Western PA Local News category, Page 1593
Man dead in South Side shooting
A man was fatally shot in Pittsburgh’s South Side neighborhood late Saturday, according to police. Officers were called to Freysburg Street around 10:30 p.m. and found the man with gunshot wounds to the chest. He was pronounced dead at the scene in a residential area a few blocks back from...
North Hills real estate transactions for the week of March 20, 2022
Bellevue Grand Old Properties LLC sold property at 115 Cedar Ave. to Melvin Parks and Raushana Ellison for $289,500. James Frew sold property at 623 Highland Place to Tim Wilson and Christi Iwasaki for $180,063. Adele Stewart sold property at 499 Roosevelt Ave. to Tyler Babcock for $224,000. Spring Way...
Sewickley area real estate transactions for the week of March 20, 2022
Aleppo Larisa Drozdova sold property at 702 Timber Lane to Raymond Canada and Lauren Taiclet for $334,000. Bell Acres Darren Rogers sold property at 130 Lewis St. to Chia Hsuan Tsai and Camille Meabon Kline-Tsai for $380,000. John Sanchez sold property at 131 Skymark Ln to Cartus Financial Corp. for...
For Chapel area real estate transactions for the week of March 20, 2022
Aspinwall Joseph Santelli sold property at 113 Second St. to 113 2nd L.P. for $188,000. William Mille trustee sold property at 221 Fifth St. to Lockwood Management LLC for $169,250. Etna JP Nagy LLC sold property at 287 Butler St. to Lonnie Yobst for $160,000. John Winschel III sold property...
Pittsburgh eastern suburban real estate transactions for the week of March 20, 2022
Chalfant Christopher Sylves sold property at 228 Highland Ave. to Joshua Earle for $110,000. Churchill Edward Nelson sold property at 1403 Beulah Road to William and Perryn A Epps Smith for $298,000. Estate of Robert Averback sold property at 2000 Garrick Drive to Anthony Russell and Chimene Beatty for $260,000....
What’s the origin of Fern Hollow’s name? Even Pittsburgh historians say it’s a mystery
Since the collapse of Fern Hollow Bridge in Frick Park, many Pittsburghers have been asking: What exactly is Fern Hollow? For one, it’s a ravine in Pittsburgh’s East End that has a creek running through its center. The ravine also partially marks the border between Squirrel Hill and Regent Square....
Highlands eyes $3.2 million in safety upgrades
The Highlands School Board on Monday will consider $3.2 million in safety upgrades that would impact all four campuses. Dan Engen, from DRAW Collective architectural firm, presented design options to the board during its agenda meeting Tuesday night. Work ranges from HVAC to paving to new water coolers. “There is...
Are Western Pa. gas prices headed toward $5 a gallon?
Rising gas prices have been causing headaches for drivers across the region and the country. In early March, gas prices hit a record average of $4.21 a gallon in Pittsburgh, slightly above the national average of about $4 a gallon. At some old-school gas stations in the region, such as...
Diesel price rise a pain at pump and consumer’s pockets
If the sight of over $4.30 a gallon for regular gasoline is cringeworthy, imagine $5.50 — or more — and having to fill a 150-gallon tank. Warren Horton has faced such a dilemma recently, including Tuesday when he stopped in Western Pennsylvania to fuel his big rig hauling a stacked...
Westmoreland’s clout in Harrisburg cut through redistricting
For the past decade, state Rep. George Dunbar’s 56th District local office has operated in a building just south of Clay Pike, near the Circleville Volunteer Fire Hall in North Huntingdon. For a while last week it was unclear whether the veteran state lawmaker would be able keep his office...
From big to small, local governments expect to feel the pinch of high gas prices
Some local governments are running over budget on their fuel costs as gasoline prices surge and remain volatile. Many are looking to juggle that expense with other items in their budgets. While most say it’s too early to know exactly what the impact of high fuel prices will be on...
North Allegheny teams sweep top prizes in Western Pa. science bowl
Teams from North Allegheny Senior High School and Marshall Middle School each won first place and swept the recent 31st Western Pennsylvania Science Bowl Competition. The event featured 41 teams from 27 high schools and 30 teams from 17 middle schools in the region. Each participating school was allowed two...
