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Westmoreland master gardeners take Monarch Migration Celebration online
Penn State Master Gardeners of Westmoreland County’s 2nd annual Monarch Migration Celebration has gone virtual, with seven weeks of activities to help children and their families learn more about monarch butterflies. The original celebration, held last September, was a single-day live event that drew about 150 participants. Organizers were hoping...
Greensburg considers plans for garage destroyed by fire as coronavirus limits options
Greensburg officials are still considering options to replace the public works garage destroyed by fire last year, but talk of seeking a new location for the building has been scuttled due to the financial uncertainty brought on by the coronavirus pandemic. “We can’t look elsewhere because of covid-19,” said public...
New Kensington-Arnold delays start of school year to Sept. 8
New Kensington-Arnold School District will delay the start of the school year by eight days to provide more time for officials to make coronavirus-related preparations and to help students and staff beat the heat, officials announced late Thursday. School will start Tuesday, Sept. 8, the day after Labor Day, rather...
Century III Mall’s JCPenney to close
The JCPenney store at Century III Mall has been added to the list of 151 locations closing nationwide. It was the last surviving store in the long-struggling mall, which closed last year after West Mifflin Code Enforcement declared it “unsafe and uninhabitable” due to a broken water and fire suppression...
Missing 5-year-old girl found in Herminie
First responders have found a 5-year-old girl who was missing for about two hours Wednesday afternoon, according to the Sewickley Township Emergency Management Agency. The girl went missing around 4:30 p.m. in the area of Highland Avenue in Herminie, Sewickley Township, according to Westomreland County 911. She was found safe...
Greensburg plans major renovation at Spring Avenue Park
Greensburg officials say they want to bring new life to the city’s long-neglected parks, starting with the 1.4-acre park on South Spring Avenue “The majority of parks in our city have been ignored, and not ignored on purpose,” said recreation facilities manager Trudy Ivory. “I went around and looked at...
Greensburg plans 5 Star Trail renovations
Greensburg is planning a $389,000 project to improve the Five Star Trail, making the popular running and biking destination more accessible to city residents. “We’re basically trying to improve the connections between the neighborhoods that are adjacent to the Five Star Trail,” said Jeff Richards, Westmoreland County parks planning coordinator...
Veterans hold Black Lives Matter rally in Pittsburgh
A group of about 25 people, many of them veterans, gathered in Downtown Pittsburgh Sunday to show their support for the Black Lives Matter movement. Organizer Aryanna Hunter, of Murrysville, said the rally was in part meant to spotlight the diversity of worldviews in the military. “We get aligned with...
Police: Teen arrested for firing shots on Pittsburgh’s North Shore
Pittsburgh police have arrested a juvenile for allegedly firing multiple shots Sunday morning in the city’s North Shore neighborhood. The shooting was reported about 11 a.m. in the 200 block of Federal Street. When officers arrived they found no victims, but several vehicles had been shot and there were multiple...
Man jumps in Monongahela River after Pittsburgh crash injures 6
A man jumped into the Monongahela River to flee law enforcement after a two-vehicle crash that injured six people, according to the Pittsburgh Department of Public Safety. The crash happened shortly after noon Sunday near the intersection of Bates Street and Second Avenue, in the city’s South Oakland neighborhood. Five...
Teen turns himself in to Uniontown police on homicide charges
The homeless teenager charged with the shooting death of a 16-year-old Uniontown boy turned himself in Friday night, according to Uniontown Police. Jaden Christopher Shaw, 17, is being held without bail in the Fayette County Prison. Shaw allegedly shot Gary Wayne Jordan III in the face and arm on Lenox...
Volunteers clean graffiti from Beam Rocks in Forbes State ForestVideo
The volunteers came to the woods with scrubbers, buckets, gloves, a banjo and five gallons of Elephant Snot. The “snot” is a graffiti remover that’s powerful yet safe for the environment — perfect for scrubbing spray paint off the Beam Rocks overlook in Forbes State Forest in Somerset County, which...
