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Freeport Area School Board OKs $55 million high school renovation, tax hike
After years of planning and debate, the Freeport Area School Board moved ahead Wednesday with a $55 million high school renovation project — and approved a tax increase to help fund it. Both measures passed 5-4. The school directors who voted for both were Christine Davies, Michael Huth, Gregory Selinger,...
Vandergrift officials won’t let damaged roof in business district be ignored
Vandergrift officials are going after the owner of a building with a prime location on Grant Avenue for failing to fix its partly collapsed roof. Council voted Monday to pursue a nuisance complaint in Westmoreland County Court, which could result in the borough completing the repairs itself and billing the...
UPMC reports $237 million operating income in Q1 2025
UPMC is off to a strong financial start in 2025, with both its health care and insurance services in the black last quarter for a total operating income of $237 million. The health care network made $142 million, while the insurance side — a drag on many recent quarterly reports...
Retirees live it up at retired school buildings
Catholic school taught Jim Scafuri as much about how to take a beating from a nun as math or reading, so when he started at the public Morningside Elementary School in the 1960s, it came as a welcome reprieve. “I started to learn for the first time in my life,”...
Highmark ekes out $15 million margin in first quarter of 2025
Highmark Health brought in more money than it lost in the first quarter of 2025, but just barely. Financial results released Thursday show the health care and insurance provider made $15 million in operating income on $8 billion in revenue between January and March. The success, to some extent, was...
‘Cup family is forever:’ Ex-Pens coach Mike Sullivan takes out billboards to thank city
Former Pittsburgh Penguins head coach Mike Sullivan plastered a parting message this week on a handful of billboards around the city. “Thank you, Pittsburgh,” they read. “Cup family is forever.” The signs feature a photo of Sullivan lifting the Stanley Cup, a feat he accomplished back-to-back behind the Penguins bench...
Morning Roundup: Armstrong Tunnel reopens; boy shot in Wilkinsburg
Here are some of the latest news items from this morning, Thursday, May 29: Armstrong Tunnel reopens The Armstrong Tunnel is fully open to drivers for the first time since March 2023. Crews spent more than two years reconfiguring lanes, repairing deteriorating masonry and modernizing safety systems on the connector...
Roundup: Clemente Bridge to close for concert; Dick’s charity arm ends support to McKeesport schools
Here are some of the latest news items from this morning, Wednesday, May 28: Roberto Clemente Bridge to close Thursday The Roberto Clemente Bridge will close from 7 a.m. to just before midnight Thursday for a Post Malone concert at PNC Park, according to the Pittsburgh Department of Public Works....
Walmart adds Bethel Park Shopping Center to sprawling real estate portfolio
Walmart has bought the Bethel Park Shopping Center for $39.6 million, reflecting its longstanding strategy of owning its stores and, often, surrounding properties. Allegheny County property records show the 22-acre lot changed hands May 5. The previous owner, Texas-based commercial real estate firm Tabani Group, bought the center in 2023...
Contractor fatally run over by truck in Rochester
A 71-year-old man died Tuesday after trying to stop a tractor-trailer from rolling away in Rochester. Beaver Valley Regional police Chief Michael Priolo told TribLive news partner WTAE contractors were unloading a trailer at the Sherwin-Williams plant on Cleveland Street when their truck began to move. The man was hit...
Parkway East outbound restrictions to last the week as part of larger bridge project
Drivers on the Parkway East will see outbound lane and shoulder restrictions from 5 a.m. to 2 p.m. Tuesday through Friday between the Squirrel Hill Tunnel and the Edgewood/Swissvale interchange, weather permitting. Crews are building a retaining wall outside of the tunnel near the site of the new Commercial Street...
Morning Roundup: 3 out-of-state men charged with trespassing at vacant Pittsburgh school
Here are some of the latest news items from this morning, Tuesday, May 27: 3 out of state men charged with trespassing at vacant Pittsburgh school Pittsburgh police said three men traveled halfway across the country to break into an abandoned school Monday in the city’s Knoxville neighborhood. Sean Alvarez,...
Lower Burrell man dead after motorcycle crash in city
A Lower Burrell man died Monday after his Harley Davidson motorcycle collided with a sedan in the city. The incident occurred just before 4 p.m. The motorcycle rider, William Hartman, 20, died about an hour and a half later, according to a report from the Westmoreland County Coroner’s office. The...
