Western PA Local News category, Page 2780
Wolf administration to give away free Naloxone at health centers in Western Pennsylvania
The Wolf administration later this month will give away free Naloxone at nearly 100 state and local health centers, including those in Western Pennsylvania, as part of an ongoing effort to reduce opioid overdoses. Naloxone is used to reverse overdoses caused by opioids by blocking the effects of opioids on...
Pittsburgh group to visit for moonlight hike on Roaring Run and history tour
The Pittsburgh group Venture Outdoors is planning a full moon hike on the Roaring Run Trail in Kiski Township and an Apollo history lesson on Saturday. John Linkes, a director with the both the Roaring Run Watershed Association and the Kiski Watershed Association, was pleased that a Pittsburgh group of...
Police: Vandergrift man traded $100 of crack cocaine for $15K Rolex, other jewelry
A Vandergrift man is accused of trading $100 in crack cocaine for stolen jewelry, including a $15,000 Rolex watch. A criminal complaint filed in the case against Levern Baccus, 38, said a Vandergrift couple reported the missing jewelry to borough police on Sunday. The missing items included the Rolex, two...
Charges dismissed against former Jeannette man accused of interfering with firefighters
Westmoreland County prosecutors Monday dismissed criminal charges against a former Jeannette man accused of interfering with firefighters as they attempted to extinguish a blaze at his home last year. Keith Cerqueira, 59, now of Trafford, pleaded no contest to a lesser charge, a summary count of disorderly conduct, and was...
Vandergrift couple owe property taxes even after fire ravaged home
A former volunteer firefighter watched helplessly last year as his Vandergrift home and everything in it burned. In the six months following the Nov. 7 blaze, Rich Hooks and his wife, Catherine, had to find and furnish a new home while tearing down and removing the one destroyed by an...
Gateway football player charged in alleged robbery
A Gateway High School senior and football player was arrested Monday on charges that he robbed two people at gunpoint in August. Jaquan Thomas, 18, faces six felonies in connection with the Aug. 11 incident. He is being held at Allegheny County Jail on a $50,000 straight bond. According to...
Judge declines to toss fatal drug delivery case against Derry Twp. man
Drug delivery resulting in death charges will stand against a Derry Township man accused of selling the lethal dose of fentanyl-laced heroin that killed a Greensburg man in 2017. In a ruling issued Monday, Westmoreland County Common Pleas Court Judge Christopher Feliciani said there has been no violation of the...
Double your elk-watching: Murrysville company sets up live webcam in Benezette
The Murrysville man who set up the Pittsburgh eagle webcam now has a live webcam with two cameras in Benezette capturing all of the excitement of the bull elk in rut. Elk in Pennsylvania were wiped out by the late 1870s. But the Pennsylvania Game Commission re-introduced elk from the...
Uniontown man convicted of possessing 1,181 images of child porn
A Uniontown man who admitted to having more than 1,181 images and videos of child pornography on his home computers was sentenced to serve more than three years in prison Monday. Jason A. Early, 41, was sentenced to three years plus one month in prison, to be followed by 10...
Westmoreland tax sale draws huge crowd, pulls in $1.08MVideo
The South Greensburg rental home where Rich and Erin Paul have lived with their three young children for five years was up for sale Monday after its owner failed to pay property taxes. The Pauls were among nearly 150 bidders who attended what Westmoreland County officials said was the largest...
Penn Hills Anti-Litter Group participating in Pittsburgh Garbage Olympics
Penn Hills litter haters will have two hours on an upcoming Saturday to collect as much garbage as possible to compete for prizes in the third annual Pittsburgh Garbage Olympics. The Penn Hills Anti-Litter Group will meet from 9 to 11 a.m. to compete in the Sept. 21 event. The...
Health department investigates complaints about white dust in Harrison
The Allegheny County Health Department is investigating complaints about a white dust in parts of Harrison. The department has received at least five complaints since the beginning of August, according to Jim Kelly, deputy director of environmental health. Opal Court residents have complained about white dust being found on cars...
Fire heavily damages church in SheradenVideo
Dozens of firefighters worked for more than two hours Monday to extinguish a fire that destroyed the roof of a church in Pittsburgh’s Sheraden neighborhood. “It just basically burnt the roof off the building,” Pittsburgh Fire Chief Darryl Jones said. One firefighter was injured while battling the four-alarm fire at...
