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SWAT officers called to Northview Heights home, suspect arrested
Pittsburgh Bureau of Police SWAT officers were called to Northview Heights on Thursday night after a carjacking suspect allegedly ran into a house where a woman and children were staying. Officers responded to the 300 block of Mt. Pleasant Road around 8:15 p.m. for reports of the incident. On scene,...
State senator: Greene, Washington counties to reopen next Friday
Two more Pennsylvania counties will reopen late next week, according to a post by Sen. Camera Bartolotta, R-Washington, on her personal Facebook page. According to Bartolotta, Greene and Washington counties will move from the red into the yellow phase next Friday as per Gov. Tom Wolf’s three-phased plan for reopening...
Hempfield fire stations face ‘growing pains’ as township supervisors enforce service agreements
A Hempfield fire station might be forced to pay debt on one of its vehicles if it doesn’t agree to follow a plan laid out by township supervisors at the start of the year. Members of the High Park Volunteer Fire Department are asking the township to pay nearly $62,000...
Collaboration between WCCC, Hempfield allows students to graduate with associates degree
Hempfield students are now able to graduate with more than a high school diploma. A new collaboration between the school and Westmoreland County Community College allows students to obtain an Associates of Arts degree from the college’s School of Humanities, Social Sciences and Public Services while still attending high school....
Hempfield recognition ceremony moved online due to coronavirus
Almost 130 Hempfield middle school students were honored virtually this week after an annual Academic Breakfast was canceled because of the coronavirus. Each year, students from Harrold, Wendover and West Hempfield middle schools who finish in the top 10% of their classes attend the breakfast where they are awarded for...
Stimulus checks made out to deceased people should be returned, government says
The last thing Lori Hughes expected to receive in the mail was a $1,200 stimulus check made out to her mother, Sharyn Davis, who died last July. The 54-year-old Smithton resident is now left deciding the best course of action for sending the money back to the federal government after...
Baking supplies, other staples remain low — or altogether gone — at local grocers amid pandemic
Baking is helping people pass the time under stay-at-home orders, gauging from aisles normally filled with flour, sugar and brownie mixes at several local grocery stores. Cake mixes, chocolate chips and other staples were hard to come by at Target and Giant Eagle in North Huntingdon this week. Stocks of...
Some beaches popular with Pittsburghers have reopened, others waiting during pandemicVideo
Western Pennsylvanians eager to get to their favorite beaches once stay-at-home orders are lifted might have to wait a little longer as beach towns rebound from effects of the coronavirus pandemic. Down the East Coast from New Jersey to Florida, officials are working to determine the best times to reopen...
Western Pa. college students in line for cash from coronavirus stimulus package
Students struggling to make ends meet after colleges and universities shuttered earlier this spring could soon see extra cash in their bank accounts. Schools across the country are receiving millions of dollars for eligible students as part of the CARES (Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security) Act. It provides students...
Hempfield plans $1.3 million summer paving program involving 44 streetsVideo
Hempfield crews are preparing to start a $1.3 million summer paving program that will resurface 9 miles of township roads. The project, slated to start over the summer, will cover 44 streets. Areas that are included in the project include Lynchwood, Mt. Vernon, Valhurst, High Park and parts of West...
13th Port Authority employee tests positive for coronavirus, 11th at West Mifflin garage
Port Authority officials announced that a 13th employee has tested positive for covid-19, the disease caused by the novel coronavirus. All but two of the confirmed cases have come out of the bus service’s West Mifflin maintenance garage, officials said. Nine of the cases at the garage involved a maintenance...
Census surveys could help small businesses post-pandemic
Greg Cammerata, a Hempfield restaurant owner, is hopeful a new survey rolled out by the U.S. Census Bureau will bring additional aid to small businesses amid the coronavirus pandemic. “We’re not a corporate place,” said Cammerata, who owns IronRock Tap House. “We’re local people that did this restaurant. We don’t...
