Western PA Local News category, Page 1414
Tarentum man charged in fatal Route 28 crash last year
A 77-year-old Tarentum man faces homicide by vehicle charges in connection with a one-car crash that killed another man last year on Route 28 in Harrison. State police say Frederick Fattman was behind the wheel of a 2015 Corvette on July 5, 2021, when he allegedly lost control and hit...
Saint Vincent expects 15,000 fans on Saturday: Steelers training camp by the numbersVideo
About 6,000 Steelers fans reserved tickets for the opening day of training camp Wednesday, according to gate staff at Saint Vincent College in Latrobe. But that number will skyrocket when the weekend arrives. We collected a few figures from 2022 Steelers training camp to put the first week in perspective....
Spotted lanternfly numbers on the rise in Allegheny County
They’re here and there are lots of them. Reports of spotted lanternflies in Pittsburgh and Allegheny County are on the rise. According to the PA Department of Agriculture, as of July 11, there had been 2,944 reports of lanternflies from Allegheny County compared to 102 on the same date last...
BA.5 now dominant covid-19 variant in Allegheny County
The Omicron BA.5 variant is the dominant strain of the covid-19 virus in Allegheny County, health officials said Thursday. According to the county health department’s weekly covid-19 report, the variant accounts for about two-thirds of the covid cases in Allegheny County. The variant, which experts say is the most contagious...
DA’s office deems Rankin housing complex ‘nuisance property’ after drug find
The Allegheny County District Attorney’s Office plans to notify the owner of a Rankin housing complex that it considers the complex a “nuisance property” after a search warrant turned up thousands of bags of suspected heroin, the office announced Thursday. The warrant, served early Thursday at Palisades Plaza, was the...
Allegheny County Police searching for missing 18-year-old man last seen in mid-June in Clairton
Allegheny County Police are requesting help in locating a missing 18-year-old man. Police said Dorian Serrano was last seen June 14 with his family in Clairton. Police described Serrano as 5 feet 9 inches tall and 145 pounds with brown eyes and black medium length hair. He was wearing a...
Greensburg man charged with assault of child
Greensburg police on Wednesday charged a city man with the assault of a 10-year-old boy. Charges of aggravated assault, strangulation, child endangerment and other related offenses were filed against Aaron Michael Adair, 30, in connection with an incident police said occurred July 21. Police said witnesses claimed they saw Adair...
JetBlue-Spirit deal brings hope and concern for Western Pa.
Westmoreland County Airport Authority Executive Director Gabe Monzo said he’s hopeful a $3.8 billion deal for JetBlue to purchase Spirit Airlines ultimately will be a boon for local travelers. But there are no guarantees. The deal was announced Thursday. Spirit has been the sole carrier at Arnold Palmer Regional Airport...
United Steelworkers fight to have union recognized at Braeburn Steel
The United Steelworkers union has filed three allegations with the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) related to the refusal of the new owner of Braeburn Alloy Steel in Lower Burrell to recognize the union. “If they were looking for a fight, they picked the wrong union,” said Bernie Hall, director...
Police: Man holed up in North Huntingdon house after firing gun surrenders peacefully
A man who had fired multiple shots inside his North Huntingdon house and was holed up for six hours Thursday as police sought to end the standoff surrendered peacefully, state police said. North Huntingdon police and a state police special emergency response team had surrounded the house at 1752 Ivanhoe...
Pittsburgh City Council solicitor to advise council on legal matters, separate of city’s law department
Pittsburgh City Council on Thursday formally introduced Daniel Friedson as council’s first council solicitor. With over 20 years of experience, Friedson will advise council on legal matters. City Council last fall decided to hire its own solicitor. Council had previously relied on the legal advice of the city’s law department,...
Murrysville area: Fred Rogers Center presentation, gardening classes, summer softball camp, more
Email news briefs and event listings to pvarine@triblive.com. Speaker session will focus on Fred Rogers Center Anita Cohen will discuss the work done by the Fred Rogers Center at Saint Vincent College at the next “Boomers & Beyond” speaker series on Aug. 9. Cohen will talk about the how the...
