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5 Democrats, 6 Republicans seeking nods to run for 4 seats on Jefferson Hills council
Jefferson Hills residents will have their pick from multiple candidates seeking their party’s nomination to run for borough council. There are five Democratic and six Republican hopefuls on the May 18 primary ballot, according to the Allegheny County Office of Elections unofficial candidate list. Democratic candidates include incumbent Vickie Ielase,...
1 person taken to hospital from fire in Pittsburgh’s Allentown neighborhood
Pittsburgh fire marshal is investigating after a fire at an Allentown home resulted on one person needing hospitalization. Allegheny County dispatchers said the two-alarm fire started around 9:45 p.m. Monday along the 400 block of Iberia Street. FINAL UPDATE:This fire was declared under control at 10:17 p.m.All occupants are accounted...
Fire in Pittsburgh’s Sheraden neighborhood injures 1
One person was taken to a hospital in connection with fire in Pittsburgh’s Sheraden neighborhood. Allegheny County dispatch said a fire broke out in a home at 3010 Bergman Street around 5:45 p.m. Monday. City fire marshals are investigating the cause of the fire. Dispatch said emergency responders began clearing...
Baldwin-Whitehall Principal Patricia Fusco among Pittsburgh Penguins Foundation MVPS
Baldwin-Whitehall School District Principal Patricia Fusco was named one of the Pittsburgh Penguins Foundation’s MVPs. Fusco is the top administrator at Harrison Education Center. She has served nearly 16 years in the district, including as an assistant principal at Paynter Elementary School for more than five years. The Penguins Foundation...
Penn Hills Elementary Principal Kristin Brown among Pittsburgh Penguin Foundation MVPs
Penn Hills Elementary Principal Kristin Brown was named one of the Pittsburgh Penguins Foundation’s MVPs. The Penguins Foundation partnered with the Grable Foundation and the Allegheny Intermediate Unit this year to launch a new initiative designed to honor educators making a difference in their school districts. Brown and 15 other...
Bethel Park School District employee charged with having guns on district property
A Bethel Park School District security guard was arrested Monday morning and charged with having firearms on school grounds, according to Bethel Park police Chief Timothy O’Connor. Bernard Switala, 43, of Bethel Park was taken into custody at the high school on a separate Allegheny County police warrant when officers...
Plum Republicans challenging to be on the November ballot
Editor’s note: The Advance Leader is only spotlighting contested races in the primary election. Plum Republicans have some choices to make when it comes to who they want to see on the November ballot. According to the Allegheny County Office of Elections unofficial candidate list, two former councilmen, two incumbents...
Riverview School Board primary has 6 candidates seeking both party nominations for 4 seats
Editor’s note: The Advance Leader is only spotlighting contested races in the primary election. Oakmont and Verona residents might see all the same Riverview School Board candidates vying for nominations in the primary on the November ballot, as six people have cross-filed, according to the Allegheny County Office of Elections...
Plum, Riverview school districts team up to provide covid vaccine clinic
Plum, Oakmont and Verona residents ages 16 and older will be able to get vaccinated at covid clinic Wednesday, May 12. The first dose of the Pfizer vaccine will be available from 3:30 to 6 p.m. at Oblock Junior High School, 440 Presque Isle Drive in Plum. The second shot...
Police: Woman rescued after car went over hillside in the South Side
A woman was rescued Thursday after her car careened over a hillside in Pittsburgh’s South Side. Public Safety spokesman Maurice Matthews said Pittsburgh emergency responders were dispatched to the 2800 block of Patterson Street around 1 p.m. They saw a car on the wooded hillside between Patterson and Josephine streets....
Police: 2 crashes in Monroeville result in 4 people hospitalized
Monroeville police are investigating separate crashes Thursday that both resulted in two people being sent to hospitals with non-life-threatening injuries. Chief Doug Cole said the first wreck took place along James Street at Speelman Lane near the Monroeville Mall around 12:15 p.m. Officers directed traffic around the crash site as...
Penn Hills students may get specialty meals, eat in cafeteria next school year
Penn Hills School District officials hope to offer students more food options, such as special themed meals, as well as cafeteria use next school year. They are one step closer to doing so as the school board unanimously voted April 28 to approved a new one-year, $2.23 million food service...
