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The Stroller, Dec. 2, 2020: Events in the Alle-Kiski Valley
Is your church or organization going to host a community holiday event? Send information to The Stroller as soon as possible to vndnews@tribweb.com. Please include a daytime telephone number. Pajama Project seeks pajama donations The Rotary Club of Leechburg and Interact Club of Leechburg Area High School are sponsoring the...
Olives & Peppers opening at historic Greensburg train station
It’s been more than three years, but the long-awaited Olives & Peppers restaurant finally is set to open Thursday in the historic Greensburg train station. “It did take us a little longer than we had hoped, but we are really excited to open,” said Emily Williams, part of the family...
DuBois man killed when trucks collide on icy Indiana County road
A motorist from DuBois was killed when a tri-axle truck slid into his pickup truck Tuesday afternoon on Route 56 in Indiana County, police said Joel Edward Bundy, 58, died at the scene near the United School District campus in East Wheatfield Township, according to Indiana County Coroner Jerry Overman...
Motorist injured as car goes over hillside in Jefferson Hills
At least one person was injured when a car fell about 100 feet over a hillside in Jefferson Hills Tuesday night. Allegheny County officials said the crash took place around 10:45 p.m. along the 1400 block of Route 885. A portion of the state road has been closed. The crash...
Greater Latrobe switches to remote instruction, cites county’s rising covid cases
Greater Latrobe School Board has voted to switch to full-time remote instruction for all students from Friday through Jan. 18, as covid-19 cases in Westmoreland County continue to rise. The district had most recently been offering students the options of either in-person instruction five days per week or full-time remote...
Serra Catholic High School to resume in-person classes, athletics suspended
Serra Catholic High School in McKeesport will resume in-person instruction on Wednesday, according to Catholic Diocese of Pittsburgh officials. However, all athletic and extracurricular activities are suspended due to possible covid-19 exposure. Spokesman Bob DeWitt said the school has also taken other student action out of an abundance of caution....
Plum School Board maintains current president, vice president
Mike Devine and Michael Caliguiri will remain Plum School Board president and vice president, respectively. The board voted to keep both men in the top leadership roles at its Dec. 1 reorganization meeting. Devine was reappointed by a 5-4 vote while Caliguiri received unanimous support. “I’m happy that the majority...
Quaker Valley School Board appoints new president, vice president
Quaker Valley School District has a school board new president and vice president. Jonathan Kuzma and Marna Blackmer were unanimously appointed to the board’s top two leadership positions at the Dec. 1 reorganization meeting, respectively. Kuzma is in his second four-year term on the board and served this year as...
Pittsburgh Promise gives 10,000th scholarship
Vanessa Thompson remembers feeling stunned as she sat with her mother when they received that first college tuition bill in the fall of 2008. Thompson was attending Chatham University, the first in her family to go to college. “We’re both crying like ‘how are we going to pay this bill?’”...
Leetsdale’s Hussey Copper charged with environmental crimes
A Leetsdale copper processing company is expected to plead guilty in federal court for multiple violations of the Clean Water Act over a five-year period, including making false reports and failing to report oil sheens on the Ohio River. Hussey Copper was charged on Monday with three felony counts, and...
Missing Tarentum teen returns home
A Tarentum teen who had been reported missing Tuesday has been found, according to his family. Ronald Ratliff, 16, had not been seen since 4 a.m. Tuesday. According to his family, he returned home around 11:30 p.m. Tarentum police had issued a missing person alert on the department’s Facebook page....
Norwin reports 12 more cases of coronavirus; closing in on 100
Twelve more students and staff members at Norwin have tested positive for coronavirus, the school district said Tuesday, which raises the total number of cases since school began to 93. The spike in numbers reported since the holiday weekend occurs as the district is instructing all 5,300 students remotely this...
Pa. to administer free covid tests in counties without health departments
Pennsylvania health officials announced Tuesday the state will begin administering free covid-19 testing in counties that do not have their own health departments. Only six Pennsylvania counties have their own health departments, including Allegheny and Erie counties in Western Pennsylvania. Other counties are Philadelphia, Montgomery, Chester and Bucks. “Our goal...
