Stephen Huba stories, Page 11

Energy companies plan to retire another 17 gigawatts of coal-fired capacity in the United States by 2025, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration. Among the planned retirements is the Bruce Mansfield Plant in Shippingport, Beaver County, in June 2021. FirstEnergy Solutions, a subsidiary of Akron-based FirstEnergy Corp., announced the...

Capitalizing on the recent legalization of industrial hemp, Penn State Extension is holding a Hemp Research Field Day for interested farmers Aug. 6. The second annual event, scheduled for 4:30-8:30 p.m., will be held at the Penn State Southeast Research & Extension Center in Manheim, Lancaster County. Cost is $10,...

Pittsburgh Theological Seminary is holding a two-day workshop in September to help clergy and religious leaders be more welcoming to immigrants. The workshop, “Allies in Faith: Encouraging Hospitality to Immigrants,” is scheduled for Sept. 11-12 at the East Liberty seminary, 616 N. Highland Ave., and is being held in conjunction...

The Pittsburgh Steelers can consider themselves prayed up and ready to go for 2019. On Sunday, team executives, staff and fans gathered at Saint Vincent Parish for the annual Mass for Steelers training camp. The basilica dominates the Unity campus of Saint Vincent College, where the Steelers began their annual...

Uniontown police have a person in custody following two apparently related shooting incidents in Uniontown early Sunday morning, according to Tribune-Review news partner WPXI-TV. Charges of attempted criminal homicide are pending. Police responded to a call of shots being fired at 14 Pershing Court shortly after 4 a.m. Sunday. Police...

A smalltown festival devoted to paranormal phenomena is not going to hold too many surprises, given the subject matter. So to see a young man striding with a sense of purpose in full Army regalia at the 2019 Kecksburg UFO Festival on Saturday — well, it didn’t seem all that...

Pittsburgh police have made an arrest in the early Saturday morning shooting death of an employee of a North Side homeless shelter. The victim, whom police identified only as a 57-year-old man, worked at the Pleasant Valley Men’s Shelter, 1601 Brighton Road, as a night monitor. In a Facebook post,...

A 28-year-old woman was killed Saturday morning in a two-vehicle accident in Washington Township. Washington Township police identified the fatality victim as Haley D. Montgomery, of Brackenridge. Montgomery was driving northbound on Route 66 and attempted to turn left onto Greensburg Road (Route 366) at about 7:40 a.m. Saturday. She...

While the Kecksburg UFO sighting has become a quaint part of local lore, more recent reports of unexplained aerial phenomena are getting serious attention from Congress, the U.S. military and longtime UFO watchers. “It’s not going away,” said retired journalist Bob Gatty. “Whether you believe or don’t believe in this...

Mickey Repko’s life got swept up in the great drama of World War II when he enlisted in the Army on March 25, 1943. What little he said about his military service over the years suggested that by the time his unit arrived in Europe, most of the fighting was...

Organizers hope to double the amount of money raised at the 2019 “Touch a Truck” benefit for the Scottdale Volunteer Fire Department on Aug. 11. The second annual open house/boot drive, scheduled for 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., will be held at the Scottdale VFD, 317 Pittsburgh St., Scottdale. Firefighters...

Capitalizing on the recent legalization of industrial hemp, Penn State Extension is holding a Hemp Research Field Day for interested farmers on Aug. 6. The second annual event, scheduled for 4:30-8:30 p.m., will be held at the Penn State Southeast Research & Extension Center in Manheim, Lancaster County. Cost is...

Picking up online orders from the Greengate Walmart Supercenter just got a little easier. The store, located at 2200 Greengate Center Circle in Hempfield, installed a pickup tower on Friday, allowing customers to pick up online orders near the entrance instead of the back of the store. It is the...

A proposal to expand the statewide ban on feeding big game is being considered by the Pennsylvania Game Commission. The commission is holding a series of meetings across the state in July and August to solicit public comment on the proposal, which would extend a ban on feeding bear and...

Hempfield-based e-waste recycler CyberCrunch is offering a 25% discount to clients of Arrow Electronics, which is closing its IT asset disposition business by the end of the year. Centennial, Colo.-based Arrow Electronics announced on Thursday that it was closing its ITAD business, known as Arrow Sustainable Technology Solutions, because of...

A Natrona Heights woman is accusing Sheetz of enriching itself by improperly charging a sales tax on bottled water. Jennifer Montgomery filed a class-action complaint against Sheetz in Allegheny County Common Pleas Court, alleging she was illegally charged a sales tax on nonflavored mineral water that she bought from two...

Bishop Edward C. Malesic of the Greensburg Catholic Diocese has appealed to Pennsylvania lawmakers and President Donald Trump to solve the nation’s immigration impasse. In a letter dated July 12, Malesic expressed frustration with the continuing immigration “stranglehold” that is causing “tragic and inhumane consequences” for the United States. “I...

Spreadshirt, the cotton apparel print-on-demand company, says it plans to install $10 million in new printing equipment at its American and European production facilities, including the one in Hempfield. Spreadshirt, founded in 2002 in Leipzig, Germany, operates a branch office and printing factory at 1572 Roseytown Road. The Hempfield facility...

A National Guardsman from Harrison City took top honors in the Governor’s Twenty marksmanship competition this month at the Fort Indiantown Gap Warrior Training Grounds. Senior Airman Nicholas Yackovich was named the top shooter in the annual competition and, as such, received an embroidered Governor’s Twenty tab and a certificate....

The Our Lady of Mount Carmel Festival in Crabtree started 108 years ago with a group of Italian guys sitting around, reminiscing about the religious festivals they enjoyed back in the Old Country. The festivals, or fiestas, usually involved a solemn high Mass, followed by a procession in honor of...

Like his beard, Daniel Schultheis grew into the role of Santa Claus over the years. He started out wearing a fake beard, but there was nothing fake about his Santa persona, his daughters said. “My dad — you’d swear he thought he was Santa all year long,” said Valerie Handford,...

Are you a farmer who is interested in growing hops, one of the chief ingredients in beer? Penn State Extension is offering a Hops Production Field Day from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. July 29 at the Barn at Soergel Hollow, 1078 Prospect Road, Evans City, Butler County. The field...

The Texas-based owner of a petroleum pipeline that serves Western Pennsylvania is not taking “no” for an answer. Houston-based Buckeye Partners LP and its subsidiary, Laurel Pipe Line Co., which operates an east-to-west pipeline through Pennsylvania, want the option to deliver fuel from west-to-east, but can’t get the necessary regulatory...

In downtown Greensburg, a man’s home could be his Palace. The last four apartments developed by the Westmoreland Cultural Trust above the Palace Theatre are ready for occupancy. One of the third-floor apartments is already spoken for, but the other three range in size from 808 to 1,218 square feet....