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Pittsburgh police: Man shot multiple times in Hazelwood
A man was hospitalized in stable condition Thursday after being shot multiple times in Pittsburgh’s Hazelwood neighborhood, according to police. Authorities said officers responded to a Shotspotter alert and 911 calls for a man shot along the 100 block of Alluvian Street around 10:30 a.m. The found the victim suffering...
Attempt to censure Plum school director for Facebook post fails
An attempt to censure Plum School Board member Amy Wetmore for a controversial Facebook post has failed. School Director Scott Kolar made a motion at a special meeting Aug. 12 to draft a resolution to censure Wetmore’s actions and condemn her statements absolving the district of any connection to her...
Penn Hills School District changes name of cyber academy
Penn Hills School District officials have changed the name of their cyber academy a week after discussing changing the district’s Indians nickname and mascot. The board unanimously approved the switch from CHIEFS Cyber Academy to Penn Hills Cyber Academy at a special meeting Wednesday night. It was the same meeting...
Penn Hills School District hires company partially owned by its solicitor to do health screenings
Penn Hills School District officials hired a Trafford-based company, with ties to the district’s solicitor, to do temperature checks on students coming back to school despite parental opposition and calls from a few board members to delay the vote. The school board voted 6-3 Wednesday night to have Mobile Health...
Penn Hills School District approves reopening plan, moves start date to Sept. 8
Penn Hills School District officials unanimously approved their reopening plan Wednesday night and pushed back the start of the upcoming school year. The reopening plan includes hybrid learning as well as an online option for families not confident just yet with sending their children back into the buildings during the...
Plum’s stormwater task force gets new member, public meeting in the works
Plum’s stormwater task force has a new member and may have its first public meeting soon. Council appointed resident Bill Chapla on Monday night to fill one of the two vacancies on the committee that was created to address flooding issues. “I was affected by last year’s flooding on Pine...
Plum School District officials approve later start date, opening with hybrid model
Plum School District officials have pushed back the first day of classes and plan to start in-person schooling with half the students at a time. The school board approved the changes at a special meeting Tuesday night. Opening day has been moved from Aug. 19 to Wednesday, Sept. 2. Superintendent...
Sewickley councilman resigns, mayor to step down at end of the year
Sewickley officials seek to fill a vacancy on council by next month, and plan to appoint a new mayor early next year. The resignations of both Councilman Hendrik van der Vaart and Mayor Brian Jeffe were addressed by council Tuesday night. Van der Vaart submitted his letter of resignation Friday....
Police seek help finding missing child
Pittsburgh police are seeking help finding a missing juvenile. Authorities said Taesean Gibson, 12, was last seen at his North Side home around 7:45 p.m. Sunday. He’s described as standing 5 feet 5 inches tall, weighing 155 pounds with short black hair and brown eyes. Police said he was wearing...
Some Plum residents push for borough to form a diversity committeeVideo
Members of a social justice social media group want Plum officials to form a diversity and equity committee in response to community concerns and comments from elected leaders. Resident Amy Badali, founder of the Facebook page Black Lives Matter In Plum Boro, brought up the idea at Monday night’s council...
Oakmont Carnegie Library in-person visits now available by appointment
People can patronize the Oakmont Carnegie Library in person by appointment during the covid-19 pandemic. Library Director Beth Mellor said they started letting people in by appointment last week after enough plexiglass shields were in place. Appointments can be made either through the library’s website or by calling 412-828-9532. Up...
Monroeville woman makes masks for any family who needs them
With masks being required to go into many businesses, and students and teachers mandated to wear face coverings when coming back to school during the covid-19 pandemic, many people are doing their part to ensure those needs are covered. Valerie Corbin and her Monroeville family are no exception. Corbin, who...
Allegheny County judge adds protections to moratorium on evictions
Allegheny County Commons Pleas President Judge Kim Berkeley Clark issued an order Friday protecting renters from eviction for the rest of the month. The temporary order covers county residents not protected by Gov. Tom Wolf’s moratorium on evictions during the covid-19 pandemic. The governor’s executive order does not impact evictions...
