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WPIAL Class 5A roundup: Penn-Trafford shuts down Latrobe
Ethan Carr threw for 180 yards and three touchdowns and ran for another TD to lead Penn-Trafford to a 48-14 victory over Latrobe in the Class 5A Big East Conference. Cade Yacamelli ran for 126 yards and a touchdown while teammate Brad Ford ran twice for 102 yards and a...
Bridgeville’s new borough manager very familiar with town interests
Bridgeville resident Joe Kauer wants to make a difference in his community. He’s excited to do so as its new borough manager. “I’ve always like the area,” Kauer said. “It’s a great location. It’s more humbling and rewarding to work for your hometown.” The Chartiers Valley High School graduate was...
Sto-Rox cancels football game 3 hours before kickoff
A few hours before kickoff, Sto-Rox canceled its season-opening football game. Vikings coach and athletic director LaRoi Johnson wrote on Twitter shortly after 4 p.m. Friday that their game at Carlynton was canceled but provided no other details. Around that same time, Carlynton athletic director Nate Milsom received an email...
Signal Item girls soccer preview: Chartiers Valley chasing playoff berth in competitive section
Girls high school soccer teams that succeeded last fall begin this season trying to build on that momentum while those who stumbled look to a new year as a building block. Such it is for the Chartiers Valley girls soccer team. Last season, the Colts missed the playoff for a...
Signal Item boys soccer preview: Carlynton has championship potential
The 2020 high school sports season is underway. A season once thought to be in jeopardy of being canceled or possibly moved to the spring has kicked off for athletes playing football, field hockey, volleyball, golf, tennis, cross-country and soccer. Four area boys soccer teams reached the WPIAL playoffs a...
Carnegie Open Air 2.0 aims to bring socially distanced business to borough
All in all, the first borough sponsored Carnegie Open Air 2.0 event went well, according to Carnegie Mayor Stacie Riley. The event’s first Saturday was held Sept. 5, where East Main Street from Route 50 to Elk Street was closed off to traffic to allow people walk around on the...
WPIAL Class 3A football breakdown: Scenery changes but Central Valley still team to beat
The WPIAL Class 3A race may look a little different this year, but the winner could be the same. Perennial contender Aliquippa has moved up to Class 4A, and Beaver Falls has moved down to Class 2A after fielding one of its best teams since 2016. The entire classification has...
South Fayette neighborhood hosts driveway chalk art contest
The Pinnacle Pointe neighborhood in South Fayette Township got a bit more colorful on Aug. 30, when residents adorned their driveways with impressive chalk art designs. “After five, six months of not being able to act normal, we all gathered as a community to create something together. It was so...
WPIAL Class 4A football breakdown: Road to title goes through Thomas Jefferson
Thomas Jefferson began its 2019 season with a dominant victory over Canon-McMillan and ended it in Hershey with a 46-7 rout of Dallas for the PIAA Class 4A title. In between, the Jaguars rolled in and out of conference play and added their eighth WPIAL title since 2004. They outscored...
Cub Scout info, blanket drive and more around Collier, Bridgeville area
Cub Scout Virtual Info Night Collier Township’s Cub Scout Pack 860, which is open to boys and girls, will have a virtual info night 7 p.m. Sept. 17. All students in kindergarten through fifth grade are welcome. For more information and the Zoom link, email cubscoutpack860@gmail.com. Backpack Blessings collection Collier...
WPIAL Class 5A football breakdown: South Fayette, Pine-Richland face new challenges
How long has it been since South Fayette wasn’t a clear conference favorite? That was probably nine years ago, back when the Lions’ senior quarterback would’ve been in third grade. They’ve gone undefeated in the conference every season since, running off a streak of 64 consecutive wins. This year, there...
Bishop Canevin ready to rebuild brick by brick
Building takes time … brick by brick. There are steps to every project, and levels that need to be achieved. New Bishop Canevin football coach Richard Johnson hopes to establish a solid foundation this season and begin to rebuild the proud program at Bishop Canevin. Brick by brick. “It’s a...
Letter to the Editor: Help prevent suicide
September is Suicide Prevention Month and it reminds us to be there for each other and take steps to prevent suicide. The American Foundation for Suicide Prevention’s theme for the month is to #KeepGoing, by taking simple actions to safeguard our mental health and save lives. From learning the warning...
