Western PA Local News category, Page 2047
Police outline case against man accused of crashing stolen truck into building at Pittsburgh International Airport
A North Carolina man is facing several charges after police say he stole a maintenance truck Friday evening and moments later drove it into a building at Pittsburgh International Airport. Harry Griffith, 35, was arrested Saturday. He is charged with recklessly endangering another person, harassment, ethnic intimidation, criminal mischief, theft...
Plum, Riverview school districts team up to provide covid vaccine clinic
Plum, Oakmont and Verona residents ages 16 and older will be able to get vaccinated at covid clinic Wednesday, May 12. The first dose of the Pfizer vaccine will be available from 3:30 to 6 p.m. at Oblock Junior High School, 440 Presque Isle Drive in Plum. The second shot...
Greensburg Salem offers covid-19 vaccine clinic for older students
Greensburg Salem School District is partnering with Hayden’s Pharmacy to offer a Pfizer covid-19 vaccine clinic for students age 16 or older. The voluntary clinic will be held from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Tuesday at the Greensburg Salem Senior High School, according to the district website. School officials noted...
Covid vaccine clinic set for Norwin students
Norwin High School students age 16 and older can get the first of the two-dose Pfizer covid vaccine during a clinic Friday, May 14 at the Norwin High School auxiliary gymnasium. The vaccine will also be available to any student’s family member older than 16. The clinic will be held...
5 Democratic nominees seeking 4 spots on Sharpsburg Council ballot
Editor’s note: The Herald is only spotlighting contested races in the primary election. According to the Allegheny County Office of Elections unofficial candidate list, five Democratic nominees are vying for four spots on the ballot for Sharpsburg Council. There are no Republican nominees in the May primary. There is one...
Sharpsburg Mayor’s race sees 2 Democratic nominees vying for top office
Editor’s note: The Herald is only spotlighting contested races in the primary election. Sharpsburg residents will have the chance to vote-in a new mayor this year as current Mayor Matt Rudzki exits his post. According to the Allegheny County Office of Elections unofficial candidate list, there are two Democratic nominees...
Vandergrift man accused of shooting up 3 borough homes
A Vandergrift man was arraigned Friday on charges accusing him of firing more than a dozen shots into three occupied homes last month. Javon Michael Thorn Lambert, 22, faces 11 felony counts, including discharging a firearm in an occupied structure, aggravated assault and illegal gun possession, in connection with the...
Pittsburgh schools address bus seat shortage as 10K students set to return
Pittsburgh Public Schools reduced its daily transportation shortage by nearly 1,000 seats, district officials said Friday, ahead of thousands of students scheduled to return to buildings Monday. The district will welcome back more than 10,000 students Monday as part of its phased hybrid learning plan. More than 4,000 students returned...
Mask mandate for air travel, public transportation extended through Sept. 13
Travelers will be required to wear face masks inside airports and on planes, buses and trains through Sept. 13. The mask mandate, in place since the beginning of February, was set to expire May 11. Transportation Security Administration officials said Friday the new extended timeline is consistent with covid-19 guidance...
‘Fat Cat’ looks to help groups make scratch with fundraising hoagies in New KensingtonVideo
After 30 years of slinging subs in Harmar, the Fat Cat has come home to New Kensington. Jon “Fat Cat” Wildi bought a building at 832 Fifth Ave., not far from where, as a teen, the lifelong New Ken resident had his first job as a parking lot attendant. There,...
Brothers accused of attacking paramedics, another charged with arson after father’s death
A Baldwin man has been charged with arson in connection with a Thursday fire along Revo Road. Vincent Chalmers, 46, is charged with two counts of endangering people by arson and one count of endangering property by arson. In a criminal complaint filed against Chalmers, police said Richard Revo told...
Jeannette woman charged with harassing witness after hearing at courthouse
Westmoreland County Park Police, who quelled a confrontation in a county courthouse hallway this week, charged one of the participants with retaliation against a witness and harassment. Marissa A. McGowan, 32, of Jeannette, was charged Friday in connection with the disturbance on the second floor of the courthouse in Greensburg...
Pool of 10 running for ballot spots for 4 available Gateway School Board seats
Editor’s note: The Times Express is only spotlighting contested races in the primary election. Monroeville and Pitcairn residents will have a pool of 10 people to choose from in the upcoming primary election for four available seats at the Gateway School Board of Directors. All but one candidate has cross-filed...
