Western PA Local News category, Page 1292
Boulevard of the Allies/Parkway East ramp closure set for entire weekend; more detours next week
Construction fatigued Pittsburghers will have another road project and accompanying detour to look out for this weekend. PennDOT has announced the closure of the westbound I-376 (Parkway East) ramp to northbound Boulevard of the Allies from Friday at 8 p.m. continuously through 5:30 a.m. Monday morning. All ramp traffic will...
Ross police sergeant claims defamation against township, police association
A Ross police sergeant is suing his employer and former police union, accusing them of defamation and intentional infliction of emotional distress stemming from unfounded allegations that he improperly shared a video from a juvenile sex crime investigation. Joseph Serowik, 51, has worked for the Ross police department since 2004...
Hempfield man pleads guilty to incident with teen babysitters
A Hempfield man was ordered Friday to serve two years on probation in connection with an incident in 2018 that prompted two teenage babysitters to flee his home. Gregory Bittner, 40, pleaded guilty to misdemeanor charges of corruption of a minor and simple assault after two 15-year-old girls claimed he...
102-year-old former bank building on market in Verona
In the market for a building with serious pillar presence? A former bank in downtown Verona that towers above its neighboring buildings along Allegheny River Boulevard is listed for sale at $424,900. The property was previously a PNC bank and most recently the Verona Variety Store. It originally listed for...
Temple David in Monroeville honors Tree of Life victims
Temple David in Monroeville hosted a celebration of life in remembrance of the 2018 Tree of Life shooting on Oct. 27, the fourth anniversary of the attack that claimed 11 lives at the Squirrel Hill synagogue. Each year since the tragedy, Temple David’s congregation has thought of new ways to...
Penn Hills Shade Tree Commission needs volunteers for planting on Rodi Road
Volunteers have planted more than 300 trees along busy roadways, in quiet neighborhoods and in parks, and now they’re setting their sights on the busy, winding and cluttered Rodi Road, which leads into the heart of Penn Hills’ commercial district. The volunteers of the Penn Hills Shade Tree Commission and...
‘It’s a huge turnout’: Organizers pleased with Verona’s Trunk or Treat
Verona kicked off the borough’s Halloween celebration with its second annual Trunk or Treat event, which took place Oct. 27 at Railroad Park alongside the Verona Farmers Market. Riverview School Board member Stefanie Garibay helped organize the event and said the goal was to help bring more awareness to the...
Westmoreland Museum author talk explores Pittsburgh artist John Kane
It seems fitting that two people long involved in the artistic and cultural life of Pittsburgh should tell the story of Pittsburgh artist John Kane. Authors Maxwell King and Louise “Lulu” Lippincott will discuss “American Workman: The Life and Art of John Kane,” their book about the self-taught, early 20th-century...
Police: 6 people shot outside Brighton Heights church
Update: Police later corrected information to reveal that five people were shot, and one person was injured while trying to escape the melee. The Rev. Nicita Moses was speaking from the pulpit in her church during a funeral service in Brighton Heights on Friday afternoon when shots started to ring...
Weapons found on 2 Sto-Rox students
Teachers found weapons on two Sto-Rox students at security checkpoints at Sto-Rox Junior/Senior High School Friday morning, officials said. Officials did not immediately describe what type of weapons were confiscated. The first weapon was discovered in a student’s backpack at the checkpoint, Superintendent Megan Marie Van Fossan said in a...
Leechburg’s Pink Day festival sets attendance and fundraising record
Attendance at the 2022 Pink Day fundraiser for breast cancer research in Leechburg reached an all-time high. And so did the monetary donations. The annual daylong celebration and festival, held Sept. 17 on Market Street in downtown Leechburg, welcomed more than 10,000 attendees and raised more than $41,000, according to...
Woman accuses West Deer man of sexually assaulting her while sleeping at friend’s house after party
West Deer police charged a man with sexually assaulting a woman after a party at her friend’s house, where he was living as a roommate. Dominic J. Richards, 27, of the 1200 block of Logan Road in West Deer was charged with four misdemeanor counts of indecent assault, according to...
