Joe Napsha stories, Page 68

Scenes of the borough and surrounding area in large shadowboxes may be included in an ambitious plan to repair and beautify an outdoor wall on the side of The Lamp Theatre in downtown Irwin. “We want to enhance the building, so that it makes a pleasing view,” on the wall...

CNX Foundation of Pittsburgh is accepting applications until Oct. 31 from nonprofits aligned with its objective to make tangible impacts in local, underserved urban and rural communities throughout the Appalachian region that face socioeconomic challenges, the organization said. The key areas of the foundation’s focus include food insecurity, children’s health...

Dr. Freddie H. Fu, a renowned orthopaedic surgeon who created the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center’s sports medicine program, died Friday in Pittsburgh. Fu was 70. He also was Pitt’s sports teams physician for some 30 years. “The University of Pittsburgh has lost one of its finest members,” said University...

A woman was stopped from taking a handgun aboard a plane at Pittsburgh International Airport on Friday, marking the sixth time this month someone was caught at the airport checkpoint with a weapon, Allegheny County Police said. A 31-year-old woman, who was not identified by police, was stopped by Transportation...

Norwin girls volleyball team to hold ‘Pink Out’ The Norwin Lady Knights High School volleyball team will hold its annual Pink Out fundraiser game against Hempfield Area girls volleyball team on Oct. 7. The junior varsity game will be held at 6 p.m. and the varsity game will be held...

St. Barbara Church bingo on Oct. 6 St. Barbara Parish, 111 Raymaley Road, Harrison City, will host its monthly bingo on Oct. 6. Doors open at 5 p.m. and games start at 6:45 p.m. Paper packages start at $27. The building is handicapped accessible. Monitors and number boards are used...

Jeannette — a city that once was home to seven glass plants — will celebrate its industrial heritage with a special festival that will feature food, entertainment, games and children’s activities in the city’s downtown business district Saturday. The Glass City Heritage Festival, to be held from 11 a.m. to...

Editor’s note: ‘What’s That?’ is a recurring feature in the Tribune-Review’s Westmoreland Plus edition. If there’s something you’d like to see explored here, send an email to gtrcity@triblive.com or call 724-838-5146. Hidden by woods and dense undergrowth just off Brush Creek in North Huntingdon, amidst tires and other trash people...

Irwin Borough and the Turtle Creek Watershed Association are joining forces with an event aimed at educating the public about the importance of water quality while sponsoring a rubber ducky race along a section of a Tinker’s Run tributary at Irwin Park. Planned for 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Sept....

A week after the Norwin School Board meeting was abruptly adjourned before business could be conducted because people in the audience would not don face masks, the school board heard the complaints during a virtual meeting and was urged to fight state orders that students be masked while in school....

Police are investigating the shooting of a woman in Duquesne Saturday night. The woman, shot in the upper extremities, was taken to an area hospital and is expected to survive, Allegheny County police said. Police said they were notified of the shooting in the 1000 block of Duquesne Boulevard at...

A woman was shot multiple times in McKees Rocks early Sunday morning, the Allegheny County police said. The woman, who is expected to survive, was shot in the area of Locust Street near Linden Street, police said. The shooting was reported around 1:15 a.m. and county detectives were asked to...

A Unity in the Community rally Saturday in Greensburg attracted few people outside of the speakers and those attending to distribute information about available social services. But the speakers emphasized the need to work together on a broad front to improve conditions for all people, regardless of race, gender and...

Millvale police are seeking two men who tore down “multiple American flags” and destroyed the mounting brackets and parts of the buildings in the borough last week and vowed to make them “famous” with posting of videos of the crime if they don’t turn themselves into authorities. Chief Tim Komoroski...

Fans of German food and a beer can partake of both while raising money for scholarships at the Norwin Chamber of Commerce’s fourth OktCHAMBERfest from 5 to 8 p.m. Sept. 22 at Quinn Brewing, Banco Business Park, 3000 Commerce Loop, North Huntingdon. Participants will receive a commemorative beer glass, one...

Passavant Memorial Homes Family of Services, which serves those with intellectual disabilities, autism and behavioral health needs, boosted the pay of about 1,100 frontline employees by $5 per hour for this week in recognition of those employees who have maintained services during the covid pandemic, a company official said. “People...

Bingo set for St. Regis Church The Knights of Columbus will sponsor a bingo at 1 p. m. Sept. 26 at St. Regis Church, 517 Homewood Ave., Trafford. The door fee is $15 for 20 regular games. There will be optional special games and a $150 jackpot guaranteed for special...

St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Church to hold craft, vendor show A holiday craft and vendor show will be held from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Oct. 2 at Mack Hall at St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Church, 200 Leger Road, North Huntingdon. There will be about 40 tables of area crafters...

A hike in residential garbage collection rates in North Huntingdon next year that is part of a new deal was almost inevitable, given the “below-market rates” charged by the current hauler, township officials said. The four-year contract commissioners approved Wednesday with Waste Management Inc. will boost residential rates to $77.25...

North Huntingdon residents could see a jump of about $25 per quarter in their trash bills next year under a new four-year contract expected to be approved by commissioners, and the rates would increase each year through 2025. A change in how garbage is collected is part of the reason...

Amateur singers who want to show off their talents in front of an audience and help people in need of food can do both Saturday in downtown Irwin. Those who want to participate in the 14th annual Sing for Their Supper from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the arch...

The Norwin School Board halted its meeting shortly after it started Monday because some people in the audience refused to wear masks as required by the state. District solicitor Russell Lucas gave those without masks the opportunity to put one on, and, after announcing “one last chance,” declared that no...