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Trick-or-treating to take place in Penn Hills, along with covid-friendly event in community park
Penn Hills is ready for Halloween. The traditional trick-or-treating activity will go on throughout the municipality from 6 to 8 p.m. on Oct. 31, said Mayor Pauline Calabrese. She recommends that those participating follow guidelines from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, which advises mask wearing and distancing of...
Collier receives $200,000 grant for park improvements
Collier is gearing up for some projects at its parks after receiving a $200,000 grant from the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources. The money will allow the township to make equipment upgrades to Kelly and Hilltop parks and install a digital sign in front of the Collier Community Center....
Celeb chef Guy Fieri to open restaurant at Live! Casino Pittsburgh in Hempfield
This sounds like a winning combination at Live! Casino Pittsburgh — a restaurant owned by Guy Fieri. An Emmy-award winning chef, restaurateur, New York Times best-selling author and television personality, Fieri is opening American Kitchen + Bar sometime this year, as was first reported by the Tribune-Review. “There is nothing...
West Nile virus found in Greensburg mosquito
Officials with Pennsylvania’s West Nile virus control program reported the first positive case of the virus this year among mosquitoes sampled in Westmoreland County. The case was identified in a sample taken the second week of September in Greensburg — as the seasonal virus surveillance and testing program was approaching...
Mt. Pleasant library reopens to the public with time, occupancy limits
The Mt. Pleasant Public Library reopened Monday with a building occupancy limit of 20 people, according to director Brian Dawson. The amount of time patrons can be inside the library is limited as a result — 30 minutes for browsing the shelves and one hour for computer use. A curbside...
Tennis racket giveaway ‘was like Christmas morning’ for Murrysville familyVideo
Ali Maholic of Murrysville wasn’t in a position to get her daughter, Zoe, started playing tennis, much less all five of her children. So when a counselor from Heritage Elementary School called with a suggestion for a free activity the kids could try through My Ground Strokes, a program operating...
DUI, drug cases among those recently handled in Judge DeLuca’s Penn Hills court – Sep. 29, 2020
Penn Hills District Judge Anthony L. DeLuca handled the following cases recently. Defendants will have court dates set in Allegheny County Common Pleas Court. Charges were filed by Penn Hills police unless otherwise noted. Held for court • Leah Drolz, 30, of Penn Hills on charges of driving under the...
Trooper hurt in Armstrong pursuit, 1 arrested
A state trooper was hurt and a Michigan man arrested Monday after a police chase in Armstrong County. State police said a trooper on patrol on Route 422 in Kittanning Township conducted a traffic stop on a Jeep Liberty after witnessing multiple traffic violations just after 6:15 p.m. The driver...
Lincoln Highway museum director retiring after 25-year tenure
It’s the end of the road for Olga Herbert — at least for her long stint as Lincoln Highway Heritage Corridor executive director. Herbert, who has served in the position since the LHHC was created 25 years ago, is retiring at the end of October. Her successor will be Lauren...
South Buffalo Township to hold series of public budget discussions
South Buffalo Township is holding a series of public sessions to develop a budget for 2021. These sessions will be held on Oct. 5, Oct. 12, Oct. 26, Nov. 2, and Nov. 9 at 6 p.m. at the township building at 384 Iron Bridge Road. These meetings will discuss the...
Biden to visit Pittsburgh, Westmoreland County on Wednesday as part of train whistle-stop tour
Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden will ride the rails through a swath of Western Pennsylvania as part of a train whistle-stop tour beginning Wednesday morning in eastern Ohio. Locally, he will stop in Pittsburgh, Greensburg, Latrobe and New Alexandria. Following Tuesday night’s presidential debate in Cleveland, Biden and his wife,...
Lower Fort Pitt Bridge, outbound tunnels reopen after jackknifed truck removed
Access to the outbound Fort Pitt Tunnel was blocked for about three hours Tuesday morning because of a jackknifed tractor-trailer on the lower level of Pittsburgh’s Fort Pitt Bridge. The crash was reported around 4:15 a.m., an Allegheny County 911 dispatcher said. The truck was removed and the lanes were...
