Western PA Local News category, Page 2056
Pittsburgh police investigating fatal shooting of teenage boy in Hill District
Pittsburgh police are investigating the fatal shooting of a teenage boy in the Hill District Saturday night. Police responded to 911 calls for shots fired in the 2400 block of Bedford Avenue at about 7:40 p.m. When responding officers arrived on scene, officers said they witnessed the boy being loaded...
Pittsburgh police seek woman accused of running down paramour in deadly hit-and-run
Pittsburgh police are searching for a woman they allege ran down her paramour after an argument in the city’s Homewood section last week. Ausha Dakisha Brown, 25, is charged with homicide, homicide by vehicle, reckless endangerment and multiple traffic violations. The charges stem from the April 19 hit-and-run death of...
Leechburg Council approves high school field improvements
Dozens of Leechburg High School students and parents, decked out in Blue Devils gear, crowded outside a borough council meeting Tuesday. They huddled on the steps and crammed into the doorway of the overflowing gallery, there to support a proposal by the school district to upgrade stormwater management at Veterans...
Incumbent Allegheny Township supervisor has a challenger in the Republican primary
Republicans James Morabito and Kathy Starr are vying for one open seat on Allegheny Township’s board of supervisors. Township supervisors serve six-year terms. Starr is the incumbent supervisors chairwoman since 2003. A lifelong township resident, Starr, 78, owns a catering business in the township. A newcomer to the political scene,...
Sewickley area real estate transactions for the week of April 25, 2021
Aleppo Kenneth Justin Thomas sold property at 707 Sewickley Heights Drive to Dylan Soller and Sydney Biggins for $185,000. Linda Grace Shortz sold property at 303 Timber Lane to Michael and Rhonda Moats trustee for $217,000. Leet Daniel Miller sold property at 301 N. Chaucer Court to Kamala Property 2020...
Bethel Park real estate transactions for the week of April 25, 2021
Estate of Robert Graeser sold property at 5940 Barnes Ave. to Daniel Halaszynski for $160,000. Estate of John Kraves sold property at 2662 Broad St. to Laura Devine for $260,000. Michael Constantin sold property at 7132 Dumbarton Pl to Birkha Thapa for $265,000. Max William Caldwell sold property at 2516...
North Hills real estate transactions for the week of April 25, 2021
Bellevue David Roberts sold property at 515 Teece Ave. to Amy Barrett for $90,000. Rosborough Dixon LLC sold property at 304 Thomas Ave. to Lauren Marie Dombrowski for $172,500. Bradford Woods John Jeffries sold property at 601 Lincoln Road to Andrew and Ivonne Gourlay for $775,000. Franklin Park David Coyle...
Bridgeville, Carnegie area real estate transactions for the week of April 25
Bridgeville Jarred Yohe sold property at 915 Edna St. to Cynthia Miklos for $141,000. Mary McAdams sold property at 684 Elizabeth St. to David Bojanac for $156,000. Vineyard Christian Fellowship SW Pittsburgh sold property at 202 Liberty St. to One Church Pittsburgh for $140,000. LS & RT Deklewa LLC sold...
South Hills real estate transactions for the week of April 25
Baldwin Borough Dennis Magera sold property at 5404 Broad St. to Citylife South 2 LLC for $40,000. Krista Abboud sold property at 4729 Gardenville Road to Jeffrey William Radcliff for $204,160. Charles Rader trustee sold property at 564 Jenne Drive to John Doleno Jr. and Stephanie Doleno for $200,000. Estate...
Irwin to get new parking meters, rate increase
Motorists in downtown Irwin will see new parking meters in the near future, and a rate increase. The borough was to receive an order of 200 refurbished digital meters Friday from Take A Powder Inc. of Paterson, N.J., said Stacie Santimyer, assistant borough manager. Council on April 14 approved buying...
Hospitality grants help ease pandemic strain on Westmoreland restaurants, bars and hotels
Heather Papinchak said the $20,000 hospitality grant she recently received from Westmoreland County will certainly help her business in the months ahead, but the financial hardship caused by coronavirus pandemic over the past year will linger for some time. “It’s been an unbelievable challenge to operate, being in the hospitality...
The Stroller, April 25, 2021: Events in the Alle-Kiski Valley
Publicize your club meetings, events and fundraisers in The Stroller. Send information at least a week in advance to vndnews@triblive.com. Please include a daytime telephone number. Rabies clinic offered Saturday in New Kensington Animal Protectors of Allegheny Valley will host a rabies, distemper and microchip clinic from 11 a.m. to...