North Huntingdon man ordered to pay more than $50,000 in auto repair, check fraud case
The owner of a former North Huntingdon auto repair shop will pay more than $50,000 in restitution to customers who paid for work that was never performed and for buying $13,000 worth of goods with bad checks. Dean Vezzani, 43, of North Huntingdon agreed Friday to pay $400 a month...
Westmoreland County Community College freezes tuition
Westmoreland County Community College trustees froze tuition for the coming year. That means tuition for Westmoreland County residents will remain at $1,995 plus fees per semester for 12–18 credits. “We know our students have had a challenging year and we want to show our support of their pursuit of their...
3 Michigan residents arrested after package of suspected heroin intercepted in Hempfield
Westmoreland County detectives and state troopers used a tip from an informant to intercept a tennis ball-size package of raw heroin Thursday as it was delivered to Hempfield from Michigan, according to court documents. Three residents from Eastpoint, Mich. — Percy Harper, 33, Jessica R. Walilko and Carlos E. Wade,...
Trafford Middle School to close this weekend, extracurriculars canceled
Trafford Middle School was notified Friday of a fifth positive covid-19 test within a 14-day period, and the district will close over the next two days at the direction of the Pennsylvania Department of Health. “Fortunately, the two-day closure will be Saturday and Sunday, so the school will be able...
U.S. Steel nixes $1 billion upgrades at Mon Valley Works facilities
Pittsburgh-based U.S. Steel will cancel plans for more than $1 billion in upgrades and investment at the Mon Valley Works facilities, CEO David Burritt said in a letter to the community released Friday. The projects, worth more than $1.2 billion collectively, were announced just under two years ago, in May...
Backlog of covid cases contributes to rise in Pennsylvania; Allegheny, Westmoreland also up
Pennsylvania on Friday saw an uptick in covid-19 cases, with similar rises reflected in Allegheny and Westmoreland counties. The increase comes as nearly half the state’s population has at least one dose of covid vaccine. Cases The state added 4,607 cases of covid-19, the most reported in a single day...
Ligonier photos needed for annual chamber of commerce calendar contest
Photos portraying the Ligonier Valley throughout the year are being sought for the 2022 Ligonier Valley Calendar Contest, sponsored by Ligonier Valley Chamber of Commerce. Submissions can be photos taken in any season and should be easily recognizable as being taken in the Ligonier Valley. Subjects can include landscapes, special...
Withdrawal in Pine-Richland School Director Region 1 race leaves it virtually uncontested
Editor’s note: The Pine Creek Journal is only spotlighting contested races in the primary election. Pine-Richland School District residents in Region 1 will see two options, according to the Allegheny County Office of Elections unofficial candidate list — Ben Campbell and Lisa Hillman, both cross-filed as Democrat and Republican —...
Springdale schedules another ‘Reverse Parade’ honoring high school seniors
The “Reverse Parade” is coming back to Springdale. Officially known as the Senior Parade, it is scheduled for Tuesday, May 25 at 6 p.m. The rain date is the following evening. It’s hosted by the Springdale High School Alumni Association and Dynamo Education Foundation. An event borne out of the...
GO Laurel Highlands office marks Travel and Tourism Week with open houses, online prizes
The destination marketing organization for Westmoreland, Fayette and Somerset counties, is spotlighting the “Power of Travel” during National Travel and Tourism Week, held during the first week of May. Ligonier-based GO Laurel Highlands also will welcome visitors during two open house events, 3 p.m. to 6 p.m. Wednesday and Thursday...
Mental health advocacy group honors school club, officials with regional Innovations Awards
Students at Greater Latrobe Senior High received kisses when they entered the school on Valentine’s Day last year. Members of the school’s Aevidum Club handed out Hershey’s Kisses chocolate candies as a gesture of caring and inclusion for their fellow students. The holiday can be a sad one for some,...
Judge dismisses lawsuit over Pitt’s refusal to refund tuition during pandemic shutdown
A judge has thrown out a federal lawsuit filed by students against the University of Pittsburgh for failing to refund any of their tuition and fees when campus was shut down last year because of the pandemic. U.S. District Judge William Stickman IV on Tuesday granted Pitt’s motion to dismiss....
