Western PA Local News category, Page 1762
Robbers assault Greenfield pizza shop worker, flee with cash register
A pizza shop in Pittsburgh’s Greenfield neighborhood was robbed early Wednesday morning, according to police. The robbery at Vocelli Pizza in the 4200 block of Murray Avenue was reported around 2:30 a.m. According to police, a man was locking up the business when two men approached from behind and forced...
Truck driver flees police stop on Pa. Turnpike, crashes in Ohio
The driver of a tractor-trailer reported driving erratically on the Pennsylvania Turnpike and accused of fleeing from a traffic stop was apprehended after crashing in Ohio Monday, according to state police. State police charged Ricardo Andres Kostyk, 30, of Clearwater, Fla., with a felony count of fleeing or attempting to...
TribLive Taste Test: National Baklava Day
It’s National Baklava Day! And if you’re like us, after you get through the roughly 15 pounds of gyro meat that always comes with a quality gyro, you’ve barely got enough room left for one of our favorite desserts. So today we skipped the gyro and went straight for the...
The Stroller, Nov. 17, 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. Operation Christmas Child shoe box collection underway Grace Community Presbyterian Church, Lower Burrell, is conducting an Operation Christmas Child shoe box...
Brackenridge woman accused of hitting man with car with 1-year-old inside
A Brackenridge woman is accused of hitting a man with a car on the side of Route 28, then fleeing with her 1-year-old son in her car. State police charged Shakeira Ladaisa Hardin, 25, with felony counts of aggravated assault and endangering the welfare of a child and misdemeanor charges...
Death ruled a homicide at scene of East Hills shooting
The death of a 20-year-old man shot in Pittsburgh’s East Hills Tuesday has been ruled a homicide. The Allegheny County Medical Examiner’s Office identified the man as Michael Smith, who died at the scene at 2300 Wilner Drive and East Hills Drive. According to police, officers responded to alerts of...
Pitt gets $100M infusion to build biomanufacturing hub at Hazelwood Green brownfield site
Pittsburgh’s last brownfield-turned-tech hub just got another $100 million infusion. The Richard King Mellon Foundation announced Wednesday that it’s gifting the money to the University of Pittsburgh to develop a large swath of the 178-acre Hazelwood Green development along the Monongahela River into a biomanufacturing powerhouse. The $100 million grant...
First National Bank moving branch office from Verona to Oakmont
The First National Bank branch office currently located in the River Town Shopping Center in Verona will be moving to brand new building Oakmont. Ground was recently broken at 300 College Ave. on the corner of Allegheny River Boulevard across from The Lot restaurant in the Edgewater development section of...
Police: 2 men stabbed multiple times inside McKeesport home
Two men were being treated for stab or knife wounds in the wake of an incident in McKeesport on Tuesday. Allegheny County Police said the incident occurred shortly before 5 p.m. inside a home in the 3100 block of Garbett Street. First responders found a 39-year-old man with multiple stab...
Penn Hills gas station robbed at gunpoint
A Sunoco gas station in Penn Hills was robbed late Monday morning. Police Chief Howard Burton said no one was injured in the incident around 11:45 a.m. at the convenience store along the 200 block of Hulton Road. The chief said the robber brandished a silver handgun and demanded money...
Penguins fans sound off on potential ownership change
The news traveled faster than a Sidney Crosby slap shot. By game time Tuesday, fans at PPG Paints Arena to watch the Penguins host the Buffalo Sabres had already heard. Fenway Sports Group, which owns the Boston Red Sox and Fenway Park, is in advanced negotiations to purchase the Penguins....
McKees Rocks teen, 15, charged with fatally shooting Sto-Rox High School senior
A McKees Rocks teen has been arrested in connection with the murder of a Sto-Rox high school senior. Tavarius Lee, 15, is charged with criminal homicide and possession of a firearm by a minor, Allegheny County Police announced Tuesday. He is accused of killing Hasson Shackelford, 18, on Nov. 8....
Carnegie man gets 5 to 10 years state prison in fatal DUI crash on Parkway West
A Carnegie man pleaded guilty Tuesday to killing a South Park woman in a 2019 crash in which he was under the influence of drugs. Aaron Hutchison, 21, pleaded guilty to homicide by vehicle while driving under the influence, as well as his fourth DUI offense, and related charges. As...
