Western PA Local News category, Page 1351
Pro-choice rally in Greensburg offers support for abortion rights, scorn for Supreme Court
Dana Hiteshue stood Wednesday along Main Street in downtown Greensburg, joined by some 70 other people who voiced their support for women’s reproduction rights and shouted their disdain for the male-dominated Supreme Court that last week overturned the constitutional right to an abortion. The mother of a daughter and grandmother...
Pittsburgh City Councilman Corey O’Connor poised to become Allegheny County’s controller
Pittsburgh City Councilman Corey O’Connor is slated to take over as Allegheny County Controller, the county’s top fiscal watchdog. The position opened up after former controller Chelsa Wagner was elected as an Allegheny County Common Pleas judge. O’Connor said he sent a letter to Gov. Tom Wolf earlier this year...
Jan. 6 hearings ‘poisoned’ jury pool, says attorney for Shaler riot suspect
An attorney for a former Shaler Area substitute teacher charged in the Capitol riot contends the Jan. 6 committee hearings in Washington, D.C., are poisoning the jury pool and producing evidence that must be turned over to the defense. In a motion to compel discovery filed Monday, the attorney representing...
PennDOT: Northbound Route 28 ramp to Delafield Avenue reopened to traffic
The Route 28 northbound ramp to Delafield Avenue has reopened to traffic after being shut down seven weeks for construction, PennDOT announced on Wednesday. Work on the northbound Exit 7 ramp is part of a $15.32 million project to improve a 3.5-mile stretch of Route 28 between the Delafield Avenue...
Jan. 6 hearings ‘poisoned’ jury pool, says attorney for Shaler riot suspect
An attorney for a former Shaler Area substitute teacher charged in the Capitol riot contends the Jan. 6 committee hearings in Washington are poisoning the jury pool and producing evidence that must be turned over to the defense. In a motion to compel discovery filed Monday, the attorney representing Robert...
Aquinas Academy in Hampton graduates largest class of seniors
Aquinas Academy of Pittsburgh in Hampton graduated 51 seniors, its largest graduating class in school history. After the procession on May 28, Joseph Austin, class salutatorian, led the invocation, followed by a welcome from head of school Leslie Mitros. The Commencement Address was delivered by Father Dave Pivonka, president of...
Hempfield High Park VFD on probation because of ‘personnel issues’
The High Park Volunteer Fire Department in Hempfield was put on probation this week, a decision township leaders attributed to personnel issues. Supervisors unanimously voted to place the Baughman Avenue station on a 30-day probation, pending the receipt of a corrective action plan. High Park is now the second Hempfield...
Plum resident earns special funeral practitioner certification
Anna Zvirman-Nesbit of Plum has qualified for the designation of certified funeral service practitioner by the Academy of Professional Funeral Service Practice. A number of professions grant special recognition to members on completion of specified academic and professional programs, and CFSP is the funeral service’s national individual recognition. To initially...
Woman shot in Pittsburgh’s Duquesne Heights
A woman was hospitalized in stable condition Wednesday after being shot in the leg and suffering a graze wound to the head in Pittsburgh’s Duquesne Heights neighborhood, police said. The shooting was reported at noon in the 200 block of Seward Street, police said. The victim was alert and conscious...
Pittsburgh revenues bouncing back from pandemic, controller says
Pittsburgh’s revenues are rebounding after the covid pandemic, City Controller Michael Lamb said Wednesday. Lamb’s analysis comes as his office released its popular annual financial report, which he described as “the layman’s version” of the comprehensive annual report he released in April. “It really is a good overview of where...
Wigle Whiskey ordered to pay $39K for making workers share tips with managers
The owners of Wigle Whiskey were ordered by the U.S. Department of Labor to repay nearly $39,000 to 41 employees after an investigation showed that servers were required to share tips with managers and supervisors. The Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division said Pittsburgh Distilling Co., which operates as...
Sight On Scene: Plum firm’s software enhances school safety
Essential to handling an emergency is accounting for everyone involved. Thanks to a Plum software development firm, responsible parties have a new tool to do so in a particularly effective manner. B-Three Solutions’ Sight On Scene application — yes, the acronym is SOS — offers an array of features with...
