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4 people shot in apparent gun battle in Carrick
Two men were wounded in an apparent exchange of gunfire early Sunday morning along Brownsville Road in Carrick, Pittsburgh police said. One of the men, who was shot multiple times in his chest and trunk, was reported in critical condition at at a local hospital. The other man, shot in...
Toe bones and porcupine quills: Library patrons create spooky-season ‘nature vials’
Toe bones, moss and quill of porcupine — it sounds like the ingredients in a witch’s cauldron. That means spooky season is the perfect time of year for Britney Jones to present a workshop featuring some of the items from her shop, Mz. Jones’ Curio, in Greensburg. The Bovard resident...
Latrobe trust will honor Southern Alleghenies Museum during annual gala
This year’s Art Gala hosted by the Greater Latrobe School District Art Conservation Trust will honor the Southern Alleghenies Museum of Art in Ligonier Township. The annual event supports the trust’s work to oversee and care for Greater Latrobe’s art collections, which were generated by two teachers: James Beatty and...
Fox Chapel area real estate transactions, week of Oct. 29, 2023
Aspinwall Gary Bergstein sold property at 701 Freeport Road to Ballymore Properties LLC for $450,000. Blawnox Tague Properties LLC sold property at 4 Riverside Ct to LLSM Properties LLC for $35,000. Fox Chapel James Murphy sold property at 104 Spring Forest Drive to Joanna Doven for $939,300. Harmar Ray Stoner...
Sewickley area real estate transactions, week of Oct. 29, 2023
Aleppo Lyudmila Hyman sold property at 801 Timber Ln to Peter and Bianca Christof for $325,000. Edgeworth John Lehman sold property at 521 Chestnut Road to Erik Interval and Rory ONeill for $1,000,000. Franklin Park Rajesh Patwari sold property at 1911 Kimberly Ct to Cartus Financial Corp. for $855,100. Cartus...
North Hills area real estate transactions, week of Oct. 29, 2023
Franklin Park Rajesh Patwari sold property at 1911 Kimberly Ct to Cartus Financial Corp. for $855,100. Cartus Financial Corp. sold property at 1911 Kimberly Ct to Rajil and Sonali Mehta for $855,100. David Lee sold property at 3730 Lyndell St. to Infinium Investments LLC for $150,000 (state deed transfer stamps...
East suburban real estate transactions, week of Oct. 29, 2023
Churchill Andrew Michael Bell sold property at 1912 Garrick Drive to Hiral Patel for $420,000. Estate of Leonard Hornak sold property at 2525 Greensburg Pike Apt 201 to Francis Tomasic for $192,500. Edgewood Dominic Rugani sold property at 149-151 Race St. to ODUWA Realty LLC for $297,500. Forest Hills Eponymous...
Greensburg Salem to use $1.7 M in pandemic funding for HVAC upgrades at 3 schools
Greensburg Salem will tap pandemic recovery funding to restore and expand air conditioning at three of its schools, at a cost of close to $1.7 million. District officials are also considering other capital improvements that could be made with about $2 million in remaining money from the Elementary and Secondary...
2 veteran East Deer commissioners challenged for reelection
Two veteran East Deer commissioners and three newcomers are vying for three at-large commissioner seats in the township. Four of East Deer’s five commissioner seats, three at-large and one in the 1st Ward, are up for election this year. The only seat not up is held by 2nd Ward Commissioner...
The Stroller, Oct. 29, 2023: Events in the Alle-Kiski Valley
Publicize your non-profit’s community events, fundraisers and club meetings for free in The Stroller. Send information at least two weeks in advance to vndnews@triblive.com or The Stroller, 210 Wood St., Tarentum PA 15084. Please include a daytime telephone number. Westmoreland County Marines to supply Christmas groceries Westmoreland County Marines will...
Challenger Dugan threatens Zappala’s 25-year grip on Allegheny County DA’s Office
For the past 25 years, the name Zappala has been synonymous with law enforcement in Allegheny County. As one of the longest-serving district attorneys in Pennsylvania, Stephen A. Zappala Jr. has set the tone for criminal justice for a generation of lawyers, police officers, judges and criminals. That could change...
Greensburg dentist teaches American history through reenacting, podcast
Bill Choby knew he wanted to be a dentist since he was 16 years old. But that would not be the only field to capture his attention. Choby, owner of Center for Dental Implants in Greensburg, is an avid historian on the side, boasting a book and an accompanying podcast....
