Joe Napsha stories, Page 28

Here are some of the latest news items from this morning, Friday, Oct. 20: Vehicle smashes into house in Duquesne A vehicle crashed into a house in Duquesne early Friday morning, Tribune-Review news partner WTAE reported. No one was reported injured in the crash, which occurred just before 2 a.m....

Pennsylvania is the most “All-American” state in the nation, according to a survey commissioned by a Massachusetts-based travel company. The Keystone State landed a 9.05 out of 10 from Viator, a Tripadvisor company based in the Boston suburb of Needham, Mass. Viator based its scoring on metrics including home ownership...

VFW Post 781 plans Veterans Day ceremony A Manor native who served 35 years in the Navy and was a member of the Blue Angels jet fighter team, is scheduled to be the keynote speaker at the Veterans Day ceremonies at 11 a.m. Nov. 11 at the J. Howard Snyder...

An Arona home was damaged by fire late Wednesday night, a Hempfield fire official said. The fire at the two-story wooden-framed house on West Newton Street was knocked down within 15 minutes of the fire departments receiving the call at 10:34 p.m., said Don Thoma, Hempfield assistant fire chief. A...

The Western Pennsylvania Conservancy is accepting applications for projects to improve access for anglers, canoeists and kayakers to streams, lakes and rivers in Western Pennsylvania. The grants from the conservancy’s Canoe Access Development Fund provide technical assistance and grants of up to $5,000 to build and enhance canoe and kayak...

Jeannette EMS Inc. has asked a federal judge for more time to file a detailed report on its financial affairs, according to court documents. The ambulance service, which closed down in July, asked U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Carlota Bohm in a court filing Wednesday to grant an extension on the filing...

Pittsburgh police said a man was found shot in the leg early Thursday morning in Pittsburgh’s Sheraden neighborhood. The victim, who was not identified, was found in the 3000 block of Zephyr Avenue after authorities received a five-round ShotSpotter notification at about 12:35 a.m., police said. After arriving on the...

Officials have identified a man found shot to death late Wednesday inside a vehicle in Penn Hills. Myles Gore-White, 31, of Pittsburgh, was pronounced dead in the 200 block of McGregor Drive, according to the Allegheny County Medical Examiner’s Office. The shooting was reported to 911 around 11 p.m. Allegheny...

Rite Aid Corp., which filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy Monday, lost little time in announcing its plans to shutter nine stores in Southwestern Pennsylvania. Stores on the closing list are ones on Stevenson Boulevard in New Kensington; Route 22 in Murrysville; Route 30 in Hempfield; Library Road in Bethel Park;...

Here are some of the latest news items from this morning, Wednesday, Oct. 18: Mon Incline shut down The Monongahela Incline is out of service until further notice to repair damage to a door on the west car, Pittsburgh Regional Transit spokesman Jim Ritchie said Wednesday morning. The Pittsburgh Regional...

Here are some of the latest news items from this morning, Tuesday, Oct. 17: 2-vehicle crash on Route 30 in Unity One man was flown by a medical helicopter to a Pittsburgh hospital early Tuesday morning when his sport utility vehicle collided with a coal-laden tri-axle dump truck along Route...

A Norfolk Southern Corp. railroad train hit a vehicle parked along the tracks in Derry Borough early Tuesday morning, a Westmoreland County Public Safety supervisor said. No injuries were reported in the incident, which occurred at about 12:20 a.m. along West First Avenue, the supervisor said. The slow-moving train caused...

Bankrupt Jeannette EMS Inc., which abruptly closed operations July 3, will not have any money to pay its unsecured creditors after it pays administrative expenses related to its bankruptcy, according to a court filing. Jeannette EMS will have until Wednesday to file a detailed list of its assets and creditors,...

North Huntingdon officials opted for a familiar person to fill a vacancy representing the township’s Sixth Ward on the board of commissioners. The commissioners selected Fran Bevan, a one-term commissioner, to serve the remainder of Lindsay Wengrzyn’s term, which expires in January 2026. Wengrzyn resigned Sept. 30 because she moved...

A missing Bradenville woman was found Monday and is safe, state police at Kiski Valley said. Georgetta Marshall, 63, was reported missing by family members. She was last seen about 7:30 p.m. Friday, according to police. Marshall may have been spotted early Saturday along Mission Road in the area of...

Here are some of the latest news items from this morning, Monday, Oct. 16: Police seek teens who escaped Adelphoi Village in Derry Pennsylvania State Police at Kiski Valley are searching for three males who escaped Sunday afternoon from an Adelphoi Village house in Derry Township. The three males —...

Robert Megela goes out of his way to recycle — about 17 miles out of his way. Megela, 70, of Penn Township will drive from his home to the Westmoreland Cleanways and Recycling Center in Pleasant Unity to drop off used glass items, which are not collected by the township’s...

Leechburg has taken recycling into its own hands. The Kiski River town in Armstrong County operates its own recycling center with an all-volunteer staff of about a dozen dedicated people from the Leechburg, Apollo and Allegheny Township areas, said Leechburg Council President Tom Foster. And it has been doing it...

Students from Yough’s three elementary schools will be able to shop with a school principal on Wednesday when they buy clothing they need, thanks to a community foundation’s funding. The nonprofit Yough Helping Hands Foundation has allocated $150 each for up to 40 students in need from the district’s three...

A South Greensburg woman accused of sending derisive text messages to her estranged boyfriend urging him to commit suicide two years ago, lost her bid Friday to have involuntary manslaughter charges dropped in the case against her. Westmoreland Judge Scott Mears said that the two-year statute of limitations on filing...

Irwin police officers will continue to patrol North Irwin next year, under a new three-year contract that borough boroughs have approved. Irwin Borough this week approved the contract covering 2024 to 2026, which gives North Irwin limited police coverage, plus responses to emergencies. North Irwin will pay a monthly charge...

An 11-year-old Wendover Middle School student is accused of posting threats on social media to bring in a bomb and “shoot up” the Hempfield Area school Wednesday, state police said. The boy, who was not identified, is accused of making terroristic threats. Police say he texted fellow students on the...

Robert “Bob” Zaval of North Huntingdon, saw the horrors of war as an Army tank commander fighting in Europe during World War II. “Boy, it was tough. Your biggest thing was to stay alive,” said Zaval, who recently reflected on his long life before marking his 102nd birthday on Tuesday....

Four North Huntingdon residents — including a former Norwin School District employee and a Westmoreland Intermediate Unit 7 administrator — are seeking a judicial appointment to fill a vacancy on the Norwin School Board that will be open for about six weeks. The four candidates seeking an appointment from the...