Western PA Local News category, Page 1283
Sewickley officials pass preliminary budget without public input
Sewickley officials are attempting to hold the line on real estate taxes for another year. Council unanimously voted Nov. 8 to approve and advertise its preliminary 2023 budget. It maintains the tax rate at 6.25 mills. Projected revenues and expenses were listed at about $9.83 million. The borough has not...
Braddock man faces charges in connection with deadly shooting in Highland Park
A Braddock man was arrested Wednesday in connection with the October death of a man in Pittsburgh’s Highland Park neighborhood. Deashawn Watson, 20, faces charges for criminal homicide and unlawfully carrying a firearm. First responders found Omar McCord Jr., 18, unresponsive with gunshot wounds on Oct. 25 in the area...
Person in critical condition after crashing into utility pole in Downtown Pittsburgh
One person was critically injured when a car crashed into a utility pole in Downtown Pittsburgh early Thursday, officials said. The crash happened around 2:15 a.m. in the area of Grant Street and Fort Pitt Boulevard, according to Pittsburgh Public Safety. Medics took the injured person to an area hospital....
Sweetwater Center for the Arts launches cooking classes
Sweetwater Center for the Arts is known for its hands-on learning with less traditional classes like metalsmithing and drawing and the human form, as well as trending favorites like ceramics and jewelry making. While the creative hub in Sewickley has housed a fully equipped kitchen, it had been used more...
The Stroller, Nov. 10, 2022: 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. Mary Queen of Apostles School to present, ‘Willy Wonka Jr.’ The...
Aspinwall to host shopping, light up events
Editor’s Note: This story has been updated to correct that Jessica Rehling Vukmir is the owner of Dovecote and Nouveau Designer Consignment on Brilliant Avenue in Aspinwall. Two Aspinwall celebrations — Shop Aspinwall and Light up the Wall — designed to ring in the holiday season are set for this...
1 person dead, 1 hurt in Upper Burrell crash
A 73-year-old man died Wednesday evening after a crash in Upper Burrell. The Allegheny County Medical Examiner’s Office identified the man as Joseph Demichele of Penn Township. The two-vehicle crash on Milligantown Road, between Stoney Hill Road and Rustic Lane, was reported just before 5:15 p.m. According to Upper Burrell...
Holocaust Center of Pittsburgh commemorates 84th Kristallnacht anniversary
The persecution of Jews in Nazi Germany began at least five years before the events of Kristallnacht, but what happened on the “Night of Broken Glass,” as it’s known in English, took that persecution to another level. On Nov. 9 and 10, 1938, the Nazis burned synagogues, looted Jewish businesses...
Charges dismissed against West Mifflin teen in connection with Kennywood shooting
Charges against a teen accused of being involved in a shooting in Kennywood Park in September were dismissed at a preliminary hearing Wednesday afternoon. Darryl Pirl, 15, of West Mifflin, one of three people injured during the shooting, went before District Judge James Hanley on charges of possession of a...
Maryland man, wife, get long federal prison terms for selling nuclear warship data; case has Pittsburgh connection
A Maryland man and his wife will serve prison terms with a combined total of more than 41 years for conspiring to sell restricted data related to the design of nuclear-powered warships. Jonathan Toebbe, 44, of Annapolis, and his wife, Diana, 46, pleaded guilty in February to the conspiracy. Toebbe...
Westmoreland’s support of GOP candidates not enough for Pa. victories
Although many agree Westmoreland County is a key to victory for state Republican candidates, the margins of victory here this week weren’t enough to translate into statewide wins for GOP gubernatorial and senate hopefuls. “It’s our job to run up the score, and it didn’t happen enough last night,” said...
Butler woman fined, ordered to repay $45K in stolen Social Security benefits
A Butler woman has been ordered to pay a $1,000 fine and complete 150 hours of community service for stealing Social Security benefits. Amy Lynn Snow, 54, was ordered to repay more than $45,400 that she stole by Chief U.S. District Judge Mark R. Hornak in federal court in Pittsburgh....
Man pleads guilty to possessing fentanyl in Duquesne
A Butler man has pleaded guilty in federal court in Pittsburgh to possessing drugs, including fentanyl, last year in Duquesne. Gerry Lee Kendall, 41, pleaded guilty before Senior District Court Judge Arthur J. Schwab on a charge of possessing 10 grams or more of a drug mixture containing fluorofentanyl and...
