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Murrysville library program will focus on Turtle Creek’s history, recovery
In the 1970s, anyone living in the vicinity of Saunders Station near the Murrysville-Monroeville border is likely to have known Turtle Creek by another name: “Sulfur Creek.” It was a far cry from the waterway’s earliest known name, “Tulpewi Sipu,” which translates from the native Delaware Algonquian as “turtle stream.”...
Bowl For Kids fundraiser expands to include adult Happy Hour and family event
Bowlers of all ages will have an opportunity to get out and support a local program for children when Big Brothers Big Sisters of the Laurel Region reintroduces its annual Bowl-A-Thon fundraiser. An adults-only Luau in the Lanes event, a happy hour version open to those age 21 or older,...
Butler Brew Works opens new location in Oakmont
Butler Brew Works has opened a new retail shop in Oakmont. The 600-square-foot facility located at 319 Maryland Ave., a little more than a half-hour drive from the brewery in downtown Butler, features many of the current cans and bottled brews along with a variety of beer-themed merchandise. Its grand...
Pittsburgh Public Schools cut 1,000 students from summer programs amid staffing problems
Staff shortages have led the Pittsburgh Public Schools to cut roughly 1,000 students from its Summer BOOST program, a program designed to mitigate covid-19 related learning loss. Some 2,500 students from kindergarten through 11th grade had signed up for the program. The district on Thursday said 1,500 will now participate...
Pitt project addresses teen mental health through lens of high school studentsVideo
When Ayala Rosenthal first learned that a teenage girl in her Orthodox Jewish community committed suicide, she was devastated. She didn’t know the girl personally but they had mutual friends. “It was really an eye-opener for me,” said Rosenthal. “First of all, my heart ached for her and her family,...
‘This stuff has got to stop’: Pittsburgh police, community members plead for end to surging violenceVideo
Preeti Tuli wept Thursday, baring her pain to strangers, TV cameras and Pittsburgh as a whole, hoping the reality of her grief might help stem the surge of citywide shootings, like the one that took her son in February. “He was a good kid,” she said of her son, Ahmir...
4 injured in head-on crash on Route 31 in Donegal
Four people seriously injured in a head-on crash on Route 31 in Donegal Township Thursday were flown by emergency medical helicopter to UPMC Presbyterian hospital in Pittsburgh, state police said. The collision occurred about 4:45 p.m. near the entrance to the Caddie Shak recreational complex when an eastbound Honda Civic...
Gas line work to restrict traffic on Burtner Road in Harrison
Traffic will be restricted on part of Burtner Road for a little more than a month beginning Friday, PennDOT announced Thursday. Crews working for Peoples Natural Gas will be replacing a gas line on Burtner Road between Adams Street and Cottage Avenue. That location is in the area of Citizens...
Physical therapy company says federal act protects it from covid-19 lawsuit
A physical therapy agency claimed in a federal court filing this week that it is immune to a lawsuit filed by a Bethel Park couple alleging they contracted covid-19 because of a therapist’s failure to properly use personal protective equipment in November. John Boyle and Cheryl McKinney filed their complaint...
Second summer without Steelers another blow for Latrobe area
For a second year in a row, the Latrobe area will be on the sidelines during the Pittsburgh Steelers preseason, a fact that left local businesses and communities crestfallen. Team spokesman Burt Lauten announced Thursday the NFL’s covid-19 protocols will prevent the Steelers from holding a summer training camp at...
Norwin soccer camp, communication awards
Norwin soccer team to hold children’s camp The Norwin Knights High School boys soccer will hold its children’s camp for boys and girls ages 4 to 12 on Aug. 2, 3, 5 and 6, from 6 to 7:30 p.m., at the CNX Sports Complex on Turner Valley Road, North Huntingdon....
‘PulpFest’ returns to Pittsburgh in August
Ask most people what “pulp fiction” is and the likely reply would be that it’s a movie about two hit men played by Samuel L. Jackson and John Travolta. While that is essentially correct, it’s also true that decades before pop culture content was consumed digitally, it came in the...
On the move in the Murrysville area for the week of June 24, 2021
Here are just a few of those in the Star’s coverage area who are “on the move” in one way or another. Submit listings to pvarine@triblive.com. Courtney Brenner of Murrysville was recently inducted into the Phi Kappa Phi honor society at Duquesne University. She is among approximately 30,000 students, faculty,...
