Reserve bank heist leads to prison for Pittsburgh man
A Pittsburgh man has been sentenced to nearly six years in prison for robbing a bank in Reserve last year. Authorities say Mark Laughner, 38, entered the Dollar Bank on Mount Troy Road on May 16, 2024, and demanded the bank’s large bills. When the teller handed him $100 and...
Mt. Pleasant man pleads guilty in friend’s overdose death
A former Fayette County man pleaded guilty on Monday to a reduced charge of involuntary manslaughter for providing drugs to an East Huntingdon man who died of an overdose in 2020. Steven T. Shively, 36, now of Mt. Pleasant Township, was originally charged with a felony count of drug delivery...
Lower Burrell cancels meeting
Lower Burrell City Council canceled its monthly meeting scheduled for tonight. A notice from the city said council lacked a quorum of members to conduct business for both personal and professional reasons. The meeting will be rescheduled but a date had not yet been determined....
‘Torture session’ leads to prison for Sewickley man’s tormentors
Jon Olson has physically healed. From the cigarette burns on his body. The superglue on his eyes and hair. The knife wound to his face. But the emotional trauma of having a gun held to his temple, being urinated on, being held captive for hours — that remains. “The physical...
Fayette girl’s death leads to additional child abuse charges
Additional child abuse charges were filed Monday against two women who are accused in the death last week of a 9-year-old Fayette County girl. Fayette County District Attorney Mike Aubele said four children were removed from the Dunbar Borough home while authorities investigated the death of Renesmay Eutsey, whose body...
Hampton Council approves conditional use proposal to use single-family home as a group care home for 3 individuals
Hampton Council held a public hearing Aug. 13 to discuss the sale of a single-family home in the 2500 block of Hampton Road to a company planning to use it as a group care home. Council members approved the conditional use application. “The property is in a residential B zoning...
Owner of Penn Hills care home pleads guilty to $2M health care fraud
The owner of a Penn Hills facility that serves people with intellectual disabilities pleaded guilty in federal court Monday to health care fraud and other crimes that led to $2 million in Medicaid overpayments. Kelley Oliver-Hollis, 61, of Pittsburgh’s East Hills neighborhood, acknowledged responsibility for the crimes alleged in 39...
1 person taken to hospital in New Kensington shooting; 17-year-old in custody
An argument outside the Valley Royal Court apartment complex in New Kensington turned into gunfire, with one person taken to the hospital and a 17-year-old in custody, according to authorities. The shooting occurred about 12:35 p.m. outside of the apartment complex, which is near the New Kensington City Hall and...
Home may be total loss in Lower Burrell fire
There were no injuries reported in a two-alarm fire Monday afternoon in Lower Burrell. All occupants were already out of the home on Dakota Drive when firefighters arrived, according to Lower Burrell VFC #3 Fire Chief Brennan Sites. The fire, reported just before 1 p.m., was first thought to be...
Giant Eagle to open pharmacies at former Rite Aid stores in Mt. Washington, Sewickley
Giant Eagle will open standalone pharmacies at former Rite Aid locations in Pittsburgh’s Mt. Washington neighborhood and Sewickley, the company confirmed to TribLive on Monday. These will be similar to traditional drugstores, according to the Cranberry-based grocery chain, with a pharmacy counter as well as a wide selection of health...
Oakmont Carnegie Library calls for public opinion
Oakmont Carnegie Library officials are calling for public opinion through an online survey prior to a town hall scheduled for next week. The survey consists of 19 questions regarding people’s opinions about the library’s outreach, services offered, its current architecture, transportation methods and demographics of the survey taker. The survey...
Cheswick to host informational meeting on proposed data center
Cheswick residents will have a chance Wednesday to see the preliminary plans for a proposed data center just over the municipal boundary in Springdale. The borough will host an informational meeting at 6 p.m. at its municipal building with Brian Regli, a consultant working with Allegheny DC Property Co., the...
