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New Kensington-Arnold retirees, others volunteer to read to students for Read Across America Week
Debbie Schreckengost hasn’t been inside one of New Kensington-Arnold’s schools since retiring from her maintenance job with the district eight years ago. An invitation to read to students during Read Across America Week brought her and other retirees to Roy A. Hunt Elementary in Arnold on Wednesday. An initiative of...
Exposure Sewickley moves into Rodeo Lounge
A popular Sewickley art gallery has relocated. Exposure Sewickley’s new home is inside The Rodeo Lounge, at 507 Beaver St. It’s next to The Hotel & Rosa’s Cantina. Edgeworth resident Ann Fernandez, who founded Exposure in February 2020, said she decided to move there instead of signing a new three-year...
Lara Voytko named new vice president of Aspinwall Council
Aspinwall Council has a new vice president. Lara Voytko was unanimously appointed to the leadership position at an agenda meeting March 1. “It gives me great pleasure to have the confidence of council,” Voytko said. “I look forward to working with everybody. We all work together very well. This is...
Murrysville doctor charged with writing fraudulent prescriptions, pocketing patients’ pills
A Murrysville doctor has been arrested on charges related to writing fraudulent and illegal prescriptions. Dr. Jessie Kunkel, 39, of Murrysville is accused of prescribing patients drugs, such as Adderall and Xanax, and keeping a portion of the pills for herself in exchange for writing the prescription, according to Acting...
Leetsdale VFD, Sewickley’s Cochran Hose get state grants for equipment, projects
The Leetsdale Volunteer Fire Department will get some new gear and equipment upgrades as part of a state grant. Fire Chief Wes James said the department was recently awarded nearly $12,600 through the Office of the State Fire Commissioner’s Fire Company and Emergency Medical Service Grant Program. Funds will be...
Blawnox church to host Cooper-Siegel Community Library meeting about potential services
Cooper-Siegel Community Library officials want to hear from Blawnox residents about potential services they would like in the borough. A community meeting is scheduled for Monday, March 13 at 6:30 p.m. at Hoboken Presbyterian Church, 921 North Ave. “We have noticed over the years that not many Blawnox residents participate...
Man identified who was fatally shot in Pittsburgh’s Arlington Heights
Pittsburgh police are investigating a shooting that left a man dead Wednesday evening in the city’s Arlington Heights neighborhood. At about 5:45 p.m., officers responded to a ShotSpotter alert for 10 rounds of gunfire in the 3100 block of Cordell Place. They found a man with multiple gunshot wounds lying...
Cocaine possession added to child endangerment charges against Latrobe pair
A Latrobe woman and man charged with child endangerment last summer in Jeannette were arrested Tuesday in Latrobe and have been additionally charged with drug possession. Latrobe police and Westmoreland County sheriff’s deputies served a warrant Tuesday morning at a Lloyd Avenue home in their search for Samantha Linn Stanford,...
Shapiro hints a budget priorities for Pittsburgh region in Astrobotic visit
Gov. Josh Shapiro said Wednesday in a visit to Pittsburgh that his upcoming budget address will include funding increases for business innovation programs meant to attract and retain science and technology companies in Pennsylvania. The governor toured Astrobotic Technology on Pittsburgh’s North Side and praised the company for their growth...
Giant Eagle expands discounts to food nearing its ‘best-by’ date
More shoppers will have a chance to snap up discounted food at Giant Eagle. The O’Hara-based grocery chain is expanding to all of its corporate stores its partnership with Flashfood, an app that connects users to discounted food that is nearing its “best-by date.” Giant Eagle and Toronto-based Flashfood launched...
Belle Vernon Area community gathers to remember 6-year-old Aria Woznick
Aria Woznick would have loved the spotlight that her family, friends, teachers and classmates shined upon the 6-year-old North Belle Vernon girl Wednesday. A community in mourning gathered en masse to remember the child described as a precocious kindergartener who loved life and embraced everyone she met. “I really think...
‘Nonstop laughter’: Riverview presents ‘Young Frankenstein’ musical in Oakmont
Perhaps you’ve seen Mel Brooks’ “Young Frankenstein” so many times that, to your wife’s dismay, you can quote right along with most of the script. For a musical spin on the cinematic classic, Oakmont is the place to go. “It’s amazing, the comedy added within the songs,” JohnPaul Bertucci said....
