Category Archives: Regional/State News

NEARLY BROKE WESTMORELAND COUNTY CANCELS MEETING AS STATE BUDGET IMPASSE CONTINUES
Westmoreland County commissioners have canceled this morning's public meeting. Officials explained that there was no need to hold the session-which was intended for bill payments and contract approval...
Renda Media Sep 30, 2025

WESTMORELAND COUNTY MAN SENTENCED FOR 2024 SHOOTING
Sentencing has been handed down for a Mount Pleasant man involved in a 2024 shooting. Investigators report that Paul Caletri III and his father were pursuing another man with whom they had an ongoing ...
Renda Media Sep 30, 2025

ARMSTRONG COUNTY MAN ACCUSED OF SEXUAL CONTACT WITH PRE-TEEN GIRL
A 34 year-old Seminole volunteer fire department official, John Charles Cummings, is facing numerous felony charges, including Rape of a Child, after admitting to police he had sexual contact with an ...
Renda Media Sep 29, 2025

MAN INJURED IN ATV CRASH IN JEFFERSON COUNTY
A 29-year-old man was hospitalized following an ATV crash on Horn Run Road in Jefferson County. According to ExploreJeffersonPA.Com, the crash occurred around 6:40 p.m. on Sept. 19, just north of Sens...
Renda Media Sep 29, 2025

PUNXSUTAWNEY BURGER KING WORKER ACCUSED OF EXPOSING HIMSELF, MAKING SUGGESTIVE COMMENTS TO GIRL
A 35 year-old Punxsutawney Burger King worker, Travis Scott Kirbaugh, a registered sex offender, was charged with Harassment on September 22, after allegedly exposing himself and making sexually sugge...
Renda Media Sep 29, 2025

SOME WESTMORELAND COUNTY EMPLOYEES FALL VICTIM TO BUDGET IMPASSE
Westmoreland County employees are receiving furlough notices as the county works to reduce expenses amid a state budget impasse. Officials confirmed that 125 workers will be affected while lawmakers i...
Renda Media Sep 29, 2025

MAN ARRESTED AFTER MOM FINDS HIM IN DAUGHTER'S BEDROOM
A man is under arrest after a mother reportedly discovered him in her daughter's bedroom over the weekend. Police say they were called to a home on Haverhill Street in the East Hills neighborhood of P...
Renda Media Sep 29, 2025

WOMAN THROWS INFANT TO THE GROUND WHILE ARGUING WITH CHILD'S FATHER
A woman is facing charges after she reportedly threw her one-year-old daughter to the ground outside the Pittsburgh Municipal Court building yesterday. Deputies with the Allegheny County Sheriff's Off...
Renda Media Sep 26, 2025

PA SUPREME COURT STRIKES DOWN JOCK TAX IN PITTSBURGH
The Pennsylvania Supreme Court is striking down the so-called "Jock Tax" in the city of Pittsburgh. In a ruling issued yesterday, the court deemed the tax unconstitutional, saying it violates the stat...
Renda Media Sep 26, 2025

SUSPECT CHARGED WITH PROVIDING DRUGS THAT LED TO OVERDOSE DEATHS
Charges are being filed against a man accused of supplying the drugs that led to two overdose deaths. Investigators say that 29-year-old Davi Roman of New Kensington, Westmoreland County provided the ...
Renda Media Sep 26, 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











