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Pittsburgh man faces federal gun charges after SWAT search
A Homewood South man faces a federal detention hearing Friday after Pittsburgh police said they seized four guns from his home. Dane Brooks, 52, was charged Wednesday on a charge of possession of a firearm by a convicted felon. Pittsburgh police said the arrest came after members of the SWAT...
Pittsburgh Mills to be 1st site of 6 hard-to-recycle collections
A hard-to-recycle event next month at the Pittsburgh Mills in Frazer will kick off a series of six such events around the region this summer and fall. The events, part of the Pennsylvania Resources Council’s Hard-to-Recycle Collection Campaign, allow residents to get rid of items not typically collected by trash...
President Biden name-checks Pittsburgh in speech to CongressVideo
President Joe Biden invoked the Steel City in his speech to a joint session of Congress on Wednesday night, asking why wind turbine blades can’t be made in Pittsburgh rather than Beijing, China — essentially challenging U.S. businesses to bring manufacturing jobs back from overseas. President Biden: "There is simply...
Penn Hills students may get specialty meals, eat in cafeteria next school year
Penn Hills School District officials hope to offer students more food options, such as special themed meals, as well as cafeteria use next school year. They are one step closer to doing so as the school board unanimously voted April 28 to approved a new one-year, $2.23 million food service...
Plum Cleanup Week helps seniors, environment
Donna Kane knew she and her husband, Dan, needed help. The Plum senior couple was still recovering from the July 2019 storms that flooded many parts of Allegheny County. “My husband has a bad back, and because of that flood almost two years ago, my yard was kind of messed...
6 covid cases in 8 days spur closure of Northside Catholic school
Six covid-19 cases linked to Northside Catholic Assumption Academy in the past eight days have prompted administrators to close the campus until May 6, officials said Wednesday. Administrators did not specify whether the newly confirmed coronavirus cases involved students, teachers or other staff or people affiliated to the school. The...
New Kensington water authority among those statewide getting money to replace lead pipes
The Pennsylvania Infrastructure Investment Authority has awarded a $1.7 million grant to the New Kensington water authority to replace lead lines in the city and Arnold. The award is among $117 million in funding — grants and low-interest loans — for water projects recently announced by Gov. Tom Wolf. Many...
911: No injuries in Westmoreland Manor fire
No one was injured Wednesday afternoon in a roof fire that emergency officials suspect started in the kitchen at Westmoreland Manor in Hempfield. Multiple companies led by Midway-St. Clair VFD responded shortly before 4:30 p.m. for a report of a fire at the senior facility on South Grande Boulevard. A...
Kiski Township parents arrested after children found in roach, flea-infested residence
Kiski Township police arrested a couple after discovering their two children “were living in squalor.” Arrested were Edward Reed Jr., 24, and Kayla Vojtilla, 22, of Brownstown Road. Police said they went to their home Tuesday, April 27 for an “unrelated” matter. They discovered Reed and Vojtilla’s children, a 3-year-old...
Harrison awards annual road project to Tresco Paving, 15 streets to be repaved
The lowest bid for Harrison’s 2021 road paving project came in about 12% less than township officials expected the project to cost. With a price of a little more than $377,000, Tresco Paving was the lowest of 11 bidders for the work to mill and resurface 15 roads in the...
Arnold traffic stop leads to 3 arrests, seizure of fentanyl, heroin
A traffic stop in Arnold resulted in three arrests and a large amount of fentanyl and heroin being found in the vehicle and in rooms at a New Kensington hotel, according to Arnold police. Police filed drug charges against Bryce Keron Lee Jr., 34, of Pittsburgh’s West Wood neighborhood; Didiel...
1 injured in West View apartment fireVideo
Fire destroyed an apartment building in West View on Wednesday, displacing seven residents and leaving one woman in critical condition, authorities said. The four-alarm fire started at a four-unit building on Oakwood Avenue about 10:45 a.m., said West View Lt. Matt Holland. Holland said one woman was rescued and taken...
