Western PA Local News category, Page 1555
Fox Chapel area real estate transactions for the week of April 17, 2022
Aspinwall David Gregg sold property at 121 Fifth St. to Mark Chimel II and Lindsey Chimel for $425,000. Blawnox Estate of Edward Bucha sold property at 1000 Woodland Road to Joanetzi and Christina Fourquet for $200,000. Etna Daniel Lisjack sold property at 314 Butler St. to Richard Miller for $80,250....
Pittsburgh eastern suburban real estate transactions for the week of April 17, 2022
Churchill Joseph Rochez sold property at Churchill Road to Gregory and Jacqueline Karkowsky for $53,000. Alan Petrucelli sold property at 13 Garden Ter to Cheryl Shullick and Heather Laabs for $120,750. Tandy Rice sold property at 24 Thornycroft Road to Cindy Haigh for $121,401. Edgewood Estate of Richard Gusic sold...
Westmoreland drug task force director says animal sedative finding its way into region’s illicit drug supply
Local officials are concerned that an animal sedative that can cause skin and soft-tissue infections is increasingly being found in drugs in Philadelphia. Tim Phillips, director of the Westmoreland County Drug Overdose Task Force, said xylazine may already be mixed into stamp bags that are sold around Southwestern Pennsylvania. “I...
Hempfield Area freshmen would shift to middle school during construction project, under proposal
Ninth grade students in the Hempfield Area School District could move to a middle school building during the 2023-24 school year as district officials prepare for a multimillion-dollar high school construction project. The proposed plan, which would involve the restructuring of the district’s middle schools, works to limit the number...
The Stroller, April 17, 2022: Events in the Alle-Kiski Valley
Publicize your community events, fundraisers and club meetings for free in The Stroller. Send information at least a week in advance to vndnews@triblive.com. Please include a daytime telephone number. Springdale students to present ‘Wizard of Oz’ The drama department of Springdale Jr.-Sr. High School will present the musical, “The Wizard...
Multiple shooters suspected in ‘war scene’ that killed 2, injured 8 on Pittsburgh’s North Side
Two teenage boys were killed and eight other people were injured by gunfire in an early morning shooting at a party Sunday in Pittsburgh’s North Side, police said. A ShotSpotter notification around 12:30 a.m. sent police to a three-story building on Suismon Street near Madison Avenue in the city’s East...
Shrinking sisterhood: Members of religious orders vow to carry on despite dwindling numbersVideo
At 88, Sister Louise Grundish sits back in her chair, caresses the silver cross dangling from her neck and says point blank she wasn’t always sure that being a nun was the life for her. There was nothing that could convince her otherwise — not a younger sibling who was...
North Huntingdon officials oppose senior project county housing authority wants to build in Irwin
With apologies to English novelist Charles Dickens’ “Tale of Two Cities,” it was both the best and worst of times last week for Westmoreland County Housing Authority’s plans to build a 50-unit senior apartment in Irwin, with an access road through North Huntingdon. The good time for the four-story Grand...
News from Aspinwall, Blawnox, O’Hara, Oakmont, Fox Chapel
Aspinwall Clean Up Day Aspinwall Neighbors, the former neighborhood watch, is organizing a Spring Green Streets Clean Up April 23. Volunteers can pick up supply kits between 10 a.m. and 1 p.m. at the Aspinwall Recreation Area along Field Avenue. Kits include vests, gloves and trash bags. Pizza and refreshments...
North Allegheny students earn perfect AP test scores
Two North Allegheny High School students earned rare perfect scores on their 2021 Advanced Placement tests, both in computer science courses. Kamya Rajesh, a sophomore, received a perfect score on the Computer Science Principles test, and Sun Ahn, a senior, had a flawless test score on the AP Computer Science...
Gilpin supervisors vote to overhaul decades-old zoning rules to promote new business
The Gilpin Township supervisors have awarded a contract to Mackin Engineering to overhaul the township’s decades-old zoning ordinances. The supervisors voted 4-0, with Supervisor Linda Alworth absent, to hire the firm April 12 for just under $39,000 for the project. Gilpin has zoning laws, which only allow certain types in...
Overbrook World War II veteran receives Legion of Honor award from France
The medal was pinned close to Cyril Emmerich’s heart. It was appropriate. The 97-year-old World War II veteran loves his country. Emmerich, of Overbrook was presented with France’s National Order of the Legion of Honour medal on Saturday at Bravo! Italian Kitchen in the Waterfront in Homestead. “This means a...