Longtime Pittsburgh zoo leader Dr. Barbara Baker announces retirement
Dr. Barbara Baker, chief executive of the Pittsburgh zoo for more than three decades, plans to retire from the post as soon as a successor is secured, zoo leadership said Thursday. Baker called her 31 years at the zoo “an honor and privilege.” “I have been blessed to lead such...
Pittsburgh Irish Festival to feature Pine native Katie GrennanVideo
As a young girl, Katie Grennan performed for the Burke Conroy School of Irish Dance at the Pittsburgh Irish Festival. This year, she hopes to have others doing the jig. Grennan will be part of two bands performing at the event Sept. 10-12 at The Lots at Sandcastle in Homestead....
Public input sought on a proposed Turtle Creek Connector project linking trails
Public input is being sought on a proposed Turtle Creek Connector Trail, which would link the Westmoreland Heritage Trail to the Great Allegheny Passage. The connector would create a near 9-mile bike trail linking several of the communities within the Turtle Creek Valley including Rankin, Braddock, North Braddock, East Pittsburgh,...
News and briefs in the Murrysville area for the week of June 23, 2021
Here are just some of the things happening in the Star’s coverage area in the coming weeks. To submit an event or a news brief, email pvarine@triblive.com. Bike maintenance event at Delmont library The Delmont Public Library and Delmont Visionary Committee will host a July 10 bicycle maintenance event at...
Lawsuit filed on behalf of 2 men, including former A-K Valley standout, says NCAA didn’t protect players from CTE
Surviving family members of two men who played major-college football in the 1950s and ‘60s filed a class-action lawsuit against the NCAA on Wednesday, alleging that repeated blows to the head and concussions caused them to develop — and die from — chronic traumatic encephalopathy. One of the men, the...
Irwin’s Lamp Theatre reopens Friday for shows, moviesVideo
The stage lights inside the Lamp Theatre will be lit again Friday for the first time in more than a year because of the covid pandemic. “There’s been a mountain of work to do,” said Bill Elder, general manager of the theater in downtown Irwin. Breakers, a Tom Petty tribute...
Penn-Trafford art in India, line painting project approved
Penn-Trafford student art sent to India Students in Penn-Trafford High School’s art club capped off the year by creating portraits for orphans in India. Teacher Brenda Christeleit learned of a ‘Memory Project’ program, which enlists advanced art students to create heartfelt portraits as special gifts for children around the world...
Historic figures portrayed Saturday in Renzie Ramble in McKeesport
Historic figures from the region and McKeesport — such as George Washington, President John F. Kennedy and the 1935 Miss America — will be portrayed by area actors in the Renzie Ramble that will be conducted from noon to 4 p.m. Saturday at Renziehausen Park. The tour will guide walkers...
1 person taken to hospital after crash involving farm tractor and vehicle in Mt. Pleasant Township
At least one person was taken to the hospital after a crash involving a farm tractor and a vehicle in Mt. Pleasant Township, according to a Westmoreland 911 dispatcher. Crews responded to 1785 Brinkerton Road shortly before 11 a.m. Thursday for reports of the crash. It was not immediately clear...
Greensburg Hempfield Area Library receives donated furniture from Pitt GreensburgVideo
After 52 years of using the same furniture, the Greensburg Hempfield Area Library is getting a refresh. Employees of the downtown Greensburg library on Thursday morning gathered at the University of Pittsburgh at Greensburg, where they hauled away more than 80 donated pieces of furniture to be used at the...
Plum School District crowns prom kings and queens
Plum High School junior and senior prom courts have been announced, and their kings and queens have been crowned. The prom was held June 17 at the Omni William Penn Hotel. The prom kings and queens were announced with Andrea D’Incau and Connor Moss taking the honors for the senior...
Hampton High School Class of 2021 graduates
Hampton hosted its graduation ceremony to honor the Class of 2021 on June 11 at Fridley Field. The graduates are: Julia Lauren Adamczyk, Jonathan Robert Adams, Mia Corin Adamski, Jane Smith Andrews, Elizabeth Lauren Antenucci, Edward Mason Anthony V, Elaina Marie Antosz, Ethan Daniel Apaliski, Olivia Nicole Appel. Trevor Johnathon...
