Local category, Page 1761
In brief: ‘Soft-boo’ game, holiday craft fair and more around the Fox Chapel area
Soft-boo The Fox Chapel Area Baseball and Softball Association will host a Halloween softball game at noon on Oct. 31 at Emmerling Park on Cove Run Road in Indiana Township. The organization’s 10 teams will play a game in costume. Community members will be able to run the bases and...
In brief: Coin appraisal fair, dinner to go and more in the North Hills
Coin appraisal fair Would you like to know what your old coins are worth? Members of the North Hills Coin Club are offering free, informal coin evaluations on Oct. 24 from 1-5 p.m. and a chance to check out some outstanding coin collections. No registration is required. More information is...
In brief: Light Up Night set, craft show and more around Sewickley
Light Up Night date set Sewickley Light Up Night is set for 5-9 p.m. Dec. 3. Celebrations will take place along Broad and Beaver streets. There will be fireworks, live music, food trucks, ice sculpture competitions, live reindeer, horse and carriage rides and more. It also will be a Zero...
In brief: Super Bingo benefits veteran group
Super Bingo Life Changing Service Dogs For Veterans (LCSDFV) and Penn Hills Volunteer Fire Company (PHVFC) #7 have teamed up for the third annual Super Bingo. This bingo fundraiser is scheduled for Nov. 6 at PHVFC #7. Doors open at 4 p.m. and bingo begins at 5. The ticket is...
Hampton is getting into the Halloween spirit
Hampton Township is getting ready for spooky season by holding multiple events both in person and online. The Hampton Halloween Parade will be back on and in person with a costume contest. This event will be held from 1 to 3 p.m. on Oct. 23 at the Hampton Community Park....
No injuries reported in Leechburg duplex fire
No one was hurt in a fire Monday morning at a Leechburg duplex, according to fire department officials. The blaze was reported at 1 a.m., according to an Armstrong 911 dispatcher. Thick smoke was seen pouring out of the two-story Market Street building. A state police fire marshal is investigating....
The Stroller, Oct. 18, 2021: Events in the Alle-Kiski Valley
Publicize your club meetings, community events 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. Westmoreland County Marines to supply Christmas groceries Westmoreland County Marines will provide Christmas groceries to local veterans’ families in need. To...
2 tornadoes, straight line winds caused damage during storms in Beaver, Butler
Two tornadoes and straight line winds left behind damage in Beaver and Butler counties during heavy storms Saturday morning, according to the National Weather Service in Moon. The tornadoes struck in Shippingport, Monaca and Freedom in Beaver County just after 6 a.m. The first one in Shippingport was rated EF0...
Drug Take Back Day set at Wilkins Elks
The Wilkins Elks, along with the Wilkins Township Police, will be hosting its sixth Annual Drug Take Back Day over the weekend. Turn in unused, unwanted drugs for safe disposal by bringing the bottles to the lodge from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.on Oct 23 to drop in a secure...
In brief: Veterans Day 5K, clay shoot, craft vendors sought
Veterans Day 5K The 16th annual Operation Troop Appreciation Veterans Day 5K run/walk will take place Nov. 7 in Hampton Community Park. Trophies and prizes are awarded to the first-place man and woman from the overall field as well as the Masters category. Medals are awarded to the top three...
Hampton Alliance for Educational Excellence 5K is a rousing success
The Hampton Alliance for Educational Excellence held its biggest fundraiser of the year — the annual 5K — Oct. 9. Cloudy skies dissipated early, allowing the sun to shine through on nearly 500 runners ready to raise money for the Hampton School District. The Hampton Middle School band kicked off...
Human skeletal remains found in Penn Hills
The Allegheny County Police Department’s Homicide Unit responded to a request for assistance Sunday after county 911 was notified of the finding of human skeletal remains in Penn Hills. The notification came at about 3:40 p.m. after the remains were found in a wooded area in the 1600 block of...
Kiski Valley museums open house tour helps rekindle interest in area’s history
From a 1925 vintage fire engine to an antique toy exhibit to a display about convicted murderer Martha Grinder, a Kiski Valley museums open house tour Sunday had something for everybody. The tour encompassed exhibits from the Victorian Vandergrift Museum and Historical Society, as well as the Apollo, Hyde Park...