Duquesne shooting victim expected to survive
An adult is expected to survive after being shot in Duquesne on Saturday afternoon, Allegheny County Police said. A report of shots fired in the 200 block of Harden Avenue was made to 911 around 3:40 p.m. According to county police, first responders found the victim, described only as an...
Ed Gainey marks 100 days as Pittsburgh’s mayor, learns to ‘fall in love with adversity’
Ed Gainey adjusted his suit and tie and knocked on the front door of a home in Pittsburgh’s Hill District that was riddled with bullet holes. “My name is Ed Gainey. I’m the mayor,” he said when a woman opened the door. “I heard what happened yesterday. I just wanted...
Man, teen accused of shooting ‘water beads’ at people in Washington County
An 18-year-old man and a 15-year-old boy will face charges after state police said they fired water-filled beads at people in Washington County on Friday night. State police said the 18-year-old, of Claysville, was driving the car in which the 15-year-old, of Washington, was a back seat passenger. Their names...
Hempfield man accused of stealing $200,000 from motor sports business
A Hempfield man is accused of taking about $200,000 from a Rostraver motor sports business in which he owned a stake, according to Tribune-Review news partner WPXI-TV. Edward Zdobinski, 49, of Arona Road is accused by Rostraver police of taking about $200,000 from Triple A Motor Sports, 857 Route 51,...
Delivery vehicle overturns on Hempfield road after colliding with car
A Chick-fil-A delivery vehicle ended up on its side Saturday afternoon on Roseytown Road in Hempfield after colliding with another vehicle, emergency responders said. The driver, a woman who was not identified, had to be freed from the vehicle, which overturned at the western entrance of the railroad tunnel near...
Longtime Pittsburgh television reporter Stu Emry dies
A story by Myron Cope about a Brentwood bar where Steelers players and reporters hung out stirred Stu Emry’s imagination. Emry was a corn syrup salesman living in Chicago, dreaming of working in radio or television. When he was transferred to Pittsburgh in 1965 to service his biggest client, Heinz,...
Armstrong Tunnels closing for utility work
The Armstrong Tunnels in Pittsburgh will be closed overnight Monday into Tuesday morning, Allegheny County Public Works announced. The closure is scheduled to run from 8 p.m. Monday to 6 a.m. Tuesday. The tunnels are being closed so that T2 Utility Engineers of Cranberry can do utility investigation work, according...
New North Huntingdon manager brings varied experience
An experienced city manager from West Virginia with Pittsburgh area roots will serve as North Huntingdon’s next township manager. Harry Faulk, city manager for Clarksburg, W.Va., will start his new role May 2. He will earn $106,000 a year, with a six-month severance agreement. Township commissiners voted unanimously to hire...
Car club seeks sign missing from site of historic crash on Route 30 in Somerset County
July 2, 1932, was the beginning of the end for an automobile industry legend. On that day, Frederick Duesenberg, a German immigrant who helped to create the same-named line of early 20th century luxury cars, was involved in a wreck along the Lincoln Highway — modern Route 30 — in...
Pittsburgh shooting victim in critical condition
A man found shot in Pittsburgh’s Hill District late Friday night was reported hospitalized in critical but stable condition, Pittsburgh police said. The victim, who was not identified, was found in the middle of the street at the intersection of Centre Avenue and Addisson Street shot in the leg shortly...
Man dies in Woods Run shooting, 3 men taken in for questioning
A man has died as a result of a shooting early Saturday morning in Pittsburgh’s Woods Run neighborhood, Pittsburgh police said. The Allegheny County Medical Examiner identified the man as Donald Hammond, 31, of Pittsburgh. He died at Allegheny General Hospital. Three men were taken to police headquarters for questioning,...
Apple Hill Players planning risque, romantic romp on Trafford stage
“Don’t Dress for Dinner” is a complicated play, but the Apple Hill Players don’t want audiences to think too deeply about it. The theater troupe will stage the madcap farce, replete with romantic hi-jinks and mistaken identities, from April 22-30 in the Trafford Performing Arts Center. “I think audiences have...
Penn-Trafford students headed to Dallas for international robotics competition
Penn-Trafford High School students will soon go head-to-head against high-schoolers from across the globe in an international robotics competition. In May, VEX Robotics will host its annual world championship in Dallas. Two of Penn-Trafford’s five robotics teams qualified for the event. The students will spend a week in the Lone...
