Western PA Local News category, Page 1606
Kennywood to open Easter weekend with new touches
The new coats of paint are drying on several roller coasters at Kennywood. Pillars at the entrance are adorned in neon yellow. Food stands are getting new lighting. It’s getting close to opening day — a week earlier than in recent years. Kennywood will open Saturday, April 16, for season...
Volunteers help save Penn Hills’ Clothes Line community closet
After donating clothes to Mt. Hope Community Presbyterian Church’s community closet for 10 years, Wendy Redington received bad news when she brought clothes to donate in late January. The Clothes Line was closing because it did not have enough volunteers. Devastated by the news, Redington decided to make a phone...
Route 356 work in Allegheny Township to begin next month
Motorists who use state Route 356 in Allegheny Township should circle April 4 on their calendars. That’s the day an eight-month-long renovation of the key traffic artery will begin. The work will be done in three phases. The first is from Weinels Crossroads to Piper Road; Phase 2 will be...
Mable Mazza’s legacy lives on in Allegheny Township
Allegheny Township supervisors this week renamed their meeting room the “Mable Mazza Meeting Room” in honor of the late community contributor and activist. Mazza frequently attended meetings of township supervisors, the Kiski Area School Board and other regional and county organizations. She also worked the polls on Election Day. The...
Pysanki egg sale at Rizzo’s Malabar Inn to benefit Ukrainian causes this year
There will be a lot of Ukrainian symbols tucked into Ginette Simpson’s pysanky eggs this year. The intricate decorations will feature blue and gold colors and Ukraine’s national flower. “I’ve really focused on sunflowers,” she said. “They’re featured in a lot of my designs.” The New Alexandria woman will have...
Murrysville police arrest man after accusations of prowling, stalking ex-girlfriend
A 55-year-old man was arrested for stalking and related charges by Murrysville police after a former girlfriend said he entered her yard to look through her windows and repeatedly drove his car along her street. Brian Begor of Mt. Lebanon was arraigned Tuesday on multiple charges of harassment, prowling and...
Endangered Indiana bat mostly gone from southwestern Pa. but longer migration holds hope
The tiny wings of the endangered Indiana bat seem to be taking the creature on longer journeys. The Pennsylvania Game Commission recently documented the longest known, single-season migration of the federally and state-endangered bat from Pennsylvania to Kentucky. As the migration, at least 418 miles, broke the record for longest...
Health fair returns to Hempfield
After being canceled last year because of the covid-19 pandemic, Hempfield’s health and wellness fair is set to return this weekend. The Healthy, Happy Hempfield — Community Health & Wellness Fair is scheduled for 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday at the township athletic complex, 220 Forbes Trail Road. The...
Westmoreland happenings: NAACP Human Rights banquet, spaghetti dinner and pancake breakfasts
Church news • St. James Church, New Alexandria, will offer a Lenten Young Adult and Adult Education Formation series from 6 to 7:30 p.m. Tuesdays through March 29 in the church social hall, 306 St. James Lane. Childcare for young children will be available by reservation. For childcare, send an...
Sewickley officials tap Hoffman Kennels as new animal control officer
Sewickley has a new animal control officer. Council approved a one-year deal will Delmont-based Hoffman Kennels. The vote was unanimous at this month’s meeting. Borough officials said Hoffman Kennels was the only company to submit a proposal for the service. Cost is $200 per month with calls on an as-needed...
The Stroller, March 16, 2022: Events in the Alle-Kiski Valley
Publicize your community events 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. Let us know about your Easter events The Valley News Dispatch is compiling a list of community Easter egg hunts, breakfasts with...
BotsIQ brings manufacturing, teamwork to Westmoreland County Community College
Bots battled, sparks flew and high school students cheered at Westmoreland County Community College. The college on Tuesday hosted the second round of preliminaries for BotsIQ, a regional competition in which student-made robots fight each other gladiator-style. A third round will be held Thursday on the Hempfield campus. Dozens of...
Norwin debate continues in regards to systemic racism, critical race theory
The disagreement over whether a Norwin High School lesson on racism in the United States was an example of critical race theory laid bare a split over what to teach about race relations in 21st-century America — including whether systemic racism exists in a country that has laws intended to...
