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Leechburg parents frustrated by unplayable high school baseball field
Parents of boys on the Leechburg Area High School baseball team are frustrated their kids don’t have a field at which to play home games. West Leechburg resident Adrianne Burke, who has two boys on the team, said most parents are disappointed because they’ve been waiting on improvements to the...
Fox Chapel Area grad creates painting commemorating alma mater’s WPIAL basketball championship
Fox Chapel Area High School’s 2022 championship-winning basketball team has been immortalized not only in the WPIAL history books, but through the artistic talent of an alum. George Williams, art teacher and boys soccer coach at Seneca Valley High School, crafted a painting based off a team photo following the...
Students can learn about careers in STEM through free New Kensington summer program
Space is limited but still available in a new program that will be held in New Kensington this summer for high school students interested in careers in science, technology, engineering and math. Applications for “BELONG in STEM” are being accepted through April 10. It is being offered free with support...
Church news from Gibsonia, Wexford, Bakerstown
Hampton Presbyterian Hampton Presbyterian Church has announced its Holy Week and Easter services. April 14 — Maundy Thursday A potluck dinner is scheduled for 6:15 p.m. followed by Worship in the Sanctuary from 7-8:15 p.m. People with last names beginning A-K, are asked to bring a main dish or casserole....
Pittsburgh police find 13-year-old boy thought to be in danger
Update: Allen was safely located, police said. Pittsburgh police are searching for a missing teenager who they say is endangered. Rajae Allen, 13, was last seen in Oakland around 5:30 p.m. Thursday, said Pittsburgh Public Safety spokesman Maurice Matthews. Allen is 5 feet, 6 inches tall and weighs 135 pounds....
West Mifflin man accused of child sex crimes
A West Mifflin man is facing several charges after police say he sexually assaulted a 14-year-old child. Dondre Kelly, 27, was arrested Thursday, according to the Allegheny County Sheriff’s Office. He is charged with statutory sexual assault, involuntary deviate sexual intercourse, unlawful contact with a minor, endangering the welfare of...
Police: Ohio man charged with assaulting man, woman in Allegheny Township
An Ohio man has been charged with assault in connection with a fight Wednesday in Allegheny Township. Bradley Diana, 22, of Columbiana was arrested after police said he sliced another man’s head with a large metal file and punched a woman during an altercation at the Sandalwood Apartments. Police said...
Unique art installation ‘People We Love’ opens in Downtown Pittsburgh
Imagine sitting at the opposite end of a video camera lens as an image of someone you love is reflected on a piece of glass in front of the lens. As you stare at the photo of your loved one, you’re given various prompts by a recorded voice and your...
Pittsburgh firm LUMA acquired by San Francisco tech company
The Pittsburgh-based tech firm LUMA was acquired last week by Mural, a fast-growing company based in San Francisco that has been deemed a unicorn because the privately held startup is valued at more than $1 billion. LUMA created the LUMA System, a collection of design methods that provides a common...
Hempfield moves forward with borrowing plan for school construction
Hempfield Area School Board members are moving forward with a bond issuance that will cover the costs of a multi-million dollar high school project. The board voted unanimously this week to issue a bond that will not exceed $156 million. Funds will be used to tear the school down to...
Former Westmoreland County commissioner Richard Vidmer dead at 77
Richard “Dick” Vidmer was a fighter, whether it was on the football field as a star quarterback for Hempfield Area High School and the University of Michigan, as a Westmoreland County commissioner from 1985 to 1999, or as one who engaged in an almost 40-year battle — both public and...
Murrysville woman sentenced for role in 2019 shooting
A Murrysville woman was sentenced to time served Thursday in connection with a 2019 shooting. Sandra Lee Cline, 52, pleaded guilty to a conspiracy count. She was one of five people arrested after the August 2019 shooting that injured a Monroeville man. Two counts of aggravated assault were dismissed as...
SUV theft suspect apprehended in Indiana County, back to Greensburg for arraignment, police say
An Indiana County man wanted in Greensburg for stealing a woman’s vehicle as she pumped gas this week was arraigned Thursday on multiple criminal charges and ordered held in the the Westmoreland County Prison after failing to post $25,000 bond. City police Chief Shawn Denning said Darryl L. Higgins, 38,...
