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Motorist in SUV injured in collision with Penn Hills police vehicle
A man was taken to a hospital after a head-on crash with a Penn Hills police SUV Sunday morning, authorities said. The crash happened just after 10 a.m. on Saltsburg Road near Rosedale Street, an Allegheny County 911 supervisor said. Penn Hills police Chief Howard Burton said the officer was...
Organizers hope for 1,000 motorcycles for 4th annual Officer Brian Shaw Memorial Scholarship RideVideo
Registration opens Monday for the fourth annual Officer Brian Shaw Memorial Scholarship Ride set for Aug. 21. The ride through the Alle- Kiski Valley benefits a scholarship fund that reimburses graduates from the Allegheny County Police Training Academy. Shaw, a New Kensington police officer, was shot and killed after a traffic...
Lawrenceville crash sends driver, pedestrians to hospital
Pittsburgh police are investigating the cause of a vehicle-pedestrian crash Saturday evening in Lawrenceville that sent three people to the hospital. Reported at about 6 p.m. by Pittsburgh Public Safety officials, the crash happened on Stanton Avenue, near Butler Street, and involved two pedestrians. First responders found a female victim...
Snowfall lighter than predicted in Pittsburgh region; expect 4 inches or more over 2 days
Snow began falling across Southwestern Pennsylvania early Sunday in a winter storm that is expected to bring an accumulation of 4 inches or more by early Tuesday. But as of Sunday afternoon, the accumulation was less than initially predicted. The National Weather Service in Moon on Sunday afternoon issued a...
Training series to honor 4 Hilltop Hose firefighters killed in line of duty 30 years agoVideo
Four Harrison volunteer firefighters were properly equipped, trained and working by the book when they responded to a fire at a Brackenridge business 30 years ago this year. Despite all those things and valiant efforts to save them, Hilltop Hose Lt. Rick Frantz, Chaplain Frank Veri Jr. and firefighters David...
Vaccine registration is ‘wild west’ for people without computers
Stephie Byars and her husband were in a Giant Eagle parking lot when they got the Allegheny Alert. “We turned off the car. I had my husband call up his parents on his phone and put it on speaker, and I went onto my phone and did the tech stuff,”...
Eastern area real estate transactions for the week of Jan. 31
Chalfant Franziska Klingseisen sold property on Lynnwood Avenue to Tri COG Land Bank for $25,517. Churchill William Roberts Jr. sold property at 212 Thornberry Drive to Asher Herrick Sade for $232,000. Delmont Ralph Faulk sold property at 315 Freeport Road to Frank Pampena Jr. and Dianne Pampena for $145,000. Edgewood...
Owner of New Kensington auto glass shop has plans for used car lot
The owner of a New Kensington auto glass business has plans to open a small used car lot. But first, Roy Berg will need special permission from the city. “I’ve always messed with cars. I work on them all day long,” said Berg, of Upper Burrell. “I thought, why not...
Shaler area real estate transactions for the week of Jan. 31
Millvale Gerrid Fierst sold property at 114 Dorf Drive to Jacob and Danielle Griffith for $226,700. Inam Hassan sold property at 519 Mary St. to Jennifer Bouslog for $124,500. Reserve Estate of Gary Mihlfried sold property at 8 Emma St. to Michael and Karen Heid for $86,000. Alfred Garrett sold...
Hampton area real estate transactions for the week of Jan. 31
Hampton Estate of Kenneth Fernstrom sold property at 4855 Josephine Drive to W David Mancuso for $335,000. Joseph Kirby sold property at 5174 Polo Fields Drive to Dennis and Linda Fischer for $209,900. Alan Breedlove sold property at 2119 S Villa Drive to Stephen and Anna Crucitt for $700,000. Christine...
The Herald area real estate transactions for the week of Jan. 31
Fox Chapel Joel Garmon sold property at 120 Chapel Hill Drive to Mark and Iryna Haak for $780,000. William Rackoff sold property at 3 Twin Pine Court to Carl and Susanna Freyvogel Koubek for $887,890. Harmar James Walters sold property at 565 Meadowvale Drive to Chad and Ashley Schreckengost for...
The Stroller, Jan. 31, 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. Online open...
Collier, Scott area real estate transactions for the week of Jan. 31
Bridgeville David Duffill sold property at 649 Gregg Ave. to Larry and Sandra May Gastgeb for $77,500. Andrew Fillipponi sold property at 1427 Main St. to Jacob Kuhn and Emily Fagan for $230,000. Scott Markovitz Group LLC sold property at 722 Maple St. to Stephanie Nicholl Berberick for $77,250. Carnegie...