‘You can’t fix it with facts’: Doctors share patients’ excuses for covid vaccine refusal
Misinformation and denial about covid-19 and its vaccine have left Dr. Heather Walker and her colleagues in the emergency department at Excela Health Westmoreland Hospital feeling defeated. “No matter what you do, it’s not enough,” she said. “It’s exhausting for everyone.” It’s also perplexing for doctors. How can a patient...
Leaves didn’t cooperate for Allegheny River tour in Armstrong, yet Gateway Clipper trip turnout was strong
OK, so there wasn’t fall foliage for the much-anticipated Gateway Clipper leaf-peeping tour on the Allegheny River in Armstrong County earlier this month because of unseasonably warm weather. Then, Lock and Dam No. 6 in Clinton closed unexpectedly for repairs, causing organizers to reroute the trip to launch from Freeport...
Gateway signage to be part of Greensburg GetGo project
Gateway signage for the City of Greensburg will be included at a new GetGo fuel station and convenience store slated to be built at the former Family Video store along S. Main Street. The project, which will be located at 531 S. Main St., consists of tearing down the Family...
Pittsburgh teen charged in double shooting outside Kennedy bowling alley
A Pittsburgh teen was charged Sunday with shooting two people, one fatally, on Saturday night outside a bowling alley in Kennedy Township. Allegheny County Police arrested Malik Smith, 19, of Pittsburgh during an investigation into the double shooting, which happened just before 10:30 p.m. at the Kennedy Lanes bowling alley...
Penn-Trafford CROP Walk battles hunger on the (literal) battlefield
While client numbers at food banks locally and nationally have decreased since the peak of covid-19 infections in 2020, they are still higher than when the pandemic began. That means every little bit of help is important, and about 30 people did their part Sunday, participating in the CROP Walk...
Westmoreland Land Trust hosts road-rally fundraiser
A handful of dark clouds were gathering on the horizon Sunday morning as classic, modern and muscle cars lined up at the Donohoe Center in Hempfield for the first Westmoreland Ramble, a road rally to benefit the Westmoreland Land Trust. But with a positive forecast and a 66-mile course that...
New Kensington businesses look to bright future as year’s last ‘Fridays on Fifth’ approaches
The last of the first Fridays on Fifth is coming this week in New Kensington, and business owners are hoping to keep the city’s momentum going through the winter until the monthly events return next year. Held on the fourth Friday of the month, the first Fridays on Fifth was...
Short-term food bank numbers are down, but long-term food insecurity remains an issue nationwide
Hunger and food insecurity across the United States have dropped measurably over the past six months, but the need remains far above pre-pandemic levels. And while that demand has lessened somewhat in Pittsburgh and the surrounding region, local food bank officials are also seeing an uptick in applications for the...
Architectural firm proposes creating a master plan for Freeport Area High School improvements
Freeport Area School District officials might team with a familiar architectural firm to craft a master plan for high school improvements. The school directors and administrators observed a presentation from HHSDR Architects/Engineers at Thursday night’s school board meeting. It’s the same firm that worked on Freeport’s middle school and designed...
Harrison partners with ATI, TreeVitalize to transform vacant lot in Natrona
A vacant lot used as a staging area for ATI trucks in Natrona will be transformed with ginkgo trees and other varieties in a partnership between Harrison and the mill. Fifteen trees will be planted at 8:30 a.m. Nov. 3 in an effort to reduce water runoff and air pollution,...
North Huntingdon seeks condemnation of old Rivertowne Pub
The former Rivertowne Pub & Grille along Route 30 in North Huntingdon is either a building that is unfit for human use, with broken windows and a collapsed section of floor, or it is a structure that can be simply repaired and resurrected as a restaurant. Township commissioners recently heard...
Greensburg man faces theft charges by local, state police
A Greensburg man wanted by both city and state police on multiple theft charges has been arrested. Chad E. Carlton, 34, of Greensburg, was arrested Oct. 7 by Greensburg police and charged with one count of theft by deception following his arraignment Saturday. Police said Carlton fraudulently leased a Southwest...
