Michael DiVittorio stories, Page 83

Damani Clemons took the title of a Freeport community celebration to the next level earlier this month as he swam about near the Allegheny River bank. The Vandergrift boy was accompanied by his grandmother, Rosa Clemons, and her 5-year-old Chihuahua, Diva. Clemons recently had moved to Freeport from Tarentum. When...

Police are seeking the public’s help in identifying a male suspect in the Monday afternoon shooting of a 17-year-old boy in Penn Hills. According to authorities, the boy was shot multiple times near the gas pump of a BP station. Penn Hills Police Chief Howard Burton said the shooting took...

South Buffalo firefighters plan to bring back a Halloween event designed to keep children off the streets and still go home with bags full of sweets. The second annual Trunk-or-Treat at 100 Fire Hall Road is schedule for 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Oct. 30, the same time as the...

Music and merriment will once again fill the Bethel Park High School campus as the borough hosts its annual Community Day following a pandemic hiatus. The event kicks off Saturday at 9 a.m. with a parade starting at the borough building, 5100 W. Library Ave., and heads down to Highland...

Critical race theory is not part of the Quaker Valley curriculum and is not being taught in its schools, district officials said on Sept. 21. Assistant Superintendent Andrew Surloff said it’s a college and law school level topic and is not something he has found being taught at the K-12...

Quaker Valley School District officials have rehired a consultant to help with more community engagement with the proposed high school project. The board approved a $13,500 agreement with BrainSpaces Inc. on Tuesday night. Consultants will work with architects and the public in brainstorming sessions and related efforts starting immediately to...

A budding ambulance company established its first official station via a partnership with an idle Jefferson Hills fire company. Pittsburgh Safety Consultants was founded about two years ago in McDonald. It would serve as a medical standby for events such as high school football games, swim meets, big fairs and...

A man wanted in connection with a murder in Pittsburgh’s Beltzhoover neighborhood was taken into custody, Public Safety officials announced Monday. Raymontay Green, 20, of Arlington was arrested Saturday, according to court documents. He is charged in the killing of Darren Green, 29, of Sheraden. The victim was shot to...

Pittsburgh Water and Sewer Authority has been sentenced in federal court to three years’ probation and ordered to pay $500,000 after being convicted of violating the Clean Water Act, authorities announced. U.S. District Judge William S. Stickman IV imposed the sentence, which also forces PWSA to implement a comprehensive environmental...

Most people go to libraries for books, movies, magazines and related media. Freeport Area Library offers those and something more: a flea market. The lower level of the privately operated library along Market Street is filled with glassware, dishes, lamps, pictures, knickknacks, jewelry, vinyl records, antique keys, clothes and, yes,...

Sewickley officials have approved a new five-year contract with garbage hauler Waste Management. The borough was one of 11 communities to bid out their trash service through the Quaker Valley Council of Governments. COG Executive Director Patrick Conners said it was done that way to get a better price than...

Pittsburgh police are investigating a stabbing in city’s Homewood South neighborhood. Public Safety spokeswoman Amanda Mueller said officers responded to the incident around 1:15 p.m. along the 600 block of Hale Street. A man was treated for a non-critical stab wound to the back, and another man was taken into...

Two Apollo area residents were arrested by Kiski Township police following an incident during a welfare check at a township home. Officers responded to a residence along Old State Road around 4:15 p.m. Monday when they found a man believed to have been under the influence of narcotics and a...

A celebration of togetherness, local talent and support for nonprofits and small businesses returns to Freeport after a year hiatus due to the pandemic. September by the River is scheduled for Saturday and Sunday in Riverside Park along the Allegheny River. “We’re super excited to be able to do it,”...

A Leechburg fundraiser designed to support breast cancer research is about to reach a milestone. The 10th annual Pink Day is set for 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sept. 18 along Market Street between First and Third streets. It benefits the Breast Cancer Research Foundation. Mayor Wayne Dobos said he...

A man was hospitalized in critical condition after being shot in Pittsburgh’s Mt. Washington neighborhood Monday night. Public Safety spokesperson Maurice Matthews said officers responded to a 911 call for the shooting around 8:30 p.m. along the 200 block of Jasper Street. Police encountered a 20-year-old man suffering from a...

Freeport Area School District officials have partnered with the Allegheny County Fire Academy to offer a new program for students. School board members unanimously voted Thursday night to offer a dual enrollment program for entry level fire training. “I think it’s a great thing,” board president Dan Lucovich said. “The...

Freeport Area School District Superintendent Ian Magness has apologized for what multiple parents said was a threat to call the Office of Children, Youth and Families if a student repeatedly refuses to wear a mask and a parent also does not comply with the recent state mandate. “A statement I...

A deteriorated walking trail in Aspinwall’s Fireman’s Memorial Park will be renovated and widened as part of a recreation project partially paid for by a federal grant. Borough officials awarded the estimated $50,300 project to Donora-based El Grande Industries on Sept. 8. The North Hills Council of Governments still needs...

Brick Fest Live, the nation’s largest touring fan-created LEGO show, comes to the Monroeville Convention Center this weekend. More than 1 million LEGO bricks will be on display throughout the 70,000-square-foot venue. The show is scheduled for 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday and Sunday at 209 Mall Plaza Blvd....

A Cheswick man who was pulled from his burning home Friday night has died. The Allegheny County Medical Examiner’s Office identified the victim Saturday as Darryl Joseph Hamley, 54. Fire Chief Rick Franks said firefighters from Oakmont and Springdale quickly responded to the duplex at 1419 Pittsburgh St. “He was...

A man was found shot multiple times inside a Monroeville hotel Friday morning. Police responded to calls for the shooting around 4:40 a.m. at Rodeway Inn & Suites along the 2700 block of Mosside Boulevard. A man who police did not identify was found suffering from multiple gunshot wounds. He...

Paul Nosek watched news coverage of planes crashing into the World Trade Center towers on 9/11 from a conference room inside the Pentagon. ‘Somebody said, ‘Hey, I’m not going to eat in the center courtyard because if they can hit (the World Trade Center towers), then they can hit us,’...