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Westmoreland happenings: church services, fish fries and gift basket bash
Church news • An Ash Wednesday service will be at 7 p.m. March 2 at West Newton First Church of God, 157 N. Second St. Toothpaste and toothbrushes will be collected for the food bank at the March 6 service. • A World Day of Prayer service will be at...
Shorty’s Pins x Pints opens on Pittsburgh’s North Shore
Shorty came up tall on Monday. By 3:30 p.m., there was a line to get into Shorty’s Pins x Pints on Pittsburgh’s North Shore. The take-you-back-in-time game room and bar establishment opened at 4 p.m. after nearly two years because of delays from the pandemic. People of all ages filled...
Beaver woman sentenced to federal prison in $1 million tax embezzlement
A Beaver County woman was sentenced Tuesday to a year and a day in a federal prison for stealing more than $1 million in tax payments, according to federal prosecutors. Jeanne Bowser, 63, of Center, was ordered to spend three years on supervised release after the prison term. She pleaded...
Civil War Symposium at the Andrew Carnegie Free Library & Music Hall
For nearly a decade, the Andrew Carnegie Free Library & Music Hall has been proud to host a biennial Civil War symposium, featuring one full day of Civil War historians and enthusiasts discussing this pivotal period in American history. Paired with our national treasure Captain Thomas Espy Post, our contemplative...
Pittsburgh police respond to 3 armed robberies overnight
Pittsburgh Police are investigating three armed robberies that happened over about three hours Tuesday night. Police said the robberies appear to be related. The first reported robbery happened around 9 p.m. at the Family Dollar store on Lincoln Avenue in the city’s Lincoln-Lemington-Belmar neighborhood, according to Tribune-Review news partner WPXI-TV....
Lanes of Beaver Valley Expressway open, overturned tractor trailer cleared
An overturned tractor trailer along the Beaver Valley Expressway closed lanes between the Center and Alquippa exits for a time on Wednesday morning, according to Pittsburgh Tribune-Review’s news partner WPXI. All Eastbound lanes of the Beaver Valley Expressway are now open. FINAL UPDATE : All Eastbound lanes of the Beaver...
The Stroller, Feb. 23, 2022: Events in the Alle-Kiski Valley
The Stroller is compiling a list of fish fries taking place Ash Wednesday and/or Fridays during Lent. To your non-profit’s fish fry listed in the paper and online, send complete information in writing to Carol Pinto-Smith, Valley News Dispatch, 210 Wood St., Tarentum, PA 15084 or email cpinto-smith@triblive.com. Annual Shamrock...
The Boho Ve’ lash studio opens along Corbet Street in Tarentum
New Tarentum business owner Ashly Kish is bringing a mix of boho and beauty to the borough. Her lash boutique, The Boho Ve’, opened Jan. 31 in the Murphy Building along Corbet Street. “I like getting pampered, and I think there’s opportunity in a growing field,” said Kish, 36, a...
Blawnox seeking code enforcement officer
Blawnox is seeking a part-time code enforcement officer to help with the borough’s efforts to maintain safe properties. The job entails making sure homeowners keep up with cutting grass, keeping properties free of junk cars and shoveling snow in a timely manner. The position is for six hours a week....
Murrysville officer escapes serious injury after patrol vehicle struck by DUI driver, troopers say
A Murrysville police officer escaped serious injury over the weekend after the marked patrol vehicle he was driving was rear-ended on Old William Penn Highway by a DUI driver, according to state police. Troopers reported Murrysville police Sgt. James Chafin was stopped, sitting in a marked 2019 Ford Explorer conducting...
Ross commissioners president defends police chief after ‘no confidence’ vote from union
Dan DeMarco, president of the Ross Board of Commissioners, defended his police chief at Tuesday night’s meeting following a “no confidence” vote from the township’s police union. A letter sent earlier that day from the executive board of the Ross Township Police Association announced that 27 officers voted in favor...
1 killed, 3 injured in Fayette County crash
One person was killed and three were injured in a crash Tuesday in Fayette County, according to state police. The driver of a Kia Forte crossed over the center line of New Salem Road in Menallen around 7:30 p.m. and slammed into another vehicle, troopers said. The driver of the...
