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Food Podcast: Food insecurity rates rise during covid-19 pandemic
A new report from Feeding America projects a 42 percent increase in food insecurity rates during the year 2020 in Greater Pittsburgh Community Food Bank’s service area. On this week’s Food Podcast presented by Clearview Federal Credit Union, host Brian Gulish discusses why the increase is happening, which includes changes...
Firearms, drugs among charges filed in Brentwood, South Park courts
District court judges in Brentwood and South Park handled these criminal cases from Oct. 20-27. Defendants will have court dates set in the Allegheny County Court of Common Pleas. Judge Ralph Kaiser, Brentwood • Johnathon Hodgson, 22, of Pittsburgh on charges of carrying a firearm without a license and prohibited...
See 30,000 pounds of jack-o’-lanterns at Pittsburgh Monster Pumpkins displayVideo
The champion pumpkin weighs 2,111.5 pounds. An Atlantic Giant, this breed of pumpkin will be part of the orange mass at the Pittsburgh Monster Pumpkins Pop-Up Festival on Pittsburgh’s North Shore. The Halloween-inspired event opens Friday and runs through Nov. 5. Because of the pandemic, it will be a drive-by...
Daylong rain, boosted by Zeta, not expected to pose flooding threat in Pittsburgh area
Flooding is not expected to be a threat from rain that will soak the Pittsburgh area Thursday, influenced by the remnants of Hurricane Zeta, Jason Frazier, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service in Pittsburgh, said Wednesday. Zeta is expected to make landfall in the mid-to-late afternoon. Its moisture will...
Westmoreland pandemic panel: Technology presents solutions, challenges
Technology is a lifeline for many during the social separation that is part of the coronavirus pandemic. But the increased virtual connections people are making aren’t without pitfalls. As screen time for children has grown, so have concerns about what they may be viewing between online lessons and what face-to-face...
Alien invaders welcome at North Huntingdon homeVideo
It might be time to break out the tin foil hats — an alien invasion is taking place in North Huntingdon. Three silver aliens with glowing green eyes stand at the ready, two holding toy guns, in a neighborhood along Dianthus Street, their spaceship glowing red, white and blue. It’s...
2 indicted in 2-day, 3-county armed robbery spree
Two Maryland brothers previously arrested in connection with a two-day armed robbery spree in three counties were indicted by a federal grand jury this week, according to U.S. Attorney Scott Brady. Elijah Alvin Sayon and Rexford Wright, both 23, of Hagerstown, Md., are each facing four counts of robbery. The...
Westmoreland events include dinner fundraisers
Blood drive • White Valley AMVETS Auxiliary will host a Vitalant community blood drive from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Oct. 31 in the post social hall, 2100 Carolina St., Export. Appointments are recommended, but walk-ins welcome. Bring ID. Appointments: 412-209-7000 or visit the Donate Blood button at Vitalant.org and...
New Kensington-Arnold going to all remote instruction for 1 week
New Kensington-Arnold School District will change from in-person to remote instruction for all students the week of Nov. 2, the school board decided Tuesday. The state Department of Education has recommended that Westmoreland County districts move to fully remote instruction to mitigate the spread of coronavirus. On Tuesday, the county...
The Stroller, Oct. 28, 2020: Events in the Alle-Kiski Valley
Is your church or organization going to host a free Thanksgiving Dinner? Send information to The Stroller as soon as possible to vndnews@tribweb.com. Please include a daytime telephone number. Veterans Day information sought The Stroller is compiling a list of Veterans Day parades and events to be published online and...
Duquesne University, Housing Authority team up to battle health care inequities
Duquesne University is working with the Housing Authority of the City of Pittsburgh (HACP) and Live Well Allegheny to narrow the health care gap between white and Black people in the Steel City. They are offering health care services to underserved communities during the covid-19 pandemic. The team is providing...
Plum School District to seek state covid-19 relief
Plum School District officials are seeking state assistance to recoup covid-related expenses. School board members voted 8-0 on Oct. 27 to make district chief financial officer John Zahorchak its agent to apply for relief through the Pennsylvania Emergency Management Agency. Board member Angela Anderson was absent. Zahorchak said Plum is...
Fall Greek Food To-Go event may become new tradition for Oakmont church
An Oakmont church already known for its annual food festival might have started a new tradition this year. The Dormition of the Theotokos Greek Orthodox Church hosted a Greek Food To-Go event Oct. 24 and 25 in order to help recoup some of the financial losses incurred due to the...
