Category Archives: Regional/State News

STRIP MALL IN WESTMORELAND COUNTY EVACUATED FOR GAS SMELL
A strip mall in Westmoreland County is cleared out after the smell of gas was detected. The smell was reported at a Chipotle restaurant at Walnut Hollow Plaza on William Penn Highway in Murrysville Tu...
Renda Media Nov 26, 2025

WINNING LOTTERY TICKET PURCHASED IN WESTMORELAND COUNTY
The Pennsylvania Lottery says that someone who recently purchased a Cash 5 with Quick Cash ticket in Westmoreland County has won a jackpot. The ticket purchased for Monday's drawing matches all number...
Renda Media Nov 26, 2025

ELECTROCUTED WORKER IDENTIFIED
Officials are sharing the name of a woman who died after a workplace accident in Butler County. State Police say 26-year-old Victoria Zachrich was electrocuted Saturday at a Petrolia Borough jobsite. ...
Renda Media Nov 26, 2025

FBI WANTS TO SPEAK TO LAWMAKERS WHO APPEARED IN VIDEO
The FBI is asking to speak with Pennsylvania Congressman Chris Deluzio and five other lawmakers who appear in a video aimed at members of the military. The video features Deluzio -- who represents Bea...
Renda Media Nov 26, 2025

MAN CHARGED IN DEATH OF 11-YEAR-OLD SON
Fayette County prosecutors are charging the father of an eleven-year-old boy who died last summer. The boy was just three-months-old was he was taken to a hospital and found to have been physically ab...
Renda Media Nov 26, 2025

THANKSGIVING TRAVELING? BLIZZARDS COULD BE A FACTOR
Parts of the Upper Midwest and the Northeast are expecting blizzard warnings and whiteout conditions on Thanksgiving. Forecasters are warning of dangerous driving conditions in states downwind of the ...
Renda Media Nov 26, 2025

JUDGE CONSIDERING RETRIAL REQUEST IN MURPHY TRIPLE HOMICIDE CASE
A judge in Westmoreland County is considering a request for a new trial for a triple homicide in Loyalhanna Township. On Tuesday, Judge Meghan Billik-Defazio heard arguments from a lawyer representing...
Hometown2 Nov 26, 2025

ELECTRIC PRICES TO GO UP IN PA
Electric prices will soon rise across Pennsylvania. This comes as the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission has approved of an increase in the generation/supply charge for multiple utility companies....
Renda Media Nov 25, 2025

WOMAN KILLED IN FARM ACCIDENT
A woman is dead after a farming accident in Butler County. The incident happened Saturday morning at the woman's home on McKinney Road in Concord Township. Officials say 67-year-old Nancy Porter died ...
Renda Media Nov 25, 2025

PITTSBURGH GIANT EAGLE EVACUATED FOR BOMB THREAT
There is nothing suspicious to report after a Pittsburgh Giant Eagle store was shut down due to a bomb threat last night. Officers responded to the supermarket on Wharton Street around 8:15 p.m. after...
Renda Media Nov 25, 2025

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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.
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