3 shot, wounded in Pittsburgh’s Spring Hill neighborhood
Three people were wounded in a North Side shooting late Thursday. Pittsburgh police said a total of 34 rounds were fired on the 100 block of Rhine Place in Spring Hill around 11:55 p.m. Thursday. A woman suffered a gunshot wound to the arm, a second woman was struck in...
Big Sewickley Creek Watershed group using mini grants to shine light on conservation efforts
For the past two years, a group of residents has been monitoring the work of natural gas drillers operating in the Big Sewickley Creek Watershed to make sure they are following the rules to prevent polluting or damaging the waterway’s delicate ecosystem. But their conservation efforts go beyond just looking...
Harrison tree planting boosts experience for ballpark spectators
Anyone who has ever watched a game at the Natrona Heights Baseball Softball Association complex will likely enjoy the experience even more next year. Volunteers from the youth league in Harrison joined the township tree committee and the Western Pennsylvania Conservancy to plant more than a dozen Zelkova trees on...
Westmoreland broadband study set to end as early findings identify service gaps
More than 43% of county residents who participated in a study of Westmoreland County’s broadband have little to no internet service, according to preliminary results announced Thursday. Since July, the county has conducted a survey of homes and businesses to gauge broadband connectivity and early findings indicated that as much...
Vandergrift police shock man who bit officer, fought with others arresting him for warrants
Vandergrift police say a man wanted on multiple warrants had to be repeatedly shocked with a stun gun after he ran from officers and then bit one of them in the arm while being taken into custody. Antjuan Dewayne Smith, 39, of the 2600 block of Brown Avenue in Hempfield...
Hempfield native’s short film to be featured on WQED’s ‘Filmmakers Corner’Video
Lauren Keller was sitting in her childhood bedroom in 2019 after completing her first semester at Point Park University when an idea for a film script began to kindle. Three pages later, Keller had one of the first drafts of what would become the film “A Little Glass of Rum,”...
5 things to do in Westmoreland County this weekend: Oct. 28-30
Haunted history Glowing jack-o’-lanterns will light the way as a ghostly figure welcomes guests to “Hair-Raising History: Frightfully True Stories from the Ligonier Valley,” with tours from 6 to 9 p.m. Friday through Sunday at Compass Inn Museum, 1386 Route 30, Laughlintown. Storytellers will relate eerie tales of local 19th-century...
Lower Burrell police say man repeatedly fought officers during arrest — even in jail cell
A man wanted on an arrest warrant was charged with felonies by Lower Burrell police after they accused him of kneeing an officer who tried to take him into custody and spitting blood at officers while he was in a holding cell. Christopher A. Love, 38, of the 700 block...
5 things to do in Pittsburgh this weekend: Oct. 28-29
Natural wonders — like dinosaurs and other spooky specimens, talented teens and musical geniuses — are in the spotlight this weekend in Pittsburgh. Tyrannosaurus time Dinosaurs roam the earth again in the Jurassic World Live Tour, coming this weekend to PPG Paints Arena, 1001 Fifth Ave., Pittsburgh. Show times are...
Maggie’s Farm Rum to expand with new distillery in Upper St. Clair
Maggie’s Farm Rum has experienced years of awards for its Strip District-produced spirits, and the distillery now is parlaying that success into a new 22,0000-square-foot production distillery, tasting room and cocktail bar in Upper St. Clair. Allegheny Distilling, which produces award-winning Maggie’s Farm Rum and Personal Day Vodka Hard Seltzer,...
Student-run cafe reopens, expands at Leechburg Area School District
A new mobile food and beverage program is on a roll in the Leechburg Area School District. Students enrolled in the district’s learning support program introduced the Creation Cafe Coffee Cart in August, selling hot and cold beverages and snacks to teachers in the elementary school. The mobile cart is...
Pine-Richland’s Unified bocce ball team fosters high school engagement, community
A packed student section, excited cheerleaders and supportive signs filled a Pine-Richland gymnasium. The fans weren’t there to support the high school’s basketball team or volleyball team — but its Unified bocce ball team. The district’s inaugural bocce season kicked off in 2021. The team, which is part of the...
The Stroller, Oct. 28, 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 a week in advance to vndnews@triblive.com or The Stroller, 210 Wood St., Tarentum PA 15084. Please include a daytime telephone number. Allegheny Valley Association of Churches to host Festival of Faith The...
