Dillon Carr stories, Page 33
‘Living Dead Weekend’ lives on at the Monroeville Mall
Fans for all things “living dead” are once again convening at the Monroeville Mall this weekend. The Living Dead Weekend kicked off at noon Friday and will continue through Sunday at the Monroeville Mall with zombie related activities planned. Living Dead Museum owner Kevin Kriess first organized the weekend festival...
Annual Father’s Day car show rolls into Oakmont for 65th edition
Oakmont’s annual Father’s Day car show will be held for the 65th time Sunday. About 300 cars, trucks and motorcycles are expected to be on display from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. in the borough’s Riverside Park off Third Street, according to event treasurer Morgan McCollum. Vehicles will be judged...
Monroeville parade, 4K and fireworks planned for July 4 festivities
Monroeville is gearing up for the July 4 parade and fireworks display. The 42nd annual parade will step off at 9 a.m. from the intersection of Stroschein Road and Route 22. For the second year in a row, there will be a 4K run ahead of the parade marchers. All...
Monroeville delays pool vote
Monroeville council delayed voting on an ordinance that would have put the municipality’s only public pool up for sale after a fiery debate spearheaded by residents. The unanimous vote on June 11 to table the ordinance happened after more than an hour of back-and-forth between council members and residents. Some...
Monroeville police: ‘Lock your cars’
Monroeville police are urging people who live along Haymaker Road to lock their cars after two theft reports in one night. Police chief Doug Cole said a car on the 2100 block of Haymaker Road and another on Trotwood Drive had small amounts of money taken out of them during...
Penn Hills places 4 crosswalk signs
Don Singleton risks getting hit by a car twice a day when he walks to the grocery store near his apartment in Penn Hills. “You wouldn’t believe how fast people come down that hill,” Singleton said. The 83-year-old lives with around 100 other seniors at Duff Manor, an apartment building...
West Point cadets and professor hold STEM sessions for Penn Hills studentsVideo
A group of Penn Hills students will go home for the summer with a bit more knowledge in STEM fields after a special encounter with U.S. Military Academy West Point. Assistant Professor Samuel Ivy and two other cadets spent time teaching eighth-, ninth- and 10th-grade students about coding, electrical engineering...
Activist group alleges Penn Hills police used excessive force in recent arrest
A Pittsburgh activist group has called on the state Attorney General’s office to ban the use of police dogs on “attacking people” after viewing video of an arrest that shows what the group called excessive force on a Wilkinsburg man. “The dog should have never been used, in our opinion,...
Municipality of Penn Hills launches YouTube channel
Penn Hills officials have partnered with a local television production company to upload monthly council meetings onto a YouTube channel in an effort to improve transparency and accessibility with residents. PVN Productions, owned by Vince Lagrotteria, of Plum, will produce videos of Penn Hills Council’s monthly meetings for $300 per...
Richland chiropractor to adjust golfers at U.S. Open
A Richland man went to Pebble Beach, Calif., last week to serve in a wellness trailer to treat athletes and others during the U.S. Open. Brent Shealer, 41, traveled to the tournament as one of the many chiropractors to serve in the wellness trailer. He owns a practice in Wilkins...
Artists say their work was stolen at Pittsburgh’s Three Rivers Arts FestivalVideo
Several artists selling their work at Pittsburgh’s Three Rivers Arts Festival came to their tents Sunday to find some of their pieces missing. “There were four pieces on walls on display and someone must have snuck into the tent somehow, through the back I think, and taken them,” said Chris...
Police: 2 arrested after Larimer woman intimidated, shot at twice
Pittsburgh Police made two arrests Sunday in connection to a shooting in Larimer that resulted in two shots being fired at a woman, with one bullet hitting her house. Police say the two men arrested were part of a group of five that intimidated the woman Saturday night. The shooter...
Boyce Park Wave Pool repaired, set to reopen Monday
The Boyce Park Wave Pool is set to reopen to the public starting Monday after receiving emergency repairs for a week. The Allegheny County Facilities Management and Parks Department closed the wave pool last Tuesday when they discovered the pool was losing water on May 31 due to a malfunctioning...
