Western PA Local News category, Page 2897
Rivers Casino launches online sportsbook
Think the Steelers will bring home the Vince Lombardi trophy this year? You can place your bet online now. Western Pennsylvania’s first online sportsbook — BetRivers.com — launched Tuesday through Rivers Casino and sports betting provider Rush Street Interactive. Fans can now bet on the go, with all the features...
Pittsburgh closes sections of sidewalk along scenic Mt. Washington
Pittsburgh has closed several sections of cantilevered sidewalk as a safety precaution along scenic Grandview Avenue in Mt. Washington and expects to spend up to $1 million this year on repairs. Grandview’s four observation decks remain open. Councilwoman Theresa Kail-Smith of Westwood, who represents Mt. Washington, said structural pillars underneath...
Pittsburgh police seek help identifying man suspected in CVS robbery
Pittsburgh police need help identifying a man who they believe was involved in a robbery last week in Downtown. Investigators released in a Facebook post surveillance images of the suspect who they said entered the CVS on Sixth Street just before 7:45 a.m. on Thursday. The man had his face...
Route 910 reopens after nearly 6 hours closed
Route 910 between Harmar and Indiana Township has reopened after being shut down for nearly six hours Tuesday morning. Motorists who travel nearby Freeport Road tangled with heavy delays from the detoured traffic. The portion of Route 910 was closed after a tractor trailer split and the bottom of the...
Police: Man shot and killed trying to force way into Crescent house
A Crescent Township resident shot and killed a man who forced his way into a home overnight, Allegheny County police said. The victim is Corey Laguardia, 22, of Hopewell, according to the medical examiner’s office. Homicide detectives responded to the call just after midnight from a home in the 1000...
Podcast part 2: Chris Long recalls ‘shenanigans’ as a kid, college recruiting
Recently retired NFL veteran Chris Long talks about the “shenanigans” he got into with friends while growing up, the value of hard work as a three-sport athlete in high school and getting recruited before settling on Virginia during Part 2 of this week’s “Huddle Up with Gus” podcast. Long, son...
Latrobe to allow alcohol sales at banana split festival
Visitors who are 21 or older will be able to buy and drink alcoholic beverages at this year’s Great American Banana Split Celebration in Latrobe. City Council on Monday agreed to allow vendors selected by event organizers to serve beer and wine at two designated locations along Main Street on...
New layout, more carnival rides and sunshine draws largest crowd to Plum’s Summerfest
More carnival rides and no rain resulted in the largest crowd ever at Plum’s Summerfest. The borough’s annual community days was rebranded as a festival last year. It had rained profusely the past few installments. There was nothing but sun shining down upon Larry Mills Park on Fontana Drive this...
Hempfield supervisors appoint new fire chief
Hempfield now has one fire chief who will oversee 12 separate stations — a major step toward making the township’s stations fall under one department. Township supervisors this week appointed Anthony Kovacic, the current director of emergency services for the township, to the top position. Kovacic started his career in...
2 state troopers, prisoner injured during trip to prison in Indiana County
Two state troopers and a prisoner were injured Monday afternoon on their way to the state prison in Indiana County. The troopers, who are assigned to the Indiana County station, and the prisoner, a 20-year-old man, suffered minor to moderate injuries inside the troopers’ unmarked patrol vehicle just before 12:30...
2 Harmar juvenile bald eagles test their wings around Route 28
The tree line and rock face along Route 28 in Harmar have become eagle central as two juvenile eagles fresh out of the nest above the busy highway flit about with their parents. The birds officially graduated, flying for the first time on Saturday, according to the Audubon Society of...
Lower Valley Ambulance to host car seat safety check in Verona
Lower Valley Ambulance Service will host a car seat safety check at the Verona borough building. The free event is slated for 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. June 29 at 736 E. Railroad Ave. Lower Valley Ambulance is Verona’s official EMS provider. The event is sponsored by the borough. Participants...
