Western PA Local News category, Page 1517
New riverfront residential property unveiled for Pittsburgh’s SouthSide Works
SomeraRoad unveiled a riverfront residential property called The Park this week, one of the final visions for its revitalization of SouthSide Works. It will be located steps away from the water along the riverfront trail. The commercial real estate investment developing company, based in New York and Nashville, has offices...
2-month investigation leads to Arnold man’s arrest on drug charges
An Arnold man’s arrest Tuesday capped off a two-month drug investigation, police Chief Eric Doutt said. Doutt said police seized drugs worth more than $4,000 and about $1,600 in cash when they arrested Don Carter Jr., 27. Agents with the state Attorney General’s Bureau of Narcotics Investigation along with the...
Pittsburgh Fire Chief injured in crash while responding to fire
Pittsburgh Bureau of Fire Chief Darryl Jones was injured late Friday afternoon in a two-vehicle collision while responding to a fire in Edgebrook, according to a Pittsburgh Public Safety spokeswoman. The crash occurred shortly after 5 p.m. at the intersection of Brookline Boulevard and Whited Street. The fire was nearby...
Mineo’s Pizza House in Hampton reopens
Mineo’s Pizza House Allison Park in Hampton is open once again. The newly debuted restaurant closed temporarily after the first week due to staff shortage and the overwhelming demand. Dominic Mineo, who co-owns the business with his brother Giovanni Mineo Jr., told the Tribune-Review in a previous story this week...
Melissa Hart drops out of Pa. GOP gubernatorial field — 7 remain
Melissa Hart, the only woman in Pennsylvania’s Republican gubernatorial primary race, announced Friday she has decided to bow out of the contest and throw her support to Lou Barletta. Her decision comes on the heels of Jake Corman’s exit from the race Thursday. He too is endorsing Barletta to be...
Bridge replacement project will close I-70 off-ramp in Rostraver
Work related to replacement of a bridge overpass will affect traffic on eastbound Interstate 70 in Rostraver beginning Monday. The eastbound off-ramp is set to close at 8 p.m. at the Arnold City exit and will remain closed until 6 a.m. on the following Thursday, depending on weather conditions. PennDOT...
Valley High School mock crash intended to highlight consequences of 1 bad decision
Authorities were hoping to make an impact with Valley High School students about how one decision can change many lives — and even end them. Juniors and seniors watched Friday morning as real police officers, firefighters, paramedics and the county coroner responded to a mock crash in the parking lot...
Greater Latrobe hopes to avoid potential 1-mill school tax hike
Greater Latrobe School Board is eyeing a proposed 2022-23 budget of more than $61.5 million that could require a 1-mill tax increase to cover a funding shortfall. But district officials have indicated they may be able to reduce or eliminate that potential tax hike if school subsidy increases proposed by...
State appellate court upholds attempted rape verdict in 2017 assault case in Unity
A state appellate court on Friday upheld the 10-year prison sentence and attempted rape conviction of a former Somerset County man in the September 2017 attack on a former Saint Vincent College student in Unity. Luke W. Hoover, 25, had appealed his 2021 conviction and sentence to state Superior Court,...
Landslide dumps dirt, trees on 40-foot stretch of Butler-Freeport trail
Heavy rains last weekend triggered a large landslide covering a 40-foot section of the Butler-Freeport Community Trail near the border of Buffalo and South Buffalo townships. The slide occurred about a mile from the trail’s Laneville entrance. The 21-mile recreational trail stretches from Freeport to Butler. “It’s a very big...
Former UPMC CEO Jeffrey Romoff made $10.4M in 2020, IRS records show
Former UPMC CEO Jeffrey Romoff was paid $10.4 million in compensation during the 2020 fiscal year, an increase of 9.4% or about $900,000 compared to the year before, tax records filed Friday show. Romoff stepped down last year. Leslie Davis, who was named CEO last August, earned $2.4 million in...
Police: Contractor who swindled pastor also ripped off church employee from Richland
A home improvement contractor who is awaiting trial on charges that he never showed up to do the work after cashing a $15,000 check from a church in West Deer has been accused of doing the same thing to a Richland homeowner who works at the same church. Northern Regional...