Court says Port Authority ban on Black Lives Matters masks unconstitutional
A federal appeals court on Wednesday said that a Port Authority policy prohibiting its employees from wearing Black Lives Matters masks was overbroad and violated their First Amendment rights. The 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals upheld an earlier decision by U.S. District Judge J. Nicholas Ranjan. “The government may...
Tree of Life shooting suspect could stand trial next year
The federal judge presiding over the case involving the mass shooting at the Tree of Life synagogue in 2018 anticipates a 2023 trial. During an hour-long status conference in the criminal case against Robert Bowers on Wednesday, U.S. District Judge Robert Colville said that a date spanning March through May...
Waste pickup problems draw complaints in McCandless
Staffing issues at Waste Management, the trash collection agency contracted by McCandless, likely caused missed residential trash pickups in the township over the past month, a company official said. “Missed pickups can occur for a number of reasons. In McCandless, missed pickups have been caused by a strain on staffing,”...
Plum Senior High School prom
Plum Senior High School’s prom took place May 13 at the Omni William Penn in Pittsburgh. Members of the prom court are, from left, Maeryn Brooks, Victoria Cecchetti, Nina Kite, Kaley Sinai, Madison Wunschel, Emily Bologna, Ashley Harchick (queen), Thomas Zummo (king), Griffin Oresic, Zach Miller, Zach Wycich, Brady Dojonovic,...
State police seeking help to identify man who fled New Stanton traffic stop
State police are seeking the public’s help to identify a man who fled from a traffic stop earlier this month in New Stanton. Trooper James Daggett said he pulled over a black Honda near a West Byers Avenue hotel around 8:30 a.m. June 15 for a registration issue and illegal...
Negotiations continue for new medical contract at Westmoreland jail
Westmoreland County commissioners this week approved a $238,700 extension of a multimillion-dollar contract with a private medical provider to continue work at the county jail while officials negotiate a new long-term deal. Commissioners said they expect to have a new deal in place before the end of next month. “We’re...
Westmoreland Cleanways offers discount during encore tire recycling effort
Residents will have a second chance this year to unload their scrap tires at a discount at Westmoreland Cleanways and Recycling near Pleasant Unity. Following up on an effort in April, the recycling center at 355 Pleasant Unity Mutual Road is partnering once more with the Westmoreland Conservation District for...
Monkeypox case diagnosed in Pittsburgh
A case of monkeypox has been detected in Pittsburgh, the infected patient’s primary care office said Wednesday in a statement. The individual received testing for monkeypox at Central Outreach Wellness Center on the North Side, according to the statement, and the state Department of Health confirmed the result Tuesday. The...
$90K worth of raw fentanyl seized, man arrested after bust in Ligonier Borough
About $90,000 worth of raw fentanyl in powder form was confiscated from a Cambria County man Tuesday after an arrest in Ligonier Borough, according to authorities. Cortez M. Haselrig, 25, who lives near Johnstown, is being held at Westmoreland County Prison on charges of drug possession, criminal use of a...
Study: Pittsburgh among nation’s top fishing cities
Pittsburgh is one of the top cities for fishing in the U.S., according to a ranking prepared by ApartmentGuide.com, an online rental resource. The Three Rivers City came in at No. 9 in the top 10 ranking among all U.S. cities with populations of more than 50,000. For each city,...
Asphalt prices pinching municipal paving budgets
Municipalities in the midst of summer paving programs across the region are feeling the impact of the rise in asphalt prices. “It is definitely putting a strain on our budget, what we are able to do in-house,” said Tom Bell, Greensburg’s public works director. The city budgeted asphalt at $51...
Greensburg area car dealer remembered as a ‘people person’
Frank Schimizzi opened Hillview Motors Inc. in Hempfield in 1961 and eventually handed the dealership to his sons and grandchildren. “He was a very personable person. He liked people and dealing with people and that made him good at it,” said his son, Paul Schimizzi, who manages Hillview with two...
Syria Shriners’ 3rd annual free summer concert series keeps rolling along
During 2020 when people stayed indoors to occupy their time, Bob Addleman wanted to give the community a fun environment outside while still being safe. Addleman, who serves as recorder, secretary and business manager for the Pittsburgh’s Syria Shriners, would find the perfect opportunity by using the Pittsburgh Shrine Center’s...
