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Man fatally shot in Pittsburgh’s Homewood neighborhood identified
A man who was shot multiple times in Pittsburgh’s Homewood neighborhood on Saturday night has died, according to an Allegheny County Medical Examiner’s report. John Larnell Taylor Jr., 42, of Pittsburgh was pronounced dead at a hospital shortly before 9:30 p.m. Saturday night. He had been shot along the 7000...
Sewickley area real estate transactions for the week of Feb. 13, 2022
Bell Acres Dean Budd sold property at 580 Ambridge Ave. to Joshua and Erin Hart for $280,000. Edgeworth Lori Mross sold property at 518 Irwin Drive to Carlos Soto and Preethi Murty for $1,605,705. Sewickley Linda Hedin sold property at 632-634 Beaver St. to Sean & Co. L.P. for $665,000....
Fox Chapel area real estate transactions for the week of Feb. 13, 2022
Etna Housing & Urban Development sold property at 52 Greeley Ave. to Christopher and Amy Leya for $78,000. Robert Alt sold property at 163 Vista St. to Kyle Marcus Kowalewski for $135,000. Harmar Diana Biordi sold property at 509 White Birch Ct to Robert Paul and Mary Jill Brannigan for...
North Hills real estate transactions for the week of Feb. 13, 2022
Bellevue James West sold property at 36 Florence Ave. to Mac & Mac LLC for $289,000. Tytus Mapp sold property at 238 Grant Ave. to Wesley Smith for $203,000. Estate of Jeffrey Ellsworth Snyder sold property at 245 Laurel Ave. to Evangelo and Kelley Kaparakos for $150,000. Sandra Anderson sold...
Pittsburgh eastern suburban real estate transactions for the week of Feb. 13, 2022
Chalfant Steven Lapata sold property at 112 Wilkins Ave. to Jason Hall for $130,000. Churchill Patrick Campbell sold property at 2021 Garrick Drive to Robert Lee Albro III for $285,000. Edgewood Mitchell Brourman sold property at 141 Race St. to Nice Properties LLC for $190,650. Forest Hills James Dodson sold...
Washington Township OKs another fracking well, but some residents not pleased
Olympus Energy’s proposed Marcellus shale gas well operation in Washington Township is moving forward, but that didn’t sit well with dozens of residents. The township supervisors voted unanimously Thursday to grant Olympus’ application to construct the Athena well pad on a site between Kistler Road and Thompson Road. It’s not...
The Stroller, Feb. 13, 2022: Events in the Alle-Kiski Valley
Publicize your events, fish fries and fundraisers for free in The Stroller. Send information at least a week in advance to vndnews@triblive.com. Please include a daytime telephone number. Purse bash to benefit youth sports group Fun and Freedom Youth Sports will host its eighth annual designer purse Bash from 6...
AW Beattie offers breakfasts, lunches to public
The student-run A.W. Beattie Career Restaurant is open to the public every Thursday and Friday for breakfast and lunch. The restaurant, located at the A.W. Beattie Career Center on Babcock Boulevard in Allison Park, serves a different menu selection every week. Breakfast is available from 8:15 to 9:30 a.m. and...
Excavators buried under water, mud in Cheswick
Cheswick officials are looking into what caused two excavators to be submerged up to their cabs in mud and water along the Allegheny River bank. Photos circulated throughout social media Saturday of at least two pieces of heavy machinery being used below the Norfolk Southern railroad tracks by Watercrest Way...
Police identify body discovered on Monroeville hillside
Allegheny County Police homicide detectives are investigating the death of a Turtle Creek woman whose body was found on a hillside in Monroeville on Saturday afternoon. Shortly after noon, emergency officials were called to the 500 block of Rosecrest Drive in Monroeville, where they discovered the body of Christina Spicuzza,...
Idlewild images, history to be featured at Latrobe society meeting
The history of Idlewild Park will be featured this week during the annual membership meeting of the Latrobe Area Historical Society. Local author Jennifer Sopko will share photos and information she has collected about the popular Ligonier Township amusement park during a meeting at 10 a.m. Feb. 19 at the...
Police arrest 2nd suspect in Greensburg shooting
The second of two men wanted in connection with a Jan. 30 shooting in Greensburg was arrested Friday afternoon, according to police. Stevin “Twogunz” S. German, 27, of Allison, near Uniontown, was charged with aggravated assault and reckless endangerment after allegedly engaging in a shootout with Evan R. Curley, 24,...
