Western PA Local News category, Page 1480
Residents will have a say in plan for Hempfield Park
The future of Hempfield Park is at the center of an upcoming study that will build on rehabilitation projects completed at the Forbes Trail Road facility over the past eight years. Supervisors recently tapped Cranberry-based Herbert, Rowland & Grubic Inc. to work on the park’s master plan, which will provide...
Greensburg Craft Beer Week shifts to summer, debuts 1-day festival
Organizers of the annual Greensburg Craft Beer Week are shaking things up this year, moving the event forward from fall to early summer and adding a one-day festival in St. Clair Park. The nine-day schedule offers more than 30 opportunities to sample area specialty brews, edibles and entertainment. During Friday’s...
Herbie in Hempfield: Local builds his own ‘love bug’
When Eric Hartman was 5 years old, he watched Herbie star in Disney’s “The Love Bug” — and it was love at first sight. “I saw the movie … and that was it,” Hartman said. “I wanted one ever since.” Now, Hartman does have his own “love bug.” The Hempfield...
Westmoreland happenings: Turkey dinner, strawberry festival and vacation Bible schools
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Penn Hills High School class of 2022 graduates
Sydelle Brown could not stop herself from dancing across the stage and waving to everyone after she received her Penn Hills High School diploma on June 10. She and about 240 other classmates strutted their stuff in the middle of the Yuhas-McGinley Stadium field. “I wanted to be lit for...
Wooden Door Winery’s Allegheny Township location for sale
A popular winery in Allegheny Township is up for sale. Wooden Door Winery at 4087 Greenwood Road opened in 2010. Husband and wife wine-making team and co-owners Jeff and Krissy Pollick have a message for all of their loyal customers: “We are open. We are not closing,” said Krissy Pollick...
The Stroller, June 15, 2022: Events in the Alle-Kiski Valley
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Employers, counselors see ‘huge need’ for summertime workers
Employers expecting to fill job vacancies with the traditional summertime influx of high school students have been left wondering where the workers have gone. Many employers are “literally begging for new employees” with little result, said Don Acker, program manager for Equus Workforce Solutions in New Kensington. “Right now, we...
Heat advisory issued for Southwestern Pennsylvania counties
The National Weather Service has issued an advisory for excessive heat in Southwestern Pennsylvania on Wednesday. Counties covered by the advisory include all of Armstrong, Allegheny, Beaver, Butler, Greene and Washington counties, most of Westmoreland County with the exception of the eastern ridges, and the western half of Fayette County....
Dorseyville choirs get superior rating at High Note Festival
The Dorseyville Middle School (DMS) Girls Chamber Chorus and the DMS FoxTones performed both separately and together as the DMS Combined Honor Choirs at the High Note Festival adjudication, which took place May 27, 2022, at Duquesne University and Kennywood Park. All three groups earned the highest rating of “Superior”...
Transition center allows Hempfield Area students to learn life skills
Officials with the Hempfield Area School District this year opened a transition center aimed at helping students develop independent living and job readiness skills. The center, located in a space previously used for the district’s cyber program in the maintenance facility and bus garage, was “created out of a need...
Community hero banners on display in Scottdale
A chat between friends about the hero banners on display in Greensburg sparked a months-long community project in Scottdale that came to fruition this spring. Memorial Day found 81 banners placed on light poles on the main thoroughfares bringing traffic through the community. Ruffsdale native and Greensburg resident Shelley Hoyle...
Remember When: Proposed bridge in 1960s would have linked Freeport and Gilpin
With the recent news that Freeport Borough and Gilpin Township are looking to consolidate their police departments, geography becomes an issue. But what if the original plans to build a bridge between the two municipalities would have come about? There were plans in the early 1960s to build a bridge...
Tarentum seeking councilperson after Adam Blythe resigns
Tarentum is looking for a new council member. Second Ward representative Adam Blythe resigned from council May 31 after citing limited time availability, according to council President Scott Dadowski. “He has a lot on his plate, and he didn’t think it was fair to the borough not to give 100%,”...
