Tony LaRussa stories, Page 68

The Allegheny County Medical Examiner has released the identity of a woman who was shot to death in McKeesport early Sunday morning. First responders dispatched to the intersection of Rogena Street and Riverview Avenue at about 5:30 a.m. found Amber Dolby, 38, of Duquesne dead from an apparent gunshot wound...

Water and sewer bills could increase by nearly 24% over a two-year period for Pennsylvania American Water customers if state regulators approve a rate-hike request. Officials said the utility has invested more than $1.6 billion in infrastructure improvements, including replacement of more than 427 miles of aging water and sewer...

Ross Township and Pittsburgh police are conducting a joint investigation of thefts from vehicles and a possible related incident in which a man was threatened at gunpoint. Shortly after 3:30 p.m. April 24, Ross police and officers from the city’s Zone 1 station in the North Side were dispatched to...

Starting Monday, residents in North Hills communities served by Waste Management can resume putting yard waste out for pickup and scheduling collection of bulk waste items. The May 4 change affects Ross, McCandless, Franklin Park, Hampton, West View and Bradford Woods, said Lisa Kardell, a company spokeswoman. Bulk items such...

Food will be distributed at 10 a.m. Wednesday at McCandless Town Hall for people struggling during the mandated shutdown to slow the spread of coronavirus. Vehicles can begin lining up on McCandless Drive at 9 a.m., an hour before the distribution is scheduled to begin. The event is the result...

A portion of northbound McKnight Road in Ross Township is reduced to a single lane while repairs are being made to the roadway where a water main ruptured. The single-lane restrictions will be in place along McKnight near the reap to Peebles Road from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. through...

There are 56 cases of the novel coronavirus in the four communities that comprise the North Allegheny School District, according to the Allegheny County Health Department’s interactive map. The data collected shows that McCandless has 28 cases, followed by 14 in Franklin Park, 11 in Marshall and three in Bradford...

There are 83 cases of the novel coronavirus in the two North Hills communities that make up the Pine-Richland School District, according to the Allegheny County Health Department’s interactive map. The most recent health department data shows that Richland Township has 70 cases, which translates to a rate of 63.1...

A local animal shelter has issued a plea for donations to help it provide services after its regular sources of income dried up because of the coronavirus pandemic. “Despite having to make the heartbreaking decision to cut back our staffing … we remain committed to keeping our most critical and...

A real estate company with headquarters in the North Hills and a local pizza shop have teamed up to feed health care workers on the front lines of the fight against coronavirus. Employees at Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices The Preferred Realty’scorporate office in Wexford raised money to feed workers at UPMC...

A section of Spring Run Road in Crescent Township will be closed in both directions for a month for work to repair a landslide, Allegheny County officials announced. Pittsburgh officials also announced that work will begin Monday on slide areas in the city. The Spring Run Road closure will begin...

High school juniors and seniors interested in an insider’s view of how local government operates can apply for a position as a junior member of McCandless council. To be eligible, applicants must be a McCandless resident and an incoming high school junior or senior for the 2020-21 school year. Candidates...

The FBI’s Pittsburgh office is warning people to be wary of offers to earn money working from home during the mandated shutdown to help curb the spread of coronavirus. “Watch out for ‘work from home’ fraud schemes that take advantage of uncertainty to promise easy money for little or no...

Road repair projects will cause lane restrictions in several Allegheny County locations this week. Here are some of the major projects underway: • Pavement improvement work along northbound Interstate 79 in Franklin Park began Sunday night and is expected to continue through May 2. The restrictions will occur 7 p.m....

The Greater Pittsburgh Community Food Bank will hold another drive-up food distribution Monday afternoon at its facility in Duquesne. The distribution will take place from noon to 3 p.m. at 1 N. Linden St. The entrance is at the intersection of South Linden Street and South Duquesne Boulevard. Each vehicle...

First-term McCandless Councilman Bill Kirk is resigning his seat on town council to avoid potential conflicts of interest with his new job as head of project management for the North Allegheny School District. “Conflicts of interest are often more about politics and perception,” Kirk said. “So before I accepted this...

Franklin Park is accepting applications from candidates to serve as a junior member of borough council. To be eligible, candidates must be borough residents and a high school senior in the 2020-21 school year. Junior members of council take an oath of office and serve a one-year term that coincides...

Two North Allegheny seniors — Kendel Barber and Vincent Raitt — each will receive a $1,000 scholarship from the McCandless Democratic Committee. Because of the mandatory stay-at-home order, this year’s committee of judges had to conduct interviews with candidates using the Zoom app. In addition to sharing their perspective on...

Video surveillance cameras will be installed at three Ross Township parks to curb vandalism and add a measure of security for visitors. Township commissioners, who held their meeting online Monday, voted unanimously to award three contracts totaling $9,450 to Gordico Inc. of Ross to provide the equipment and installation of...

Uncertainty about when orders will be lifted to allow people to gather in large groups again prompted Cranberry Township officials to cancel this year’s Community Days celebration. “Planning for Community Days, which draws more than 30,000 people over three days, typically begins in January, with vendors and entertainment booked in...

Ross Township has created no-parking zones along portions of 2nd Street and Mazer Avenue. Commissioners on April 20 unanimously approved an ordinance prohibiting parking on the east side of 2nd Street and on both sides of 2nd Street from its three-way intersection with Jackson and Brandt down to 133 2nd...

A summer recreation program for kids in four North Hills communities has been canceled due to the Coronavirus pandemic, officials announced. The board of the G.J. Aufman Jr. Joint Recreation Summer Program announced that the decision to cancel the program was made “because of the uncertainty surrounding the current COVID-19...

North Hills Community Outreach will distribute free food to residents in several communities Thursday. People living in the 15202 zip code who are struggling due to the mandated shutdown can pick up food from 5 to 7 p.m. Thursday at the North Boroughs Food Pantry located at Greenstone Methodist Church,...