Western PA Local News category, Page 1734
Murrysville area: Essay contest, election results certified, more
Submit news briefs and event information to pvarine@triblive.com. AAUW welcomes IUP professor as featured speaker The Murrysville branch of the American Association of University Women will welcome Indiana University of Pennsylvania professor Arden Hamer as its guest speaker on Dec. 9. Hamer is a professor in IUP’s Developmental Studies Department,...
Businesses pitch in to help ‘Monticello Lights’ fundraiser in Delmont
Kelly Mazon and her family are running out of extension cords. Meanwhile, up the street, Zack Bruno is four inflatables deep and just getting started. The Mazons and Brunos were just two of many families in Delmont’s Monticello neighborhood busy preparing over Thanksgiving weekend for the “Monticello Lights” decorating competition...
Penn-Trafford area: Seniors meeting, donations to veterans, more
Penn Township seniors to meet The BeLairs will provide entertainment when the Penn Township Senior Citizens meet Dec. 21 at the Community United Methodist Church Church, 3487 Route 130, Harrison City. Lunch will be at 1 p.m. and costs $6. The meeting will follow at 2 p. m. Students donate...
Sewickley Library launches Holiday StoryWalk at Ohio Township Nature Center
The Sewickley Public Library has partnered with the Ohio Township Nature Center to offer the first-ever Holiday StoryWalk. The Holiday StoryWalk brings a festive twist to the seasonal StoryWalk programs offered in the past. Visitors are invited to stroll down the walking path at Ohio Township Nature Center and read...
Plans delayed to raze administration building at Allegheny Valley Hospital
Demolition of the administration building at Allegheny Valley Hospital in Harrison is still on tap but work is delayed while officials determine what’s best to take its place. The 93-year-old building that abuts the hospital along Carlisle Street was scheduled to be torn down just before the covid-19 pandemic hit....
Leechburg-based charity to host holiday dinner for veterans, service members
A Leechburg nonprofit is hosting a dinner Sunday to show support for veterans and military personnel. Limited tickets are still available for the sixth annual Five Forces Christmas for Vets dinner. It’s being held at the Oklahoma Volunteer Fire Department’s School House Hall along Thorn Street in Oklahoma Borough. Guests...
Greensburg Civic Theatre kids’ troupe romps through ‘Matilda Jr.’
Matilda Wormwood is a precocious little English girl born to parents who are neglectful, anti-intellectual and possibly criminal. At school, her classmates and kindly teacher are bullied by the headmistress, Miss Trunchbull. When Matilda discovers that her angry feelings unleash telekinetic powers, she sets out to use them to teach...
Raising Cane’s chicken tenders coming to Pittsburgh region
Pittsburgh, like most cities, has its share of fried chicken chain restaurants — KFC, Chick-Fil-A and Popeyes, to name a few. But now another very specialized fried chicken entity is ready to flock to the Steel City. Raising Cane’s chicken tenders is planning to open its first restaurants in Pennsylvania...
Keller Williams Realty Sewickley hosting inaugural Christmas Home Tour
For the first time, Keller Williams Realty Sewickley Division is hosting a Christmas Home Tour. From 4-8 p.m. Dec. 11, attendees will get a chance to check out five Sewickley-area properties decorated for the holidays. The styles of the homes vary, according to Lisa Kunkel, a Keller Williams Sewickley real...
Delmont neighborhood plans 2nd year of ‘Monticello Lights’ charity decorating competition
When residents of Delmont’s Monticello Drive replaced their annual Christmas party with a drive-thru decorating competition during the pandemic last year, they were looking for a way to bring the community together safely and perhaps raise a little money for charity. Instead they ended up with more than $15,000 to...
People who use Great Allegheny Passage pump about $120M into economy, study finds
People using the Great Allegheny Passage pumped $121 million into local economies in 2019, according to a new study that gauged the economic impact of tourism along the 150 miles of trail stretching between Pittsburgh and Cumberland, Md. “I’m delighted that folks are using the Great Allegheny Passage and spending...
Shaler Area students place in National Chemistry Week Illustrated Poetry Contest
Two Shaler Area High School students placed in the National Chemistry Week Illustrated Poetry Contest sponsored by the Pittsburgh Section of the American Chemical Society. Alyssandra Poliziani, a sophomore, won first place in the high school division for her poem about fruit oxidation. Ciarra Reese, a junior, won third place...
