Western PA Local News category, Page 1339
Passenger dies in wrong-way Parkway East crash
Updated: The Allegheny County Medical Examiner identified the victim as Thomas Linwood Ligon, 47, of Monroeville. A person died in car crash on I-376 Saturday morning after another driver was traveling on the wrong side of the road. At around 2:30 a.m., a driver was traveling westbound in an eastbound...
Photos: The Schwirian Farm Sunflower Festival
The annual Schwirian Farm Sunflower Festival in Forward Township returned Friday. The event, which runs through July 17, features a few vendors, food trucks and access to the vast sunflower fields where visitors are invited to take a stroll through the bountiful blooms. Admission is free. Parking is $2 per...
Police say man shot in leg in Wilkinsburg
A man is in the hospital after sustaining injuries in a Wilkinsburg shooting Saturday morning. According to Allegheny County police, the man was shot in the leg around 4:30 a.m. in the 1400 block of Cresson Street. He is expected to survive. A vehicle also suffered “ballistic damage” in the...
2 people shot in Pittsburgh’s Terrace Village
Four people are in stable condition after a shooting in Pittsburgh’s Terrace Village neighborhood early Saturday morning. Just after 12:30 a.m., police responded to the shooting at the 220 block of Oak Hill Drive. Two people had been shot and two others were injured, according to Pittsburgh Public Safety. Emergency...
The Stroller, July 9, 2022: Events in the Alle-Kiski Valley
Publicize your community events, fundraisers and club meetings for free in The Stroller. Send information at least a week in advance to vndnews@triblive.com or The Stroller, 210 Wood St., Tarentum PA 15068. Please include a daytime telephone number. Operation Gratitude to benefit troops, first responders The fourth annual Operation Gratitude...
McCandless Crossing hotel wins award from Marriott
The Fairfield by Marriott Pittsburgh North/McCandless Crossing hotel was named a Diamond Circle Award Winner in June. The Diamond Circle Award is the highest award a Marriott hotel can win. Earning the designation means the hotel is in the top 3% of the brand of 1,108 properties. The award is...
History of Ross Park Mall to be explored at McCandless heritage center
Ross Park Mall isn’t just a shopping destination, it transformed the economy of the region, said local historian Scott Baret. A History of Ross Park Mall will be presented at the McCandless Northern Allegheny Heritage History Center on July 21 at 7 p.m. Admission is free. The history center is...
Sharpsburg Community Library revamps free adult art program
Sharpsburg Community Library has rebooted one of its programs offering adults an opportunity for artistic expression. The library, at 1212 Main St., hosts Art After Dark the last Monday of the month at 6 p.m. “It’s a relaunch,” library branch manager Sara Mariacher said. “When (program coordinator) Alison (Babusci) was...
It’s official: Corey O’Connor named Allegheny County controller
Former Pittsburgh City Councilman Corey O’Connor has been appointed Allegheny County controller. O’Connor took to Twitter on Friday to thank the state legislators who supported him. “My family and I are humbled by the opportunity to serve as Allegheny County Controller and the support that we’ve received,” the post read...
Ex-Monessen man sentenced to 5 years in prison on drug charges
A 27-year-old former Monessen man will spend five years in a federal prison for attempting to distribute cocaine in Monessen last year, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Pittsburgh. Shaiquane Harrison was sentenced Friday by federal Judge William S. Stickman in Pittsburgh after he pleaded guilty on March 2...
What does the proposed abortion constitutional amendment mean for Pennsylvania?
The Pennsylvania Senate passed a constitutional amendment proposal Friday that, if enacted, would ensure the state constitution does not grant rights to abortions. The passage doesn’t have any immediate effect on the state’s abortion laws. The process for this amendment started late Thursday night, when Republicans proposed the change with...
Police: Woman arrested on warrant faces felony for trying to conceal heroin in her underwear
New Kensington police charged a woman wanted on an warrants with a felony after they said she lied about having drugs in her possession when she was arrested for driving with a license that was suspended for DUI. Ashley Rae Karns, 38, was charged with felony possession of contraband by...
Upstreet Diner takes over former Pamela’s spot in Squirrel Hill
Start your day with the “Ben-Eddict-Ive.” It is eight layers of a thin dough cheese pastry, two over-easy eggs, topped with hollandaise aioli and served with a side Israeli salad. Dishes such as that are on the menu at the newest eatery in Squirrel Hill. Upstreet Diner is located in...