Aldi announces closing, opening dates for Lower Burrell, New Kensington stores
Aldi’s new store in New Kensington is slated to open March 23, a spokesperson for the company said Wednesday. The opening of the newly built store in Riverview Plaza on Tarentum Bridge Road will be preceded by the closing of the nearby store in Lower Burrell, scheduled for two days...
Evoqua to buy Texas water treatment business
Pittsburgh-based Evoqua Water Technologies said it acquired a Texas industrial water treatment service business. Evoqua did not disclose the financial terms of the deal for the former Bob Johnson & Associates service business from Kemco Systems. The transaction includes the industrial water treatment service business accounts for the Houston and...
3 dead, 2 injured in separate McKeesport shootings, police say
Three men were killed and two others injured in a pair of afternoon shootings in McKeesport that police say are not related. Allegheny County Medical Examiner’s Office identified two of the three deceased late Wednesday night. The first shooting was reported at 12:08 p.m. in the 3100 block of the...
‘We’re back’: Bushy Run’s 2023 battle reenactment will be held
HARRISBURG — This year’s Battle of Bushy Run reenactment is back on after Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission members unanimously voted to allow the Penn Township site to hold the event this August. The fate of future reenactments has yet to be determined. The commission plans to conduct a study...
Fox Chapel Area School District convenes focus groups
The Fox Chapel Area School District is hosting focus groups to assist in writing a new strategic plan. The focus groups will offer ideas and input. Meetings will last about 90 minutes and will be conducted virtually. School district residents and business owners interested in participating should contact Kathleen Anuszek,...
Report: Arconic in talks about potential sale
Arconic Corp., a North Shore-based aerospace parts maker with roots in the Alle-Kiski Valley, is in talks about a potential acquisition. The Wall Street Journal reported that private-equity firm Apollo Global Management Inc. is looking into buying Arconic Corp. Apollo submitted a bid in February and has debt financing in...
On one of region’s steepest roads, Aspinwall’s Run for the Hill of It benefits emergency services
An avid runner, Adam Janosko admits he was feeling the burn when he crossed the finish line at the top of Center Avenue in Aspinwall during last year’s Run for the Hill of It fundraiser. The Shady Side Academy track coach can’t wait to do it again. “That hill is...
Native American tradition meets modern art in Westmoreland Museum exhibit
Past meets present in “Action/Abstraction Redefined: Modern Native Art, 1945-1975,” running through May 28 at The Westmoreland Museum of American Art in Greensburg. With 52 paintings, sculptures and works on paper by 32 artists, the traveling exhibition is the first of its kind exploring the innovation and experimentation present in...
North Hills junior Ella Niemi earns Girl Scout Gold Award
It seems most people are aware of what it means to be an Eagle Scout, the highest achievement or rank attainable in the Boy Scouts of America program. But not as many seem to know about the Girl Scout Gold Award, the highest award a Girl Scout can earn. However,...
Westmoreland happenings: Backyard birding seminar, Lenten events, blood drive, more
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Greensburg man burned in fire that destroyed mobile home
A Greensburg man who was burned early Wednesday in a fire that destroyed his mobile home was flown to a Pittsburgh hospital, the city fire chief said. Greensburg Fire Chief Tom Bell said the mobile home was fully engulfed in flames when firefighters arrived shortly after receiving the alarm at...
Morning Roundup: State gives $272K to Allegheny County for ‘clean’ vehicles
Here are some of the latest news items from this morning, Wednesday, March 1, 2023: State’s $272K grants target electric vehicles Pittsburgh Public Works and other city employees could soon be driving electric vehicles to do the city’s work, thanks to a $272,152 state grant. The state Department of Environmental...
Irwin considers adding surveillance cameras along Main Street
If you are walking in downtown Irwin in the near future, smile, because you could be on a candid camera. Irwin Police Chief Dan Wensel on Tuesday received permission from council to explore the costs of placing two surveillance cameras along the borough’s Main Street for what the chief said...