1 injured in crash in Pittsburgh’s Carrick
A person was injured early Thursday in a one-vehicle crash in Pittsburgh’s Carrick section, according to Tribune-Review news partner WPXI-TV. Emergency crews responded at about 3:30 a.m. to the intersection of Route 51 and Maytide Street. The car crashed into a pole and left the car with significant damage to...
Baldwin-Whitehall Holiday Cookie Extravaganza returns
Following a pandemic hiatus last year, Baldwin-Whitehall School District will once again host its Fourth Annual Holiday Cookie Extravaganza 10-11:30 a.m. Dec. 17. This year’s event will follow all required covid-19 safety protocols, including required masking and social distancing, in order to protect attendees, students and employees. Senior citizen residents...
Citing revenue loss, state senator seeks to bring back Pa. Turnpike toll workers
A senator from northeastern Pennsylvania is spearheading efforts to bring back turnpike toll workers. Sen. Marty Flynn, D-Scranton, said his plan stems from the amount of tolls — $104 million – that went uncollected on the Pennsylvania Turnpike in the past year. “Not coincidentally, that’s also when the PA Turnpike...
National drop in gas prices skips Pittsburgh area, frustrating drivers
Rick Toney was pumping gas as a kid in the 1970s. And he’s still doing it today for his cousin, Joe Shamey, owner of Shamey’s Gulf Service on Tarentum Bridge Road in New Kensington. It’s one of the few, maybe only, full-service gas stations in the area. So Toney hears...
The Stroller, Dec. 2, 2021: Events in the Alle-Kiski Valley
Publicize your club meetings, community events and fundraisers for free in The Stroller. Send information at least a week in advance to vndnews@triblive.com. Please include a daytime telephone number. Therapy dogs welcome to join program at Allegheny Valley Hospital Allegheny Valley Hospital, Harrison, is expanding its pet therapy program and...
90% of Allegheny County employees comply with vaccine mandate; 2 sheriff’s employees suspended without pay
More than 90% of Allegheny County’s 5,000 executive-branch employees showed proof of getting vaccinated against covid-19 by Wednesday — the deadline to do so or risk being fired, county officials report. Just two of more than 200 employees with the Allegheny County Sheriff’s Office — an independent entity — still...
Westmoreland 911: Crews responded to vehicle crash with entrapment in Salem
Crews responded to a vehicle crash with entrapment in Salem Township Wednesday evening, a Westmoreland 911 dispatcher said. Officials were called to the 1000 block of Brick Hill Road around 7:06 p.m. for reports of the crash that resulted in a vehicle overturning. According to the dispatcher, one person was...
Beaver County man gets 1 month behind bars in Capitol riot case
A Beaver County man will spend a month behind bars for participating in the storming of the Capitol in January, a federal judge ruled Wednesday. Russell Peterson of Rochester — who bragged about his role in the insurrection on social media — also must pay a $500 fine, U.S. District...
90% of Allegheny County employees comply with vaccine mandate; 2 sheriff’s employees suspended without pay
More than 90% of Allegheny County’s 5,000 executive-branch employees showed proof of getting vaccinated against covid-19 by Wednesday — the deadline to do so or risk being fired, county officials report. Just two of more than 200 employees with the Allegheny County Sheriff’s Office — an independent entity — still...
Pennsylvania wine and liquor sales set another record, annual report shows
If you’re headed to a holiday party this month, chances are good that either Tito’s Handmade Vodka or Fireball Cinnamon Whisky will be on the bar. Unflavored vodka remained Pennsylvanians’ drink of choice during the 2020-21 fiscal year, bringing in $307.6 million and topping the sales list in 53 of...
Greensburg man jailed, accused of leading police on 108 mph pursuit
A Greensburg man accused of leading police on a seven-mile, high-speed chase that started in in the city and ended near Murrysville was arrested after an officer recognized his car parked at a grocery store and was able to identify him, according to court documents. Greensburg patrolman Hank Fontana Jr....
Jeannette teen seeks transfer of attempted homicide case to juvenile court
The lawyer for a Jeannette teen awaiting trial on charges that he attempted to kill two men in a shooting last year says the case should be prosecuted in juvenile court. Khalil Myers was 16 when he was charged in connection with a shooting on Oct. 21, 2020, in Jeannette...
Judge accuses Westmoreland district attorney’s office of misconduct in Stanko case
A Westmoreland County judge accused the district attorney’s office of misconduct in its handling of three criminal cases against a Unity man named as a potential suspect in the disappearance of a former girlfriend missing since April 2018. In a blistering 26-page opinion made public Wednesday, Common Pleas Judge Tim...