Bushy Run group to host program on gin
The popularity of gin in England from 1720 to 1765 will be explored, and gin will be tasted, at the Colonial Cocktail Hour — The Gin Craze, planned for 7 to 10 p.m. Saturday at Bushy Run Battlefield Museum, Route 993, east of Harrison City. Shawn MacIntyre, the former museum...
‘Pillar of the community’: Former Latrobe mayor, district justice Angelo Caruso dies
Angelo Caruso loved Latrobe, loved what it stood for and loved doing things to make the community better, his son Lee Caruso said. That love manifested itself in decades of service. “He was always involved in this community no matter what,” said Lee Caruso, of Latrobe. “He worked with everybody....
Police: Man hospitalized in stable condition after being shot in Pittsburgh’s Elliot neighborhood
A man was shot in the face and shoulder in Pittsburgh’s Elliot neighborhood Tuesday afternoon, according to Pittsburgh Public Safety. Spokesman Maurice Matthews said officers responded to a ShotSpotter alert for the 700 block of Lorenz Avenue around 3:10 p.m. Officers found multiple shell casings along the street, but no...
Bakery Square in East End unveils its 3rd public art installation ‘I see YOU’
You should see “I see YOU.” The latest art installation at Bakery Square in Pittsburgh’s East End features images of fourth and fifth graders from nearby Urban Academy and Lincoln Elementary in Larimer. The third community public art project for Walnut Capital, which operates Bakery Square, was unveiled on Monday....
Indiana Township woman who killed FBI agent released from prison
The woman who shot and killed an FBI agent 14 years ago as he attempted to serve an arrest warrant at her home in Indiana Township was released from a federal prison Tuesday, according to U.S. Bureau of Prisons. Christina Korbe, 53, was released Tuesday from the Federal Detention Center...
Pittsburgh officials, residents seek solutions to South Side violence
Pittsburgh’s leaders met with South Side residents and business owners Tuesday evening to discuss potential solutions to recent violence along a busy portion of East Carson Street. “This culture on the South Side — this was 20 years in the making,” Pittsburgh Mayor Ed Gainey said. So, he said, a...
New Kensington brick attack leaves victim sitting in a pool of blood, police say
New Kensington police said they found a man sitting in a pool of his own blood after a neighbor attacked him with a brick Monday. Police said the suspect, Christopher Michael Perry, 39, told officers he hit his neighbor in the head with a brick because the man is “a...
Duquesne shooting suspects surrenders
A McKeesport man suspected of shooting a woman in McKeesport on Saturday has been jailed after turning himself into authorities on Tuesday, Allegheny County Police said. The suspect, Deandre Hawkins, 28, is accused of shooting the woman in the arm and wrist at about 4:15 p.m. Saturday at the intersection...
Bicyclist hit by vehicle in East Vandergrift
A bicyclist in East Vandergrift was hit by a vehicle Tuesday afternoon, a Westmoreland County emergency supervisor said. The incident occurred around 5 p.m. on Chamber Street, the public safety supervisor said. An ambulance was dispatched to the scene. Vandergrift police could not be reached for comment Tuesday evening....
335 graduate from Shaler Area High School
Shaler Area School District celebrated the class of 2022 during the commencement ceremony on June 3 on Louis C. Martig Field at Titan Stadium. The commencement ceremony included three student speakers, Julia Ehrenberger, Flannery Loudon, and Margaret Rea, as well as speeches from Superintendent Dr. Sean Aiken, high school principal...
Kinloch fire department’s Fireman’s Carnival rides, games and food favorites available nightly through Saturday
The Kinloch fire department’s annual Fireman’s Carnival kicked off Monday and will run through Saturday in the Burrell Plaza parking lot. The carnival is open from 6 to 10 p.m, and includes about a dozen amusement rides. Ride-all-night wrist bands can be purchased for $20. The festival also features a...