West Mifflin Area High School to be closed through Nov. 11 because of covid-19 cases among staffers
West Mifflin Area School District officials have closed the high school for the next two weeks due to a rise in covid-19 cases. A letter informing parents about the closure, which starts Wednesday and is expected to be through Nov. 11, was posted on the district’s website. The message was...
St. Louise de Marillac closure extended due to more covid-19 cases
The closure of St. Louise De Marillac Catholic School in Upper Saint Clair has been extended due to more covid-19 cases, Catholic Diocese of Pittsburgh officials announced Tuesday. Officials closed the pre-K through eighth-grade school earlier this month, as well as suspended its football program, after three people tested positive...
Plum hosts free Halloween drive-in movie at Larry Mills Park
Plum’s Larry Mills Park was haunted with laughter and the occasional screams of movie attendees as the borough presented its fifth and final movie this year. About 100 people on Oct. 24 attended the free screening of “The Addams Family,” the 2019 animated version from directors Conrad Vernon and Greg...
Democrats encourage mail-in ballot voters to drop off Downtown, and skip the mail
Prominent local Democrats led by Allegheny County Controller Chelsa Wagner and County Council member Bethany Hallam have released a video, with a rocking guitar soundtrack, urging voters to get their mail-in ballots turned in on time. The 90-second informational video, called “Bring It,” refers to mail-in ballot packages still in...
Steelers cook up a nice afternoon for breast cancer survivors at UPMC Magee in Oakland
Some people call football players warriors for what they endure on a field playing a brutal sport. “The real warriors are you,” said Pittsburgh Steelers defensive end Stephon Tuitt via a video screen Tuesday to current and former patients of the Magee-Womens Breast Cancer Program of UPMC Hillman Cancer Center....
Incumbent state Senator Brewster faces GOP challenge from Lower Burrell attorney
A Lower Burrell attorney is challenging a Democratic incumbent known for working both sides of the aisle in the 45th State Senate District, which includes parts of Allegheny and Westmoreland counties and stretches from McKeesport to the Alle-Kiski Valley. While both candidates assign importance to similar issues, like the economy,...
Upper Burrell man accused of pointing loaded AR-15 at woman
An Upper Burrell man is accused of pointing a loaded AR-15 rifle at a woman and pulling the trigger, but police said the weapon malfunctioned. Matthew Best, 32, of Upper Burrell, has been charged with aggravated assault, making terroristic threats, recklessly endangering another person, loitering and prowling at night, and...
Son cuts Derry Township father with machete during argument, troopers say
A 39-year-old Derry Township man is in jail on multiple assault charges after allegedly cutting his father with a machete during an argument that turned physical Tuesday. Kenneth C. Johnson is charged by state police with aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, harassment and terroristic threats. District Judge Mark Bilik...
Infection consultant will review Westmoreland Manor procedures amid virus outbreak
Westmoreland commissioners will hire an infection control consultant to review procedures at the county-owned nursing home as coronavirus cases among residents and staff continue to increase there. Commissioners said Tuesday they expect to award a $10,000 contract Harrisburg-based LW Consulting Inc. to assess the policies in place at Westmoreland Manor...
Virginia man pleads guilty to causing fatal crash in Donegal Township
A Virginia man will serve up to eight years in prison for causing a fatal crash in Donegal Township that killed his friend five years ago. Erik Carlton Anderson, 30, pleaded guilty this week to charges of homicide by vehicle while driving drunk and driving while intoxicated. Westmoreland County Judge...
Police raid ‘illegal speakeasy’ in Pittsburgh’s South Side Slopes
Authorities searching an unlicensed bar in Pittsburgh last week turned up more than 60 liters of liquor, illegal gambling machines, cash and 10 gallons of beer, according to state and local police. The Nuisance Bar Task Force executed a search warrant at Bridgez, an Arlington Avenue bar in the South...
Preschoolers parade in Halloween costumes for residents of Terrace Place at VincentianVideo
Preschoolers from the Vincentian Child Development Center dressed up as their favorite characters to help lift the spirits of residents at Terrace Place at Vincentian on Tuesday with a Halloween parade. The kids circled the grounds of the independent living community and waved to residents, sang Halloween songs and were...
