Western PA Local News category, Page 3043
Plans for 2 Harrison stormwater projects to be covered at meeting Wednesday
Harrison residents can learn more about a rain garden being built soon at Highlands Middle School and plans for a future, larger project on Burtner Road at a public meeting next week. The Western Pennsylvania Conservancy and Merritt Chase, a landscape architecture firm, will display plans and designs for the...
Bedi qualifies for return to WPIAL singles tournament
Sewickley Academy’s Arjan Bedi qualified for the WPIAL Class AAA singles tournament with a pair of pro-set victories Monday at the Section 2 tournament. The top four from each of the four AAA sections punch tickets to WPIALs next Monday and Tuesday. Bedi remains alive Tuesday afternoon for the section...
NRA sues Pittsburgh after Peduto signs gun ban into lawVideo
The National Rifle Association and its supporters wasted no time Tuesday suing Pittsburgh, City Council and Mayor Bill Peduto following the mayor’s signing of three bills restricting military-style weapons within city limits. Four city residents with assistance from the NRA filed the lawsuit in Allegheny County Common Pleas Court less...
Franklin Regional stabbing remains fresh for medics, police, hospital staff 5 years later
The horrifying scene of a mass school stabbing in Murrysville five years ago is never far from the minds of those who experienced it. Darrick Gerano, director of Murrysville Medic One, got several messages from former employees and other emergency responders Tuesday morning. The subjects of all were remembering when...
Hiland Church in Ross hosting fine art show, sale
Hiland Presbyterian Church in Ross Township is hosting a fine art show and sale from April 26 to 28. The show, which features a wide variety of paintings, sculpture and woodwork, will kick off with an opening reception from 6 to 9 p.m. Friday, April 26. The cost to attend...
Study: Climate change will make Pittsburgh feel southern by 2080
Pittsburgh, meet Jonesboro, Ark. A recent study by the journal Nature Communications says Pittsburgh’s climatic analog in the year 2080 is Jonesboro, a city in northeast Arkansas, if current climate change trends continue. That Pittsburgh will feel like a city in the South may be alarming to some, but the...
North Hills renames board room in honor of long-time school director Arlene Bender
The North Hills School Board has recognized a long-time colleague who died last summer by renaming the board room at the Central Administration Center in her honor. The board meeting room on 6th Avenue is now the Arlene J. Bender Leadership Center and features a memorial wall on which a...
Mon Valley Opioid Coalition plans public meeting
Members of the public are invited to a meeting of the Mon Valley Opioid Coalition on April 30 in Speers. The session with include discussion about the coalition’s goals and progress while seeking public input on the group’s new website. The coalition was formed in November 2017 with officials and...
Plum EMS subscription drive raises funds, saves money
Plum residents and business owners can help borough medics and save money on emergency transports through a subscription drive. Registration for the annual Plum EMS fundraising effort is underway. EMS Operations Director Brian Maloney said the department usually receives about 4,200 subscribers, which is 30 to 35 percent of all...
Highlands weighs 2 proposals for student busing
Highlands School District, previously chastised by state officials for not seeking bids for busing, is weighing two proposals for transportation services. The district has proposals from its current and longtime provider, WL Roenigk, and ABC Transit, district business Manager Lori Byron said. Byron would not provide costs put forward in...
Police: Man shot during street fight in Mount Oliver
A street fight late Monday in Mount Oliver left one man with multiple gunshot wounds, according to Allegheny County police. A 20-year-old victim was listed in stable condition at a Pittsburgh hospital, Lt. Ken Ruckel said. His name has not been released. The incident happened at 10:34 p.m. on Margaret...
Helltown Brewing cans hit store shelves
Four varieties of beer from Westmoreland County-based Helltown Brewing are now available on store shelves in 12-ounce cans, the craft brewery announced. Six- and 12-packs of four beers became available Monday in Western and Eastern Pennsylvania: • Buffy Hazy IPA • Hop Frenzy IPA • Idle Hands Double IPA •...
