Western PA Local News category, Page 1275
Pine-Richland high schoolers selected for state-wide litter prevention program
Every year, PennDOT spends nearly $14 million to clean up litter on Pennsylvania’s roads. Pennsylvania high schoolers could help change that. In collaboration with Keep Pennsylvania Beautiful, PennDOT has introduced a statewide “Young Ambassadors” program. These ambassadors are tasked with promoting state cleanliness and beauty. Four Allegheny County students were...
McCandless roads to get new treatment system this winter
A new anti-icing method in McCandless may help make roads more drivable this winter. The pre-treat system involves using a 1,300-gallon tank filled with a precise brine solution. The tank is installed in a dump truck, and the solution is applied to the road surface before a storm, according to...
The Stroller, Nov. 11, 2022: Events in the Alle-Kiski Valley
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. 5K Holiday Dash planned Dec. 3 in Vandergrift Registrations are being...
Free Thanksgiving dinners in the A-K Valley
Free Thanksgiving dinners are being offered in several communities in the Alle-Kiski Valley during the Thanksgiving holiday season. All events are on Nov. 24 unless otherwise listed. Please note that reservations are requested at some locations. Freeport • St. Mary Mother of God Parish and Zion United Methodist Church will...
Pittsburgh Career Institute to close after losing accreditation
The Pittsburgh Career Institute will close its doors before Thanksgiving because the healthcare training school lost its academic accreditation this summer, the Downtown Pittsburgh school said Thursday. The private, for-profit school with six degree programs said it will shutdown its classes on Nov. 23. It said it will continue to...
Portion of Brookline Memorial Park may be converted into urban farm
An empty field in Brookline Memorial Park could be converted into an urban farm, which would produce food for city residents and local food banks. City Councilman Anthony Coghill said the site, located within the roughly 20-acre park in Pittsburgh’s Brookline neighborhood, was the last active farm in Pittsburgh. He’d...
Man fatally stabbed in Knoxville home invasion identified; woman suffers facial injuries
Officials have identified a Pittsburgh man found stabbed to death Thursday afternoon inside a home in the city’s Knoxville neighborhood. The victim, who died at the scene, was 52-year-old Victor Sawyer, according to a report from the Allegheny County Medical Examiner’s Office. Pittsburgh police said they also found a woman...
6 hurt in North Huntingdon crash; Route 30 reopens at Colonial Manor
Six people were injured and transported to hospitals as a result of a two-vehicle crash Thursday night along Route 30 in North Huntingdon. It closed a section of Route 30 for more than two hours, according to township police and Tribune-Review news partner WPXI said. The crash occurred at about...
Tarentum teen and motorcycle clubs collect more than 180 turkeys for vets
Wesley Westerman was in a sea of leather-vested motorcycle riders and a pile of frozen turkeys Thursday at Mogie’s Irish Pub in Lower Burrell for a good cause. Westerman, with the help of the City Kings and Warriors of Chaos Veterans motorcycle clubs, collected more than 180 turkeys to distribute...
Greensburg Salem seeks consultant to prepare school project drawings, specifications
Greensburg Salem School District hopes to establish a relationship with a consulting engineer or architect so it can move forward with proposed capital projects. The school board this week agreed to seek proposals for the consulting service while looking to obtain bids for projects, including development of an outdoor classroom...
Jury finds Youngwood man not guilty of rape, sex assault
A Westmoreland County jury found a Youngwood man not guilty of rape and other crimes in connection with allegations made by an 18-year-old woman who claimed he held her captive and sexually assaulted her January. After three hours of deliberations Thursday, Brandon Giron, 23, was convicted of one misdemeanor charge...
Overnight Pa. Turnpike closure to affect eastbound motorists at New Stanton
An overnight closure of the Pennsylvania Turnpike is set to begin at 11 p.m. Saturday, for eastbound traffic traveling between the New Stanton and Breezewood interchanges. The closure is slated to continue until 5 a.m. Sunday to allow crews to conduct center-line pavement patching. During the six-hour closure, motorists will...
Retired Tarentum serviceman gets free roof in time for Veterans Day
Kenneth Snead Sr.’s mom always told him believing is half the battle. Snead recalled her words Thursday while watching contractors install a free roof on his West Eighth Avenue home in Tarentum. “I am so grateful, but I just knew it was gonna happen,” said Snead, 62, an Army veteran....
