES AHEAD WITH CELL PHONE BAN IN SCHOOLS
The Pennsylvania Senate Education Committee is moving ahead with legislation to take cell phones out of schools across the state. Yesterday, committee members unanimously approved a bill that would re...
Hometown2 Dec 10, 2025

MASSIVE HOUSE FIRE IN WESTMORELAND COUNTY
Firefighters are on the scene of a massive house fire in Westmoreland County. The flames broke out Tuesday morning inside a home on Hopi Drive in Hempfield Township. There has been no word of any inju...
Renda Media Dec 09, 2025

TRUMP TRAVELS TO MONROE COUNTY TO KICK OFF NATIONAL TOUR
President Trump is traveling to Monroe County in Eastern Pennsylvania today, kicking off his national tour touting his economic agenda. Many polls show Americans say affordability is out of control, a...
Hometown4 Dec 09, 2025

MAN KILLED OUTSIDE WESTMORELAND COUNTY ELKS IDENTIFIED
The identity of a man shot and killed outside of the Elks Lodge in New Kensington is being released. Early Saturday morning, 46-year-old Jeffrey Ballard was found dead after being shot outside of the ...
Renda Media Dec 08, 2025

FIVE STUDENTS TRANSPORTED TO HOSPITAL AFTER SCHOOL BUS CRASH
Law enforcement is on the scene of a school bus crash in Monroeville. The crash happened Monday morning on Monroeville Boulevard, near the Target store, and involved an SUV and a Gateway School Distri...
Renda Media Dec 08, 2025

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











