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Jeannette public works foreman resigns
Jeannette council is set to accept the resignation of its foreman Thursday after six months on the job. Ed Cycak III started work with the city in November. He tendered his resignation April 27. “Working for the City of Jeannette has been a wonderful experience that has afforded me many...
Keystone Oaks music teacher accused of having child porn on his cellphone
A Keystone Oaks teacher accused of having child pornography on his cellphone turned himself in to police Wednesday morning, authorities said. Thomas Duxbury, 32, of Wilkins, is charged with four counts of child sex abuse after police said he possessed and disseminated child pornography. He also faces one count of...
Pittsburgh Public Schools to hold community forums on superintendent search
Pittsburgh Public Schools is holding community forums Wednesday and Thursday to seek input on its search for a new superintendent. Five meetings will be held in person, while a sixth meeting will be held virtually. “There is no more important decision we will make as a board than selecting the...
First responders speak to students at Penn Hills Charter School of Entrepreneurship
Penn Hills patrolman Lindsey Bigger laughed as students asked her if it was true that police officers ride around with donuts in their car. Bigger enjoyed the opportunity to educate students on what police officers do. “I love talking to the kids. This shows them we are people too, and...
Gateway graduate earns Allegheny College degree
Savannah Plaskon, daughter of Juanita and Michael Plaskon of Monroeville, has graduated summa cum laude from Allegheny College. A 2018 graduate of Gateway High School, Paskon received a bachelor of arts degree from Allegheny with a double major in political science and women and gender studies. To fulfill requirements for...
Hempfield area road paving slated to begin
Hempfield crews are gearing up to start a $1.8 million paving program next week. The work is expected to start Monday, and will include streets in the township and Hempfield Park, as well as roads in neighboring Adamsburg. It comes months after supervisors approved a contract with Derry Construction. At...
2 Republicans look to unseat state Rep. Dan Deasy
Two Republicans are seeking their party’s nomination in a primary race to challenge incumbent state Rep. Dan Deasy, D-Westwood, in the November election. Deasy represents the 27th State House District, which includes neighborhoods in the city’s West End and South Hills, along with the suburban communities of Crafton, Green Tree,...
Athletes honored by Plum Borough School Board
Thirty-Eight athletes were honored at the April Plum Borough School Board meeting for their achievements during the winter sports season. The students participated on the high school’s air rifle, basketball, bowling team, gymnastics, swimming and wrestling teams. Alaina Claassen of the junior high’s wrestling team was also honored as Pennsylvania...
Walk to Cure Arthritis May 22 at Boyce Park in Plum
While the debilitating effects of arthritis most commonly are associated with aging, consider what happened to Allie McGinnis when she was just 5. “I fell at a bowling alley, and my arm, it was stuck at a 90-degree angle. It wouldn’t move. My joints were so stiff that my arm...
Telephone hearings scheduled for Columbia Gas rate increase request
The Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission will start this month a series of hearings on a rate increase proposed by Columbia Gas of Pennsylvania. Under the Columbia Gas proposal, the total monthly bill for a residential customer using 70 therms of gas would increase by about 10% — from $123.24 to...
Pittsburgh city government to provide support for this year’s Juneteenth festivities
Pittsburgh Mayor Ed Gainey said Wednesday that the city will provide in-kind services to support Juneteenth celebrations hosted by Stop the Violence Pittsburgh. Stop the Violence Pittsburgh last month unveiled plans to celebrate the holiday from June 17 through June 19, with events including a parade, a music festival and...
Pittsburgh’s Colfax K-8 closed after covid-19 cases spike
Colfax K-8 in Pittsburgh’s Squirrel Hill will be closed until Friday because of a spike in covid-19 cases, school district officials said. The school closed Tuesday after covid-19 cases exceeded the school’s 5% threshold for closing, disinfecting and masking. As of Monday, there were 33 cases among Colfax students and...