Pittsburgh man sentenced to nearly 4 years in federal prison for heroin trafficking
A Pittsburgh man has been sentenced to nearly four years in federal prison for his involvement in a heroin trafficking ring, federal officials announced Tuesday. David Joyner, 26, was convicted of conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute heroin. US District Judge William S. Stickman IV sentenced him...
Pittsburgh man sentenced to more than 3 years in federal prison for drugs, guns
A Pittsburgh man has been sentenced to 3 1/2 years in prison for violating federal narcotics and gun laws, federal authorities announced Tuesday. Prosecutors say Don Eric Copeland, 20, possessed illicit drugs with intent to distribute them — crack cocaine and a mixture containing cocaine and fentanyl. Pittsburgh police seized...
Jeannette woman’s conviction for false report to police overturned
A judge Tuesday overturned a guilty verdict issued against a Jeannette woman who prosecutors said made false reports to local police. Deborah Samulski, 62, served more than three months in jail after she was convicted last summer of two misdemeanor charges of filing false reports with a local gas company...
Baristas at Coffee Tree Roasters vote to unionize in Allegheny County
Baristas and employees of local coffee chain Coffee Tree Roasters voted to unionize Tuesday. Workers at five coffee shops across Allegheny County voted to join Local 1776 of the United Food and Commercial Workers labor union, according to UFCW Local 1776 President Wendell Young. “This is a great win for...
Hempfield man convicted of killing Pitt student Alina Sheykhet withdraws appeal
The Hempfield man who pleaded guilty to brutally killing his ex-girlfriend at her apartment in Pittsburgh’s Oakland neighborhood in October 2017 withdrew his appeal request Tuesday. After extensive questioning by both attorneys involved in the case, Allegheny County Common Pleas Judge Edward J. Borkowski allowed Matthew Darby, 25, to withdraw...
International forces costing American drivers $375M more every day on gas, analyst says
Americans are spending about $375 million more on gasoline every day compared to a year ago, as prices continue to rise in the Pittsburgh area and across the nation, said Patrick De Haan, head of petroleum analysis for GasBuddy. While there are concerns about how Russia’s actions in Ukraine could...
Hempfield man pleads guilty to lesser charges in connection with knife attack
Westmoreland County prosecutors this week dismissed assault and strangulation charges against a Hempfield man accused in the stabbing of a woman during an argument over rent. During guilty plea hearing for Franz Nute Wade Tuesday, Assistant District Attorney Elizabeth Echard told Common Pleas Court Judge Tim Krieger that “evidentiary issues”...
Ross police union members cast ‘no confidence’ vote for chief
For a second time, members of the union representing police officers in Ross have taken a “no-confidence” vote in the leadership of Chief Joe Ley. A letter sent on Tuesday from the executive board of the Ross Township Police Association announced that 27 officers voted in favor of the no...
Fox Chapel teen, emergency responders and dispatcher honored for saving boy’s life
New Year’s morning began with a crisis for the Stephany family of Fox Chapel. Their youngest member, Max, 11, was found unconscious inside their Riding Trail Lane home. Parents Rob and Molly Stephany tried all they could to wake him up. However, Max did not respond and was not breathing....
Norwin director claims assignment on racism was critical race theory teaching
A Norwin school board member claims that a high school social studies teacher gave students an assignment on systemic racism in America, which was an example of critical race theory instruction, despite the school administration’s previous assertion that it was not being taught in the district. Director Shawna Ilagan contended...
Renovate or build a new school? That’s the question being posed in Hempfield Area
Officials with the Hempfield Area School District are gearing up to make a decision next month on whether they will renovate or build a new high school. School board members this week unanimously voted to retain PNC Capital Markets LLC as underwriters once a project is chosen and hired Krakoff...
Speed limits in most Pittsburgh parks dropping to 15 mph
Pittsburgh City Council voted Tuesday to reduce the speed limit in the city’s parks to 15 mph, down from 25 mph. The measure allows the city’s Department of Mobility and Infrastructure to make exceptions. Councilman Bobby Wilson, who sponsored the bill, said there will likely be higher speed limits on...
Pittsburgh recognizes February as Mayor Ed Gainey Month
Pittsburgh City Council announced Tuesday that the city is dedicating February as Mayor Ed Gainey Month. “I can’t imagine recognizing Black History Month without recognizing our own mayor in the city of Pittsburgh,” said Council President Theresa Kail-Smith. Gainey, of Lincoln-Lemington, became the city’s first Black mayor when he took...
