PennDOT reopens Penn Hills exit ramps closed for Rodi Road paving
PennDOT is planning to close Rodi Road this weekend, beginning at 9 p.m. Friday through 5 a.m. Monday. Milling and paving operations will take place, weather permitting, between Maple Lane and William Penn Highway. The work also will require the complete closure of the eastbound I-376 ramp to Penn Hills/Rodi...
Pittsburgh’s annual holiday market to relocate amid Market Square upgrades
The annual holiday market that pops up in Pittsburgh’s Market Square each winter will have a new home this year. The Pittsburgh Downtown Partnership on Thursday announced the Peoples Gas Holiday Market will relocate to the Cultural District because of ongoing construction in Market Square. The holiday market, which will...
Jayhawk Commons retail space planned at former Monsour Medical Center property along Route 30
Work on a commercial space at the former Monsour Medical Center property in Jeannette is expected to begin next year, officials said. The retail complex would be accompanied by more than 30 nearby town homes, a project city officials hope will spur additional development. Developer Don Tarosky Jr., chief operating...
Murrysville area: Fairview Park picnic, senior-care talk and more
Email news briefs and event listings to pvarine@triblive.com. Fairview Park Old Fashioned Picnic The historic Fairview Park, which was once home to the region’s only amusement park that catered to Black families, will hold its 23rd annual Old Fashioned Picnic on Aug. 16. This year will also mark the park’s...
Plum Council denies liquor license at convenience store in split vote
Plum Mayor Harry Schlegel, for the first time, broke a council tie when he voted to deny a liquor license transfer in the borough to the location of Plum Convenience on Saltsburg Road. Members of borough council were split, 3-3, on the resolution that would have permitted the store to...
Penn State Master Gardeners will host Hempfield open house
Penn State Master Gardeners invite the public to a free open house at their demonstration gardens in Hempfield. The open house will be 9 a.m. to noon July 19 at the Penn State Extension’s Donohoe Center, 214 Donohoe Road in Hempfield. Visitors can walk through more than a dozen demonstration...
Florida man sentenced for role in string of burglaries
A Florida man was sentenced to two-and-a-half to 20 years in a state prison this month in connection with a spree of distraction burglaries in the area, including two in Westmoreland County. Steve Nichols, 57, previously pleaded guilty to burglary, theft and related charges in connection with seven burglaries in...
Supermarket squabble: Richland Shop ‘N Save sues neighboring Walmart over grocery sales
When Walmart was planning its Richland location in 1998, the company agreed it would not operate a full-service grocery store there — at least in part to try to protect the Shop ‘N Save store adjacent to it in Richland Mall. But in 2008, Walmart sent a letter offering to...
Bat cam: Streaming video reveals secret life of colony at Land Trust site in Hempfield
They only come out at night. Still, the Westmoreland Land Trust has shed some light on the lives of close to 50 bats that inhabit an old barn at its Hempfield nature park — thanks to some flexible cameras and ultrasonic detectors provided by trust board member Bill Powers. For...
Urgent care facility on tap in Allegheny Township
Allegheny Township residents soon won’t have to drive far for emergency medical care. Township supervisors Chairman Jamie Morabito said a walk-in, urgent care facility is in the works for 48 Towne Center Drive, near the magistrate’s office. “I’m real excited about it,” said Supervisor Mike Korns. “It’s in a good...
Pittsburgh councilman mulls checkpoints, private security to quash East Carson Street chaos
A Pittsburgh councilman is exploring the use of checkpoints along a stretch of the South Side’s East Carson Street to counter the pandemonium that has rocked the entertainment district in recent weeks. The idea would be to regulate pedestrians and possibly vehicles on weekend nights and require anyone entering the...
More than 4,000 without power in Leechburg/Kiski/Hyde Park
More than 4,000 homes and businesses are without power in the Leechburg/Hyde Park/Kiski area, according to West Penn Power. The cause is under investigation, according to the utility website. Crews are on the way to assess the area. A person who answered the phone at the Leechburg municipal office said...
