Western PA Local News category, Page 1342
Tarentum business owner appointed to fill council vacancy
A familiar face in Tarentum will fill a vacancy on council. Kevin Bertocki, owner of Asay’s newsstand along Sixth Avenue, was appointed to fill the 2nd Ward term left by Adam Blythe who resigned in May. “I’m just trying to help the borough out,” Bertocki said. “I’m a business owner,...
Cheswick couple charged with hiding meth, heroin in candy bag
A Cheswick couple face multiple felony drug charges after Allegheny Valley Regional Police accused them of selling heroin and crystal meth they packaged in a candy bag. Joseph Sciulli, 37, and Danielle Taylor, 47, of the 1400 block of Freeport Road each were charged with four felony counts of delivery...
Peebles District VFC announces service upgrade in pre-hospital care
After nine months of preparation and success in getting a state licensure upgrade to the Intermediate Advanced Life Support level, the Peebles District Volunteer Fire Company is able to carry additional equipment in its emergency vehicles and provide higher quality pre-hospital care to patients, officials said. “Our Advanced EMT and...
Sharpsburg’s long-time butcher, Dom Perrotte, honored for 50 years perfect attendance in Rotary
Sharpsburg butcher Dom Perrotte started sweeping sawdust from the floor in a cousin’s meat market before he was a teen. “I wiped the glass display cases and washed the platters for a lot of years before I went into business on my own,” said Perrotte, who owned a Main Street...
New Kensington residents rally against violence in wake of fatal shootingVideo
Calls to “stop the violence” and “put the guns down” rang out through the heart of New Kensington two nights in a row as residents participated in a pair of rallies Wednesday and Thursday evenings, days after a man was shot to death. The Rev. David Trent of Chosen Generation...
Wilkinsburg man charged in March killing of teen riding his bike, June death of recent grad
A 15-year-old boy shot in the head riding his mini bike on an unseasonably warm March evening. An 18-year-old recent high school graduate gunned down standing in a Hill District housing complex courtyard last month. Both teens, police charge, were shot and killed by Shaun Scott, of Wilkinsburg. Scott, 18,...
Authorities use cell tracking technology to charge man in 2016 Aliquippa killing of Marine Corps veteran
The advancement in tracking cell phone usage led Beaver County authorities to charge a 36-year-old Aliquippa man in 2016 execution-style killing of a friend, the Beaver County District Attorney said Wednesday. A warrant was issued for the arrest of Brandon Eugene Revis of Main Street, who was charged on Wednesday...
Stop the violence rally held in New Kensington in response to Raiford shootingVideo
Calls to “stop the violence” and “put the guns down” rang out Wednesday evening through the heart of New Kensington as dozens of residents participated in a rally, three days after a fatal shooting. The Rev. David Trent of Chosen Generations Ministries led the group of about 30 people in...
Pa. House approves Pitt funding after months of debate over fetal tissue research
The University of Pittsburgh is set to narrowly escape with its state funding after months of heated back-and-forth between Pitt and House Republicans over the university’s fetal tissue research. The state House voted Wednesday night to pass Pitt’s appropriation. Lawmakers reworded an agricultural funding bill to provide Pitt’s funding and...
Fire dancers among entertainers, artists participating in first Sizzling Summer Night in New Kensington
Saturday night promises to be a hot time in New Kensington. Nearly 50 businesses and a baker’s dozen of entertainers — including fire dancers — are scheduled to participate in New Ken’s Sizzling Summer Night, a first-time event running from 4 to 8 p.m. on Fifth Avenue between Eighth and...
Aspinwall police officer struck by vehicle while working traffic detail
An Aspinwall police officer was treated and released from a hospital after being hit by a vehicle Wednesday afternoon. Allegheny County dispatchers said there was a vehicle/pedestrian crash about 4 p.m. near the intersection of Western Avenue and Freeport Road. The department posted on its Facebook page that Officer Scott...
Estate of truck driver who died in train crash in Cheswick sues Norfolk Southern
The estate of an Easton man who died in an August 2020 crash with a train in Cheswick is suing Norfolk Southern for $50 million, alleging the company’s negligence resulted in the man’s death. Brittney Brown, an administrator of David Nezekiah Howell’s estate, filed the lawsuit June 8 seeking compensation...
