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Neighbor Spotlight: Dr. Tinamarie Estes-Washington punches back against covid-19Video

Editor’s note: Neighbor Spotlight is a monthly feature that aims to let our readers learn more about the people in their communities who are working to make them a better place, who have interesting stories to tell or who the community feels deserve “15 minutes of fame.” If you would...
Penn Hills ‘Litter Queen’ volunteers to pick up trash ‘because it’s the right thing’

Editor’s note: Neighbor Spotlight is a monthly feature that aims to let our readers learn more about the people in their communities who are working to make them a better place, who have interesting stories to tell or who the community feels deserve “15 minutes of fame.” If you would...
Churchill Valley Greenway project nearing finish line with $630,000 funding gap

The Allegheny Land Trust has until March 31 to raise another $630,000 in order to close on a deal to preserve 148 acres of vacant land at the defunct Churchill Valley Country Club. Despite nearly two years of raising money to reach the $3 million price tag, crossing the finish...
What will Brentwood’s Fourth of July Celebration look like this year?

Brentwood’s annual Fourth of July Celebration will happen this year – but the form it will take is still up in the air. “We will not have a completely silent Fourth of July like we did last year,” said AJ Doyle, vice chairman of Brentwood’s Fourth of July Committee. Doyle...
Duquesne Light Company starts construction on transmission line spanning Plum, Monroeville, Penn Hills

Duquesne Light Company has started construction on an electric transmission line spanning five miles through Plum, Monroeville and Penn Hills. The project, dubbed the Universal-Plum Reliability Project, was split into four areas, and construction began the first week of January, according to a website dedicated to the endeavor. The Pennsylvania...
People rally at Rep. Conor Lamb’s Penn Hills office in support of $15 minimum wage increaseVideo

Joy Darden-Pipkins has been taking care of her godmother for around 20 years without being paid. “It’s a labor of love,” she said, adding she is grateful to be married to a man who makes enough money to pay the bills and the mortgage. Darden-Pipkins was one of around 30...
As St. Philip Catholic School in Crafton faces closure, group appeals decision

St. Philip Catholic School in Crafton is scheduled to close as part of a merger, but a group of parents is determined to reverse Bishop David Zubik’s decision. The Diocese of Pittsburgh announced in February the school would merge with St. Margaret of Scotland School in Green Tree and that...
Police: Man attacked by another wielding ‘large ax’

A Perry South man faces charges after Pittsburgh police say he attacked another man with a large ax. Jacob Thrower, 36, was charged with aggravated assault, making terroristic threats and criminal mischief on Sunday after a fight involving another man shortly after 1 a.m. In a criminal complaint filed against...
Police: Missing Homewood woman found

Pittsburgh police have found a missing Homewood woman. Police confirmed about 8:40 p.m. that she was located and safe. Prior to being found, she was last seen Friday in Oakland....
Leechburg, New Ken food distributions canceled for 2nd week in a row because truck didn’t come

For the second Saturday in a row, people who showed up to receive food from churches in Leechburg and New Kensington went home empty handed. The pastors of Kiski Valley Community Church and The River church in New Kensington were forced to cancel the drive-thru food distributions because the food...
Wexford man finishes Appalachian Trail hike in 7 months

A Wexford man just finished walking 2,200 miles along the Appalachian Trail — and he’s not finished. Patrick Deivernois, 23, started the trek from Maine to Georgia in July. He finished it Feb. 13. But he’s set his sights on the Pacific Crest Trail, a 2,600-mile journey from Mexico to...
Baldwin-Whitehall uses app to communicate more efficiently with Nepali speakers

Families who speak Nepali as their primary language in the Baldwin-Whitehall school district now have a better way to communicate with teachers — and vice versa — thanks to a mobile app. The district launched “Talking Points” as a pilot program designed for the 654 families who speak Nepali. Essentially,...
Sunrise School students in Monroeville get surprise visit from Penguins’ Iceburgh, Chick-fil-A cowVideo

The winter doldrums were disrupted for a time Wednesday when students at Sunrise School in Monroeville got a surprise visit from some familiar faces. Iceburgh, the mascot for the Pittsburgh Penguins, and Chick-fil-A’s “Eat mor Chikin” cow joined the school’s eagle mascot in the school’s playground yard to, simply put,...
Geneva Silverio celebrates 100th birthday with family from Monroeville, PlumVideo

Geneva Silverio said the secret to living to see 100 is being happy. “That’s important,” she said, smiling Feb. 24 on her 100th birthday. She said staying away from smoking, drinking and staying active through exercise and her faith helped, too. Silverio, originally from St. Augustine, Fla., now lives at...
Quaker Valley School District to donate items to Sewickley Community Center, the Center for Hope in AmbridgeVideo

Liam Welge has been leading donation drives for a while. “I love helping out people. It’s just always something I do,” he said. The 14-year-old, Quaker Valley Middle School eighth-grader has led sweater, book and food drives. His latest endeavor has been spearheading a district-wide food drive for the Sewickley...
Gateway’s teacher union considers strike during stalled negotiations

Gateway’s teacher union has authorized going on strike if it can’t come to an agreement with the school board and administration, its president said in a Feb. 23 news release. The Gateway Education Association, comprising 266 teachers, counselors and nurses, voted to authorize the use of a strike at a...

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