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Penn State New Kensington softball advances to final four of conference tournament
The Penn State New Kensington softball team is set to compete in the final four of the Penn State University Athletic Conference playoffs May 9 and 10 at Heindl Memorial Park in DuBois. The Lions (13-12) advanced to the double-elimination tournament with a 9-0 victory over West Division rival Penn...
Guardian Angels on earth: Highmark sponsored service dogs assist veterans
Charlie and Blue are more than a man’s best friend. The German shepherds are lifesavers. If Dan Smith’s blood sugar is approaching dangerous levels at night, Charlie, who sleeps on a cot next to Smith’s bed, wakes him up. Right before Shar’Ron Harris is about to have a seizure, Blue...
Bishop Loran Mann recalled as great presence, visionary
Bishop Loran Mann, a velvet-voiced minister and founder of Pittsburgh’s Pentecostal Temple Church of God in Christ, is being remembered by city leaders as a monumental figure in the region’s landscape. Mann died Sunday at the age of 74, the Pentecostal Temple Church announced Sunday. “He had a gregarious nature...
Harmar eagles are busy: Battling a red-tailed hawk, an intruding eagle and a gull; and raising 2 chicks
The Harmar bald eagles apparently have their hands — er, claws — full: They’re raising two chicks while warding off a red-tailed hawk and a visiting juvenile eagle. One of the Harmar eagles recently rebuffed a gull trying to steal its fish while in flight. The Harmar birds are in...
Remembering Westmoreland County’s glassmaking history
Glass pieces varying in color and style were spread out across a table at the Greensburg Country Club on Sunday afternoon, offering a quick peak into the history of Grapeville’s former Westmoreland Glass factory, which shuttered in 1984 after almost 100 years in business. The pieces were on display as...
Free recommendations to improve properties in the Buffalo Creek watershed
The U.S. Department of Agriculture is offering free technical help to improve farms and forested land for property owners in the Buffalo Creek watershed, which covers 21 communities from Freeport to Butler. The department will assess residents’ properties — a farm or forested land at least as large as one...
Shaler woman plays the harp to help soothe people in pain, help them relaxVideo
She’s known as the “Harp Lady.” Stephanie Miller, of Shaler, plays the musical instrument with ease. Watching her fingers glide across the strings to produce harmonious sounds soothes those around her. Often they forget about a medical issue or problem. Some fall asleep. “Music allows for a way to release...
Franklin Regional Thespian Club goes live for spring play, ‘The Dining Room’
Ian Sunny has played plenty of characters during his four years in the Thespian Club at Franklin Regional Senior High School. For his final production, he and seven cast mates will get the chance to revel in not one, but up to four “final” roles. “This is a chance to...
Western Pa. venues weigh pros, cons of vaccinated-only spectator sections
Pittsburgh entertainment venues soon might join others across the country in separating fans into vaccinated sections — another trend in efforts to encourage mass vaccination against covid-19, while growing audiences back to pre-pandemic levels. The Pittsburgh Penguins on Wednesday proposed the idea in a petition to the state. Fans in...
Language long-haulers: Westmoreland men keep German skills fresh for trips abroadVideo
Benutze es oder verliere es. In other words, for those who don’t speak German: “Use it or lose it.” That truism applies to many things in life, including conversing in a foreign language. It’s what has kept two local men returning week after week, for decades, to practice their German...
Letter to the Editor: Keep climate change in mind when voting in the primary election
The primary election is coming up fast. You might get a knock at your door this very weekend. There are lots of people competing for your vote. This is important because local governments can make policy that is seriously impactful around climate change and environmental health. We have more power...
Eastern area real estate transactions for the week of May 2, 2021
Chalfant Louise Walczyk sold property at 355 West St. to Louella Hall Carter for $104,850. Delmont Timothy Washa sold property at 201 E White Oak St. to Ryan Silan and Brooke Denlinger for $189,000. Edgewood Jack Ellenberger sold property at 225 E Swissvale Ave. Unit 4 to Kelly Fraasch for...
Pine, Richland real estate transactions for the week of May 2, 2021
Pine Nvr INC sold property at unknown address to Alvaro Fernandes Lorenzoni and Fabiana Barbosa Batista for $386,720. Nvr INC sold property at unknown address to Bryant Shane McBee for $408,850. Nvr INC sold property at unknown address to Ghazaleh Mt. for $360,000. Nvr INC sold property at unknown address...
