Michael DiVittorio stories, Page 74

Allegheny County Court of Common Pleas, all magisterial courts in the county and Pittsburgh Municipal Court, will be closed Friday due to inclement weather. President Judge Kim Berkeley Clark signed the order Thursday. Arraignment Court will remain open. National Weather Service in Pittsburgh is predicting a mix of freezing rain...

Reyné O’Shaughnessy of Sewickley has spent the better part of about 35 years flying the friendly skies. The commercial airline captain and pilot logged more than 10,000 hours of jet flight time across the world. She has been at the helm of some of the world’s largest planes, including the...

A Plum church’s program to help the homeless has received a boost through a Tarentum-area charitable trust. Unity Community Church, located along Unity-Trestle Road, launched its Feed the Flock Project last year through a $5,000 grant from the Ira R. Wood and Frances Wood Charitable Trust. It was designed to...

One way to deal with freezing temperatures is to step into a sauna. Those courageous enough to brave the elements will have a unique opportunity to do just that throughout the next several weeks in Sharpsburg. O’Hara resident John Barbour plans to set up his mobile sauna at James Sharp...

People could use a little more love and laughter with the way things are going on in the world. Officials at Cooper-Siegel Community Library in Fox Chapel think so, which why it is hosting a stand up comedy fundraiser Feb. 12. John Evans of NBC’s “Last Comic Standing” headlines the...

Penn Hills police are investigating a crash that sent two people to the hospital Monday morning. Allegheny County dispatchers said the incident occurred around 8 a.m. near the intersection of Aster Street and Saltsburg Road by Linton Middle School. Two people were hospitalized. Their condition was not available. No other...

Sharpsburg council has a vacant two-year seat. Letters of interest and resumes can be sent to the borough office, 1611 Main St. Deadline for submissions is Feb. 16. Council plans to interview candidates and make an appointment at its Feb. 24 meeting. The vacancy was created when Councilman-elect Brian Kozera...

Lifesaving lessons Foxwall EMS is offering a free community CPR class at Cooper-Siegel Community Library, 403 Fox Chapel Road. It is scheduled from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Feb. 5 in the Verne C. Koch Program Room. The class is designed to teach people ages 18 and older the fundamental...

A water main break in late June outside the entrance of Pitcairn Hose. Co. No. 1 shot water up like a geyser and flooded part of the fire hall and station. The 4-inch line served the sprinkler system and the everyday water supply of the fire company along South Center...

Sharpsburg officials are exploring the possibility of decriminalizing possession of marijuana and related paraphernalia. Specifically: a small amount of all forms and varieties of cannabis, as well as the smoking of it in public spaces. Mayor Brittany Reno cast the deciding vote at Thursday night’s council meeting. The move allows...

Woodland Hills School District officials have selected Daniel Castagna as their acting superintendent, district officials announced Friday. Castagna, who was fired in 2019 by West Mifflin Area School District after two DUI arrests, will serve as Woodland Hills’ top administrator until a more permanent superintendent can be found. Castagna at...

An Italian eatery in Sewickley has reopened with a new layout, menu, staff and ownership. Customers are welcome once again to Mambo Italia along Broad Street. Business partners Joe Piccirilli and John Schiavo bought the restaurant in the summer following its closure. Mambo Italia underwent extensive renovations, added new staff...

Peter Papadakos was passionate about his Greek heritage, serving the church and helping anyone who needed it. Those ideals, and practicing law, were among the first things that came to mind when friends reflected on the life of the McKeesport native. A treasurer and longtime member of the Grecian Odyssey...

Temperature checks for students at Penn Hills Elementary and Linton Middle School will continue, and masks remain mandatory at school district facilities, according to a reapproved health and safety plan. School board members voted 6-2 on Jan. 26 to keep all things status quo with the school district covid mitigation...

The fate of a proposed Quaker Valley High School could be decided Feb. 9. The Leet Township Zoning Hearing Board members will publicly debate, and are expected to take action on, a special exception application that day starting at 7 p.m. at the township building. The board also has scheduled...

Longtime civil and human rights activist Alma Speed Fox of Pittsburgh has died. A spokesperson for her church, the Historic Church of the Holy Cross Episcopal in Homewood, said Fox died Monday at age 98. Her daughter, Muriel Fox Alim, confirmed the news Tuesday evening. Alim said Fox died peacefully...

Property owners in the Quaker Valley School District should not expect to see any hike in real estate taxes beyond 3.4% for the next school year. School district officials recently approved a resolution pledging to keep any tax hike within an inflation-based state limit. Act 1, passed in 2006 to...

President Joe Biden is planning a Friday trip to Pittsburgh, the White House announced. The location wasn’t specified, but in a statement, the White House said Biden would be talking about strengthening the nation’s supply chains, revitalizing American manufacturing and creating good-paying, union jobs. The president will also be touting...

Edgeworth officials have approved a contract with an O’Hara Township company to reduce pollution in an Ohio River tributary. Council voted 6-0 on Jan. 18 in favor of Gary Metzinger Cement Contractor for a stream bank restoration project along Creek Drive. Councilman Daniel Wilson was absent. The tributary is colloquially...

An Avella man has died after crashing into a home in Cross Creek Township on Thursday afternoon. Washington County Coroner’s Office officials said Zachary James Noga, 28, was not wearing a seat belt when he lost control of his vehicle along the 200 block of Cross Creek Road around 2:20...

Opal Cress sat beside her father, Ben, and younger brother, Gabriel, inside Edgeworth Elementary School on Tuesday afternoon. It was a familiar location for the Quaker Valley School District second grader, but an unfamiliar setting. About a dozen or more UPMC staffers and nurses operated a registration desk and several...

Edgeworth council maintained its leadership this year. Several members also were sworn in to new four-year terms at the borough’s reorganization meeting on Jan. 18. John Schwend, borough manager and notary, swore in Mayor Gary Smith and council members Ivan Hofmann, Joseph Hoepp and Katherine Larsen. Council then unanimously reappointed...

Fox Chapel Area School District has partnered with a California-based business to help link students and staffers to mental health professionals. The board recently approved a contract of nearly $20,000 with Care Solace to provide a web-based navigation system. Families can use the service in conjunction with the school district...