Judge rules suspected Rialto shooters to be tried together
A Westmoreland County judge ruled this week that the two men charged following a shootout earlier this year in downtown Greensburg will appear together as defendants in the same trial. One of the men, Evan Curley, 24, of Greensburg, petitioned the court for separate trials, claiming the defenses of both...
Pittsburgh officials look to clean up homeless encampment under 10th Street Bypass
Pittsburgh officials are hoping to relocate homeless people living in an encampment under the 10th Street Bypass and clean out the site. Outreach workers from the city, the county and various organizations have worked with the “small handful” of homeless people who actually live at the site to help them...
David R. Cashman, longtime jurist in Allegheny County, dies at 76
For many judges in Allegheny County’s criminal courts division, giving the opening instructions in a jury trial can be monotonous. The information — outside of the name of the defendant and charges they face — doesn’t change. It’s page after page of reading aloud to make sure jurors know how...
No tax increase anticipated in Plum
Plum officials do not anticipate an increase in the real estate tax rate for 2023, according to information presented at borough council’s Nov. 7 work session. For projected revenues to match expenditures, though, borough manager Michael Thomas said it would be necessary to use between $1.2 million and $1.5 million...
Portion of Pittsburgh’s Liberty Avenue to close for Veterans Day parade
A portion of Liberty Avenue will be closed Friday morning for Pittsburgh’s annual Veterans Day Parade, city officials said. Liberty Avenue will be closed between 10th and 26th streets starting at 9 a.m. The parade, which starts at 10 a.m., will march from 10th Street and Liberty Avenue to Commonwealth...
Drunken man runs through traffic, threatens 2 PennDOT workers at Fort Pitt Tunnel, police say
State police arrested a man Tuesday who they say ran through traffic, threw rocks at a PennDOT vehicle and armed himself with a brick at the Fort Pitt Tunnel in Pittsburgh. Bilgehan Muhlis Dogrusoz, 44, who is transient and does not have a permanent address, faces charges including two counts...
Fundraiser set up for paper carrier who rescued elderly Tarentum couple from fire days after losing her car in blaze
A fundraising effort is underway to help a newspaper carrier who lost her car and other belongings to a fire just two days before she risked her life to pull an elderly couple from a burning house in Tarentum on Monday. A GoFundMe page was set up Tuesday to help...
Sheraden woman pleads guilty to killing girlfriend last year
As detectives investigated the Oct. 3, 2021, shooting death of Kia Reynolds, they learned from her family that she’d been trying to leave her girlfriend. They also discovered a Valentine’s Day card that Unique Lane gave to Reynolds. In it, Lane wrote, “’til bullets do us part.’” On Wednesday, Lane,...
I-70 crash sends 1 to hospital, restricts traffic near Madison exit
One person was taken by ambulance to a local hospital following a one-vehicle crash Wednesday afternoon on Interstate 70 in Sewickley Township. The crash was reported at about 3:15 p.m. in the eastbound lanes of the interstate, near the Madison exit, according to a Westmoreland County 911 dispatcher. Both eastbound...
Murrysville Market District to open Thursday with fresh focus on local productsVideo
When Murrysville shoppers head into the new Market District on Old William Penn Highway this Thursday morning, store officials are hoping to offer not just an elevated culinary experience, but more chances to support local business. “We’re changing the banner for the store, and that brings a whole host of...
Youth mental health topic of film screening, discussion at Seton Hill University
The mental health challenges faced by youth will be the topic of a film screening and panel discussion Thursday at Seton Hill University’s Performing Arts Center in Greensburg. “Hiding in Plain Sight: Youth Mental Illness” will be featured at 6:30 p.m. at 100 Harrison Ave. Ken Burns is executive producer...
Damage from wayward taxi forces Tailspin Hobbies in Washington Township to close for now
Car crash woes continue to wreak havoc at a local hobby shop in Washington Township. Tailspin Hobbies, a full-service hobby shop at 4498 Route 66, was severely damaged about 10 p.m. Tuesday when a taxi, owned by CCC&P Transportation, careened into the business and left a gaping hole. It’s the...
