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Indiana Township mansion for sale for $8 million
Perched high atop a hill in Indiana Township, the Italian villa at 340 Fox Hunt Road isn’t visible to its neighbors in the Manor at Hartwood plan below. But on the 35-acre estate, there’s plenty to see — starting with the six-bedroom mansion boasting six full and two half bathrooms....
Monroeville police file charges Sept. 14-17 for firearms, drugs, DUIs and other offenses
Monroeville police filed the following charges in District Judge Jeffrey L. Herbst’s office. Charges were filed Sept. 14-17 by Monroeville police unless otherwise noted: • Mark Lamar Beavers, 21, of Pittsburgh’s Knoxville neighborhood with carrying a firearm without a license, possession of a firearm with an altered manufacturer’s number, escape,...
Trafford Road in Murrysville reopens after tractor-trailer crashVideo
Trafford Road reopened near the Murrysville/Penn Township border after a tractor-trailer crash forced a closure late Tuesday morning, emergency officials said. Initial reports indicated the trailer’s load — steel ingots to be smelted — shifted around 11:15 a.m. as it was headed south along Trafford Road near Lyons Run Road,...
Westmoreland County has new covid-19 death for 2nd day in a row
Westmoreland County has a new coronavirus-related death, the second in two days, according to the Pennsylvania Department of Health. The county also has 12 new covid-19 cases Tuesday The new figures bring the death total to 52 and cases total to 2,096. Westmoreland County coronavirus by dayInfogram In the county,...
New Allegheny County covid-19 cases tie 14-day low
Allegheny County reported 42 new covid-19 cases Tuesday, according to the county Health Department. The new case count ties a 14-day low, with 42 new coronavirus cases being reported Monday and Tuesday. No new coronavirus-related deaths and 25 new hospitalizations were reported. Total cases are now 11,821, and the hospitalization...
Sheetz employee in Buffalo Township tests positive for covid-19
An employee at the Sheetz store in Buffalo Township tested positive for covid-19 on Monday. The employee was working at the store at 717 S. Pike Road on Monday, according to Nick Ruffner, a public relations manager for Sheetz. The store was immediately closed after the positive test result. It...
Rash of thefts in neighboring communities has Plum police reminding residents to lock vehicles
Plum police have issued a reminder to residents to remove any valuables from their vehicles and lock the doors to help prevent thefts. The borough posted the alert Sept. 21 through Savvy Citizen as well as its Facebook page. Mayor Harry Schlegel said police are being proactive in addressing an...
Jeannette couple raising money to adorn veterans’ graves through Wreaths Across America
March wasn’t exactly the best time to start a fundraiser. But Frank and Linda Drury of Jeannette decided to forge ahead with raising about $9,000 to purchase 600 wreaths through Wreaths Across America for veterans who are buried at Jeannette Memorial Park. The couple knows honoring veterans is important, no...
Allegheny County restaurant task force shuts down 2 repeat offenders for covid-19 violations
Health inspectors shut down two Allegheny County restaurants, for the second time, over the weekend for flouting covid-19 restrictions meant to slow the spread of the virus, according to reports from the county health department. On Saturday at Savoy in the Strip District, inspectors noted patrons orderings drinks without food...
Carlynton School District extends remote learning through Oct. 28
Carlynton School District has extended its online-only model through the end of October, the district announced last week. “Remote learning will continue for all grades until Oct. 28,” reads a letter it sent out to parents. “This decision was made for the safety of all students and their families while...
Cops: Vandals shot paintball guns at Pittsburgh Black Lives Matter mural
Pittsburgh police are looking for two men suspected of using paintball guns to vandalize a Black Lives Matter mural Downtown Saturday. The police department shared photos of the men walking near the mural along the Allegheny River, near Point State Park. One can be seen carrying a paintball gun in...
DUI, drug cases among those recently handled in Judge DeLuca’s Penn Hills court – Sep. 22, 2020
Judge Kimberly Hoots presided over the following cases for Penn Hills District Judge Anthony L. DeLuca. Defendants will have court dates set in Allegheny County Common Pleas Court. Charges were filed by Penn Hills police unless otherwise noted. Held for court • Jamal Harrington, 31, of Verona on charges of...
