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Police log: Drug possession, disorderly conduct, DUIs among charges filed in Monroeville on Feb. 11, 2021
The following charges were filed Feb. 11 with Monroeville District Judge Jeffrey L. Herbst. All charges were filed by Monroeville police, unless otherwise noted: • Nicholas Celli, 38, of Latrobe with possession of heroin and possession of cocaine. Charges were filed in connection with an incident along the 4800 block...
4 arrested, 19 guns seized after Monroeville Gun Show surveillance
Four people are charged with firearms offenses and 19 guns were seized following a joint surveillance operation by the state attorney general’s office and the Monroeville police at the Pittsburgh Gun Show in Monroeville. Attorney General Josh Shapiro on Monday announced the arrests and gun seizures. They took place the...
News briefs: Scholarship opportunities available, dean’s list accolades, college graduations and more
The Bob Williams Rotary Memorial Scholarship Committee is accepting applications for a $5,000 scholarship through February. The scholarship is available to eight high school seniors who plan to enroll in a state-certified college and who maintain at least a 2.5 GPA or to a GED recipient who intends on returning...
Gateway’s Morgan Holmes aims for faster times in 2nd trip to WPIAL meet
Morgan Holmes’ introduction to swimming at WPIALs as a freshman last year came in the 200- and 50-yard freestyle events and as a member of the Gateway 200 and 400 free relays. Her inaugural WPIAL race in the 50 produced a time of 25.48 seconds and landed her in 21st...
Gateway basketball teams prepare for WPIAL postseason
The Gateway boys and girls basketball teams have reached the end of the regular season. The Gators will host a varsity doubleheader against McKeesport at 6 and 8 p.m. Friday. Then, it is on to their respective open WPIAL Class 5A playoff tournaments where they hope to make things happen....
Eastern area real estate transactions for the week of Feb. 21, 2021
Chalfant Excalibur REP 01 L.P. sold property at 765 Greensburg Pike to Pittsburgh Real Estate Invest Group LLC for $30,000. Churchill Estate of Joseph Malone sold property at 828 Beulah Road to Robert and Judith Yulfo for $124,900. Sonja Austin sold property at 47 Holland Road to Thomas and Diane...
Gateway making strides on middle school renovation, construction project
The Gateway School Board continues to move forward with the construction and renovation project of one of its middle schools. The board unanimously approved four resolutions Feb. 16 related to the giant project, which involves renovating Gateway Middle School to accommodate fifth- through eighth-grade students. One of the items approved...
Port Authority to discuss transit improvement ideas at community meetings
Port Authority will host a series of public meetings in the coming weeks to discuss NEXTransit, the service’s plan for improving Allegheny County transit. There will be four meetings in total: at 10 a.m. and 5 p.m. on Feb. 25, and at 11:30 a.m. and 6 p.m. on March 2....
Gateway School District officials discuss potential return to 5-day, in-person instruction
The Gateway School District is working toward getting students back into school five days a week by the end of March or early April, depending on grade levels. Superintendent Bill Short said during the school board’s Feb. 16 meeting that a survey would go out to families Feb. 22 to...
Gateway School Board appoints, swears in Robin Mungo to fill vacant seat
A longtime Monroeville resident and Gateway graduate was sworn in as the school district’s newest member on Feb. 16 after being appointed last week. Robin Mungo, 52, will fill a spot on the nine-member board that has been vacant since Jan. 7, when Paul Caliari stepped down following a racially...
District Court, Feb. 16, 2021: Assault, firearms among charges handled by Monroeville Judge Jeffrey Herbst
Monroeville District Court Judge Jeffrey Herbst handled these cases recently. Defendants will have court dates set in the Allegheny County Court of Common Pleas. Charges were filed by Monroeville police. Held for court • Keira Linsenbigler, 29, of Pittsburgh on charges of carrying a firearm without a license, recklessly endangering...
Police log: Monroeville police charges filed Feb. 4, 2021
The following charges were filed Feb. 4 with Monroeville District Judge Jeffrey L. Herbst. All charges were filed by Monroeville police: • Andreina Alejandra West, 30, of Monroeville with simple assault and endangering the welfare of children. Charges were filed Feb. 4 in connection with an incident along the 1300...
Monroeville doctor accused of writing illegal painkiller prescriptions
A Monroeville doctor was charged last week in federal court with nearly 100 counts of writing illegal oxycodone prescriptions, as well as Medicare fraud. An indictment returned Thursday by the federal grand jury said Joseph Dicroce, 64, wrote dozens of prescriptions for oxycodone to just three people from 2016 to...
