Local category, Page 1090
The music makes the magic at Andrew Carnegie Free Library
Q: How do you get to Carnegie Hall? A: Practice. Q: How do you get to Carnegie Carnegie Hall? A: Well, from the Studio performance space, you can either take the elevator or walk up a flight of stairs to the Music Hall lobby. In January, Pete Hewlett and Scott...
Gov. Shapiro calls on tech, robotic companies to join Pittsburgh’s growing innovation industry
Pittsburgh has become a fast-growing hub for many technology and robotics companies, and leaders across the region and state are hoping that expands even more. At the opening night of the Aviation & Robotics Summit in Pittsburgh’s Strip District on Tuesday, Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro heralded the growth of the...
Ballot mailings to Westmoreland voters await court action
Nearly 22,000 mail-in ballots are scheduled to be sent out to Westmoreland County voters this week, but a dispute over the candidacy of two Republican candidates for commissioner might put that delivery on hold. The Pennsylvania Supreme Court is considering whether to hear an appeal filed Monday by the county’s...
North Pittsburgh Symphonic Band wraps up concert season
When his students learn that Sean Desguin actually plays an instrument, they often are surprised. As Hampton Township School District’s elementary band director — he serves in several other music-related capacities, too — Desguin normally is instructing and leading, rather than performing. But he has that latter opportunity through his...
Federal judge asked to halt probation holds in Allegheny County unless constitutional protections put in place
Tate Stanford, 23, was serving two years of probation after pleading guilty to reckless endangerment in March 2022. Six months later, he was arrested for carrying a gun without a license, possession of marijuana and receiving stolen property. Although bail was set on the new charges, Stanford was held in...
O’Hara officials offer safety tips in wake of recent coyote sightings in township
Reports of recent coyote sightings in O’Hara Township have prompted the police department to issue online safety tips. O’Hara Township Manager Julie Jakubec confirmed Tuesday April 18 that officials, including the O’Hara Police Department, received about six calls from area residents reporting coyote sightings. She did not disclose where the...
Murrysville musician will perform with Westminster College OrchestraVideo
It’s one thing to sit down and practice Rachmaninoff’s Piano Concerto No. 2 at home. It’s quite another to sit down and play it with an orchestra backing you. Westminster College alum and Murrysville resident Amy Simpson will have the chance Friday, as a featured performer at the music department’s...
Westmoreland Symphony’s season finale combines sacred and secular
The Westmoreland Symphony Orchestra’s season-ending concert will juxtapose the sacred with the secular. It also might take a bit of divine intervention to pull off, said Artist Director Daniel Meyer, who will conduct the program beginning at 7:30 p.m. Saturday at The Palace Theatre in Greensburg. The program opens with...
Washington Township man secures patent for device to help propel wheelchairs
When John Britz played with Lego sets as a child, he rarely built what was pictured on the box. “I was always making other things,” said Britz, 76, of Washington Township, who spent a career in manufacturing with the Elliott Group in Jeannette. Britz’s creativity — which also includes having...
Delmont man pleads guilty to assault, witness intimidation
A Delmont man was sentenced Tuesday to serve up to 10 years in prison for assault of woman who made similar allegations against him years earlier. Harold Michael Franks, 40, pleaded guilty to charges of aggravated assault and firearms offenses in connection with allegations from last August when police said...
Pittsburgh’s South Side Flats could get new sports court for basketball, pickleball
Plans are in the works to build a sports court for pickleball and basketball in Pittsburgh’s South Side Flats. The court would be located on the East Lawn at SouthSide Works. Plans presented Tuesday to the city’s Planning Commission call for a 10-foot fence around the court, as well as...
Time, ticket price set for Westmoreland Night of the Stars musical revue
The showtime and ticket price have been finalized for Westmoreland Night of the Stars, after the annual showcase of area high school musicals was in peril of being discontinued earlier this year. The show will go on at 6:30 p.m. May 3 at The Palace Theatre in Greensburg. Tickets will...
Highlands School Board green-lights $25 million in renovations, including pool reconstruction
It was a sink or swim moment for aquatic enthusiasts in the Highlands School District on Monday when a packed house turned up to lobby the school board for $1.8 million in repairs to the long-closed high school pool. More than 50 people, including the high school swim team and...