Week in Review: Turnpike hike, Ligonier chase and Derry homicideVideo
A Derry woman was killed in an apparent case of mistaken identity, turnpike drivers without an E-ZPass are facing a major price hike, and Allegheny County is inspecting businesses to make sure they’re following coronavirus rules. Here’s a look back at some of the week’s top stories: Turnpike Hike Turnpike...
Greensburg church, donors ensuring nobody goes hungry during pandemicVideo
Otterbein United Methodist Church was trying to create a program to feed hungry kids, then the coronavirus pandemic came along and changed everything. “We had been planning on doing this program but, because of covid, we were worried it was going to be canceled,” said the Rev. Dawn Check. Instead,...
Man charged with October homicide in McKeesport
Allegheny County Police Wednesday arrested a McKeesport man in connection with an October homicide at a Family Dollar. Master William Thornton, 18, is charged with killing Dwayne Fuller, 24, of Homestead. Thornton was 17 at the time of the shooting, which happened just after 11 a.m. at the Family Dollar...
Police arrest man charged with shooting juvenile in Turtle Creek
Allegheny County Police arrested a man accused of shooting a boy in Turtle Creek last week. Tyler Mixter, 23, of Coraopolis, is charged with aggravated assault and attempted homicide. The shooting on the 1200 block of Maple Avenue was reported just after 9:30 p.m. July 13. First responders found a...
Police: South Fayette man kills himself after shooting stepfather
A South Fayette man shot his stepfather in the face Wednesday night and then killed himself after being confronted by officers, according to Allegheny County Police. The stepfather, 67, is expected to survive, police said. The shooting happened during a domestic dispute at a home on Caledonia Court, police said....
Man killed, woman injured in McKeesport shooting
A man was shot and killed in McKeesport late Wednesday, according to the Allegheny County Medical Examiner’s office. Niko Dawon, 31, of McKeesport, was shot in the 1200 block of Soles Street just before 11:30 p.m. He was taken to UPMC McKeesport, and died about an hour later, according to...
6 escape McKeesport house fire
Three adults and three children fled a house fire in McKeesport early Thursday, according to the McKeesport Fire Department. The fire in the 1600 block of Sixth Street started around 1:20 a.m. Nobody was hurt. Firefighters put out the fire within a half-hour, according to the department. There was heavy...
1 dead after shooting in Pittsburgh’s Knoxville neighborhood
A man was killed Wednesday in a shooting in Pittsburgh’s Knoxville neighborhood, according to the city Department of Public Safety. The unidentified man was taken to a hospital in critical condition early Wednesday. His death was reported just before 9 a.m. The city’s Shotspotter detection system registered multiple shots fired...
No injuries in Fairfield Township house fire
No injuries were reported in a house fire in Fairfield Township Tuesday, according to Westmoreland County 911. The fire started shortly before 4 a.m. in house on the 100 block Center Street that was occupied, a dispatcher said. Firefighters extinguished the blaze within two hours. The Bolivar Volunteer Fire Department...
Police looking for man accused of throwing bricks at officers during Pittsburgh protest
Pittsburgh police are trying to identify a man who allegedly threw bricks at police during a protest in East Liberty on June 1. Images from security footage show a black man wearing a camouflage baseball cap, a “Curators of Hip Hop” t-shirt and Nike Air Max 95 shoes. The incident...
Body of West Mifflin man found in Youghiogheny River
First responders on Monday recovered the body of a West Mifflin man from the Youghiogheny River in Rostraver. Craig A. Helsel, 53, of West Mifflin was recovered by a rescue team shortly before 11 a.m., according to Westmoreland County Deputy Coroner Joshua Zappone. He was pronounced dead at the scene....
Rotary Club of Greensburg awards $11,500 in scholarships to local students
The Rotary Club of Greensburg this year awarded $11,500 in scholarships to 12 local students. The club has two scholarships that are awarded every year. The Kenneth P. Rutter Scholarship is named for a former minister and Rotary member who died in 2005. It is awarded to students with a...
Greensburg drops health inspections, sending restaurants to state
The City of Greensburg is no longer conducting health inspections of restaurants or food trucks. Starting this month, eatery owners must contact the Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture to arrange inspections, then file the results with the city. Owners will pay about the same under the new process, which will streamline...
