Brian C. Rittmeyer stories, Page 75

Regina Strobel stood outside what was left of her Brackenridge home in a misty rain Wednesday, a day after it was destroyed by fire. She had been inside looking for anything she could salvage. She found a few pieces of much-needed clothing and a couple mementos. She wasn’t able to...

An Ellwood City man died in a two-vehicle crash in West Deer on Monday morning. The Allegheny County Medical Examiner’s Office identified the man on Tuesday as Mark Tedrow, 35. The crash happened shortly after 10 a.m. in the 300 block of Deer Creek Valley Road. According to West Deer...

The United Steelworkers union announced Friday it will start a strike at Allegheny Technologies Inc. next week. The union said it informed ATI it will strike over what it calls unfair labor practices beginning at 7 a.m. Tuesday. “We have provided the notice to ATI to ensure an orderly and...

A nonprofit that provides outpatient mental health and substance abuse services to children and adults is looking to move to larger quarters in New Kensington. Southwest Behavioral Care, an affiliate of Southwestern Pennsylvania Human Services (SPHS), is at capacity at its offices at 408 Eighth St., said Cheryld Emala, chief...

Harrison police said they found drugs within reach of children Thursday while serving a search warrant at a home near the municipal building and police department. Police charged Garrick Marshman, 26, of Donora, with drug offenses including possession and possession with intent to deliver, child endangerment, firearms violations and conspiracy....

The United Steelworkers union announced Friday it will start a strike at Allegheny Technologies Inc. next week. The union said it informed ATI it will strike over what it calls unfair labor practices beginning at 7 a.m. Tuesday. “We have provided the notice to ATI to ensure an orderly and...

An Alabama-based air filter manufacturer has chosen Arnold as the location for its first facility in the northeastern United States, and the operation is expected to employ more than 100 people. Filterbuy will lease 137,000 square feet of production and distribution space in New Kensington Advanced Manufacturing Park from the...

New Kensington police have charged a Jeannette man with sexually assaulting a 15-year-old girl, who became pregnant. Police said they began investigating last September after getting a report that a teen had given birth to a son in November 2019 at UPMC Magee-Womens Hospital in Pittsburgh. The father was identified...

New Kensington-Arnold School District will extend in-person instruction to four days beginning April 6, according to a letter to district families from acting Superintendent Jon Banko. Banko said the decision to expand face-to-face instruction is supported by the school board, but he did not specify how that was done. “I...

Highlands School District has closed its elementary school in Tarentum because of covid cases. The district said in a notice on its website that positive cases at Highlands Elementary School “have resulted in a significant number of required quarantines.” District spokeswoman Jennifer Goldberg said there were three positive cases at...

A Fawn supervisor whose candidacy for reelection was challenged on the grounds he does not live in the township has withdrawn from the primary, according to Allegheny County Elections. Township resident Tracy Volk filed an objection to Supervisor David Norris’ candidacy on the basis that Norris, a Democrat, has lived...

Pittsburgh police are asking for the public’s help in finding a missing senior citizen. According to police, Maxine Gillis, 79, suffers from dementia. She was dropped off at a family member’s home by taxi around 1 a.m. Friday but did not show up in the 2100 block of Park Hill...

A Fawn supervisor seeking reelection should be removed from the Democratic primary ballot in May because he does not live in the township, an objection to his nominating petition claims. The objection filed by resident Tracy Volk, a registered Democrat, claims Supervisor David A. Norris, 79, has lived in DeLand,...

It’s been nearly a year since a tornado tore through New Kensington, and Kim Louis is still finding bits of roofing insulation stuck in weeds when she goes out for walks. “It’s just gross,” she said. So when Louis, director of Sonward Youth Programs, saw a Girl Scout troop looking...

A 20-year-old man who sparked an Amber Alert for a 1-year-old girl Thursday twice pointed a gun at the girl’s mother and threatened to kill the woman before taking their child, according to state police. The girl, taken from her mother’s East Pittsburgh home, was recovered safely by a SWAT...

Traffic will be restricted on the Tarentum Bridge next week, PennDOT announced. The right lane carrying westbound traffic from the bridge to Freeport Road on the northern end of the span over East 4th Avenue in Tarentum will be closed from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Monday through Friday. One...

Free trees will be available to Tarentum residents at a distribution in April. Borough residents can begin signing up at 10 a.m. Monday for the trees offered by Tree Pittsburgh and the borough’s recreation board. Advance registration is required. The trees are scheduled to be distributed between 10 a.m. and...

PNC will close three more bank branches in the Pittsburgh area in June. The branches that will close June 11 are in McCandless, Oakdale and Ambridge. Each will be consolidated with another location, bank spokeswoman Marcey Zwiebel said. The closings are driven by changes in the way customers are doing...

Another gun has been caught at the main security checkpoint at Pittsburgh International Airport. According to Allegheny County Police, Transportation Security Administration officers found a loaded .380 caliber handgun in a woman’s carry-on bag around 5:42 a.m. Thursday. The TSA said the woman, a resident of Pittsburgh, had the gun...

Highlands School District will begin four day in-person instruction on March 29. The change, approved by the school board this week, was made after a district survey found that 80% of parents and caregivers were in favor of it. The survey did not provide respondents with the option of staying...

Part of a road on the border of Pittsburgh’s Mount Oliver and Arlington neighborhoods was closed Tuesday morning because of a water main break. Parkwood Road was closed between Otillia Street and Mountain Avenue, Tribune-Review news partner WPXI-TV reported. Pittsburgh Public Safety described the break as “substantial.” WATER MAIN BREAK...