Dillon Carr stories, Page 19
Gateway board member wants reimbursed, district says she didn’t follow protocol
A Gateway school director is in hot water after asking the district to reimburse her $8,600 she says she spent purchasing food for a district backpack program. School board member Val Warning spent $8,671 on food purchased between September and January to provide for the Gateway Backpack Program at University...
Fox Chapel man charged in Baldwin man’s death pleads not guiltyVideo
A Fox Chapel man facing charges in the death of a Baldwin man will get his day in court following a not guilty plea Friday. Adam Rosenberg, 21, has been charged with criminal homicide, robbery, tampering with evidence and firearms violations in connection to the homicide of Jeremy Dentel, 28....
Penn Hills Senior Citizen Center reducing hours to cut municipality costs
The municipally-operated Penn Hills Senior Citizen Center along Jefferson Road will go through a change starting in July that could save Penn Hills money. The move effectively transforms the full-time center to a part-time center, according to Penn Hills Manager Scott Andrejchak. Currently, its operating hours are from 8 a.m....
Monroeville Jewish center celebrates Purim with NYC themeVideo
Around 50 women, men and children clad in costumes sat listening intently Tuesday as Rabbi Mendy Schapiro’s melodic chant rang out in the small chabad center off Mosside Boulevard. At seemingly random points, the crowd would erupt in a piercing din as they pounded on tables and activated their handheld...
Bank of America coming to former Bottom Dollar location in Penn Hills
A former grocery store along Frankstown Road that has been vacant for five years has been demolished to make room for a bank, according to a Penn Hills Planning Commissioner. Bank of America will be built at the site where Bottom Dollar once sat, said Brent Rambo, a planning commissioner....
Officials: Man found dead near Fox Chapel murder suspect’s home died of gunshot to head
A Verona man whose body was found last week in a wooded area in Fox Chapel died of a gunshot to the head, the Allegheny County Medical Examiner’s Office said Wednesday. The Medical Examiner’s Office ruled the death of Christian Moore-Rouse, 22, a homicide. Moore-Rouse had been missing since December....
Monroeville road to close for 3 months
A section of Northern Pike in Monroeville connecting Route 22 to Route 48 will close for about three months starting March 16, PennDOT announced. The road will be closed between Valerie Circle and Abers Creek Road starting at 9 a.m. March 16 through early June. The $1.4 million project won’t...
Therapy dogs visit, book club and more at Penn Hills Library
Penn Hills Library will host the following events: • The library invites children aged 3-11 to celebrate St. Patrick’s Day by making crafts from 10 to 11 a.m. and again from 1 to 2 p.m. March 12 in the Children’s Activity Room. Contact the library to sign up. • There...
Former Plum resident pleads not guilty to touching child
A former Plum resident pleaded not guilty to touching an 8-year-old girl and showing her sexually explicit videos. Guerau B. Cabrera, 41, faces two counts of indecent assault to a person less than 13 years of age, endangering the welfare of children, two counts of disseminating explicit sex material to...
Voter status change deadline, lenten events and more around Monroeville
Instructor Steve Bodnar teaches beginner Sun Tai Chi classes at 9 a.m. Wednesdays and advanced classes at 9 a.m. Thursdays at the Monroeville Senior Citizens Center, 6000 Gateway Campus Blvd. Cost is $5 per class. For details, call 412-856-7825. International Women schedules meetings The International Women group will meet April...
Rep. Brandon Markosek speaks to students about bullying
“Bullying does not have a zip code.” State Rep. Brandon Markosek, D-Monroeville, spoke to students at Spectrum Charter School and O’Block Junior High School in Plum Borough School District over two days about his experience being bullied and how that has buttressed his fight for legislation to make bullying illegal....
Kids will need parent or guardian to go to movies at Monroeville Mall on weekends
Beginning last weekend, all children under 18 won’t be able to go to the movies in Monroeville without a parent or legal guardian. The Cinemark Monroeville Mall and XD, a Monroeville Mall tenant, posted signs around the theater that said the new policy will be in effect March 6. “No...
Medical examiner confirms body found at Fox Chapel home was Christian Moore-Rouse
The body found in a wooded lot in Fox Chapel on Tuesday belongs to Christian Moore-Rouse, a Medical Examiner report shows. Moore-Rouse, 22, of Verona had been missing since December. His mother, Lee Reed, filed a missing person report with the Verona Police Department, who then reached out to Allegheny...