Amateur Astronomers Association to host free star parties for public in West Deer
A tradition of bringing new and passionate stargazers into the hobby is still going strong after 35 years. The Amateur Astronomers Association of Pittsburgh will be holding free public Star Parties on Friday and Saturday, July 8 and 9, at the Nicholas E. Wagman Observatory in Deer Lakes Regional Park...
ATI’s Pittsburgh offices moving to Strip District after 30 years at PPG Place
The Pittsburgh offices of ATI will move to a 20,000-square-foot office in the Strip District after nearly three decades at PPG Place. Leaders of the global specialty materials firm signed a long-term lease at The Vision on 15th, a luxury mixed-use development along Smallman Street. The move is expected to...
Plum alumnus McAfee donates $230k worth of athletic supplies
Plum Borough School District has accepted more than $230,000 worth of athletic equipment and supplies donated by alumnus Pat McAfee. “Pat has been a tremendous friend to our athletic programs, both on and off the playing surface,” according to a statement issued by the district. “His willingness to remain connected...
Plum hires new high school assistant principal
Plum Borough School Board announces the appointment of Melanie Rush as Plum Senior High School assistant principal. Rush joins the district with more than 19 years of experience as a classroom teacher with Trinity Area School District, and she served as an interim assistant principal there during the 2018-19 school...
Allegheny County Council passes park fracking ban, Fitzgerald vows to veto
Allegheny County Council passed a bill that would ban fracking at nine Allegheny County parks, but the bill still has to clear the desk of Allegheny County Executive Rich Fitzgerald, who has vowed to veto it. The fracking-ban proposal would prohibit new leases on county-owned park land for industrial use....
Black Women’s Policy Center, other groups launch campaign for pay equity
More than a dozen Black women leaders gathered in Carlow University Commons on June 30 to witness the launch of Level Up: Greater Pittsburgh Gender Pay Equity Pledge. Black Women’s Policy Center, Women and Girls Foundation of Southwestern Pennsylvania, and YWCA of Greater Pittsburgh collaborated to launch the campaign dedicated...
Families enjoy O’Hara Township Community Park
Several families were out enjoying the warm temperatures and cool breezes at O’Hara Township Community Park on July 5....
Return of Leetsdale’s July 4 celebration welcomed by many
People in the Leetsdale area celebrated Independence Day with fireworks, inflatables and so much more at Henle Park. July 4 festivities in the borough began around 10 a.m. with a parade that started at the corner of Village Drive and Beaver Street by the Giant Eagle and made its way...
Escape the ordinary with Puzzle Room, Primal Pigment in Verona
Mix Jackson Pollock with Jimi Hendrix, plus a touch of Peter Max and Pink Floyd, and you get the general idea of what Jessica Dancisin calls “Pittsburgh’s one-of-a-kind blacklight splatter-paint experience.” Actually, the music pumped into Primal Pigment is customers’ choice. But the glow of the gobs of liquid that...
Battle of Homestead Foundation observes 130th anniversary of historic steel strike
They came to the last building left standing from the Homestead Steel Works on that fateful day, July 6, 1892. Close to 100 people packed into the Pump House on Waterfront Drive in Homestead Wednesday morning to remember the day that striking steel workers at the factory, locked in a...
Fatal crashes over Fourth of July holiday drop by almost half, state police report
Fatal crashes statewide over the Fourth of July holiday dropped by about half this year in areas patrolled by Pennsylvania State Police, according to statistics released this week. Troopers reported investigating four such crashes — none of which involved alcohol — that claimed as many lives between Friday and Monday...
Blue sky greets return of Hampton Community Day
As had been the case with countless events, Hampton Community Day was waylaid by covid for two years. In planning to resume the extravaganza for 2022, organizers hoped that the coast would be clear as far as health considerations and, of course, the weather would cooperate. Their wishes came true...
Robert Morris University appoints 1st female president
Robert Morris University on Wednesday announced that Michelle L. Patrick will serve as the school’s ninth president. Patrick of Sewickley will be the first woman to hold the position at Robert Morris and will assume the role immediately. “After a thorough and complete search process that included broad representation from...
