Western PA Local News category, Page 2012
The Stroller, May 22, 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. GriefShare program offered in Leechburg First Evangelical Lutheran Church, Leechburg, will host a 13-week GriefShare support group from 6 to 8 p.m....
Fire destroys Mt. Pleasant Township house
A Mt. Pleasant Township house was destroyed by fire late Friday night. The fire at the house at 274 Freeman Falls Road started in the garage and spread from the breezeway into the house, Kecksburg fire Chief Adam Krozel said. The fire then spread into the roof area, the chief...
Butler County authorities probing cause of fatal car explosion in Cranberry
Cranberry police and firefighters were still processing the scene of a car explosion in the parking lot of a Red Robin Restaurant on Friday night that left one person dead, according to township police. A Butler County 911 dispatcher reported multiple agencies responded after the dispatch center received multiple calls...
Somerset County man charged with DUI in 2019 Ligonier Township crash that killed bicyclist
Eighteen months after a bicyclist from Hempfield was struck and killed by a car atop Laurel Mountain summit on Route 30, Ligonier Valley police arrested the car’s driver on charges of homicide by vehicle and being under the influence of multiple prescription pills, according to court records. Adam W. Ulrich,...
Allegheny County Jail guard charged in federal court with having sawed-off shotgun
The Allegheny County correctional officer accused in state court of taking illicit drugs into the jail for sale was charged Friday in federal court with possessing a sawed-off shotgun. Lewis Bagnato, 32, of Kennedy was charged by the U.S. Attorney’s office with possession of a weapon made from a shotgun...
Ohio man gets $2.75 million after botched foot surgery leads to leg amputation
The federal government will pay an Ohio man $2.75 million for a botched surgery at the VA Pittsburgh Healthcare System that led to the amputation of his leg. Darwin Gurto, 58, of Pierpont, Ohio, initially was seen at the VA’s Podiatry Clinic in February 2015 for pain in his left...
Injunction seeks to halt repair of railing that gave way where man died at Duquesne Incline
The parents of a man who fell to his death on West Carson Street early Sunday morning are seeking an emergency injunction to halt the replacement of the railing they said he fell through. Brandon James Boburka, 22, of Coraopolis, died after falling in the 1200 block of West Carson...
New Kensington woman charged after police say her 2-year-old daughter ingested cocaine
A New Kensington woman was arrested and jailed after her 2-year-old daughter tested positive for cocaine, according to city police. Police charged Brooke Nicolette Damore, 28, of McCargo Street, with endangering the welfare of children and recklessly endangering another person. In a criminal complaint, police said Damore, the child’s primary...
Latrobe man convicted of sexual assault; jury says not guilty of rape
A Westmoreland County jury on Thursday convicted a Latrobe man of sexual assault but not rape. Prosecutors said Hunter Jones Hoyle, 22, assaulted a 20-year-old woman after she fell asleep in a friend’s room in the early morning hours of Jan. 1, 2020, following a party at a home on...
Leechburg man defends obscene anti-Biden flag visible from preschool, daycare, church
An anti-President Biden flag with an obscenity on it is flying from the top of a house in Leechburg and is visible from a nearby preschool, church and daycare. Mayor Wayne Dobos said he has fielded several complaints from residents, including a grandmother who reported that her young grandchild, just...
2 incumbents defeated, 2 victorious in Pittsburgh Public Schools Board Democratic primary
Two incumbent Pittsburgh school board candidates were defeated in the Democratic primary on Tuesday, and two earned their spots on the ballot this November. Five out of the nine seats on the Pittsburgh Public Schools Board are up for grabs this year, creating the potential for significant change on the...
‘Come on home’: Ed Gainey promises reforms if elected in November as Pittsburgh’s mayor
Pittsburgh residents voted for change when they chose Ed Gainey as the Democratic nominee for mayor. On Friday, Gainey said he intends to deliver. “Our young folks want to see a city of justice,” Gainey said in an interview with the Tribune-Review. “That’s a change that creates opportunities for everybody...
Westmoreland poll workers awarded big raises
Civic duty hasn’t quite been the lure Westmoreland elections officials had hoped to attract people to work the polls on Election Day, so county commissioners will offer more cash as an incentive. Commissioners, acting as the elections board, on Friday issued massive raises to reward those who worked at the...
