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There will be no more excuses. And that was sad news to hear for the people who patronize this popular South Side bar. Excuses Bar & Grille will turn out the lights one final time for last call on July 17. After 34 years along Carson Street on Pittsburgh’s South...

Tom Papinchak said the smoothie was relatively new to Western Pennsylvania when he started selling the fruity concoction in the mid-1990s, first from a mobile thatched-roof kiosk and then at his Tropical Bungalow kiosks in Westmoreland Mall, downtown Pittsburgh and The Galleria in Johnstown. About 10 years later, he moved...

Police said two men were injured in a shooting Wednesday at an apartment in Pittsburgh’s Spring Hill-City View neighborhood. Officers in Zone 1 responded to the 2100 block of Rhine Street around 9:30 p.m. and found two male victims with gunshot wounds. One of the victims was shot multiple times...

Pittsburgh Police said they have taken a suspect into custody following an early morning SWAT call to the city’s East Hills neighborhood. One person was removed from the scene around 7:20 a.m. UPDATE: At around 7:20 a.m., SWAT took the actor into custody. Avoid the 1700 block of Maplewood as...

Edgeworth officials plan to repair about five roads as part of this year’s paving program. Council approved an estimated $407,000 contract with Wampum-based Youngblood Paving earlier this year. Youngblood was the lowest of five bidders and handled last year’s Edgewood paving contract, according to borough manager John Schwend. “They were...

Sewickley United Methodist Church The Sewickley United Methodist Church will hold a Peach Festival from 11 a.m.-4 p.m. July 16 in the church’s fellowship hall. Peach cobbler with ice cream and beverage is $5. Hotdogs, ham BBQ sandwiches, chips and beverages also will be available. Everything is available to eat...

Fred Rogers is renowned for the ways he taught and interacted with children — and this July, educators will have the opportunity to glean some of his wisdom during a virtual symposium. Saint Vincent College’s Fred Rogers Institute in Unity will host the two-day symposium on July 19 and 20....

Publicize your 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 15068. Please include a daytime telephone number. Boaters bash planned Saturday in New Kensington Lighthouse Marina, New Kensington, will...

Latrobe residents are invited to go back in time and learn more about the city’s six wards in the upcoming months. The Latrobe Area Historical Society will present four shows about this history between July and October. The first show, which will delve into the First Ward, will take place...

A familiar face in Tarentum will fill a vacancy on council. Kevin Bertocki, owner of Asay’s newsstand along Sixth Avenue, was appointed to fill the 2nd Ward term left by Adam Blythe who resigned in May. “I’m just trying to help the borough out,” Bertocki said. “I’m a business owner,...

A Cheswick couple face multiple felony drug charges after Allegheny Valley Regional Police accused them of selling heroin and crystal meth they packaged in a candy bag. Joseph Sciulli, 37, and Danielle Taylor, 47, of the 1400 block of Freeport Road each were charged with four felony counts of delivery...

After nine months of preparation and success in getting a state licensure upgrade to the Intermediate Advanced Life Support level, the Peebles District Volunteer Fire Company is able to carry additional equipment in its emergency vehicles and provide higher quality pre-hospital care to patients, officials said. “Our Advanced EMT and...

Sharpsburg butcher Dom Perrotte started sweeping sawdust from the floor in a cousin’s meat market before he was a teen. “I wiped the glass display cases and washed the platters for a lot of years before I went into business on my own,” said Perrotte, who owned a Main Street...

A 15-year-old boy shot in the head riding his mini bike on an unseasonably warm March evening. An 18-year-old recent high school graduate gunned down standing in a Hill District housing complex courtyard last month. Both teens, police charge, were shot and killed by Shaun Scott, of Wilkinsburg. Scott, 18,...

The advancement in tracking cell phone usage led Beaver County authorities to charge a 36-year-old Aliquippa man in 2016 execution-style killing of a friend, the Beaver County District Attorney said Wednesday. A warrant was issued for the arrest of Brandon Eugene Revis of Main Street, who was charged on Wednesday...

The University of Pittsburgh is set to narrowly escape with its state funding after months of heated back-and-forth between Pitt and House Republicans over the university’s fetal tissue research. The state House voted Wednesday night to pass Pitt’s appropriation. Lawmakers reworded an agricultural funding bill to provide Pitt’s funding and...

Saturday night promises to be a hot time in New Kensington. Nearly 50 businesses and a baker’s dozen of entertainers — including fire dancers — are scheduled to participate in New Ken’s Sizzling Summer Night, a first-time event running from 4 to 8 p.m. on Fifth Avenue between Eighth and...

An Aspinwall police officer was treated and released from a hospital after being hit by a vehicle Wednesday afternoon. Allegheny County dispatchers said there was a vehicle/pedestrian crash about 4 p.m. near the intersection of Western Avenue and Freeport Road. The department posted on its Facebook page that Officer Scott...

The estate of an Easton man who died in an August 2020 crash with a train in Cheswick is suing Norfolk Southern for $50 million, alleging the company’s negligence resulted in the man’s death. Brittney Brown, an administrator of David Nezekiah Howell’s estate, filed the lawsuit June 8 seeking compensation...

A tradition of bringing new and passionate stargazers into the hobby is still going strong after 35 years. The Amateur Astronomers Association of Pittsburgh will be holding free public Star Parties on Friday and Saturday, July 8 and 9, at the Nicholas E. Wagman Observatory in Deer Lakes Regional Park...

The Pittsburgh offices of ATI will move to a 20,000-square-foot office in the Strip District after nearly three decades at PPG Place. Leaders of the global specialty materials firm signed a long-term lease at The Vision on 15th, a luxury mixed-use development along Smallman Street. The move is expected to...

Plum Borough School District has accepted more than $230,000 worth of athletic equipment and supplies donated by alumnus Pat McAfee. “Pat has been a tremendous friend to our athletic programs, both on and off the playing surface,” according to a statement issued by the district. “His willingness to remain connected...

Plum Borough School Board announces the appointment of Melanie Rush as Plum Senior High School assistant principal. Rush joins the district with more than 19 years of experience as a classroom teacher with Trinity Area School District, and she served as an interim assistant principal there during the 2018-19 school...