Back the Blue concert raises funds for fallen Officer Brian Shaw’s foundation
People rocked out Saturday night at a hotel ballroom to raise money for the Back the Blue benefit concert that honored fallen New Kensington police Officer Brian Shaw. After the first benefit concert Friday at the same venue, six bands signed on to play their music at the New Kensington...
Man injured in Belle Vernon motorcycle crash
Officials called for a helicopter to medically transport a man who crashed his motorcycle in Belle Vernon near Sweeney Plan on Saturday. “There’s one male down on the road, they requested a helicopter,” said a Westmoreland County 911 dispatcher, referring to emergency personnel. The crash, which happened on the 1500...
IUP student, 21, dies in East Franklin car wreck
A student at Indiana University of Pennsylvania died Friday when his car crashed over an embankment in East Franklin. Brian H. Swatt, 21, of Lackawanna County, was pronounced dead at the scene by Armstrong County Chief Deputy Coroner Robert Bellas early Friday morning. State System chair and chancellor, Cindy Shapira...
Route 366 reopens in Tarentum after accident is cleared
Route 366 in Tarentum reopened Saturday evening after it was shut down as the result of a three-car accident. The road, locally known as Ross Street, closed for a time in one direction between the Marathon gas station at the foot of the Tarentum Bridge and East 10th Avenue, near...
Police: Homeless Uniontown man tried suicide by setting house, then van on fire
A Uniontown man has been charged with arson after setting fire to a vacant house and a van in attempt to kill himself. John A. Mack, 49, who is homeless but stays in Uniontown, allegedly confessed to the crimes to Uniontown police while being treated at a hospital for burns...
Monroeville pool faces last season to make way for turnpike project
Anna Parker was dismayed when she found out this was the last summer she could bring her two grandchildren to the Monroeville Community Pool. “I got a lot of good memories here,” she said while enjoying a sunny day at the pool. A Monroeville resident, Parker, 57, has been coming...
From Pittsburgh to Penn State, police pass Special Olympics torch
Nearly 500 police officers from around the state made their way from Pittsburgh to State College to raise funds for the Special Olympics. The annual Torch Run kick starts the 50th annual Special Olympics PA Summer Games, which are being held today through Saturday in State College. “Police are the...
ProChamps software helping Penn Hills code enforcement
Maintaining the hundreds of vacant or foreclosed properties in Penn Hills is a full-time job, and then some, according to the municipality’s code enforcement director. “(The work) doesn’t end,” said John McCafferty, code enforcement director. As of January, however, McCafferty’s team of five officers has a job that is a...
61 to graduate from Riverview
Sixty-one Riverview High School seniors are set to graduate during commencement exercises Friday. The ceremony will start at 7 p.m. at Riverside Park in Oakmont. In case of rain, the ceremony will move to the Tenth Street Elementary auditorium on Pennsylvania Avenue. The school’s valedictorian is Cassandra DeBacco and the...
Mt. Hope Presbyterian Church to host farmers market
A church along Frankstown Road will host its sixth-annual farmer’s market starting June 11. Mt. Hope Presbyterian Church at 12106 Frankstown Road will welcome visitors on its lawn every Tuesday from 3 to 7 p.m. through September. Available for purchase will be fresh produce from two local farmers and other...
Boyce Park wave pool closed for emergency repairs
The wave pool at Boyce Park will be closed for up to 10 days for emergency repairs, according to an Allegheny County news release. The pool began losing water May 31 due to a malfunctioning “hydrostatic relief valve.” The valves are designed to maintain pressure between water in the pool...
Cavitt Road in Monroeville reopens after months-long closure
Cavitt Road in Monroeville has reopened after nearly 12 weeks of being closed. The municipality’s Nixle alert system sent a notification to users Sunday morning with the announcement. The two-mile road was closed March 13 after a Monroeville engineer said the road was “slipping more than it should.” The road...