O’Block students create cribbing for Unity VFD rescuesVideo
They didn’t know it, but the work some seventh graders did at O’Block Junior High School during a recent mundane Tuesday morning could help save lives. “This wasn’t just cutting some wood in the shop class,” said Dan White, assistant chief at Unity Volunteer Fire Department. The wood, he explained,...
Penn Hills schools prepares for coronavirus, communication procedures
Penn Hills School District administrators are asking parents to double check email addresses and contact information in the event schools are forced to shut down due to a coronavirus outbreak. “Our district principals will be working with instructional teams to develop standards-based, K-12 lessons that may be forwarded to families...
Gateway, other education admins call for public charter school funding reform
The Gateway Board of School Directors has joined a chorus of education administrators across the state calling for public charter school funding reform. The board unanimously approved a resolution Feb. 18 that called on legislators to reform the “flawed” and “unfair” formulas used to determine how charter schools are funded....
Rapper Frzy speaks to students at Cleveland Steward ElementaryVideo
Pittsburgh rapper Harvey “Frzy” Daniels showcased his talent at a Gateway elementary school on Feb. 26 to display the school’s character trait of the month: trustworthiness. Dr. Cleveland Steward Jr. Elementary’s 329 students in kindergarten through fourth grade cheered and screamed and reached for the rapper known for his freestyle...
Penn Hills School District receives sizable School Safety and Security grant
Around 10% of state grants aimed at curbing violence in schools will go to entities in Allegheny County, according to the School Safety and Security Committee. The committee, established under the Pennsylvania Commission on Crime and Delinquency in 2018, announced Wednesday that $53.7 million is to be allocated to schools...
Alle-Kiski Valley school districts get state money for security, reducing violence
School districts in the Alle-Kiski Valley will receive money from a state committee aimed at school safety that ranges from more than $400,000 for the South Butler and Highlands school districts to $30,000 for Riverview. The School Safety and Security Committee was established under the Pennsylvania Commission on Crime and...
Gateway renews Spectrum Charter School’s charter for five years
The Gateway school board unanimously voted last week to renew a school’s public charter, keeping the school of 32 students alive for another five years. Michelle Johnson, Spectrum Charter School’s executive director, was pleasantly surprised by the move taken by the board at a Feb. 18 meeting. “Yes, I’m surprised,”...
Penn Hills Senior Services Center celebrates Black History MonthVideo
It started with a question from a member of the Penn Hills Senior Services Center. “What is done to celebrate Black History Month at the center?” At the time, the answer was nothing. About a year later, the one who voiced the question, Janice Brookins, found herself without words as...
Slippery Rock student recounts ‘horrifying’ 80-foot fall at McConnells Mill
Jocie Van Kirk, the 21-year-old Slippery Rock University psychology student who fell 80 feet on Sunday while hiking at McConnells Mill State Park with her friends, recounted the experience as “definitely one of the most horrifying things I’ve ever been through.” “I was absolutely terrified,” Van Kirk said. She said...
Slippery Rock student, Pittsburgh native survives 80-foot fall off cliff at McConnells Mill
A Slippery Rock University student survived an 80-foot fall off a cliff when she “slipped on some leaves” Sunday afternoon near a climbing area at McConnells Mill State Park. Jocie Van Kirk, 21, originally from Pittsburgh, was flown to a hospital around 3:30 p.m. Sunday to be treated for neck,...
Work on Nadine Road to start this week
Nadine Road in Penn Hills will be restricted to one lane starting Tuesday and will fully close in March for three months, Allegheny County officials announced Friday. The road will be restricted to one lane of traffic from Allegheny River Boulevard to Lincoln Road from 7 a.m. to 5 p.m....
Report: Pittsburgh woman hurt after fall from cliff at McConnells Mill
A woman from Pittsburgh was hurt after falling 80 feet from a cliff at McConnells Mill State Park in Slippery Rock Township on Sunday. Tribune-Review news partner WPXI reported the 21-year-old woman was flown to a hospital to be treated for head and back injuries. Lawrence County law enforcement and...