Arnold Furniture founder Gene Miller remembered as ‘a great man’
Gene and Dorothy Miller decided to go into the furniture business after she was hurt in a car crash and unable to continue working as a nurse. Using money from their family vacation budget, they started Arnold Furniture in 1975 — now in its third generation of family ownership and...
Hempfield man sentenced to house arrest, probation for DUI where party-goers were hurt
A Hempfield man was sentenced to six months house arrest and five years probation on drunken-driving charges stemming from a 2020 incident in which he ran over three people in Derry Township. Dominic G. Bellone, 22, was acquitted during a February nonjury trial of several felony offenses related to the...
Monessen man acquitted in alleged sexual assault
A Monessen man was acquitted Friday in connection with a 2019 reported sexual assault. Deandre Frezzell, 23, was found not guilty of rape, sexual assault, indecent assault and strangulation. A Pitcairn woman had accused Frezzell, who she met through a friend, of raping her at his home in May 2019...
‘Don’t pull over’ in the midst of a road rage incident, trooper advises
An angry honk and hand gesture might be the extent of it. But sometimes an aggressive driving situation fuels a motorist’s anger and it escalates into a potentially dangerous encounter. Pennsylvania State Police Lt. Adam Reed said such incidents can carry serious legal ramifications, ranging from a summary citation to...
Pa. drug, alcohol program secretary seeks insight at Sage’s Army in Hempfield
Groups whose mission is to help addicts recover from substance abuse still face many obstacles, a state drug and alcohol programs official said during a visit to Hempfield this week. Those obstacles may include establishing access to treatment, maintaining a workforce of recovery specialists and finding housing for those in...
Overdose deaths in Allegheny, Westmoreland counties hit highest level since 2017 peak
Overdose deaths in Allegheny County rose last year to the highest level since they peaked in 2017, mirroring trends in Westmoreland County and Pennsylvania as a whole, according to statistics released Friday. In 2021, 719 people in Allegheny County died of drug overdoses, accounting for a quarter of all cases...
Woman hurt after SUV strikes farm tractor in Derry Township, firefighters say
A woman was flown to a Pittsburgh hospital for treatment after her SUV struck a farm tractor and overturned Friday in Derry Township, according to first responders. The crash occurred at about 11 a.m. along Pandora Road, according to 911 dispatchers. Bradenville Volunteer Fire Department Capt. Justin Horrell said the...
Troopers: Mt. Pleasant Township man jailed after shooting woman with gun he thought was empty
A 21-year-old Mt. Pleasant Township man told troopers he thought a gun wasn’t loaded when he pulled its trigger and shot a woman in the back. Daven Lee Donaldson was jailed on $100,000 bond on multiple assault and firearms charges Thursday. He was arrested after the 2:40 a.m. incident when...
Greensburg woman found incompetent for trial in 2021 mattress fire
A Greensburg woman accused of setting a mattress on fire outside a three-unit apartment house last year was found incompetent to stand trial. Gina M. Albertelli, 55, is charged with arson, reckless burning and related offenses in the May 22, 2021, incident. She is being treated at Torrance State Hospital...
Saint Vincent Summer Theatre stages ‘Lend Me a Tenor’
There’s a lot of door slamming in Saint Vincent Summer Theatre’s upcoming production of “Lend Me a Tenor.” The frenetic action is central to the plot of playwright Ken Ludwig’s popular farce, mixing subterfuge with mistaken identity, according to SVST producing artistic director Greggory Brandt. The show will be staged...
911 dispatcher who didn’t send ambulance charged in 2020 death in Greene County
A Pennsylvania 911 operator faces a rare charge of involuntary manslaughter for failing to send an ambulance to the rural home of a woman who died of internal bleeding a day later, despite a plea from the woman’s daughter that without medical help “she’s going to die.” A Greene County...
7th suspect in New Kensington murder accused of supplying gun used in attack
A man from Pittsburgh’s Carrick neighborhood is accused of providing a gun used in the attack that ended in the death of a man in New Kensington on Sunday. Raquan Carpenter, 18, is the seventh suspect New Kensington and Westmoreland County authorities named in the killing of Jason Donald Raiford,...
