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In Pittsburgh, Labor Secretary Scalia discusses Amy Coney Barrett, lessons from his dadVideo
U. S. Labor Secretary Eugene Scalia, son of the late Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia, said that among lessons he learned from his dad was that a justice’s job is not to play politics, nor base legal rulings on personal views. “Judges aren’t qualified to do that. They are qualified...
Burrell High School student tests positive for covid-19
A Burrell High School student has tested positive for covid-19 and some students in the district have been asked to quarantine, said Shannon Wagner, superintendent for Burrell School District. Wagner sent a letter to parents Friday, saying, “We are following the Health Department recommendations and have notified families that need...
VP Robert Thorn to lead Cal U as interim president
A longtime administrator at California University of Pennsylvania will serve as interim president upon the retirement of current President Geraldine Jones. The Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education Board of Governors appointed Robert Thorn, vice president for administration and finance, to serve as head of the school effective Jan. 29,...
National Drug Control Office chief holds roundtable discussion in Ligonier
Westmoreland County has made some strides in introducing programs aimed at helping those with a drug addiction. Drug treatment court started in 2014. The Westmoreland County Drug Overdose Task Force has enacted a Recovery Friendly Workplace program. Scores of naloxone doses have been handed out by the task force and...
Norwin holds to Nov. 4 school reopening; no students, staff got virus at school, district says
Norwin school officials said that the district still is planning to resume the five-day in-person instruction on Nov. 4, even though the number of covid-19 cases are rising in the North Huntingdon-Irwin area and Westmoreland County. School Superintendent Jeff Taylor said in an email statement this week that the district...
News that Wabtec will anchor Pittsburgh area development comes as company lays off 150 in Erie
The same ideas that propelled companies like the Westinghouse Air Brake Company to flourish during the Gilded Age are being used more than a century later by the company’s successor, Wabtec Corp., in its latest venture near Pittsburgh International Airport. In the 1880s, Westinghouse pioneered the railway airbrake and its...
Rotary names Sardis VFC president as 2020 Volunteer of the Year
The Paiano family of Murrysville knows a bit about firefighting. Before spending 28 of his 35 firefighting years as president at Sardis Volunteer Fire Company No. 1, Joseph Paiano Sr. learned about the long hours and sacrifice of the job through his father. When Paiano is at the station these...
Women’s Board of Pittsburgh reveals 2 beneficiaries of annual fundraiser
The Women’s Board of Pittsburgh will remotely host its largest annual fundraiser while upping the ante and announcing two beneficiaries of the January event. “While our fundraising efforts will depart from brick-and-mortar events of the past, we are discovering creative and exciting ways to involve guests in this year’s special...
Tractor Supply ‘chicken swap’ moving from Delmont to Export
For about a decade, animal enthusiasts have gathered the first Sunday of the month at Tractor Supply in Delmont for the chicken swap. The agriculture chain has held the swaps at locations across the country for years. But when the coronavirus pandemic hit, they slowly began dwindling. “Since covid hit,...
Westmoreland County reports triple-digit covid-19 cases for 2nd day
Westmoreland County on Friday reported 109 new cases of covid-19 after the previous day’s record high of 148. The county’s 7-day average is at a high of 90 cases. The 7-day total of 630 cases is also a record since the coronavirus outbreak began in March. One new death was...
Bradenville firefighters prepare to break ground for larger station
The Derry Township Volunteer Fire Department is preparing to break ground in the coming weeks for a new fire hall it has been looking forward to for decades. The $1.8 million fire hall and public safety building will stand along Bradenville’s School Street, across from the department’s original garage and...
Delmont seeks bids for 1st phase of $4.85 million sewage project
Delmont officials are seeking bids for the first phase of a proposed $4.85 million project to address sewage overflows. As part of a consent order finalized with the state Department of Environmental Control in late April, borough officials have proposed relocating and replacing a gravity line and a force main...
Wendy Bell, KDKA Radio officially part ways
Controversial radio host Wendy Bell has officially left KDKA Radio, a spokesman for the station’s parent company said Friday. “Wendy Bell is no longer with KDKA, and we mutually agreed to part ways,” Entercom said in a statement. Bell declined to comment further about the situation with KDKA Radio, but...
