Penn Hills Progress category, Page 95
Penn Hills police get a sweet gesture of appreciation
Donuts and cops. It’s a stereotype Erin Vecchio didn’t intentionally perpetuate, but her gesture Friday morning to bring Oakmont Bakery treats to Penn Hills law enforcement had Chief Howard Burton playfully suggest otherwise. Vecchio, Penn Hills school board president, and former school board president Denise Graham-Shealy have teamed up with...
Penn Hills Memorial Day parade, other recreational events canceled
All Penn Hills parks and recreation events have been canceled through May 31, including the municipality’s annual Memorial Day parade, according to a news release posted to its website. The cancellations through May 31 extend to the parks’ baseball fields pavilion rentals. The municipality’s four parks have been open, with...
A Second Chance Inc. delivering food at various locations in Penn Hills
A kinship care organization based in Pittsburgh has partnered with Eat’n Park and the United Way of Southwestern Pennsylvania to deliver food to those in need in Penn Hills. A Second Chance Inc. agreed to deliver the free meals to the following places on Monday, Wednesday and Friday until further...
East Suburban clinic reports data breach affecting 500 patients
East Suburban Sports Medicine Center, an athletic training and physical therapy center with branches in Allegheny and Westmoreland counties, announced a data security breach that affected more than 500 Pennsylvania residents. Last spring, two patients told center officials that, when they ran a Google search for their names, the results...
Western Pennsylvanians venture out as curbside liquor pickup expandsVideo
Cars, SUVs and pickups pulled up to a Fine Wines & Good Spirits store in Penn Hills on Monday as residents scrambled to purchase liquor with the opening of most state stores across Pennsylvania for curbside delivery. Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board spokesman Shawn Kelly said the agency last week opened...
Turner’s adds ‘Star Wars’-themed milk for May the 4th Be With You DayVideo
Turner Dairy Farms is adding a little intergalactic flavor to its specialty milk line, changing the labels on its Birthday Cake Milk in recognition of the annual unofficial Star Wars holiday, May the Fourth Be With You Day. Turner’s will sell Blue Banthamilk on a limited basis. And yes, the...
Western Penn Hills Community Action program temporarily defunded
A program that has existed for youth in and around Penn Hills for 25 years has been defunded – at least temporarily. In 2019, the Western Penn Hills Community Action program was allotted $22,000. The money comes from Community Development Block Grant allocations from the federal Housing and Urban Development...
Coal Hollow Road in Penn Hills reopens
Route 130 in Penn Hills has reopened after being closed nine days because of a landslide, PennDOT announced Friday. Coal Hollow Road closed April 1 between Frankstown and Lime Hollow roads to allow geotechnical engineers to evaluate the hillside and crews clean up the debris. “Crews have removed debris and...
Penn Hills designated a Tree City USA
Penn Hills has been designated as a Tree City USA by the Arbor Foundation, according to the municipality’s shade tree commission. Penn Hills shares the designation with Forest Hills, Mt. Lebanon, Swissvale and Wilkinsburg. The municipality is in line to receive a flag, two road signs and a plaque, which...
Steelers’ T.J. Watt, Rams’ Aaron Donald among favorites to win defensive player of yearVideo
Four Pittsburgh Steelers are among the more than six dozen names that a prominent betting site have named as potential candidates for 2020 NFL defensive player of the year. The list of more than six dozen names is headed by a Pitt alumnus. Penn Hills High School graduate Aaron Donald...
Lime Hollow Road work taking place Tuesday morning
A portion of Lime Hollow Road will be restricted to one lane for four hours on Tuesday, PennDOT announced. The road will be restricted to one lane with alternating traffic from 8 a.m. to noon between Mt. Carmel Road and Route 130. PennDOT crews will work on utilities along the...
Verona man jailed in string of Fayette County convenience store robberies
An Allegheny County man is being held in the Fayette County Prison Saturday on multiple charges of committing a string of convenience store holdups in the Uniontown area late Thursday, state police said. Michael A. Priester, 34, of Verona, was arrested Friday by state police on multiple charges of robbery,...