Plum Cleanup Week helps seniors, environment
Donna Kane knew she and her husband, Dan, needed help. The Plum senior couple was still recovering from the July 2019 storms that flooded many parts of Allegheny County. “My husband has a bad back, and because of that flood almost two years ago, my yard was kind of messed...
Pittsburgh man sentenced to 10 years in federal prison for child porn possession
A Pittsburgh man who plead guilty to possession of child pornography was sentenced Tuesday to 10 years in federal prison. Krent Jeffrey Haight, 48, of Mt. Washington is expected to spend the next decade behind bars after the sentence was imposed by U.S. District Judge Cathy Bisson. Haight admitted guilt...
Bethel Park School District officials honor staffer, other partners in the fight against covid
Having community partners can be a big boost for school districts fighting the covid-19 pandemic. Bethel Park officials understand that and recognized some of them at April’s school board meeting. School board president Pamela Dobos presented certificates to elementary school nurse Eileen Wallace, Spartan Pharmacy owner Adam Rice, and South...
Bethel Park to remain at 4 days in-person learning the rest of the school year
Bethel Park School District students will remain on a four-day in-person schedule through the rest of this school year. School directors adopted a resolution solidifying that plan Tuesday night. It also authorizes the administration to start planning for five-day in-person learning at the start of next school year. Board President...
South Fayette officials award street repair contract to Youngblood Paving
South Fayette commissioners recently awarded this year’s street paving program to Wampum-based Youngblood Paving. Township documents show the company was the lowest of five bidders at about $1.4 million including three alternate streets added to the base repair list. The project includes about 30 streets and several alleys. “They did...
Thomas Jefferson students gearing up for 1st shows in new theater
When Erin Kesser was pondering about the kind of musical to christen the new Thomas Jefferson High School theater, she could not come up with just one. The 1996 graduate and first-year director pitched a cabaret with numbers from the multiple shows performed at the district since 1986. “It’s going...
Police: Man shot at gas station in Pittsburgh’s Carrick neighborhood
A man is recovering at a hospital after being shot at a gas station in Pittsburgh’s Carrick neighborhood Monday afternoon. Public Safety spokesperson Maurice Matthews said the victim was in stable condition after the incident around 2:45 p.m. at the BP station along the 1900 block of Brownsville Road. Matthews...
Penn Hills community grieving loss of high school student, counseling available
The Penn Hills School District community is grieving the loss of a high school student. Jason Lott Jr., 17, died in his home on April 18, a little more than two weeks after the birth of his daughter, Amora Rose Lott. “It’s horrible,” his mother, Gina Bigenho, said Friday. “I...
Bethel Park School District developing comprehensive plan for future decisions
James Walsh has been Bethel Park School District’s superintendent for less than a semester and is already working with district and community leaders on plans for the next half-decade and beyond. He, as well as a steering committee of about 30 to 40 people including teachers, parents, students, school board...
Boy missing from Pittsburgh’s Brighton Heights/Marshall Shadeland neighborhoods found safe
A boy missing from Pittsburgh’s Brighton Heights/Marshall Shadeland neighborhoods was found and is safe, police said Thursday night. Original report follows: Authorities said Ronnell Miller, 11, was last seen in the Brighton Heights/Marshall Shadeland neighborhoods around 6 p.m. Thursday. He is described as standing 5 feet 4 inches tall, weighing...
Financial plan amendment proposed for Penn Hills School DistrictVideo
Strategically raising taxes to avoid a potential financial setback and developing an effective communication plan to control charter school enrollments were among the items proposed in an amendment to Penn Hills School District’s financial recovery plan. State-appointed Chief Recovery Officer Dan Matsook gave an overview of the amendment at a...
Bethel Park police announce Merit Award recipients
Three Bethel Park police officers were recently honored for their outstanding work in 2020. Since 1969, staff and sworn law enforcement have voted annually for the department’s Merit Award recipients, those who have displayed outstanding devotion of duty and service to the community. Top vote-getters were K-9 officer Andrew Jacobs,...
Zero Waste Wrangler food composting program proposed for Quaker Valley area
A Pittsburgh-based food waste recycler has partnered with Sustainable Sewickley to try to bring a weekly curbside food scrap collection program to the Quaker Valley . A Kickstarter effort was launched earlier this month to raise $25,000 and get 90 households to sign up for the service for one year....
