Brian C. Rittmeyer stories, Page 88
New Kensington, Arnold get $575K for transportation projects
New Kensington will have to scale back plans for transportation projects in the city’s downtown after getting a fraction of the money it requested from the state, a city official said Thursday. The Commonwealth Financing Authority announced Wednesday that New Kensington will receive $375,000. The authority approved more than $48...
Snow, yes. But cold could set record; freeze warning issued
Pittsburgh could break a nearly 150-year-old weather record for this day but not because of the late April snow being seen this morning. The record for the lowest high temperature has stood since 1875, when the high was only 41 degrees. Today’s high is expected to be colder, at just...
ATI sets deadline on latest contract offer to end Steelworkers strike
Allegheny Technologies Inc. has given striking United Steelworkers employees until Monday to accept the company’s latest contract offer. If the deal isn’t accepted by 5 p.m. Monday, the company said, “It will be replaced by an offer that begins to reflect the costs incurred by ATI as a result of...
Police investigating fatal hit-and-run in Homewood
A man is dead after a reported hit-and-run in Homewood Tuesday night. The Allegheny County Medical Examiner identified the man as Von Washington, 31. According to Pittsburgh police, two women alerted officers to a man down on the road in the 7600 block of Kelly Street around 11 p.m. Police...
No appointment needed at covid vaccine clinic at Pittsburgh Mills
Walk-ins will be accepted Tuesday afternoon at a covid-19 vaccination clinic at the Pittsburgh Mills mall that was originally by appointment only, an Allegheny Health Network spokeswoman said. The clinic administering the first dose of the Pfizer vaccine opened at 8 a.m. in the former Sears Grand store and is...
Man dies after rollover crash in Bethel Park
An Upper St. Clair man died after a one-vehicle crash in Bethel Park Monday. The Allegheny County Medical Examiner identified the man as Michael D. Brunn, 33. Allegheny County Police said Brunn’s vehicle rolled over in the 5000 block of Library Road around 3:10 a.m. Police said Brunn was driving...
Police: Pizza delivery driver carjacked at gunpoint in Homewood
A pizza delivery driver told Pittsburgh police he was carjacked at gunpoint in the city’s Homewood neighborhood late Monday night. Police said officers responded to reports of an armed carjacking in the 7300 block of Monticello Street just before 11:45 p.m. The driver told officers he was making a delivery...
PennDOT plans traffic stoppages on Tarentum Bridge
Brief traffic stoppages will occur Wednesday on the Tarentum Bridge as crews perform work there, PennDOT announced Monday. Stoppages of 15 minutes or less will happen as needed in each direction between 9 a.m. and 3 p.m. During the stoppages, crews will perform jacking operations on the bridge, requiring traffic...
Traffic restrictions set to start on Harrison’s Springhill Road for path project
Traffic restrictions on Springhill Road in Harrison are scheduled to start Monday and remain in place into August. The two uphill lanes between North Canal Street in Natrona and McWilliams Drive in Westlawn will close at 9 a.m. Monday, Allegheny County Public Works announced. The date was changed from Thursday...
ATI, Steelworkers return to bargaining table as strike continues
Negotiators for Allegheny Technologies Inc. and the United Steelworkers union returned to the bargaining table Monday. About 1,300 USW members have been on strike at nine ATI facilities since March 30. On Friday, the union said it had proposed returning to in-person negotiations with ATI to resolve the outstanding issues...
Man found shot in East Hills business
A man was found shot in the 7900 block of Frankstown Avenue just after midnight, according to Pittsburgh police. According to police, first responders found the victim inside a business with a gunshot wound to the abdomen. The business was not identified. Police said the victim told officers that an...
Highlands board to vote on contract for unarmed security
Highlands School Board will vote Monday on hiring a new firm to provide unarmed security services for the district. The board will be voting on a three-year agreement with Universal Protection Service, doing business as Allied Universal Security Services, of Conshohocken, Montgomery County. The agreement began March 5 or 25;...