Hempfield supervisors waive penalty fee, extend discount period for property taxes
Hempfield residents will not be penalized this year for property taxes paid after August. Township supervisors voted unanimously Monday to pass a measure that waives the fee and extends the discount period by four months. Now, property owners will have until Aug. 31 to pay a discounted rate, and Sept....
Proposed Pa. bill could provide financial assistance to fire, EMS amid pandemic
In an effort to aid fire and EMS companies in financial need during the coronavirus pandemic, state Rep. Pam Snyder, D-Carmichaels, proposed a bill that would provide crisis grants to eligible companies. House Bill 2413 would establish a one-time program to provide grants to first responders in need. To qualify,...
Mt. Pleasant Area students rally to save prom amid pandemic
As seniors grapple with the idea of missing out on graduation and other end-of-the-year events as the coronavirus spreads across Western Pennsylvania, a group of Mt. Pleasant Area students decided there was one event they weren’t willing to miss — prom. In the days following an announcement that the school’s...
Hempfield Area reschedules graduation, cancels prom
Hempfield Area students will have to wait almost two more months to receive their diplomas after school officials pushed graduation to July amid the coronavirus pandemic. Graduation is rescheduled for July 18 rather than the original May 29 date, according to a letter from the district. July 19 will act...
Wolf urges health care professionals to report race data related to coronavirus
Gov. Tom Wolf is calling on medical professionals to report race and ethnicity data of those who test positive for covid-19, the disease caused by the novel coronavirus. About 69% of race data is unreported, Wolf said during a press conference Monday afternoon, “and there is little data when it...
Giant Eagle reports 2 more stores with confirmed coronavirus cases
Employees at two other Giant Eagle stores have tested positive for the coronavirus, officials announced Friday. The company said on its website that it got confirmation Wednesday of a case at its Kennedy Township store, 1800 McKees Rocks Road. The last day the person was in the store was Sunday....
Fallen tree shuts down Mt. Washington street
Part of Woodruff Street in Mt. Washington is closed because of a downed tree. According to Tribune-Review news partner WPXI-TV, the road is closed between Merrimac Street and Route 51. Further information was not immediately available....
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Mt. Washington road closed due to downed tree
Part of Woodruff Street in Mt. Washington is closed due to a downed tree. According to Tribune-Review new partners WPXI-TV, the road is closed between Merrimac Street and Route 51. Further information was not immediately available....
Police: South Side shooting leaves man in critical condition
One person is in critical condition after a shooting Thursday in Pittsburgh’s South Side Slopes, police said. Officers responded to a Shotspotter alert on the 1900 block of St. Paul Street around 10:30 p.m. Upon arrival, they found a man with multiple gunshot wounds, a police spokesman said. No other...
Hempfield school district serves almost 2,000 meals amid pandemic
Almost 2,000 meals have been served to students in the Hempfield Area School District over the past month since schools shuttered in response to the coronavirus pandemic. Just a week after Gov. Tom Wolf ordered schools to temporarily close to help curb the spread of the coronavirus that causes covid-19,...
Greensburg ArtsWalk canceled, organizers to focus on next year’s eventVideo
The Greensburg ArtsWalk, scheduled for Saturday , has been canceled due to the coronavirus, organizers announced. The annual event draws thousands of people to downtown Greensburg to enjoy the city’s art scene and restaurants, while being entertained by visual and performing arts groups in a self-guided tour. The event will...
Police: Suspect stole over $8,000 in items from Tractor Supply in East Huntingdon
State police are asking for help in identifying a suspect they say took more than $8,000 worth of items from Tractor Supply in East Huntingdon early Tuesday morning. According to a police report, someone cut a chain to enter a fenced lot of the Crossroads Plaza store, taking a Cub...
1 taken to hospital after overnight fire in Pittsburgh
One person was transported to the hospital after a fire early Wednesday morning, according to an Allegheny 911 dispatcher. Crews responded to 721 Lorenz Ave. in Pittsburgh’s Elliott neighborhood shortly after 3:50 a.m. Tribune-Review news partner WPXI reported there was damage to an awning above the front porch and broken...
