Western PA Local News category, Page 1564
Salem’s Market and Grill to open grocery in Pittsburgh’s Hill District
Pittsburgh’s Urban Redevelopment Authority announced Wednesday that it has signed a lease agreement with Salem’s Market and Grill, which plans to open a grocery store in the Hill District in August. The locally owned, family-run grocery store will take over the Centre Heldman Plaza space formerly occupied by Shop ‘n...
East Liberty development put on hold amid opposition from Kelly Strayhorn Theater
A six-story, mixed-use development proposed for the 5900 block of Penn Avenue in East Liberty was delayed this week after a unanimous vote by the Pittsburgh Planning Commission. The vote on Tuesday came after representatives from the Kelly Strayhorn Theater and other Pittsburgh residents raised objections to the development, and...
Pittsburgh City Council delays vote on Wilkinsburg annexation
Pittsburgh City Council on Wednesday delayed a vote on the potential annexation of neighboring Wilkinsburg for one week, with Councilman Anthony Coghill saying he’d like more time to gather information. Council President Theresa Kail-Smith last week introduced legislation to deny the measure, which has generated controversy among residents and local...
Injury reported in rollover wreck along Melwood Road in Allegheny Township
Fire, police and medics responded to the scene of a rollover crash in Allegheny Township early Wednesday afternoon, according to authorities. The crash was reported at 12:43 p.m. along Melwood Road near Pounds Turkey Farm, according to a Westmoreland County 911 supervisor. The driver reportedly suffered an injury but did...
Police searching for man suspected in Derry Township hit and run, woman remains hospitalized
State troopers are urging a man to surrender after they charged him Tuesday in connection with a hit-and-run in Derry Township that left a Latrobe woman seriously injured. Trooper Steve Limani said authorities had not been successful Wednesday in locating Bobby Paul Bryer, 30, who might be driving the same...
Pitt basketball player Ithiel Horton resolves criminal case with disorderly conduct plea, rejoins team
A University of Pittsburgh basketball player accused of punching a city police officer last year pleaded guilty Wednesday to two counts of disorderly conduct and one count of public intoxication. More serious charges against Ithiel Horton, including aggravated assault and resisting arrest, were withdrawn by the Allegheny County District Attorney’s...
Pittsburgh council considering $12M in new vehicles, equipment for city departments
Legislation introduced to Pittsburgh City Council on Tuesday would allocate about $12 million to purchase new vehicles and related equipment for city departments. The purchases, part of the 2022 capital budget, would be partially funded by American Rescue Plan dollars, a federal stimulus package designed to help a pandemic-ravaged economy....
Newly elected Franklin Regional school board member resigns
The Franklin Regional school board this week unanimously accepted the resignation of recently-seated school director Michael Corcetti, who was not present. He is resigning for personal and family reasons. The board also appointed Vince Azzolina to fill Corcetti’s seat, voting 5-3. Both Azzolina and George App submitted letters of interest....
Peter Pan-themed pop-up bar follows the Tipsy Elf in Greenfield
The pop-up bar next to Hough’s Taproom & Brewpub in Greenfield will go from being decorated in sparkling lights to being decorated with pixie dust. The Tipsy Elf, a Christmas-themed pop-up bar that occupied the space during the holiday season, will be transformed into Neverland, a Peter Pan-inspired pop-up bar,...
Momentum builds for East Busway expansion into Mon Valley
Port Authority of Allegheny County has received a federal grant to put toward planning work for a possible extension of the East Busway from Swissvale to the East Pittsburgh area, another sign of momentum building for extending the busway into the Mon Valley. Allegheny County and Port Authority officials acknowledged...
Westmoreland happenings: bingo, soup sale, cash bash
Fundraisers • St. Barbara Parish, Penn Township, will host its monthly bingo at 6:45 p.m. Feb. 2 at the church, 111 Raymaley Road. Doors open at 5 p.m. Paper packages start at $27. There will be a must-go jackpot and free coffee. The kitchen will be open and the building...
Pittsburgh man gets 10 years in federal prison for distributing child porn
A Pittsburgh man was sentenced Tuesday to 10 years in a federal prison for distributing child pornography. George Goodwin, 50, of North Point Breeze, was ordered to spend five years on supervised release after the prison sentence. Federal prosecutors said Goodwin used the social networking site MeWe to distribute videos...
