Patrick Varine stories, Page 50

A Washington Township stable owner has been charged with animal cruelty and neglect, after animal control officers said she was filmed using a riding crop and two dogs to abuse a horse during a purported training session. A Humane Society officer began investigating Sandra Hobbs, owner of Victory Stables on...

Uniontown’s elected treasurer is already facing charges of stealing more than $106,000 in taxpayer funds. On Thursday, she was charged with taking an even larger amount from a regional church organization where she was a trustee, according to prosecutors. Fayette County District Attorney Richard Bower announced more than 30 charges...

Here are some of the latest news items from this morning, Friday, May 5, 2023: $1 million winning lottery ticket sold in Charleroi Pennsylvania Lottery officials announced that a $1 million winning ticket in the “$1,000,000 Cash Corner$” game was sold Thursday in Washington County. The ticket was sold at...

Email news briefs and event listings to pvarine@triblive.com. Westmoreland Heritage Trail Community Festival The annual Westmoreland Heritage Trail Community Festival will take place from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. June 3 in Trafford, and this year will include a poker run. In addition to basket raffles, a DJ, fishing for...

Mother Nature is bringing nicer weather to Western Pennsylvania, just in time for the weekend. “Anything’s got to be better than what we’ve had the past few days,” said National Weather Service Meteorologist Lee Hendricks. “We’ve had a series of two upper-level low-pressure systems that sat over Ontario and just...

Here are a few news items from Thursday, May 4, 2023: Apartment fire in Duquesne Fire, police and EMS crews are at the scene of a fire on the 2500 block of Duquesne Place Drive in Duquesne. An Allegheny County 911 supervisor said no one had been transported from the...

‘Women & Wine’ bowling league A women’s bowling league, “Women & Wine,” invites those interested to join the group on Tuesdays from June 6 to Aug. 15, 6:30 p.m. at Nesbit’s Lanes, 3501 Leechburg Road in Plum. All skill levels are welcome. Participants can sign up a team of four...

The Franklin Regional school board is guaranteed to see at least three new faces once the 2023 election cycle is complete. Seven candidates have filed to compete for five four-year seats on the school board. Incumbent members Ed Mittereder, Bill Yant and Diana Altieri Hand did not file for reelection....

A 77-year-old man was taken to a local hospital after being struck by a vehicle Tuesday afternoon in Plum. Emergency responders were called to the Holiday Park Shopping Center on Golden Mile Highway just before 1 p.m. They found the man who had been hit in the plaza’s parking lot....

A Wilkinsburg man is in custody after running from police following a report of a domestic incident Tuesday afternoon in Ross. Shaler police said they were alerted around 4 p.m. to look for a vehicle whose driver was involved in a physical domestic dispute in a neighboring township. Using license...

Here are some of the latest news items from this morning, Wednesday, May 3, 2023: Police seek missing Pittsburgh man Pittsburgh police are seeking the public’s help in locating a West End man missing since April 27. Jeffrey Farren, 60, was last seen at his Autumnwood Drive home in the...

The Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board’s next round of lottery drawings for more than 3,900 specialty bottles will take place next week. Registration will be open through 5 p.m. on Friday. The lottery is only open to Pennsylvania residents and liquor-license holders. Winners will have a chance to purchase limited-release bourbon...

Here are some of the latest news items from this morning, Tuesday, May 2, 2023: $1 million lottery winner from Robinson Giant Eagle A $1 million winning ticket was sold in Robinson through the Pennsylvania Lottery’s “$1 Million? Seriously?” scratch-off game. The ticket was sold at the Giant Eagle on...

Feeding America, the nation’s largest domestic hunger relief group, recognized the Westmoreland Food Bank for its outstanding work. The Delmont-based food bank was part of a group of nine such organizations given recognition at the conference’s “Network Celebrations” last week. Feeding America officials highlighted how Westmoreland Food Bank officials organized...

Here are some of the latest news items from this morning, Monday, May 1, 2023: 3 transported from Ambridge fire Multiple people were injured in a house fire Sunday night in Ambridge, according to county 911 officials. Fire crews were called to the 800 block of 11th Street around 8:30...

Blinking — all of us do it, all the time. But research by scientists in Western Pennsylvania is shedding new light on how something as simple as blinking helped ancient animals begin the transition from water to land, and how some of them developed into plant-eaters. At Seton Hill University,...

On Saturday, Seton Hill students will honor the memory of a deceased alumna, Ashley Kertes, at a pop-up market filled with handcrafted items made by students at the university. The SHUdents Sell student-run pop-up shop will take place from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday at Wick and Wax Studio...

Declan Van Soest is used to playing characters with a lot more funny lines. “It’s definitely the most philosophical role I’ve ever had,” Van Soest, 17, said of his role as the stage manager in the Franklin Regional Thespians’ upcoming production of Thornton Wilder’s “Our Town.” Written in 1938, it...

Jeannette Outreach Factory and First Presbyterian Church of Jeannette are partnering to bring the Allegheny Health Network’s Center for Inclusion Health Mobile Unit to town. The unit will begin stopping at First Presbyterian every other Tuesday from noon to 3 p.m. May dates will be May 2, 16 and 30...

PennDOT will have long-term single-lane restrictions in place starting May 1 as road work begins on William Penn Highway through Monroeville, Churchill and Wilkins. Beginning at midnight on Monday, westbound traffic will cross over to the eastbound lanes at the bridge over Lower Rodi Road. Single-lane traffic in both directions...

Volunteers from Pittsburgh-area Sam’s Club locations helped to clean up the Miracle League of Western PA ball field in Murrysville and participate with players in one of the season’s first games on Tuesday. It is part of the Sam’s Club Day of Service. Volunteers also presented a $5,000 grant to...

Joe Scarlett was — in his words — sitting “fat, dumb and happy” watching television in 1988 when a friend called and asked him if he still had his clarinet. “I hadn’t seen it since 1964,” said Scarlett, 76, of Monroeville. “Then I remembered I’d lent it to a friend.”...

After being found not guilty last week of unlawfully killing an antlered deer, charges of tampering with evidence were withdrawn Tuesday against an Arnold police officer because of a lack of evidence. Pennsylvania Game Commission officials said Jacob A. Pollick, 29, of Murrysville killed an antlered whitetail Oct. 11 in...

As the covid-19 pandemic pressed on into 2021, Anna Pinto wasn’t able to attend her high school in Highland Park, and her younger sister, Gia, wasn’t able to attend the Western Pennsylvania School for the Deaf. Both were at their Murrysville residence being home-schooled — and ended up taking the...

The Chapel Youth Choir and Festive Ringers will perform a concert at 7:30 p.m. Friday, April 28, in the sanctuary at First Presbyterian Church of Greensburg. Free-will donations will be accepted for the Montreat Worship and Music Youth Scholarship. The choir and ringers are touring musicians from Abington Presbyterian Church...