Springdale business big hit with furniture made out of used wine, whiskey barrels
Michael Monahan was looking for an opportunity that would allow him to quit his job as a mechanical engineer. In 2018, a project in the basement of his McCandless home helped Monahan find his true calling, which led to a business in Springdale with plans to expand in New Kensington....
Murrysville PixCams brings live footage of wildlife and more into homes
While PixCams of Murrysville is best known for its live Pittsburgh Hays bald eagle webcam, the small company has been expanding and now has 30 live webcams. They rolled out a new product for the public, businesses and nonprofits to set up their own live webcam system and broadcast it...
Meet Melva Simon, the 105-year-old World War II veteran from Mt. Pleasant
Melva Simon never sat still. The Mt. Pleasant native served as a Navy secretary during World War II, co-ran an orchard, raised a family, co-taught premarital classes at her church and kept up with a myriad of hobbies. “Don’t tell her she can’t do something,” Melvajo Bennett, Simon’s daughter, said....
Pittsburgh police search for missing Homewood woman with dementia
Pittsburgh police are asking for the public’s help in their search for a missing city woman who suffers from dementia. Queenie Kirkland, 89, left her home on Thomas Boulevard at 5:30 p.m. Tuesday, police said. She is 5 feet 3 inches tall, weighs 117 pounds and has brown eyes and...
Quaker Valley School District rehires consultant for more work on proposed high school project
Quaker Valley School District officials are moving forward with plans for a new high school despite a pending denial from the Leet zoning hearing board. School board members unanimously voted March 15 to approve a new contract with Pittsburgh-based firm Thomas & Williamson LLC to provide professional consulting and program...
With driver shortages because of vaccine mandate, Port Authority offers free rides
Port Authority of Allegheny County’s covid-19 vaccine mandate went into effect Wednesday, affecting hundreds of employees and dozens of routes as authority officials offered free rides to soothe the pain of service disruptions for riders. Spokesman Adam Brandolph said in a statement early Tuesday evening that about 480 Port Authority...
Excela kicks off aid campaign with Ukrainian-inspired menu
Krystyna Lewczenko couldn’t be more proud of her nieces. Hailing from Wroclaw in the southwest of Poland, Lewczenko said they recently drove all the way to the Ukrainian border to help take in some of the women and children fleeing the country, as Russia’s invasion continues taking lives and displacing...
Monroeville police investigating shooting in Olive Garden parking lot
Monroeville police are investigating a shooting that sent an Olive Garden employee to a hospital. Police Chief Doug Cole said the worker, a 19-year-old man, was treated and released from Forbes Hospital after being shot in the leg Saturday around 9:30 p.m. in the restaurant’s parking lot along Mall Plaza...
Parking tickets pile up for Westmoreland Sheriff’s Department due to courthouse garage project
It took five days and $300 in parking tickets before Westmoreland County reached an agreement for Greensburg parking enforcement officers to stop citing inmate transport vans for parking in metered spaces outside the downtown courthouse. “They are adding up,” Sheriff James Albert said Tuesday about the tickets being incurred by...
Robber shoots store employee at Edgewood market
A man was shot during an armed robbery Tuesday afternoon at an Edgewood market, according to Allegheny County police. The robbery was reported just before 1:30 p.m. at the Edgewood Avenue Express in the 200 block of Edgewood Avenue. Police said a suspect entered the store, brandished a handgun and...
Former Trib ad service manager dies after 11-year battle with cancer
Carol Demalon, a former advertising service manager for the Tribune-Review, might have been small in stature, but she had big qualities that quickly captivated her husband, Mark. The couple met while attending Greensburg Central Catholic High School in the late 1970s, where Mark Demalon first noticed her smile, deep blue...
Allegheny County GOP Chairman Sam DeMarco opts against congressional run
Allegheny County Republican Chairman Sam DeMarco said Tuesday he will not run for Congress this year in Pennsylvania’s 17th District. DeMarco, a county councilman from North Fayette, said last week that he was mulling a run and gathering petition signatures required to formally enter the race. But on Tuesday he...
