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A 13-year-old girl reported missing from Homewood has been found safe, according to Pittsburgh police. She was reported missing over the weekend and police sought the public’s help in finding her....

A former nursing aide is suing a North Huntingdon nursing home and a Murrysville-based nursing agency claiming both firms failed to conduct an adequate criminal background check, which led to her being sexually assaulted last year by a coworker. According to a three-count lawsuit filed last week in Westmoreland County,...

From golf to gift certificates to spa days and symphony concerts, Blessed Sacrament Cathedral Parish in Greensburg will have something for everyone in its “Home for the Holidays,” a fundraiser for the church’s Bethlehem Project housing ministry. This year’s theme is “The 12 Baskets of Christmas.” “We’ve expanded the number...

For the third consecutive year, Latrobe resident Clare Kaczmarek captured first place in the Places category of the 2022 Go Laurel Highlands Photo Contest, with a sunrise photo taken in May at Baughman Rock Overlook, above the Youghiogheny River Gorge south of Ohiopyle. Kaczmarek said she had to get up...

A Jeannette property with a dilapidated home is set to be donated to the city, pending council’s acceptance next week. The property, 522 Scott Ave., was deemed a public nuisance and slated for demolition during a September public hearing. The house has been abandoned for about five years and has...

Aly Yuschak hopes to bring a touch of the holiday spirit to people who are blind and visually impaired by creating Braille greeting cards. The 10th-grade Clairview School student said she thinks it would be awesome to receive a greeting card in the mail that she could read with her...

Soon after the Southern Alleghenies Museum of Art at Ligonier Valley launched its sculpture garden, a local philanthropist offered to add to the collection. “Donald Green, a gentleman who was very philanthropic to the Ligonier Valley, reached out to SAMA to see if we would be interested in having another...

Aleppo Mark Messner sold property at 102 Berdine Drive to Edward and Cami Spiker for $315,000. Kristin Morrell sold property at 111 Woodcrest Drive to Catherine Alexander for $325,000. Bell Acres Pamela Jo Miller sold property at 751 Camp Meeting Road to Easton Renwick and Andrea Phung for $300,000. Sean...

Aspinwall Donna Lee Jamison trustee sold property at 325 First St. to Bruce and Ann Gabler for $260,000. Fox Chapel Bhupinder Singh Datta sold property at 529 Fairview Road to Blaise and Julie Abramovitz for $1,025,000. Jason Rose sold property at 212 Highland Road to Michael Jacobson for $895,000. Anthony...

Baldwin Borough Clayton Palmieri sold property at 1179 Camarta Drive to Lisa Palmieri for $265,000. Duk Sapkota sold property at 524 Judith Drive to Tek Bir and Yashoda Kadariya for $260,000. Estate of George Nuemah sold property at 3536 Wallace Drive to Victor and Laura Mull for $188,800. Lauren Markely...

Lauren Edinger and her husband, Edd Velez, whitewashed an antique tin ceiling in their future ice cream and sandwich shop in the former J.H. Shoop & Sons building in Freeport. The repurposing of the century-­plus-old retail building — home to one of the oldest family-owned men’s clothing stores in the...

Described as “generational changing,” recently awarded investments in rails-to-trails will help connect more than 100 miles of recreational trails in Western Pennsylvania, opening previously unrealized pathways to communities poised to benefit economically. Murrysville to Rankin. O’Hara to East Deer. Aspinwall to Homewood. Plans are underway to grow and connect mostly...

Bridgeville Shawn Kief sold property at 615 Chartiers St. to Melody Kief for $103,000. Estate of George Maioli sold property at 1001 Grandview Ave. Unit 606 to Lewis and Barbara Speeler for $125,000. Barbara Drexler sold property at 1001 Grandview Ave. Unit 807 to Claudia Maioli for $74,627. Mohit Sharma...

Baldwin Borough Clayton Palmieri sold property at 1179 Camarta Drive to Lisa Palmieri for $265,000. Duk Sapkota sold property at 524 Judith Drive to Tek Bir and Yashoda Kadariya for $260,000. Estate of George Nuemah sold property at 3536 Wallace Drive to Victor and Laura Mull for $188,800. Lauren Markely...

Pennsylvania was a haven in the decades preceding the Civil War for people seeking to escape enslavement in the South. But that wasn’t the case in Pennsylvania’s earlier years, when enslaved people and those who claimed ownership of them were part of the local population, including in Westmoreland County. The...

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A 12-day-old baby boy left in a basket on a Garfield doorstep in 1932, has found his long-lost Pittsburgh family. Jim Scott wrote a “Christmas wish” to connect with his birth family in 2016. And for the past six years, he’s been putting together the pieces of what most of...

Aaron Siko has followed in Jason Winters’ footsteps within Hempfield government. In 2018, Siko took over as director of Parks and Recreation when Winters was promoted to township manager. Now, as Winters left the managerial role Friday, Siko will fill Winters’ shoes once again. Township supervisors unanimously appointed him as...

Fox Chapel Area High School sophomore Swati Mylarappa took home fifth place in the Student Congress portion of the Moon/Our Lady of Sacred Heart Speech and Debate tournament at Moon Area High School on Nov. 19. Approximately 340 students representing 26 public and private high schools from Western Pennsylvania and...

Six members of the Shady Side Academy Class of 2023 were named semifinalists in the 68th annual National Merit Scholarship Program. These seniors will compete for some 7,250 National Merit Scholarships worth nearly $28 million offered next spring. The SSA semifinalists are: Ella Gardner, Shaler; Emma Gardner, Shaler; Elaine Gombos,...

Bellevue Estate of Edward Dennis Gray sold property at 89 N Euclid Ave. to Christopher Paul Eddie and Justin Paul Greenawalt for $80,000. Peoples Properties LLC sold property at 566 Highland Pl to Daniel and James Zack for $193,000. John Robinson sold property at 323 Lincoln Ave. to MCR Holdings...

Chalfant Jamie Lynn Kelly sold property at 220 Wilkins Ave. to Loran and Yolanda Dehonney for $107,000. Churchill A & O Homes LLC sold property at 2511 Collins Road to Jens Danielsen and Hannah Wilkinson for $174,900. Rushi Homes LLC sold property at 2505 Greensburg Pike to Joseph Chilcott and...

The Vandergrift Back When Holiday Extravaganza kicked off Friday with a bang. Thousands of festival-goers lined Grant Avenue to watch more than 20 floats, costumed characters and the award-winning Kiski Area High School Marching Band. “It was great,” said Steve Broda, a member of the committee who helped organize the...

Bars and casinos don’t typically draw big crowds during breakfast time on the weekends, but the World Cup provided an exception to the rule Saturday morning. Thousands of Western Pennsylvania soccer fans flocked to nearby hangouts to watch the U.S. team ultimately fall to the Netherlands, 3-1. “(Soccer fans) like...

The forecast called for rain but there were snow flurries in New Kensington on Saturday for the annual Christmas parade. The guest of honor, Santa Claus, arrived atop a fire engine under a squall of huge white flakes — made of foam and sprayed from a nearby truck. Crowds lining...