Long waits continue for murder defendants seeking Westmoreland County trials
There are 17 defendants facing homicide charges in a dozen pending cases in Westmoreland County. None of them will go to trial when the next criminal term begins Monday. According to the county’s court administration office, five homicide trials have been pending for at least three years. One, a death...
Serving up Southern coastal cuisine is realized dream for Greensburg man
A Greensburg cook’s pop-up food stand may have a tasty alternative to the standard Lenten seafood dish. Barry Nutall, 45, owner of Kill Devil Meals, sells fried catfish and salmon as part of his Southern coastal cuisine menu at festivals, fairs and special events in Southwestern Pennsylvania. Nutall also makes...
From the Archive: When Rabbits rolled off the assembly line near New Stanton
Editor’s note: “From the Archive” is a recurring series highlighting vintage photos submitted by community members or gathered from the Tribune-Review’s files. If you have a photo you would like to see featured here, please contact gtrcity@triblive.com. For about 10 years, hundreds of thousands of Volkswagen Rabbits rolled off the...
Hempfield Area Competitive Cheer team reflects on national win in Orlando
Hempfield Area Competitive Cheer coach Suzannah Mayer is still processing the teams’ win at the National High School Cheerleading Championship in Orlando, Fla. It was the team’s first championship victory since 2021, said Mayer, who has coached the team since its inception in 2013. “Over the last four years, it...
Continuing rainfall causes flood watch, river flood watch for Ohio at Pittsburgh
A flood watch for much of the region remains in effect through Sunday morning, while a river flood watch for the Ohio River at Pittsburgh is scheduled to be in effect from late Sunday night to Monday afternoon, according to the National Weather Service Pittsburgh. The flood watch is scheduled...
Suspect in assault of Ohio Highway Patrol officer killed by Pa. State Police on turnpike in Beaver County
A man who stole an Ohio State Highway Patrol car after assaulting an officer was shot and killed by Pennsylvania State Police troopers on the Pennsylvania Turnpike in Beaver County on Friday. Pennsylvania State Police have not identified the dead suspect. An unspecified number of Pennsylvania troopers have been placed...
Protesters in Pittsburgh join in nationwide ‘Hands Off!’ call to fight policies of Trump and Musk
Maureen Pastorius became one of an estimated more than 6,000 people who gathered in downtown Pittsburgh on Saturday for a protest and march that was part of a nationwide call to action against President Donald Trump and Elon Musk. Pastorius, 72, of Pleasant Hills came to the “Hands Off!” rally...
Rain doesn’t dampen opening day of trout season
The first day of trout season has always been a big deal for the Gombosh family. It became more so after 15-year-old Joey Gombosh fell ill and died in 1995 after he returned from a fishing outing at Northmoreland Park. “This keeps his memory alive,” said Bob Gombosh, who along...
Protesters rally at Westmoreland County Courthouse to oppose Trump agenda
Andrew Wilson said he never attends political protests. On Saturday, he and about 600 others gathered in front of the Westmoreland County Courthouse for one of the hundreds of rallies conducted across the country, including a similar event in downtown Pittsburgh, to protest President Donald Trump and his administration’s actions...
The Bocce House in O’Hara seeks liquor license
A private club in O’Hara’s RIDC Park is seeking a liquor license at its Alpha Drive facility. The Bocce House of Pittsburgh, LLC will have a public hearing before O’Hara Council on Tuesday. It is seeking an inter-municipal license transfer to serve alcohol at its site at 641 Alpha Drive....
Police trying to determine when, where a woman dropped off at hospital was stabbed
A woman was in critical condition after being dropped off at a hospital with a serious stab wound early Saturday, Allegheny County Police said. At about 5:15 a.m., Penn Hills police called in county police detectives to investigate an incident in which a female was stabbed in the chest. The...
Cherrie Mahan’s mom feels closer than ever to finding her daughter’s abductor, remains
Cherrie Mahan’s mother and a team of friends are preparing to search a largely unexamined plot of land where they suspect the girl, who disappeared Feb. 22, 1985, from a school bus stop in Winfield, may be buried. The area is part of a 26-acre parcel across from where Cherrie’s...
