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Ohio woman charged in Murrysville bank fraud scheme
An Ohio woman police believe is part of an organized crime group is accused of involvement in a check cashing scheme in Murrysville, according to authorities. State police released surveillance photos of the suspect last month, seeking help identifying her in connection with the theft of $5,400 in a fraud...
Franklin Regional grads happy to be part of Pittsburgh Riveters’ inaugural season
Aris Lamanna is known for soccer goaltending ability, but this season she took on a different role with the Pittsburgh Riveters SC. Fan girl. Lamanna, a Franklin Regional alum and a rising sophomore at Coastal Carolina, was out with a shoulder injury and did not take the field with Pittsburgh’s...
Dick’s Diner in Murrysville to be featured as 1 of ‘America’s Best Restaurants’
Jim Fox III remembers sitting down to a table at Dick’s Diner as a child with his father, even though his dad was the founder of the popular Fox’s Pizza chain. The family recognized the appeal of a small-town diner like Dick’s. Today, Fox owns the restaurant, which will be...
Murrysville area: Baseball history speaker, car show, Delmont Daze and more
Email news briefs and event listings to pvarine@triblive.com. Baseball history presentation A guest speaker from the Heinz History Center will come to Murrysville on July 21 to give a talk on the history of Pittsburgh Pirates baseball. It will be at 7 p.m. at the Sampson/Clark Homestead, 5332 West Pike...
Export fire department working with borough to explore funding for new station
Export firefighters are hoping to find a new home in the near future, and while borough officials are happy to support them in pursuit of a state grant to help fund it, they want to know exactly what that support entails. Council was asked to serve as a sponsor to...
Murrysville area: Nature hikes, car show and more
Email news briefs and event listings to pvarine@triblive.com. Conservancy hikes The Westmoreland Conservancy will host the following upcoming hikes: • July 12: “Enchanted Evening” firefly walk, 8:30 p.m. leaving from the Universal Pedestrian Trailhead at the Morosini Reserve, on Morosini Farm Road in Murrysville. • July 13: “Walk Through the...
Section of Old William Penn Highway to close for gas work in Murrysville
A section of Old William Penn Highway in Murrysville will close starting Monday for utility work. Murrysville police advised that Old William Penn, between Route 22 and Sardis Road, will close from July 7-10 for gas line replacement work. The closure will begin at 6 p.m. Monday. Peoples Natural Gas...
East Suburban Artists League marks 60th anniversary
The first East Suburban Artists League show took place in 1965, in an empty storeroom next to the old Murrysville A&P store. Local developer Orin Sampson donated the storeroom and some 4-by-8-foot boards to display paintings. With the first ESAL show taking place on a freezing cold weekend in late...
Eastern Pittsburgh suburban real estate transactions for the week of June 29, 2025
ALLEGHENY COUNTY Churchill Estate of Eugene Laface sold property at 261 Churchill Road to Pasadena Partners LLC for $260,000. Johnston Jake LLC sold property at 3755 E. Rural Court to Paige Rocco for $239,000. Joshua Holizna sold property at 2523 Collins Road to Hunter Shreffler and Olivia Bitting for $265,000....
Franklin Regional grad Chuck Tragesser having solid summer on links
From one shot to the next, one tournament after the other, Chuck Tragesser is carrying over momentum in what has been a strong summer on the golf course. The Franklin Regional alum and rising redshirt junior at Robert Morris won the 32nd Western Pennsylvania Golf Association Spring Stroke Play Championship...
Murrysville area: Mary Todd Lincoln presentation, etiquette speaker and more
Mary Todd Lincoln presentation The Delmont Historical Preservation Society will host a July 12 presentation on the life of Mary Todd Lincoln, wife of President Abraham Lincoln. JoAnn Peterson will present a first-person historical performance at noon in the Delmont Presbyterian Church’s Carson Hall, 101 Church St. in Delmont. There...
Torture claim allowed against Delmont parents charged in adopted son’s murder
Testimony that a 5-year-old Delmont boy was tortured by his adoptive parents will be admissible at an upcoming trial, a Westmoreland County judge ruled on Monday. Following a daylong hearing, Common Pleas Judge Scott Mears said he will allow prosecutors to present the evidence of torture against parents Lauren and...
Recovery from flood damage still a work in progress in Murrysville area 2 weeks after storms
Tim Wagner Sr. of Murrysville is disassembling a treadmill in his house to see if he can get it working again. The exercise equipment is in his basement, which was flooded after an early June storm parked itself over his neighborhood along Hills Church Road. In the immediate aftermath of...
