Western PA Local News category, Page 1219
Sewickley woman dies in Sewickley Heights crash
A 20-year-old woman has died as a result of injuries suffered in a crash Christmas Eve in Sewickley Heights. Camden Kiggins of Sewickley died about 4 p.m. Christmas Day, according to the Allegheny County Medical Examiner’s Office. Kiggins was a passenger in a rollover crash in the 500 block of...
Electrify Your Symphony returns to Bethel Park High School
Considering that the Beatles disbanded more than half a century ago, today’s teenagers couldn’t be blamed for considering their music to be ancient history. Yet the George Harrison composition “Here Comes the Sun” is one of the songs in the repertoire for the upcoming Electrify Your Symphony performance at Bethel...
Tour-Ed leaders envision adding natural energy center at former Fawn mine
Administrators of Tour-Ed Mine & Museum in Fawn already tout the site as “one of the coal-est” attractions in the region. Director Bob Black wants to add to the lure of the 170-year-old facility by building a natural energy center. “We give good tours here,” said Black of Plum, who...
Overturned tractor-trailer that tied up Parkway West traffic cleared
An overturned tractor-trailer that was causing traffic headaches on the Parkway West for much of the day Tuesday has been cleared. PennDOT traffic cameras about 4:30 p.m. showed outbound traffic flowing through all lanes near the Campbells Run Road exit. The truck overturned near the border of Robinson and Collier...
Harrison eyes reconstruction of eroded Harbison Street
A Harrison street that has eroded because of a lack of storm sewers is expected to be reconstructed in 2023. The township commissioners have applied for a nearly $500,000 state grant to rebuild Harbison Street, which is marked with craters because of water runoff. “This is to remedy a long-standing...
Drop-off recycling programs turn live Christmas trees into mulch
Once the gifts have been unwrapped and the ornaments have been packed away, households that celebrated Christmas with a live tree have options for disposing of their used evergreen in an environmentally friendly way. Westmoreland Cleanways and Recycling has partnered with several local communities, organizations and businesses to offer its...
Westmoreland among counties with most drug delivery resulting in death prosecutions
More drug dealers implicated in fatal overdoses are being prosecuted in Westmoreland County than in any other county is Southwestern Pennsylvania. Statistics released in December by the Administrative Office of Pennsylvania Courts revealed that 6.2% of all drug delivery resulting in death cases brought by state prosecutors since 2017 were...
11-year-old dies in fire near Normalville in Fayette County
An 11-year-old boy was killed early Tuesday in Fayette County when a fire destroyed a mobile home near the village of Normalville, a fire official said. The boy was found inside the mobile home along Hawkins Hollow Road in Springfield Township, said Normalville Fire Chief Mark Bigam. He said an...
Tarentum eyes more than $2 million in infrastructure grants
Tarentum could be in store for more than $2 million in infrastructure upgrades if the borough is awarded several grants that it applied for this week. Much of the money would be used to replace aging equipment at the borough’s water plant, which dates to the 1930s. More than $1...
Freeport to receive $1.5 million from federal budget for new sewage plant
With the congressional passage of the federal 2023 spending bill, Freeport secured $1.5 million to help pay for its new sewage treatment plant estimated to cost $16.9 million. The Freeport project was included in the $1.7 trillion Consolidated Appropriations Act for 2023. Both the U.S. Senate and House passed the...
Deep-freeze thaw brings busted pipes, busy week for plumbers
The holiday season is busy enough during a normal year. But for plumbers, home heating contractors and emergency responders, the deep freeze over the past few days — and the warmer weather that is on the way — has made things even busier. “I’ve probably had 40 or 50 calls...
The Stroller, Dec. 27, 2022: Events in the Alle-Kiski Valley
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2 people rescued from house fire in Beechview
Two people were rescued early Tuesday from a fire in Pittsburgh’s Beechview neighborhood, according to Tribune-Review news partner WPXI-TV. City fire trucks were at the scene of the blaze in the 1500 block of Beechview Avenue, between Sebring and Hampshire avenues. The fire at the 2½-story wood-frame home was reported...