Police: Driver bites Greensburg police officer during traffic stop involving reportedly stolen SUV
A traffic stop in Greensburg on Sunday involving a reportedly stolen vehicle ended up with officers scuffling with the driver, who is accused of biting a patrolman, according to court papers. Cody Storm Vaughan, 29, of Sarver, Butler County, was pulled over at 10:30 p.m. Sunday at the Sheetz convenience...
Brackenridge tries more ways to go after delinquent taxes, blight
Brackenridge Council has compiled a list of properties to keep track of tax delinquents and deteriorated structures. Council decided in the spring to survey borough and Allegheny County records to catalog properties that are vacant and dilapidated in response to residents’ complaints about blight. The list will serve as a...
Pittsburgh’s Armstrong Tunnels to close Tuesday after morning rush
The Armstrong Tunnels in Pittsburgh’s Uptown neighborhood will close Tuesday morning for a short period of time after rush hour, Allegheny County officials said. Pavement painting inside of and outside of the tunnels will begin at 9 a.m., requiring closure of both tunnels starting with the outbound tunnel. Each tunnel...
Teen shot, killed in Duquesne Heights was a Brashear High School student
The 16-year-old who died after a Sunday afternoon shooting in Pittsburgh’s Duquesne Heights neighborhood was a junior at Brashear High School, Pittsburgh Public Schools said in a statement. Police are still investigating, police spokeswoman Cara Cruz said. It was reported to 911 at 3:30 p.m. Sunday in the 300 block...
Men found dead in Arnold home remembered as good neighborsVideo
Officials on Monday identified two men found dead in an Arnold house on Friday. Michael Joseph Hans, 42, and Paul Anthony Mistrick III, 64, both of Arnold, were found inside Mistrick’s Fifth Avenue residence, officials said. Autopsies were done Saturday. Westmoreland County Deputy Coroner Sean R. Hribel said he could...
Peduto joins mayors at White House to pressure Senate vote on gun control bills
Pittsburgh Mayor Bill Peduto joined a group of bipartisan mayors from across the country Monday afternoon at the White House to call for a U.S. Senate vote on proposed legislation that would expand and strengthen background checks for gun buyers. Peduto and other mayors — including several from cities that...
Lucky customer at Pittsburgh convenience store hits lottery for $125,000
Friday was a fortunate day - $125,000 to be exact - for a customer of the Morningside Market in Pittsburgh’s Morningside neighborhood. The Pennsylvania Lottery reported that someone purchased a Cash 5 ticket at the market and hit Friday with the exact winning numbers 03-08-22-29-33. It will pay $125,000, minus...
Temperatures could reach 90s around Pittsburgh
It’s going to be warmer than average this week, but there’s nothing unusual about this latest stretch of warmer weather, a National Weather Service meteorologist said. “I think we could see 90,” John Darnley, one of the meteorologists based in Moon, said of Tuesday’s high temperature. The National Weather Service...
VA will host town-hall meeting with veterans in Hempfield
Earlier this summer, VA Pittsburgh Healthcare System officials met with veterans at a series of town-hall-style meetings in Westmoreland, Allegheny, Washington, Beaver, Fayette and Belmont (Ohio) counties, to seek their input on the VA and how it can be improved. “We heard questions and comments on urgent-care options, emergency department...
Greensburg Central Catholic marks 60 years of education, serviceVideo
Back in 1959, when Greensburg Central Catholic High School first opened, bishops railed against “the downward pull of secularism and paganism,” and priests and nuns kept students in line. Much has changed in the Catholic Church in the 60 years since. But on Monday, the continuing appeal of a Catholic...
Belle Vernon man accused of assault, trying to throw woman from moving car
Greensburg police arrested a 43-year-old man on multiple assault charges after he allegedly attacked a woman and tried to throw her out of his moving car early Sunday after they left a bar, city police said. Tony A. Flocker of Belle Vernon was arraigned before Harrison City District Judge Helen...
Man who fell asleep in Carrick dumpster rescued from garbage truck
A man sleeping in a dumpster in Carrick woke up Monday morning in the back of a garbage truck and had to be rescued, Pittsburgh Public Safety spokeswoman Cara Cruz said. The man, who wasn’t identified by police, had lost track of a friend, needed a place to sleep and...
