Michael DiVittorio stories, Page 114

Oakmont police Sgt. Jack Eaton has called it a career after nearly three decades in law enforcement. He served the borough for the past 27 years as a patrolman and later sergeant. The lifelong borough resident, Riverview High School and University of Pittsburgh graduate was on the Verona police force...

A Pittsburgh police officer has been placed on administrative leave and is under investigation for an alleged offensive social media posts made on the officer’s personal Facebook page. Public Safety spokeswoman Cara Cruz reported Friday that the Office of Municipal Investigations is investigating the complaint. OMI analyzes and investigates citizen...

Penn Hills School District officials have a plan to ensure students stay fed this school year no matter if they come to class or learn online. The first day of school for the estimated 3,100 students is scheduled for Sept. 8. Students coming to class will be split into two...

Ross Township’s inaugural deer population management program kicks off next month in connection with deer archery hunting season. Commissioners in June approved an organized bow hunt on public and private land to reduce the number of deer in the township. About a dozen hunters from Wexford-based Suburban Whitetail Management LLC...

The Penn Hills School District plans to spend more than $1 million to replace boilers at the high school and elementary school. District plant manager Bora Caliskan said two of five boilers at the high school and one of three boilers at the elementary school are not working. Boilers have...

A man who walked into a Pittsburgh area hospital with a gunshot wound has died. City police spokesman Maurice Matthews said officers responded to a ShotSpotter alert for a shooting around 7 p.m. Wednesday along the 500 block of Norton Street in Mt. Washington. Responding officers discovered a vehicle that...

Pine Township officials seek to have new representation on the Northern Tier Regional Library board after a resident resigned from the appointed post. Supervisors accepted the resignation of Catherine Boyle at Tuesday night’s meeting. Boyle had served on the library board for about five years. She was reappointed in 2018....

An employee of the AAA travel office in the Crossroads Plaza in Lower Burrell was hospitalized Tuesday after a car slammed into the front of the building. A Toyota Prius jumped the curb, crashed through the storefront and pushed the woman into the front counter, according to Lower Burrell Fire...

Oakmont officials want to review the use of borough fire department sirens in response to resident complaints. Councilwoman Leah Powers on Aug. 17 requested a log of the sirens’ uses and for what calls after a discussion with resident Jill Weeks. Weeks showed council a video that evening with children...

Two men were found shot in Pittsburgh’s East Hills neighborhood Monday night. Pittsburgh police responded to multiple reports of shots fired around 10 p.m. in the 2200 and 2300 blocks of East Hills Drive. One man was in stable condition when taken to a hospital, police said. Police said the...

Oakmont officials are giving a break to some borough businesses hit hard by the covid-19 pandemic. Council unanimously adopted a resolution Aug. 17 waiving its mechanical amusement device tax for the year. Police Chief Michael Ford, whose department collects the fee, made the recommendation. He said the tax is levied...

When school begins, Riverview School District students and staff will see new safety protocols, new challenges and a new superintendent to help guide them through it all. Neil English, district curriculum coordinator and high school instructional principal, was chosen to succeed Peggy DiNinno as Riverview’s top administrator. DiNinno is retiring...

A man was hospitalized in stable condition Thursday after being shot multiple times in Pittsburgh’s Hazelwood neighborhood, according to police. Authorities said officers responded to a Shotspotter alert and 911 calls for a man shot along the 100 block of Alluvian Street around 10:30 a.m. The found the victim suffering...

An attempt to censure Plum School Board member Amy Wetmore for a controversial Facebook post has failed. School Director Scott Kolar made a motion at a special meeting Aug. 12 to draft a resolution to censure Wetmore’s actions and condemn her statements absolving the district of any connection to her...

Penn Hills School District officials have changed the name of their cyber academy a week after discussing changing the district’s Indians nickname and mascot. The board unanimously approved the switch from CHIEFS Cyber Academy to Penn Hills Cyber Academy at a special meeting Wednesday night. It was the same meeting...

Penn Hills School District officials hired a Trafford-based company, with ties to the district’s solicitor, to do temperature checks on students coming back to school despite parental opposition and calls from a few board members to delay the vote. The school board voted 6-3 Wednesday night to have Mobile Health...

Penn Hills School District officials unanimously approved their reopening plan Wednesday night and pushed back the start of the upcoming school year. The reopening plan includes hybrid learning as well as an online option for families not confident just yet with sending their children back into the buildings during the...

Plum’s stormwater task force has a new member and may have its first public meeting soon. Council appointed resident Bill Chapla on Monday night to fill one of the two vacancies on the committee that was created to address flooding issues. “I was affected by last year’s flooding on Pine...

Plum School District officials have pushed back the first day of classes and plan to start in-person schooling with half the students at a time. The school board approved the changes at a special meeting Tuesday night. Opening day has been moved from Aug. 19 to Wednesday, Sept. 2. Superintendent...

Sewickley officials seek to fill a vacancy on council by next month, and plan to appoint a new mayor early next year. The resignations of both Councilman Hendrik van der Vaart and Mayor Brian Jeffe were addressed by council Tuesday night. Van der Vaart submitted his letter of resignation Friday....

Pittsburgh police are seeking help finding a missing juvenile. Authorities said Taesean Gibson, 12, was last seen at his North Side home around 7:45 p.m. Sunday. He’s described as standing 5 feet 5 inches tall, weighing 155 pounds with short black hair and brown eyes. Police said he was wearing...

People can patronize the Oakmont Carnegie Library in person by appointment during the covid-19 pandemic. Library Director Beth Mellor said they started letting people in by appointment last week after enough plexiglass shields were in place. Appointments can be made either through the library’s website or by calling 412-828-9532. Up...

With masks being required to go into many businesses, and students and teachers mandated to wear face coverings when coming back to school during the covid-19 pandemic, many people are doing their part to ensure those needs are covered. Valerie Corbin and her Monroeville family are no exception. Corbin, who...