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Pittsburgh police seek SUV driver that fled after hitting person in Shadyside
A man was critically hurt after being hit by an SUV in Shadyside early Tuesday morning, according to Pittsburgh police. Officers responded to the report at South Aiken Avenue and Walnut Street just before 12:30 a.m. Police said first responders found the man unresponsive and bleeding from the head. He...
Jefferson Hills police has a new chief
Jefferson Hills officials tapped a law enforcement veteran from Bethel Park as their new police chief. Ron Dziezgowski Jr. was appointed unanimously as head of the department and sworn in to his new role Monday night. He was accompanied by his wife, Cindy, as Mayor Janice Cmar administered the oath....
Latrobe’s summer paving costs under budget; intersection work nearing an endVideo
Latrobe will spend $20,000 less than expected on its summer paving project, according to City Manager Michael Gray. But that work isn’t expected to take place until paving is complete on key downtown intersections undergoing improvement as part of a separate PennDOT effort. City council on Monday awarded the summer...
Franklin Regional School Board to vote on 2021-22 budget next week
Franklin Regional School Board members will vote tonight on a 2021-22 budget with a bit less spending and a little more revenue, but not enough to stave off a proposed property tax hike to the state limit of just over 3 mills. As the board prepares for its final meeting...
Avets’ new veterinary hospital in Monroeville is now open
Avets officials recently cut the ribbon on their new veterinary hospital in Monroeville. The 19,000-square-foot emergency and specialty facility at 2674 Monroeville Blvd. is open to clients and patients all day every day. Marketing Director Amanda Gruber said the move to the new spot, after having been at 4224 Northern...
Greensburg increases funds offered through the city’s Housing Assistance Program
Greensburg leaders during Monday’s council meeting voted to increase funding offered through the city’s Housing Assistance Program to further help those impacted by the pandemic. The vote raises the maximum amount received through the program from $1,500 — or three months of rent or mortgage payments — to $7,500, or...
Natural gas price drop means less money for towns
Pennsylvania will distribute about $46 million less in natural gas impact fees this year to the state’s counties and municipalities because of the drop in natural gas prices in 2020. That’s bad news, especially for rural townships in Marcellus shale-rich regions of Southwestern Pennsylvania already coping with pandemic-related income losses....
Patient flown by medical helicopter following Hempfield crash
At least one patient was transported by medical helicopter from the scene of a single-vehicle crash Monday afternoon in Hempfield. Emergency officials responded to the intersection of Baltzer Meyer Pike and Hurst Road just before 4 p.m. for a report of a car that had gone off the roadway with...
Ligonier approves resolution to support anti-gerrymandering bill
Ligonier officials joined more than 362 municipalities and 24 counties across the state, signing onto resolutions asking the General Assembly to pass a bill outlawing gerrymandering. The small borough in Eastern Westmoreland County last week joined only two other Westmoreland municipalities—North Huntingdon and Trafford— that have gone on record in...
Senior lofts in former elementary school coming to East Vandergrift
A new loft-style residential complex for senior citizens is coming to East Vandergrift. Morning Sun Senior Lofts is billed as an affordable 42-unit housing development for people 62 and older. The $13 million revitalization project involves developing the former East Vandergrift Elementary School on McKinley Avenue. The building, currently abandoned...
Music festival set for Irwin on Thursday
Several bands and singers will perform live on the streets and in taverns in Irwin Thursday during the Music in the Streets event. Judi Figel & Dave Crisci will perform from 5:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. at the Lamp Theatre Courtyard, 222 Main St. Kevin McManus & The Bone Forum...
Investigation continues into fatal crash into North Side plasma clinic
Biomat USA on Pittsburgh’s North Side remained boarded up on Monday, two days after an SUV slammed into the plasma clinic at a high rate of speed, killing two employees and one person inside the car. Pittsburgh police provided no updates on the investigation, and it remained unclear what caused...
Grant will help preserve historical aspects of downtown Greensburg
A new grant will help preserve historical aspects of downtown Greensburg. Awarded to the Redevelopment Authority of the County of Westmoreland, the $23,375 Keystone Historic Preservation Grant will be used to reevaluate the Greensburg Historic District, redefine the districtwide facade design guidelines and conduct an individual building condition assessment at...
