Western PA Local News category, Page 1456
Mountain Playhouse departs Jennerstown gristmill for upcoming season
The good news for fans of Mountain Playhouse is that the two-year pandemic intermission will end with a new season starting May 25. News that patrons may find disconcerting is that actors won’t tread the historic boards at the company’s longtime home in the converted gristmill theater in Jennerstown, Somerset...
Grow Westmoreland, nonprofit started by Commissioner Kertes, seeks scholarship applications
A North Huntingdon-based nonprofit announced it will award $16,000 in scholarships to students seeking nursing degrees and skilled labor jobs. Grow Westmoreland, an organization created last year by Westmoreland County Commissioner Sean Kertes, said it raised private donations that will be used to award scholarships to local students between the...
Check out what Pittsburgh’s South Side has to offer
From old-fashioned saloons and greasy spoons to tattoo parlors, sports stadiums and a shop that sells only instruments you can pick, the South Side has edgy entertainment and enough history to call itself iconic. The neighborhood was once populated by steelworkers coming off their shifts and looking for a place...
Pittsburgh Mayor Ed Gainey, Allegheny Co. Executive Rich Fitzgerald test positive for covid
Pittsburgh Mayor Ed Gainey and Allegheny County Executive Rich Fitzgerald tested positive for covid-19 Thursday, officials announced Friday. Gainey is experiencing only minor symptoms and is in isolation at home, his office said in a news release Friday morning. He will continue working from home while following guidelines from the...
High-tech manufacturer expands presence at Westmoreland County industrial park
Fossil Industries, a high-tech manufacturing company, plans to more than double its footprint in Westmoreland County. The company — which builds barbecue grills, fireplace components, aftermarket automotive parts and supplies the military — said it plans to build a new 52,000-square-foot facility at the Westmoreland Technology Park II, which is...
Sharpsburg seeks nearly $25 million in federal grant money to aid private developer
Sharpsburg officials have applied for a $24.4 million federal grant to help with transportation infrastructure for the Allegheny Shores development. Council unanimously voted during a special meeting April 9 to seek the grant through the U.S. Department of Transportation’s RAISE program, which stands for Rebuilding American Infrastructure with Sustainability and...
Police say Ross man used Snapchat to proposition teen girls
Allegheny County Police said a Ross man used the social media app Snapchat to proposition teenage girls. Police arrested Jonathan Smith, 33, on Wednesday. Smith faces a total of 21 charges, including felony sexual assault, corruption of minors, and aggravated indecent assault. He is facing several misdemeanor charges, including terroristic...
5 things to do in Westmoreland County: April 15-17
After-hours art Fiber artist Kari Roslund will be the special guest at Art After Hours from 6 to 8 p.m. today at The Westmoreland Museum of American Art, 221 N. Main St., Greensburg. Roslund’s one-of-a-kind, hand-felted art pieces made from materials including wool, silk, wire, wood and paper are available in...
Students, staff participate in Sewickley Academy’s annual Day of Service
Students, faculty and staff of Sewickley Academy spent much of April 8 sharing their talents with others via more than 20 different service projects during the school’s annual Day of Service. “One of our core values at Sewickley Academy is community. We believe it’s important for our students to learn...
5 things to do in Pittsburgh this weekend: April 15-17
It is Easter weekend. Here are some ways to spend it. Spring Flower Show This is the final weekend for “Sunshine and Rainbows,” the spring flower show at Phipps Conservatory and Botanical Gardens in Oakland. The display includes thousands of blooms, including New Guinea impatiens, kalanchoe, nemesia, muscari and lobelia....
Rotating bathroom schedule at Kiski Area High School reduces student vaping, vandalism
A Kiski Area High School student started an online petition this month calling for all the school’s bathrooms to be open, all of the time. As the petition gathered more signatures, Principal Chad Roland called in the student this week to explain why the school began rotating bathroom closures, starting...
Perry Academy principal placed on leave as Pittsburgh Public Schools conducts investigation
A principal at Pittsburgh’s Perry Traditional Academy has been placed on leave pending an internal investigation. Pittsburgh Public Schools is investigating his role in breaking up a fight on a school bus outside the school, according to a statement obtained by Tribune-Review news partner WPXI-TV. The school district declined to...
