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Alle-Kiski Valley shoppers turn out to support small businesses as Christmas season beginsVideo
The sounds of Christmas music and the sights of holiday trimmings abound at the Hole in the Wall on Leechburg Road in Lower Burrell. The store was filled with shoppers on Small Business Saturday, browsing the items for sale at one of the businesses in the Alle-Kiski Valley that depend...
Deer hunters like starting rifle season on SaturdayVideo
Michael “MadDog” Maddy said Saturday’s early start to the 2019 deer hunting season was, well, unusual. “There was nobody out there until about 9 a.m.,” Maddy said. For hunters such as Maddy, Saturday marked the first time since 1963 that rifle season for hunters in Pennsylvania started on the Saturday...
Pennsylvania’s sexual abuse laws leave survivors conflicted
HARRISBURG — When Pennsylvania overhauled its child sexual abuse laws this week after a years-long battle, absent from the bill-signing ceremony were some of the people who had worked hardest for the changes. Some sexual-abuse survivors and victim advocates felt conflicted by the compromise package: Missing was a cornerstone of...
Browns coach Freddie Kitchens seen in ‘Pittsburgh started it’ T-shirt
Joking or not, Freddie Kitchens made a statement on what he thinks about the scuffle between the Pittsburgh Steelers and Cleveland Browns two weeks ago. Two days before the rematch between the Steelers and Browns at Heinz Field, Kitchens was photographed Friday evening wearing a “Pittsburgh started it” T-shirt. The...
Ex-Jeannette, Ohio State star Terrelle Pryor stabbed in Pittsburgh, faces charges
An alleged physical fight between Terrelle Pryor and his girlfriend ended with the former NFL player stabbed in the chest and both facing charges, according to the criminal complaints filed against the pair. Pryor underwent surgery Saturday and is expected to survive, according to a family friend. He is charged...
Powerful storm interrupts nation’s busiest travel weekend
A powerful storm making its way east from California is causing major disruptions during the year’s busiest travel weekend, as forecasters warned that intensifying snow and ice could thwart millions of people across the country hoping to get home after Thanksgiving. The storm caused the death of at least one...
UK police: Bridge attacker had been jailed for terror crimes
LONDON — A man imprisoned six years for terrorism offenses before his release last year stabbed several people in London on Friday, two fatally, before being tackled by members of the public and then fatally shot by officers on London Bridge. Neil Basu, London’s police counterterrorism head, said 28-year-old Usman...
Rope team rescues unconscious worker stranded on scaffold in Pittsburgh’s North Side
A five-person rope team rescued a worker who collapsed Friday afternoon on a scaffold wedged between two buildings in Pittsburgh’s North Side, officials said. Shortly after 3 p.m., medics and firefighters responded to the report of the unconscious man stranded about 40 feet high in the 1300 block of Franklin...
Hikers opt out of Black Friday shopping for outdoor adventures
On a brisk Black Friday morning that left a dusting of snow atop one of the ridges in Linn Run State Park southeast of Ligonier, a group of 23 Western Pennsylvania hikers opted out of the shopping mall crowds and opted in for a nine-mile hike along a trail that...
Black Friday deals lure shoppers into Alle-Kiski Valley stores early, often
Natalie Cale was moving through the Pittsburgh Mills mall in Frazer, two stuffed bags in each hand, with a destination in mind. It was her car, where she planned to drop off her load of gifts before heading back in for more. Cale was finding the deals on this year’s...
Harrison preps tree, plaza for Christmas parade and festival
Organizers of Harrison’s Christmas parade and festival plan to hold the festival under a tent this year to avoid a repeat of last year, when Mother Nature was a Grinch and rained out the festivities. Rain or shine, the parade will begin at 4 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 7, and is...
Fan loyalties in Shenango Valley divided between Steelers, Browns
You’re not just in Steelers Country when you visit the Shenango Valley, an area that’s about the same distance from Pittsburgh as it is Cleveland. Browns fans make up a sizable minority of the football fan base. That’s made the past couple of weeks interesting in the Shenango Valley as...
Father of former Penguins goalie Marc-Andre Fleury dies
The father of former Pittsburgh Penguins goalie Marc-Andre Fleury has died, the Las Vegas Review-Journal reported Friday. Vegas Golden Knights beat reporter Ben Gotz reported Andre Fleury passed away Wednesday at age 63. According to Gotz, Marc-Andre Fleury left the Golden Knights’ road trip for Quebec on Tuesday because of...
Dutch police: 3 people wounded in Hague stabbing
THE HAGUE, Netherlands — An assailant stabbed three people Friday night in a busy shopping district in the Netherlands, and police were searching for the suspect, authorities said. The attack came just hours after a man wearing a fake explosive vest stabbed several people in London, killing two, before he...
Editorial: Harrisburg targets hunting changes
It used to be that the Saturday after Thanksgiving was about hunting for bargains or hunting for Christmas ornaments or maybe just hunting for the remote to watch college football. “Used to be” was last year. That changes this weekend. This year, the Saturday after Thanksgiving is also the first...
Thousands pack 1 million meals at Pittsburgh convention centerVideo
More than 4,000 people spent Black Friday morning packing meals in Downtown Pittsburgh instead of shopping among a crowd of strangers. They sang, laughed and prayed together as they packed more than 1 million meals of apple cinnamon oatmeal and chicken rice soup during the third Amen to Action, a...
Westmoreland Mall loyalists cling to Black Friday tradition, leery of its evolutionVideo
Westmoreland Mall isn’t the shopping center Bev Queer and Carol Gowatski remember. They used to gravitate toward the Bon-Ton department store. But then that closed in 2018. Sears was usually a good option, too, but that retailer closed its doors earlier this year. “Pretty soon there’s not going to be...
Nemacolin’s Holistic Healing Center offers well-being journey with latest offeringsVideo
All of the fun the holiday season brings — the shopping, the parties, the traveling, the gifts — is often accompanied by an unwelcome visitor: stress. Eating, sleeping and work schedules tend to be disrupted as we tackle “to-do” lists. Nemacolin Woodlands Resort’s Holistic Healing Center, along with its spa,...
Top dog from Ligonier Township just a ‘goofy golden retriever’ outside the ring
One word — “golden” — from the judge, and the dog world knew that Daniel, a golden retriever from Ligonier Township, had won the best sporting dog title at the 2019 National Dog Show. Daniel’s breeder, Tammy Tomlinson of Hillock Golden Retrievers, said Friday that Daniel is the winningest golden...
Western Pa. resorts, museum, host light up, shopping events
Seven Springs Mountain Resort, Nemacolin Woodlands Resort and the Southern Alleghenies Museum of Art at Ligonier Valley are lighting up and offering gift ideas this holiday season. Holidays in the Highlands Seven Springs Mountain Resort will present its fourth annual celebration Fridays and Saturdays, Nov. 29 through Dec. 7. Motorists...
2 killed in London stabbings; police fatally shoot suspect
LONDON — A man wearing a fake explosive vest stabbed several people Friday in London, killing two in what police are treating as a terrorist attack before being tackled by members of the public and then fatally shot by officers on London Bridge, officials said. Metropolitan Police Chief Cressida Dick...
Former Fallingwater cook Elsie Henderson, 106, dishes on serving Pittsburgh royaltyVideo
Elsie Henderson spent decades cooking for American royalty. She’s still dishing about her culinary journey. Henderson, who is 106 years old, was hired by several prominent Pittsburgh families, including the Heinzes and Mellons. Her most notable position was as the Kaufmann family’s cook, baker and meal planner at Fallingwater from...
5 things to do in Pittsburgh this weekend: Nov. 29-Dec. 1
You probably ate too much turkey, stuffing, potatoes and pumpkin pie on Thanksgiving. Get moving and work off all calories. The weekend is the perfect time in Pittsburgh. Here are some options. Holiday parade The 39th annual WPXI Holiday Parade presented by Neighborhood Ford Store is Saturday in Downtown. It...
5 things to do in Westmoreland this weekend: Nov. 29-Dec. 1
Thanksgiving dinner is over, Black Friday is here and the race to celebrate the upcoming holiday season is on. The days grow dark more quickly, but lights, music and festivals will lend some brightness and cheer, throughout Westmoreland County. Hit the switch, Ligonier The annual Light-Up Ligonier event invites everyone...
Phipps’ winter flower show, light garden is holiday tradition
One of the most beloved winter holiday symbols — decorated and brightly lit trees — will take center stage in “Holiday Magic! Winter Flower Show and Light Garden” at Phipps Conservatory and Botanical Gardens. It’s not only traditional Christmas trees that will fill the exhibit rooms at the Victorian glass...
