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UPMC reports $24 billion in revenue in 2021
UPMC reported Monday that it posted $24 billion in operating revenue in 2021, up $1 billion, or about 4.3%, from the year before. Despite the increased revenue, the health care giant said that its overall operating income for last year totaled $843 million, down 4% from the year before. UPMC...
Monessen STEM instructor earns grant as Educator of the Year finalist
Matthew Strine’s students at Monessen Middle/High School have explored the fields of business and technology by using 3-D printers to create and sell custom key chains and cube-shaped fidget toys. It’s part of the district Maker Space program the STEM (science, technology, engineering and math) teacher has worked to initiate...
Pittsburgh Mayor Ed Gainey announces 3 appointments to administration
Pittsburgh Mayor Ed Gainey on Monday announced his appointments to three positions that manage neighborhood and constituent services. Gainey named Melvin Hubbard El as community advisor to the mayor, Rebekkah Ranallo as neighborhoods services manager and Chrisarah Johnson as community liaison. “These individuals all bring a wealth of knowledge and...
Cub Scouts, First United Presbyterian host pancake dinner for Shrove Tuesday
The Rev. Phil Beck is looking for a few hungry people to eat roughly a few hundred pancakes, all for free. His church, First United Presbyterian in Tarentum, is hosting a pancake dinner to celebrate Shrove Tuesday, the night before the start of Lent. It is co-hosted by Cub Scout...
McKees Rocks man pleads guilty to 3rd-degree murder in Robinson motel killing
A McKees Rocks man pleaded guilty Monday to killing a Beaver County man at a Robinson motel nearly two years ago. Jaquay Murray, 27, will be sentenced to 18 to 42 years in prison as part of a negotiated plea on March 29 by Allegheny County Common Pleas Judge Edward...
Highlands hosts Early Childhood Fair to help youngest learners acclimate
Highlands families with children who will be enrolling in school this fall can get acquainted with the district’s Early Childhood Center during a two-day event this week. The Early Childhood Fair, an annual tradition to welcome the district’s youngest learners, will be from 5 to 8 p.m. Wednesday and Thursday....
Police: Apollo man faces 10 felony charges after allowing 8-year-old to record him performing sex act
Apollo police charged a man with 10 felony counts after the father of an 8-year-old boy showed them a video on his son’s cellphone of the man performing a sex act, police said. Matthew Alan Sinclair, 21, of the 100 block of Railroad Avenue in Apollo faces two counts of...
Shady Side Academy Middle School presented ‘Mary Poppins Jr.’
Shady Side Academy Middle School performed their winter student musical, “Mary Poppins Jr.” on Feb. 24 at the middle school. A cast of 19 students from grades 6-8 entertained the audience with classic songs “Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious” and “Practically Perfect” and “Spoonful of Sugar.” Mary Poppins, played by seventh-grader Ozge Uzman, was...
Nurse anesthetist accused of stealing painkillers from Greensburg hospital operating rooms
A certified nurse anesthetist who worked at Excela Health Westmoreland was arrested by agents from the state Attorney General’s office on accusations of stealing powerful painkillers from locked cabinets in the Greensburg hospital’s operating rooms, according to court papers. Todd A. Hrtyanski, 59, of Unity, who worked at the hospital...
Man arrested after Export standoff, accused of threatening ex-girlfriend with shotgun
A former Export man remains in jail without bond after a standoff with police late Friday outside a former girlfriend’s residence, where he is accused of threatening her with a shotgun, according to state police. Alvin A. Kovatch Jr., 38, was arrested on charges of burglary, criminal trespass and harassment...
Western Pa. watershed groups have high hopes for tapping into abandoned mine cleanup funds
Into Crabtree Creek, every minute of every day, seemingly clear water pours out of a long-abandoned mine, only to turn the rocks over which it flows a solid orange — the color created when the iron sulfide in the mine water is exposed to the air, creating sulfuric acid. That...
Pittsburgher who walked from Ukraine to Poland shares stories of war refugees
A Pittsburgh-based journalist is one of hundreds of thousands of people who have fled Ukraine in response to Russian military strikes and aggression, and he did so by walking 45 miles from Lviv to neighboring Poland. “I am not going to pretend like I was brave. I was terrified,” Manny...
