Bartels holds off challenger Marquis, wins 2nd term as Latrobe mayor
Incumbent Eric Bartels appeared to hold off challenger Christine Marquis Tuesday in the race for Latrobe mayor. With all six city precincts reporting, Bartels garnered about 51% of the vote compared to about 48.7% for Marquis. Bartels, 48, the Republican nominee, ran for a second term as mayor. He previously...
Boyd, Brown, Rovedatti, Fryman win race for Ligonier Valley board; Fitchwell gets 2-year term
Newcomers Sarah Rovedatti and Robert Fryman and incumbents Christy Boyd and Cindy Brown were the apparent winners in Tuesday’s six-way race for four, four-year terms on the Ligonier Valley School Board, according to unofficial results. John Fitchwell appeared to defeat Maureen Ittig in the contest for a two-year term on...
1 incumbent wins, another ousted in race to reshape Southmoreland School Board
One incumbent and three challengers won seats Tuesday to serve four-year terms on the Southmoreland School Board. Incumbent Stephanie Geyer was reelected while newcomers Nathan Alexander, Mellisa Moore and David Thomas appeared to win seats on the board, defeating incumbent Brian Shipley and challenger Bud Santimyer. With all precincts reporting,...
Leechburg Area School Board retains 2 incumbents, adds two new members
The Leechburg Area School Board will be a mix of new and familiar faces this coming year. According to unofficial results from the election bureaus in Armstrong and Westmoreland counties, Darius Lovelace, 73, Candi Stewart, 68, Danielle Reinke, 44, and Janie Borsh Symons, 66, will be sworn in for four...
Popovich win 5th term as West Newton mayor
Democrat Mary Popovich, West Newton’s mayor, held off a challenge Tuesday from a political newcomer to win a fifth term in office. Popovich, 71, defeated Republican Robert Kepics, who was making his first run for public office. With all precincts reporting, Popovich received more than 61% of the vote. Kepics...
Close race among Jeannette council candidates
Just 70 votes separated the field of three candidates for Jeannette council, according to unofficial returns. They were vying for two open seats for four-year terms on council. It appeared incumbent Michelle Langdon held on to her seat with 33.65% of the vote. She was followed by Denise Ward, who...
Challenger Langdon wins Jeannette mayoral race
Michelle Langdon appeared to have won the race for Jeannette mayor, beating out incumbent Curtis Antoniak, according to unofficial returns. With all precincts reporting, Langdon had 52% of the vote to secure the four-year seat. Antoniak finished with 39% of the vote. Langdon, 68, has served on council for the...
East Huntingdon supervisors win reelection
Republican incumbents Jeff Keefer and Justin Morrow won landslide victories Tuesday for seats on the three-member East Huntingdon board of supervisors. Keefer, 55, defeated Democratic challenger Wayne Godfrey, 65, a retired truck driver, to win his first four-year term in office. Keefer was appointed to the board in June 2024...
Rossi, Carney join incumbents Musick, Repko in claiming Greater Latrobe School Board seats
Two incumbents and two newcomers appeared to win a tight race for four seats on Greater Latrobe School Board, according to unofficial results of Tuesday’s voting. With all 20 precincts reporting, Merle D. Musick led the polling, with about 13.7% of the vote, followed by Yelayna Rossi with 13.3%, Andrew...
2 injured after vehicle crashes into woods off Route 30
Two people were hospitalized after their vehicle crashed down a steep embankment in a wooded area off Route 30 in Southwest Greensburg. Westmoreland County Public Safety officials said state police responded to the wreck on the eastbound side of Route 30 near the Route 119 exit around 10:10 p.m. Tuesday....
Deer Lakes School Board will have familiar, new faces come December
The Deer Lakes School Board will be a mix of familiar and new faces this December. According to Allegheny County Elections Division unofficial election results, incumbents Jeremy Love, 49, and Kristi Minnick, 55, both cross-filed, and Jonathan Majernik, 46, Democrat ballot, will be sworn back in this December. Newcomer Darlene...
Weimer, Durbin top field in Hempfield supervisor race
Longtime Hempfield Supervisor Doug Weimer appeared to have won his fifth term on the board in a tight race, according to unofficial election returns. He and Becky Durbin appeared to be headed to victory to fill two open six-year terms. Weimer and Durbin ran as a team for the general...
