Western PA Local News category, Page 2740
Carnegie couple celebrates first year of marriage
Jamie (Curtin) and Bobby Brown of Carnegie celebrated their first anniversary Sept. 29. Jamie is the daughter of Vince and Terri Curtin of Carnegie and Bobby is the son of Kim and Dave Brown of Rennerdale. Gerry McGrogan of Carnegie celebrates another year Oct. 12. Gerry is the husband of...
Author, veteran to discuss ‘Women in the Marines’ at Westmoreland libraries
Retired Marine Corps Col. Nancy Anderson will discuss her recently published book, “The Very Few, The Proud: Women in the Marines,” during programs at several Westmoreland County libraries. Anderson, who earlier this year served as interim CEO of the Westmoreland Cultural Trust, will speak at 6 p.m. Thursday in The...
Kraft Heinz merger not mixing well
The Pittsburgh-based company that Henry John Heinz started in the late 1800s ended up in a merger with the former Kraft Foods, with the result leaving a bad taste in the mouths of investors and stockholders. Kraft Heinz Co. was formed in July 2015 amid hopes of generating more profits...
Heinz turns 150: Company has grown from regional phenomenon to global concernVideo
A young Henry Heinz got his business start in Sharpsburg, hawking horseradish to local grocers before the Civil War. By the time the United States entered World War I, he was leading a Pittsburgh-based, multimillion-dollar international company. The empire Henry John Heinz built marks its 150th anniversary this year, with...
Freeport Council says borough can’t force drilling company to pave road
Freeport Council members told a property owner last week it’s not in their purview to enforce a zoning board decision requiring a drilling company to pave a road. Property owner Mike Graff brought council a complaint about dirt and dust created by vehicles using Mill Street to get to a...
Lasting legacy: 6 Pittsburgh places with ties to H.J. Heinz, familyVideo
One hundred and fifty years after what became the H.J. Heinz Co. launched in Western Pennsylvania, the family name lives on in Pittsburgh. If you want to learn about the region’s rich history, listen to classical music from a world-class symphony, cheer in the stands at a football game or...
Why grow 1,000-pound pumpkins? Allegheny Township man says ‘it’s fun and nutty’Video
Moving an estimated 1,000-pound pumpkin from the Reiter pumpkin patch in Allegheny Township is a precise process. Justin Reiter, 39, has a custom pumpkin harness, iron-lifting ring and custom wooden tripod outfitted with chain winch to prove it. He needs the peculiar tools of the trade, along with plenty of...
Police charge South Hills couple after injuries to 2-month-old discovered
Police charged a South Hills couple with endangering the welfare of children after authorities allegedly discovered injuries to their 2-month-old son consistent with child abuse. Scott Township Police charged Michael Charles Koban, 34, and Ashley Koban, 32, on Thursday, a month after they and medics went to their Bower Hill...
`Violent intruder drill’ slated for Greensburg
The Greensburg police and fire departments, Mutual Aid Ambulance and Westmoreland County’s public safety department will conduct a violent intruder drill Monday inside an office at the Davis Center along East Pittsburgh Street. Greensburg police are expected to fire blank rounds in the air during the drill at Westmoreland Casemanagement...
Police: Erratic North Side driver found to be shooting victim
A man driving erratically on the North Side on Saturday afternoon had been shot, Pittsburgh police said. According to police, a police detective saw the vehicle on Western Avenue near Galveston Avenue shortly before 3 p.m. The detective pulled the vehicle over. The driver complied and then got out of...
Sprankle’s Octoberfest draws crowds to Leechburg areaVideo
Beer and cheers were on tap Saturday at Sprankle’s inaugural Octoberfest festival held at Lingrow Farm in Gilpin. Inspired by Munich’s famous Oktoberfest beer festival, Sprankle’s Markets put their own American twist on their celebration with a modified spelling, “Octoberfest.” The event continues until 10 p.m. “Everyone had a great...
Arnold man faces heroin charge after traffic stop in Armstrong County
An Arnold man has been jailed after allegedly being caught at a traffic stop with 38 bags of heroin, state police said. Andre Johnson, 37, was charged with drug possession and conspiracy, both felonies. State police arrested Johnson after pulling over his 2004 Chevrolet Tahoe on a traffic stop at...
