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Trib launches expanded content initiatives for subscribers
More Westmoreland County and Alle-Kiski Valley content. That’s the goal behind two initiatives the Trib is launching this week. The two new features are: • Trib Extra Subscribers will get access to a special section on TribLIVE.com where they can find expanded news coverage, from regional and national news to...
Verona’s new borough secretary formally introduced at council workshop
Verona officials have tapped a former physics teacher and solutions analyst as their new borough secretary. Christine DeRunk of Shaler was formally introduced as the administrative head at Tuesday night’s council meeting. She was selected out of 12 candidates earlier this year to replace former borough manager and finance director...
Pittsburgh Youth Chorus creates new BIPOC artist-in-residence position, institutes sliding tuition scale
The Pittsburgh Youth Chorus will kick off its 2021-‘22 season with a return to in-person rehearsals, an income-based sliding scale for tuition, and a new artist-in-residence program for Black, indigenous and people of color (BIPOC). “PYC’s conducting staff is comprised of white women and men whose musical training is rooted...
Sewickley area artists collaborate to spruce up an incoming borough pizza shopVideo
A future Sewickley pizza shop received an uplifting remodeling of its storefront as part of a collaboration with another borough business. Exposure artists painted a mural featuring a blue sky, clouds and multi-colored balloons to beautify Badamo’s Pizza along Beaver Street. The shop is located next to Exposure, which showcases...
Penn Hills School District hosts vaccine clinic at Linton Middle School
The Penn Hills School District recently hosted a vaccine clinic at Linton Middle School as part of its ongoing effort to provide people ages 12 and older the chance to get vaccinated. Superintendent Nancy Hines said eight people received a Pfizer shot Friday via partnership with UPMC Children’s Hospital of...
North Apollo residents asked to take surveys Wednesday and Thursday to land grant
North Apollo representatives will go door-to-door Wednesday and Thursday to ask residents who live on two streets in the borough to fill out a survey on household information for a grant application for a proposed storm sewer project. Residents will be given the confidential surveys on North Ridge Drive and...
Legal experts say Wolf administration has authority to issue mask mandate
Republican leaders in Pennsylvania said Tuesday that in issuing a school mask mandate, Gov. Tom Wolf and his administration are trying to circumvent the will of the people expressed through the passage in May of a constitutional amendment. Legal experts said that the emergency powers amendment approved by voters in...
Rainy run: Heavy downpours no match for Shaler man’s will to keep on running
Terry Mcnavage didn’t let a few raindrops keep him from hitting the pavement for a run along Kummer Road near the Horse Show Ring in North Park on Tuesday. The Shaler man said he tries to run every day and doesn’t let the weather stand in his way. So when...
Springdale Township closes municipal building due to covid increase
The Springdale Township Municipal Building is closed to in-person visits as a result of the recent increase in covid-19 cases. Anyone needing to drop off or pick up documents at the facility can still do so but no one other than employees is allowed inside. Other business can be conducted...
Police: Mt. Pleasant Township man paid girl for nude photos
A Mt. Pleasant Township man is accused of paying a teen girl to send him nude photographs of herself via social media, police said. Brandon J. Rose, 22, is charged with aggravated indecent assault, child pornography, corruption of minors, criminal use of a communication facility, indecent assault, unlawful contact with...
Westmoreland residents in flood-prone areas prepare for remnants from Hurricane IdaVideo
Diane Batten, who has lived along flood-prone Indian Street in Ligonier for more than a decade, recalled peeking out the window of her mobile home June 3, 2016, before heading out to shop at the nearby Giant Eagle. Despite a forecast of rain, she didn’t see any standing water. But...
Engineering firm selected for new Quaker Valley High School project
Quaker Valley School District officials have selected a Wall-based engineering firm to be the civil engineers for their new high school project. The board unanimously voted on Aug. 30 to approve a near $553,000 deal with Phillips & Associates, contingent upon review and approval from district solicitor Don Palmer. Charlie...