Penn Hills School District meal distribution dates changed; alum Aaron Donald donates items
Penn Hills School District’s food distribution is about to get a boost from a powerful alum. The district began serving children to-go meals a few weeks ago at Linton Middle School due to the statewide school closure. Aaron Donald, a 2010 Penn Hills graduate and Los Angeles Rams All-Pro defensive...
Teen hospitalized after shooting in Penn Hills
A teenage boy who was walking from Pittsburgh was taken to a local hospital with non-life-threatening injuries after being shot Friday in Penn Hills, police said. The boy was shot once in the buttocks with a small-caliber weapon at about 5:30 p.m. while he was walking in the 200 block...
Penn Hills to open football season against West Virginia power
Penn Hills announced the opening game on its 2020 football schedule Wednesday night, and it’s a headline-grabber for a variety of reasons. The Indians will meet West Virginia power Martinsburg at 5 p.m., Saturday, Aug. 29 as part of the WPIAL vs. Everyone season-opening event at Woodland Hills’ Wolvarena. The...
Coal Hollow Road in Penn Hills closed due to landslide
A landslide in Penn Hills has caused a road to close, PennDOT announced Wednesday. Coal Hollow Road, or Route 130, is closed between Frankstown and Lime Hollow roads. Traffic is being detoured by using Verona or Lime Hollow roads. PennDOT said the road will remain closed until geotechnical engineers evaluate...
Penn Hills distributes Chromebooks to students for online learning
As Gov. Tom Wolf ordered Monday that Pennsylvania schools remain closed indefinitely to slow the spread of covid-19, students at Penn Hills School District came to grab their school-issued laptops to start online lessons. The approximately 1,500 Chromebooks were available to seniors and students with IEPs in grades K-12. Lisa...
Murrysville Boy Scout creates ‘scent wall’ for search-and-rescue dog groupVideo
Eagle Scout projects fall into a wide variety of categories, but many are aimed at beautifying the towns in which they take place, or fixing up a feature that has fallen into disrepair. Liam Rhea of Murrysville jumped at the chance to take on a project that could potentially help...
Police: Penn Hills man wanted on warrants sold drugs to undercover cop
A Penn Hills man wanted for allegedly possessing thousands of bags of heroin in October was taken into custody Saturday during an undercover drug buy, according to Pittsburgh police. City police said an arrest warrant was issued for Herbert Lee Walker III, 25, in October after Allegheny County Police found...
Covid-19 spreads to Penn Hills, Monroeville, other Allegheny suburbs
As covid-19 spreads to Allegheny County’s suburbs, officials in those areas are encouraging residents to adhere to the governor’s stay-at-home order and practice social distancing. A map that displays where the virus has spread shows cases now have touched Penn Hills, Monroeville, Plum, Oakmont, Churchill and Wilkinsburg, among others. Of...
McKeesport man shot while driving in Penn Hills dies
A McKeesport man shot in the leg Friday night while driving along Bon Air Road in Penn Hills has died. The Allegheny County Medical Examiner’s Office identified the victim as Chasae Swindle, 42. Penn Hills Police responded around 11 p.m. Friday night to the 100 block of Evaline Street for...
Changes made to Plum trash removal
A trash pick-up company serving Plum has said it will no longer take trash or yard waste that isn’t bagged and placed in containers as a precaution to its workers amid the covid-19 pandemic. Republic Services has made the changes to “try to limit exposure to their drivers during this...
Alcohol stolen from bar, liquor store in Penn Hills
A state-owned liquor store and a bar in Penn Hills were robbed within the last week, according to Penn Hills police. The first burglary happened Saturday night around 10:30 p.m. at the Fine Wine and Good Spirits store at 1103 Milltown Road, according to police Chief Howard Burton. “They broke...
Penn Hills lays off 57 municipal employees
Penn Hills announced Wednesday it would lay off 57 full- and part-time employees – including school crossing guards, library staff and senior center workers – in response to pressures experienced during the coronavirus pandemic. “Having to place dedicated personnel onto layoff status was not a good day for Penn Hills,”...
What Italy’s lockdown looks like 17 days in from a Penn Hills expat
A former professional baseball player from Penn Hills who has lived in Italy for nearly 40 years says life has totally changed there since the country moved to a state of total lockdown amid the covid-19 pandemic. Tony Lonero, 60, has been in quarantine with his wife, Mimma, for 17...