Tarentum’s summer concert series to return to newly renovated amphitheater
The oldies group American Pie had a busy year planned in 2020 with more than 40 gigs scheduled, up from the usual 30 to 35. “We were headed for a pretty good year,” said Richard Gainor, 63, of Arnold, the four-member band’s bass guitar player for 30 years. The covid...
Tarentum approves 7 roads for resurfacing
Seven streets are slated to be worked on in Tarentum this year. Borough council has approved the list of roads that will be resurfaced. They are: • West Fourth Avenue, from Bull Creek to the railroad crossing (half width of roadway); • West Sixth Avenue/Center Street intersection; • Center Street/West...
AHN closing outpatient center; UPMC plans grand opening in New Kensington
One of the region’s largest medical providers will be closing a facility in New Kensington and its rival will be opening a new one within days of each other in May. Allegheny Health Network will close its outpatient center in the former Citizens General Hospital on May 11, the network...
UPMC opens Pittsburgh Mills covid vaccine clinic to walk-insVideo
Berke Thompson of Marshall received his first dose of a covid-19 vaccine Wednesday at Pittsburgh Mills mall, where UPMC accepted walk-ins after originally requiring people to set up appointments to get shots during the two-day clinic. Not that Thompson, 16, saw the Pfizer vaccine go into his arm. “I can’t...
West Deer couple claim neighbor shot at them while having property surveyed, police say
A West Deer couple told township police that a neighbor shot at them Tuesday while they were having their property surveyed. Police charged Raymond Nelson, 63, with two felony counts of aggravated assault and two misdemeanor counts of recklessly endangering another person. In a criminal complaint against Nelson, police said...
Valley High School’s musical ‘Peter & the Starcatcher’ to be streamed online
The audience was limited for the two performances of Valley High School’s spring musical, but that doesn’t mean everyone won’t get a chance to see it. The drama club’s production of the Peter Pan origin story “Peter and the Starcatcher” was recorded and will be available for streaming at 7...
New Kensington man accused of threatening to kill police with ax, knife
Editor`s note: The charges were dismissed in April before District Judge Frank J. Pallone Jr. New Kensington police say a city man was holding an ax and a knife when he threatened to kill officers serving him with a protection-from-abuse order. A criminal complaint filed against Oleg Vivcharchyn, 32, said...
Argument over rug leads to shooting in Wilkinsburg, police say
An argument over an outdoor rug lead to a shooting Saturday in Wilkinsburg, police said. Wilkinsburg police said Gerald O. Daniels, 34, of Coal Street got into an argument with another man who had stepped on the rug that was on the ground behind an apartment building. In a criminal...
New Kensington residents gather for community cleanup, mural dedicationVideo
Much like the unfinished mural that was dedicated Sunday, many see New Kensington as a work in progress worth celebrating. “This is the beginning of the new New Kensington,” said Kim Louis, a city resident and director of Sonward Youth Programs. “We want to honor the people who live here...
5 questions with incoming New Kensington-Arnold Superintendent Chris Sefcheck
Not long after New Kensington-Arnold School District students celebrate the end of this school year, Chris Sefcheck will become the district’s superintendent. Sefcheck, 52, of South Park is expected to start as the district’s new leader July 1. The school board approved hiring him to a five-year contract at its...
Volunteers gather to clean up, plant at Tarentum’s community gardenVideo
For the first time since the covid pandemic broke out over a year ago, volunteers gathered to clean up Tarentum’s community garden and begin planting for the season. While individuals came out throughout 2020 to keep the Greg Blythe Friendship Community Garden going last year, group events like Saturday’s spring...
Woman hurt jumping from window to escape Hill District fire
A woman was hurt when she jumped from a window to escape a fire in the Hill District Saturday, according to Pittsburgh Public Safety. The fire in the 900 block of Memory Lane was reported around 3 p.m. According to police, firefighters fought the blaze mainly in one row house,...
Witnesses say truck driver had little time to react to oncoming train in Springdale
Two men who witnessed a train colliding with a tractor-trailer at a crossing in Springdale on Friday said the truck driver had little time to react to the oncoming train. Chad Cochran of Springdale and Ken Trim of West Deer said they were leaving work at R.I. Lampus shortly after...
