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Senior driver improvement courses offered in Plum, other areas
Seniors For Safe Driving is offering senior citizen driver improvement courses to help motorists understand how aging affects driving abilities and prove insight about navigating today’s roads. The PennDOT-approved courses are designed for drivers age 55 and older, and include no testing or behind-the-wheel driving. As mandated by Pennsylvania law,...
Allegheny County police investigate fatal shooting of Pitcairn man
Allegheny County police are investigating the fatal shooting of a man on Jan. 2 in Pitcairn. The Allegheny County Medical Examiner’s Office has identified the victim as Nekye Smith, 20, of Pitcairn. The shooting was reported to county 911 dispatchers just after 4 p.m. in the 400 block of Robinson...
Monroeville Public Library organizes early welcome to 2023
As the time neared 12 o’clock, the countdown started, wrapping up with a resounding: “Happy New Year!” And then the folks who attended the Dec. 31 celebration at Monroeville Mall headed out into the daylight. Monroeville Public Library’s annual Noon Ball Drop had a new venue this year, with plenty...
Human remains found during missing person search in Jefferson Hills
Allegheny County Police on Monday said they discovered unidentified human remains near the Montour Trail in Jefferson Hills during a missing person search in November. According to police, the search was in relation to the missing person investigation of Dorian Serrano on Nov. 17. The human remains were transported to...
Plum dog trainer featured on Bloomberg TV’s ‘World’s Greatest!’
If you look at the logo of Say It Once Dog Training, you will see a friendly, well-trained canine. You may not see it for what it has become, a shrine to a man’s best friend. Vinnie Somma adopted Trigger, the dog the logo is based on, 11 years ago....
Bethel Park parents welcome year’s first Pittsburgh-area AHN baby
New parents Katherine and Anthony Rusch of Bethel Park welcomed a healthy baby boy, Braxton Rusch at 2:02 a.m. Jan. 1 at Allegheny Health Network’s Jefferson Hospital. He came in at 8 pounds, 1 ounce and just a little over 20 inches long, and is AHN’s first baby born in...
Knights of Columbus donates coats for Plum, Riverview students
Holy Family Knights of Columbus Council 4242 is donating 48 new winter coats for students at elementary schools in the Plum and Riverview school districts. Coats are being distributed to students through the assistance of the elementary guidance counselors at both school districts. Coats for Kids is one of the...
Police accuse man of being drunk with child in car, assaulting woman
Northern Regional Police accused a Bucks County man of being drunk while driving with a toddler in his vehicle to a family Christmas dinner and then assaulting a woman when she asked him to pull over so she could take the wheel. Thomas William Cooke, 40, of Edgewood Road in...
McCandless church’s program for special needs kids, siblings helps parents, children, volunteers
Memorial Park Church in McCandless hosts a monthly event where youth with special needs and their siblings can enjoy a night with friends. The free program, dubbed Friday Nite Kids, is open for kids with special needs and their siblings from ages 2 to 21, said Abbie Nosel, who coordinates...
Woman hospitalized after Penn Hills shooting, boyfriend arrested
A woman was listed in stable condition after she was shot during a domestic incident early Saturday morning in Penn Hills. First responders found the 24-year-old woman with gunshot wounds in the legs, torso and arm at around 12:30 a.m. on Hebron Drive. She was taken to an area hospital....
Verona man dies after Penn Hills shooting
A Verona man has been identified as the victim in a fatal shooting in Penn Hills early Saturday morning. Kenneth E. Dorsey, 39, died from surgery-related complications at UPMC Presbyterian Hospital in Oakland, the Allegheny County Medical Examiner and Allegheny County Police said. Dorsey was shot in the abdomen around...
2 sides in legal battle over fatal Bricelyn Street fire still making their caseVideo
When Greg Brown entered a plea 27 years after a fire on Pittsburgh’s Bricelyn Street killed three city firefighters, the government saw it as a victory. Though the unusual Alford plea made earlier this year allows Brown to continue to proclaim his innocence and carries no additional sentence, he took...
Lawsuit alleges improprieties in cosmetology school
A former employee is suing the Fountain of Youth Academy of Cosmetology and its owner alleging financial improprieties, defamation and retaliation. Jennifer Michael, of Hopewell, filed the complaint against the school and owner Cheri Herold on Tuesday in federal court. It also includes claims under the state whistleblower act. Herold,...