Shaler Rotary donation helps 6 food pantries replenish supplies
Bread of Life food pantry in Etna served more families in September than in each of the previous five months. “Resources are becoming scarcer, unemployment is becoming more evident and benefits are running out for families,” food pantry manager Alexis Weber said of the covid-19 impacts on the program. A...
Pittsburgh police investigating fatal shooting in Lincoln-Lemington neighborhood
Pittsburgh police are investigating an apparent homicide in the city’s Lincoln-Lemington neighborhood, according to the city Department of Public Safety. The city’s ShotSpotter audio detection system alerted officers of a shooting on the 1300 block of Schwerner Court around 1:30 a.m. Tuesday. Officers found a man with multiple gunshot wounds...
Beaver County hotel sweep turns up 16 suspected drug dealers, human traffickers
Law enforcement agencies teamed up to arrest suspected drug dealers and human traffickers in Beaver County hotels, according to Beaver County District Attorney David Lozier. The district attorney’s office, Center Township Police Department, the FBI Human Trafficking Task Force and the Pittsburgh Bureau of Police conducted the sweep at numerous...
Car crashes into house in Pittsburgh’s Lincoln-Lemington neighborhood
A car went through the front of a house in Pittsburgh’s Lincoln-Lemington neighborhood Monday night, narrowly missing a man who had been sleeping in the living room, according to Tribune-Review news partner WPXI. The crash happened around 11:30 p.m. on Westmoreland Avenue. Homeowner Albert Lowry told WPXI the car went...
N.Y. teen seeks to christen unnamed Westmoreland County streams after ancestors
A tiny stream — barely more than a ditch, really — trickles past homes in Greensburg’s Northmont neighborhood. Another flows along Ashbaugh Road in Penn Township. In the 247 years since the founding of Westmoreland County, nobody considered these diminutive waterways significant enough to merit an official name. Until now....
The Stroller, Sept. 22, 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@triblive.com. Please include a daytime telephone number. Let us know about your Halloween happenings Today is the first day of autumn! The Valley News Dispatch is compiling a...
Arnold Palmer Regional Airport runway on track for reopening Friday
Crews are wrapping up work this week on widening the runway at Arnold Palmer Regional Airport. Meanwhile, construction has begun on an addition to the airport terminal. “We’re right on track,” for scheduled reopening of the improved runway on Friday, according to Gabe Monzo, executive director of the Westmoreland County...
Renton firefighters to distribute hundreds of free smoke and carbon monoxide detectors to Plum residents
Renton firefighters soon will distribute hundreds of free smoke and carbon monoxide detectors to Plum residents. The volunteer fire department was awarded a $43,000 Assistance to Firefighters grant from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA). It comes with an estimated $2,200 match, which fire department President Anita Maydak-Neace said Renton...
Franklin Regional officials examine attendance policies in light of new education model
Franklin Regional officials are taking a deeper look at how excused absences will be recorded amid the coronavirus pandemic, after receiving several comments and questions from parents during the first weeks of school. The district is asking parents to keep children home if they exhibit any of the 13 general...
Franklin Regional board moves to make final borrowing on Sloan ‘elementary campus’ project
Franklin Regional school board members opted to move ahead with combining the final two bond issues for the Sloan “elementary campus” project into one, taking advantage of current interest rates and borrowing the final $15 million necessary to complete the work. The board’s 7-1 vote empowers bond consultant Chris Bamber,...
Oakmont hires two new full-time police officers
Oakmont has hired two new full-time police officers who are familiar faces to the department. Council unanimously voted Sept. 21 to hire Justin Mease of Plum and Katelyn Goodman of Rosslyn Farms to the force. Mease, 37, worked part-time as an Oakmont officer from 2007 to 2018. During that time,...
Council discusses development projects in southeastern Murrysville
Murrysville council will hold a public hearing next month for Hillstone Village, a proposal to build 11 carriage homes and 20 single-family homes on 37 acres near the intersection of Claridge and Harrison City roads. Bruce Corna, vice president of builder Kacin Companies, said the development would focus on “build-down”...
President Trump back in Western Pa. to rev up base, win over ‘slivers’ of wavering voters
President Trump will seek to rev up Western Pennsylvania voters Tuesday night during a campaign rally at a hangar outside Pittsburgh International Airport, marking the Republican incumbent’s fourth stop in the battleground state this month. “I’m not at all surprised to see that Trump is back in the state,” said...
