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Covid cases prompt Hempfield elementary school to close for remainder of the week
A Hempfield Area elementary school is closed temporarily after two students tested positive for covid-19, district leaders announced this week. West Point Elementary School was closed Wednesday. Students will receive remote instruction until the school reopens Monday. According to a letter from Superintendent Tammy Wolicki, the school is closed for...
Megan Loughner announces campaign bid for Westmoreland County Clerk of Courts
The woman poised to become the acting Westmoreland County Clerk of Courts later this month hopes to fill the post in a more permanent manner. Megan Loughner, 35, a Republican from Unity, said she will seek a full four-year term this year to run the courthouse office that handles all...
Westmoreland events include chicken dinner, food drive
Arts • A free Café Art program, featuring Ginger and Gary Hepler, will be from 1 to 4 p.m. Feb. 6 at the Greensburg Art Center, 230 Todd School Road, as part of the center Vision Exhibition. The presentation will include their combined art of painting and welding. Light refreshments...
Westmoreland County fields bids to print, mail ballots for primary
Westmoreland County has received proposals from seven companies to print and mail ballots for the spring primary, including one from the Cleveland-based firm that has yet to be paid as a result of production delays last fall that impacted thousands of local voters. Elections Bureau director JoAnn Sebastiani said Midwest...
Pittsburgh police issue warning after almost 50 vehicles stolen in city last monthVideo
Pittsburgh police have issued a warning after they said almost 50 vehicles were reported stolen in the city last month. At least 16 vehicles were left running and unoccupied with the keys inside, police said. Of those, seven were left unattended by people warming up their vehicles due to cold...
The Stroller, Feb. 3, 2021: Events in the Alle-Kiski Valley
The Stroller is compiling a list of fish fries taking place Ash Wednesday and/or Fridays during Lent. To your non-profit’s fish fry listed in the paper and online, send complete information in writing to Carol Pinto-Smith, Valley News Dispatch, 210 Wood St., Tarentum, PA 15084 or email cpinto-smith@triblive.com. Free food...
Murrysville will hold public hearing on earned-income tax hike proposal
Murrysville council will take public comment March 3 on what could be its first tax increase in 13 years. The public hearing will explore a proposal to double earned-income taxes from the current 0.5% to 1%. “This goes back to our fiscal analysis and the need to identify alternate revenue...
Police: Stabbing in Pittsburgh’s South Side, suspect in custody
Charges are pending against a Pittsburgh man authorities said stabbed a teenager in Pittsburgh’s South Side neighborhood. Taylor Clark, 32, was apprehended after a street fight near the intersection of East Carson and South Seventh streets around 7 p.m. Tuesday, Pittsburgh Public Safety spokesman Chris Togneri reported. The victim, an...
Plum elementary student writes his 1st horror book, hopes to make a series
A national writing contest and love of horror has inspired a Holiday Park Elementary student to pen his first book. Josh Ingram, 11, of Plum recently released “Light: A Forgotten Monster.” The self-published book tells a story about a group of juveniles at a sleepover. A friend of the main...
‘America’s Got Talent’ is looking for talent on the East Coast with another round of virtual auditions
If you’ve got talent, now is the time to show it off. The “America’s Got Talent” TV show is hosting virtual auditions for the East Coast on Friday as the show gears up for its 16th season. Because of the covid-19 pandemic, there will not be any in-person auditions this...
Police apprehend Pittsburgh man accused of beating woman with a tire iron after escaping house arrest
A suspect accused of beating a woman with a tire iron earlier this year after escaping from house arrest was apprehended Tuesday evening. The Allegheny County Sheriff’s Office announced that sheriffs picked up Richard Robinson, 52, of the Marshall-Shadeland neighborhood of Pittsburgh. Robinson had been wanted since Jan. 26 on...
Oakmont code enforcement job to be open, garbage hauler vows to address complaints
Oakmont officials will soon need a new code enforcement officer and building inspector. Both services have been handled the past few years by Code Enforcement Agency, a private municipal inspection company out of Jefferson Hills. Borough Manager Scot Fodi informed council at Monday night’s workshop meeting that CEA has decided...