A native son: Faith and family are the foundation for the priesthood
Deacon Christopher James Pujol stood near the fifth row of pews from the back at Mount St. Peter Roman Catholic Church on Monday morning. He was replaying the memory of him as a 7-year-old making his First Holy Communion. “I was sitting right here,” he said, as he smiled recalling...
Lower Burrell Flyers to host 2nd annual Fishing Derby along Pucketa Creek
The Lower Burrell Flyers football organization will host the second annual Fishing Derby for kids 13 and younger April 23. The Flyers organization is stocking Pucketa Creek, along Flyers Field, with 150 to 200 rainbow trout for the special fishing event, said Chris Lowe, one of the organizers. An angler...
Ligonier olive oil shop offers education, gourmet tasting experience
Allison Lunko knew her specialty olive oil shop was a winner when someone asked, “How does it feel to have found something that people around here didn’t even realize they needed?” The Johnstown native opened Laurel Highlands Olive Oil at 140 E. Main St., Ligonier, in June 2021. Almost a...
The Stroller, April 15, 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. Please include a daytime telephone number. Mibsters shoot for national marbles tourney Marble programs are scheduled throughout Allegheny County in anticipation of the annual National Marbles Tournament...
District attorney: Raid at Arnold house nets nearly $27K in cash and crystal meth
An Arnold man faces felony charges after narcotics agents and local police found more than $15,000 in cash and nearly $12,000 worth of crystal meth when they raided his home, according to Westmoreland County District Attorney Nicole Ziccarelli. Tyson Bargerstock, 36, of the 1600 block of Fourth Avenue, is charged...
Baldwin High grad uses art, video games as creative outlets, wins award at Steel City Con costume contest
Atlas Bayens needed to find a way out of a funk. The Whitehall teen, like many youths, was experiencing stress, anxiety and other emotions fairly strongly a few years ago. Things got even tougher during the pandemic. It was through video games that Atlas found a way out, and a...
Dillner Family Farms in West Deer becomes Allegheny County’s 40th preserved farmland
Dillner Family Farms in West Deer has become the 40th farm in Allegheny County to be protected by a conservation easement. Following the state Department of Agriculture’s decision in October to support the farm, the Allegheny County Conservation District and county Agriculture Lands Preservation Board made the preservation official Monday....
Shaler grad wins Fulbright Scholarship to teach in Canary Islands
A 2018 graduate of Shaler Area High School has won a prestigious Fulbright Scholarship for teaching in the Canary Islands. Gabrielle Girton, 21, is a senior at Franklin & Marshall College in Lancaster, where she is majoring in environmental science. She lived in Shaler while attending high school and currently...
Franklin Park studying borough properties to address stormwater needs
Franklin Park officials have begun the first of many steps that could lead to a stormwater management fee being instituted in the borough. Stormwater management is important to prevent flooding during heavy rains and the discharge of untreated, polluted water into streams and waterways. The borough also is dealing with...
North Allegheny students jump to raise funds for North Hills Community Outreach
Elementary students in the North Allegheny School District spent the last couple months jumping for the hills. To help North Hills Community Outreach, that is. Students of NA’s seven elementary schools raised a grand total of $63,053 in a jump rope challenge benefiting the North Hills Community Outreach. This is...
Dispatcher: Person injured after vehicle hits Allegheny Township home
At least one person was injured when a vehicle hit a house on White Cloud Road in Allegheny Township. The vehicle hit the house at around 9:30 p.m. on Thursday, according to a Westmoreland County dispatcher. A gas meter was damaged during the accident and power is out in the...
Dates for the 2023 National Senior Games in Pittsburgh announced
Next year’s National Senior Games will be held in Pittsburgh on July 7-18, 2023, the National Senior Games Association announced Thursday. The games, presented by Humana, are a multi-sport championship event for adults 50 and older. There will be everything from 3-on-3 basketball to swimming, tennis, shuffleboard, golf and pickleball....
Emergency response at Pennsylvania American Water facility in Baldwin Borough
Allegheny County hazmat teams and Baldwin Borough first responders were called out to the Pennsylvania American Water facility Thursday afternoon. County dispatchers said an incident occurred around 4:30 p.m. at 380 Becks Run Road. It was unclear what caused the emergency. No injuries were reported as of 6:20 p.m....