Police: Harrison robbery suspect held gun to man’s head because he wanted money for snacks
A 17-year-old from Sheldon Park told police he attacked a man outside a pizza shop in Harrison early Friday because he needed money for snacks. He is charged with aggravated assault, conspiracy, receiving stolen property, drug and gun charges. Bail was denied, and he remains in the Allegheny County Jail...
Carnegie Mellon students come to Alle-Kiski Valley to demonstrate STEM skills, also working on moon project
In just two months time, a handful of students from Carnegie Mellon University will head to the Johnson Space Center in Houston to field test the program they’ve spent months working on to assist astronauts on future missions as they explore the surface of the moon. But on Saturday, those...
Chattanooga’s tourney appearance turns out to be Klimchock family affair
As Laura Klimchock left the Rivers Casino in Pittsburgh Friday afternoon with her father, Rick, she told him she felt sick. The No. 13-seeded University of Tennessee at Chattanooga, coached by Laura’s longtime boyfriend, Lamont Paris, was about to take on heavily favored No. 4 seed Illinois in a first-round...
Republican U.S. Senate candidate Dave McCormick greets potential voters in Murrysville
David Painter pushed back from his table at North Park Lounge in Murrysville satisfied. He had just spent about an hour listening to Republican U.S. Senate candidate Dave McCormick as he addressed several dozen people in a private room, talking about his qualifications and what separates him from the rest...
Pittsburgh man charged with 4 robberies, including at Fox’s Pizza in Oakmont that left owner shot
A Pittsburgh man was arrested Saturday in connection with four armed robberies this month, including two in which people were shot, according to police. One of the cases took place at the Fox’s Pizza Den in Oakmont. Allegheny County Police identified the suspect in the robbery spree as Eric Jones,...
2 stabbed in Sheraden
Two people were being treated for stab wounds after an incident just after midnight in Pittsburgh’s Sheraden neighborhood, according to police. A man arrived at a hospital shortly after 12:01 a.m. Saturday with a wound to the abdomen and was taken to the operating room, authorities said. Witnesses told investigators...
Pitt professor remembers her brother who died in Ukraine aiding people in need
The way Jimmy Hill lived his life is a complete contrast to the way he lost it — amid Russian bombing in a weeks-long invasion of Ukraine. Katya Hill, a University of Pittsburgh professor, on Saturday said her brother had befriended a woman with four children who lived near the...
Tom Hanks takes break from filming in Ambridge to wave hello to a mom and her boyVideo
Ashley Glass of Ambridge had a surprise celebrity encounter Thursday morning. Academy Award-winning actor Tom Hanks took a break from filming on Merchant Street to wave to Glass and her 2-year-old son, Charles. Glass, 35, a homemaker and mother of five, said the actor spotted them while filming scenes for...
Penn Hills man gets 31 years in federal prison for armed robberies
A Penn Hills man who authorities said shot a store employee during one of a series of armed robberies in 2014 was sentenced Thursday to 31 years in prison. George Wilson III, 39, pleaded guilty in September during a jury trial to four firearms counts for armed robberies at gas...
Tarentum man accused of DUI in Sharpsburg crash that injured 1
A man was driving under the influence of cocaine when Allegheny County Police said he slammed into another vehicle in Sharpsburg, seriously injuring its driver. James Edward Sundberg, 66, was arrested Thursday by the Allegheny County Sheriff’s Fugitive Squad. He has addresses in Tarentum and Salem Township, Westmoreland County. Sundberg...
First Baptist Church in Tarentum eager to rebuild after covid shutdown
The Rev. Felicia Brock moved to the Alle-Kiski Valley in late 2019 to start a new life as pastor of First Baptist Church in Tarentum. Then covid-19 shut everything down. “When you have a calling from God, you follow it,” said Brock, who relocated from Detroit. “God didn’t tell me...
Where are Western Pa. Girl Scout cookies? Arriving soon, hopefully
Most people in Western Pennsylvania are still waiting to receive their boxes of Girl Scout cookies, but not inmates at SCI-Fayette. The state prison received over 1,100 boxes of cookies this year during its third sale to benefit Girl Scouts Western Pennsylvania. Inmates had the opportunity to buy up to...
The Stroller, March 19, 2022: Events in the Alle-Kiski Valley
Publicize your community events 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. Evening of Celtic music planned at Concordia Lutheran Ministries Concordia Lutheran Ministries will host an evening of Celtic folk music by singer...