Allegheny Township OKs stormwater fee to meet MS4 compliance
Allegheny Township approved a stormwater fee Tuesday as the deadline looms to meet state and federal mandates on runoff management. The ordinance saddles homeowners with an $8.50 monthly payment to help fund about $1.6 million in improvements needed to make good on the township’s MS4 plan, short for Municipal Separate...
Trump announces ‘planned partnership’ between U.S. Steel, Nippon Steel
President Donald Trump on Friday announced an agreement between U.S. Steel and Nippon Steel, which both steelmakers have confirmed. “I am proud to announce that, after much consideration and negotiation, U.S. Steel will REMAIN in America and keep its headquarters in the great city of Pittsburgh,” the president wrote on...
National security panel split on risks of U.S. Steel deal — again
The Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS) remains divided on whether U.S. Steel’s proposed sale to Tokyo-based Nippon Steel presents a national security risk, but most panel members think there’s a path forward for the deal. Reuters broke the news Thursday, citing an anonymous White House official....
Trump gets to decide fate of U.S. Steel-Nippon deal, but ‘no’ might not be an option
A national security review of U.S. Steel’s proposed sale to Nippon Steel was set to reach President Donald Trump’s desk Wednesday, but the final call on the $14.9 billion takeover is entirely up to the president. “We long ago left the point at which there are rules that dictate anything...
South Buffalo voters to decide on expanded alcohol sales
South Buffalo voters will decide at the polls Tuesday whether the township should allow expanded alcohol sales. A referendum on the May 20 primary ballot is something of a do-over. A 2021 measure passed, but was ultimately voided by the state Liquor Control Board because it focused solely on the...
Komen Walk in Schenley Park draws thousands touched by breast cancer
Tammy McMillan has been attending the Susan G. Komen More Than Pink Walk for years in support of loved ones affected by breast cancer. But she wasn’t so sure about doing this year’s 2-mile stroll through Schenley Park. The 56-year-old Penn Hills resident was diagnosed with breast cancer in November....
Donora boy drowns in Monongahela River
A search and rescue mission in Donora ended in sorrow Saturday with the discovery of a 12-year-old boy’s body on the bed of the Monongahela River. The Washington County Coroner’s Office identified the boy as Rontae Lester of Donora. According to the coroner’s report, Lester was swimming with friends Saturday...
Building the Valley: New venture from Tony’s Pizza Cafe owner brings fast casual Italian fare to Buffalo Township
Andrea “Tony” Coppola sees his newest restaurant in Buffalo Township as a taste of the future. Healthy ingredients and trendy flavors are hallmarks of Toasted Amo, the Italian sandwich shop he opened last month in Buffalo Plaza. It marks a stark departure from the area’s plentiful fast food joints —...
13-year-old boy shot in South Side Slopes
A 13-year-old boy is in critical condition after being shot early Sunday morning in Pittsburgh’s South Side Slopes. Pittsburgh police say they were dispatched just before 2:45 a.m. for a one-round ShotSpotter alert at the intersection of Magdalene and Oporto streets. The ShotSpotter system uses microphones throughout the city to...
Hobbyists descend on Monroeville to meet sports icons and pad card collections
If a player so much as drops a baseball in the dirt during certain hours, it becomes game-used memorabilia. But the smudged, worn wooden bat in Tim Thoma’s hand really saw some action. From 1965 to 1968, it belonged to Roberto Clemente. The Pirates legend used the bat to help...
PennDOT worker taken to hospital after driver hits litter cleanup truck on interstate
A PennDOT worker cleaning litter from the Parkway North was taken to a hospital Saturday morning after a pickup hit a PennDOT truck, state police said. The collision happened around 7:30 a.m. on the southbound interstate near the Mt. Nebo Road exit. State police said that during the litter cleanup...
As Rite Aid collapses, customers and other pharmacies bear the impact
It takes Kathy Younkins just a few minutes to walk to her neighborhood Rite Aid. The 67-year-old has picked up her prescriptions at the company’s Harrison location since the 2000s. But now the Philadelphia-based pharmacy empire is crumbling. The company filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy earlier this month, blaming “the...
