Western PA Local News category, Page 3064
Harrison road work costs exceed budget
Harrison awarded two contracts for road work this year, but may not be able to afford to do all of the work. The two contracts total $481,500, which is nearly $80,000 more than the township wanted to spend, according to township Engineer Raymond Antonelli Jr., vice president of NIRA Consulting...
1 hurt, 3 arrested after home invasion in Jeannette
Three teenagers were jailed Friday afternoon in connection with a Jeannette home invasion that left a man injured. Police Chief Shannon Binda said investigators believe the trio targeted the South Fifth Street row home earlier in the day. Larenzo Dayshawn Peddicord, 18, of Jeannette is charged with robbery, aggravated assault...
Police say Trafford man choked 13-year-old girl
Trafford police arrested a man Thursday night they say strangled and threatened to kill a 13-year-old girl. Daniel Edward Magill, 43, is charged with strangulation, aggravated assault, endangering the welfare of a child and terroristic threats. Police said the girl called 911 for help around 11:30 p.m. Thursday from inside...
Car takes out utility pole in Allegheny Township crash
A driver escaped unhurt after flipping a car and taking out a utility pole in Allegheny Township on Thursday evening. The crash happened around 7 p.m. in the 200 block of Crain Road, according to a Westmoreland County emergency dispatcher and Allegheny Township Fire Co. No. 1. The car landed...
Family of 5 escape unharmed from Clairton house fire
Five people and three dogs escaped unhurt from a house fire in Clairton on Thursday night. The house on Constitution Circle was fully engulfed, the Trib’s news partner, WPXI-TV, reported. Sources tell me that this fire started because of a grill on a porch. Multiple people and pets in the...
Parking dispute suspected in fatal Homestead shooting
A Homestead man shot and killed one man and injured another over a parking dispute, Allegheny County Police said. Neil Chandler, 42, is accused of shooting two men who went to a Homestead home on Thursday after a funeral, according to a criminal complaint. Calvin Walker, 39, of West Mifflin...
Beattie student selected for FIRST Robotics World Championships
A.W. Beattie Career Center will send Ben Marcouiller, one of its FIRST Robotics student leaders, to compete in April at the World Championships in Detroit for the opportunity to earn a full college scholarship. FIRST Robotics is an international high school robotics competition, in which A.W. Beattie competes as Team...
Hill District is maybe a year away from getting new grocery store, says councilman
It could take as a long as a year for the Hill District to have a grocery store again. Pittsburgh City Councilman Daniel Lavelle, who represents the Hill District, said he is reaching out to as many potential new store operators as possible but cited obstacles that stand in the...
Harrison seeks volunteers for war memorial restoration committee
Harrison would like to make renovating the township’s crumbling war memorial a tie-in to the township’s 225th anniversary next year. The township plans to appoint a committee to determine what needs to be done to restore the war memorial, whether a new one needs to be built and how money...
Irwin plans to pave 15 streets
Irwin has approved paving 15 borough streets this summer. J.M. Paving Inc. of North Huntingdon, the lowest of 10 bidders, was awarded the $245,616 paving contract. The streets slated for paving are: parts of Cedar, Center, Green, Oak, Sixth and Walnut streets; Penglyn and Short streets; parts of Melrose and...
Irwin Boy Scouts to sell mulch
The Irwin Boy Scout Troop 284 is selling mulch — red, brown and black — on May 4-5 to raise money to go the World Scout Jamboree at Summit Bechtel Reserve in West Virginia from July 22 to Aug. 2. Free delivery is available to those in the Irwin 15642...
3 to join Allegheny Valley School District’s Alumni Hall of Fame
Three people have been selected this year to be inducted into the Allegheny Valley School District’s Alumni Hall of Fame. New inductees will join more than 60 alumni already part of the Hall of Fame. An induction ceremony open to the public will be held April 13 at the high...
Tech center tenant partners with Westmoreland County Community College for 3-D printing programVideo
The first private entrepreneur to move into Westmoreland County Community College’s Advanced Technology Center has multiple ties to the college. Tronix3D President Buck Helfferich and business partner Kyle Metsger, Tronix3D’s director of technology and innovation, are alumni of the college and are partnering with WCCC to offer internships and potential...