Derry Township fire victim died of smoke inhalation, coroner says
The fire that killed a Derry Township woman on Christmas Eve started on the kitchen stove in the rear of the house, a fire official said. The victim, Esther Ann McChesney, 78, was trapped inside her Pizza Barn Road home and died from her injuries, Westmoreland County Coroner Tim Carson...
Man killed in shooting in Brighton Heights
Police are investigating a shooting in Pittsburgh’s Brighton Heights neighborhood that left one man dead. At 3:30 p.m. on Monday, officers responded to the 3300 block of Brighton Road for reports of a gunshot victim. They found a man with gunshot wounds, who was taken to the hospital by EMS...
Luminary lighting in Bethel Park honors victims of Alzheimer’s disease
An estimated 6.5 million Americans ages 65 and older are living with Alzheimer’s disease. “It’s awful. And in the next 25 years, that number will double,” Bethel Park resident Dayna Brown said. “So if you don’t know someone or haven’t personally experienced the effects of Alzheimer’s or another form of...
Allegheny County Police make arrest in Mt. Oliver homicide
Allegheny County Police announced an arrest Monday in the shooting death of a man in Mt. Oliver in August. Daleron Newman, 22, of Pittsburgh, is charged with criminal homicide in the Aug. 30 shooting death of Timothy Coates, 20, at Dawes and Frederick streets in the borough, county police said....
Latrobe may consider ban on consumer fireworks
Latrobe council may ban consumer fireworks in the city. The issue arose during a debate to amend the city fireworks ordinance to mirror that of newly passed state regulations, which prohibit fireworks within 150 feet of the nearest building or vehicle. City Code Enforcement and Zoning Officer James Niesuma presented...
Dollar General accuses Parks’ store manager of stealing bank deposits
The store manager for the Dollar General in Parks Township faces multiple felony counts after a company official accused him of stealing more than $2,000 that was supposed to be deposited in the bank. Robert Thomas Carter, 38, of Emerson Street Court in Vandergrift was charged with felony burglary, criminal...
Federal spending bill includes $33M for Southwestern Pa. projects
A $1.7 trillion spending bill that passed the Senate and House includes more than $111 million for dozens of projects across Pennsylvania, according to U.S. Sen. Bob Casey, D-Scranton. The federal funding bill earmarks more than $33 million for projects in Southwestern Pennsylvania, including money for sewer rehab, health care...
Pittsburgh-area drivers facing higher gas prices than other parts of state, nation
Despite average gas prices falling across the state and nation, drivers in the Pittsburgh area aren’t seeing as much relief at the pump. The national average Monday was $3.10 per gallon, according to AAA. That’s down 4 cents from a week ago and about 46 cents from a month ago....
Police say drunk Unity man tried to steal cop car after crash in Oklahoma Borough with off-duty officer
State police said a Unity man was drunk when he wrecked into an off-duty police officer in Oklahoma Borough and then tried to escape by stealing a police cruiser. Richard Allen Wilden, 32, of the 900 block of Rolling Meadows Drive was charged with a felony count of attempted theft...
Springdale approves budget with no tax hikes
Property taxes in Springdale will remain the same next year. The $2.8 million 2023 budget, adopted unanimously by council Tuesday, marks an increase of about 17% over the $2.4 million budget approved for 2022. However, $344,000 of that is set to be used for projects made possible through American Rescue...
Lower Burrell Legion Riders double as ‘family’ for Christmas dinner guests
Pierogis apparently aren’t a thing out west. Or, at least, they weren’t for Roberta MacKnight, who moved to Lower Burrell from New Mexico in June. MacKnight got her first taste of the Polish delicacy at a Christmas dinner hosted Sunday by the Legion Riders at Lower Burrell American Legion Post...
Burrell’s pre-apprenticeship program helps budding engineers, technical workers
For Noah Kleckner, a senior at Burrell High School who completed a pre-apprenticeship program at school, safety protocols for personal protection are huge. “You don’t want metal shavings in your eye,” he said. Kleckner, 19, of Lower Burrell earned seven state certifications in safety, quality, manufacturing and maintenance in Burrell’s...