News Briefs: Indiana County fugitive arrested in Monroeville, students make dean’s list, baseball tryouts and more
Monroeville police arrested Marcus A. Niehenke, 41, on Feb. 7. Niehenke had been a fugitive from Indiana County and was wanted for a 2020 DUI and three violations against Protection from Abuse orders. He is in Allegheny County Jail and is scheduled for a court hearing in March. Student news...
Winter storm won’t halt plans for covid-19 vaccines at Allegheny County sites
Allegheny County Health Department planned to continue dispensing covid-19 vaccinations Monday and Tuesday, despite a winter storm that is expected to drop snow and ice across the region. Clinics are expected to be open Monday in Monroeville and Tuesday in Monroeville and Castle Shannon — although the schedule of appointments...
Gateway’s Andrew Holmes posts top WPIAL time in 200 IM
Gateway junior Andrew Holmes earned a WPIAL swimming championship automatic qualifying time in the 200-yard individual medley with a personal-best of 1 minute, 52.04 seconds against North Hills on Feb. 9. That put him at the top of the list in the event, surpassing Seneca Valley junior Daniel Simoes (1:52.25)...
Pittsburgh artist, Millie’s Ice Cream create frozen treat for Black History Month
The middle of winter isn’t when people generally think of buying frozen desserts. Pittsburgh artist Cue Perry has whipped up a reason to embrace the cold. Perry collaborated with Millie’s Homemade Ice Cream to create “Blackout Brownie,” a gelato, for Black History Month. Proceeds from the sale of pints of...
Eastern area real estate transactions for the week of Feb. 14, 2021
Churchill Keith Kanel sold property at 822 Graham Blvd. to Terrence Vaughn Stevenson Sr for $135,680. Delmont Edward Kraus Jr. sold property at 229 Valley Stream Drive to Charles and Megan Yorio for $155,000. Edgewood Bradley Taylor sold property at 315 W Hutchinson Ave. to John Schaaf and Michael Weaver...
Gateway goes on 2nd-half run in rout of Franklin Regional
Gateway turned a tight battle into a rout in a hurry Friday night, overwhelming section co-leader Franklin Regional with a big third-quarter run en route to a 61-28 Section 3-5A boys basketball victory at home, the Gators’ fourth win in five games. A 24-0 run in the second half buried...
Police: Monroeville man facing multiple sexual assault charges involving child
A Monroeville man was arrested last week on multiple sexual assault charges stemming from the early 2000s, according to Pittsburgh police. Raymond Dixon Jr., 36, was arrested Feb. 4. He faces charges of unlawful contact with a minor, two counts of involuntary deviate sexual intercourse, sexual assault, two counts of...
Monroeville Council denies request to rezone airport property
Monroeville Council denied a rezoning request Feb. 9 that would have led to the development of apartments for seniors along Logans Ferry Road. The unanimous decision followed a two-hour hearing in council chambers where several residents voiced strong opposition to the project, which would have been developed by New York-based...
Police log: Monroeville police charges filed Jan. 26 through Feb. 1, 2021
Monroeville police filed the following charges Jan. 26, 29 and Feb. 1 with District Judge Jeffrey L. Herbst. Charges were filed by Monroeville police unless otherwise noted: • Magdelena Rose Ludwig, 23, of Pittsburgh with possession of heroin and possession of drug paraphernalia. Charges were filed Jan. 26 in connection...
News briefs: Youth Legion tryouts slated for Monroeville, Pitcairn baseball players
The Monroeville Baseball Association will hold tryouts for its Youth Legion team for any Monroeville or Pitcairn resident born between 2005 and 2008 from 6 to 8:30 p.m. on March 6 and 13 at the Gateway High School gymnasium, 3000 Gateway Campus Blvd. Questions can be forwarded to Coach Matt...
Gateway seniors sign on for future in college football
It has become tradition with the Gateway football team that the first Wednesday in February is a day to celebrate the achievements of its senior players and also look ahead to what they hope are bright futures in college. Last week was no exception as a trio of Gators standouts...
Gateway boys continue to build identity in advance of WPIAL playoffs
When the Gateway boys basketball team’s Section 3-5A game with Woodland Hills was postponed from Feb. 2, Gators coaches and school officials looked for another opportunity to play. “Our AD (Don Holl) asked if we wanted to play Avonworth,” Gateway assistant coach Verne Benson said. “We said, yeah. It beats...
