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Jefferson Hills council tells Gill Hall VFC to merge or stay off borough dispatch
Jefferson Hills officials have given an ultimatum to Gill Hall Volunteer Fire Co. — merge or remain off borough dispatch. Council voted 4-3 Monday night to recertify the idle department provided it joins Jefferson Hills Fire Rescue. President Karen Bucy, vice president Dave Montgomery and council members Francis Sockman and...
Delmont councilman removed from vice president position
Delmont councilman Bill Marx already opted to not seek reelection as he faces a possible fall 2021 deployment in with his Army Reserves unit. The former Marine now has been stripped of his role as borough council vice president for publicly calling out fellow council members who have not worn...
Pittsburgh area could get another snowstorm late Wednesday eveningVideo
Snow lovers certainly cannot complain about the recent weather. The next round of snowstorms is expected to arrive late Wednesday evening in the Pittsburgh area. The National Weather Service has issued a winter storm warning from 4 p.m. Wednesday to 9 a.m. Thursday for Westmoreland, Indiana, Fayette and Greene counties,...
Crews respond to house fire in Vandergrift
Fire crews responded to a house fire in Vandergrift on Tuesday evening. Vandergrift Fire Company No. 1 confirmed they sent crews to battle a blaze at 309 Elm Street just before 9 p.m. At approximately 9:30 p.m., a Westmoreland County 911 dispatcher said the “fire is knocked down” and crews...
Netflix to film part of ‘The Chair’ in Sewickley in March
Sewickley officials have given the green light to a Netflix project to be filmed in the borough. Council voted Feb. 9 to approve a request for roving closures of several streets and the use of five police officers on March 15. Crews are expected to be working from at least...
Gas line replacement project ongoing in North Huntingdon
Columbia Gas of Pennsylvania crews have started to replace more than 11,600 feet of gas pipelines serving about 90 customers on six streets in North Huntingdon, the company said. Customers along Main Street and Iris, Saralyn, Tulip, Hazel and Mica drives will be affected, Columbia Gas officials said. The gas...
Demolition begins on South Side building after fire guts businesses, apartmentsVideo
Demolition began Tuesday evening on a historic East Carson Street building, a day after fire gutted the structure and left businesses and residents without a home. The fire that tore through the four-story brick-façade building started about 3 p.m. Monday. Justin Lutheran, owner of J’s Master Barbershop on the first...
U.S. Marshals arrest North Side man accused in deadly Brighton Heights shooting
Federal and local authorities on Tuesday arrested a Pittsburgh man accused of killing a man and injuring another in a shooting this past summer in the city’s Brighton Heights neighborhood, officials said. U.S.Marshals teamed up with Pittsburgh police officers to find suspect Darnell McFaddden, 24, of the city’s North Side...
Peck seeks to extend quarter-century run as Westmoreland DA
District Attorney John Peck announced he will try to extend his quarter-century run as Westmoreland County’s top prosecutor for another four years. Peck, 74, a Democrat from New Kensington, said he will seek a seventh term in office this year. “Leadership in law enforcement and justice in the courts are...
Man who killed 3 in 2016 Thanksgiving day crash must be resentenced
The Pennsylvania Superior Court said Tuesday that an Allegheny County Common Pleas judge erred when he did not sentence the man convicted of killing a family of three in a fiery Thanksgiving Day crash in 2016 to a mandatory term of life in prison. Demetrius Coleman, 26, who is being...
Commonwealth Court establishes presence on Twitter
During the flurry of legal activity in Pennsylvania following the results of the November election, the state’s Commonwealth Court staff was firing out press releases at a record pace as cases were heard and decided. Now, the public will have a better chance of following the court’s activity by way...
North Allegheny teen’s tech solution helping North Park’s bluebird population thrive
Nithin Bhandari wasn’t necessarily looking for a way to help the bluebird population in North Park thrive when he began visiting the Latodami Nature Center several years ago. However, the North Allegheny sophomore was on the search for volunteer opportunities when he discovered that his computer programming skills might help...
Giant Eagle pharmacies hope for more covid vaccine supply to meet ‘unprecedented’ demandVideo
Barbara Miller had but two questions for the pharmacist who administered her first dose of the covid-19 vaccine Tuesday at the Giant Eagle off of Camp Horne Road. Could she take Tylenol if her arm became sore, and could she still have a glass of wine? The answer to both...
