Allegheny County News category, Page 2
Jeff Hadley named Hampton schools superintendent
Avonworth Superintendent Jeff Hadley will take on the same position at the Hampton Township School District. The Hampton School Board this week appointed Hadley as its next superintendent. Hadley succeeds Michael Loughead, who retires at the end of June after a decade in the position. Salary information was not immediately...
Etna Councilman Brad Iannuzzi resigns, is hired as borough’s assistant manager
Etna lost a councilman and gained an assistant manager in the same night. First Ward Councilman Brad Iannuzzi, the council’s vice president, resigned from council effective immediately at its May 19 meeting. He was soon thereafter hired as the borough’s new assistant manager. His starting salary is $80,000. He is...
North Hills students rebuild sign welcoming visitors to Perrysville in Ross
Students at North Hills High School have rebuilt a sign welcoming visitors to the Perrysville neighborhood of Ross. The new sign on Route 19 at Atlantic Avenue, outside the building previously home to T&M Hardware and Vater’s Hardware, was unveiled Wednesday. The store is in the process of becoming a...
Security guard at Ballers Hookah Lounge in Penn Hills gets 10 years for fatal shootingVideo
Christine Bailey said she can’t get the image out of her mind. Displayed on the projection screen in the courtroom, it showed her daughter lying on the floor of an after-hours club in Penn Hills after she had been shot to death by a security guard. On Wednesday, Bailey told...
Man sues Brentwood police, claims officers used excessive force during traffic stopVideo
A Carrick man has sued Brentwood Borough and four of its police officers after a 2024 traffic stop for an obstructed license plate escalated into what the man’s attorney called an “unlawful and excessive use of force.” Devin Irwin, 38, filed his lawsuit May 14 in Allegheny County Common Pleas...
Ross police accuse man of taking $280K from wife
A man who now resides in Ohio is accused of stealing nearly $280,000 from his wife over several years through various means, including taking money from her retirement account, opening and using credit cards in her name and forging checks, according to Ross police. Ross police charged Roy Lee Smith...
State Sen. Wayne Fontana secures victory against newcomer in the 42nd District
State Sen. Wayne Fontana, D-Brookline, secured another victory Tuesday, fending off his first challenger in more than two decades to win the Democratic primary in the 42nd District. Fontana, 76, defeated political newcomer Paul Steenkiste, a software engineer whose campaign marked the longtime incumbent’s first contested race since winning a...
Felon accused of stealing check from Franklin Park mailbox 2 weeks after release from state prison
A man released from state prison in Fayette County in late April is accused of stealing a check from a Franklin Park man’s mailbox two weeks later and using it to get $4,100 for himself, according to a criminal complaint. Franklin Park police filed charges Tuesday, May 19, against Levi...
Heidelberg police chief found dead in patrol car; death not considered suspicious
The death of Heidelberg’s police chief, an 18-year department veteran found dead in his patrol car Monday night, “does not appear suspicious,” Allegheny County Police said Tuesday. Heidelberg police Chief Dennis Dixon, 57, was found dead around 8:50 p.m. in his car in the 600 block of Grant Avenue, borough...
Proposed Chartiers Valley budget holds the line on taxes
Chartiers Valley school administrators have proposed a budget for next school year with no tax increase. The proposal maintains a 20.1909 millage rate. A property owner with a home assessed at $100,000 would pay $2,019 annually. The proposed budget totals $81 million, roughly $2.02 million more than last year, said...
Get a rare look inside the Old Allegheny County Jail Museum
For just three hours each month, the doors of the Old Allegheny County Jail Museum swing open. Every first and third Monday, visitors can pass under a granite archway on Ross Street — part of the original 1880s prison complex — then through security at Allegheny County’s family court building....
Teen’s hospital ordeal as a child inspires large donation of puzzles
When Liliana Nover-Baker of Bradford Woods was 7 years old, she was admitted for a ruptured appendix at the Children’s Hospital at Montefiore Einstein in the Bronx, N.Y. The event took a more serious turn for Nover-Baker, who was living with her family in Pelham, N.Y. “The rupture had made...
