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Tarentum borough manager among only 11 in country chosen for Stanford fellowship
Tarentum Borough Manager Dwight Boddorf wants to marry his military and municipal backgrounds to help veterans gain hands-on experience in local government. Boddorf is among 11 people nationwide chosen as a 2025-26 Veteran Fellow at Stanford University, where he will learn to create pathways for veterans to earn what is...
UPMC enters takeover talks for Ohio’s Trinity Health System
UPMC is looking to absorb Trinity Health System and its four hospitals in eastern Ohio. CommonSpirit Health, the parent organization of Trinity Health System, said in a joint release Wednesday its has a nonbinding deal with UPMC to pursue a takeover agreement. “Over the next several months, both entities will...
Burrell School District enrollment continues to shrink
Burrell School District’s enrollment decreased by 50 students this fall, a decline on par with what the district has seen for the past 10 years, according to Superintendent Shannon Wagner. Total district enrollment this fall stands at 1,624, Wagner told the school board this week. Enrollment was 1,674 last year....
Man dies following shooting in Aliquippa
A 24-year-old man has died after a shooting in Aliquippa, the Allegheny County Medical Examiner said Wednesday. Gevod Tyson, who is listed only as living outside Allegheny County, died at 9:05 p.m. Tuesday at an area hospital, the medical examiner said. TribLive news partner WTAE had reported that one person...
Morning Roundup: 2 injured in Cranberry mobile home fire; coroner identifies Homewood shooting victim
Here are some of the latest news items from this morning, Wednesday, Oct. 15: 2 injured in Cranberry mobile home fire Two people were taken to the hospital early Wednesday after a mobile home fire in Butler County. Firefighters were called to the home on York Road in Cranberry around...
Pittsburgh airport joins others in nation in not playing Noem video blaming Democrats for shutdown
Airports big and small — including Pittsburgh International Airport — will not play a video with a message from Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem in which she blames Democrats for the federal government shutdown and its impacts on Transportation Security Administration operations. Airports in New York, Atlanta, Chicago, Las Vegas,...
5 candidates vie for 4 seats on Hampton School Board
As they had in the primary, five candidates are vying for four seats up for election this year on the nine-member Hampton School Board. Incumbent board members Denise Balason, Jill Hamlin and Larry Vasko were cross-filed for the primary and won each party’s nomination. Board member Gregory Stein, who was...
The Stroller, Oct. 15, 2025: Events in the Alle-Kiski Valley
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Financial losses expected as Westmoreland airport braces for flight cuts
Westmoreland County’s Airport Authority is eyeing red ink in the coming months. Reductions to the flight schedule for the airport’s lone commercial carrier and the county’s decision to freeze monthly subsidy payments could substantially limit the authority’s revenue projections during the last quarter of 2025. “We’re prepared for it,” Gabe...
4 vying for 3 seats on Hampton Council
Four candidates are vying for three seats on Hampton’s five-member council in the Nov. 4 election. Council members are elected at-large, or across the entire township, every four years. Seeking reelection are incumbents Carolynn Johnson, Bethany Blackburn and Julie Fritsch. They were unopposed in the Democratic primary. Fritsch and Johnson...
Charleroi food processing plant to close; 252 jobs lost
A financially troubled Charleroi-area food processing company plans to close at the end of the month, eliminating 252 jobs in that mid-Mon Valley area where the economy is reeling from the recent losses of a glass-producing plant and a pasta-making plant. Fourth Street Barbecue Inc. started laying off workers at...
Tracking effort helping to boost Shaler-Hampton EMS response times
Hampton Council met Sept. 24 to vote on agenda items and garner updates from each department. Eric Schmidt, executive director and chief of Shaler-Hampton EMS, offered some positive notes on response times to calls in the area. “We’ve seen great improvement in our response times since we started tracking it...
Defendant in Monroeville police shooting testifies that he was wrongly accused
A man accused of shooting a Monroeville police sergeant as he responded to an armed robbery last year took the witness stand on Tuesday and told the jury he didn’t do it. Jamal Brooks said he didn’t rob Crumbl Cookie the night of Jan. 3, 2024, and he didn’t fire...