Ross Township fire marshal: Power strip set sofa ablaze
A Ross Township couple escaped safely from their home early Tuesday after smoke alarms alerted them to an electrical fire in the living room of their Spruce Valley Drive home, according to authorities. The family’s dog also got out of the house, but their cat did not survive, according to...
Penn Hills man killed in motorcycle wreck on Homestead Grays Bridge
Investigators believe a motorcyclist was speeding before he crashed and was killed Tuesday on the Homestead Grays Bridge, according to Allegheny County police. The Allegheny County Medical Examiner’s office identified the victim as Gary Lamont Butler Jr., 41, of Penn Hills. The incident happened at 12:24 a.m. Tuesday and involved...
Bridgeville woman authors book on vocational grieving
Bridgeville resident Rebekah Colson recently published “Walking A Mile in Someone Else’s Shoes: Vocational Grieving, Transition and Recovery.” She conducted many telephone interviews and traveled all around Pittsburgh talking to people to form the background of her book. She became interested in this topic as she listened to friends’ stories...
Deer Lakes singing, dancing to the strains of ABBA in ‘Mamma Mia’
Deer Lakes High School drama students are preparing to transport the audience to Greece with their performance of “Mamma Mia.” The musical takes place in Greece and tells the story of Sophie and Donna. Sophie is getting married and wants her dad to walk her down the aisle, but has...
Penn Township EMS responders benefit from Eagle Scout project
James Sullenberger of North Huntingdon didn’t know his Eagle Scout project would impact more than 2,000 lives annually. But a simple project like building new shelves in the Penn Township Ambulance Association’s locker room, along with a jacket and helmet rack and dressing bench in the ambulance bay is helping...
NHCO food pantry relocating to Millvale
North Hills Community Outreach (NHCO) is relocating its Millvale food pantry from Christ Lutheran Church to the Millvale Community Center’s first floor. The new location will open April 17. Maria Christina, NHCO Millvale outreach manager, said that the nonprofit opened its original Millvale office at Christ Lutheran Church in 1993;...
Plum woman accused of punching, kicking Vandergrift police is Megan’s Law offender
A 41-year-old Plum woman registered as a sex offender under Megan’s Law is accused of assaulting two Vandergrift police officers on Sunday. Candy Yockey of Ivory Avenue is accused of punching one officer and kicking another when they responded to a report of a woman bleeding from her mouth along...
Latrobe tries parking restrictions near elementary school
Parking restriction signs soon will go up as part of an effort to help ease traffic concerns at Latrobe Elementary School. City council approved a trial that will prohibit parking on the south side of Cherry Street for the block between Ligonier and Pine streets, and on the north side...
Hempfield Area School District wants students to consider trade schools
Hempfield Area School Board members are trying to find a balance between college-bound students and those who enter the trades. By increasing access to internships, job shadowing and apprenticeships, officials are hoping to open doors for students in areas they wouldn’t previously have considered. “There are, maybe, some students who...
Norwin opposes Sheetz beer sales near North Huntingdon school
Norwin School Board is expected to vote next week to oppose Sheetz Inc.’s plans to sell alcohol at its convenience store across the street from one of the district’s elementary schools. Barbara Viola, board president, said there is a board consensus to oppose Sheetz’s plans to sell alcohol at its...
Plum man saved by family, first responders after cardiac arrest
One day in February, after having worked a shift at Hillview Motors in Greensburg, Kevin Warner didn’t feel well, so he lay down. The Plum resident woke up three days later at UPMC Presbyterian, having gone into cardiac arrest. “I knew I was having some type of SVT event,” Warner...
New robotics program slated for Hempfield middle schools
A grant awarded to the Hempfield Area School District will help build its Science Technology Engineering and Math program in the middle schools. The district was awarded $35,000 as part of Gov. Tom Wolf’s PASmart grants. The money will be used to build the robotics program at Harrold, Wendover and...
REO Speedwagon performs at the Palace TheatreVideo
REO Speedwagon kicked off Monday night at the Palace Theatre in Greensburg with “Don’t Let Him Go”. The crowd cheered as they took the stage, and began to quietly sing along with the band....