Corbet Street in Tarentum to be transformed by demolition
The heart of Tarentum’s Corbet Street business district will undergo a transformation to create parking spaces in a park-like setting in the middle of town. Borough officials voted to buy a two-story brick building at 215 Corbet, most recently home to J&G Corner Store. The property will be demolished to...
Final meeting slated for Greensburg residents to share planning ideas
Greensburg residents have one more opportunity to give input that will help city officials update their 15-year-old comprehensive plan. The city-wide neighborhood workshop is scheduled for 1 p.m. Saturday at Greensburg Volunteer Fire Department Hose Co. 2, 137 N. Pennsylvania Ave. During the event attendees will discuss how improving the...
Police: Kittanning woman jailed in connection with meth sale during sting operation in Leechburg
State police accused a woman of being a drug dealer after police say an informant bought methamphetamine from her in Leechburg two years ago. Debbie Ann Russo, 44, of the 1000 block of Johnston Avenue in Kittanning, was charged with a felony count of possession of drugs with the intent...
Edgeworth Elementary principal among Pittsburgh Penguins Foundation MVPs
Principal Carol Sprinker is just as important to Quaker Valley School District’s Edgeworth Elementary as Sidney Crosby is to the Pens, according to the Pittsburgh Penguins Foundation. Crosby was recently named team MVP – and so was Sprinker through the foundation’s Principal MVP program. “It’s very humbling,” Sprinker said. “I’m...
Man accused of bribing troopers to ‘let him go free’ in Mt. Pleasant Township burglary
A man who authorities said broke into a Mt. Pleasant Township home Tuesday and slept in a bed tried to bribe troopers to let him go without arrest, according to state police. Christopher M. Sherrick, 35, is charged with burglary, criminal trespass, bribery and related offenses. He has addresses in...
Etna, Shaler pools to open with new facilities, programs
It won’t be pool season soon enough. Crawford Pool in Shaler’s Kiwanis park will open on Memorial Day weekend on May 28, closely followed by Etna’s pool on June 4. Shaler’s pool will start the season unofficially on May 14 with its “Polar Plunge” to anyone who wanted to swim...
New Kensington police accuse man of assaulting woman, holding her captive
A New Kensington man is accused of stripping a woman naked, pouring cold water all over her and forcing her to sit in front of an open window with fans blowing on her on a cold night. That was just one of several ways New Kensington police allege that Zachery...
Lower Burrell author Tamara Girardi releases 1st children’s book, ‘Why, Daddy? Why?’
It was about the time Gabriella Girardi turned 4 that the questions started. “Research shows that age 4 is the age when we ask the most questions. No other age on the planet asks more questions than a 4-year-old,” said her mother, Tamara Girardi of Lower Burrell. But what made...
Westmoreland happenings: Burger bash, installation service, book sale
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6th gun of 2022 seized at Pittsburgh International security checkpoint
A Florida man was being cited after Transportation Security Administration officers on Monday found a handgun and ammunition in his baggage at Pittsburgh International Airport. It was the sixth gun officers have found at a checkpoint there so far in 2022. Authorities said the gun was loaded and two additional...
Garden Party among upcoming events at Northern Tier Regional Library
Northern Tier Regional Library, 4015 Dickey Road, Gibsonia, has a number of upcoming programs. For more information or to register, call 724-449-2665 or visit northerntierlibrary.org. Garden Party You are invited to our Garden Party at 7 p.m. May 12. Join the library for wine and cheese and a chance to...
Truck crashes into Stowe home
A truck crashed into a home in the 800 block of Stowe’s 13th Street on Wednesday morning, according to Tribune-Review news partner WPXI-TV. Video from the scene showed the truck — possibly a garbage or dump truck — struck multiple vehicles before crashing into the front porch of the home....
Leechburg Area Middle School students pitch in as part of Pick Up Pennsylvania initiative
Leechburg Area Middle School students were in a different classroom environment Tuesday afternoon — for a good cause. Students and staff donned bright Hi-Liter green safety vests and heavy duty gloves, grabbed trash bags and picked up trash around the downtown Leechburg business district and other areas for an hour...