Amera Gilchrist confirmed as Pittsburgh’s EMS chief, becomes 1st Black woman to hold role
Pittsburgh City Council on Tuesday confirmed Amera Gilchrist’s appointment as the city’s next EMS chief. Mayor Ed Gainey last week announced his nomination of Gilchrist, who is the first Black woman to serve in the role. Gilchrist, 49, has served on the city’s Bureau of EMS for nearly 24 years...
Pittsburgh to provide $600K in city funding for Downtown ambassador program
Pittsburgh City Council on Tuesday gave final approval to a measure that will dedicate $600,000 in city funding to support a new Downtown ambassador program. The nonprofit Pittsburgh Downtown Partnership’s Golden Triangle Ambassador program employs 11 full-time staff members. The ambassadors will offer a variety of services in Downtown Pittsburgh,...
Fire that destroyed car in Springdale under investigation
The cause of a fire that destroyed a car in Springdale on Monday night still is under investigation. Fire Chief Kevin Wilhelm said firefighters received the call on Shaw Avenue just before 9 p.m. The car, an older Kia Rio, was engulfed in flames when firefighters arrived. Wilhelm did not...
Police: New Kensington couple with kids kept crack cooked in kitchen next to Yoo-hoo drink box
A New Kensington couple is accused of having two young children in a home where, police say, they stored the crack cocaine they cooked in their kitchen next to a Yoo-hoo drink box. Mark Sibley, 42, and Nikki Marie Mcaninch, 30, both of the 600 block of Linden Avenue, were...
Construction of Harrison Aldi delayed again
More than a year after announcing it would open a store in Harrison, Aldi officials have confirmed shoppers will have to wait until 2024 for the discount grocer. The supermarket is expected to be constructed along Freeport Road in the spot where Harbison’s Nursery operated for many years. When complete,...
East Huntingdon caretaker accused of bilking $600+ from 81-year-old Hempfield woman
An East Huntingdon woman was charged Monday after state police said she misused the debit card of an 81-year-old Hempfield woman for whom she was providing care, according to court papers. Samantha Jo Teets, 37, is accused of financial exploitation of an older adult, a misdemeanor. Police said the woman...
White Oak man jailed on drug charges refuses DNA sample, faces obstruction charge
A White Oak man arrested on drug and weapons violations last month was charged with obstruction Monday after state police said he refused to provide a DNA sample. Troopers said they got a search warrant for a DNA sample from Justin D. Grandison, 32, to compare to evidence on a...
Ketchup bottle returns to Heinz Field — make that Acrisure StadiumVideo
A giant Heinz ketchup bottle is back at Heinz Field, err, Acrisure Stadium. On Tuesday, crews were spotted installing the 35-long, fiberglass bottle on the exterior of the North Shore stadium. It will be displayed at the Heinz Gate, also known as Gate C at the venue. The giant bottles,...
Audit of Jeannette finances reveals failure to pay Medicare taxes
Jeannette will pay about $100,000 to the Internal Revenue Service after an audit determined the city and its police officers had not been paying Medicare taxes. Chief fiscal officer Ethan Keedy said the funds will come out of the capital reserve account, which was created with money from the 2015...
Allegheny County executive candidates offer strategies to boost economy, hospitality industry
Five candidates for Allegheny County’s top elected office shared their plans to boost the economy and the county’s $7 billion hospitality industry during a forum hosted by the tourism agency VisitPittsburgh. The forum, held Thursday, featured four of the race’s six Democratic candidates for Allegheny County executive: state Rep. Sara...
Franklin Regional grad dials in the sounds for Slippery Rock production of ‘Seussical’
During his time working on stage productions at Franklin Regional Senior High School, Tyler Parsonage learned how to work under pressure and think quickly. “In high school, I had limited knowledge, and our equipment wasn’t necessarily top-tier,” said Parsonage, 22, of Murrysville. “I had to work with what we had,...
Driver charged with DUI in wrong-way crash on I-279
A Canonsburg man has been charged with driving under the influence after a wrong way crash in March. According to a Pennsylvania State Police report, Jacob Alauzen, 27, was driving north in the southbound lanes near the Camp Horne Road Exit in Ohio Township around 2:30 a.m. March 24. According...