Basket raffle, Christmas brunch, car parade happening in Murrysville area
Here are a few upcoming events in the Murrysville area: Basket raffle to benefit kidney transplant patient Export Floral will hold a basket raffle to benefit a former employee, Stacey McKay Campbell, who is in need of a second kidney transplant. The basket is worth more than $275, and the...
Allegheny County reports 149 new cases of covid-19
Allegheny County on Friday reported 149 new cases of coronavirus. Of those, 107 cases are confirmed from 1,385 PCR tests. The remaining 42 are listed as probable, with 28 of those resulting from positive antigen tests. The county has a total of 13,821 cases since the pandemic began in March,...
Shoppes at Pittsburgh Mills in Frazer to be sold at online auction
Shoppes at Pittsburgh Mills, a shopping plaza near the Galleria at Pittsburgh Mills in Frazer, is going up for auction. The property is a six-tenant retail center, comprising 9,907 square feet. Current tenants include Mattress Firm, Bob’s Sub, Sports Clips Haircuts, SweetFrog and American Discount Uniform. The property, built in...
Phil Bourque serves up Dunkin’ in Avalon for World Food DayVideo
Former Pittsburgh Penguin Phil Bourque had 111 assists in his NHL career. He added another one of a different nature Friday morning. The left winger was invited to help man the drive-thru window from 7 to 9 a.m. at the Dunkin’ in Avalon. He worked overtime because he was having...
Pittsburgh’s NOLA on the Square restaurant on the market
The former location of NOLA on the Square in Market Square in Downtown Pittsburgh is up for lease. Ron Sofranko of Sofranko Advisory Group, the restaurant broker handling the location, called it a turnkey operation. “A chef could go in there tomorrow and clean it up and get it all...
Police recover money scammed from senior citizen in Plum’s Holiday Park neighborhood
Plum police want to remind residents to be wary of scams after they were able to recover money swindled from a senior citizen in Holiday Park. A woman was contacted via email by scammers Sept. 16 seeking a $199 renewal of firewall protection for her computer, Plum Police Officer Jake...
Pitcairn woman pleads guilty to child porn; faces 15 to 30 years in prison
A Pitcairn woman pleaded guilty to producing and sending images of child pornography to a man online, federal prosecutors said. Rebecca Owens, 24, admitted as part of her guilty plea to sending the sexually explicit images of a 3-year-old child taken on her cell phone to a Monroe County man...
Former Washington County clerk of courts pleads guilty to stealing $100K from coffers
A former Washington County clerk of courts has pleaded guilty to stealing nearly $100,00 from taxpayers. Frank Scandale was accused of regularly accepting cash payments for court services, issuing a receipt, and then pocketing the money instead of depositing it in the bank, according to state Attorney General Josh Shapiro,...
New granite panels installed at Harrison World War II memorial, rededication scheduledVideo
New granite slabs making up the rejuvenated Harrison Honor Roll memorial have been installed, years after efforts to preserve and restore the memorial recognizing the township’s World War II veterans began. “It’s been a long time,” Bill Rudolph, a member of the memorial’s restoration committee, said as he watched the...
AK Valley gift dashing group creates food pantry, takes on other community projectsVideo
A new outdoor food pantry in New Kensington where people take what they need and leave what they can is proving to be so successful that those who built it are figuring out how to make it bigger. The pantry outside the Community Clothes Closet was packed full of goods...
2 people found shot in vehicle in city’s Sheraden neighborhood
Pittsburgh police responding to a Shotspotter alert Thursday night in the city’s Sheraden neighborhood found two people with gunshot wounds, according to authorities. Officers from the Zone 6 station in the West End were alerted to multiple shots fired in the 3000 block of Bergman Street shortly after 9 p.m....
The Stroller, Oct. 16, 2020: Events in the Alle-Kiski Valley
Is your non-profit organization going to have a fundraiser? Send information to The Stroller at least a week in advance to vndnews@tribweb.com. Please include a daytime telephone number. Vote for your favorite pumpkin at Community Library of Allegheny Valley The staff at Community Library of Allegheny Valley, 1522 Broadview Blvd.,...
