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Last chance this year to do yoga with a goat at Murrysville farm is Friday
With knees placed firmly on her yoga mat, arms stretched overhead and face toward the floor, Nicole Craig felt tiny hooves scurry along her spine. “It was like a little kid playing around on you,” said Craig after coming out of child’s pose. What she felt was Sativa, a 5-month-old...
Pittsburgh Garbage Olympics picks up volunteers, 1,129 bags of trashVideo
The Pittsburgh Garbage Olympics exceeded expectations over the weekend, with more volunteers picking up more trash than ever, according to a city official. “We believed this was going to be the year the Garbage Olympics got smaller because of covid-19,” said Christopher B. Mitchell, Anti Litter Specialist with Pittsburgh’s Department...
Monroeville church gets ‘little library’ box, mobile prayer circle from resident scoutVideo
John Buzzie of Monroeville would often tell his son, Anthony, that great moments create great opportunities. The pair would share a lot of those moments as part of Monroeville Boy Scout Troop 143, with the elder as scout master and junior earning badges by the sash full. Both have been...
Latrobe considers delaying due date for storm water bill
Latrobe residents should expect to see their first bills for the city’s new storm water management fee next year, but city officials are considering an extended due date for payment. At its October meeting, city council will consider amending its storm water code ordinance to move the billing date to...
Kiski Township man accused of beating woman as she held her child
Allegheny Township police charged a Kiski Township man with assaulting a woman while she held a child and was pregnant. Nathaniel Dean Beer, 22, of Kiski Township is charged with aggravated assault, strangulation and endangering the welfare of children, which included the victim’s child and an her unborn child. He...
One-in-a-million bird: Combo male-female grosbeak netted at Powdermill
Bird banders in Cook Township banded a one-in-a million bird — a rose-breasted grosbeak with half its body looking like a male and the other half, a female. The bird was banded on Sept. 24 at Carnegie Museum of Natural History’s Powdermill Nature Reserve bird banding station in Westmoreland County....
GOP surrogates dismiss tax report as political jab during Trump bus tour stop in Monroeville
Reports claiming President Trump paid no federal income taxes in 10 of the past 15 years aren’t likely to sway voters toward Democratic challenger Joe Biden, former U.S. Rep. Lou Barletta said Monday in Monroeville. “Oh, ho hum, here we go again. It’s election time. He’s had four years of...
Businesses that sued Wolf over shutdown orders now seek more than $135K in legal fees
The business owners who filed a federal lawsuit against Gov. Tom Wolf over his covid-19 shutdown orders are asking the court to award them attorney fees. In a motion filed Monday before U.S. District Judge William Stickman IV, the plaintiffs ask for $135,790 in attorneys fees and costs. That amount,...
Franklin Regional to recognize senior volleyball players on Thursday
Senior members of the Franklin Regional Lady Panthers volleyball team will be recognized at the teams’ Senior Night on Thursday. As freshmen, the group watched the varsity volleyball team go 0-12. Last year, the team was undefeated in section play and advanced through two rounds of the PIAA playoffs. As...
Lawsuit against gun maker, seller allowed to proceed in Mt. Pleasant shooting case
The Pennsylvania Superior Court, in a strongly worded decision, ruled that a lawsuit filed by the parents of a 13-year-old Mt. Pleasant boy who was killed accidentally when his friend fired a gun at him can move forward. It is the first appeals court in the country to find that...
Biden to visit Pittsburgh, Westmoreland County on Wednesday as part of train whistle-stop tour
Former Vice President Joe Biden will visit Western Pennsylvania by train Wednesday, fresh off his first in-person 2020 election debate against President Trump. Locally, the Democratic nominee and his wife, Jill, will stop in Pittsburgh, Greensburg, Latrobe and New Alexandria. The tour is scheduled to culminate in a 7:30 p.m....
Winning lottery ticket sold at Greensburg Shop ‘n Save
A Westmoreland County grocery store sold one of three winning Pennsylvania Lottery tickets drawn over the weekend, according to lottery officials. The Treasure Hunt ticket with a jackpot totaling about $190,000 was sold at Shop ‘n Save along East Pittsburgh Street in Greensburg. The winner, who was not identified, will...