Lawsuit accuses Moon child care center of failing to take action against employee accused of abusive conduct
The families of three small children are suing a Moon Township day care, alleging that a former employee there improperly punished them, including pulling down their pants and underwear in front of other children and employees. The lawsuit, filed Thursday in Allegheny County Common Pleas Court, includes claims for negligence,...
Abby Lee Miller sells Penn Hills ‘Dance Moms’ studio
Reality TV star Abby Lee Miller appears to have closed the final chapter on “Dance Moms,” a Lifetime network series that led her to fame, as she has sold the Penn Hills dance studio where the show began. According to Allegheny County real estate records, the studio was sold to...
Authorities identify victim fatally shot Wednesday in Swissvale as Pittsburgh woman
A woman who was found fatally shot Wednesday night inside a car in Swissvale has been identified by the Allegheny County Medical Examiner’s Office. The victim has been identified as Chanel Palmer, 31, of Pittsburgh. Police said they found Palmer, and an unidentified man, shot in a car Wednesday at...
13 former Allegheny County employees sue over coronavirus vaccine mandate
Thirteen former Allegheny County employees are suing the county after it denied their requests for religious and medical exemptions to receive the coronavirus vaccine. In a federal lawsuit, the employees allege the county breached an employment contract and violated the First and Fourteenth amendments when it terminated unvaccinated employees after...
Police: Monroeville woman fraudulently rented Avis cars for heroin, cash
A former Avis Car Rental regional manager faces charges after police say she fraudulently rented the company’s cars in exchange for heroin and cash. Jackie Neubauer, 40, of Monroeville began fraudulently renting cars at the Monroeville location in October, police say. Neubauer, the manager of four regional Avis locations, was...
Unhealthy pollution levels expected in 5 southern Allegheny County communities
The state is advising young children, the elderly and people with respiratory problems to limit outdoor activities Thursday in certain parts of Allegheny County. Fine particulate matter — microscopic materials that can be inhaled and cause health problems — are anticipated in Clairton, Glassport, Liberty Borough, Lincoln and Port Vue....
Verona students show their skills in making gingerbread houses
Third-grade students at Verner Elementary School in Verona recently took part in one of their most anticipated events of the holiday season when they put together a gingerbread house display. The display has been running for eight straight years at Verner, with the third-graders designing and creating their own houses...
Sewickley woman dies in Sewickley Heights crash
A 20-year-old woman has died as a result of injuries suffered in a crash Christmas Eve in Sewickley Heights. Camden Kiggins of Sewickley died about 4 p.m. Christmas Day, according to the Allegheny County Medical Examiner’s Office. Kiggins was a passenger in a rollover crash in the 500 block of...
Overturned tractor-trailer that tied up Parkway West traffic cleared
An overturned tractor-trailer that was causing traffic headaches on the Parkway West for much of the day Tuesday has been cleared. PennDOT traffic cameras about 4:30 p.m. showed outbound traffic flowing through all lanes near the Campbells Run Road exit. The truck overturned near the border of Robinson and Collier...
Drop-off recycling programs turn live Christmas trees into mulch
Once the gifts have been unwrapped and the ornaments have been packed away, households that celebrated Christmas with a live tree have options for disposing of their used evergreen in an environmentally friendly way. Westmoreland Cleanways and Recycling has partnered with several local communities, organizations and businesses to offer its...
Luminary lighting in Bethel Park honors victims of Alzheimer’s disease
An estimated 6.5 million Americans ages 65 and older are living with Alzheimer’s disease. “It’s awful. And in the next 25 years, that number will double,” Bethel Park resident Dayna Brown said. “So if you don’t know someone or haven’t personally experienced the effects of Alzheimer’s or another form of...
Allegheny County Police make arrest in Mt. Oliver homicide
Allegheny County Police announced an arrest Monday in the shooting death of a man in Mt. Oliver in August. Daleron Newman, 22, of Pittsburgh, is charged with criminal homicide in the Aug. 30 shooting death of Timothy Coates, 20, at Dawes and Frederick streets in the borough, county police said....