Elon Musk, Starlink look to stars to fill internet broadband gaps, including across Western Pa.Video
Dictated by the peaks and dips of Western Pennsylvania’s rolling landscape, internet service is often spotty — even nonexistent — for thousands of people based on topography and a lack of infrastructure for high-speed internet services. But an ambitious project by billionaire Elon Musk promises lofty goals for those struggling...
Covid-19 shattered enrollment patterns at region’s community colleges
Community college enrollment booms when the economy busts. That was an accepted fact, proven time and again during the cycles that characterize the U.S. economy. But the covid-19 pandemic, which sent the world into a series of lockdowns, shattered that pattern. Although the region’s community colleges were expecting an enrollment...
Alle-Kiski Valley communities see populations fluctuate, according to census
The Alle-Kiski Valley’s population has declined since the 2010 census, but four of its communities are growing, according to census estimates. The Valley’s 42 municipalities had a combined population of 190,950 in 2019, down about 3% from the 2010 census, the numbers show. Bucking that trend were Oakmont, which saw...
88-year-old woman last seen in Homewood found safely
Pittsburgh police say an 88-year-old woman last seen in the city’s Homewood section has been found safely....
North Huntingdon, Latrobe police expecting body cameras
With the increase in controversial and sometimes deadly encounters between law enforcement and citizens across the country, more local police departments in Allegheny and Westmoreland counties are looking to outfit officers with body cameras — but they are scrambling to pay for them. “There’s no question that law enforcement needs...
Braddock Council candidate, 2 other Allegheny County men arrested in Altoona on heroin trafficking charges
Three Allegheny County men — including a candidate for Braddock Council — were arrested in an alleged drug-trafficking operation in Blair County, according to Altoona police. Raemon Prunty, 21, is listed as running for a council seat in Braddock in the municipal elections in May, according Allegheny County election information....
Study: Fungal disease killing over 90% of 3 bat species in Pa., elsewhere
Southwestern Pennsylvania bats were part of a new large national study that flagged a die-off nationally of more than 90% of certain bats in less than 10 years. The bats in question are the northern long-eared, little brown and tri-colored bats. Researchers also found declines in Indiana bat and big...
Wildlife webcam viewership more than doubles; 2 screech owls nuzzle and more surprises
Two screech owls in Murrysville were caught on video nuzzling or rather grooming each other, a clutch of bluebird eggs have hatched and tired migrating birds are stopping at a drip bird bath in Key Largo, Fla. All are sights anyone can access in seconds and on demand. Apparently more...
2 Alle-Kiski Valley towns hold cleanups to observe Earth Day
Two Alle-Kiski Valley communities held community clean-up days Saturday in observance of Earth Day. Volunteers in Blawnox and Plum took to the streets for several hours Saturday morning, cleaning up parks and other public areas. In Plum, it was the fifth year the cleanup has been held. Groups met at...
Mt. Pleasant walking route proposed under state health program, would be 1st in Westmoreland
The YMCA of Laurel Highlands is joining a state effort to get residents outside and walking on a regular basis. Located in East Huntingdon, the Y is planning to establish a designated walking route in adjacent Mt. Pleasant Borough as part of the state’s WalkWorks program. It would be the...
Weekend road work continues on Parkway East in Pittsburgh, Parkway West near Robinson
Lane closures and traffic stoppages on both the Parkway East and Parkway West will continue Saturday night through the rest of the weekend, according to PennDOT. In Robinson, Moon and North Fayette townships, shoulder-patching work on the Parkway West will happen — weather permitting — until around 10 a.m. Sunday...
Greensburg church, others partner to fight vaccine hesitancyVideo
Bishop Carl Jones of Greater Parkview Church in Greensburg admits having many reservations earlier this year about the covid-19 vaccine, but that initial skepticism has turned to advocacy over the past few months. Jones, pastor since 2003 of the nondenominational, multicultural church with many Black congregants, teamed with two other...
Pennsylvania sees new trend in covid hospitalizations: 3 days of decline
To start the month, the state had increases in covid hospitalizations in 13 of the first 14 days of April. But a trend in the last few days shows numbers going the other way, with hospitalizations in Pennsylvania dropping by about 6% since Wednesday. Pennsylvania The state had 2,656 covid-19...