1 dead, 1 injured in double shooting in Homestead
One man has died in a shooting in Homestead on Thursday afternoon and another was reported in critical condition, Allegheny County police said. The deceased, who was not identified, was pronounced dead at the scene of the shooting in the 300 block of Oak Way, police said. The other victim...
Pittsburgh Bishop Zubik creates diocesan department to address sex abuse claims
Pittsburgh Bishop David A. Zubik on Thursday announced the formation of a new diocesan department to respond to sexual abuse claims and make good on promises he outlined in a pastoral letter released earlier this month. The Secretariat for the Protection of Children, Youth and Vulnerable Adults will begin work...
State Rep. Austin Davis named to Port Authority board
State Rep. Austin Davis, D-McKeesport, was appointed Thursday to the Port Authority of Allegheny County board of directors by House Democratic Leader Frank Dermody. The move puts Davis in a position to have more oversight on public transportation services and issues in and around Pittsburgh and Allegheny County. “Providing efficient,...
16th possible arson damages vacant Somerset mobile home
The cause of a suspicious fire inside an abandoned Somerset mobile home early Thursday morning is being investigated as the 16th possible arson at the same mobile home court since last May, Somerset police said. Somerset police and the state police fire marshal are seeking the cause of the fire,...
Assault, drug cases among those recently handled by Judge Zucco in Plum – Mar. 28, 2019
District Judge Linda Zucco recently handled the following cases. Charges were filed by Plum police unless otherwise noted. Held for courtScott Mang, 32, of Plum on charges of aggravated assault, terroristic threats, unlawful restraint, simple assault, recklessly endangering another person, false imprisonment and harassment. Charges were filed Jan. 21. Robert...
Youngwood man claims he was on drugs when he confessed in 2017 robbery, murder case
A Youngwood man testified Thursday he was under the influence of drugs when he confessed to police about his role in the 2017 robbery and murder of an acquaintance. Jason Sullenberger, 41, claimed he consumed cocaine and 50 stamp bags of heroin in the hours just before he was brought...
Pittsburgh schools add 2 programs for 2019-20 school year
Pittsburgh Public Schools will offer two new programs for students during the 2019-20 school year. Career and Technical Education students will be able to enter a new early childhood program at Pittsburgh Milliones. It will include instruction in growth and development, nutrition, program planning and management and other topics to...
Peduto eager to take on challengers to Pittsburgh’s proposed gun ban
Pittsburgh Mayor Bill Peduto on Thursday said he is looking forward to a promised legal battle over the city’s proposed gun ban and plans to immediately sign the regulations into law once City Council approves them. Addressing the legislation for the first time in weeks, the mayor repeated a promise...
Freeport officials weigh options for police protection as pool of part-timers diminishes
The shortage of applicants for part-time police positions in Freeport is prompting council to reconsider its options. For months, the borough has been advertising for part-time police officers to supplement its two-man, full-time force but with little to show for it. Councilman Sean McCalmont said the situation is serious. “We’ve...
Pittsburgh man ends primary campaign for East End council seat
The slate of candidates seeking a Democratic nomination for an East End Pittsburgh City Council seat is getting smaller by the day. Community activist Randall Taylor of East Liberty announced on Thursday that he was pulling out of the primary and would run for a District 9 council seat as...
Rare cancers prompt Pa. Health Department reviews
The rare Ewing sarcoma cancers that struck 12 children and young adults in southeastern Westmoreland County between 2011 and early 2018 did not reach the threshold to be considered a statistically significant cancer cluster, a state health department spokesman said Thursday. “We looked at all the cases and determined there...
Pa. Ag secretary praises farmers for thinking outside the glass
Pennsylvania Agriculture Secretary Russell Redding praised dairy processors such as Penn Hills’ Turner Dairy Farms on Thursday for thinking beyond fluid milk. “We need more dairy processing in the state to correspond with where the consumer trends are,” Redding said at the annual Turner Dairy Producers Luncheon in Blairsville. Those...