Religion digest April 5, 2025
Lenten luncheons, services planned Leechburg The Leechburg Ministerium will host the final Lenten lunch at 11:45 a.m. Friday at Cross Roads Community Presbyterian Church, 271 Main St. Donations will be accepted to support the ministerium emergency voucher fund. Tarentum There will be Lenten lunch and worship service Wednesday at First...
The Stroller, April 5, 2025: Events in the Alle-Kiski Valley
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Unity Township man rescued from creek in Latrobe
A Unity man was rescued from Loyalhanna Creek on Friday afternoon. Unity fire departments as well as the Westmoreland County Swift Water Rescue team were dispatched shortly after 4 p.m. for a man floating in the creek, according to Unity Township Bureau of Fire officials. Rescuers from the Lloydsville Fire...
A tip of the cap: Sto-Rox graduate releasing new hat collection, featuring 3 Pittsburgh Pirates styles
John Geiger could have released his latest baseball hat collection anywhere in the country, but there really was only one place — the city of his home team. Geiger, 39, a Sto-Rox High School graduate and basketball star who grew up in several Pittsburgh neighborhoods, chose the ‘Burgh and the...
State says Hempfield coffee vendor owes $63,000 in back taxes
A Hempfield vending company providing coffee and water was hit this week with a $104,000 lien for failing to pay back sales and use taxes and fees for a 20-month period, according to the state Department of Revenue. Horizon Coffee Service Inc., with its business office off Donohoe Road, did...
Crowd erupts for Marc Fogel’s ceremonial first pitch at Pirates home openerVideo
Wearing a Roberto Clemente jersey, Marc Fogel walked to the mound, tipped his cap and blew two kisses to the sold-out PNC Park crowd at the Pirates’ home opener Friday. He then threw a ceremonial first pitch toward the plate to phenom pitcher and reigning National League Rookie of the...
Foster care agencies in Pa. took millions owed to kids in their care, often keeping them in the dark
Spotlight PA is an independent, nonpartisan, and nonprofit newsroom producing investigative and public-service journalism that holds power to account and drives positive change in Pennsylvania. Counties across Pennsylvania are taking millions of dollars in Social Security benefits owed to kids in foster care, a practice some child advocates equate to...
Felon sentenced for illegal guns found after Route 28 rollover crash in Tarentum
A Washington County felon found with illegal guns after causing a rollover crash on state Route 28 following a police chase has been sentenced to serve a decade in federal prison. Derik Carothers, 29, pleaded guilty on Oct. 30 to possession of a firearm by a convicted felon before U.S....
Section of Allegheny River Boulevard to close for emergency tree removal
PennDOT is closing Allegheny Boulevard from 8 a.m. to noon Saturday for emergency tree removal work. The boulevard will be closed between Nadine Road and Washington Boulevard, which spans Penn Hills and the city of Pittsburgh. The closure could be lifted earlier pending completion of the work. Motorists are advised...
Penn Township physical therapist helps to fill gap in care for fast heart rate syndrome
Doctors have pitched countless theories to Irwin resident Lauren Karcher regarding the laundry list of health problems she had experienced in the past 15 years. Emergency room doctors suspected she suffered from transient ischemic attacks — also known as mini-strokes — and a rheumatologist told her she was in the...
Greensburg-Hempfield area groups provide local families ‘a sense of relief’ with Food 2 Go 4 Kids program
Reflecting on a decade of providing weekend meals and snacks to families at three Hempfield Area elementary schools, the Rev. John Smaligo could not hide his emotion. What started in February 2015 as an effort to support about 40 Hempfield Area students has more than tripled in size. Eleven Greensburg-Hempfield...
Man indicted in ‘grandparent scam’ that hit Western Pa. residents
An 89-year-old hearing impaired man received a call from someone he believed was his son on Dec. 12, stating he had been arrested for a drunken driving crash in Baltimore. Shortly after, the man received another phone call from someone posing as an attorney. This person said that the son...
Monroeville rehab center takes holistic approach to recovery
April 7 is not a day Patrick Yarboro is going to forget anytime soon. It’s the day in 2019 when he woke up in an emergency room — on the way to intensive care — after overdosing on the powerful synthetic opioid carfentanil. It also is his sobriety date. But...