VA Pittsburgh Health Care sets covid vaccine clinic for senior veterans
The VA Pittsburgh Health Care System is offering a walk-in covid-19 vaccine clinic for eligible senior veterans Saturday at its University Drive campus in Pittsburgh’s Oakland neighborhood. Hours are 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., but requested arrival times are broken up based on the first letter of each veteran’s last...
Dollar General opens new store on Route 30 in Unity
Dollar General has opened a new store in Unity on Route 30 — becoming the retail chain’s third location along a 7-mile stretch of the highway. The new store, located at the intersection of Smith’s Hill Road, is situated between plaza-based Dollar General stores at the Latrobe 30 Shoppes, farther...
Should cancer patients get the covid vaccine?Video
Many oncologists are being asked by their patients if they should get the covid vaccine when it becomes available to them. Some cancer patients are afraid that adding one more thing during treatment may not be good. Dr. Stanley Marks, chairman of the UPMC Hillman Cancer Center and a nationally...
Jeannette man charged with threatening 1-year-old and baby’s mother
State police charged a Jeannette man on Tuesday with repeatedly threatening to harm a baby boy after abandoning the toddler’s mother in Hempfield during a weekend argument. Timothy J. Mooney Sr., 45, who also has a Homewood address, was arraigned on charges of endangering the welfare of a child and...
Crack’d Egg restaurant asks to withdraw bankruptcy filing
The Crack’d Egg, a Brentwood restaurant that is embroiled in a legal dispute with Allegheny County, is seeking to withdraw its separate Chapter 11 bankruptcy case. A hearing on the bankruptcy matter is scheduled for Feb. 23. In the Monday filing, the restaurant’s attorneys wrote that the Chapter 11 bankruptcy...
Bear harvest in Pittsburgh region slips 24%, also declines across Pa.
Pennsylvania had the sixth best black bear harvest in 2020, taking 3,608 bears. However, last year’s harvest was 20% lower from 2019 statewide and 24% lower in the southwestern part of the state. In 2019, hunters set a record in harvesting 4,653 bears. The annual average has been running 3,675...
Sun Coach will transport only special needs students in South Allegheny as contract dispute continues
Special needs students who attend school programs outside of the South Allegheny School District will have busing to transport them to their respective facilities for the time being, but not the rest of the district’s 1,700 students. The school district and Sun Coach Lines reached a partial resolution during a...
Ross fills vacant commissioner seat; former lawmaker Ravenstahl hired as assistant manager
Ross commissioners tapped two former elected officials to fill a vacant board seat and the newly-created position as assistant township manager. The township received applications to fill the Ward 2 seat vacated last month by Steve Korbel from two residents — Chris Rand Eyster, who works as a criminal defense...
Arrest warrant issued for man accused of shooting pregnant woman in Leetsdale
Editor’s note: This issue went to press on Feb. 4. For more recent developments in this case, visit sewickleyherald.com. Allegheny County police have issued an arrest warrant for a man wanted in connection with the Jan. 25 shooting of a pregnant 20-year-old woman in Leetsdale. Investigators charged Roderick Ferguson, 19,...
New Kensington garbage hauler promises to work with city following alleged thefts by employees
Following reports of thefts by its employees, New Kensington says the city’s garbage hauler has promised to improve communication with the city and keep it aware of its trucks’ whereabouts. Representatives of city council met with County Hauling last week to discuss performance issues and resident complaints. “It was a...
Kuhse named new assistant principal at Thomas Jefferson High School
The West Jefferson Hills School Board of Directors selected Erikka Kuhse as the new assistant principal of Thomas Jefferson High School to replace Paul Ware upon his retirement with a unanimous vote at the Jan. 26 school board meeting. According to a release, Kuhse is the current dean of students...
2 Greensburg police officers up for promotions
Two Greensburg police officers are up for promotions as the city continues to fill gaps left by the resignation of Chief Chad Zucco last year. City council will vote next week on promotions for Sgt. Donald Cole to lieutenant, and patrolman Reginald Harbarger Jr. to sergeant. The department has had...
Triboro Ecodistrict awarded Hillman Foundation grant for sustainability projects
The Etna EcoPark is among several Lower Valley projects to get a boost from the Hillman Foundation this week, which announced $250,000 for sustainability programs in the borough, along with those in Millvale and Sharpsburg. Money was awarded to the Triboro Ecodistrict, a partnership between New Sun Rising, Etna Community...