Girl Scouts from North Hills earning top award with camp for challenged adultsVideo
Three Girl Scouts from the North Hills knew that earning the highest honor a Cadette can receive — the Silver Award — would take lots of work. But the trio of 13-year-old girls learned that the right service project needed to earn the award can help make the work a...
Signal Item launches new website on MeSearch platform
Trib Total Media is dedicated to serving communities throughout Southwestern Pennsylvania by delivering the news that readers want and information they need in a format that best suits their lifestyles. Earlier this year, Trib Total Media launched a new website for the Signal Item, SignalItem.com. SignalItem.com provides the news and...
First phase of Bridgeville’s McLaughlin Run Park improvements underway
Borough Council at its July meeting awarded a $418,082 contract to Sciarretti Site Development and Paving Co. for the McLaughlin Run Park Improvements Phase 2 Project. Half of this project, in the amount of $209,041, is funded by a grant from the Commonwealth. Construction on the park started in August....
Public libraries and patrons: A love story
There’s a heady, quiet exhilaration that hangs in the stacks of a public library — an accumulation of countless words, stories and ideas, pressed close together in the pages. You can feel it in grandiose, high-ceilinged reading rooms and in one-room community libraries operating on a shoestring budget. Libraries stir...
Drop to Class 4A has enthusiasm on the rise at Chartiers Valley
In 2009, Chartiers Valley closed out the first decade of the century with one of its most successful football seasons. The Colts lost only once in the regular season and finished with an 8-2 record. The last 10 years have been a struggle on the gridiron for Chartiers Valley, with...
Bridgeville, Carnegie area real estate transactions for the week of Aug. 30
Bridgeville Anthony Mastrean sold property at 360 Murray Ave. to Stephanie Argotti for $187,000. Carnegie Orion Development RA 29 LLC sold property at 300 Broadway St. to YKR Vishnu LLC for $800,000. Wilmington Savings Fund Society FSB trustee sold property at 545 Washington Ave. to Julie Zanella for $130,000. Collier...
Bridgeville police make drug arrest at Kona With the Cops event
Bridgeville police Wednesday arrested a man on charges of DUI and heroin possession at a Kona With the Cops event. Officers and a Kona Ice truck were handing out free frozen treats around the borough Wednesday afternoon. The arrest happened at the event’s final stop at Chartiers Park, according to...
14 WPIAL players nominated for All-American soccer games
Fourteen WPIAL players have a chance to play in the country’s premier soccer all-star games. The watch list for the 10th High School All-American Game was announced this week and the WPIAL is well-represented, particularly on the girls side with 11 of the 30 nominees from Pennsylvania coming from District...
A new beer distributor may be coming to Heidelberg, car dealership expanding services
A new beer distributor may be coming to a familiar spot in Heidelberg, while a car dealership in the borough plans to add detailing bays. The planning commission Tuesday night approved recommending to council a conditional use request for a beer distributor license at 1906 E. Railroad Street. The vote...
Carlynton food distribution, virtual 5K registration and more around Carnegie, Bridgeville
Carlynton School District food distribution The Carlynton breakfast and lunch distribution program began Aug. 24. Meals will be distributed at both Carnegie Elementary and Crafton Elementary Schools 10 a.m.-noon. Students enrolled in the Free and Reduced Lunch Program will be provided with both a breakfast and a lunch. (Carnegie Elementary...
Photos: Chartiers Valley Primary School students arrive for 1st day of classes
There was none of the usual hugs or handshakes between students and staff as Chartiers Valley Primary Schoolers arrived back to school for the first day of in-person classes. Instead, faculty members greeted students verbally, or with the occasional fist-bump, as they exited school buses or cars one at a...
Collier, South Fayette area real estate transactions for the week of Aug. 23
Collier Maronda Homes LLC sold property at 1056 Livorno Drive to Brandon and Paige Dewhirst Williams for $326,760. Theresa Tapper sold property at 1302 Noblestown Road to Chad Stewart for $172,000. Crafton Kelly Easterling sold property at 4 Creighton Ave. to Karl and Elaine Ellenberger for $259,900. Neal Hurley sold...
