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Pittsburgh police: Man shot while driving in Homewood
A man was hospitalized in stable condition after being shot in Pittsburgh on Thursday evening. Officers responded to 911 calls for a person shot just before 5:45 p.m. along the 6900 block of Penn Avenue. Public Safety spokeswoman Cara Cruz said the victim told police he was shot a while...
Seton LaSalle Catholic High School closed at least through Sunday due to 2nd covid case
Seton LaSalle Catholic High School students will be learning remotely starting Friday after a second person at the school tested positive for covid-19. All activities in the building this weekend have been canceled as well, according to a release from the Catholic Diocese of Pittsburgh. It is unclear when the...
Penn Hills School District students pledge to promote peace
Penn Hills School District students recently participated in a non-violence week and promoted peace and unity. Students signed a peace pledge, and the signed pledges were hung in hallways. Elementary students also made various crafts featuring peace signs and positive messages....
Ohio Valley Lines in Ambridge cancels open house, holiday train display this year
Model trains of Ohio Valley Lines in Ambridge will not pull out of their station this year due to health concerns and covid-19 safety restrictions. The club of locomotive enthusiasts have hosted an open house and holiday display for nearly 40 years. It’s been held the last two decades at...
Plum School District approves new deal with its food services department
Plum School District officials recently inked a new three-year deal with their food service workers. The previous contract expired in June. The new deals runs through this school year and the next two. District Business Manager John Zahorchak said the five cook managers and 25 other food service workers will...
Medical examiner IDs man shot, killed in car in Pittsburgh’s Highland Park area
A man was fatally shot inside a vehicle in Pittsburgh’s Highland Park area Wednesday night. The Allegheny County Medical Examiner identified the victim as Lavonte Martel Howard, 28, of Pittsburgh. City Public Safety spokeswoman Cara Cruz said officers responded to a Shotspotter alert for multiple shots fired shortly before 8:10...
Pittsburgh police: Man in critical condition after being struck by vehicle
A man was taken to a Pittsburgh hospital in critical condition after being struck by a vehicle in the city’s Homewood West neighborhood. Public Safety spokeswoman Cara Cruz said officers responded to a pedestrian struck by a vehicle shortly before 5 p.m. Wednesday along the 800 block of Lincoln Avenue....
Protesters in Downtown Pittsburgh disperse, 3 from splinter group arrested
Pittsburgh police have arrested three people in connection with a protest downtown Wednesday night, according to Pittsburgh Public Safety officials. The arrests came after a small group of protesters broke off from a larger group and began overturning every garbage can they passed and knocking over traffic signs shortly before...
Tree planting near Beulah Presbyterian Church provides environmental boost to Churchill area
Volunteers from several organizations came together late last month to make the landscape of Churchill a little greener. More than 70 people planted 115 trees in the area between Beulah Presbyterian Church, its nearby cemetery and the Parkway East. The church partnered with Garfield Community Farm and Plant Five for...
Fire displaces 5 Harmar residents
The Allegheny County Fire Marshal’s Office is investigating a blaze that displaced five Harmar residents. Flames erupted in a garage at 241 Sweet Gum Road shorty after 9 p.m. Tuesday. Firefighters from several nearby communities were able to knock it down in about an hour and limit the damage to...
DUI, theft cases among those recently handled in Judge Zucco’s Plum court
Plum District Court Judge Linda Zucco handled these cases recently. Defendants will have court dates set in the Allegheny County Court of Common Pleas. Charges were filed by Plum police unless otherwise noted. Held for court • Chasity Gervasoni, 28, of Duquesne on charges of receiving stolen property, driving with...
2 of the 3 people killed in Saturday’s shooting in Pittsburgh’s Allentown have been identified
Allegheny County officials identified two of the three people killed in a Saturday night shooting in Pittsburgh. City police continue to investigate the incident, which took place shortly after 9 p.m. along Beltzhoover Avenue near Edgemont Street. Laffayette Gordon, 21, and Joseph Hendricks, 17, both of Pittsburgh, were fatally shot...