Allegheny County police investigating deaths of 3 people found in Carnegie home
Allegheny County police are investigating three deaths reported at a home in Carnegie on Saturday. The two men and a woman were pronounced dead at the scene in the 500 block of Main Street at 7:10 a.m., according to the Allegheny County Medical Examiners’s office. The victims were identified as...
Aquinas Academy Middle School students take a trip to ‘Narnia’
Aquinas Academy of Pittsburgh’s middle school students took audiences on a mythical voyage to Narnia during three separate productions from the works of C.S. Lewis. Eighth-grade students performed “The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe;” seventh graders performed “Prince Caspian;” and the sixth grade put on “The Voyage of the...
Liftoff: Pittsburgh young bald eagles take 1st flightsVideo
Photographers on the Three Rivers Heritage Trail and watchers of a live webcam report that the three young Pittsburgh Hays bald eagles successfully took some of their first flights this weekend. The first young eagle fledged on June 6 and returned to the nest the following day. The other two...
North Hills hard hit by Sunday’s storms, more on the wayVideo
The heavy storms that rumbled through the region on Sunday brought intense rain mixed with hail and winds that knocked large trees into power lines and across roadways. Francesca DeAngelis-Witchko and her husband were grilling outside in McCandless when the hail storm hit. Then, their basement flooded. “Our backyard, it...
Pastor of Faith Community Church in Penn Hills building disc golf course for community
After playing disc golf last April with friends during quarantine, a church pastor in Penn Hills is looking to bring the sport to the community. Jay Mitlo, pastor of Faith Community Church on Jefferson Road, wanted to utilize the woodlands property behind the church and thought disc golf would be...
Penn Township negotiating with turnpike commission in advance of bridge removal
Penn Township commissioners will vote this week on drafting an agreement with the Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission as the Harvison Road bridge will be demolished in preparation for a $30 million widening project of the toll road. Township secretary, manager and director of finance Mary Perez said the commission determined it...
Train hits pickup truck carrying watercraft on Cheswick railroad tracks
A pickup towing a Sea-Doo watercraft was struck by a Norfolk Southern freight train at a railroad crossing in Cheswick shortly after 11:30 a.m. Monday. No one was injured, but trains were stalled for about three hours. The truck and the watercraft were totaled. The GMC pickup was parked unoccupied...
Pair of road repair projects in Richland, North Park impacting motorists
Two road repair projects in the North Hills will result in disruptions for motorists. PennDOT announced that emergency work started this morning along Route 910/Gibsonia Road in Richland Township. The project, which is expected to last until 5 p.m. on June 20, will require the road to be shut down...
$3M Pennsylvania Lottery scratch-off ticket winner is furloughed Indiana County steelworkerVideo
Two weeks after winning $3 million on a scratch-off Pennsylvania Lottery ticket at a Giant Eagle in Ligonier, Randy Lytle, a furloughed steelworker, still can’t believe his lottery luck. Lytle, 30, of Robinson, Indiana County, won the top prize on a Monopoly 100X scratch-off May 31. He said Monday during...
Pittsburgh’s Black artists organizing Juneteenth celebration
Fifteen Black artists are teaming up with 1HoodMedia for an arts and culture celebration Friday on Pittsburgh’s North Side that’s one of several Juneteenth events in the region. Juneteenth marks June 19, 1865 — the day Union soldiers arrived in Galveston, Texas, with news of the Emancipation Proclamation and slaves...
Another former PWSA supervisor charged with violating Clean Water Act
A former supervisor with the Pittsburgh Water and Sewer Authority is charged in federal court with violating the Clean Water Act. The case against James Paprocki, 51, of Ross is the third federal criminal case to be filed relative to the release of sludge into the Allegheny River over a...
Mammoth Park’s Giant Slide set to reopen
The Giant Slide at Mammoth Park is set to reopen Tuesday with additional safety measures. The Mt. Pleasant Township complex featuring two 100-foot slides was temporarily closed in August after a few users reported injuries. It was shut down to allow time for safety inspections and county officials to investigate...
