Western PA Local News category, Page 1573
Librarians, parents weigh in on Hempfield’s library book policy as some titles are questioned
What one family decides is a book worth studying may be a material that another family finds offensive. The balancing act school districts play in the process was spotlighted this week when Hempfield Area School Board members heard from district librarians regarding text selection, as officials consider tweaking a policy...
Pittsburgh artist Tom Mosser announces art exhibit showcasing large portraits
“Really Big Faces” has a really big space. The 70 larger-than-life portraits created by Pittsburgh artist Tom Mosser will be showcased on June 18 at Energy Innovation Center in the Hill District. A hallway and adjacent room with 40-foot ceilings encompassing more than 15,000 square feet will be filled with...
The Stroller, April 9, 2022: Events in the Alle-Kiski Valley
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. Please include a daytime telephone number. Literacy event planned for fathers and children Allegheny Family Network and the Greater Pittsburgh Festival of Books will host a Fathers...
Iconic Scottdale home focus of $2 million restoration
A decade after opening South Broadway Manor in Scottdale as a bed and breakfast, Pat Hill has begun transforming a second iconic home a few blocks away. Abandoned and gap-toothed, with two missing porch pillars, the three-story, 115-year-old limestone mansion called Greystone Manor by its former owner, Richard Campbell, has...
Couple accused of monitoring kids with cameras, keeping food, bathrooms locked up get tentative plea deal
A tentative plea agreement has been worked out for an Allegheny Township couple charged in early February with multiple felonies after their three children told police they were under near-constant video surveillance and most of the food in the house is kept locked up. Leann Marie Lawson, 35, and Nevin...
News from Sharpsburg, Indiana Township, Fox Chapel, O’Hara
Sharpsburg The Sharpsburg Volunteer Fire Department hosts a Good Friday fish fry on April 15 from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. at the borough building at 1611 Main St. It is takeout and delivery only. Deliveries end at 5 p.m. Pre-orders can be made on April 14 from 6-8 p.m....
4 Pittsburgh residents, including controversial artist, named Guggenheim fellows
It was an impressive showing for Pittsburgh as three artists and one historian from the Steel City were named 2022 Guggenheim Fellows. The announcement came Thursday night and among the winners was an artist whose sign — “There Are Black People In The Future” — created excitement and controversy when...
Fredericktown boy, 13, dies in Washington County car accident
A 13-year-old boy died and two others were injured in a car crash on Friday in Washington County. At around 4:30 p.m., the driver lost control of their car while going around a curve on Sunset Drive, West Pike Run Township, according to the Washington County Coroner’s Office. The boy,...
On eve of spring game, Pitt football players visit Children’s Hospital
As University of Pittsburgh football players Kedon Slovis and Nick Patti waited to ignite their battle for the Panthers top quarterback spot, the two took part in a game of bingo with kids at UPMC Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh. It was all part of Friday’s Pitt football day of service...
Police: Man shot twice in Stowe Township, 3 men detained
A man was taken to the hospital after he was shot several times Friday evening in Stowe Township. At around 4:30 p.m., police responded to the shooting in the 500 block of Broadway Avenue. The wounded man, who was shot in the arm and abdomen, is expected to survive, police...
Greensburg Salem High’s Critter Cruise helps kids get to know diverse speciesVideo
An albino axolotl piqued the curiosity of many a fourth-grader Friday as it rested enigmatically in its tank at Greensburg Salem High School. A type of salamander that originated in Mexico, it was among 20 species of amphibians, reptiles, arachnids, insects, birds, fish and mammals displayed for fourth-graders from adjacent...
Police: Apollo man faces gun charges after swallowing bullets
An Apollo man is facing charges after, police say, he swallowed two live rounds of ammunition and caused a disturbance Thursday. According to police, they were called to Mid-Town Plaza along Route 66 in North Apollo, where they encountered Nicholas Rosselle, 33. Kiski Township police say Rosselle appeared to be...
Another lawsuit filed against Brighton Rehab and Wellness in connection with covid-19 outbreak
The family of a Brighton Rehabilitation and Wellness Center employee who died from covid-19 after they said he contracted the illness at work filed a wrongful death suit against the owners on Thursday. Kevin Carroll, 54, worked as part of the housing and laundry staff at the facility in Brighton...
