Tony LaRussa stories, Page 70

Cranberry Township officials are trying to identify residents who need food, water, toiletries and other essentials as a result of the mandated shutdown of non-life sustaining businesses due to the coronavirus outbreak. “As soon as the word went out that we were looking for volunteers to assist their neighbors in...

Plans to expand North Side Catholic Cemetery have received the go-ahead from Ross Township commissioners. Cemetery officials say they need to expand because they are running out of space and think it is important to provide township residents with a nearby place to bury family members. The project is the...

A journalist for Community College of Allegheny County’s student newspaper,”The Voice,” has been honored by a national organization for a series of comic strips she produced, college officials announced. Samantha Hrubes received an Honorable Mention Award in the 2019 Cartoon of the Year category from the Associated Collegiate Press. The...

An autopsy will be done to find out how a man found Sunday in a lake at a Beaver County golf club died, police said. Hopewell Township police officers responded at about 11 a.m. to a report of a body in the water at The Club at Shadow Lakes. Police...

A 60-year-old Washington County woman was killed after she was run over by a tractor Sunday afternoon, according to the county coroner’s office. Elizabeth McCord was pronounced dead at 4:10 p.m. at Washington Hospital after being run over by the tractor near the intersection of Jolly School and Mounts roads...

Already restricted to takeout-only service, the local gourmet burger chain Burgatory is temporary closing all nine of its locations after a member of the company’s executive team reported symptoms consistent with covid-19. “While our team member and friend has not been tested at this time, we have decided out of...

So many people tried to stream Sunday morning Mass in the Diocese of Greensburg that it overloaded the church’s computer system, diocesan officials said. About 45,000 people were able to tune-in online to view the service Sunday morning, according to a release. It was presided over by Bishop Edward C....

Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf stopped short of issuing a statewide stay-at-home order Sunday evening, but he also left it on the table. “That’s something that has to be under consideration,” he said during a livestreamed news conference. “We can’t overload our health care system. We need to buy time.” Earlier...

The Presbyterian SeniorCare Network has launched an initiative to brighten the spirits of patients and their caregivers by sending them cards and notes of encouragement while they are under the state-mandated quarantine to help slow the spread of the coronavirus. “People are reaching out to us asking if they can...

The Plum School District has received permission from the state Department of Education to implement a “Continuity of Education Plan” for students to keep working on their classwork while school buildings are closed to limit possible exposure to the coronavirus. Before the district shut down schools, students in grades five...

Fire heavily damaged part of a Marshall Township home that was built to resemble a 13th century English castle, complete with turrets, battlements, a dry moat and a drawbridge. The fire in the 200 block of Stonegate Drive was reported shortly after 1:30 p.m., according to Allegheny County emergency dispatchers....

To limit possible exposure to coronavirus, the McCandless Police Department is suspending several routine activities, towns officials announced. The temporary suspension covers finger printing, prescription drug drop-off and filing reports face-to-face at the police station. Anyone with questions can contact the police department’s non-emergency number 412-473-3056 to leave a message...

Officials in several North Hills municipalities have decided to proceed with public voting meetings with some restrictions to reduce the chances of spreading the coronavirus while others are taking a more cautious tact by canceling the gatherings altogether. Ross commissioners kept residents out of the municipal building for its March...

The North Hills School District has canceled a number of upcoming public events to curb the spread of the coronavirus. On the afternoon of March 13, Governor Tom Wolf ordered all Pennsylvania schools to shut down for a minimum of 10 days. Following guidance issued by the governor and the...

The Town of McCandless is implementing so-called “social distancing measures” in all of its operations to limit contact between people to prevent the spread of the coronavirus, officials announced this morning. The measures, which included the cancellation of public meetings, take effect immediately. The following steps will be taken to...

Holy Cross Academy in Ross is closed Friday after officials learned that a student may have been exposed to the coronavirus, the Pittsburgh Catholic Diocese announced this morning. Officials said the student was possibly exposed to the virus from a relative outside the school. They stressed that nobody in the...

Students in the Leechburg Area, Allegheny Valley and Riverview will be on a two-hour delay Friday so staff can develop plans to continue educating students if a decision is made to shut down school buildings to curb the spread of the coronavirus, district officials announced. The delay is for students...

The Fox Chapel Area School District will close all schools Friday after officials learned that the parent of a high school student is ill and concerned about potential exposure to coronavirus. While the student’s parent has not traveled to any areas known to have the virus, the district said it...

Two new projects to help McCandless residents fill their bellies and gas tanks are taking shape. At the site of a new Giant Eagle GetGo convenience store being built along Perry Highway and Reichold Road, workers already have completed the shell of the building and installed the gasoline pumps. McCandless...

St. Brendan’s Episcopal Church is offering the following programs: • The church is holding a Meager Meal series for Lent at 5:30 p.m. on Wednesdays through April 8. Read scripture, pray, discuss and share fellowship over a simple meal. It ends by 7 p.m., in time for the optional Eucharist...

The Woodland Hills School District closed the intermediate school because of a potential exposure to the coronavirus, district officials announced Thursday. In an alert posted on the district website, officials said the decision to close the school so it can be disinfected was made “out of an overabundance of caution”...

A Lawrence County man has been charged with shooting at a van full of elementary-age children Tuesday morning in Shenango Township. Township police arrested Bryon John Benetas, 41, for allegedly dressing in camouflage and hiding in the woods off Route 65 and firing several shots at the van transporting seven...

Pittsburgh police charged an East Hills woman with child endangerment after investigators observed a video on social media of her two toddlers wandering the neighborhood unattended and improperly clothed. Tevanna Keith, 22, was charged with two counts of endangering the welfare of a child in connection with the incident Tuesday....