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Shawn Marcellino benefit concert set for The Oaks theater
Shawn Marcellino died doing what he loved — competing on an athletic field. He also died young, just 40 years old when he collapsed while playing catcher for Living Word of Plum in a church league softball game at a field off Elicker Road. At the time of his death...
Concerts planned for New Kensington hotel ballroom
A Gilpin couple is working to turn a New Kensington hotel’s ballroom into the area’s newest concert venue. Daniel and Brenda Leo, through their businesses, Leo’s Productions and Strobe Lighting & Sound, are planning to host monthly concerts in the grand ballroom of the Quality Inn off Tarentum Bridge Road,...
North Huntingdon 250th birthday group seeking budget for celebration
Like Westmoreland County, North Huntingdon will be 250 years old this year, and while the birthday will be marked with celebrations, the size and scope of the events are up in the air until a budget is hammered out. The community’s parks and recreation advisory board have met twice to...
Arnold police arrest man on charges he beat, strangled woman during argument
Arnold police arrested a Pittsburgh man after a woman told them he beat and strangled her during an argument. Naron Shamal Davis, 31, of Kenwood Avenue in the Perry South neighborhood faces a felony count of strangulation along with a count of simple assault. Davis was being detained in the...
Harrison man accused by state agents of distributing child porn on Snapchat faces 21 felony counts
A Harrison man faces nearly two dozen felony child pornography charges after, investigators said, numerous photographs and videos were found in his possession showing children as young as 7 engaged in sexual activity. Matthew J. Morrow, 25, of the 1000 block of Carlisle Street was charged by an agent with...
Judge finds Post-Gazette broke labor law, orders newspaper to bargain with striking workers
A judge ruled Thursday that the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette violated federal law by bargaining in bad faith with its journalists union and unilaterally implementing working conditions after breaking off negotiations for a new contract. Judge Geoffrey Carter of the National Labor Relations Board ordered the Post-Gazette to end the impasse it...
Education Partnership named Champion in Action by Citizens Bank and Trib Total Media
The Education Partnership, a nonprofit organization that provides school supplies to students and teachers in need, has been named a 2023 Champion in Action. The $35,000 award — in Supporting Environmental Sustainability — was presented jointly by Citizens bank and Trib Total Media to The Education Partnership at its Pittsburgh...
Westmoreland birthday celebration, park upgrades funded in $2.1 million tourism plan
Westmoreland County’s $2.1 million tourism plan this year will include funding for events to mark the county’s 250th anniversary. Commissioners approved the plan that also is focused on upgrades at county parks at their meeting Thursday. Funded through a portion of the revenue collected through the county’s 5% hotel tax,...
Westmoreland County to hold job fair in February
Westmoreland County will hold a job fair in February at Westmoreland Mall in Hempfield. The fair will be conducted from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Feb. 23 at the mall’s Center Court, where on-site interviews will be conducted for dozens of vacant positions. The county said it is seeking to...
New Harrison Manager Amy Rockwell eager to build for township’s future
Harrison’s new manager, Amy Rockwell, has hit the ground running. She began her stint Jan. 16 after the township went three months without an administrative head. John Pallone resigned his post in September after six months on the job. Rockwell is a resident of Lower Burrell, where she most recently...
Westmoreland County Community College opens Center for Equity, Inclusion, Belonging
Campus culture took center stage this week at Westmoreland County Community College near Youngwood as the commuter school opened up real space for its new Center for Equity, Inclusion and Belonging in a repurposed classroom in the Student Achievement Center. The project began in the summer of 2022 and evolved...
Murrysville company FlexScreen begins licensing its technology with automated manufacturing line, wins ‘BIG’ awardVideo
Eight years ago, Joe Altieri was in his Plum garage trying to perfect a new, flexible, easy-to-install window screen. Today, he is the owner of FlexScreen, a multimillion-dollar Murrysville company that earned an investment from “Shark Tank” host Lori Greiner. It opened its seventh manufacturing facility last June in New...
Morning Roundup: State police look into fake digital coupon used at Hempfield 7-11
Here are some of the latest news items from this morning, Friday, Jan. 27, 2023: State police investigate coupon fraud in Hempfield According to the Facebook page of the Westmoreland County Pennsylvania District Attorney’s office, Pennsylvania State Police are investigating a retail theft in which the actors used a digital...