DUI, drug cases among those recently handled by Judge Zucco in Plum – Aug. 7, 2020
District Judge Linda Zucco recently handled the following cases. Charges were filed by Plum police unless otherwise noted. Held for court • Patrick McAndrew, 23, of Oakmont on charges of simple assault, harassment and receiving stolen property. Oakmont police filed the charges Feb. 14. Waived preliminary hearings • Matthew Plance,...
Penn Hills School District officials delay action on dropping Indians nickname, logo
Penn Hills School District officials tabled any action to change the district’s Indians nickname and mascot until next year. They’re delaying action, they said, so they can focus on schools reopening and how to best educate students in the covid-19 pandemic. “This is the worst time this could ever come...
West Jefferson Hills students to start first week of school online, gradually return to buildings
West Jefferson Hills School District students will start their first week of the upcoming school year online and slowly transition back into buildings as time progresses. The first day of classes in the 2020-21 school year for the estimated 3,100 students in kindergarten through 12th grade is Monday, Aug. 24....
Sewickley Academy to have staff, students back in buildings Sept. 2
Sewickley Academy officials plan to welcome students and staff back to school during the covid-19 pandemic on Sept. 2. Reopening plans call for a full range of programming to be available on campus for the estimated 600 pre-kindergatern through 12th-grade students. “The academy has a framework to support the health,...
Penn Hills School District reopening plans call for mix of in-person, online classes
Penn Hills School District administrators recommend a hybrid in-person learning model, and an online learning option for families to start the upcoming school year. “This is not forever,” Superintendent Nancy Hines said after Wednesday’s safety/buildings and grounds committee meeting. “This is just to start.” Back-to-school plans were formally revealed that...
Bishop Canevin High School plan includes 5-day, in-person learning and a virtual option
Bishop Canevin High School families can chose to either send their students back to school or opt for online learning this coming school year during the covid-19 pandemic. Principal Michael Joyce said the school will offer in-person instruction five days a week as well as “a synchronous virtual option” for...
Allegheny Land Trust receives more grant funding toward acquisition of former Churchill Country Club
A conservation project to preserve the defunct Churchill Valley Country Club for public recreation and environmental education recently received a $300,000 grant. Donations acquired within the past few months toward the green space project in Penn Hills and Churchill include $25,000 from the Sierra Club, $125,000 from the Colcom Foundation...
Penn Hills assisted living facility brightens up with art from the BOB ProjectVideo
Residents at a Penn Hills assisted living facility will have brighter days thanks to some district students and staffers. Middle and high school students involved with the charity Bring out the Best Project, also known as the BOB Project, brought some color to Seneca Manor this week. They painted butterflies,...
Newly repaired track at Riverside Park in Oakmont ready for competition
Riverview High School track and field athletes may have home meets for the first time in several seasons. The track in the lower section of Riverside Park in Oakmont is ready for competition after New York-based Nagle Athletic Surfaces completed its replacement project. Repairs were completed in June, and the...
Off-leash dogs and cyclists may be permanently allowed in Oakmont’s Dark Hollow Woods
Cycling and dogs running off-leash might be a permanent fixture in Dark Hollow Woods in Oakmont as the recreation board pushes for a change in borough policy. What was to be a six-month trial period to test the activities in the publicly owned park near Crystal Drive has now lasted...
Monroeville Rotary awards scholarships to 6 recent Gateway graduatesVideo
Six Gateway High School graduates were awarded scholarships from the Monroeville Rotary during a small program Thursday afternoon at Monroeville Community Park West. Laia Reed, Saipriya Namasivayam, Makayla Harris, Erika Jackson, Gordon Wallace-Baiza and Jesse Kaufman each received $1,000 toward their future schooling. Rotary President Som Sharma said the scholarship...
Police: Fight at Kennywood results in 7 arrests; 150 escorted out
Seven people were arrested after a large fight broke out Friday inside and outside of Kennywood, West Mifflin police reported. Officers said about 150 people were also escorted out of the amusement park, which closed about a half-hour early as a result of the incident. Kennywood spokesman Nick Paradise wrote...