Westmoreland courthouse offices limit visitors amid covid surge
As covid-19 cases continue to surge, Westmoreland officials said Tuesday that courthouse offices will scale back some public-facing services in an effort to mitigate the spread of infections. County Commissioner Sean Kertes said that unlike the spring, when commissioners furloughed hundreds of workers and limited most courthouse functions, there will...
Rick Dayton named permanent KDKA Radio afternoon host
Whether it’s television or radio, Rick Dayton loves telling a good story. Now he’ll have another chance to do it on a daily basis. Entercom Pittsburgh, parent company of KDKA Radio, has announced that Dayton will take over the news and talk station’s coveted afternoon drive slot. “KDKA Radio Afternoon...
Community Foundation of Westmoreland County director moving to Pittsburgh Foundation
Officials at the Community Foundation of Westmoreland County are launching a search for a new executive director, following the announcement Tuesday that Phil Koch is moving into a new post at The Pittsburgh Foundation. Koch will maintain his post with the Community Foundation of Westmoreland County, where he served for...
O’Barto makes second run for Westmoreland prothonotary office
Republican Gina O’Barto announced this week her candidacy for what is expected to be an open seat as prothonotary in Westmoreland County. O’Barto, 57, of Unity finished second in the 2017 Republican primary for the office that has for the last 11 years been held by Christina O’Brien, a Democrat....
Pa. officials share mental health resources for pandemic and holiday season
Isolation through the holiday season could exacerbate the country’s existing mental health crisis amid the covid-19 pandemic. Officials on Tuesday reminded Pennsylvania residents of available resources for mental health and substance abuse treatment. “We know that these decisions and spending an important time of year away from loved ones can...
Trib Total Media expands scholarship program with Scholarship for Diversity in Media
Trib Total Media is expanding its Journalism Scholarship Program with the Scholarship for Diversity in Media. The new scholarship will be awarded to a student who is culturally, ethnically or racially diverse and studying journalism, communication or English writing. The scholarship will include financial assistance of up to $7,500 a...
Intoxicated man accused of leading police on 100 mph chase in Westmoreland, Fayette counties
An Allegheny County man is accused of leading state police on a 100 mph chase in Westmoreland and Fayette counties Sunday night before crashing, according to court papers. Troopers said Nicholas Haluschak, 40, of Dravosburg, was under the influence of drugs at the time and had $1,500 and a loaded...
Suspect in Leechburg double shooting acted in self-defense, attorney says
An Allegheny Township man accused of shooting two men outside a Leechburg tattoo shop Sunday afternoon was defending himself, his attorney said Tuesday. Police said one of the men who was shot, now paralyzed and in critical condition at Allegheny General Hospital in Pittsburgh, told investigators he had an altercation...
Charges recently filed in Bridgeville, Scott, Carnegie district courts
District court judges in Bridgeville, Scott and Carnegie handled these criminal cases recently. Defendants will have court dates set in appropriate district courts or the Allegheny County Court of Common Pleas. Judge Maureen McGraw-Desmet, Bridgeville • Zacary Tay Hesselgesser, 19, of Chicora, Pa., on charges of prohibited acts, possession of...
Shaler awarded $208,000 from ALCOSAN for sewer work along Saxonburg Boulevard
Shaler has been awarded nearly $208,000 from the Allegheny County Sanitary Authority (ALCOSAN) for sewer work in the township. The money will help pay for the second phase of the township’s Saxonburg Boulevard sewer lining project, Engineer Matt Sebastian said. “It involves the lining of about 2,500 linear feet of...
Pa. Supreme Court hears argument in case against Bill Cosby
An attorney for actor and comedian Bill Cosby argued to the Pennsylvania Supreme Court on Tuesday that five women called to testify about prior bad acts by the man led to “unquantifiable prejudice” against him. During oral argument, Cosby’s attorney, Jennifer Bonjean, asked the court to find that the prior...
Westmoreland County eclipses 200 total deaths attributed to covid-19
Westmoreland County on Tuesday surpassed 200 deaths attributed to the coronavirus — more than half of which were reported since Nov. 1. The county reported five new deaths and 199 additional cases of covid-19, according to the state Health Department. Since Nov. 1, Westmoreland County has reported 101 covid-19 deaths,...