Police investigate Plum stabbing
A man is in stable condition after being stabbed in the early hours of Saturday morning in Plum, according to Allegheny County Police. First responders were called to the 600 block of Glengarry Court in The Highlands subdivision off of Old Leechburg Road, where they found a man with stab...
No injuries reported in Monroeville house fire
No one was injured following a fire Saturday morning near Monroeville’s Monroe Heights neighborhood. Multiple fire companies responded to the 2500 block of Haymaker Road, near the end of Kayser Drive, for a report of a working house fire shortly after 8 a.m. Firefighters at the scene said no one...
Pittsburgh’s URA to provide $800K to stabilize senior housing in Hill District
Pittsburgh’s Urban Redevelopment Authority on Thursday approved using $800,000 in Housing Opportunity Fund money to stabilize two senior living facilities in the city’s Hill District. The URA will provide a $500,000 loan to Western Manor and $300,000 in grant money to Western Manor and Milliones Manor. Both facilities sit in...
Work begins on comprehensive plan for Greensburg’s parks and recreation department
Greensburg’s parks and recreation department will soon have a comprehensive plan to help guide various aspects like programs and renovations over the next several years. Work on the Parks, Recreation and Open Space Plan began in December, said Lydia Kinkaid, the city’s recreation program manager. The document will be able...
Gifts to foundation fuel stadium, STEM upgrades at Derry Area School District
Donors are needed to help the Derry Area School District Foundation keep driving forward with projects to enhance athletics, academics and agricultural and arts programs for students. That’s the goal of the foundation’s Four A’s Initiative, a Trojan’s Spear Alumni Association effort. The initiative has raised $450,000 in charitable contributions...
Fire destroys Mt. Pleasant retreat center’s maintenance building but no lodging affected, no one hurt
While no one was hurt, the loss of the Laurelville Retreat Center’s maintenance building in a large fire early Saturday morning took out the resort’s main base of operations, according to its director. Firefighters from multiple companies responded to Laurelville Retreat Center along Mennonite Camp Road in Mt. Pleasant for...
Revamped program aims to teach good behaviors at Hunt Elementary School
A revamped program aimed at teaching and reinforcing good behaviors among students is being rolled out at New Kensington-Arnold’s Roy A. Hunt Elementary School. As part of the program’s debut on Monday, the school’s 620 students will get to cheer on teachers and staff in volleyball games, first with third...
Oakmont Bakery open Saturday despite SUV crashing through kitchen wall late Friday
Oakmont Bakery was back in business Saturday after a large SUV slammed through a brick wall late Friday when about a dozen employees were inside. The driver of the Ford Expedition was taken to a hospital for unspecified injuries, but none of the workers was hurt. A Facebook post on...
Lamb touts experience in crowded Senate primary field
If Democratic voters want a candidate who has dealt with the crucial issues a senator will grapple with next year, U.S. Rep. Conor Lamb told a group of Norwin Democrats he is the only one in the crowded primary field who has the track record for voting for what they...
The Stroller, Feb. 12, 2022: Events in the Alle-Kiski Valley
Publicize your events, fish fries and fundraisers for free in The Stroller. Send information at least a week in advance to vndnews@triblive.com. Please include a daytime telephone number. Annual Shamrock Shuffle event planned in West Leechburg The St. Patrick’s Day Shamrock Shuffle 5K and one-mile Fun Walk will begin at...
‘A shining, positive light’: Friends, family remember Southmoreland coach Ron Frederick
The last football game that Rob Frederick watched his brother Ron coach wasn’t a Southmoreland game. Instead, it was a youth football league game in which Ron’s son, Colin, played. Rob said he was “captivated” watching Ron coach Colin. There was more pep in the proud father’s step that game....
Father, son charged in North Side shootings that sent 2 to hospital
Pittsburgh police have arrested a father and son in connection with Thursday night shootings that injured two people in the city’s North Side. Kurt Ianuzzo, 51, and Jake Ianuzzo, 22, both of the North Side, are both charged with three counts each of attempted homicide and aggravated assault as well...
O’Hara student designs inspirational painting for nursing home memory unit
A Dorseyville middle schooler is giving back to a local senior center in memory of her great-grandmother. Ella Golomb, 12, of O’Hara created a positive painting project as her required charitable project for her upcoming Bat Mitzvah. Golomb is a congregant at Adat Shalom synagogue in Cheswick and social action...
