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Pittsburgh-based autonomous vehicle company Aurora donates $65,000 for STEM-related requests for local teachers
Pittsburgh-based autonomous vehicle company Aurora announced Thursday that the company is donating $65,000 to fund STEM-related requests from Pittsburgh teachers. The donations will be distributed via DonorsChoose, a nonprofit that works to match teachers with funding for classroom initiatives. Aurora said the donation was “a way to support future generations...
Covid-19 outbreak closes Apollo-Ridge middle school
Apollo-Ridge School District closed its middle school for in-person instruction this week because of a high number of positive covid-19 cases. Nearly half of the 280 students at Apollo-Ridge Middle School in Kiski Township are under quarantine for exposure to covid-19. There were 20 active cases involving students in the...
Mask protests continue for 3rd day in Kiski Area School DistrictVideo
Protesting of the state’s school mask mandate continued for a third day in the Kiski Area School District, with a group of 10 people stationed outside the high school and administrative offices on Thursday morning. The protesters, including parents and students, declined to comment when approached by a Tribune-Review reporter....
Judges orders jail sentence for New Kensington man in girlfriend’s death
Andrew Brown told a judge on Thursday he hadn’t spoken to his mother for more than a year before she was killed by her boyfriend during an altercation four years ago in a Lower Burrell parking lot. “I still loved her, and now I will never have another chance to...
Report details lending inequities between Blacks and whites in PittsburghVideo
Pittsburgh’s Black residents and those who live in the city’s Black neighborhoods are less likely to get a mortgage for a home than white residents or people who live in white neighborhoods, according to a report released Thursday by city officials. The 129-page report, “Inherited Inequality: The State of Financing...
Helping Hands Across Westmoreland opens food pantry in Greensburg
A food pantry opened in Greensburg this year with the goal of helping senior citizens in need across the community. Christ’s Cupboard, an initiative by the faith-based nonprofit Helping Hands Across Westmoreland, opened in July. Volunteers at the food pantry, at 213 S. Maple Ave. in Greensburg, compile a bag...
Westmoreland officials seek public input for spending $105 million in covid relief funds
Westmoreland County spent just more than 1% of the $105 million it expects to receive in relief funds from the American Rescue Plan and wants the public’s ideas for how the bulk of the remaining cash should be used. Commissioners posted a bare-bones survey on the county’s web page that...
‘Celebrate Roberto’ kicks off days of Clemente events
Even Pittsburghers who don’t follow the Pirates have never forgotten Roberto Clemente. In the nearly half century since his tragic death, there has been a bridge named after him and a museum created to honor his memory. And next week there will be plenty to remind people of the great...
Murrysville: Scout recruiting night, glass recycling event and more
Scout packs to host recruiting night in Murrysville Scout packs 207 and 213 will hold a recruiting night for children in kindergarten through fifth grade at 7 p.m., Sept. 16 at Emmanuel Reformed United Church of Christ in Murrysville. The event will include a BB gun range for prospective scouts,...
Norwin area: Soup sale, shelter fundraiser, civil service test
Ardara church will hold soup sale The Ardara United Presbyterian Church, 3380 Nehrig Hill Road, will hold a soup sale from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Sept. 25. A quart of soup is $5. Varieties will include vegetable, cream of potato, cream of rice, stuffed pepper, potato cauliflower, wedding, chicken...
Aspinwall man positive for West Nile Virus, 1st Allegheny County case since 2018
An Aspinwall man has tested positive for West Nile Virus – the first known human case in Allegheny County since 2018, according to the county health department. The man is in his 60s, said spokesman Chris Togneri, though information on his health was not immediately available. He said the health...
Penn-Trafford happenings: Broom sale, homecoming, library programs
Bushy Run Lions Club plan broom sale The Bushy Run Lions Club will hold its annual roadside broom sale from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Sept. 16 though 18 in the parking lot of the S&T Bank, Route 130, Harrison City. Various types of brooms will be available, including household,...
Documents on Greensburg attorney’s death in YMCA sauna say he died of ‘natural causes’
Documents from emergency responders who were called after the body of a Greensburg attorney was discovered last year inside the sauna of the Greensburg YMCA run counter to multiple claims made in a lawsuit filed by the man’s family. The two-count wrongful death lawsuit, filed in Westmoreland County court by...