Peoples, Equitable natural gas customers to see rate increases under PUC settlement
State regulators have approved a rate increase for Peoples Natural Gas, but lower than the utility had requested. The settlement with the Public Utility Commission combines the rates of the company’s Peoples and Equitable divisions. Peoples acquired competitor Equitable Gas Co. from EQT Corp. in 2013. Under the settlement, the...
Pittsburgh police arrest, charge 19-year-old in Homewood shooting
Pittsburgh police have made an arrest in a Friday afternoon shooting in Homewood that left a man in critical condition. Police charged Langston Nelms, 19, of Braddock with two counts of attempted homicide, four counts of aggravated assault, carrying a firearm with a license, terroristic threats, reckless endangerment and tampering...
Evans City man on motorcycle dies in Butler County crash
A 44-year-old Evans City man died in a crash in Butler County on Friday morning, state police said. According to state police, the crash happened shortly after 10:30 a.m. on Marburger Road, just south of Watters Station Road in Forward Township. Police said Robert J. Hauserman, 44, was driving a...
Drew’s Family Restaurant in Forest Hills has new ownershipVideo
Andrew Countouris is forever 21. But his legacy has lived on through Drew’s Family Restaurant on Ardmore Boulevard in Forest Hills. The young man died of a coronary embolism at age 21 in 1982. His three surviving brothers — Louis, Peter and Jerry — renamed the place after their late...
Athletic directors work behind the scenes to make gamedays go smoothly
Drew Karpen can’t complain about how Friday night football games have gone so far this year. The first-year Highlands athletic director’s biggest problem has been dealing with the overlap of teams and officials arriving at the school at the same time. That’s a small problem out of all the issues...
Game days are long for Norwin athletic directorVideo
On a high school football Friday, Brandon Rapp is at the Norwin Knights Stadium. It’s 6:30 a.m. Kickoff is more than 12 hours away. Rapp, Norwin’s athletic director, is at the North Huntingdon stadium about 20 minutes before the sunrise, checking on the status of preparations for a game that...
Harrison firm awarded Army Corps contract to help prevent flooding in Johnstown
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Pittsburgh District awarded a $1.2 million contract to Green World Contracting Co. of Harrison to remove accumulated sediments and vegetation along the Stonycreek River in Cambria County. The project will allow for unimpeded water flow, which will reduce the risk of flooding. The work...
‘Boo Fest’ returning to Tarentum’s Riverview Memorial Park
Tarentum’s recreation board revamped the borough’s annual “Boo Fest” last year, and it turned out to be a delight for the hundreds who turned out for the event at Riverview Memorial Park. Instead of kids trick-or-treating from station to station in the park, or in the borough building in years...
Bethel Bakery, Spoonwood Brewing join forces for Pumpkin Drop Porter
They’re at it again. Bethel Bakery and Spoonwood Brewing Co. have teamed up for a second time to turn one of the bake shop’s favorite fall cookies into a beer you can cheer with. The Pumpkin Drop Porter, a dark ale mixed with pumpkin puree, cinnamon, nutmeg and ginger, also...
Delmont attracts visitors in droves for Apple ‘n Arts FestivalVideo
The first-time visitor to the Delmont Apple ’n Arts Festival would be excused for being a little overwhelmed. Festival organizers pack a lot into a relatively small space. For two days in October, this borough of 2,500 people probably triples or quadruples in size. Most visitors come for the apples...
Wheeling man identified in fatal Washington County crash
A West Virginia man was identified Friday as the victim of a fatal two-vehicle crash Thursday morning along Route 22 in Washington County. Jerry Saragas, 38, of Wheeling, was killed in a head-on collision on Route 22 in Hanover Township at about 10:15 a.m., Washington County Coroner Tim Warco said....
Police seize almost $27,000 in cash, drugs, in Braddock raid
Two men were arrested Friday when narcotics detectives seized $26,650 in cash, 10 pounds of marijuana, ecstasy tablets and a stolen .45-caliber handgun during a raid at a Braddock residence, Allegheny County police said. Dontae Jackson, 35, of Braddock and Melvin McCane, 36, of Swissvale, were arrested Friday morning at...
Pittsburgh police: Possible child abduction attempt outside North Side elementary school
Police are investigating a possible attempt to abduct a child outside John Morrow Elementary School in Pittsburgh’s North Side. Officers responded to a call about the incident at Pittsburgh Public Schools’ Morrow K-8 campus on Davis Avenue in the city’s Brighton Heights neighborhood shortly after 4 p.m., Public Safety spokeswoman...