Blawnox resident Ann Casile recalled for tremendous volunteer spirit
Ardent volunteer Ann Casile is being recalled by friends as a true champion of her Blawnox community. Casile died Feb. 17 at age 87. A founding member of Aspinwall Meals on Wheels, which operates from St. Edward Church in Blawnox, Casile left her mark as a woman who was born...
Steelworkers in West Mifflin celebrate 1st eagle egg of season
Workers at the U.S. Steel Works Irvin plant in West Mifflin last month successfully diverted a great horned owl that was pestering nesting bald eagles at their home on mill property. Now they are celebrating the first eagle egg of the season. The female eagle delivered early Sunday evening. “We...
Aldi to open store in Natrona Heights
It’s official: Aldi is coming to Natrona Heights. Company officials confirmed the announcement Monday, saying construction of the discount supermarket is expected to begin later this year. No other details were released, including the exact location of the store. “We are excited to confirm we are planning to open a...
Kiski Township police alerting residents about spate of attempted break-ins; suspect sought
Kiski Township police issued a warning for residents to be alert for suspicious activity after receiving numerous reports about attempted burglaries during the past several weeks. The latest incident occurred Sunday when police responded to 12th Street in North Apollo after a man went onto the porch of a home...
In brief: Pancake breakfast, class reunion and more in Pine, Richland
Richland VFD pancake breakfast Richland Township Volunteer Fire Department is hosting its annual All U Can Eat Pancake and Sausage breakfast from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. March 6 at the station, 5857 Meridian Road. The breakfast will be held regardless of the weather. The menu includes regular and buckwheat pancakes,...
In brief: Sewickley Music Club program, YMCA summer camp registration and more
Sewickley Music Club returns Following a short winter break, The Sewickley Music Club is kicking off its 2022 programming by welcoming The Pittsburgh Trombone Project as their featured entertainment at 1:30 p.m. March 8 at The Sewickley Presbyterian Church. The Pittsburgh Trombone Project is quickly becoming recognized as one of...
In brief: Mt. Royal Boulevard Road closure, class reunion and more around Hampton
Road closure Mt. Royal Boulevard between Duncan Avenue and Park View Lane is closed through mid-March. Crews are conducting drainage improvements including cross pipe, parallel pipe and inlet replacement. Traffic is being detoured. Sealarks Women’s Group Sealarks Women’s Group will meet at 1 p.m. March 9 at Memorial Park Church,...
In brief: Broadway Boulevard road work, Fire & EMS Show and more in Monroeville
Broadway Boulevard road work Lane restrictions have begun on Route 130 (Broadway Boulevard) in Pitcairn, Monroeville and Trafford. Single-lane alternating restrictions are occurring on Broadway Boulevard between Second Street and Haymaker Road from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. daily through April 30 as crews construct ADA curb ramps. Traffic will...
Crews battle Gilpin fire along Allegheny River
Emergency crews are wrapping up the scene of a fire on Godfrey Road in Gilpin. Firefighters were called to the 100 block of Godfrey Road, on the banks of the Allegheny River, around 5:45 a.m. for a report of a fully involved house fire. Gilpin fire Chief Phil McConville said...
To mask or not to mask? Under revised guidelines, it’s a personal question
More than two years into the covid-19 pandemic, Western Pennsylvanians still are seemingly divided over whether they will choose to continue wearing a face covering. Uncertainty over how they will move forward comes as case counts continue to ease and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention outlined new measures...
Apollo Area Historical Society revisits the St. Patrick Day’s flood of 1936
For the first time in six years, the Apollo Area Historical Society is offering its walking tour of the 1936 St. Patrick’s Day flood. This year’s tour will be March 19, a Saturday. The hourlong walking tour will feature borough sites that were hard hit, some of them marked with...
The Stroller, Feb. 28, 2022: Events in the Alle-Kiski Valley
The Stroller is compiling a list of fish fries taking place Ash Wednesday and/or Fridays during Lent. To your non-profit’s fish fry listed in the paper and online, send complete information in writing to Carol Pinto-Smith, Valley News Dispatch, 210 Wood St., Tarentum, PA 15084 or email cpinto-smith@triblive.com. Knead Community...
Fire crews battle fire at Valley Hotel bar in ClairtonVideo
A Clairton bar was damaged heavily by a fire Sunday night, and fire crews were called back shortly after 7 a.m. on Monday morning. Firefighters responded to the Valley Hotel bar on New England Hollow Road around 9 p.m. Sunday night. An Allegheny County 911 supervisor said fire crews were...
