Western PA Local News category, Page 2921
Bob Keith comes full circle at Thomas Jefferson High School
Bob Keith is often the first person students and staff at Thomas Jefferson High School see when they start their day. First thing in the morning, he’s the friendly, kind and welcoming face that greets them in the parking lot. “He makes sure to wave to every single person. That’s...
Trinity Lutheran hosting drama Bible camp for kids
Trinity Lutheran Church is hosting a free week-long drama and Bible camp for children in kindergarten through 5th grades July 29 to Aug. 2. The camp will explore the “coat of many colours” story of Joseph from the Book of Genesis and develop a short play. Participants will create scenery,...
Bridgeville officials to address parking problems
Parking in the northern section of Bridgeville Borough has long been a source of frustration for residents of St. Clair Street and Prestley Road. Council members passed a resolution requesting Bridgeville Parking Authority explore options for more public parking in the area. Rob McMaster, a resident of St. Clair Street,...
Bagged lunch sparks inmate fight in courthouse holding cell
A dispute over a banana and a cookie apparently sparked a fight between two inmates in a holding cell at a Pennsylvania courthouse. Authorities say 18-year-old Ryshawn Crawford and a 35-year-old man were at the Indiana County courthouse for unrelated matters on Friday when Crawford said he wanted the other...
Greensburg cuts food truck license fees
It just got cheaper to operate a food truck in Greensburg. City council Monday unanimously voted to slash the cost of a food truck health license, and add new license categories for special events. The original ordinance, created in 2016, offered two types of annual licenses. One cost $800, the...
Southwest Greensburg man ordered to jail after allegedly threatening witnesses
District Judge Anthony Bompiani on Tuesday revoked the bond of a Southwest Greensburg man accused of threatening a couple who may be called as witnesses against him in a pending heroin possession case. Robert L. Friend, 57, was arraigned on charges of intimidating a witness and retaliation against a witness...
John Dean’s testimony on Mueller report questioned by Western Pa. legal experts
Testimony before Congress this week related to the Mueller report from a key witness during the Watergate hearings raised eyebrows across Capitol Hill and in Western Pennsylvania. John Dean, the former White House counsel to Richard Nixon who gave some of the most damning testimony in 1973 before the Senate...
Cash 5 ticket sold at New Kensington gas station splits $1.4 million jackpot
The good news: Someone who played the Pennsylvania Lottery Cash 5 at a New Kensington gas station matched all five balls drawn Monday. The bad news: Someone else did too. Two winners will split a $1.4 million jackpot after two tickets matched all five balls — 3-10-18-34-39. Each winner will...
Graduation ceremony held for North Allegheny Class of 2019Video
The 684 members of North Allegheny Senior High School’s Class of 2019 celebrated graduation with a commencement ceremony at Newman Stadium on Friday, June 7. Among this year’s graduates are 228 students with a grade-point average of 4.0 or higher and 173 who were inducted into the National Honor Society....
Fox Chapel Area exchange students immerse themselves in American experience
Ten months is both the blink of an eye and a millennium for exchange students at Fox Chapel Area High School. That’s how long Julie Kuhdorf and Federico d’Amicis have lived in the Lower Valley, learning the ways of American teens. In less than a year, the visitors from Europe...
Latrobe council considers proposal for alcohol sales at banana split fest
Organizers of Latrobe’s Great American Banana Split Celebration want to sell alcoholic beverages at the annual festival — a proposal city council could vote on by early July. Isaac McDaniel, director of the Aug. 23-25 event for the Greater Latrobe-Laurel Valley Regional Chamber of Commerce, told council members the idea...
Children can learn about cicadas and other bugs at Fox Chapel library
Don’t be bugged by the return of the 17-year cicadas. Instead, visit Cooper-Siegel Community Library’s program on the loud insects that emerged from underground this summer. “Bugs & Insects” will be presented by Allegheny County Parks on June 19. The session aimed at children in grades one to four will...