Plea deal reached in East Huntingdon baby’s 2019 drowning death
A Fayette County man will serve up to 40 years in prison for the death of an 11-month-old girl who drowned in an East Huntingdon home while in his care, prosecutors said. Derrick A. Bass, 31, formerly of Uniontown, pleaded guilty Tuesday to a lesser count of third-degree murder of...
Pittsburgh officials revisit ending pension offset for retirees
After receiving a petition signed by more than 200 city employees Tuesday, Pittsburgh City Council members said they support removing a pension offset that decreases the benefits paid to retirees who are also collecting Social Security. Councilman Anthony Coghill presented the petition to council President Theresa Kail-Smith and said he...
Greensburg police have 2 people in custody in connection with reported child abduction
Greensburg police have two people in custody in connection with an alleged child abduction in the city Tuesday. Sgt. Reginald Harbarger said the parents of a 1-year-old boy took him from a relative’s home at Pershing Square around 1 p.m. The parents do not have custody of the boy. They...
New Kensington-Arnold students begin new school year
Most students in the New Kensington-Arnold School District returned to classes on Tuesday. The district’s kindergarten students at Martin Elementary are scheduled to start on Sept. 7. Screenings are being done by appointment only until Friday. The district had already decided on its own, before Gov. Tom Wolf’s announced mask...
Pittsburgh employees would get bereavement leave after miscarriages under proposal
About 500 nonunion Pittsburgh employees would be eligible for paid bereavement leave in the event a pregnancy ends under legislation Councilman Bobby Wilson introduced Tuesday. “When I think about workers’ rights, this is a piece that’s missing,” Wilson said in an interview after he introduced the legislation. It would amend...
Highlands superintendent testifies as hearing on principal’s demotion gets underway
A hearing on the demotion of a Highlands School District administrator got underway Monday night, with the administration publicly beginning to lay out its case for demoting former principal Samantha Perlik to kindergarten teacher. Perlik had asked for the hearing be held publicly instead of behind closed doors. The school...
Jeannette to sit on stimulus money for now
Jeannette is set to receive more than $900,000 in federal funds through the American Rescue Plan, but it may be sitting in the bank for a while. The city got half of its allocation this summer and the rest is expected to come next year, said City Clerk Nathan Bish....
Aspinwall police investigating taxidermy rhino head found on sidewalk
Aspinwall police have found themselves in the unique situation of investigating a taxidermy rhinoceros head that was found on a borough sidewalk. The animal was found at about 9 p.m. on Aug. 28. A person walking his dog came across the unusual find at Freeport Road and Western Avenue. Deputy...
Angela Woods stepping down from McCandless council
Applications are being taken from McCandless residents who are registered Republicans and live in Ward 5 for an open seat on town council. First-term councilwoman Angela Woods announced that she will be resigning her seat at the end of September because she is moving out of the municipality. Woods’ term...
Kidney specialists expanding practice to serve northern Allegheny, southern Butler counties
Northern Allegheny County residents will now have access to a medical practice, specializing in kidney care, that has been treating patients for more than four decades. Teredesai, McCann & Associates, which operates nine offices in the region, is scheduled to open its newest nephrology office Sept. 2 in Cranberry. The...
200 vendors set up for Labor Day arts, crafts show at Westmoreland Fairgrounds
Labor Day often marks the time to change home decor from summer to fall. Shoppers will find a large array of seasonal and holiday decorating items this weekend at the 28th annual Pennsylvania Arts & Crafts Labor Day Festival at the Westmoreland Fairgrounds. About 200 vendors will fill five buildings...
Principal Place on Saxonburg transforms former elementary school for commercial use
Developers Robert and Kim Bartolacci are breathing new life into a prominent Indiana Township building approaching its centennial milestone. A 96-year-old former elementary school along Saxonburg Boulevard will become Principal Place on Saxonburg, housed on two acres and intended as a community-centered commercial hub. “Our plan is to convert the...
Hempfield man accused in wrong-way DUI crash on Route 30
A Hempfield man is accused by police of being intoxicated during a 2019 wrong-way crash on Route 30 that seriously injured another motorist, according to court papers. Larry Thomas Miller Sr., 74, is charged with aggravated assault by vehicle while driving under the influence and several other related misdemeanors and...
