Western PA Local News category, Page 1753
Man charged in Beechview shooting, victim identified
Police charged a Pittsburgh man with criminal homicide and aggravated assault in connection with a shooting late Friday night in Beechview. Darrell Mutzig, 37, was identified by police as the man arrested and charged with the fatal shooting just after 11 p.m. at Methyl Street at Hampshire Avenue where a...
Police: Lower Burrell man enters stranger’s home, sleeps on couch
Lower Burrell police have charged a city man with illegally entering a city home, sleeping on the couch and then leaving the house wearing a pair of blue athletic shoes owned by one of the residents. Nicholas Sabo, 19, is charged with criminal trespass, loitering and prowling and public drunkenness....
The Stroller, Sept. 4, 2021: Events in the Alle-Kiski Valley
Publicize your club meetings, community events 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. Cash bash planned Sept. 18 in East Vandergrift Our Lady Queen of Peace Church in East Vandergrift will host a Cash...
Unity woman employs pageant title, awareness group to help fellow concussion sufferers
When vision care assistant Jayden Moffa helps patients at Willowbrook Eye Care Associates, she can empathize with them from personal experience. Vision therapy helped the Unity resident overcome two concussions she suffered beginning in 2014, while she was a student at Greater Latrobe Senior High. As she worked through the...
Original Pittsburgh Taco Festival has a new location, same authentic fare
Taco about a food festival. The annual Original Pittsburgh Taco Festival will feature more than 25 food trucks selling authentic hand-held fried tortillas, folded and filled with seasoned meat, beans, lettuce, and tomatoes or a variety of ingredients. The event is from noon to 7 p.m. on Sept. 11 at...
Greater Latrobe, Greensburg Salem to comply with Pennsylvania’s K-12 mask mandate
Students, staff and visitors entering Greater Latrobe and Greensburg Salem school buildings will be required to wear face coverings beginning Tuesday. In a letter posted on the Greater Latrobe website, Superintendent Georgia Teppert said that district will make a change from its recent mask-optional health and safety plan and will...
Police: Man in critical condition after ATV crash in Pittsburgh
A man was hospitalized in critical condition after his off-road vehicle crashed in an alley in Pittsburgh. Public Safety spokeswoman Cara Cruz said the crash occurred around 8:15 p.m. Friday along the 1200 block of Faust Street. Emergency responders found the man on the ground several yards behind his overturned...
Interstate 70 crash victim identified
A Butler man died after he lost control of his vehicle and struck a guiderail along Interstate 70 Friday. The crash occurred shortly before 1 p.m. in the eastbound lanes near the Jefferson Avenue exit (mile marker 15) in Washington, Pa. The Washington County Coroner’s Office said Kenneth Sentgeorge, 51,...
Loaded handgun found in purse at Arnold Palmer Regional Airport checkpoint
A Cambria County woman was stopped by Transportation Security Administration officers on Friday when they discovered a loaded gun in her purse at the security checkpoint at Arnold Palmer Regional Airport in Unity. It was the fifth handgun caught at the airport so far in 2021, up from three found...
‘Body’ found on Duquesne hillside turns out to be hoax
Some utility workers received quite a scare Friday morning when they discovered what appeared to be a body over a steep hillside at the Duquesne Place Drive apartment complex. Instead it turned out be a silicone replica. According to a Duquesne Police Facebook post, patrol officers arrived shortly after 7:30...
Pennsylvania Arts & Crafts Labor Day Festival returns to Mt. Pleasant TownshipVideo
Traveling the region selling beef jerky is turning into a fine retirement for Greg and Gayle Tompkins. The husband and wife take Ohio-based Tommy’s Jerky to fairs and food festivals, including the 28th annual Pennsylvania Arts & Crafts Labor Day Festival, taking place through Monday at the Westmoreland Fairgrounds in...
West Newton woman jailed on $25K bond after police say she violated PFA, threatened officer
A West Newton woman was jailed this week after an hours-long standoff with the state police Special Emergency Response Team at a home in the borough. Tiffany M. Leighty, 53, was ordered held in the county prison on $25,000 bond Wednesday for violation of a domestic abuse order, according to...