Sheetz specialty beer Coffee Hopz is about tapped out
If you didn’t have a chance to try Sheetz coffee beer, you are most likely out of luck. In less than one month, the brew – Project Coffee Hopz – is about to be tapped out. Sheetz’ website shows the beer is sold out in most of its locations and...
Trial starts in Armstrong County sex assault case
Opening statements were made Tuesday morning in the trial of an Armstrong County man accused of having sex with a teenaged boy. Mark Alan Feeney, 56, a former chief of the East Franklin Volunteer Fire Department, is facing charges of statutory sexual assault, involuntary deviate sexual intercourse, unlawful contact with...
Monthslong closure planned for Broadlawn Drive project in Elizabeth
A section of Broadlawn Drive in Elizabeth will be closed from June 20 through October for a $760,340 improvement project, Allegheny County’s Department of Public Works said in a news release. The road will be closed from just east of Ridge Road to about a half-mile west of Greenock Buena...
Sewickley man sets out to race 3,070 miles across America on a bike
The bike race is 3,070 miles long. It spans 12 states, crosses deserts with temperatures reaching more than 100 degrees and climbs mountains 11,000 feet tall. The distance equals 114 marathons or about the same that the average American drives in two and half months. Riders will climb 100,000 feet,...
Pair of crashes snarl morning commute on Route 28
Two crashes Tuesday along Route 28 slowed traffic in and out of Pittsburgh during the morning commute. Three vehicles crashed on Route 28 northbound in the area of the Highland Park Bridge about 8:45 a.m., according to officials. That crash caused some traffic delays. No one was injured, and the...
Community yard sale scheduled in Tarentum
Fans of flea markets have yet another reason to get up early in Tarentum. A new community yard sale is scheduled for 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. June 22 in Riverview Memorial Park. The first-time event is being sponsored by the borough’s Special Events Committee, according to council President Erika...
Murrysville Woman’s Club awards $6,600 in scholarships
Three Westmoreland County women looking to further their education will have a helping hand from the Murrysville Woman’s Club, whose members awarded them scholarships at a June 6 luncheon. Taylor Franco of Murrysville, Michele Marvich of Greensburg and Danielle Steadman of Mt. Pleasant were the recipients of $6,600 in scholarships...
Westmoreland court offices to close in observance of Flag Day
Some Westmoreland County workers will get a three-day weekend as court offices will close Friday in observance of Flag Day. The closure will affect the courthouse and adjacent offices as well as district court buildings. The American flag was officially adopted in 1777 and Flag Day was deemed an official...
Police make quick arrest in suspicious Southwest Greensburg fire
Authorities made a quick arrest Tuesday in connection with an arson at a Southwest Greensburg apartment. They were assisted by the suspect — Anthony E. Smoody, 44 — who reported to state police in Belle Vernon at 5 a.m. he started a fire at his apartment from which he was...
The Clarks’ Scott Blasey: ‘We still love playing on stage together’Video
Like Mister Rogers, Andy Warhol and Primanti’s sandwiches, The Clarks are one of those Pittsburgh institutions that the people of the Steel City continue to embrace. The band has been playing straight-ahead, guitar-based rock n’ roll with the same four members for over three decades now with no signs of...
Rock the River concert series returns to Aspinwall
Music lovers and outdoor enthusiasts should mark their calendars for the second annual Rock the River concert series at Aspinwall Riverfront Park. Organizers announced Tuesday that they would continue the series this year, kicking off June 30 with a show by The Shiners, a rock-alt band that has toured with...
Police: Fight led to man getting shot in face in Munhall
An argument in Munhall early Tuesday left one man with a gunshot wound to the face, police said. The shooting happened at a home on East 11th Avenue about 2:30 a.m., according to Allegheny County police Sgt. Venerando Costa. Paramedics took a 45-year-old man to the hospital where he remained...
Man shot in head in Wilkinsburg
A man was shot in the head early Tuesday morning in Wilkinsburg, according to Allegheny County Police. The shooting was reported at 3:30 a.m. in the 1500 block of Laketon Road. When first responders arrived, they found the man suffering from a gunshot wound to the head, police said. He...
