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Postal worker charged with stealing $60 in gift cards from mail
A Plum woman who was a postal worker is accused of stealing gift cards from the mail. Dorothy Petrick, 56, was indicted by a federal grand jury in Pittsburgh this week on a charge of theft of mail by a postal employee, prosecutors said. Prosecutors say that last December, Petrick...
4th person charged in shooting death of pit bull mix in North Huntingdon
A fourth person was arrested Wednesday because officials say he fatally shot the dog discovered muzzled and tied to a railroad post this summer in North Huntingdon. John W. Harrold, 50, of North Huntingdon was arraigned before District Judge Wayne Gongaware on animal cruelty and conspiracy charges filed by CSX...
Greensburg to vote on budget and work to recover from garage fire
Greensburg is set to pass a “plain, vanilla budget” with no tax increase, according to councilman and Finance Director Randy Finfrock, though the city continues to grapple with the fallout from a fire that destroyed its public works garage and some vehicles. City council will vote Monday on the $12.8...
Board certifies local election results in Westmoreland County
Westmoreland County’s board of elections on Wednesday issued a final certification of results from last month’s municipal balloting. The board made official the results from township supervisor, borough and city councils, mayors and other municipal races, according to Elections Bureau Director Beth Lechman. Elections officials last week certified the results...
Pittsburgh zoo’s Penguins on Parade starts Saturday
Residents can literally chill out with some penguins during the Pittsburgh Zoo’s Penguins on Parade, which starts Saturday and is held every weekend while the temperature stays under 45 degrees. Timing is important as the Penguins Parade starts at 11:30 a.m. sharp every Saturday and Sunday, weather permitting, outside of...
Pittsburgh man confesses to 2015 homicide that had bothered him for a while
A North Side man confessed to a 2015 killing in Pittsburgh’s Northview Heights neighborhood because he’s been bothered by it for a while, police wrote in a criminal complaint. Randy Johnson, 25, provided a handwritten confession last week to the Nov. 16, 2015, killing of Deron McCray, 23, at a...
Penn Hills fire chief proposes fire tax to fund all-volunteer department
A Penn Hills volunteer firefighter said a tax is the only way to keep the municipality’s fire services aflame. Ever-increasing operating expenses, old protective equipment, dwindling manpower and fundraising challenges are all reasons Bill Jeffcoat, fire chief of Station 227, thinks a so-called “fire tax” is the strictly volunteer services’...
Veterans’ stories featured at Tarentum Pearl Harbor program
Excerpts from the Pearl Harbor edition of “Duty, Courage, Honor: Southwestern Pennsylvania Goes to War” will be shown at the Allegheny-Kiski Valley Historical Museum in Tarentum on Saturday. Saturday — Dec. 7 — is the 78th anniversary of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941 that propelled the United...
McKees Rocks man sentenced to 2 years, 9 months for selling heroin, fentanyl
A McKees Rocks man was sentenced this week to 2 years and nine months in federal prison for dealing drugs more than two years ago. Jamorr Mathis, 41, was convicted of possession with intent to distribute heroin and fentanyl, prosecutors said. On Nov. 16, 2017, FBI agents and other law...
Penn Hills man charged in connection to October shooting at White Hawk CafeVideo
A Penn Hills man has been charged in connection to an October shooting that left a bar owner shot in the stomach. Police say Davaughn Jones, 27, shot Barry White in the stomach after White attempted to throw him out of his private social club along Universal Road in Penn...
Indiana County whooping cough cases prompt vaccination clinic
A whooping cough outbreak in Indiana County prompted the state Department of Health to host a walk-in vaccination clinic. The clinic will be open from 2-6 p.m. Thursday at the Indiana County State Health Center, 75 N. Main St., Indiana. It is in response to an ongoing outbreak in which...
Chase expansion includes New Kensington ATM
A new ATM in New Kensington is part of JPMorgan Chase’s expansion in the Pittsburgh area. The standalone machine in Riverview Plaza along Tarentum Bridge Road, next to Donut Connection, is scheduled to be operating before the end of the year, said Ashlei Bobo, vice president of regional communications for...
Brick & Barrel to replace Andora restaurant in Indiana Township
A popular restaurant in the Fox Chapel area is closing and will reopen as Brick & Barrel, a new wood-fired pizza and bourbon-themed casual eatery. Andora Restaurant, located in the former Cross Keys Inn at 599 Dorseyville Road, will remain open until the end of December after seven years in...