Overturned tractor-trailer on I-70 snarls traffic in New Stanton
A tractor-trailer overturning on the roundabout near the I-70 westbound exit in New Stanton snarled traffic on the Pennsylvania Turnpike on Tuesday evening. The tractor-trailer overturned at 5:33 p.m. Tuesday at the roundabout, according to a Westmoreland County 911 dispatcher. There were no injuries, the dispatcher said. PennDOT cameras showed...
Ross residents to choose commissioners in 4 of 9 voting wards
Ross residents will be electing commissioners in four of the township’s nine voting wards on Nov. 4 — but there is a wrinkle in one of them. Ross has nine commissioners, each from a ward, who are staggered so that roughly half of the board is up for election in...
Springdale Township’s Hite Road to remain closed all week
Road crews will keep Hite Road in Springdale Township closed until Friday, according to PennDOT. The workers from A. Liberoni, Inc. will conduct drainage improvements throughout the stretch of road between Pillow Avenue and Spring Street. Motorists will be detoured onto Route 28 to avoid the closure. The work coincides...
4 incumbents among 8 candidates vying for North Hills School Board
Voters in the North Hills School District have full slates of Democratic and Republican candidates to choose from to fill four of the school board’s nine seats up for election this year. The primary erased cross-filing among the candidates, resulting in four Democrats and four Republicans being on the ballot....
Sen. McCormick voices support for tax credit program that would further school choice movement
Supporters of a new federal program that would grant tax credits to donors funding private school scholarships say it would expand Pennsylvania’s school choice options and give parents greater control over their children’s education. Detractors say it would favor high-income families, lacks oversight and could hurt people who live in...
Westmoreland furloughs begin as commissioners prep plan to borrow money
Westmoreland County won’t have enough cash on hand to meet payroll and other operating expenses in about a month, officials said Tuesday. Commissioners said plans are being finalized for the county to borrow funds to keep essential public services in operation amid the ongoing state budget impasse that required Westmoreland...
Ross announces weeklong closure of municipal building, community center for paving
The Ross municipal building and community center will be closed to the public Thursday through Wednesday, Oct. 22, the township announced Tuesday. The building is being closed while its parking lot is being milled and paved. All community center programming is canceled. The township’s parks and recreation, finance, community development...
Deck patching to restrict traffic on Route 119 bridge over Pennsylvania Turnpike
Drivers heading north on Route 119 in Hempfield will encounter daytime lane restrictions beginning Thursday while work is underway on the bridge carrying the highway over the Pennsylvania Turnpike. According to PennDOT, a northbound single-lane restriction will be in place from 6 a.m. to 6 p.m. between Technology Drive and...
Community Supermarket in Harrison likely to close Wednesday
Community Supermarket in Harrison will likely close its doors Wednesday, about two weeks ahead of schedule. “I was in there today, and we don’t have much left,” General Manager George Sears said. “We’re not 100% sure it will be Wednesday, but it looks like it.” Shoppers who want to peruse...
Penn State approves new deal to keep WPSU public media open
A month after voting down an earlier proposal, Penn State University’s board of trustees approved a plan to transfer WPSU-TV and public radio to WHYY in Philadelphia. The deal means Penn State won’t have to pay an additional $17 million subsidy over the next five years to keep WPSU operating,...
Pittsburgh Action Against Rape ‘in crisis’ amid state budget impasse
Pittsburgh Action Against Rape, Allegheny County’s only rape crisis center, is facing severe financial strain as Pennsylvania’s months-long budget impasse cuts off a key source of funding. Sadie Restivo, PAAR’s executive director, said the nonprofit relies on the commonwealth for about 20% of its budget. As the stalemate drags on...
2 vie for commissioner seat in Shaler’s Ward 2
Three of seven Shaler commissioners are seeking reelection on Nov. 4, but voters will see a contested race in only one of three wards. In Ward 2, Republican incumbent David Mizgorski is challenged by Democrat Josh Fleitman. Councilman Conrad Wagner is unopposed in Ward 4, while Councilman James Boyle is...
