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McCandless delays vote on Sheetz liquor license
McCandless council delayed a vote on a request from Sheetz to transfer a liquor license to the new store being built along Perry Highway. The town wants additional information — in writing — about how the store plans to monitor and control alcohol sales. The Altoona-based company wants to transfer...
Reopening of Depreciation Lands Museum in Hampton delayed
The Depreciation Lands Museum in Hampton Township has canceled plans to reopen after the state-mandated shutdown because of renewed concerns about the need to slow the spread of coronavirus. The board of directors nixed the July 12 reopening and plan to discuss when the Colonial-era living history museum will resume...
Overnight road work scheduled this weekend in Franklin Park
Overnight shifts for work along a stretch of Brandt School Road in Franklin Park will be added this weekend, PennDOT announced. In addition to the work being done from 6 a.m. to 7 p.m. Monday through Saturday, employees of Oakmont-based A. Folino Construction will be on site from 7 p.m....
Letter to Editor: McCandless rules on raising chickens is for the birds
I am a McCandless resident with five chickens residing in my household and I would like to share my thoughts on the new law outlined in the June 10 article by Tony LaRussa, “McCandless considers chicken ordinance that doesn’t run afoul of the law.” Why would anybody think it right...
Week In Review: Bar, restaurant shutdown; arrest made in 2013 ‘Baby Marcus’ shooting; city ban on police chokeholdsVideo
Here are some recent Tribune-Review news and feature stories from around the region. For more details on these and other stories, follow the links below or see TribLIVE.com. Allegheny County orders bars, restaurants to halt on-premises dining for a week Bars, restaurants and casinos in Allegheny County must close for...
Pine church sets up ‘blessing box’ to provide food, other items for struggling families
A North Hills church has set up an around-the-clock resource called a “blessing box” to help residents who need help with food and other essential items. “Our church leadership was desperate to do something helpful for people during the stay-at-home orders and subsequent time period,” said the Rev. Niki Atkinson,...
Officials recover body of hiker who fell at McConnells Mill in May
The body of a man who fell into a creek while hiking in McConnells Mill State Park in early May has been recovered. Jeff Hanby II, 38, was found Thursday by search crews, according to a park official. Hanby fell into Slippery Rock Creek on May 2 while hiking along...
Fireworks to blame for overnight blaze at vacant school in Marshall-Shadeland
Pittsburgh firefighters spent nearly three hours battling a fire early Friday morning at the former Horace Mann School in the city’s Marshall-Shadeland neighborhood that authorities say likely was started by fireworks. Firefighters encountered heavy smoke coming from the roof of the vacant building on Shadeland Avenue when they arrived just...
2 pedestrians hit by vehicle in Mt. Pleasant Township, firefighters say
Two pedestrians were struck by a vehicle early Friday morning in Mt. Pleasant Township, according to firefighters who responded to the scene. The incident happened shortly after 2:30 a.m. along East Main Street near the intersections with Yoder Avenue and Maple Street, according to a state police dispatcher. One victim,...
Northland Library, Allegheny Land Trust offering online nature series
Northland Public Library in McCandless is teaming up with Allegheny Land Trust for an online Nature Discovery Series that will be held through July for kids three and older. The program will be conducted using the Zoom meeting app on Wednesdays, starting July 8. The 20-minute programs begin at 2...
Dozen residents displaced by fire at Penn Hills apartment complex
The Red Cross is assisting residents of a Penn Hills apartment complex who were displaced Thursday morning by a fire that caused heavy damage to the building, according to authorities. Firefighters responding to the 100 block of Penn Pleasant Drive shortly after 1:30 a.m. encountered heavy smoke and flames shooting...
North Hills School District outlines reopening plan
The North Hills School District has developed a plan for the reopening of schools in the fall. The plan, which was outlined during Tuesday night’s school board meeting, has separate contingencies for how to educate students during each of the color-coded phases created by the state to help limit the...
Petition drive calls for dropping derogatory ‘squaw’ from Fox Chapel, O’Hara parks, roads
Three women — including a member of Fox Chapel council — are leading an effort to drop the word “squaw” from local parks, roads and waterways because it is considered an ethnic and sexual slur against women of Native American descent. It’s not the first time one of the women,...