Manor Theatre celebrates a century in Squirrel Hill
You know a movie theater has been around for a long time when the first film it ever showed was a silent hit at the time. That’s a boast that the Manor Theatre in Squirrel Hill can make. When it opened on Murray Avenue exactly 100 years ago on May...
2 jailed in Trafford drug bust; police seize $81K from suspect
Two people are being held without bail after police said they found $6,000, four bricks of suspected heroin and a stolen gun at a Trafford apartment last month, according to court papers. Westmoreland County detectives and Penn Township police on Friday charged Gessica A. Merlin, 25, of Hempfield, and Damone...
Springdale Cemetery preps for 200th anniversary with annual projects
The Springdale Cemetery Board of Directors is starting the celebration early for the cemetery’s 200th anniversary — in 2027. Cub Scouts from Pack 554 and their parents volunteered their time Tuesday evening to begin the work of preparing for the occasion. They dug up dirt and planted about 500 daffodils...
Murrysville students get a glimpse into the past at replica of 1800s schoolhouse
When Laura Hoff was looking to teach her students at Calvary Early Learning Center about local history in Murrysville, she didn’t realize there was a building full of it just up the road. “I saw a Trib article describing the (replica of the) old Murrysville schoolhouse,” Hoff said. “I stopped...
State Rep. Emily Kinkead faces challenge from Nick Mastros in Dem primary
After unseating an incumbent in the 2020 primary, Democratic state Rep. Emily Kinkead is now facing a primary challenge in her reelection bid in Pennsylvania’s 20th State House District. The district includes Avalon, Bellevue, Ross, West View and the neighborhoods of Brighton Heights and Observatory Hill in Pittsburgh’s North Side....
New Kensington planners recommend approval of city’s new design guidelines
New Kensington’s planning commission has recommended approval of proposed new “design guidelines” and “overlay districts” for the city. Only about a half-dozen people attended the commission’s meeting Tuesday, during which consultant Barb Ciampini of Your Towne gave an overview of the proposal. Many of the questions and comments that followed,...
Latrobe Art Center, Saint Vincent scholars invite community acts of kindness
When looking for ways to be kind, it’s always good to take inspiration from Mister Rogers. Latrobe Art Center is doing that for its second annual Week of Kindness, from Monday through May 23. The center is inviting people to spread intentional acts of kindness throughout the community during the...
Carnegie Carnegie celebrates grand opening of Library Park
On an almost daily basis in the 1980s, Karen Watkins and her children would walk up the hill leading to the Andrew Carnegie Free Library and Music Hall. “Now, my daughter brings her children here, and they enjoy the library,” she said. “It’s great to know that our library is...
Allegheny County covid cases rise, Pittsburgh schools reinstate mask mandate
Covid-19 cases are on the rise again in Allegheny County, sending the county into “medium” community level as defined by federal guidelines and triggering mandatory masking across Pittsburgh Public Schools. The levels laid out by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention — low, medium, and high — take into...
Wilkinsburg man gets life in prison for killing father of former Pitt, NBA player
A Wilkinsburg man will spend the rest of his life in prison after being sentenced Friday for first-degree murder. A jury in February found Dilon Bartifay, 34, guilty of killing Gregory Lamont Blair Sr., the father of former University of Pittsburgh basketball star DeJuan Blair. He was sentenced by Allegheny...
EQT Children’s Theater Festival returns live to Pittsburgh
The EQT Children’s Theater Festival returns live and in-person Saturday and Sunday to Pittsburgh’s Cultural District for the first time since 2019, following online iterations of the event during the pandemic. Now in its 36th year, the festival fosters children’s imaginations through professional theater performances from around the world. This...
5 things to do in Pittsburgh this weekend: May 13-15
We’ve made it to the weekend. Here are some ways to spend it. Pittonkatonk The eighth annual Pittonkatonk Mayday Brass BBQ & Potluck music festival is from 1 p.m. to 11 p.m. on Saturday at the Vietnam Veteran’s Pavilion in Schenley Park. It’s a full day of music from local,...
Tarentum Night Markets return with goal of appreciating ‘local’
Thursdays are heating up again in Tarentum. The borough’s Night Markets will return May 19, kicking off a season of shopping and socializing along the business corridors of Sixth Avenue and Corbet Street. “We’re excited about Night Markets returning,” organizer David Rankin said. “The events seem to be very well...