Thomas Jefferson High School hosts Veterans Day recognition ceremony
Thomas Jefferson High School senior Rachael Parsons is concerned that young people her age aren’t showing enough appreciation for the sacrifices American veterans have made over the years. So, the 17-year-old is doing what she can to change that. On Nov. 10, she took part in a stirring “Salute to...
Historic Hanna’s Town gives the public an after-hours peek inside during Candelight Open House
To help kick off the holiday season, a free, after-hours Candelight Open House was held Thursday at Historic Hanna’s Town. Visitors to the Hempfield site were treated to small bites and beverages inside Hanna’s Tavern and a fire in the fireplace to cozy up to. The path to Hanna’s Tavern...
Man charged in 2019 Greensburg hit-and-run crash sentenced to prison
A former Jeannette man was sentenced Thursday to serve up to seven years in prison for a hit-and-run crash nearly three years ago in Southwest Greensburg that left a pedestrian severely injured. Justin L. Hudspath, 40, pleaded guilty to charges of aggravated assault by a vehicle, driving with a suspended...
Patriotic pastry: The Willows in Oakmont honors veterans with special cake
Two team members at The Willows skilled nursing community in Oakmont designed and decorated a particularly patriotic dessert to help celebrate Veterans Day. Michelle Lowes, a cook, and Maria Emili, dining services director, created a three-layer cake featuring seals from all branches of the military. Lowes began cake decorating 12...
McCandless man gets 2 to 4 years in deadly DUI crash
The grandmother of a woman killed by a drunk driver and the man convicted of killing her were both seeking the same thing in an Allegheny County courtroom Thursday. Dorothy Guy, whose 19-year-old granddaughter, Egypt White, was killed two years ago, wanted mercy for the man responsible, Evan Hilliard, now...
Now that the late Tony DeLuca has been re-elected, what happens next?
It was a possibility that tantalized political pundits for the four weeks leading up to the November general election. When state Rep. Tony DeLuca, a Democrat, died on Oct. 9 at the age of 85, after a brief battle with lymphoma, his name remained on the ballot because it was...
Repeat offender apprehended in Elliott homicide
Pittsburgh police have arrested a 40-year-old man in connection with an Oct. 1 homicide in the city’s Elliott neighborhood. Donte Brewer, of Pittsburgh, was apprehended Wednesday by Pittsburgh police and U.S. Marshalls Western Pennsylvania Fugitive Task Force in the shooting death of Carrington Keys, 41, in Elliott. He is charged...
New public works facility won’t be ready to help Pittsburgh’s South Hills neighborhoods this winter
Residents in Pittsburgh’s South Hills neighborhoods might not be wishing for a white Christmas this year. A Department of Public Works facility that was supposed to bring snow plows, salt and other supplies to the district won’t be built this winter, Councilman Anthony Coghill said. Coghill represents Pittsburgh City Council...
Two Aquinas Academy athletes sign letters of intent in Hampton
Two seniors at Aquinas Academy of Pittsburgh in Hampton signed their letters of intent on National Signing Day, Nov. 9. Isabella Hite and Vincent Cugini affixed their signatures in a ceremony held in the Rhodora J. Donahue Building in front of classmates, high school coaches and family members. Hite signed...
Murrysville area: Bus trip, tree planting, ‘Patriotic Thanksgiving’ performance, more
Email news briefs and event listings to pvarine@triblive.com. Items must be emailed two weeks in advance to make the deadline for the Star. Bus trip to holiday market The Murrysville and Hempfield parks and recreation departments will co-host a Dec. 14 bus trip to the People’s Gas Holiday Market in...
Norwin happenings: Holiday parade in Irwin, Breakfast with St. Nick, more
Irwin to hold holiday light-up night, parade The annual light-up night and holiday parade will be held Nov. 17 in downtown Irwin. The tree will be lit at 6:20 p.m. at the S&T parking lot off Main Street, with the parade of fire trucks and marchers to begin on Main...
Penn-Trafford area: Wreath sale, Super Seniors set to meet
Women’s club sells wreaths for graves of veterans The Level Green Community Women’s Club is selling fresh wreaths for $15 to be placed on the graves of veterans at Union Cemetery in Irwin or the Immaculate Conception and Long Run cemeteries in North Huntingdon on Dec. 17 . Those interested...