Repair cost of Highlands Elementary clock tower up $5K
The projected cost to repair the clock tower at Highlands Elementary School in Tarentum has gone up. The school board has approved paying the masonry contractor, Marsa, about $5,150 more on top of the district’s original $60,800 contract. Marsa was hired in August to restore the masonry of the tower,...
VisitPittsburgh CEO Craig Davis resigning, heading to Dallas
VisitPittsburgh CEO Craig Davis is resigning at the end of the year to take a similar position in Dallas. The board of directors of VisitPittsburgh made the announcement Wednesday morning. The board has appointed Jerad Bachar, current executive vice president, to lead the organization while it searches for a new...
Oakmont officials welcome a new firefighter
Oakmont officials welcomed their newest firefighter when Isaiah Wilson, 20, was sworn in by Mayor Christopher Whaley at a council workshop meeting Monday night. Wilson’s addition makes 20 active members in the borough volunteer fire department, according to Chief Dave Carroll. “We’re thrilled to have him on board,” Carroll said....
Penn Hills mayor calls for committee chair’s resignation amid alleged cartoon creation
Penn Hills’ mayor is now calling for the resignation of the municipality’s Economic Development Committee chairman after he allegedly created a political cartoon that used profanity to describe the deputy mayor. “This type of behavior is uncalled for, serves no purpose, it is hurtful and harmful — and cannot be...
Judge denies bail for woman accused of stabbing Terrelle PryorVideo
Terrelle Pryor’s attorney Wednesday contradicted accounts that his client was a “mutual combatant” in an altercation with his live-in girlfriend, in which she was charged with attempted murder for allegedly stabbing him in the chest and shoulder with a kitchen knife. Beaver attorney Steve Colafella said Pryor was bleeding to...
Greensburg police arrest 2 men in woman’s overdose death
Greensburg police arrested two area men Wednesday for allegedly providing a fentanyl-laced heroin dose that killed a 48-year-old woman last summer. Julian V. Cancro, 37, of Greensburg, and Matthew T. Caughey, 46, of Youngwood, were charged with drug delivery resulting in death in connection with the Aug. 30 death of...
Abused farm animals get care at Kindred Spirits Rescue Ranch in Beaver County
When Lisa Marie Sopko walks around her 20-acre property in South Beaver Township, she unwittingly becomes the grand marshal of a barnyard parade. Goats, sheep and donkeys follow in her footsteps. Ducks and chickens waddle behind her, and a cow named Daisy pulls up the rear. “She’s a real Dr....
Body of man pulled from water near Point State Park
Pittsburgh EMS River Rescue retrieved the body of a man who was seen floating in the water near Point State Park Wednesday morning, authorities said. A park ranger reported seeing the body floating at about 8:45 a.m., according to a Pittsburgh Public Safety Department spokeswoman. The man, whose identity was...
Plum’s Stuff-a-Bus event nets 650 gifts for Toys for TotsVideo
Hundreds of Plum-area children will receive new toys this holiday season thanks to the efforts of district students and community members. Plum High School hosted its fifth annual Stuff-a-Bus event Dec. 3. It netted 650 toys for the Marine Corps Reserve Toys for Tots campaign. “It helps supply Christmas for...
Cops: North Huntingdon chiropractor killed at his office
After a North Huntingdon chiropractor was found dead in his office 30 minutes before it opened, investigators quickly suspected foul play. Five days later, township and county officials publicly commented on the case — now considered a homicide. An employee discovered the body of David S. Bailey, 54, at 8:30...
Police: Pittsburgh man found hiding in hollow log after chase in stolen car
A Pittsburgh man accused fleeing a traffic stop in a stolen car Saturday afternoon on Route 22 in Indiana County was found two hours later hiding in a hollow log in the woods, state police said. Andrew Lamont McCrommon, 28, was driving the 2016 Audi A4 on Route 22 in...
Carlynton taps North Allegheny principal as new superintendent
North Allegheny Senior High School principal John Kreider is the new superintendent for the Carlynton School District. School directors unanimously approved Kreider to be the district’s next leader at the board meeting Tuesday. Kreider will begin his duties on or before Feb. 7. He will remain at North Allegheny to...