5 things to do in Westmoreland County: Jan. 27-29
Cards and collectibles The annual Joe’s Sports Card & Collectible Show returns to Westmoreland Mall this weekend. For more than a decade, the show has offered attendees the opportunity to buy, sell and trade cards, memorabilia, action figures, gaming products and other items. Vendors will be set up in the...
Vendors at Greensburg antiques show share a passion for the past
Jeff Poole’s grandmother would never let him into her china closet. Today, however, Poole is in everyone else’s china closet, as owner of On the Diamond Antiques in Ligonier. An Irwin resident, Poole was watching the snow swirl outside the Greensburg Country Club on Thursday afternoon as he and other...
5 things to do in Pittsburgh this weekend: Jan. 27-29
From the grand spectacle of a symphonic “Harry Potter” performance to the weirdness of a World Oddities Expo, there is a wide array of entertainment options in Pittsburgh this weekend. ‘Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban’ in Concert This sounds like a can’t-miss event for “Harry Potter” fans. The...
The Stroller, Jan. 27, 2023: Events in the Alle-Kiski Valley
Publicize your non-profit’s community events, fundraisers and club meetings for free in The Stroller. Send information at least two weeks in advance to vndnews@triblive.com or The Stroller, 210 Wood St., Tarentum PA 15084. Please include a daytime telephone number. Fun and Freedom Youth Sports to host designer purse bash A...
DA investigating 2nd person of interest in Chief McIntire’s ambush
The degree to which a second person was complicit in the shooting death of Brackenridge police Chief Justin McIntire or whether the person was involved in other local criminal activity is expected to be determined in the coming weeks. Police are investigating a man who was spotted multiple times with...
Ex-Greensburg police chief resigned upon arrest on federal drug charges
Shawn Denning is out of the Greensburg police station and off the city payroll. Mayor Robb Bell confirmed Thursday that Denning “resigned immediately” as Greensburg’s police chief when he was arrested Tuesday at City Hall on federal drug charges. Denning, 41, of Delmont is accused of acting as a go-between...
Pittsburgh man pleads guilty to selling fentanyl, heroin
A Pittsburgh man pleaded guilty in federal court Thursday to distributing and possessing heroin and fentanyl in 2018. Devontay Montaze Green, 29, pleaded guilty to one count of distribution and possession with intent to distribute a mixture containing heroin and fentanyl. Montaze also admitted responsibility for distributing a mixture of...
Westmoreland public defender staff shortage leads to canceled hearings
Ongoing staffing issues in the Westmoreland County Public Defender’s Office resulted in criminal cases being postponed Thursday at a Jeannette district judge’s office. Judge Joe DeMarchis said all five cases scheduled before him had to be canceled after his office was notified there were not enough attorneys on duty to...
Man gets 17 years in federal prison for abusing residents of Beaver County care facility
Karen Pennell showed the court a picture of her son. She said he was a sweet, loving boy who had meningitis as an infant. He developed seizures, had many surgeries, lost his vision on one side and had to relearn to walk. Over the years, Pennell told the judge, her...
Duquesne calls a foul on DoorDash prankster who interrupted game
There were all the sounds one would expect during Wednesday night’s nationally televised basketball game at Duquesne University’s UPMC Cooper Fieldhouse — sneakers squeaking on the hardwood floor, cheers from the crowd and referees’ whistles. There also was something not so ordinary. Early in the second half of the men’s...
Murrysville area: Comedy nights, library lectures, Delmont texting service and more
Email news briefs and event information to pvarine@triblive.com. Comedy nights to benefit Westmoreland trails, parks, concerts Two evenings of stand-up comedy will benefit Westmoreland County trails as well as the county’s parks and concert series. The first will be 6-10 p.m. Feb. 11 at Colton Hall, 3100 Blocks Road in...
Man identified who was shot in the head and found in Pittsburgh’s Elliott neighborhood
Pittsburgh police are investigating a fatal shooting that left a Dravosburg man dead in the city’s Elliott neighborhood. Police said they responded around 9:30 a.m. Thursday to reports that a man had been found in a wooded area near Herrod and Bond streets in Elliott. The Allegheny County Medical Examiner’s...
