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Pittsburgh Marathon complete; Feyissa and Bareikis take first-place wins
Thousands of runners from around the region, country and world descended on Pittsburgh before dawn Sunday to pound the pavement in search of accomplishment. Mulegeta Birhanu Feyissa of Ethiopia was the first to cross the finish line in the Men’s Elite race with an unofficial time of 2 hours, 14...
Pittsburgh Marathon attracts 23k runners giving their personal best
Sydney Willig trained more than just her legs to run 13.1 miles around Pittsburgh on Sunday. The 21-year-old Norwin graduate, who has cystic fibrosis, also trained her lungs. To prepare for her first half marathon, Willig woke up at 4 a.m. Sunday to use a nebulizer and vibrating vest that...
Pittsburgh man sentenced for 2013 slaying of man who tried to stop a robbery
The man police say was responsible for killing a grocery store customer during a 2013 bank robbery in Washington County has been sentenced to 20 to 40 years in a state prison, according to Trib news partner WTAE. Keith D. Wilk, 41, of Pittsburgh, pleaded guilty to third-degree murder and...
Ex-Greensburg police chief Shawn Denning sentenced to 15 months in federal prison
Former Greensburg police Chief Shawn Denning was sentenced Thursday to 15 months in federal prison in a drug distribution conspiracy case that derailed the military veteran’s career and left the community in shock. U.S. District Judge Cathy Bissoon called Denning’s actions egregious. “You betrayed the duties of a police officer...
Hempfield OKs home purchase for $290K, with plans for demolition imminent
Hempfield supervisors this week signed off on the purchase of a home for $290,000 that will be demolished as part of a project to align the township’s new municipal complex with the Five Star Trail. The township will lease the Summit Drive property to its current owner for $1 until...
2 Murrysville homes damaged by fire
Two Murrysville residents escaped their homes Tuesday morning in a senior living community after a fire broke out at one and spread to the second. Laura Thomson raced to The Village of Clover Ridge after her mother texted her that there was a fire next door and she heard explosions,...
Derry Township man arrested after shotgun blast inside home, standoff with police
A Derry Township man is behind bars after state police said he fired a shotgun through a wall at his home Sunday night, missing a woman on the other side by a few feet. Police said the woman reported debris and drywall fell onto her, according to court papers. She...
Police: Feds raid upscale home in Hempfield, find steroid lab making millions of dollars of the drug
A steroid manufacturing and selling operation in Hempfield that state police said was raking in millions of dollars was disrupted Friday as troopers worked with federal law enforcement to raid a home in an upscale neighborhood. Authorities spent much of the day on Muirfield Drive, not far from Youngwood. “We...
Ex-Greensburg police chief hopes to avoid jail time in drug conspiracy case
Former Greensburg police chief Shawn Denning is hoping to stay out of jail when he is sentenced in federal court next week in his drug distribution conspiracy case. Prosecutors are asking Denning be required to serve “a reasonable sentence of incarceration,” according to a sentencing memorandum filed Thursday. Denning’s attorney...
Troopers find 13 pounds of cocaine hidden in SUV after traffic stop on Pa. Turnpike
State police reported finding on Wednesday 13 pounds of suspected cocaine hidden in an SUV while it was traveling on the Pennsylvania Turnpike through Westmoreland County. Troopers estimated the street value of the drugs at $150,000. A trooper who was monitoring westbound traffic in Mt. Pleasant Township around 1 p.m....
Demolition of former SCI Greensburg prison begins
Now that demolition at the former SCI Greensburg prison is getting underway, Hempfield officials are ready to look at the property’s future. Township supervisors could begin discussions this summer on how to reuse the 96-acre site off Route 119 between Greensburg and Youngwood. “We need to start that,” said Supervisor...
Police blame Hempfield Route 30 crash on wrong-way driver
A crash that injured two people Wednesday on Route 30 in Hempfield was the result of a wrong-way driver, said state police Trooper Steve Limani. Troopers are still investigating how the driver got onto the eastbound lanes of the divided highway going west, but think they may have entered at...
Eastbound Route 30 reopens near Cedar Street exit in Hempfield after 4-vehicle crash
Two people were taken to AHN Forbes Hospital in Monroeville on Wednesday after a four-vehicle crash on Route 30 in Hempfield, according to Mutual Aid spokesperson Shawn Penzera. Their conditions were unclear. Traffic was affected for four hours. The eastbound side of the highway was shut down in the area...