8 candidates win seats on Allegheny County Common Pleas Court
All eight new judges who will take the bench in Allegheny County Common Pleas Court in January are registered Democrats. The top vote-getters, according to county elections results late Tuesday, included a union labor-law attorney, several former prosecutors and a district judge. Ballots in Allegheny County listed 13 candidates for...
Democrats take all 4 Plum School Board seats, defeat incumbent candidates
A slate of Democrats swept aside a Republican majority on Plum School Board, taking all four of the open seats. Unofficial results show Jill Klipa as the top vote-getter with 14.9%, followed by Adam Hill with 14%, Tiffany Hyde with 13.6% and Geter Sloan with 13%. Among the four victors,...
Westmoreland judges win retention
Westmoreland County voters on Tuesday overwhelmingly returned three local judges to the Common Pleas Court bench. With all 306 precincts reporting, incumbent judges Tim Krieger, Scott Mears and Harry Smail Jr. won new 10-year terms. Krieger’s retention was supported by 65% of voters, Mears’ by 66% and Smail’s by 66%....
Incumbents hold onto Springdale Council seats as data center debate continues
Springdale voters elected a slate of four mostly incumbent Democrats to council as hearings for the massive proposed data center in the borough carry on. Among the four victors, three are incumbents. But Deborah Piontek — who rallied the most support — will be a new face on council. According...
Labor Party’s Alex Rose leads in race for at-large seat on Allegheny County Council
Labor Party candidate Alex Rose held a sizable lead Tuesday night over Republican incumbent Mike Embrescia for an at-large seat on Allegheny County Council. Democrats were leading in seven other races in smaller county council districts. If the results hold up, Republicans would hold just one seat on the 15-member...
Pa. Supreme Court retention race called in favor of 3 Democratic justices
Voters overwhelmingly chose to retain three Democratic justices on Pennsylvania’s Supreme Court on Tuesday, according to results posted just an hour after polls closed. Both the Democratic National Committee and NBC called the race by 9:15 p.m. in the justices’ favor, and the Associated Press later confirmed the projection. The...
Democrats coast to apparent victory in 3 Pittsburgh City Council races
Democrats made a clean sweep Tuesday night across three contested Pittsburgh City Council races, handily defeating their Republican opponents. Voters in the city’s West End neighborhoods, choosing a new council member for the first time since 2010 with the pending retirement of Councilwoman Theresa Kail-Smith, stuck with what they knew....
O’Connor defeats Moreno in Pittsburgh mayor’s race
Democrat Corey O’Connor took the stage before hundreds of supporters at a South Side union hall an hour after polls closed Tuesday night and declared victory in his race for Pittsburgh mayor. “I am humbled and inspired by the great honor and privilege of serving as your next mayor,” O’Connor...
Man wanted in connection with Wilkinsburg killing apprehended in Florida
A Wilkinsburg man wanted for murder in connection with a fatal shooting in the borough was apprehended in Florida, federal authorities announced Tuesday. Harvey Scott, 37, was taken into custody by the U.S. Marshals Florida Regional Task Force near Miami after a brief foot chase. He is charged with homicide,...
Ex-detective from Murrysville accused of giving athlete son Adderall, testosterone held for trial
A former Allegheny County detective accused of injecting his teenage son with a steroid in 2019 to boost his football performance intimidated the youth into lying to prosecutors about the case, the son testified Tuesday. Raymond W. Bonacci, 59, of Murrysville, was held for trial in Westmoreland County Court on...
Pitt lab launches $42M project to merge latest in wheelchair, robotic arm tech
A laboratory in Pittsburgh’s Bakery Square is poised to make the next breakthrough in wheelchairs, a mostly stagnant industry with huge quality of life implications for millions of disabled Americans. Researchers at the Human Engineering Research Laboratories, a collaboration between the University of Pittsburgh and the U.S. Department of Veterans...
Commercial Street in Pittsburgh to close for Parkway East bridge construction
Commercial Street in Pittsburgh’s Swisshelm Park neighborhood will be closed for roughly two months during construction of a new Parkway East bridge that will span over the street. The road will close to motorists on Nov. 17, and remain closed through Jan. 30, as part of the $95 million I-376...
Monroeville man, 21, found shot dead in car
A man found dead Tuesday morning inside a vehicle in Wilkinsburg had been shot multiple times, Allegheny County Police said. Wilkinsburg police said they found the man after they were dispatched to the 1600 block of Penn Avenue around 7:35 a.m. The man was pronounced dead at the scene at...