South Hills real estate transactions for the week of Jan. 31
Baldwin Borough Jacob Schrecengost sold property at 5637 Sixth St. to Emily Raeder for $135,000. Patrick Noone sold property at 1353 Cathell Road to Nanda Rai for $192,000. Jeffrey Arnold sold property at 3905 Frederick St. to Nicholas Ian Devault for $206,000. Estate of John Priore sold property at 416...
Don ‘Pappy’ Boulton was a 2nd dad to players he coached, devoted to family and wife
The covid-19 pandemic separated Donald “Pappy” Boulton from his wife for nearly a year, breaking his heart before claiming his life. An Oakmont native, Boulton, 85, will be remembered across the Alle-Kiski Valley primarily as a football coach who led and motivated young men on the gridiron. In college, he...
Penn Hills man sentenced for Allegheny Township child’s zombie-like appearance
A Penn Hills man will serve up to 23 months in jail for his role in injuries sustained by a 2-year-old girl who police said still “looked like a zombie” days after a December 2017 incident in an Allegheny Township home. James Michael Bucci, 35, pleaded guilty Thursday to a...
West Deer officials agree to lease township recreation fields to various youth sports groups
Deer Lakes youth sports teams will now have a home at two of West Deer’s parks. The township approved annual leases to each association. The Deer Lakes youth baseball, softball, football, soccer and lacrosse associations were approved for almost identical leases at Bairdford Park and Nike Site Park. The leases...
St. Clair Hospital brings covid-19 vaccine to ‘thrilled’ seniors at low-income apartments
Most of the nearly 100 residents at St. Thomas More Manor, an eight-story apartment tower for low-income seniors in Bethel Park, have been eager to get vaccinated for covid-19. But like many people across Western Pennsylvania — and particularly, elderly people without access to cars and computers — they weren’t...
Charity work, horse competitions await retiring Hempfield pastorVideo
Members of the Westminster Presbyterian congregation made a special trip to the Hempfield church on Saturday, to present gifts and best wishes for their pastor’s pending retirement. In keeping with pandemic health precautions, some greeted the Rev. Donna Havrisko from their cars while others came inside the church social hall...
Ghost kitchens creep across Western Pa., offering revenue boosts for struggling restaurants
For those who believe, ghosts come in a wide variety of forms: floating orbs of light, haunting voices or, as in the opinion of famed fictional ghostbuster Raymond Stantz, “a full-torso, free-floating apparition.” As it turns out, so do “ghost kitchens”: food-world phantoms that put emphasis on flavor rather than...
Covid mutes Groundhog Day celebration; no throngs this year, but a virtual forecast set
A few days before the annual pilgrimage that thousands make to the small Jefferson County town on Feb. 2 to celebrate the appearance of that famous weather prognosticator, Punxsutawney Phil, Donna Grabany is experiencing something unusual. There is room at her inn, lots of room in fact, for anyone wanting...
Westmoreland County posts 85 covid-19 cases, 7 new deaths
The Pennsylvania Department of Health on Saturday reported 85 new cases of the coronavirus in Westmoreland County, as hospitalizations and case counts decline in the area. The county’s total cases are at 24,661, which is an increase of nearly 700 cases from last week’s 23,962. The week before had an...
Man hit, killed by train on Pittsburgh’s South Side
A 19-year-old man was struck and killed by a train on Pittsburgh’s South Side Saturday morning. The Allegheny County Medical Examiner identified the man as Lucas Philip Traverse, of Chalfont. According to city police, the incident on South Fourth Street at Color Park was reported just before 10:45 a.m. Officers...
Life during covid: Greensburg Salvation Army leader continues lifeline to those who seek it
Editor’s note: This is an occasional series examining how the coronavirus pandemic has affected the lives of members of our community. Ashley Luzader knows the toll the covid-19 pandemic has taken on local families. She sees it every week as people line up to receive food at the Salvation Army’s...
Allegheny County reports 326 new covid cases, 2 deaths
Allegheny County on Saturday recorded 326 new coronavirus cases, as recent daily numbers continue to stay below the 500-case mark. Reports haven’t reached 500 cases in nearly two weeks. The county now seems far beyond the time when it routinely reported case counts near the 1,000 mark. It had reported...