Penn Hills Shade Tree Commission, Freemasons get together to plant trees in Alcoma neighborhood
Two Penn Hills groups came together recently to beautify the municipality’s Alcoma neighborhood with freshly planted trees. The Penn Hills Shade Tree Commission held its Front Yard Tree project, along with the Penn Hills Freemasons, the morning of May 15. An estimated 17 trees were planted in Alcoma homeowners’ yards,...
Hempfield’s St. Emma Monastery continues food-fair tradition started during pandemicVideo
The Benedictine nuns of St. Emma Monastery in Hempfield may technically be cloistered, but by May 2020, they were just as anxious as everyone else to get back outside. With covid-19 case counts rising and falling, they needed a way to safely provide social distancing — so they settled on...
2 men indicted on murder charges in slaying of Nashville nurse from Butler
A grand jury in Tennessee has indicted two men on charges of first-degree murder in connection with the December killing of a Nashville nurse, originally from Butler County, court records show. James Cowan, 28, and Devaunte Hill, 21, both face charges in the Dec. 3 shooting death of Caitlyn Kaufman,...
New airline Breeze Airways brings 4 routes to Pittsburgh airport
Pittsburgh International Airport will introduce four new nonstop flights to cities along the East Coast as Breeze Airways, a new airline started by JetBlue’s founder, sets up shop in Western Pennsylvania. The airline will offer nonstop flights to Hartford, Conn.; Providence, R.I.; Norfolk, Va.; and Charleston, S.C. They will be...
Fox Chapel Area School District hosting covid-19 vaccine clinic
Fox Chapel Area School District will offer a covid-19 vaccination clinic May 24. The Pfizer vaccine will be available to people ages 12 and older, school leaders said. Sponsored by Rite-Aid, the clinic will be from 4 to 8:15 p.m. at O’Hara Elementary School, 115 Cabin Lane. A clinic for...
Murrysville to evaluate permanent fixes for Logan’s Ferry, Heather Highlands bridges
Murrysville officials would like to build on a 2018 study of the Logan’s Ferry bridge intersection and begin evaluating permanent fixes for there and the Heather Highlands bridge. “We have a major problem with several bridges,” Jim Morrison, chief administrator, told council this week. “They’re required to be inspected annually....
ATI, Steelworkers resume talks with federal mediator present
A federal mediator is getting involved in contract negotiations between Allegheny Technologies Inc. and the striking United Steelworkers. Negotiators for the company and union met Friday, their first meeting since May 6. The union asked for a mediator from the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service to be present. ATI spokeswoman...
Clymer man killed in 3-vehicle crash in Cherryhill Township
A 59-year-old Clymer man was killed in a three-vehicle crash Thursday in Indiana County, according to state police. Police said the man was headed east on Route 286 in Cherryhill Township northeast of Blairsville and was over the fog line when he came up on a disabled box truck on...
Kayak Pittsburgh closes rentals at Aspinwall Riverfront Park
Kayaking enthusiasts might be disappointed to learn rentals will no longer be available at Aspinwall Riverfront Park. After five years at the site off Freeport Road, Kayak Pittsburgh will not return this summer, officials said. “It was a beautiful space but we weren’t getting enough traffic,” said Ebony Montgomery, director...
Greg Eide, owner of Eide’s Entertainment in downtown Pittsburgh, dead at 69
Greg Eide, who owned and operated the popular Downtown emporium Eide’s Entertainment, died Thursday. He was 69. Eide opened the store in 1972. The Penn Avenue business flourished and expanded over the decades, selling comics, music and pop culture ephemera and serving as a meeting point for various fan bases....
Memorial Day events will include return of parade, rededication of Export veterans’ monumentVideo
After a 2020 Memorial Day that was pared back because of covid-19 concerns, the White Valley AMVETS and local American Legions will bring back their full slate of events this year, including the rededication of the Export veterans’ memorial, recently relocated closer to the Westmoreland Heritage trail. Work crews from...
Jason Mraz to perform at the ‘Rock, Reggae and Relief’ festival in Pittsburgh
Grammy-winning musician Jason Mraz is hitting the road on his “Look For The Good Live!” tour. Announced Friday, Pittsburgh is the final stop on the schedule which kicks off July 30 at Stubb’s Waller Creek Amphitheater in Austin, Texas. He’ll perform Aug. 28 at the “Rock, Reggae and Relief” festival,...