Oakmont Thanksgiving food drive underway for Rosedale Food Pantry
Food pantries like the one in Penn Hills’ Rosedale Methodist Church are preparing to serve more families than usual this holiday season. “This is our busy time,” said John Dick, Rosedale Food Pantry director. “It will probably increase this month and through Christmas.” The pantry helps an average of 170...
Oakmont emergency siren continues to cause problems for some residents
An Oakmont emergency siren continues to cause headaches for residents in the upper part of the borough. Ann Morrison lives along Hulton Road near Tenth Street Elementary, where one of three borough sirens go off for emergency calls. She told council at its Nov. 2 workshop meeting the siren causes...
News briefs: Oakmont library launches revamped website
Oakmont Carnegie Library’s website has a new look. The site was updated in October to make it more user friendly. There are tabs near the top of the main page with links to upcoming events, online resources, departments and contact information. It is also easier to search the library catalog...
Giant Eagle grant boosts Plum School District food service, free meals available for pickup
A donation from Giant Eagle has made delivering meals to Plum School District students a little easier during the covid-19 pandemic. The supermarket chain recently gave $1,000 to the district’s food services department. “We used the grant money to purchase mobile carts used to transport carryout meals, and we also...
Polling places: Where to vote in Sewickley and surrounding communities
Election day is Nov. 3. The Allegheny County Elections Division said all 1,323 polling locations will be open that day from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. Anyone in line at 8 p.m. will still be allowed the vote, according to the county’s website. The county website states poll workers will...
Oakmont Chamber Halloween event brings out costumed crowdVideo
Della Harbadin put her right hand in, took her right hand out, then put her right hand back in and shook it all about. The 10-year-old Oakmont resident dressed as Disney’s Mulan did the socially distanced hokey pokey as she and hundreds of other trick-or-treaters made for a great turnout...
Moon Area High School, middle school closed until Nov. 5 due to covid-19 cases
Moon Area High School and middle school will be closed for about a week after someone from the high school tested positive for covid-19, Superintendent Barry J. Balaski announced Thursday. Balaski posted the message on the front page of the district’s website, moonarea.net. Students from both schools will continue learning...
Grand opening of new Penn Hills Goodwill rescheduled due to construction
The opening of a new Goodwill store and donation center in the Penn Hills Shopping Center has been rescheduled. Doors to the new shop next to Planet Fitness off Rodi Road were to be opened Friday. David Tobiczyk, vice president of marketing and development for Goodwill of Southwestern Pennsylvania, said...
Polling places: Where to vote in Plum
Here is a list of the voting locations in Plum, broken down by district: • Districts 1 and 19: Plum Senior High School, 900 Elicker Road • District 2: Logans Ferry Heights Volunteer Fire Dept., 1001 Summit Ave. • District 3: Longwood at Oakmont Wellness Center, 500 Route 909 •...
Penn Hills School District officials suspend academic eligibility requirement, stick with PIAA standards
Penn Hills School District officials have temporarily suspended an academic eligibility requirement for athletics and other activities due to students struggling with learning during the first nine weeks of school. The board voted 7-0 Wednesday night to move forward with the plan. Board Vice President Yusef Thompson Sr. was absent....
Penn Hills School Board has a new member
The Penn Hills School Board has a new member. Resident Marisa Jamison was selected out of two candidates to fill the vacant seat left by Kristopher Wiegand, who resigned Oct. 13. Jamison, a 1987 North Catholic High School graduate, has bachelor’s and masters’ degrees in criminology from Indiana University of...
Polling places: Where to vote in Oakmont
Here is a list of the voting locations in Oakmont, broken down by district: • Districts 1 and 2: Tenth Street Elementary School, 901 Pennsylvania Ave. • District 3: Oakmont borough building, 767 Fifth Ave. • Districts 4 and 5: Oakmont United Methodist Church, 419 Maryland Ave. • District 6:...
Plum School District to seek state covid-19 relief
Plum School District officials are seeking state assistance to recoup covid-related expenses. School board members voted 8-0 on Oct. 27 to make district chief financial officer John Zahorchak its agent to apply for relief through the Pennsylvania Emergency Management Agency. Board member Angela Anderson was absent. Zahorchak said Plum is...