Franklin Regional will take over management, maintenance at Murrysville’s Haymaker Park
Haymaker Park in Murrysville is old enough that baseball legend and Western Pennsylvania native Honus Wagner once played there. “It was here way back when they were planting the trees for the ‘Murrysville’ tree sign that overlooks the field,” said Charles Conway of Murrysville, a board member with nonprofit Communities...
Franklin Regional hikes taxes by 4 mills for 2025-26 school year
The Franklin Regional school board approved a final 2025-26 budget with a 4-mill property tax hike. The board unanimously OK’d a final budget at its June 16 voting meeting. The $71.25 million budget has a $671,000 deficit, covered with $147,000 from the district’s technology fund balance, along with approximately $525,000...
Murrysville area: Alzheimer’s fundraiser, farmers’ market, live music and more
Email news briefs and event listings to pvarine@triblive.com. Ginny’s Carniv-Alz The Alzheimer’s Association will host an afternoon carnival June 29 in Murrysville as part of its “The Longest Day” initiative. “The Longest Day” is a campaign the association undertakes annually during the summer solstice, the day of the year with...
Eastern Pittsburgh suburban real estate transactions for the week of June 15, 2025
ALLEGHENY COUNTY Churchill Joshua Holizna sold property at 2523 Collins Road to Hunter Shreffler and Olivia Bitting for $265,000. Thomas Antonacci sold property at 2513 Creekedge Drive to April Simpson for $242,500. Ashleigh Renee Bartges sold property at 1507 Williamsburg Place to Diana Payne for $199,900. Jan Swensen sold property...
Monroeville manufacturing company expands with state backing, aims to grow industry in region
Mike Gunniers has a plan to expand his Monroeville-based automated systems company — Premier Automation — into a manufacturing hub for Southwestern Pennsylvania. The product of Gunniers’ vision, Premier Labs, a 70,0000-square-foot corporate venture studio in Murrysville, was introduced Thursday. It will focus on helping innovation and manufacturing startups, President...
Never slowing down, Spencer Lee ready to challenge for U.S. world team spot
Spencer Lee doesn’t want to slow down. If Lee had total control, his wrestling matches would never be boring. When Lee wrestles Luke Lilledahl at 57 kilograms for the U.S. world team spot Saturday at Final X in Newark, N.J., he wants to prevent the match from lagging. Lee, a...
Murrysville and Export assess damage from weekend storm, flooding
Friday’s downpour generated so much stormwater that it destroyed a culvert built by Murrysville public works crews along Lyons Run. “Forty-eight tons of R-7’s and asphalt are now somewhere else,” Murrysville Public Works Director Bill Paiano said in a memo to town officials in his initial assessment of the damage...
Eastern Pittsburgh suburban real estate transactions for the week of June 8, 2025
ALLEGHENY COUNTY Chalfant Estate of Anna Reabe sold property at 125 Wilkins Ave. to AAE Engineering LLC for $63,000. Churchill Timothy Mullins sold property at 12 Lewin Ln to Bryce Cooper for $390,000. Cedar Brook Properties Funding 1 LLC sold property at 140 Thornberry Drive to Robert and Jeannette Fisher...
Newborns, high school grads, elderly rescued from floods by Westmoreland County swift-water teams
The emergency response to flooding in the Murrysville area Friday night threw everything and the kitchen sink to swift-water rescue teams. The 95 evacuations in the roughly 300-yard space between Ginny’s Neighborhood Pizza Joint and Penn Vista Apartment complex included: a weeks-old baby, half a dozen Franklin Regional High School...
Prep school gets Franklin Regional grad ready to tackle college football
There is a reason they call it prep school. Owen Sinclair knows that better than anyone at this point. The former Franklin Regional standout linebacker spent a year at The Kiski School in Saltsburg to enhance his skills and build his resume for college football. The opportunity gave him a...
Spencer Lee, football legends, girls basketball scoring sensations headline WPIAL Hall of Fame class
When Spencer Lee first heard he was chosen for the WPIAL Hall of Fame, the former Franklin Regional wrestler felt too young for the honor. The full story of his career isn’t written. “I’m still competing,” Lee said he briefly thought. “I’m not retired yet. Why am I in the...
Flooding hammers Murrysville, areas near Turtle Creek; 95 people evacuated by first responders
Tim Wagner’s family was getting ready to watch him graduate from Franklin Regional Senior High School on Friday night when stormwater began rushing into their Murrysville basement. “We’ve never seen it like this before,” Bonnie Rockette-Wagner said. Thunderstorms roared through the region late Friday afternoon, and flash flooding hammered northern...