Hampton area real estate transactions for the week of May 2, 2021
Hampton Cathy Romantic sold property at 3146 Camberly Drive to Robert Galli and Galli Honore Sullivan for $144,000. Estate of Scot Taylor sold property at 3155 Camberly Drive to Kelli Leigh Decker for $159,000. Thomas Holleran Jr. sold property at 4870 Ottawa Court to Jeffrey and Beth Bright for $320,000....
The Herald area real estate transactions for the week of May 2, 2021
Blawnox Estate of Diane Kulback sold property at 244 Eighth St. to Blawnox Industrial LLC for $80,000. Etna Jeffrey Letters sold property at 139 Dewey St. to 4T Home Improvements LLC for $47,000. Gregory Dutkovic sold property at 99 Sycamore St. to 99 Sycamore LLC for $150,000. Fox Chapel Matthew...
Empowerment program helps Kiski intermediate school girls navigate pre-teen yearsVideo
A new female empowerment program at Kiski Area Intermediate School aims to help girls navigate middle school. Ruling Our Experiences — ROX — debuted in January at the intermediate school. It is led by certified ROX facilitator and intermediate school guidance counselor Michele Claypool. Program participant Mia Martin said she...
Attorney General: 2 more people arrested in 2017 double homicide in Somerset County
Two more people were arrested for their involvement in a double homicide that occurred in rural Somerset County in 2017, officials with the state Attorney General’s office said. Marekus Benson and Deandre Callender are facing several charges for conspiring with two previously arrested defendants to kidnap and murder Damien Staniszewski...
North Hills real estate transactions for the week of May 2, 2021
Bellevue Ronald Woshner sold property at 108 S Euclid Ave. to Todd Steven and Kelley Ann Warner for $232,000. Susan Pollock sold property at 639 Tingley Ave. to BE Glenn LLC for $51,000. Franklin Park Susanne Huppenthal sold property at 2634 Big Sewickley Creek Road to Franklin Park Borough for...
Bethel Park real estate transactions for the week of May 2, 2021
Bethel Park Joseph Cuzzupe III sold property at 2513 Bethel Church Road to Matthew Millar and Courtney Morrison for $264,700. Robbi Silvis sold property at 5916 Dalmation Drive to Joseph Spataro and Tammy Reppert for $285,000. Michael Manke sold property at 5961 Kings School Road to Bryan Daniels and Emily...
Carnegie, South Fayette area real estate transactions for the week of May 2, 2021
Bridgeville Daniel Rosati sold property at 623-625 Dewey Ave. to Lawrence Refosco for $215,000. Donna Moore sold property at 216 Prestley Road to Michael Donofrio and Helen Kovach for $147,900. Nino Petrocelli sold property at 427 Railroad St. to Fern Lee Properties LLC for $260,000. Carnegie Estate of Robert Pandolph...
South Hills real estate transactions for the week of May 2, 2021
Baldwin Borough Geri Ann Hayes sold property at 5391 Chestnut St. to Patricia Mroz for $100,000. Patricia Hickey sold property at 2840 Custer Ave. to Matthew McHugh and Jacquelyn Kuchta for $126,500. Mary Ann Bates sold property at 4908 Elmwood Drive to Sandra Hirosky for $87,500. Oscar Paiani sold property...
Vandergrift’s Mary Naccarato is a renowned cook, ‘Queen’ to 4 generations of her familyVideo
It’s good to be queen. Mary Christine Naccarato celebrated her 103rd birthday on Monday, April 26 surrounded by family, friends and one very large cake. “I got a lotta flowers, a lotta money and I was so happy with who all came,” Naccarato said of the festivities at her daughter’s...
Sewickley area real estate transactions for the week of May 2, 2021
Leet Jennie Brock Leghart sold property at 410 Camp Meeting Road to Carl Theodore and Grace Elizabeth Slesinski for $556,500. Sewickley Chad Thomas Braley sold property at 343 Frederick Ave. to Graham Gerlach for $560,665. Michael Nobers sold property at 624 Ohio River Blvd. to Jeffrey Pickering for $133,900. Robert...
Pittsburgh police: Man in stable condition after Homewood West shooting
A man is in stable condition after an early morning shooting in Homewood West, according to Pittsburgh police. Officers responded to a Shotspotter alert in the 6900 block of Kelly Street around 2:50 a.m. Sunday. Zone 5 officers who arrived on scene found a man sitting in the 600 block...
Police: Man dead after shooting in Polish Hill
A Pittsburgh man is dead after Pittsburgh police say he was found in Polish Hill with multiple gunshot wounds early Sunday morning. In an update, Pittsburgh Public Safety spokesman Maurice Matthews said, “Police are now investigating this shooting as a homicide.” Authorities received a ShotSpotter alert in the 3000 block...