Police: Woman stabs husband after he chokes her during argument at Belle Vernon home
A woman allegedly stabbed her husband during a fight at their Fayette County home on Saturday, according to state police. Troopers went to the 100 block of Johnston Avenue in Belle Vernon just before 6 p.m. in response to a reported stabbing. According to police, Gregory Scott Roddy, 52, had...
Police: Pennsylvania man caps 3rd arrest in 3 days with tri-state car chase
An Eastern Pennsylvania man was arrested three times in three days in Allegheny County, capping off a suspected crime spree Monday afternoon by leading police on a car chase that spanned three states, court records show. Shad Bocella, 24, was released from the Allegheny County Jail about 11:25 a.m. Monday...
The Stroller, Sept. 29, 2020: Events in the Alle-Kiski Valley
The Valley News Dispatch is compiling a list of autumn events and Halloween parades, parties and trick-or-treat nights. Send an email to cpinto-smith@triblive.com. Food distribution for veterans planned in Lower Burrell The Westmoreland County Food Bank will host Militaryshare, a free food distribution for households who have at least one...
Allegheny Township firefighter accused of intentionally setting 7 brush fires
A South Buffalo man who has volunteered as a firefighter in Allegheny Township is accused of intentionally starting seven brush fires from mid-April through last week. Allegheny Township police filed seven felony counts of arson and other charges against Anthony Hazlett, 30, in connection with the fires. The charges were...
No injuries reported in crash that knocked down 2 telephone poles in Harmar
A tractor trailer knocked down two telephone poles in Harmar Monday night. Allegheny County dispatchers said no injuries were reported in connection with the crash shortly after 9 p.m. along the 1100 block of Freeport Road. The road remains closed and the crash is under investigation. County officials alerted people...
Hempfield moving forward with $200,000 sprinkler system for township buildings
Hempfield supervisors are moving forward with an almost $200,000 sprinkler project that would protect more than $5 million in assets located in the township municipal building, the public works garage and Hempfield Township Emergency Operations Center — all located under one roof. Supervisors Monday authorized a $133,900 quote with Quick...
Last chance this year to do yoga with a goat at Murrysville farm is Friday
With knees placed firmly on her yoga mat, arms stretched overhead and face toward the floor, Nicole Craig felt tiny hooves scurry along her spine. “It was like a little kid playing around on you,” said Craig after coming out of child’s pose. What she felt was Sativa, a 5-month-old...
Pittsburgh Garbage Olympics picks up volunteers, 1,129 bags of trashVideo
The Pittsburgh Garbage Olympics exceeded expectations over the weekend, with more volunteers picking up more trash than ever, according to a city official. “We believed this was going to be the year the Garbage Olympics got smaller because of covid-19,” said Christopher B. Mitchell, Anti Litter Specialist with Pittsburgh’s Department...
Monroeville church gets ‘little library’ box, mobile prayer circle from resident scoutVideo
John Buzzie of Monroeville would often tell his son, Anthony, that great moments create great opportunities. The pair would share a lot of those moments as part of Monroeville Boy Scout Troop 143, with the elder as scout master and junior earning badges by the sash full. Both have been...
Latrobe considers delaying due date for storm water bill
Latrobe residents should expect to see their first bills for the city’s new storm water management fee next year, but city officials are considering an extended due date for payment. At its October meeting, city council will consider amending its storm water code ordinance to move the billing date to...
Kiski Township man accused of beating woman as she held her child
Allegheny Township police charged a Kiski Township man with assaulting a woman while she held a child and was pregnant. Nathaniel Dean Beer, 22, of Kiski Township is charged with aggravated assault, strangulation and endangering the welfare of children, which included the victim’s child and an her unborn child. He...
One-in-a-million bird: Combo male-female grosbeak netted at Powdermill
Bird banders in Cook Township banded a one-in-a million bird — a rose-breasted grosbeak with half its body looking like a male and the other half, a female. The bird was banded on Sept. 24 at Carnegie Museum of Natural History’s Powdermill Nature Reserve bird banding station in Westmoreland County....
GOP surrogates dismiss tax report as political jab during Trump bus tour stop in Monroeville
Reports claiming President Trump paid no federal income taxes in 10 of the past 15 years aren’t likely to sway voters toward Democratic challenger Joe Biden, former U.S. Rep. Lou Barletta said Monday in Monroeville. “Oh, ho hum, here we go again. It’s election time. He’s had four years of...
