Jeff Himler stories

Single-lane restrictions will be in place beginning Monday on Donohoe Road and Georges Station Road in Hempfield, as preparatory work begins for PennDOT’s plan to reconstruct those roads’ four-way-stop intersection as a roundabout. The restrictions are expected to continue throughout December, with flaggers controlling traffic. Traffic will be affected on...

Police took a suspect into custody Thursday, stemming from the theft of a box truck in Downtown Pittsburgh. City police responded shortly before 1 p.m. to a reported fight at Liberty Avenue and 11th Street. They discovered two men restraining a third for allegedly stealing the truck. The truck’s owner...

Seton Hill University on Thursday completed the first step in its plan for financing a new indoor athletic facility as the Latrobe Industrial Development Authority approved a bond issue of up to $37.5 million for the project. On Monday, the bond financing will come before Latrobe City Council for approval,...

Blairsville police are searching for a “porch pirate” who stole a package of pet food and toys on Monday from a home in the Indiana County borough. The theft occurred at about 1:45 p.m. at South Brady and East Brown streets, according to police Chief Lou Sacco. Police have posted...

An echo of the French countryside soon will greet visitors to downtown Latrobe, with the debut of a new mural on the historic Danceland building. The enlarged image of “Le Lutin pres du Loing,” a 1940 work by French painter Pierre Eugène Montézin, is set to be unveiled about 6:50...

A solemn procession of law enforcement officers, first responders and public safety officials on Wednesday marked the final journey of Lucy, a beloved veteran bloodhound with the Greensburg Volunteer Fire Department Bloodhound Team. Having dedicated more than a decade to searches for missing persons and fleeing suspects, Lucy retired from...

Seton Hill University is looking to develop a new indoor athletic facility on its Greensburg campus and is planning to partner with the Latrobe Industrial Development Authority to help finance the project. The authority has scheduled a special meeting at 4 p.m. Thursday at Latrobe City Hall to review the project...

Lifelong Marguerite resident Kenneth Pollard has had a year to learn how to live without his wife, Elizabeth, who fell to her death in a sinkhole on the outskirts of the Unity village. Though one of his children, Axel, moved in with the 75-year-old and good neighbors have pitched in...

Five Western Pennsylvania men were among the more than 1,000 killed in a surprise World War II German attack on an Allied port in Italy that has become known as “The Little Pearl Harbor.” The Dec. 2, 1943, air raid on the Adriatic Sea port of Bari, Italy, came nearly...

Mt. Pleasant’s gazebo is getting a makeover as the holiday season gets underway. Borough council also is moving forward with a project benefiting sports spectators at Frick Park and is seeking funding for improvements at the borough building. Doug Davis of Jeannette-based The Glass City has been at work preparing...

The Ligonier Township supervisors are considering a proposed $2.7 million budget for 2026 that could have a funding shortfall of about $282,000. That’s the equivalent of revenue generated by 2.87 mills worth of real estate tax in the township. But a tentative budget, posted on the township website, calls for...

An odor of gas caused an evacuation Tuesday afternoon at a Murrysville shopping plaza and sickened several people. Six people were taken to a local hospital as a precaution when they reported feeling ill at the Walnut Hollow plaza on Route 22, TribLive news partner WTAE reported. An official told...

PennDOT on Tuesday completed work to fully open a new “diverging diamond” interchange at the junction of Interstate 70 and Route 51 in Rostraver. The newly formatted interchange and nearby improvements on the two roadways have been under construction for three years. The I-70/51 diamond configuration has replaced a previous...

Police are investigating a bomb threat that prompted the evacuation of a Giant Eagle supermarket Monday evening in Pittsburgh’s South Side. An anonymous caller told a 911 dispatcher at about 8:15 p.m. that there was a bomb at the store in the 2000 block of Wharton Street. A bomb squad...

Cole Stinebiser encountered at least one dead body — a deceased woman found in a home — during his brief career as a municipal police officer in Pennsylvania. As a graduate student in Seton Hill University’s physician assistant program, the Hempfield native has developed a more extended relationship with Gary...

At least one person was injured in a two-vehicle crash Monday evening on Route 30 in North Huntingdon. The injured motorist was taken by ambulance to Forbes Hospital in Monroeville, according to a Westmoreland County 911 dispatcher. The crash was reported shortly before 7:15 p.m. near the intersection of Rocky...

PennDOT plans on Tuesday to open the new Diverging Diamond interchange along Interstate 70 in Rostraver to two lanes of traffic in each direction on Route 51. The interchange was partially opened in July, with a single lane of Route 51 traffic crossing above the interstate in each direction. On...

A Pittsburgh police sergeant has been charged with DUI for the second time in less than five years. Both incidents occurred in Plum, the hometown of Sgt. Tariq Jamal-Francis, 44. The latest incident happened Nov. 10, just before midnight, when Plum police said they found Jamal-Francis asleep at the wheel...

Here are some of the latest news items from this morning, Firday, Nov. 21: Peoples Gas Holiday Market set to open in new location Pittsburgh’s annual Peoples Gas Holiday Market opens Friday in a new location, in the city’s Cultural District. Visitors will be able to browse offerings of local...

A heated dispute over a proposed solar farm in Unity might be headed back to the local zoning board. Westmoreland County Common Pleas Judge Harry Smail Jr. on Thursday suggested the option of remanding the appeal filed by developer Ninemile Run Solar Master Tenant LLC to the township zoning hearing...

Here are some of the latest news items from this morning, Thursday, Nov. 20: Delta flight with mechanical issues diverted to Pittsburgh airport A Delta flight headed from Montreal to Atlanta was diverted to Pittsburgh International Airport on Wednesday night because of unspecified mechanical issues. Allegheny County Airport Authority spokesperson...

An East McKeesport man is charged with attempted homicide in a Tuesday afternoon shooting in that borough that left another man in critical condition. Police took Timere Johnson, 21, into custody at a relative’s home after he told a Monroeville police dispatcher he wanted to turn himself in and claimed...

Here are some of the latest news items from this morning, Wednesday, Nov. 19: Shooting wounds man in Pittsburgh’s Homewood North neighborhood A man was in stable condition after he was wounded in a shooting Tuesday evening in Pittsburgh’s Homewood North neighborhood. Pittsburgh police found a man suffering from a...

Pittsburgh Public Schools’ preliminary 2026 budget calls for a 4% increase in the district’s property tax millage rate as it projects an operating deficit of $12.2 million in the coming year. That deficit represents a $15.9 million reduction from the current year’s deficit of $28.1 million, the district noted in...