Kiski Township police seek help identifying man who fled after nearly hitting police car
Kiski Township police are asking for the public’s help in identifying a man involved in a chase Friday. According to police, the unidentified man was driving an older, white Mitsubishi Outlander when he nearly hit a marked Kiski Township police vehicle at an intersection on Garvers Ferry Road. The incident...
Pittsburgh police officers fired over death of Jim Rogers appeal terminations
Five Pittsburgh police officers who were fired after an internal investigation into the death of Jim Rogers following his arrest last year have appealed their terminations, a union official said Friday. Three other officers who were named in the executive summary of the internal report but not fired also will...
Central Westmoreland County fire departments dispatched to house fire in Salem
Multiple fire departments responded Friday to a house fire in Salem, according to a dispatcher for Westmoreland County 911. The fire was reported at about 3:30 p.m. along the 100 block of Story Road, the dispatcher said. It took firefighters about 30 minutes to put out the fire. No one...
South Fayette couple’s nonprofit brightens lives of children with special needs
The mission of the nonprofit Always B Smiling, as would be expected, is to put perpetual grins on people’s faces. More specifically, founders Dean and Kristin Huibregtse of South Fayette seek to brighten the lives of children with special needs and, by extension, their caregivers and family members. “Dean and...
Defense wants homicide charge dismissed against New Kensington man accused of fatally beating child
Attorneys representing a New Kensington man facing the death penalty on charges of fatally beating a child claim there isn’t enough evidence to support a homicide charge against him, and they are seeking help from a medical expert. They also want to have separate trials on the homicide charges and...
Allegheny County Council moves to censure member for comments following March meeting
Allegheny County Council President Pat Catena, D-Carnegie, has proposed a motion to censure a fellow councilman because of comments made during a contentious meeting last month. Catena’s motion said Councilman Thomas Duerr, D-Bethel Park, approached council Vice President John Palmiere, D-Pleasant Hills, after the March 22 meeting and “in a...
Vandergrift woman’s trial set to start later this month in homicide of Greensburg man
Jury selection in a 2018 Vandergrift fatal shooting is set to start April 20. Attorneys on Friday set the date for trial to begin for Ashley Croft, 38, of Vandergrift. She is charged with homicide in the death of John Edward Smail, 31, of Greensburg, at her apartment on Oct....
Philly’s Boat House Row brings ‘yacht rock’ to Irwin’s Lamp TheatreVideo
Put on your Sperrys and Ray-Bans and sail away to the smooth sounds of yacht rock. Boat House Row will cruise from Philadelphia to The Lamp Theatre in Irwin for a show at 8 p.m. April 15, celebrating the soft rock that filled the airwaves in the late 1970s and...
Bingo fundraiser returns for Greensburg Hempfield Area Library
After a two-year hiatus because of the pandemic, the Greensburg Hempfield Area Library’s annual bingo fundraiser is set to return next month. The Lucky 7th Annual Bingo Benefit — a fundraiser for Greensburg Hempfield Area Library is scheduled for 11:30 a.m. May 15 at the West Point Fire Hall, 100...
State police accuse former Hempfield woman of abusing infant son
Two days after arresting a 35-year-old Hempfield man on accusations of abusing an infant boy in his care, state police arrested the child’s mother Friday on an identical charge. Danielle R. Thompson, 28, who has no fixed address listed in court documents, was arraigned Friday on a charge of child...
Oakmont firefighters to get new ladder truck, sell 2 old vehicles
Oakmont Volunteer Fire Department plans to replace two old trucks with a new, larger ladder truck. A 2022 Sutphen Aerial platform truck is scheduled to be delivered in August. The vehicles being sent to auction are a 1971 Mack Aerial ladder truck and a 1996 Pierce Engine. Fire Chief Joe...
Tarentum man sentenced to 3 to 6 years in prison for New Kensington shooting
A Tarentum man was sentenced Friday to three to six years in a state prison after pleading guilty to shooting four times at a woman’s moving vehicle in New Kensington. Sean Talley, 22, pleaded guilty to aggravated assault, a weapons violation, receiving stolen property and simple assault in three cases....