Norwin area: Church barbecue, genealogy program, bake sale
North Huntingdon church to hold barbecue Barbecued pulled pork, corn, cole slaw, baked beans, cookies and drinks will be available at the backyard barbecue at the New Hope Presbyterian Church, 12727 Lincoln Way, North Huntingdon. Guitarist Wayne Shafer will play and there will be games and face painting. The cost...
Pittsburgh City Council staffs new Office of Public Engagement
Pittsburgh City Council has hired four people to run its newly formed Office of Public Engagement. The new office will work to improve communication and give residents more of a voice in City Council decisions that impact their communities, officials said. “City Council created the office … to effectively connect...
Penn-Trafford area: Community concert, school supply collection, women’s club meets
Free community concert at municipal park The Penn Trafford Community Band will perform a free concert by the pond at the Penn Township Municipal Park in Harrison City at 7 p.m. Aug. 5. The Community Band plays marches, patriotic and inspirational tunes, television and movie themes, light jazz, classic rock...
Coulter Building’s early 20th century aesthetic brought back to life in Greensburg
An office building on Greensburg’s Main Street that originally was Westmoreland County’s courthouse has regained some of its early 20th century appeal. Owner Ryan Will renovated interior common areas of the four-story Coulter Building at 231 S. Main St. “What we were looking to do was bring it back to...
2 Butler County men accused of stealing wire from Lowe’s in Richland
Two men from Butler County face felony theft charges after Northern Regional Police accused them of conspiring to steal rolls of electrical wire from the Lowe’s store in Richland Township that they sold to buy heroin. Michael Andrew Fisher, 35, of Old Plank Road in Butler Township, was charged with...
Irwin church group opens senior center
Senior citizens in the Norwin area who are looking for a place to meet people and participate in activities such as crafts, games, fun exercises and musical entertainment are now welcome at an Irwin church three days a week. First United Methodist Church, at Oak and Third streets, will open...
Westmoreland County’s 1st EMA drone team to take the sky via Sewickley Township
The Sewickley Township Emergency Management Agency is taking its resources to the sky with a drone recently purchased for $34,000. Director Glenn Wees said the device will help the agency assess emergency situations, such as search and rescue operations, from the air. “Once we get the team built, we’ll be...
Funnel Cake Fridays prove a hit for Sharpsburg-Aspinwall Rotary
If it’s a Friday in July, you can find Bill Crooks flipping funnel cakes behind a sizzling hot fryer at Kennedy Park in Sharpsburg. A line of hungry people snakes around the concession stand, eager to sample the festive fare offered by the Sharpsburg-Aspinwall Rotary. “We do about 80 funnel...
Harrison man sought in Freeport Road burglary
Harrison police have issued an arrest warrant for a man accused of breaking into Freehling Service along Freeport Road and stealing a truck and other items. Mark Bauer, 61, of Harrison is charged with burglary, criminal trespass, theft and receiving stolen property stemming from an incident July 22. “He was...
Jane Seymour among attendees of Celebrity Care Fest in Pine
The Celebrity Care Fest, which hasn’t been held since 2019, returned to Pine as a two-day event the weekend of July 22-23. The theme for the weekend promoted by the HM3 Partners Independence Fund with the Pittsburgh Steelers, Penguins and Pirates was “Unity & Equality for All.” A “Unity Dinner”...
Pine, Franklin Park businesses among those receiving $10K Comcast ‘RISE’ grants
Dr. Megan Stock was inspired at a young age to become a dentist by her own childhood dentist, the mother of a friend. While dentistry was once a male-dominated field, Stock said her dental school graduating class at the University of Pittsburgh was nearly half female, a ratio she believes...
Banner year for Aquinas Academy athletes in Hampton
At Aquinas Academy of Pittsburgh in Hampton, 2021-22 proved to be a breakout year for the high school athletic department. Eleven of 13 Aquinas varsity teams competed in the Western Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletic League playoffs, with two teams finishing as runners-up in the WPIAL championships. Fifteen athletes competed individually in...
South Side distributor plans large-scale expansion in Westmoreland County
The former Beckwith property, west of Route 66 near the northern end of the Amos K. Hutchinson Bypass in Salem Township, will become a new distribution center for beer and soda. Frank B. Fuhrer Wholesale Co., based in Pittsburgh’s South Side, is expanding and nearly doubling its storage capacity with...