‘We try to help out any way we can’: Manor Lions club celebrates 75 years in community
Joy Clontz always had a box of eyeglasses in her home during her childhood. Her father was a member of the St. Marys’ Lions Club in Elk County for 60 years. She remembers helping him with various Lions events, including Recycle for Sight — a program in which Lions members...
List of nursing homes cited for abuse can be incomplete, arbitrary, experts say
A review of state nursing home inspection reports reveals no mention of two patients who died about a year ago at Quality Life Services-Chicora after being given fatal doses of insulin. Registered nurse Heather Pressdee, who is charged in the killings, told investigators “she felt bad for their quality of...
Staffing shortages leave nursing homes overwhelmed, patients vulnerable, experts sayVideo
Mary Ellen Cross lived some of the best days of her life each December when she spent hour upon hour baking cookies and wrapping gifts, carefully crafting what she hoped would be the perfect, magical Christmas for her family. The baking began weeks in advance, sometimes with her eclectic playlist...
Staffing shortages plague nursing homes; some fear patient care threatened
An employee at a Westmoreland County nursing home says the conditions of her job have brought her to tears. Residents regularly have to wait for help and often go hungry because of a lack of people to feed them. A single staffer sometimes is asked to care for 60 residents...
Nursing home rating system criticized over reliability, accuracy
Tools designed to help families researching a nursing home are obscure and often criticized by industry experts over their reliability and accuracy. The Care Compare website maintained by the federal Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services houses detailed data about nursing homes, provides quality-of-care ratings and flags homes for incidents...
Greensburg YMCA gymnastic event: competing for a good cause
Fourteen-year-old Amelia Raible of North Huntingdon was competing against other young gymnasts in her skill level Saturday at the Greensburg YMCA gymnastics invitational. Raible, a ninth grader at Norwin High School, is part of the 24-member Greensburg YMCA’s Aerials. They are among about 160 gymnasts from eight YMCA teams competing...
SWAT respond after woman shot in head in Crafton Heights
A woman was shot in the head early Friday morning and the suspect barricaded himself in a nearby apartment, said Pittsburgh Police. Police said they arrived at an apartment in the 900 block of Woodlow Street just after 2 a.m. on Friday and found a 27-year-old woman shot in the...
Fire hits vehicle repair shop in Bloomfield
A commercial fire burned through a vehicle repair shop Friday evening in Pittsburgh’s Bloomfield neighborhood. Pittsburgh firefighters were dispatched to the 800 Block of Gross Street at about 6:15 p.m., according to the Pittsburgh Public Safety Department. No injuries were reported. Officials said it appeared that an electric vehicle’s lithium-ion...
Devoted cyclists take on the Dirty Dozen Bicycle Ride — 55 miles, 13 steep streets — including America’s steepest
Dozens of dedicated cyclists took to Pittsburgh’s toughest hills on Saturday as part of the Dirty Dozen Bicycle Ride, a fall tradition for the city and its bike advocates. This year was the 40th race, which challenges bicyclists to climb 13 of the Pittsburgh area’s steepest hills, including Beechview’s cobblestone...
Hundreds receive free dental, eye and ear care in Pittsburgh
More than 1,500 people received free dental, eye and ear care Friday and Saturday at the David L. Convention Center. More than 1,400 volunteers from across the region took part to care for patients including dentists, eye and ear clinicians and many others. The all-day event event was open to...
Southwest Airlines to add seasonal flights to San Diego
Pittsburgh is getting more airline service to the West Coast and adding a new city to its repertoire. Southwest Airlines will add seasonal, nonstop service from Pittsburgh International Airport to San Diego starting next summer, the airline announced Thursday. Flights on to San Diego International Airport will start June 8...
Fire damages Latrobe house, residents must seek temporary lodging elsewhere
Two men in a Latrobe house were treated for smoke inhalation early Saturday morning at Independence Latrobe Hospital as a result of a fire that damaged the residence, Latrobe’s fire chief said. The men, whose identities were not immediately available, suffered from smoke inhalation from the fire, Fire Chief John...
Derry Township man killed in motorcycle crash
A Derry Township man was killed in a motorcycle crash early Saturday morning, along Route 217 in Derry Township, the Westmoreland County Coroner’s Office said. The victim, James A. Trice III, 35, died as a result of injuries he suffered in the accident at 1:10 a.m. while traveling on Ligonier...
