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David Teasley of Mt. Oliver was first in line to order milkshakes at Page’s as its season opened on Thursday. He ordered butterscotch and chocolate milkshakes. “I’ve been coming here for 30 years,” he said. “The milkshakes are my favorite.” Behind him in line were five co-workers from a nearby...

We’ve made it to St. Patrick’s Day parade weekend. Here are some ways to spend it. Go green The annual St. Patrick’s Day Parade is at 10 a.m. Saturday. With more than 200 groups and 20,000 participants, it will be one of the biggest parades in the history of the...

Through the wardrobe Journey to the land of Narnia as Keystone Contemporary Ballet presents a full-length ballet version of the C.S. Lewis classic, “The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe.” Performances will begin at 7 p.m. Friday and Saturday in Science Hall Theater at Westmoreland County Community College, 145 Pavilion...

A paralyzed cat led to retired veterinarian Dr. Betsy Kennon changing the way she sees her purpose in life. In 2008, Kennon was presented with a kitten suffering from a spinal cord injury and unable to use its hind legs. Her professional judgment told her to put the ownerless cat...

Jonathan O’Brien said he’s running for mayor of Greensburg to support business growth in the city while paying attention to the concerns of taxpayers. O’Brien, 52, who is completing the final year of his single term on the Greensburg Salem School Board, is a mayoral candidate on the Republican ticket....

Here are some of the latest news items from this morning, Friday, March 10, 2023: 2 injured in house fire in Allegheny Township One person was injured in a house fire early Friday in Allegheny Township. Firefighters from multiple stations in the All-Kiski Valley responded to the fire around 12:40...

It’s out with the old and in with the new at Kiski Area High School. A state-of-the-art fitness facility was unveiled to the public during a ribbon-cutting ceremony. The equipment cost just over $202,000. The project was made possible by a hefty donation from the Kiski Area Education Foundation, which...

Members of Fox Chapel Area High School Best Buddies took the plunge to raise money for the school district’s Special Olympics Unified Sports teams. Students participated in the Pittsburgh Cool Schools Polar Plunge on Feb. 24 at Acrisure Stadium on Pittsburgh’s North Side. Fox Chapel Area students raised $30,558 —...

Cook Township attorney Mark Hamilton announced he will be a candidate for the district judge seat in Ligonier. Hamilton, 68, has worked as a lawyer for more than four decades and serves a partner with Summers, McDonnell, Hudock, Guthrie and Rauch in Pittsburgh. He also has served as solicitor for...

Publicize your non-profit’s community events, fundraisers and club meetings for free in The Stroller. Send information at least two weeks in advance to vndnews@triblive.com or The Stroller, 210 Wood St., Tarentum PA 15084. Please include a daytime telephone number. March 18 event to honor hometown heroes A Hometown Hero Thank...

A history of arson and unsolved fires in Jeannette over the last six years could be key in the defense of a man charged with setting a fatal row house blaze in 2018, resulting in the death of an 87-year-old woman. Lawyers for Brian Rendon, 38, of Jeannette said statistical...

In order to help their money make a little more money, Export officials are considering moving some borough accounts to the Pennsylvania Local Government Investment Trust. PLGIT “is similar to a bank but not a bank,” according to the group’s Western Pennsylvania marketing director, Tamara Kemmler. “We don’t do anything...

A nurse at UPMC Altoona was illegally retaliated against and fired after she spoke to local media about staffing shortages and working conditions, according to a complaint from the National Labor Relations Board. UPMC on Friday defended its actions, saying that the nurse in question was a contractor on temporary...

A Franklin Park woman dedicated to stopping the stigma attached to addiction and mental illness was honored this month with the Laura Ditka Award for Advocacy and Service. Sherry Jo Matt, founder of Stop the Judgement, received the award at the Cribs for Kids 2023 Women of Achievement event held...

Sewickley Academy officials have no plans to demolish what is known as the Blacksmith’s House in Edgeworth. Head of School Ashley Birtwell addressed those concerns, as well as rumors of the nearly one-acre lot at 627 Beaver Road being repurposed as a parking lot, at a borough planning commission meeting...

Pittsburgh police say a 12-year-old boy who had been missing has been found safe. Omari Howard, 12, was last seen in Carrick on Monday, Public Safety spokeswoman Cara Cruz reported. Pittsburgh police announced late Friday that he was found and safe....

Plum High School’s upcoming spring musical brings a strong feeling of nostalgia for alum Bethany Loy. The 2004 grad played trombone in the orchestra her sophomore year for “Fiddler on the Roof.” A little more than 20 years later, now the pit director, Loy prepares instrumental students to perform those...

The Belle Vernon Walmart in Rostraver was open for business Thursday evening after the store was evacuated that afternoon following a bomb threat. Walmart employees heard a male voice give the proper code for a bomb threat over the store’s internal radio communications twice in a short period of time,...

One person was airlifted by medical helicopter for treatment following a wreck Thursday afternoon in South Huntingdon, according to a Westmoreland County 911 dispatcher. A car crashed into a tree at about 2:45 p.m. on Hodges Road, between Route 981 and Rolling Hills Road. Additional details weren’t immediately available....

Route 837 in Jefferson Hills reopened Thursday afternoon after a boulder fell onto the roadway two days earlier. The road was shut to traffic between Route 51 in Jefferson Hills and St. Clair Avenue in Clairton. PennDOT spokesman Steve Cowan said the road opened to motorists around 4:30 p.m....

Jeffrey Balzer is looking to secure his fourth term at Westmoreland County controller. Balzer, 57, of Salem, announced his intent to run for reelection to the office he has held since 2012. He is a Republican. The controller serves as the watchdog over county government and audits the financial performance...

It would’ve been hard for motorists along Freeport Road in Springdale Township to miss Heidi Bair on Thursday. Dressed as a bright red strawberry, the owner of John & Gerry’s Quality Fruit Market danced along the roadside to alert people that the store is open for the season. The store...

Allegheny County Sheriff’s deputies on Thursday arrested a Pittsburgh man wanted on five different arrest warrants. Khyree Givner, 28, had his bail revoked in January in a case accusing him of endangering the welfare of children, and he failed to appear in court in another case involving a firearms charge,...