State police arrest 2 suspects wanted for Indiana County home invasion
State police arrested two men wanted for a home invasion in Indiana County last Tuesday. Spencer Maurice Hayes, 19, and Frank James Williams IV, both of Philadelphia, were charged with robbery, criminal conspiracy, making terroristic threats, theft and other related charges in connection with a June 22 home invasion robbery...
3 suspects sought in shooting in Pittsburgh’s Troy Hill
Pittsburgh police said they are searching for three suspects in connection with a shooting in the city’s Troy Hill neighborhood on Monday. Officers from the Zone 1 station in the North Side responding to a call for a person shot along the 1400 block of Claim Street around 6 p.m....
Lawsuit alleges sex abuse by priest in Greensburg diocese in 1990s
The Diocese of Greensburg and Bishop Edward Malesic are being sued by a man who claims he was sexually abused by a priest who has since died. The lawsuit, filed June 22, claims the Rev. Joseph L. Sredzinski began abusing the victim in 1991 when he was 11 years old...
Shotspotter leads Pittsburgh police to wounded man in Homewood
Pittsburgh police responding to a pair of Shotspotter alerts late Monday in the city’s Homewood neighborhood found a wounded man lying on the ground, according to authorities. Officers from the city’s Zone 5 station discovered the man in a parking lot near a business in the 7000 block of Frankstown...
3-alarm fire damages Carrick apartment building
A fire caused heavy damage to a three-story apartment building in Pittsburgh’s Carrick neighborhood on Monday night. City firefighters responding to the two-alarm fire in the 200 block of Spencer Avenue around 7:45 p.m. encountered flames shooting from the front of the building and heavy smoke inside the building, according...
Police: Pittsburgh man shot girlfriend at South Park party
Allegheny County Police said a Pittsburgh man shot his girlfriend Sunday while attending a party in South Park. Police said they responded to the shooting at 8:40 p.m. and found a 22-year-old woman with a gunshot wound to the arm at the Diana Grove picnic shelter. Investigators said the woman,...
Cranberry farmers market announces opening date, discounts for vendors
The weekly farmers market in Cranberry Township will kick off the 2020 season from 3 to 7 p.m. July 10. To help boost the weekly event, a Cranberry couple, who have asked to remain anonymous, donated the $2,400 stimulus money they received to support local small businesses. The money will...
Victim of fatal West Deer motorcycle crash identified
Authorities have identified the man who died Sunday in a motorcycle crash in West Deer. Kyle Clause, 23, of Pittsburgh, was pronounced dead at the scene of the wreck near Saxonburg Boulevard and Grubbs Road, according to the Allegheny County Medical Examiner’s office. The crash was reported around 5:15 p.m....
Scott Township commissioners fill open seat, 1 vacancy remains
Scott Township commissioners have filled a vacancy on the board for 7th Ward representative. Nick Seibel was sworn in June 23 by the board to serve the unexpired term of Frank Bruckner, who resigned for personal reasons, effective June 1. Seibel is employed as a facilities project manager for Eat’n...
3rd McCandless council member resigns in as many months
A third member of McCandless Town Council has resigned in as many months. First-term Councilman Chuck Mazur, who represents Ward 3, announced that he is stepping down for health reasons. Mazur, a Republican, won the seat in November by defeating Democrat Deawna Marie Alfonsie, who ran unopposed for her party’s...
McCandless council adopts new rules to regulate Marcellus shale drilling
Energy companies looking to set up Marcellus shale drilling operations in McCandless will have to adhere to new rules that are being crafted by town officials. Council approved amendments to its oil and gas drilling laws to include shale drilling as a “pending” ordinance, which means even though some of...
Public hearing held on beer, wine sales at new McCandless Sheetz
Sheetz is promising to place strict controls on the sale of beer and wine at its new location in McCandless, a company spokesman said during a public hearing on a request to transfer a liquor license to the store. State law allows liquor licenses to be transferred from one location...