Gov. Wolf announces new covid vaccine task force
Gov. Tom Wolf on Tuesday announced the creation of a joint task force aimed at improving the state’s vaccine rollout, including several members of the General Assembly from both sides of the political aisle. “We have a good working relationship with our legislators, and we know they are the eyes,...
Police suspect 3 men of stealing $30K in copper from shuttered ATI plant in Gilpin
A West Deer man is accused of stealing copper valued at $30,000 from an idled Allegheny Technologies Inc. plant with the help of two men who were not in custody as of Tuesday afternoon, Gilpin police said. Police said they had not recovered the stolen copper as of Tuesday afternoon....
Judge grants bond to ‘Pink hat lady’ from Mercer County charged in Capitol riot
The video showed Rachel Powell leaning through the window of the Capitol building, shouting at those who had just breached it. “Hey, guys, I’ve been in the other room,” she yelled through a bullhorn. “People should probably coordinate if we’re going to take this building.” FBI Special Agent Carlos Fontanez...
Pennsylvania mail-in ballot registry isn’t as permanent as the word implies
Editor’s note: A prior version of this story incorrectly stated the impact of ignoring a letter regarding the requirement to apply for mail in ballots annually even if voters registered for the “permanent mail-in ballot list.” Pennsylvania’s 2019 mail-in ballot law continues to create confusion as election officials across the...
Allegheny Health Network adjusts visiting policy, other hospitals still have limits
With covid rates and hospitalizations dropping, Allegheny Health Network is changing visitation policies at its hospitals. The hospital system announced Tuesday that effective immediately its hospitals are allowing multiple people to visit a patient one at a time. Patients can have only one visitor in a facility at a time...
1 man dead, 2 firefighters injured in house fire in Pittsburgh’s AllentownVideo
One man died in a midday house fire Tuesday in Pittsburgh’s Allentown neighborhood, fire officials said. The fire was reported just before 1:45 p.m., and crews were at the Knox Avenue home by 1:50 p.m., according to Pittsburgh Bureau of Fire Chief Darryl Jones. Crews were trying to get to...
Pittsburgh bars snag rare bottles of Pappy Van Winkle bourbon
Cameron Lehman, bar manager for Muddy Waters Oyster Bar in Pittsburgh’s East Liberty neighborhood, knows how far whiskey-lovers will travel for a sip of a rare spirit. He often sees visitors from out of state, who come to sample one of about 75 whiskeys Muddy Waters has on offer. “When...
Gov. Wolf outlines plan to raise Pa.’s minimum wage to $15 by 2027
Gov. Tom Wolf on Tuesday joined Democrats in the General Assembly to lay out a plan to raise the state’s minimum wage to $12 an hour effective in July. From there, he said, the wage would be raised 50 cents a year until it reaches $15 by July 2027. “Our...
New Stanton man to serve up to 3 years in prison for child sexual assault
A New Stanton man will serve up to three years in prison for the sexual assault of a young girl, his third child victim in more than a decade, according to Westmoreland County prosecutors. Paul E. Chamberlain, 33, pleaded guilty Tuesday to three counts of indecent assault for improper sexual...
All Saints Church steps up to collect donations for Etna food pantry
The Bread of Life Food Pantry in Etna has tripled its donation dropoff days in order to meet the climbing demand for help from hungry families. There has been a 33% spike in the number of people seeking food from the site at 94 Locust St., in the basement of...
Drug and firearm cases among those handled in Judge DeLuca’s Penn Hills court the week of Feb. 8, 2021
Penn Hills District Judge Anthony L. DeLuca handled the following cases recently. Defendants will have court dates set in Allegheny County Common Pleas Court. Charges were filed by Penn Hills police unless otherwise noted. Held for court • Langston Valentine, 38, of Pittsburgh on charges of leaving an unattended child...
New glass recycling station in Ross open to residents of any community
Ross commissioners were livid last year when the township’s waste hauler asked that residents no longer put glass to the curb for recycling. So they decided to take matters into their own hands. The township has partnered with the Pennsylvania Resource Council to set up a dumpster at the public...
