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Norwin news: PAL registration, salaries set, more
Norwin PAL holds registration PAL Norwin has opened its registration at www.palnorwin.com for its spring 2022 season of recreational baseball, softball, fast pitch and t-ball. The programs are open for the youth ages 4 to 17 in Norwin and surrounding communities. The six-field complex is located at 1 Bridge St.,...
Vote scheduled for final report of deadly 2020 Pa. turnpike crash in Mt. Pleasant Township
The National Transportation Safety Board is set to consider a draft of the final report detailing a January 2020 bus crash that killed five people and injured dozens of others along the Pennsylvania Turnpike in Westmoreland County. The report, which will include details on what caused the wreck as well...
New Kensington police charge lawyer from Murrysville with DUI, fleeing from traffic stop
A lawyer from Murrysville is accused by New Kensington police of driving while intoxicated and leading them on a high-speed chase when they tried to pull him over. Robert Dishington Monsour, 69, of Saltsburg Road, waived his right to a preliminary hearing before District Judge Frank J. Pallone Jr. and...
New members of Shaler Area School Board sworn in
The Shaler Area School Board held its annual reorganization meeting on Dec. 8, swearing in two newly-elected and two existing board members, all chosen by the public to serve a four-year term in the recent November election. New members Elizabeth Dunn and Edward J. Kress were sworn in at the...
Shaler Area Middle School principal on leave
Parents of Shaler Middle School students received notification on Jan. 11 that principal Dr. Eric Stennett was going on immediate leave. The letter to parents gave no reason for Stennett’s unexpected leave, citing the “confidentiality regarding personnel matters” in the district. “I don’t think we can offer interviews on the...
Taco fundraiser, library programs, more in the Murrysville area
Taco fundraiser will benefit FR marching band Residents can support the Franklin Regional Panther Marching Band by ordering a Moe’s Taco Kit before Jan. 21. The kits are $40 and include 12 soft tortillas, two proteins, lettuce, cheese, pico de gallo, rice, black beans, sour cream, a bowl of queso,...
Fayette County man ordered to jail without bond on accusations of severely abusing toddler
A 26-year-old Fayette County man is accused of severely abusing his 20-month-old daughter, police said. Keith A. Kalbaugh is being held without bond in the county prison after state police arrested him Wednesday. His daughter remains in the intensive care unit of a West Virginia hospital. Kalbaugh was arraigned Wednesday...
Pittsburgh activist found not guilty of obstruction in 2019 incident
A well-known Pittsburgh activist was found not guilty Thursday of obstruction in connection with a 2019 incident in Wilkinsburg. Nicky Jo Dawson, 28, had been charged with obstruction, disorderly conduct and jaywalking. A criminal complaint filed against her said Wilkinsburg police were conducting a traffic stop on Peebles Street just...
6-8 inches of snow expected to hit Western Pa. starting Sunday
The couple of inches of snow that hit the Pittsburgh region last week was minor compared to what is likely headed our way this weekend. As of Friday morning, the National Weather Service in Moon was predicting heavy snow will begin falling in Southwestern Pennsylvania sometime Sunday afternoon and continue...
Pittsburgh Land Bank, PWSA work to streamline process for redeveloping blighted properties
A new agreement between the Pittsburgh Land Bank and the Pittsburgh Water and Sewer Authority aims to streamline the process of redeveloping blighted properties with liens against them. A memorandum of understanding announced this week by the Urban Redevelopment Authority outlines a process for clearing outstanding PWSA liens against any...
Ship a chip teaches students at Ingomar Elementary, Eden Hall math, engineering and cooperation skills
Padded, packed and prepared for shipping, an army of potato chips went on a special mission to take a nonbreakable journey between two elementary schools in the North Allegheny and Pine-Richland school districts. Fifth graders from Ingomar Elementary in North Allegheny and fourth graders from Eden Hall Upper Elementary in...
Pine-Richland Middle School re-designated as ‘Don Eichhorn Schools: School to Watch’
Pine-Richland Middle School is one of 14 exemplary Middle Grades Schools in Pennsylvania that has been re-designated as PA Don Eichhorn Schools: “School to Watch” as part of a recognition program developed by the National Forum to Accelerate Middle-Grades Reform. “I would like to thank the students, staff and the...
