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A recent graduate of Chartiers Valley High School is embarking on an exciting chapter as a young artist, showing one of her pieces at the Erie Art Museum. Olivia Prosek, 18, has been passionate about her art for several years. Her work, “Iris,” is showing in the 98th Annual Nicole...

Visitors to Arnold Palmer Regional Airport will have an opportunity to donate non-perishable items to the Westmoreland County Food Bank during a food drive through July 10. Three marked collection bins will be placed in the terminal at the airport in Unity beginning Thursday. Most needed items include: peanut butter;...

A former Somerset County woman will spend two years on probation for faking a pregnancy and then the death of a newborn baby, prompting donations for funeral costs and baby shower gifts. Kaycee Lang, 25, of Johnstown, was ordered to pay restitution during a sentencing hearing June 2, according to...

The following is in response to John Miller’s letter defending the teaching of Critical Race Theory to children in our public schools. A fairly clear definition of CRT by UCLA’s Luskin School of Public Affairs states in part: “CRT recognizes that racism is engrained in the fabric and system of...

Police in Castle Shannon are investigating an armed robbery Wednesday at the 7-Eleven/Marathon station along Mt. Lebanon Boulevard. Officers were called at about 3:15 a.m. to the convenience store/gas station after a suspect brandished a handgun and took money from several people inside the store, as well as cash from...

Aspinwall Police are offering wildlife safety tips after officers encountered a coyote pup in the borough on Monday. Police posted to Facebook after spotting the animal walking near a home in upper Aspinwall. “Although the Borough of Aspinwall welcomes all types of animals, some can be aggressive or dangerous,” the...

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. Donations sought for telescope at VA Hospital The White Oak Knights of Columbus along with the Amateur Astronomers Association of Pittsburgh...

In spite of all the scientific evidence indicating that vaccination is the key to fighting the spread of covid-19, a significant segment of the American population remains hesitant to get inoculated. Vaccine hesitancy is part of the impetus for the second panel in Carnegie Science Center’s Vaccine Speaker Series, a...

Temperatures are rising, but Matt Spaeth — yes, that Matt Spaeth — could not help but think of winter as he guided a tour of a condo in Downtown Pittsburgh, on the market for $5.25 million. “The owner said that when he sits on the couch at Christmas time with...

A woman reported missing early Tuesday by Pittsburgh police was later struck and killed by a train in Aspinwall, authorities said. The victim was identified as Ying-Fen Johnson, 78, of Oakmont, according to the Allegheny County Medical Examiner’s office. Emergency responders were called to the 800 block of Freeport Road...

Sewickley no longer has a borough manager and borough council has a vacancy in the 1st Ward. Both announcements were made at a council meeting Tuesday evening, in which council unanimously accepted the resignation of their colleague, Christine Allen. Allen was in the fourth year of her first term. It...

As more and more public events begin happening in the wake of slowing covid-19 infections, Delmont officials gave Apple’n Arts organizers the go-ahead to start preparing for a 2021 festival. “I’d say go for it, whatever you can do, do it,” borough Councilwoman Becky Matesevac said. The Delmont Apple’n Arts...

Penn Hills School District officials have made some changes to the district’s dual enrollment for next school year. The program allows high schoolers, primarily juniors and seniors, to earn college credits while in high school. The district recently added Seton Hill University to its options. Seton Hill is a private...

An Allegheny County man has been sentenced to 5½ years behind bars for plotting to sell cocaine for a prison drug smuggling ring while on probation for a prior heroin-dealing conviction, federal prosecutors said Tuesday. Dorianne Harris, 28 — whom officials linked to residences in Monroeville as well as Munhall,...

One patient was airlifted to an area hospital following a motorcycle crash in West Newton on Tuesday afternoon. Westmoreland County 911 officials said the crash involving a motorcycle and a tri-axle truck was reported around 3:45 p.m., near the intersection of Route 136 and Thelma Drive in West Newton. “From...

Walter Cable told a Westmoreland County jury Tuesday he and another man dropped Ronny Cable off about a block from her front door about midnight Feb. 17, 2017, and never heard from her again. Cable, 28, of Greensburg testified during the sixth day of his murder trial that he had...

Pennsylvania parents have shown strong support for public schools during the covid-19 pandemic, which is a statewide trend that has been borne out at many local districts. Of parents who responded to a Pennsylvania School Boards Association poll April 20-26, 69% gave the school their child attends a grade of...

A man who had fallen into the Allegheny River near the Seventh Street Bridge on Tuesday afternoon has died, according to Pittsburgh Public Safety officials. Pittsburgh River Rescue divers found the man around 4:20 p.m. He went into cardiac arrest. Public Safety spokesperson Cara Cruz said medics performed CPR and...

A McKees Rocks woman who sold cocaine for members of a street gang in Pittsburgh’s West End has been sentenced to time served and five years of probation, federal prosecutors said Tuesday. Mardeja Chapple, 26, was convicted of conspiring to distribute more than 280 grams of crack cocaine — or...

A Kiski Township woman is accused of having her child live in deplorable conditions and assaulting a teen Monday evening. Mindy M. Smith, 44, was taken into custody in a welfare check at a home in the 500 block of Flat Rock Road. Police said the officer responding to the...

Janel Young and Jayla Patton are making Downtown Pittsburgh a little more beautiful. The artists were commissioned by the Pittsburgh Downtown Partnership to create murals. Young used bright hues on the concrete street along Fort Duquesne Blvd. Patton fashioned watercolor paintings which are displayed on the windows at the former...

A man shot and wounded a would-be intruder Tuesday morning in Mt. Oliver Borough, according to police. The man, who police did not identify, was allegedly trying to force his way into a 19-year-old woman’s Ormsby Avenue apartment, Allegheny County Police Sgt. Matthew Mineard said in a statement. The shooting...

Warm weather on Tuesday enticed local residents to explore activities at Latrobe’s Legion Keener Park. Children enjoyed a story time while patrons browsed the town’s weekly farmers market. About 90 kids combined attended two story sessions, sponsored by Adams Memorial Library and WQED as part of Latrobe’s Mister Rogers Family...