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Eastbound Pa. turnpike reopens at Somerset after truck crash cleaned up
A tractor-trailer driver was flown to a hospital after his rig overturned on the Pennsylvania Turnpike in Somerset County early Monday, according to the Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission and state police. No other vehicles were involved in the crash, which happened around 12:40 a.m. on eastbound Interstate 70/76 in Allegheny Township,...
Teen found fatally shot in Wilkinsburg
A teen was found shot to death in Wilkinsburg Sunday night. According to Allegheny County Police, the shooting in the 2100 block of Vantine Street was reported to 911 shortly after 10:30 p.m. The Allegheny County Medical Examiner identified the victim as Darin Hobdy, 17, of Penn Hills. First responders...
Horses and healing: Equine-assisted psychotherapy business helps people deal with depression
They stand in a group mingling with horses of various colors and personalities. They are people coping with anxiety, depression and trauma. And on this warm Friday evening, they’ve come for the kind of healing that animals, particularly horses, can provide. They spoke to the Tribune-Review on the condition only...
Botany and booze brings big crowd to VeronaVideo
When Aimee and Matt Butch of Greenfield walked the grounds of Railroad Park in Verona on Saturday it was with cool drinks in their hands and a smell of spring in the air. “We like flowers, and we like booze,” the wife said. “It’s a win, win.” It was that...
Gateway School District officials, teachers union reach deal and avoid strike
Gateway School District and teachers union officials reached an agreement Sunday and avoided a strike. The announcement was made on the district’s website and Facebook page. The deal comes after more than 16 combined hours of talks Friday through Sunday between the district and Gateway Education Association officials. “Both sides...
Colonial reenactor brings new life to Bushy Run Battlefield museumVideo
A Pittsburgh man with a lifetime passion for history has taken a job at a pivotal battlefield in the region’s colonial history. “My hope is that people will come back to the Bushy Run. We want people to experience this, to come into this building (museum) who had never been...
Frankie’s Friends Cat Rescue to continue as founder leaves to ‘make a bigger difference’Video
A New Kensington-based non-profit specializing in the efficient and low-cost care of cats will continue despite its founder moving away from the Alle-Kiski Valley. Dr. Becky Morrow, a veterinarian who created Frankie’s Friends Cat Rescue in 2010, is moving in June from Arnold to Urbana, Ill., where she has accepted...
Search for missing man in Allegheny River ends with no results
A search for a missing man along the Allegheny River near several campsites in Gilpin ended with no results Sunday. Multiple organizations including state police Kittanning barracks, police and firefighters from Gilpin, firefighters from Leechburg, Vandergrift and North Apollo along with Greensburg bloodhounds were out from 1 p.m. to 7:30...
Pine, Richland real estate transactions for the week of May 23, 2021
Pine Nvr INC sold property at unknown address to Dayna Lazzaro for $279,895. Nvr INC sold property at unknown address to Suzanne Duff for $309,435. Jaime Morgan sold property at 160 Blue Heron Drive to Collin and Jenna Foster for $430,000. Villas English Farms L.P. sold property at 517 Cambridge...
Hampton area real estate transactions for the week of May 23, 2021
Hampton Kurt Henzler sold property at 2807 E Elfinwild Road to Keith and Lynne Herchenroether for $120,000. Justin Novi sold property at 2584 Lah Road to Brandon Ledonne for $207,500. Mark Visnic sold property at 2689 Oak Hill Drive to Theodore and Christal Yuo for $910,000. McCandless Evan Dull trustee...
The Herald area real estate transactions for the week of May 23, 2021
Aspinwall Deborah Lamanna sold property at 404 Lexington Ave., Unit 4, to George Lee for $52,000. Charles Friday sold property at 211 Western Ave. to Amanda Saenz for $670,000. Fox Chapel Thomas James Gillespie IV sold property at 611 Berkshire Drive to Ralph and Kristine Cannata for $630,000. Estate of...
Eastern area real estate transactions for the week of May 23, 2021
Chalfant GMS Global Investments LLC sold property at 827 Greensburg Pike to Desire White Price for $176,000. Churchill Thien Le Nguyen sold property at 70 Locksley Drive to Karthik and Grace Hariharan for $263,970. Delmont Vivian French sold property at 708 Cherry Blossom Court to Loretta Riddle for $249,900. Matthew...
Destructive insects threaten to attack, kill Eastern hemlocks in Western Pa.Video
A nasty tiny insect is sucking the life out the state tree, the Eastern hemlock, hitting iconic trees at the Flight 93 crash site, Cook Forest, Fallingwater and one of the wildest landscapes close to Pittsburgh — the Buffalo Valley watershed in Buffalo Township. Known as the woolly adelgid, this...