North Allegheny reschedules virtual meeting on ‘in-person’ attendance for second time
For the second time in as many days, the North Allegheny school board has rescheduled its planning meeting to consider a proposal to return to in-person instruction five days a week for children in kindergarten through 5th grade. The board was originally scheduled to meet virtually Monday night but the...
New Kensington-Arnold to continue in-person instruction 5 days a week
New Kensington-Arnold School District will continue with five-day-a-week, face-to-face instruction, Acting Superintendent Jon Banko said Monday. There was a possibility the district would change to a hybrid schedule beginning Oct. 5 if too many students now learning from home full-time chose to return to schools beginning on that date. This...
‘Good Morning America’ comes to Springdale
Allegheny Valley School District’s involvement with an initiative aimed at connecting underserved students to the internet is bringing it national attention. The ABC-TV morning show “Good Morning America” sent a crew to record interviews in Springdale and Cheswick on Monday, including a stop at Springdale Free Public Library to highlight...
West Virginia University students return to in-person classes
Students at West Virginia University returned to in-person classes Monday, after a three-week hiatus. The university had halted in-person learning Sept. 7 when the campus encountered a significant spike in covid-19 cases. In late August and early September, there were several days the percent of covid-19 tests with positive results...
Delmont man jailed on $50K bond for allegedly assaulting woman during argument
A Delmont woman was treated at Forbes Regional Hospital Saturday for multiple head injuries after she was beaten and kicked inside her apartment Saturday. Police later found the 19-year-old suspect, Brett T. Baer, at the Murrysville Sportzone and Dek Hockey facility on South School Road, Murrysville. Baer, of Delmont, was...
Westmoreland Manor employees to get hazard pay as coronavirus testing continues
Workers at Westmoreland Manor are getting extra pay while the coronavirus pandemic surges through the county-owned nursing home and state officials struggle with contact tracing. Commissioner Sean Kertes said union and nonunion employees at the Hempfield facility will get hazard pay as six Pennsylvania National Guard members continue to help...
Hambone’s owner Jeffrey Holt remembered for supporting Pittsburgh’s art, music scene
One of the Pittsburgh area’s longtime supporters of its music and comedy scene died Thursday. Jeffrey D. Holt of Mt. Lebanon owned the popular Lawrenceville bar Hambone’s. He was 46. A cause of death wasn’t listed in obituary information, and his family declined to discuss his manner of death. “We...
Greensburg woman accused of assaulting child during argument
A Greensburg woman is in the Westmoreland County Prison on $25,000 bond after her arrest on child endangerment, simple assault and drug-related charges by city police. Diane R. Morton, 31, was arraigned Sept. 24 by District Judge Chris Flanigan after police said neighbors called to report children yelling and the...
Youngwood man get 35-70 years in prison for 2017 stabbing death, drug robbery
A 43-year-old man will not be eligible for parole until he’s 78 after pleading guilty Monday to third-degree murder in connection with his role in the 2017 stabbing death of a Youngwood man. Christopher J. David of Youngwood opted to avoid a trial before Judge Christopher Feliciani and a potential...
The Park House, North Side watering hole and home to bluegrass jams, is for sale
The Park House, a North Side fixture for decades and a longstanding spot for live bluegrass, is up for sale. The East Ohio Street watering hole has been owned for 16 years by Zamir Zahavi, who said in a statement he is looking ahead to new adventures but hopes someone...
Allegheny County adds 133 new covid cases in 2 days
Allegheny County’s covid cases increased by 133 over the past two days, the Health Department reported Monday. On Sunday, the county added 61 new cases, with all but one being confirmed. On Monday, there were 72 new cases added, with all but three being confirmed. In total, there were 1,867...
West Deer to allow trick-or-treating despite coronavirus pandemic
West Deer children will be allowed to trick-or-treat in the township this Halloween despite federal health officials recommending that the tradition should be avoided this year because of the covid-19 pandemic. Trick-or-treating will be take place in West Deer from 6 to 8 p.m. Oct. 31. Residents who want trick-or-treaters...
Westmoreland jail warden resigns, cites ‘harassment’ by Commissioner Cerilli
Westmoreland County Prison Warden John Walton submitted his resignation and retirement Monday to the prison board as a result of what he described as a “public character assassination and campaign of harassment” by Commissioner Gina Cerilli. Walton, 61, of Mt. Pleasant Township will work until Nov. 6. The board approved...