Former Eden Hall Farm has rich history in Richland Township
Each month, the Richland History Group will highlight notable aspects from the area’s past. For some 350 years, the Richland Township rolling hills through which Ridge Road now passes have maintained their pristine rural beauty and been used for the noblest of purposes, despite numerous ownership changes. The Delaware and...
Roberto Clemente Jr., family members sue Allstate, alleging discrimination by insurer
The Roberto Clemente Jr. Family Agency filed a federal lawsuit this week against Allstate and several people affiliated with the insurer, alleging breach of contract and claims they were discriminated against and ultimately shut down. The lawsuit was filed on behalf of Roberto Clemente Jr. and his wife Kailee Clemente,...
Big Sewickley Creek Watershed Association wants stream restoration, not credits
An environmental group is asking the state to require a natural gas drilling company to do stream restoration in the Big Sewickley Creek Watershed instead of purchasing so-called “restoration credits” that would allow them to do the work in a different location. In a letter to the state Department of...
Pittsburgh man gets a year of house arrest for actions during Downtown George Floyd protests
A Pittsburgh man who used his skateboard to break the window of a city police vehicle during the 2020 George Floyd protests Downtown will serve one day in custody and one year on house arrest. Joseph Craft, 29, of Pittsburgh’s Lawrenceville neighborhood, must report to U.S. marshals on Friday morning....
Arbitration records reveal Penn Hills’ termination of Officer Robert Gowans was in violation of probationary agreement
Court documents revealed that Penn Hills’ decision to terminate police Officer Robert Gowans in May 2021 violated protections of his probationary status with the department. “As a probationary police officer, he was statutorily entitled to civil service protections during his one year of probationary employment,” arbitrator Jane Desimone said. Gowans...
Ligonier Ice Fest plans new designs, old favorites for 31st year
Organizers of the Ligonier Ice Fest are keeping a weather eye out, so to speak, for the Jan. 22-23 forecast. So far, conditions look to be favorable for the 31st annual event, with highs hovering around 30 degrees, some clouds and maybe a snow shower, according to weather.com. “I say...
New Kensington car wash celebrates opening with free washes, fundraising for Knead Cafe
A new car wash in New Kensington is celebrating its opening with free car washes for 10 days and benefits for Knead Community Cafe. Clean Express Auto Wash began operating off Tarentum Bridge Road in front of Busy Beaver in late December, said Beth Martin, a spokeswoman for parent company...
Green space in Sewickley area to grow more than 90 acres
A network of connected green space in Sewickley Hills, Ohio Township and Franklin Park is expected to grow by nearly 95 acres. Allegheny Land Trust, a non-profit that protects Pittsburgh-area land from development, was awarded $728,200 through recently announced state grants to help purchase the land. Money was made available...
New Kensington-Arnold includes 5% tax increase in proposed 2022-23 preliminary spending plan
A maximum 5% property tax increase is included in New Kensington-Arnold School District’s $40.9 million proposed preliminary budget for next school year. School board President Tim Beckes hopes that increase can be reduced before a final budget for 2022-23 is passed in June. “We hope to not have to do...
Highlands property taxes unlikely to increase more than 4.9% — if at all
Highlands School Board next week will consider limiting any real estate tax hike for next school year to 4.9%. The board is expected to vote on staying under an inflation-based cap assigned each year to each school district in the state. The district’s limit is up from this school year’s...
The Bike Lab is Plum’s first-ever bicycle shop
Unity Plaza in Plum has undergone a resurgence over the past few years. One of the new businesses bringing customers to the plaza is The Bike Lab, which, according to Plum’s Chamber of Commerce, is the first-ever bike shop in the borough. The Bike Lab opened approximately seven months ago,...
6 Pittsburgh schools reopen, 18 still closed over staff shortages
Six Pittsburgh Public Schools buildings reopened Thursday, while four others were closed for the day and 13 more will remain shut down until Tuesday because of staffing shortages caused by covid-19, district officials announced. Schools reopening Thursday included Pittsburgh Arsenal 6-8, Pittsburgh Classical, Pittsburgh Grandview, Pittsburgh Miller, Pittsburgh Montessori and...
Former nurse pleads guilty to indecent assault of residents at Lower Burrell care home
A former nurse at a Lower Burrell care nursing home and rehabilitation center was sentenced Wednesday to at least 6 months in jail for indecent assaults against two residents last year. Jacques C. Wagner, 58, of New Kensington pleaded guilty to six offenses in which police said he had sexual...