After falling short in primary, Monessen mayor plans write-in campaign
After losing the Democratic primary this spring, incumbent Monessen Mayor Matt Shorraw is planning a write-in campaign to seek a second term in office. “I’ve been able to leverage my bipartisan connections at all levels of government in order to secure funding and make our initiatives a reality,” Shorraw said....
New Kensington Wine & Beer Fest returns with new beer tent, full glasses
There’s going to be more beer than wine at the third annual New Kensington Wine and Beer Festival this Saturday, but the alcohol isn’t the only attraction. Returning after being canceled in 2020 because of the covid pandemic, the Alle Kiski Strong Chamber event will also feature food trucks, vendors,...
Pittsburgh’s first responders can get help using new wellness app
Police, fire and other professionals are there for the public in times of crisis, but when they face crises themselves it’s often hard for them to get help. Clinical psychologist David Black worked to change that after 9/11 solidified how important it is for first responders to have access to...
Lawrenceville’s Arsenal Bowl has a buyer, but real estate group mum on who
Pittsburgh’s iconic Arsenal Bowl has sold, according to the real estate firm marketing the bowling alley, though the buyer remains under wraps. Terri Sokoloff, of the commercial real estate firm Specialty Group, said only that the sale brought together two initially separate buyers. She said the group met with more...
2 flown from Hempfield crash
Two people were flown by medical helicopter Thursday morning to a hospital after a one-vehicle crash in Hempfield, according to a Westmoreland 911 dispatcher. The crash was reported just before 11 a.m. on Route 130 in the area of Slate Run Road and West Point Drive. The vehicle went over...
2 blighted Sewickley properties receive Act 152 funding for demolition
Two blighted properties in Sewickley can be demolished thanks to a $30,690 grant from Allegheny County. According to county executive Rich Fitzgerald, the county has awarded more than $1.9 million in funding to support 31 applications and 100 demolitions. The grants averaged $62,422 and were awarded to municipalities and councils...
Hempfield Area lays out initial plans for homecoming events
After the covid-19 pandemic upended Hempfield Area’s homecoming dance in 2020, district leaders this year are taking precautions to help the event go on. Initial plans for the dance, scheduled for Saturday, Oct. 9, show the event being held outdoors in a tent. Tables will be set up, however, they...
Westmoreland news: Sept. 11 remembrances, super bingo and art center programs
Art • Greensburg Art Center will host a retrospective exhibition in memory of Cathy Rosensteel Sept. 15 to 19 at the center, 230 Todd School Road, Hempfield. Interactive events are scheduled from 6 to 8 p.m. Wednesday and Sept. 16. A memorial service and the installation of the color-wheel sculpture...
Athletes from local communities go against national challengers at Frazer Strongman contestVideo
Monroeville resident Jamie Whitman wants to show the nation how strong she has become. The breast cancer survivor recently got a clean bill of health and will be one of nine women competing in a United States Strongman competition at the Pittsburgh Mills mall in Frazer. “I’m actually feeling really...
Barrel & Flow Fest highlights Black brewers, musicians, artists in Pittsburgh
The collaboration is in perfect harmony. Inner Groove Brewing and Driving While Black Records, a label highlighting Black artists, combined to create “Got The Juice.” The beer will be released Friday at Inner Groove Brewing in Verona and served at Barrel & Flow Fest on Saturday at Pittsburgh’s SouthSide Works....
Hampton doctor battling opioid epidemic as medical director of Ellen O’Brien Gaiser Center
As a child, Dr. C. Thomas Brophy watched family members struggle with drug and alcohol addiction. Now he’s dedicating his career to helping others battle substance abuse. Brophy, who lives in Hampton Township with his wife and three children, was recently named full-time medical director for the Ellen O’Brien Gaiser...
Pittsburgh council supports $500 monthly payments to 200 residents
Pittsburgh City Council members support a program to provide a no-strings-attached $500 monthly payment to 200 low-income residents as part of an experiment being done by dozens of cities across the country to measure the impacts of guaranteed basic income. “This is the right thing to do at the right...