Former state Supreme Court Chief Justice Stephen Zappala Sr. remembered for distinguished public service
Former Pennsylvania Supreme Court Chief Justice Stephen A. Zappala Sr. was remembered for his distinguished legal career and public service. Zappala, a Collier resident, died Friday. He was 88. Zappala went from a private law practice to Allegheny County planning development director to county solicitor, an Allegheny County judge in...
Washington County man killed in quad crash
A Washington County man was killed Saturday night in a quad crash near Finleyville, the Washington County coroner reported. The victim, Dusty Robinson, 40, of Finleyville, was driving his quad along Garvin Road at about 8 p.m when the vehicle hit a ditch, the coroner stated. The victim, who was...
Sewickley area real estate transactions for the week of May 23, 2021
Bell Acres William Marcotte sold property at 115 Fox Hill Drive to John Eddie Braswell III and Ashley Bess Braswell for $695,000. Osborne Robert Fusco sold property at unknown address to William and Barbara Boswell for $1,402. Peter Lundquist sold property at 1519 Beaver St. to Jonathan and Jennifer Lynn...
Bethel Park real estate transactions for the week of May 23, 2021
Bethel Park David Ursenbach sold property at 3345 Appel Road to John Rirchard and Danielle Nicole Nagurney for $275,000. Linda Ann Swazuk sold property at 6085 Baptist Road to George John Cobert IV and Heather Leann Cobert for $160,000. Ezell Lindsey sold property at 108 Sandstone Court to Ryan and...
North Hills real estate transactions for the week of May 23, 2021
Bellevue GB14 Property Fund LLC sold property at 181 Dakota Ave. to Donald Gray III and Renata Goncalves Dasilva for $230,000. William Kaigler trustee sold property at 552 Dawson Ave. to Triple T Res LLC for $206,000. Tyler Hesidence sold property at 62 Kendall Ave. to Pembroke Properties LLC for...
South Hills real estate transactions for the week of May 23, 2021
Baldwin Borough Rajendra Basnet sold property at 1511 Evelyn Road to Harka Maya Pakwal for $145,000. Passang Wangyal Sherpa sold property at 2008 Michael Drive 104-e to Amkit Tiwari for $180,000. Estate of Ralph Degenes sold property at 1472 Prospect Road to Padam Gurung and Unisha Biswakarma for $220,000. Colescott...
Carnegie, Scott area real estate transactions for the week of May 23, 2021
Bridgeville David Rimmel sold property at 839 McLaughlin Run Road to M & MK Properties LLC for $32,000. Carnegie Sayed Abouabdalla sold property at 717 Charles St. to Debabrata Misra for $70,000. Luke Ratke sold property at 122 Sita Ct to Elizabeth Ellison for $229,500. Kirk Dodson sold property at...
Jeannette mom awaits justice for slain sonVideo
Taunja Williamson heard the gunshots. She knew immediately something was wrong with someone she loved. She rushed out her Jeannette door and went left toward the chaos. “There was a girl who said, ‘It’s City,’ ” Williamson recalled. Instantly, her world changed. City was the nickname of her son, Mariell...
Pittsburgh man fatally shot on Route 28 near Sharpsburg
A 22-year-old Pittsburgh man was killed early Saturday morning when he was hit by gunshots fired at the vehicle in which he was riding in the southbound lanes of Route 28 near the Sharpsburg exit, state police at Kittanning said. Shane Edwards, died at 2:40 a.m. at a Pittsburgh hospital,...
The Stroller, May 23, 2021: Events in the Alle-Kiski Valley
Publicize your club meetings, 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. Lower Burrell PD to host Coffee with a Cop “Coffee with a Cop” will be sponsored by the Lower Burrell Police Department...
New details released in teen’s unsolved homicide in Tarentum
It’s been six months since an 18-year-old from Arnold died after being shot in an alley on Tarentum’s west side. The case remains open and unsolved, and no arrests have been made, according to Allegheny County Police. Syncere Lee Spruill was shot shortly before midnight Nov. 22 in the 200...
Vote count shows 22 of grassroots group’s 26 candidates won fall ballot spots
A progressive grassroots organizing group that fielded 26 candidates in municipal and school board races in five counties, including Westmoreland, is celebrating putting 22 candidates on the fall ballot. It may seem small, coming at the end of a low-participation primary that featured thousands of ballot openings in municipalities and...