Penn Township woman accused of stabbing denied bond reduction
A Penn Township woman accused of stabbing a person during a dispute in a Trafford tavern in March will remain in the Westmoreland County Prison unless she can post $100,000 bond. Westmoreland County Judge Scott Mears denied a request from Brenda R. Stitt, 45, to lower her bond despite her...
Teen accused of shooting 3 in Arnold ordered to stand trial as an adultVideo
Two men testified Friday that they were shot when a 15-year-old Arnold boy opened fire on a group of people with an assault-style rifle following an argument involving the teen’s sister. Ikquan Hassain Amid Lynn was ordered to stand trial on multiple counts of attempted homicide, aggravated assault and simple...
Latrobe to celebrate downtown upgrades, promote local art and businesses
Latrobe will welcome visitors Wednesday to help celebrate completion of downtown infrastructure improvements. The public also will find retail bargains and art displays throughout the business district as part of an Art Walk event and monthly Shop Hop Night promotion. Activities begin at 3 p.m., when city officials, merchants and...
Upper Burrell supervisors approve new Marcellus well; several residents object
Upper Burrell supervisors have unanimously approved a new Marcellus shale natural gas well. Several residents objected at a hearing Wednesday night to the location of an access road and potential drainage concerns. Olympus Energy LLC, of Canonsburg, requested permission to develop a Marcellus shale well pad at 4806 Seventh Street...
State troopers in Indiana ask for help locating man charged in drug death
State police in Indiana are asking the public’s help locating a 33-year-old man charged with supplying a fatal dose of drugs that killed an area resident in White Township in 2019. Troopers obtained an arrest warrant Wednesday for Andrew K. Rankin, 33, of Ernest who is wanted for drug delivery...
Pittsburgh police announce charges against 4 in connection with ATV, dirt bike ‘ride-outs’
Pittsburgh police this week made their first arrests in connection with dozens of “ride-outs” across the city – groups riding off-road and all-terrain vehicles dangerously and haphazardly through city neighborhoods and parks. Pittsburgh and several other law enforcement agencies formed a taskforce last month in response to the issue, which...
Diocese of Greensburg marks 9/11 anniversary with Mass, online video series
The Diocese of Greensburg plans to mark the 20th anniversary of the 9/11 terror attacks with a remembrance Mass and an online video series. Bishop Larry J. Kulick will host the Mass at 4:30 p.m. Sept. 11 at Blessed Sacrament Cathedral in Greensburg. The public is invited to attend. The...
Tree of Life director disputes Biden’s claim he visited after 2018 attack
Tree of Life synagogue’s executive director told a news outlet that President Joe Biden did not visit the synagogue in the aftermath of the Oct. 27, 2018, attack, despite a claim to that effect made by the president on Thursday. Barb Feige’s statement to the New York Post came in...
Grocery store, car wash proposed for former New Kensington Kmart site
A developer wants to build a grocery store and car wash on the former Kmart site in New Kensington in what would be a $1.8 million project, according to a paperwork submitted to the city. Demolition of the former Kmart store on Tarentum Bridge Road began recently. The store closed...
Cheswick Community Day returns Sept. 11
Cheswick Community Day is returning after being on hiatus since 2014. The Cheswick Recreation Board will be hosting the event on Saturday, Sept. 11, at Rachel Carson Riverfront Park. During the event’s absence, the borough took over the Strawberry Festival in 2013 and last held it in 2019. The festival...
Woman sues Westmoreland County, claiming injuries from Giant Slide in Mammoth Park
A woman is suing Westmoreland County and its bureau of parks and recreation, claiming they’re liable for injuries she suffered more than a year ago while riding a slide in the Giant Slide Complex at Mammoth Park. Melissa A. Cooley of Allegheny County is seeking in excess of $30,000 in...
‘Think safety and come prepared’: Officials urging caution on waterways
As boaters and rafters gear up for a three-day weekend that some consider the unofficial end of summer, officials are urging caution for possible dangerous conditions on the region’s waterways. The conditions were created when remnants of Hurricane Ida pounded Western Pennsylvania this week, bringing several inches of rain and...
Gooski’s, Bridgeville pizza place cited by health department
Records show management at Gooski’s in Polish Hill has requested a re-inspection a week after the Allegheny County Health Department hit the dive bar with a slew of health code violations. According to the inspection report from Aug. 26, inspectors found mold-like substances in coolers and on the soda gun...