Tuition increase approved for state-owned universities for 1st time in 7 years
Tuition for state universities is set to increase by 3.6% for students this fall, but that figure could decrease if state funding increases, the Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education said Thursday. In-state undergraduate tuition for this academic year will increase by $139 per semester, to $3,997 per semester, according...
Franklin Park votes to place government commission study question on November ballot
A vote to place a government commission study question on the ballot in November’s general election for Franklin Park residents, passed 4 to 2, after a vote at the July 16 council meeting. Voting yes were Ward 1 representative and council President Uday Palled, Jiang Li of Ward 1, Laura...
Cooper-Siegel Community Library debuts patriotic event
The fireworks weren’t the only draw this year for Fourth of July fun in Fox Chapel. More than 100 guests gathered under clear skies on July 4 to celebrate and honor the nation’s 249th birthday at Cooper-Siegel Community Library. An inaugural live reading of the Declaration of Independence kicked off...
Heavy storms cause cleanup of clogged drains, culverts in Fawn
Fawn resident Paul Freshwater spent Thursday morning shoveling 2 inches of water from his garage off Metz Road. It was only the second time in 60 years that Freshwater remembers storm runoff causing an issue at his property. “It came down so fast and so hard that you couldn’t see...
Striking workers from Springdale’s Greco Steel Products push for improved safety, benefits
Worries about safety and his poor life insurance policy pushed Jerry Harris to go on strike from Springdale-based Greco Steel Products. Harris, 35, of Jeannette recalled watching a co-worker fall through a roof and die on the job in June 2023. Several of Harris’ striking colleagues pointed to that moment...
In 10-year process, Franklin Park is 1st police force in North Hills to achieve accreditation
Franklin Park is the first police department in the North Hills to achieve accreditation status from the Pennsylvania Chiefs of Police Association. Aron Leach, chief of the Franklin Park Police Department, was presented with an accreditation plaque and certificate from Chief James Adams of the Pennsylvania Chiefs of Police Association...
Filming of Apple+ series in South Buffalo to begin next week
Film crews will be in and out of South Buffalo until around Thanksgiving for an AppleTV+ series tentatively titled “Parallax.” The shoots will take place in the township’s Clinton neighborhood. It will total only about six days over the next several months, according to Kannie Yu LaPack, executive vice president...
Student input instrumental in major renovations slated at Sewickley Academy’s Senior School
Sewickley Academy freshman Jack Christ has something to look forward to when he returns to campus this fall: a newly remodeled school building. The private academy announced this year news of a major renovation of the interior of the Senior School that houses 230 students in grades nine through 12....
Kinloch streets marked for Lower Burrell summer paving
More than 20 streets in Lower Burrell are on tap to be paved this year. City Council on Monday approved a contract of close to $235,000 with Russell Standard to chip-seal 19 streets — the majority of which are in Kinloch — this summer. The full list of roads, according...
Carnegie Mellon temporarily shuts down The Fence in wake of anti-Trump message
Tensions over free speech continue to mount at Carnegie Mellon University as President Farnam Jahanian on Wednesday announced he was temporarily forbidding any new messages from being painted on an iconic campus fence that has served for a century as a student billboard. The decision was prompted by controversy over...
Here are 5 things to do in Pittsburgh this weekend: July 18-20
No plans for a summer vacation on the horizon? No worries. Take a staycation right here in Pittsburgh this weekend with a whole bunch of fun, active and relaxing events. Vintage Grand Prix A local tradition returns to Schenley Park this weekend. Gawk at — and cheer on — your...
Tarentum dog-mauling victim reels from learning what police say about attack
Tarentum resident Michael Shutack was still reeling from a Halloween dog mauling when he learned Tuesday that the man who police said helped him escape the jaws of two pit bulls is the person who set them loose. “As much as I went through my whole life, including being in...
Triaxle crashes, catches fire along Route 66 near Youngwood
More than a dozen passersby stopped Thursday morning to rescue a man trapped in a burning triaxle truck after it crashed in New Stanton, according to fire Chief Rob Cammarata. Joe Schiavone and Steve Parsons were headed to a job for Perfect Industrial Cleaning when they came upon the ball...