Fitzgerald: Entertainment venues should offer vaccinated sections for spectatorsVideo
Allegheny County Executive Rich Fitzgerald is encouraging sports and entertainment venues to create special sections for vaccinated spectators, following a proposal by the Pittsburgh Penguins to create such a section for fans. “I would encourage all of our sports teams, all of our venues, theaters, the opera, the symphony, the...
Prosecutors won’t seek death penalty against man accused of killing Blairsville woman, dumping her body
EBENSBURG — Cambria County prosecutors informed Judge Tamara R. Bernstein that the commonwealth will not seek the death penalty for Christopher George Rowe as he stands trial for a 2016 homicide of a Blairsville woman. Rowe, of Mercer County, is accused of killing Kaylene Roedel, 26, who was the mother...
Allegheny Valley, Cheswick fire departments working toward merger
The Allegheny Valley and Cheswick volunteer fire departments hope to officially merge this year. In the meantime, the two departments have been informally working together, pooling their resources and manpower. The two stations are five blocks apart, and both departments have been working out of the Allegheny Valley station. Allegheny...
Police: Camera found in Richland Township Target bathroom
Northern Regional police are investigating after a camera was found inside a unisex bathroom of a Target store in Richland Township. Company spokesman Brian Harper-Tibaldo said an employee discovered the recording device in the restroom of the store along Route 8 on April 26, and immediately turned it over to...
Stage Right student cast takes yellow brick road to ‘Oz’Video
The biggest challenge Renata Marino faces in staging a socially distanced musical is choreographing the dance numbers. Marino is directing and choreographing “The Wizard of Oz,” featuring a cast of home-schooled and cyberschool students participating in the Stage Right Arts in Education program. The musical will play at 7 p.m....
Allegheny County arbitrator seeking Lower Valley District Judge seat
An Allegheny County arbitrator and Aspinwall resident is vying to become the Lower Valley Magisterial District Judge. Jessica Lynch, a resident of the borough for nearly three decades, works for the county to resolve landlord-tenant cases and other civil issues. If elected magistrate, she would close her practice and serve...
Wolf takes on vaccine hesitancy ahead of Washington County walk-in clinic
Walk-ins will be welcome at a Washington County vaccination clinic on Thursday and Friday, state and local officials have announced, in the latest attempt to entice as many Pennsylvanians as possible to get the covid-19 vaccine and inch society toward herd immunity. “We need to make sure the demand stays...
Quaker Valley school board expected to hold the line on property taxes
The Quaker Valley school board will vote in about a month on a final budget that does not include a tax increase and instead uses leftover funds to fill an approximate $728,000 gap. The school district will head into the 2021-22 school year with around $52.9 million in revenue and...
Unity man accused of striking roommate with hammer
A Unity man was treated at an area hospital for head injuries after he told police his roommate hit him with a hammer early Tuesday. John A. Olson, 53, also of Unity, was arrested on charges of aggravated assault, harassment, reckless endangerment and simple assault filed by state police after...
Westmoreland County Recorder of Deeds office to close Friday for computer upgrades
The Westmoreland County Recorder of Deeds office at the courthouse in Greensburg will be closed Friday as technical staff work to complete a $90,000 computer system upgrade officials say will improve public access to property records. The closure means the filing of deeds, mortgages and all other documents will be...
Pitt study confirms Clairton Coke Works fire sickened residents
During the 100 days that a pollution control system at Clairton Coke Works was offline following a 2018 fire, people living near the facility experienced worsened asthma symptoms, a study shows. Researchers at the University of Pittsburgh will publish their findings in an upcoming issue of the Journal of Allergy...
Westmoreland County reaches 100,000 fully vaccinated against covid
Westmoreland County surpassed 100,000 residents fully vaccinated against the coronavirus, according to information released Wednesday by the Pennsylvania Department of Health. Westmoreland is the 10th county in the state to hit that mark. In total, there are 100,080 fully vaccinated in the county and 49,232 partially vaccinated. Overall in the...
Westmoreland news includes golf outing, plant sale
Arts • Greensburg Garden Center will host its annual May Mart plant sale from noon to 7 p.m. April 30 and 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. May 1 at the center, 951 Old Salem Road. Advance orders for curbside pickup welcome. Orders: 724-837-0245 or greensburggardencenter.net • A celebration to mark...