Greensburg woman accused of shouting racial slurs at group outside her apartment
A Greensburg woman is accused of directing racial slurs toward a group of people gathered outside her Eastmont Drive apartment. Greensburg police charged Fallon Eckenrode, 25, with ethnic intimidation, harassment and disorderly conduct in the incident they say happened just before 10 p.m. on June 19 in the 700 block...
Vandals deface memorial to slain Pittsburgh officer Paul Sciullo II at parents’ home
Vandals defaced a memorial plaque outside the home of Sue and Max Sciullo, parents of slain Pittsburgh police officer Paul Sciullo II, authorities said Monday. The plaque memorializing their son, killed alongside two fellow officers in an ambush in Stanton Heights in 2009, is affixed to a railing on the...
Drug, theft cases among those recently handled in Judge DeLuca’s Penn Hills court – Jun. 24, 2019
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 courtLatasha Anger-Dooley, no age given, of Pittsburgh on charges of theft by unlawful taking....
Gilpin schedules ATV ordinance for vote
Gilpin Supervisors are advertising a proposed ordinance that would make it legal to drive all-terrain vehicles on township-maintained roads, but not on state roads such as Route 66. If the legislation passes, the township roads would be designated multi-use roads. ATV operators would be required to obtain a permit from...
Pittsburgh self-driving car company Argo AI funding $15M Carnegie Mellon research center
Carnegie Mellon University is teaming with a Pittsburgh self-driving vehicle company to create a research center geared toward handling challenging road conditions, including changing weather patterns and construction zones. Argo AI, headquartered in the city’s Strip District, is investing $15 million over five years to establish and fund the Carnegie...
Excela Health reports more financial losses, predicts return to profitability in 2020
John Sphon, acting CEO of Excela Health, said the Westmoreland County health system is poised to reach profitability in fiscal 2020, following two years of multimillion- dollar operating losses. “We look at this coming year as a year of transition,” Sphon said Monday at Excela’s annual meeting at Saint Vincent...
New Kensington health board eyes 7 more buildings for demolition
The New Kensington Board of Health will meet next week to consider several dilapidated properties for demolition. The meeting will be held at 6:30 p.m. Monday at the start of the regular council meeting in the council chambers, 301 11th St. Dennis Scarpiniti, city clerk, said the following properties will...
Allegheny Valley firefighters consider selling former Harmar substation
The Allegheny Valley Volunteer Fire Department is considering selling a former substation along Freeport Road to Harmar. Harmar officials made an offer to buy the building in late January because they want to use it as headquarters for the township’s public works department. Chuck Miller, president of the fire department,...
Holiday Park Elementary in Plum to host free summer food program for youths
Children in Plum and surrounding communities can get free meals this summer at Holiday Park Elementary. The school at 313 Holiday Park Drive is one of the host sites for the Summer Food Service Program. Children ages 18 and younger can get free meals from 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m....
Peduto ‘concerned’ about narcotics, vice squads in wake of South Side bar brawl
The Pittsburgh Bureau of Police had no written policy for drinking on the job by undercover detectives, but immediately enacted guidelines following a brawl in a South Side bar between officers and members of the Pagans motorcycle gang, a city official said Monday. Public Safety Director Wendell Hissrich said an...
Holy Martyrs in Tarentum continues tradition of sawdust carpets
Parishioners from Holy Martyrs Church in Tarentum and other area churches have been creating elaborate carpets made of dyed sawdust to celebrate the Christian holy day of Corpus Christi (the body of Christ) for 76 years. This year, the weather cooperated and dozens of volunteers gathered on Sunday, June 23,...
Cops: Somerset County camp directors did not report alleged child abuse incident
Two directors of TeenQuest, a Christian youth retreat and summer camp in Somerset County, were charged Monday with failing to report an incident of alleged child abuse at the facility in March, according to state police. Mark S. Witt, 69, who founded the youth mission camp in rural Milford Township...
Pittsburgh police promote 5 to sergeant rank
Pittsburgh police brass promoted five officers to the rank of sergeant during a swearing-in ceremony Monday in City Council Chambers. “You have grown into mentors and role models for your colleagues and the communities that you serve,” said Public Safety Director Wendell Hissrich. The four men and one woman will...