Sheriff’s office says telephone scam nets $18K from Allegheny County woman
A 33-year-old woman from Allegheny County was taken for $18,000 by scammers masquerading as members of the county sheriff’s office and FBI, the sheriff’s office said. The woman lost $8,000 through gift cards and another $10,000 through Apple Pay on Monday, prompting the sheriff to issue a warning Tuesday. The...
Zoning panel clears way for 2nd group home in Unity
Community Options’ plan to open a second group home for special needs residents in Unity has won approval from the township zoning hearing board. The board voted 3-2 Tuesday to grant a special exception for the home designated for up to two residents on McClellan Drive in the Charter Oak...
Tax preparation and credit repair at Andrew Carnegie Free Library
We’ve all heard Ben Franklin’s famous 1789 quote: “In this world nothing can be said to be certain, except death and taxes.” While there’s not much we can do about the former, I’m happy to say that the library is the place to go for tax help in 2022! If...
South Hills student news for the week of Jan. 26, 2022
On Dec. 4 and 5, Michael Quallich, a Baldwin Middle School seventh-grader, competed at the Hurricane Tour’s National Championship as a representative of Pittsburgh’s First Tee Program. The event was hosted at Orange County National’s Panther Lake course in Orlando, Fla. Quallich played in a stacked field of more than...
The Stroller, Jan. 26, 2022: Events in the Alle-Kiski Valley
Publicize your events, club meetings and fundraisers for free in The Stroller. Send information at least a week in advance to vndnews@triblive.com. Please include a daytime telephone number. Salvation Army needs volunteers for food service canteens The Salvation Army in New Kensington is looking for volunteers to work at its...
Maryland man accused of holding woman in car arrested after chase in Fayette County
A Maryland man accused of holding a woman against her will was arrested after a police chase in Fayette County last week, according to state police. State police said their Uniontown barracks got information on Jan. 20 that Roger Lee Strawser, 55, of Oakland, Md., was holding a woman against...
R.K. Mellon Foundation invests $3.39 million in companies’ ‘social impact’ pitches
For working families, time is a scarce resource. Hours that might otherwise be devoted to leading a healthier lifestyle, or making that annual doctor’s appointment, get shunted aside when life gets in the way. But Allister Chang and Courtney Bragg noticed that many of those working families, particularly in low-income...
Pittsburgh man charged with mid-December shooting at Waterworks mall
A Pittsburgh man has been charged in a Dec. 14 shooting that caused panic at The Waterworks mall and damaged an occupied car parked outside Walmart. John Hayden, 21, is charged by Pittsburgh police with aggravated assault, propulsion of missiles, criminal mischief, a firearms violation and two counts each of...
Restaurant owner, longtime educator and coach Joseph Jioio dies
Growing up in Latrobe in the 1930s and 1940s, Joseph F. Jioio was immersed in the restaurant business because his parents operated an old-style Italian cafe, according to his daughter, Cheryl Ann Jioio Hollin. So, when he became an adult and worked as a teacher, it was not much of...
LIGHT Initiative at Dorseyville Middle School aims to teach empathy, kindness
When Dorseyville Middle School teacher Scott Vensel traveled to Poland to study the Holocaust in 2002, an Auschwitz survivor made a lasting impression with a single comment. “He said to our group, ‘The seed of hate is the same, no matter where it is sown.” Since then, Vensel has made...
Fists fly at ‘Winter Mayhem’ boxing card in Harmar
In the perpetual cross-state rivalry between Philadelphia and Pittsburgh, the City of Brotherly Love came out on top over the weekend, as Philly boxer Avery Sparrow bested the Steel City’s Matt “Sweet Child” Conway to win the International Boxing Association Super Featherweight and Pennsylvania state title. Sparrow (11-3, 4 KOs)...
Butler family promotes the joys of hosting foreign exchange students, seeks more hosts
It didn’t take long for Kathryn Smail and her family to decide to be a host family for a high school foreign exchange student — four days, in fact. And before long, they were taking in one student after another. Now the Smails, who live in Butler, are spreading the...
Civil rights activist and Pittsburgh resident Alma Speed Fox has died
Longtime civil and human rights activist Alma Speed Fox of Pittsburgh has died. A spokesperson for her church, the Historic Church of the Holy Cross Episcopal in Homewood, said Fox died Monday at age 98. Her daughter, Muriel Fox Alim, confirmed the news Tuesday evening. Alim said Fox died peacefully...
