Category Archives: Regional/State News

SIX PEOPLE HOSPITALIZED IN MINING ACCIDENT
At least six people are hospitalized following a mining accident in Greene County. The incident happened Monday night at the Harvey Mine on Patterson Creek Road in Sycamore. No further details have be...
Renda Media Nov 04, 2025

ACCUSED BOMBING ACCOMPLICE ASKING FOR TRIAL DELAY
The accomplice in a 2019 Clearfield County bombing case is asking to delay his upcoming trial, citing the ongoing federal government shutdown. According to WJAC News, Clint Addleman filed a motion to ...
Renda Media Nov 04, 2025

CONVICTED MASS MURDERER DIES IN PRISON
A man convicted of killing more than a dozen people in a shooting spree more than 40 years ago is dead. The Pennsylvania Department of Corrections says George E. Banks died in prison Sunday at the age...
Renda Media Nov 04, 2025

VOLUNTEER FIRE COMPANY TO END SERVICE WITHOUT COMPENSATION
The Big Beaver Borough Volunteer Fire Department is planning to end service next year if local leaders don't start paying firefighters. Chief Matt Straub says the department is critically short on vol...
Renda Media Nov 04, 2025

HEMPFIELD CONTRACTOR BEING SUED BY STATE AG
A Hempfield home improvement contractor is facing allegations that they collected payment for work that was never completed. The state attorney general's office has identified victims in Allegheny, Be...
Renda Media Nov 04, 2025

WESTMORELAND COUNTY VOTES TO ACCEPT BRIDGE LOAN AS STATE BUDGET IMPASSE CONTINUES
Commissioners in Westmoreland County are voting to accept a bridge loan from the state treasurer's office. They are getting more than $11,000,000 to temporarily fund the county's Human Services Depart...
Renda Media Nov 04, 2025

PA ATTORNEY GENERAL ANNOUNCES LAWSUIT AGAINST HOME IMPROVEMENT CONTRACTOR
Pennsylvania Attorney General Dave Sunday has announced a lawsuit against a Westmoreland County-based home improvement contractor for failing to fulfill multiple contracts with consumers. The lawsuit ...
Hometown2 Nov 04, 2025

STATE BUDGET STANDOFF NOT EXPECTED TO HAMPER ELECTION DAY EFFORTS
The continued standoff over the state budget isn't expected to impact Election Day in Pennsylvania. Secretary of the Commonwealth Al Schmidt said his office has yet to see any "significant issues" dur...
Hometown2 Nov 04, 2025

GAS PRICES IN PA REMAIN ABOVE NATIONAL AVERAGE
Gas prices across Pennsylvania continue to climb higher than the national average. Triple A says the average cost per gallon is currently at $3.21 in the state. Meanwhile, the national average is at $...
Renda Media Nov 03, 2025

DIRT THEFT UNDER INVESTIGATION
State police in Punxsutawney are investigating the theft of more than $12,000 worth of topsoil in McCalmont Township, Jefferson Township. Troopers said a 37-year-old man and a 35-year-old woman from R...
Renda Media Nov 03, 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