Street paving contracts approved in Greensburg and Jeannette
Streets in two Westmoreland County communities are set to be improved after project approvals by their respective city councils last week. In Greensburg, three contracts were awarded. Donegal Construction Corp. will handle $46,000 worth of paving through a partnership with Peoples Gas, city administrator Kelsye Milliron said. Mele & Mele...
Greensburg Fire Department sells dual-driver ladder truck
The Greensburg Fire Department’s tractor-drawn ladder truck will be heading south. City council last week unanimously approved selling the 2012 truck to Charleston, S.C., for $750,000, said administrator Kelsye Milliron. The department has had that type of ladder truck for about 70 years, but with fewer volunteers, there isn’t enough...
Hempfield driver dies in head-on collision with tree
A Hempfield man died Saturday after the Ford pickup truck he was driving crashed, according to Westmoreland County Coroner Tim Carson. Kenneth R. Altman, 68, was traveling on North Greengate Road in Hempfield around 4:15 p.m. when the pickup left the road and collided head-on with a tree. He was...
Man, juveniles convicted of poaching white-tailed deer in Somerset County, prohibited from hunting for decades
It will be decades before three people convicted of poaching 19 white-tailed deer in Somerset County over a two-month span in 2020 are allowed to hunt again, according to the Pennsylvania Game Commission. Although authorities were able to tie 19 poached deer to the three suspects, they said they believe...
2 dead in Findlay Township house fire
Two people were found dead in an early morning fire Saturday in Findlay Township, according to Trib news partner WTAE. The blaze was reported on Poplar Street around 4:30 a.m. at a two-story home in the village of Imperial. Allegheny County police and fire marshal are investigating, the news outlet...
Lawmakers seek insight at North Huntingdon business on boosting support for moms, babies
Megs Yunn spread plenty of cheer among state lawmakers who visited her North Huntingdon warehouse Wednesday. The legislators are considering help for Pennsylvania mothers and babies, possibly replicating what Yunn has accomplished through Beverly’s PGH, which has supported thousands of families in the region. “How can we expand this concept...
2nd man charged in connection with 2023 fatal shooting in Jeannette
Charges were filed Wednesday against a second man in connection with a 2023 fatal shooting in Jeannette. Deshawn Russell, 27, of Pittsburgh, was awaiting arraignment on charges of first-degree murder, second-degree murder, conspiracy and related offenses. The second set of charges comes a day after Maleek Dionte Green, 27, of...
Search warrant reveals Rostraver woman’s fiance reported her death to police
When Bryan Murray hadn’t heard from his fiancee last Friday morning, he went to the Rostraver home where they lived to check on her, according to a search warrant filed Tuesday by police. Murray reported to township police that he found Jennah M. Seibert, 24, dead in a bed about...
2 charged after Unity woman is scammed of $19,000
Two New York men are behind bars after state police said they scammed a Unity woman out of $19,000 and led troopers on a chase that ended with their capture on the Pennsylvania Turnpike. Preliminary hearings are scheduled later this month for Reheem J. Anderson, 22, and Floyd B. Forrest,...
Jeannette considering rehabilitation of donated property
A property on Frothingham Avenue is being donated to Jeannette and city officials said a home on it may be rehabilitated or demolished. City council last week accepted the donation of 148 Frothingham Ave. in a 4-1 vote. Councilwoman Michelle Langdon cast the opposing vote. City manager Ethan Keedy said...
Kitten season: Vet offices, animal rescue sites brace for deluge of cats
Animal rescue groups are bracing for thousands in costs to care for a deluge of cute, but expensive, charges. Greensburg-based Wayward Whiskers Animal Rescue expects to spend between $50,000 and $70,000 solely for what is known as kitten season. The expense is about 40% of its annual budget, president and...
Video: Suspects grab $3K in merchandise from Hempfield Dick’s, flee storeVideo
Three people darted in to the Dick’s Sporting Goods store in Hempfield this week, grabbed $3,000 worth of merchandise and ran out, according to state police. Troopers arrested one of the suspects, but are seeking help to identify the other two. The theft was reported around 11:30 a.m. Sunday at...
