Here in Ohio (Dayton) I often hear phrases that follow this pattern: need(s) (or want(s) or similar verbs) + past participle
…as in “the fence needs fixed” rather than “the fence needs to be fixed.” I even recall a Dayton Daily News sports headline: “A score that needs settled.” (It saddened me greatly to see that in print, but that’s not the point here.)
I haven’t heard it outside Ohio other than once in Pittsburgh, but maybe I just haven’t been paying attention. Is the use of such a construction particular to any region of the country?
It does indeed seem to be a regionalism, though we are somewhat fuzzy on the region. It seems to include Pittsburgh specifically, Western PA in general, and parts of Ohio.
As a bonus, the discussion of “Burghese” came up in my search: