Brian C. Rittmeyer stories, Page 101
$900K car wash proposed for Tarentum Bridge Road in New Kensington
A car wash has been proposed to replace a building housing a pizza shop and cellphone store on Tarentum Bridge Road in New Kensington. For that to happen, the proposed project will need a variance from the city’s zoning, which does not allow a car wash at that location, said...
New Kensington to award contract for demolition of former bar, hotel buildings
A woman living across from a rundown New Kensington building that was once a bar is happy it will soon be gone, while a business owner whose garage is across from an empty former hotel in the city wonders how it got so bad that tearing it down is all...
Tarentum woman, 19, becoming 3rd owner of Merle Norman Cosmetics studioVideo
Mary Lee Naccarato first learned of Olivia Grace Fertig from a newspaper story. She was so impressed by the young woman that Naccarato offered her a job at her New Kensington Merle Norman Cosmetics studio. Just over a year later, Naccarato, 73, of Washington Township is retiring, and Fertig, 19,...
More than a dozen shots fired in Arnold shooting, man hit in foot
A man was shot in the foot Thursday afternoon in Arnold in a shooting in which more than a dozen rounds were fired. The shooting was reported to 911 at 1:10 p.m., a Westmoreland County dispatcher said. Shell casings were found in the 1500 block of Kenneth Avenue, just on...
Police: Speed a factor in fatal Route 28 crash in Harrison
A Harrison man was speeding on Route 28 before a crash that claimed his life Tuesday, according to state police. Charles A. Crowe Jr., 48, of Harrison, died at the scene of the one-vehicle crash shortly after 7:30 p.m. near Exit 15 in Harrison. Police said Crowe had been traveling...
Police suspect medical issue behind fatal Harmar crash at Route 28 exit
A medical condition is suspected in a crash that killed one man and seriously injured another in Harmar on Tuesday night, according to township police. Robert Burkardt, 68, of Penn Hills was the driver in the crash on Route 910 at the southbound Route 28 exit that was reported to...
New Kensington-Arnold approves later start, names acting superintendent
New Kensington-Arnold School District has formalized a later start to the coming school year, which it will begin with a temporary leader. The school board Tuesday approved a revised calendar for the 2020-21 school year that puts the first day of school after Labor Day on Tuesday, Sept. 8. That’s...
Harrison raises concerns over maintenance agreement for Springhill Road project
Harrison officials want to talk with Allegheny County representatives about their concerns over a maintenance agreement for a pedestrian and bicycle path the county will build along Springhill Road. Township Manager Rich Hill said the township wants to define and refine what the township’s responsibilities for the path will be...
Week-in-review: Protests outside Pittsburgh Mayor Peduto’s home tops this week’s newsVideo
Protests outside the home of Pittsburgh Mayor Bill Peduto, a motorcycle run in memory of a slain New Kensington police officer, a long-time Pittsburgh radio personality going off the air, a fatal crash between a train and a truck and a lawsuit against Chipotle were among the top news reported...
Homewood man sentenced to 30-60 years in prison in 2017 attempted homicide, robbery
A Homewood man will spend 30-to-60 years in prison for shooting and robbing a woman in 2017. Jawan Johnson was sentenced Wednesday before Judge Randal Todd. A jury convicted him in February on charges of attempted homicide, aggravated assault and robbery. Police arrested Johnson in July 2017. Johnson was charged...
Highlands changes property tax due dates, extends discount time
Property owners in Highlands School District have more time to pay their school property taxes at a discounted rate. Act 75 of 2020 allows school districts to extend their property tax discount and base periods and waive penalties through June 30, 2021. It’s at each school board’s discretion what to...
Man stable after hitting back of PAT bus on motorcycle in Duquesne
A man was in stable condition after crashing his motorcycle into the back of a Port Authority bus in Duquesne Thursday night. The crash happened around 9 p.m. at Route 837 and Library Road, the Trib’s news partner, WPXI-TV, reported. The 35-year-old man on the motorcycle was heading in the...
New Kensington, Arnold officials celebrate company’s $6M investment in manufacturing parkVideo
** Editor’s note: The original version of this story misstated the amount of money Pennsylvania taxpayers are contributing to this project. The error was as a result of incorrect information provided to the Tribune-Review. ** A $6 million project is keeping 50 manufacturing jobs in the Alle-Kiski Valley. Affival Inc....
Truck driver dies in crash with train in CheswickVideo
The driver of a tractor-trailer died in a collision with a train Thursday morning in Cheswick, according to Allegheny County Police. The crash happened at Pittsburgh and Blockdale streets about 5:20 a.m., according to Allegheny County 911. The collision appeared to push the trailer into a corner of a building....
Police: Girl stable after hit by car while riding bike in Sheraden
A girl was in stable condition after being hit by a car while riding a bicycle in Pittsburgh’s Sheraden neighborhood Wednesday, police said. Police and medics went to Ashlyn Street and Zephyr Avenue around 7:35 p.m. after someone reported a vehicle hitting the girl to 911. The girl, whose age...
Hampton Shaler Water customers asked to conserve after main break at plant
Customers of the Hampton Shaler Water Authority could be asked to conserve water for a couple of days, the authority’s executive director said Wednesday. A break in a 16-inch pumping main leaving the water plant was discovered around 4 a.m. Wednesday, Sam Scarfone said. It’s been isolated, but the plant...
Police: Detroit 18-year-old had crack cocaine at Lawrence County hotel room
A traffic stop for a driver going the wrong way on a one-way street in New Castle lead to the seizure of 28 grams of crack cocaine and nearly $7,800 in cash. According to New Castle Police, a patrol officer made the traffic stop on Grant Street in front of...
5 arrested at protest outside Mercer County police, military equipment company
Five people from outside the area were arrested at a protest at a Mercer County business that makes equipment for police and military on Monday, according to state police. According to state police, troopers went to the protest at Combined Tactical Systems on Kinsman Road in Greene Township around 6...
Pittsburgh police: missing 11-year-old boy found unharmed
Pittsburgh police announced that an 11-year-old boy reported missing Tuesday from the Perry North neighborhood has been found. Authorities said he was located Wednesday around 1:30 p.m. and safely returned home....
No criminal charges to be filed in 2-year-old’s drowning in Harrison
No criminal charges will be filed in the July drowning of a 2-year-old New Kensington boy in Harrison, the Allegheny County District Attorney’s Office said Tuesday. Cassius Alexander Saulsgiver died July 20, four days after he was found in an in-ground swimming pool at his grandfather’s Opal Court home. Mike...
Washington County shooting victim flown to Pittsburgh hospital
A person was flown to a Pittsburgh hospital after being shot in Washington County Monday night. The shooting at a home on East Lincoln Avenue in McDonald was reported shortly after 11 p.m., the Trib’s news partner, WPXI-TV, reported. There was no information on the person’s condition. McDonald police would...
Highlands approves calendar changes, school year to start remotely
The Highlands School Board has approved changes to the district’s 2020-21 school year calendar. As a result, the first day of school will be Friday, Aug. 28. It will be a remote learning day for all students. The first day of school had previously been Thursday, Aug. 27. That day...
Police: Woman grazed by bullet in Garfield
A woman was in stable condition after being found with a bullet wound in Pittsburgh’s Garfield neighborhood Monday night, according to city police. Officers responded shortly after 9 p.m. to an alert of shots fired in the 5300 block of Hillcrest Street, where police said they found evidence of a...
Police: Man shot in arm by assailant in SUV in Sheraden
A man was in stable condition after being shot in Sheraden early Sunday morning, according to Pittsburgh police. Police said officers responded to reports of a person being shot in the 3100 block of Chartiers Avenue around 1:35 a.m. Officers found a man outside who had been shot in an...
Jeannette woman, 76, missing overnight at Ohiopyle State Park found alive
“Doom and gloom” were setting in about 2 a.m. Monday as crews searched Ohiopyle State Park for a missing 76-year-old woman. The Jeannette woman had gone missing off Ferncliff Trail, where park rangers Chief John Kaminsky said there are some crevices and “unique dangers.” Their fears evaporated about 8:30 a.m.,...