Easter egg hunts, meals planned around Westmoreland County
Easter-related events happening around Westmoreland County: Bolivar An Easter egg hunt will be held at 2 p.m. Sunday at the Bolivar Volunteer Fire Company, 516 Market St. The event is open to children up to age 13. For more information, call Heidi Speidel at 724-676-4714. Bradenville A free Easter meal...
Morgan Overton, advocate for gender, racial and economic justice, joining Gainey administration
Morgan Overton, a longtime advocate for gender, racial and economic justice, is joining Pittsburgh Mayor Ed Gainey’s administration, officials announced Thursday. Overton will join the Office of Management and Budget, working under Chiefs Kyle Chintalapalli and Lisa Frank. “Morgan brings a decade of experience in public service and leadership to...
Pittsburgh Black leaders celebrate Ketanji Brown Jackson’s confirmation
History was made Thursday as Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson was confirmed by the U.S. Senate and will become the nation’s first Black woman to sit on the U.S. Supreme Court. The confirmation was met with applause from many across the country, including many Black leaders in the Pittsburgh region. Jackson...
North Side man pleads guilty to fatal 2020 shooting in Brighton Heights
A man from Pittsburgh’s North Side will serve 20 to 40 years in prison after pleading guilty to third-degree murder for killing another man on the North Side two years ago. Darnell McFadden, 25, also pleaded guilty to a firearms violation in an appearance Thursday before Allegheny County Common Pleas...
Troopers: Hempfield man accused of abusing infant
State police arrested a 35-year-old Hempfield man Wednesday, accusing him of abusing an infant boy in his care last year, according to court documents. Matthew Anson Nathaniel Davis, who lives in Carbon, was arraigned on a charge of child endangerment and ordered held in the county jail on $150,000 bond....
Avian influenza has historically spared Pennsylvania, but farms remain wary as outbreaks spread
Pennsylvania’s commercial poultry has remained untouched by highly pathogenic avian influenza for nearly 40 years, but poultry producers in the area remain on high alert because of the devastating effects it can have on flocks once it begins to spread. “A lot of chickens and turkeys have been depopulated this...
Greensburg’s Dv8 coffee shop gets ‘shot in the arm’ with new ownership
Drink a Mexican Volcano, and you never know what might happen. Zack Dreskler went from enjoying the signature beverage at Dv8 Espresso Bar & Gallery in Greensburg to owning the place. A longtime customer, Dreskler took over from former owners Kim and Patricia Elliott-Rentler in early April. The couple, who...
Greensburg Salem School Board eyes air conditioning additions, locker room upgrade
The Greensburg Salem School Board is considering an update of the district’s high school locker room facilities and bringing air conditioning to classrooms at the middle school and Amos K. Hutchinson Elementary. The board’s April 13 agenda will include a request for quotes for the locker room improvements. “We should...
Monroeville Public Library presents ‘America and the Holocaust’ program
Monroeville Public Library will present a chat with Fred Carlson, illustrator of the graphic novel “America and the Holocaust,” at 7 p.m. April 21. Carlson is an artist, teacher and former national president of the Graphic Artists Guild. He will discuss his career as an illustrator and his experience working...
Murrysville area: Blood drive, plant sale, more
Submit news, briefs and event listings to pvarine@triblive.com. Garden club plant sale set for May 5 in Murrysville The Murrysville Garden Club will host its annual plant sale from noon until sellout May 5 at the Murrysville VFC No. 1 pavilion, 3235 Sardis Road, Murrysville. The club will be selling...
Addiction prevention, recovery to be discussed at North Allegheny event
Sherry Jo Matt lost her 21-year-old daughter Siena Bott to a fentanyl overdose in 2020. Matt says there’s no better time than now to face the issue of substance abuse in the North Allegheny area. “A Candid Conversation about Drugs, Alcohol and Addiction” on April 21, 7 to 8:30 p.m.,...
Volunteers needed for Plum’s annual Clean-Up Day
Volunteers are needed for Plum’s sixth annual Community Clean-Up Day, scheduled for April 23. They are asked to report to the public works facility at 2001 Old Mine Road between 8-8:30 a.m. A continental breakfast including coffee and Oakmont Bakery goods will be provided. Participants receive T-shirts, gloves, trash bags...
