Jacob Tierney stories, Page 35
Temperatures plunge 30 degrees overnight, warm weather to return later this week
Saturday it looked like March would go out like a lamb, but that changed early Sunday morning as temperatures plunged about 30 degrees. Saturday’s high temperature was almost 70 degrees. Then a coldfront swept in from the Northwest shortly before dawn Sunday, dropping temps into the low 30s, according to...
March for Parks in Westmoreland County passes $1 million markVideo
The speakers were blasting “Eye of the Tiger” as hundreds of marchers set off Saturday along the walking path at Twin Lakes Park. They had reason to celebrate. It was the 17th annual March for Parks fundraiser, and this year the total collected since the first march passed $1 million....
Former Green Bay Packer delivers keynote at 1st Greensburg Catholic Diocese conference
Mike McCoy called up a volunteer Saturday from an audience of about 600 Catholic men. The former Green Bay Packers defensive tackle asked the volunteer to shove him in the chest. After a firm shove, McCoy staggered backward a few steps. Then he planted his feet, lowered his center of...
State Rep. Metcalfe to host meeting with climate change skeptic
State Rep. Daryl Metcalfe (R-Butler), chairman of the House Environmental Resources and Energy Committee, will host an informational meeting at the state capitol Wednesday featuring a presentation from geologist and climate-change skeptic Gregory Wrightstone. Wrightstone is the author of “Inconvenient Facts, The science that Al Gore doesn’t want you to...
SummerSounds celebrates 20 years in Greensburg
The SummerSounds concert series in Greensburg will celebrate its 20th season by going back to the past. The schedule isn’t final yet, but the plan is for all but one of the 13 free concerts to feature an act that has played at SummerSounds before. Organizers announced most of the...
Greensburg Salem Mini-THON raises more than $50K
Greensburg Salem High School shattered its Mini-THON record by raising $50,737 for children with cancer during its 12-hour overnight dance marathon Saturday and Sunday. “The feeling, honestly, is just indescribable right now,” said Natalia Zucco, a Greensburg-Salem senior and chair of the group that organized the event. The money goes...
Nancy Rogers Crozier, sister of Mister Rogers, devoted life to Latrobe
Nancy Rogers “Laney” Crozier eschewed the spotlight that shone on her brother Fred Rogers, of “Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood” fame, but she devoted her considerable energy to making her own neighborhood a better place. Crozier spent her time helping her hometown of Latrobe. “She brought a lot of energy into the...
Missing Unity man found
State police have found a Unity Township man who had been missing since Thursday. Joseph Gongo, 73, was reported missing when he left his home around 2 p.m. Thursday and did not return. Gongo was found safe nearby Friday morning, police said....
One injured in Penn Township crash
An unconscious person was taken to an area hospital early Friday after a pickup truck crashed into a barricade on Paintertown Road in Penn Township, according to Tribune-Review news partner WPXI. The driver was trapped and unresponsive when first responders arrived shortly after midnight. Further details were not immediately available....
Cops: East Hills shooting suspect ‘sick of being bullied’
A Pittsburgh man told investigators he was “sick of being bullied” by the man he allegedly shot in Pittsburgh’s East Hills neighborhood Wednesday afternoon, police said. A 4-year-old child was in the backseat of Marlon McMillan’s Jeep when McMillan fired out his driver’s side window on Wilner Drive shortly after...
School bus crash reported in Murrysville
A vehicle rear-ended a school bus in Murrysville Thursday morning, according to Westmoreland County 911. No injuries were initially reported, dispatchers said, but EMS was called to the scene because there were three students in the bus. The crash happened just after 7 a.m. at the corner of William Penn...
Multi-car crash snarls Parkway West in Carnegie
A multi-vehicle crash briefly closed one lane of the Parkway West in Carnegie Wednesday morning. ACCIDENT: Parkway West Outbound at Carnegie. Left lane blocked. LIVE look at @WPXI at 6:09 AM. @JenniferTomazic pic.twitter.com/xExJoc15cn— WPXI Traffic (@WPXITraffic) March 20, 2019 It is unknown if there were any injuries in the crash,...