Butler woman pleads guilty in fatal 2020 wrong-way crash on Route 8
In February 2020, Kaitlyn Eckelberry’s life was all coming together. Her years of hard work in college and graduate school had paid off, and she had just passed her boards to become a physician’s assistant. She was hired at her dream job in orthopedics, had just signed a lease for...
Youngwood woman not guilty of hit-and-run for crash that left 5-year-old boy injured
A Westmoreland County jury on Tuesday acquitted a Youngwood woman of hit-and-run charges in connection with an incident two years ago in which a 5-year-old boy on a bicycle collided with a sports utility vehicle in Hempfield. Beth Ann Briggs, 50, did not testify during the one-day trial. But her...
Woodland Hills School District to offer gun buyback program
Woodland Hills School District officials announced they have secured partnerships and funding to provide a gun buyback program within its communities. “This is an idea that has been a couple of years in the making,” Superintendent James Harris said in a press release Tuesday. “Our students and staff have been...
Police testify suspected murder weapon in Arnold slaying was found in a shoe
Detectives who searched the Arnold home where police said a man was gunned down last year testified Tuesday the suspected murder weapon was found hidden inside of a shoe left behind at the home. Statepolice Detective Nick Iera said he initially didn’t see the weapon as he walked through the...
Sharpsburg Community Library lands STEAM grant from state
Bee-Bots, robots, circuits and coding will be on the children’s program menu at Sharpsburg Community Library this winter thanks to a state grant. The library at 1212 Main Street was awarded a Tinkering Kit from the Office of Commonwealth Libraries, through the state Department of Education. The kit is contains...
UPMC Mercy hospital’s $510M expansion on track for spring 2023 opening
Hot orange sparks rained down on freshly erected steel beams Tuesday morning as construction workers welded and hammered while harnessed to high-rise scaffolds and aerial lifts overlooking the Monongahela River in Pittsburgh. Two giant cranes rotated nonstop, hoisting building materials weighing thousands of pounds across the busy construction site of...
Christ the Divine continues tradition of donating Thanksgiving meals
Christ the Divine Teacher Catholic Academy in Aspinwall continued its tradition of making the Thanksgiving holiday a little warmer for area families. Student council Co-Presidents Gemma Spadacene and Jimmy Darcy, along with Vice President Clara LoPresti, shopped for frozen turkeys, potatoes, gravy and all the other fixings on Nov. 16...
Pa. school mask mandate will expire Dec. 4 if state Supreme Court doesn’t issue new stay
The school mask mandate in Pennsylvania will end on Dec. 4 unless the state Supreme Court grants a stay to Gov. Tom Wolf’s administration. On Tuesday, the Pennsylvania Commonwealth Court granted a motion to lift a stay of its order from last week that found the acting secretary of health...
Citizens Bank closing New Kensington branch as previously announced
Citizens Bank is making good on its previously announced intention to close its branch in downtown New Kensington on Wednesday, a bank spokesman said. Citizens said in August it would close the office at the corner of Fifth Avenue and Ninth Street on Wednesday. “The branch is still slated to...
Peeps at Shady Side Academy rule the roost
Meet the new chicks of Shady Side Academy. Momo, Dawn, Cricket and Pippy are four peeps hatched from an incubator Oct. 11 in Bonnie Maxwell’s biology class at the middle school campus in Fox Chapel. “Momo is ruling the roost,” said sixth-grader Amalia Guttridge. “Chickens are so cool, and they...
Park over Pittsburgh’s Crosstown Boulevard will bear name of Hill District activist Frankie Pace
A park over Pittsburgh’s Crosstown Boulevard will be named after the late Hill District activist Frankie Pace. City Council on Tuesday unanimously approved the proposal to name the three-acre park in her honor. The park is being built as part of the $32.3 million Interstate 579 “cap” project, which aims...
Pittsburgh’s Roberto Clemente Drive renamed to also honor late wife Vera
Roberto Clemente Drive in Pittsburgh’s Oakland neighborhood will officially be renamed to Roberto and Vera Clemente Drive, a nod to the baseball legend’s late wife. Roberto Clemente was a Hall of Fame outfielder for the Pirates who also is remembered for his philanthropic work off the field. The beloved Pittsburgh...