Baldwin-Whitehall school custodian charged with possessing child porn
Police on Monday arrested a Baldwin-Whitehall School District custodian on numerous child pornography charges after a monthslong investigation found the Whitehall man stored thousands of sexually explicit videos and images on multiple cellphones, authorities said. Michael Siar, 55, was arraigned early Monday on 22 counts of possessing child pornography and...
Brackenridge Council responds to pothole complaints: ‘Money doesn’t grow on trees’
Brackenridge Council is doing the best it can with the money the borough has available for paving, borough officials say. Tresco Paving is scheduled to start work Wednesday on portions of Union Avenue, First Avenue and Prospect Street. “We try for every grant we can get,” Council President Tim Connelly...
PNC to acquire FirstBank for $4.1B, adding branches in Ariz., Colo.
Pittsburgh-based PNC Bank is buying a competitor in Arizona and Colorado for $4.1 billion. The bank announced Monday morning it’s absorbing 95 FirstBank branches and $27 billion in assets. FirstBank has a “leading” market position in Colorado and a “substantial presence” in Arizona, according to PNC. The number of PNC...
Morning Roundup: 22 Pennsylvania residents win prizes in Powerball lottery
Here are some of the latest news items from this morning, Monday, Sept. 8: In the wake of Saturday’s drawing of the estimated $1.8 billion jackpot, numerous winners in Pennsylvania are taking home a large chunk of change. Out of 22 residents who walked away with prizes, 19 won $50,000...
Chris Bason ready to soar with new role at Audubon Society, headquartered in Fox Chapel
After two decades targeting the environmental health of Delaware’s three inland bays, Chris Bason is pivoting his focus to land and birds. Bason is the new executive director of the Audubon Society of Western Pennsylvania, headquartered at Beechwood Farms Nature Reserve in Fox Chapel. He began the role Sept. 2,...
In brief: Plum, Oakmont area news, events for the week of Sept. 8, 2025
Touch a Truck After a several-year hiatus, the Fred Favo Memorial Touch a Truck Event is returning Sept. 14 for the first time since 2022. More than 25 types of trucks and vehicles will be lined up on Allegheny River Boulevard between Pennsylvania and Washington Avenue. The event will feature...
‘Gear for Deer’ seeks to boost the number of 1st-time hunters
Pennsylvania hunting license sales peaked in the early 1980s. Since then, there have been ebbs and flows, but overall the state has seen a slow, fairly steady decline in the number of licenses issued, according to data from the Pennsylvania Game Commission. Two members of the Youngwood Sportsmen’s Association are...
UPMC, AHN nursing schools’ growth born from affordability, convenience
UPMC and AHN are taking matters into their own hands when it comes to trying to solve the shortage of nurses. In operation for decades, the nursing schools of UPMC and AHN have reported growing enrollment over the past years. AHN operates the Citizens School of Nursing at Pittsburgh Mills...
Irwin firefighters propose fire safety inspections
Irwin’s fire department wants borough officials to consider giving their stamp of approval to developing a fire safety inspection program. It’s an initiative that will improve safety in town and give the fire department a better rating, leading to lower insurance premiums, the fire chief said. Irwin Council is expected...
The Stroller, Sept. 8, 2025: Events in the Alle-Kiski Valley
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In brief: Happenings across the North Allegheny area
Job fair set at Ross Park Mall A free Pittsburgh Job Fair will be held from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Sept. 13 at Ross Park Mall, 1000 Ross Park Mall Drive. Attendees can connect face-to-face with top employers from across the region. People are advised to bring a resume...
Franklin Park’s paving program chips away at resurfacing some of borough’s oldest roads
Franklin Park’s fall paving program is in full swing, covering 2.76 miles of roads this year. This is a drop in paving miles from previous years because of budget cuts, according to borough Manager Zach Filous. Historically, the borough averaged about 4.5 miles of road paving each year. Budgetary restrictions...
Man arrested in relation to Downtown Pittsburgh park stabbing
A Pittsburgh man was arrested in relation to the stabbing incident that occurred near Frankie Pace Park Sunday. Kevin Jenkins, 51, is facing multiple felony charges of aggravated assault, as well as misdemeanor charges of recklessly endangering another person. After being released from the hospital, Jenkins was transported to the...