Cops: Burglars break into Hempfield convenience store
State police are looking for two burglars who in broke into a Hempfield convenience store through the front window. According to police, the unknown men broke through the window of the Speedy Mart on West Point Drive around 11 p.m. March 2. The men made off with unspecified merchandise. Anyone...
One injured in Carrick crash
One person was injured when an SUV crashed into a pole on Valeria Avenue in Pittsburgh’s Carrick neighborhood early Wednesday morning, according to Tribune-Review news partner WPXI. The driver was taken to the hospital after the one-vehicle crash., WPXI reported. The road has reopened. It was closed for several hours...
Powerball jackpot climbs to $550 million
Powerball players will be vying for the 10th-largest lottery jackpot in U.S.. history in Wednesday’s drawing. The top prize has climbed to $550 million, or about $335 million if taken as a lump sum. The winner will likely have to pay almost half the prize in state and federal taxes,...
Water main construction project shuts down Monessen street
A construction project on a water main shut down Second Street in Monessen Tuesday morning, according to Westmoreland County 911. Though originally reported as a water main break just before 7:30 a.m. Tuesday, it was actually a planned project, according to the Borough of Charleroi Water Authority, which supplies water...
Churchill charter school employee charged with selling drugs
An employee at Pace Charter School in Churchill has been charged with selling drugs to a co-worker in the school parking lot, according to Tribune-Review news partner WPXI. Devon Alexander, 29, of Coraopolis has been fired from his position as a behavioral specialist, the school told WPXI. The Churchill Police...
Vigil for New Zealand victims held in Greensburg
Organizers said more than 100 people participated in a candlelight vigil outside the Westmoreland Museum of American Art on Sunday night to honor the victims of the mass shooting at two New Zealand mosques. Activist group Voice of Westmoreland hosted the event. It was a stand against racism and Islamophobia,...
One injured when car flips in Allegheny Twp.
One person was injured Monday when their car flipped in Allegheny Township, according to Westmoreland County 911. The one-vehicle crash happened shortly before 5 a.m. at the corner of Route 356 and La Belle Vue Road, dispatchers said. The driver was taken to a local hospital. The crash scene has...
Arrest made in connection with threat against Bethel Park High School
Police arrested one person in connection with an online threat against Bethel Park High School, according to Tribune-Review news partner WPXI-TV. Details about the threat and suspect were not immediately available Monday morning. Classes were held as scheduled Monday, but police provided added security, WPXI reported. The latest threat was...
Female Scouts BSA troop in Westmoreland takes inaugural camping trip
Friday night was far from the first time a group of Scouts braved the cold for a winter camping trip in the woods. It was, however, the first camping trip for a female Scouts BSA troop in Westmoreland County. “I’m actually, finally, part of a group,” said Greta Nicodemus, 11,...
Police: Man threw gun out truck window during chase in Duquesne
Duquesne police have arrested a North Versailles man they say threw a gun out a truck window during a chase. Police were conducting extra patrols Saturday night because of St. Patrick’s Day. Officers attempted to stop a pickup truck for suspected impaired driving, police said. When the truck wouldn’t stop,...
Police seek suspect in Homestead shooting Thursday
Allegheny County Police are looking for a teenager accused of shooting a 60-year-old man in the leg Thursday. Demon Ronald Ross, 17, has been charged as an adult in the shooting. Ross and the 60-year-old man got into an argument that ended when Ross shot the man near the intersection...
Body found in Monongahela River in Braddock
A man has been found dead in the Monongahela River in Braddock, according to Allegheny County officials. A tugboat operator spotted the body near the Rankin Bridge at about 8:45 a.m. Sunday, officials said. First-responders recovered the body from the river. Further details were not immediately available....
2 killed, 4 injured in wrong-way crash on turnpike in Beaver CountyVideo
Two people were killed and four were injured in a head-on crash in Beaver County on Saturday because of a motorist was driving the wrong way on the Pennsylvania Turnpike, according to state police. Police identified those killed as William Paxton, 76, of Pittsburgh and Andrew Sworan, 36, of Cleveland....