Teachers look to revive the student band scene at Shaler Area High SchoolVideo
Jim McDermott remembers when Shaler Area High School students didn’t just listen to music. They made it. “Shaler had a long tradition for decades of having many, many rock bands at any given time,” said McDermott, 42, a 2002 Shaler Area graduate who has taught ninth grade American history there...
End of North Hills-area group garbage contract could spark broader discussion on future of trash collection
Eight North Hills municipalities facing the end of their group garbage contract are having to figure out how they’re going to keep getting their residents’ trash taken away. While some are making changes now while others will have to do it next year, a regional group is leading broader talks...
Brittany Bloam beats out Pat Catena to land Democratic nod in 45th state House District
Political newcomer Brittany Bloam declared victory Tuesday night in her race for the Democratic nomination and a spot on the November ballot in Pennsylvania’s 45th state House District. Bloam, a Robinson native, fought off Allegheny County Council President Pat Catena to earn the Democratic nomination. “I’m relieved. I’m happy. I’m...
U.S. Rep. Summer Lee wins Democratic nomination in reelection bid
An outspoken Democratic congresswoman from Allegheny County’s eastern suburbs is poised to earn her party’s nomination to run for another term in Washington in the November election. As of 10:30 p.m., with 96% of the 12th Congressional District’s precincts reporting unofficial results, U.S. Rep. Summer Lee, D-Swissvale, had collected 81%...
Beaver County woman found driving stolen SUV in Ross
A Beaver County woman was being held in the Allegheny County Jail after Ross police say she was found driving a stolen SUV on McKnight Road on Monday. Ross police charged Hailey Marie Waxler, 24, of Industry with a felony count of receiving stolen property and summary counts of driving...
Trial begins in 2021 shooting death of McKeesport woman
Isaac Smith’s burner phone was the last one to call Karli Short just minutes before she was shot. The revolver he bought six weeks before Short was killed — and pawned two weeks after — was the murder weapon. And, prosecutors told a jury Tuesday, Smith had motive: He killed...
Jail guard placed on leave after deadly inmate stabbing at Allegheny County Jail
An Allegheny County Jail guard has been placed on unpaid leave after a deadly stabbing at the Downtown lockup last week. Officials Tuesday declined to name the correctional officer or identify their role — if any — in the May 13 stabbing last week of incarcerated person Tyrone Good, 44....
Allegiant adds Pittsburgh to Fort Lauderdale flight, replacing service by Spirit
Allegiant Air will soon fly nonstop between Pittsburgh International Airport and Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport, filling a void left by Spirit Airlines after its collapse this month. The route will go live Oct. 2, the budget carrier announced Tuesday, with flights operating year-round on Mondays, Fridays and Saturdays. One-way tickets...
Baldwin-Whitehall School District budget would raise taxes 4.7%
Baldwin-Whitehall School District’s proposed budget for the next school year would raise property taxes 4.7%. The proposal, which totals about $100.7 million, calls to increase the district’s millage rate from 25 mills to 26.175 mills, said Mark Cherpak, director of finance and operations. A property owner with a home assessed...
Veteran Brentwood teachers — former students themselves — prepare for new school transition
Mindy Golvash jokes she’s the first of many Golvash teachers that Brentwood students will have as they advance through the district. Golvash is a third grade teacher at Elroy Elementary School. Her husband, Dan, is a special education teacher at Brentwood High School. Her sister-in-law, Lynne, is an eighth grade...
Allegheny County residents warned of increased risk for ticks and Lyme disease
As Allegheny County residents step outside to enjoy near-record heat this week, local health experts are warning about the dangers of Lyme disease after an unusually high number of tick bites reported across the country. In April, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention issued an early advisory urging the...
‘She oozed hope and light’: Uniontown man sentenced in fatal Route 8 truck crash
Jackie Hutz had talked to her sister, Cinnamon Gilch, five times that morning. They were getting ready for a family birthday party in North Park. The last time they spoke, the two women discussed how many pizzas they would need to celebrate Gilch’s 4-year-old granddaughter’s birthday. The answer was 10....
Homelessness stabilized in Allegheny County after 5 years, report says
More than 1,100 people experienced homelessness in Allegheny County on a single night this year, according to newly released county data that used a revised counting method intended to produce a more accurate estimate of the region’s unhoused population. The Allegheny County Department of Human Services announced results from its...
