Madasyn Lee stories, Page 21

A man wanted in connection with an alleged violent home invasion in Dormont was arrested Tuesday, according to Allegheny County police. Police had been looking for Joel Hatfield, 28, no address, since Sunday morning. Police say that’s when Hatfield went to a man’s apartment armed with a knife and forced...

A Montana Mines, W.Va., man was caught with a loaded 9 mm handgun at the Pittsburgh International Airport on Monday, Transportation Security Administration officers said. It was the 35th gun found at the airport this year, surpassing the 34 guns that were found in 2018 and the 32 guns that...

Editor’s note: Building the Valley tells stories of businesses big and small and the employees who make them special. If you know of any standout employees, bosses or companies with a great story to tell, contact reporter Madasyn Lee at mlee@tribweb.com. Dr. John Bissell knew by age 13 that he...

Allegheny County Police on Monday released a description of a car that could be connected to the suspect in a violent Dormont home invasion. Police have been looking for Joel Hatfield, 28, no known address, since Sunday. Police say Hatfield, while armed with a knife, forced his way into an...

Allegheny County Police have issued an arrest warrant for a man they say attempted to rob another man with a knife Sunday morning in Dormont. The suspect has been identified as Joel Hatfield, 28, no known address. Hatfield is 5 feet, 10 inches tall and weighs 160 pounds. He was...

McKnight Road reopened early Monday morning after a large water main break, according to Tribune-Review news partner WPXI. Crews are still working to repair the damage. The water main break was reported just after 1:45 p.m. in the 8000 block of McKnight Road. An Allegheny County 911 dispatcher said the...

A Coraopolis man was sentenced to eight years in federal prison last week for providing the drug that prosecutors say killed a Moon Township woman more than two years ago. Cleo Maurice Bronaugh, 42, pleaded guilty over the summer to providing a woman, identified only by the initials L.T., with...

A FedEx driver dumped packages in a ditch instead of delivering them to their rightful owners Saturday afternoon in Mercer County, state police said. State police with the Mercer station say the incident happened just before 2:30 p.m. along Horvath Road in Lackawannock Township. Troopers said a witness saw a...

A W.L. Roenigk driver has been fired for leaving a 7-year-old Leechburg Area student on a minibus, company president Sue Roenigk said Thursday. The boy was mistakenly driven to the bus company’s Allegheny Township garage and office on Greenwood Road, about 5 miles from David Leech Elementary School where the...

Property taxes in Leechburg in the coming year are jumping by 22%. Leechburg Council on Tuesday passed a $1.2 million budget for 2020 that includes a 4-mill real estate tax increase. That means the borough’s tax rate will increase from 18.3124 mills to 22.3214 mills. With the increase, a homeowner...

The Pittsburgh Zoo & PPG Aquarium reported Tuesday that its northern elephant seal, Coolio, died during a veterinary procedure. According to zoo officials, gross necropsy results indicated that 7-year-old Coolio suffered from congenital abnormalities, including blood vessel abnormalities, which likely resulted in severe hypertension. “Our animals are like family and...

Tarentum is getting $226,000 in state funds to pay for traffic improvements at the intersection of East 10th Avenue and Corbet Street, officials announced this week. The money comes from PennDOT’s Automated Red Light Enforcement Transportation Enhancements Grant Program (ARLE Funding Program). It will be used to upgrade the intersection’s...

A Monessen man pleaded guilty to helping run a cross-country cocaine ring that was among the largest in Western Pennsylvania history, federal prosecutors said. Deaubre Lightfoot, 29, was convicted of conspiracy to possess with the intent to distribute 500 grams (about a pound) or more of cocaine, U.S. Attorney Scott...

West Leechburg Council has adopted a $505,500 budget for 2020 that includes a 5.5% increase in property taxes. Under the plan, the borough’s tax rate will go up 1.5 mills to 29 mills. At that rate, the owner of a home assessed at $15,218 — West Leechburg’s average assessed home...

When Lori Miller decided to organize a Christmas cookie exchange last year, she did it out of her Harrison home with about a dozen women. She had to move it to a bigger venue this year — a fire hall — due to popular demand. “The first year was last...

A man was shot in the leg early Sunday morning in Lawrenceville, according to Pittsburgh police. Police believe the shooting occurred near UPMC Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh. Police said they were called to reports of a shooting near the Sunoco gas station on the 4000 block of Penn Avenue shortly...

A Pittsburgh firefighter was slightly injured after he fell to the ground attempting to put out a fire in a house undergoing renovations in Duquesne Heights early Sunday, officials said. Firefighters were called to a fire at 306 Meridan St. shortly before 5:45 a.m. When they arrived, there were heavy...

When Adam Fusan moved into his West Deer home 10 years ago, there wasn’t a streetlight at the corner of Saxonburg Boulevard and McKrell Road. One was installed in July at the request of township supervisors. Fusan, who lives on Saxonburg, said it’s impacting his everyday life. “It’s driving me...

Editor’s note: Hambone’s said it was reopening Friday. A popular Lawrenceville bar was shut down Thursday for not paying its alcoholic beverage tax, officials said. Hambone’s at 4207 Butler St. was padlocked at 1 p.m. after Allegheny County Treasurer John Weinstein obtained a roughly $13,000 judgment against it, according to...

A Beaver County man this week pleaded guilty in federal court to robbing a Cranberry bank over the summer. Michael Ryan Neppach, 40, of Patterson, pleaded guilty to a charge of bank robbery, prosecutors said. Authorities said shortly after 4:45 p.m. Aug. 28, Neppach went to the PNC Bank at...

A former Collier police officer was arrested after two teenage girls told authorities that he requested nude pictures while he was still employed as a police officer, authorities said. Cory Hurka, 29, of Collier, was charged Tuesday with two counts each of unlawful contact with minors, criminal solicitation and corruption...