Tony LaRussa stories, Page 94

North Allegheny high school students will host the district’s annual Senior Citizens’ Prom on May 10 at the senior high school. The free event features music, dancing, light refreshments and a free prom photo. A king and queen also will be crowned during the event, which runs from 7 to...

A pit bull who was rescued from a fighting ring was on hand recently at the Riverstone Book shop in the McCandless to “pawtagraph” copies of a new book about his life since being freed from neglect and abuse Tyrion Pittister of Sewickley, who was rescued from a dog fighting...

A pair of pit bulls that attacked a man Tuesday in Mt. Washington have been euthanized, according to Pittsburgh police. The victim, whose name was not released, was taken by ambulance to a local hospital for treatment, police said. He was in stable condition. The attack occurred shortly before 1...

Police say a motorcyclist tried to run down a state trooper who attempted to pull him over for using the shoulder along the Parkway West as a passing lane. The man who was arrested, however, told police that he swerved onto the shoulder to avoid hitting a vehicle that stopped...

Police in Elizabeth Borough are trying to identify more than two dozen teens and young adults involved in an April 11 brawl that investigators said was organized on social media. Charges will be filed once investigators identify the people involved or who attended the fight, police Chief William Sombo said....

Work to repair damage to the Monongahela Incline caused by a series of water main breaks in January is expected to be completed this week. But the 149-year-old cable rail car will likely not reopen to the public until May, according to the Allegheny County Port Authority, which owns the...

Police in New Castle are searching for a suspect charged with shooting one man to death and wounding another on Thursday. Officers in the Lawrence County city responding to a report of shots fired on April 11 in the 500 block of East Winter Avenue learned that shortly after the...

Osborne Elementary School is closed April 16 because of problems with the heating system, the Quaker Valley School District announced. Teachers were asked to report to the school at their regular time. The Pennsylvania System of School Assessment testing at the school will be rescheduled....

Pittsburgh police responding to a ShotSpotter notification in Perry South late Monday night found a man suffering from two gunshot wounds, according to authorities. Officers from the Zone 1 station in the North Side used the gunshot detection technology and calls placed to 911 to direct them to the 2200...

Teachers interested in working for the North Allegheny School District have until April 21 to apply for a number of openings. There are jobs available for permanent teaching positions and long-term substitute teachers in all of the district’s 12 buildings, district officials announced. Applications can be filed online through the...

Several Western Pennsylvania counties north of Pittsburgh suffered downed trees and power lines on Sunday evening from strong winds and heavy downpours, but no tornadoes were reported, according to the National Weather Service. The weather service issued a tornado watch with wind gusts of up to 60 mph shortly before...

A man crashed into a building in the city’s Larmier section on Sunday night after being stabbed, according to Pittsburgh police. Officers from the Zone 5 station responding to a call for a reported stabbing in the 6400 block of Frankstown Avenue found the victim inside a van that struck...

Here are some of the news and features in the North Hills from the past week. For more details on these and other stories, follow the links below or see the North Hills section on Triblive.com: • Fire decimates McCandless apartment building • Sheetz proposes measures to address concerns about...

Crisis Center North is promising “a night for foodies who care” at its 12th annual fund-raising event “Cocktails & Cuisine” from 6 to 10 p.m. on Friday May 17 at The Woodlands Foundation’s campus in Bradford Woods. The event, which raises money for Chris Center North’s mission to assist victims...

The McCandless Crossing shopping center is hosting its first spring break, family friendly Easter party from 5 to 7 p.m. Monday. The April 15 event in the Town Center Green will feature free activities including a bounce house, face painting, music and a visit from Sparkles the Bunny, who arrive...

It will take several days to determine the cause of a fire that destroyed the 30-unit Durham Court Apartment building in McCandless on Wednesday, but an initial investigation found it likely ignited accidentally, according to fire officials. “The fire started on the deck of a third-floor apartment in the center...

A four-alarm fire raged through an apartment complex in McCandless on Wednesday morning, damaging at least 30 units. A passerby reported the fire shortly before 9:30 a.m. and emergency response units were on scene at the Durham Court Apartments within 5 minutes, according to the Allegheny County Fire Marshal’s Office,...

McCandless council is reviewing proposed changes to address concerns residents have raised about Sheetz’s request to build a new gas station across the street from its current location on Perry Highway. The changes the Altoona-based company has proposed will be incorporated into its final site plan for the project, which...

McCandless council is considering whether to install a sidewalk along a 1,600-foot section of Grubbs Road or go with a sidewalk and a bike lane to make it safer for pedestrian and cyclists. A third option is to scrap both the sidewalk and bike lane and use the money to...

Hiland Presbyterian Church in Ross Township is hosting a fine art show and sale from April 26 to 28. The show, which features a wide variety of paintings, sculpture and woodwork, will kick off with an opening reception from 6 to 9 p.m. Friday, April 26. The cost to attend...

The North Hills School Board has recognized a long-time colleague who died last summer by renaming the board room at the Central Administration Center in her honor. The board meeting room on 6th Avenue is now the Arlene J. Bender Leadership Center and features a memorial wall on which a...

Getting a book autographed by an author making the rounds of signing events is a pretty common occurrence. But it’s not every day that readers can get their books “pawtagraphed.” Tyrion Pittister of Sewickley, a pitt bull that was rescued from a dog fighting ring in Georgia in 2014, will...

McCandless residents are invited to participate in a tree-planting event called Woods for Water on Saturday, April 27. Participants will be planting trees from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. along Pine Creek in North Park. The group will gather at 303 Pearce Mill Road. Snacks will be provided but volunteers...

The North Hills School Board and the union representing the district’s teachers have approved a five-year contract. The agreement calls for about half of the district’s 365 teachers to receive average pay increase of 3.48 percent each year. The 185 teachers at the top of the district’s salary scale will...

Guardian Storage is hosting a series of free document shredding and electronic recycling events this week at 15 of its locations in the Pittsburgh area. Participants can drop off up to five boxes of paper for shredding. All metal clips must be removed. In addition to shredding unwanted documents, electronic...