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Allegheny County officials explain why thousands of ballots can’t yet be counted
More than 35,000 ballots cast in Allegheny County will not be counted until Friday at the earliest, and county officials estimate there could be thousands more provisional ballots in boxes that have yet to be opened. About 29,000 ballots cannot be opened until 5 p.m. Friday as dictated by a...
Norwin area events, Nov. 14 and beyond
Irwin Boy Scouts sell pies, luminaria Boy Scout Troop 284 of Irwin is selling Pie Shoppe pies for Thanksgiving and luminaria for Christmas. The deadline for ordering pies is Nov. 14 and drive-thru pickup will be at the First Presbyterian Church of Irwin, Main Street and Pennsylvania Avenue, between 4...
AHN doctor elected to board of directors for American College of Emergency Physicians
An Allegheny Health Network emergency medicine doctor was elected to the national board of directors of the American College of Emergency Physicians (ACEP), AHN officials announced Thursday. Dr. Arvind Venkat serves as AHN’s vice chair for research and faculty academic affairs in the Department of Emergency Medicine and has practiced...
Irwin Boy Scouts sell pies, luminaria
Boy Scout Troop 284 of Irwin is selling Pie Shoppe pies for Thanksgiving and luminaria for Christmas. The deadline for ordering pies is Nov. 14 and drive-thru pickup will be at the First Presbyterian Church of Irwin, Main Street and Pennsylvania Avenue, between 4 and 6 p.m. Nov. 25. The...
MAWC’s Avonmore plant upgrades are final step to address DEP corrective action plan
The Municipal Authority of Westmoreland County secured a $1.2 million loan and $1.8 million grant from the federal government that will allow it to upgrade its Avonmore plant at no cost to customers. The $3.1 million project, funded through the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Rural Utilities Services, includes the construction...
Soup sale at Harrison City church Nov. 15
The United Methodist Women of Community Church, 3487 Route 130, Harrison City, will hold its annual Fall Soup Sale from 8 a.m. to noon Nov. 15. Pre-orders will be taken for chili, stuffed pepper, chicken noodle and wedding soup. A quart of soup is $10; a pint is $5. Pickup...
Shaler Area students present virtual performance of classic tale ‘Little Women’
Shaler Area Theater Director Anne Loudon never expected to produce one of her favorite shows, “Little Women,” because of its small cast. Ironically, covid-19 and its accompanying restrictions changed that. “I have wanted to do this show for years, however, we usually like to produce a larger show to give...
Jeannette man held without bond on drug charges
A Jeannette man was arraigned Thursday after police reported finding a large amount of cocaine and a drug packaging station in a house where he lived, according to court papers. Michael Anthony Dewberry, 33, was being held in the Westmoreland County Prison without bond. Agents from the state attorney general’s...
Westmoreland County reports 3 new coronavirus deaths
Westmoreland County added three new coronavirus deaths Thursday. The county has reported at least one new coronavirus-related death each day since Oct. 14. The new deaths bring the county’s total to 114 since the pandemic began in March. The county also saw an additional 56 cases of the virus. The...
Report: Pa. liquor profits up despite pandemic challenges
The covid-19 pandemic was as big a driver of alcohol sales as Christmas in Pennsylvania, according to the latest report from the state Liquor Control Board. Allegheny County reported the top sales figures, with more that $288 million in 2019-20, according to the report. Westmoreland County ranked 9th with sales...
Hampton church on mission to connect kids with foster, adoptive homes
Finding foster or permanent families for the more than 13,000 children in Pennsylvania who need a home might seem like an insurmountable task. But members of Allison Park Church in Hampton believe finding homes for those kids is an opportunity to put their faith in action one child at a time....
Allegheny County adds 189 new coronavirus cases
After adding 200 new coronavirus cases on Wednesday, Allegheny County recorded 189 new cases on Thursday. The county has seen an average of 164 new daily cases over the past seven days, while adding 1,150 new cases in that time. The new cases bring the county’s total to 16,599, according...
Unofficial results: Mercuri likely to defeat Skopov in race for 28th state House seat
Voters in the North Hills tasked with filling the seat vacated by former Speaker of the House Mike Turzai will likely keep the seat in the GOP’s hands. Republican Rob Mercuri of Pine is on track to defeat Democrat Emily Skopov of Marshall to win a two-year term as the...
McKees Rocks rehab founder gets 10 years for selling heroin
David Francis struggled with drug addiction his whole life, using heroin for the first time at age 9. He served in the Navy during the Vietnam War, and held a variety of jobs, including as a commercial boat captain and semi-pro baseball player. Following several years of sobriety, in January...
Westmoreland officials deciding fate of 4K questionable ballots; 3,600 provisional ballots to be counted Friday
Westmoreland County elections officials on Thursday night continued to individually review by hand 4,000 potentially defective mail-in ballots that were set aside earlier this week. Elections Bureau Director JoAnn Sebastiani said it appears most of those ballots looked at so far have been approved for counting with only a small...
Teen accused of setting fire in Unity Adelphoi group home
A resident at a Unity home for troubled juveniles is charged by state police with arson after allegedly starting an electrical fire in a bathroom of a residential facility Oct. 5. Davon Mali Moats, 18, a resident at Adelphoi Village’s Loyalhanna House on its main campus, is charged with two...
Allegheny County ballot count nears end; Westmoreland officials discussing questionable ballots
The finish is in sight. Allegheny County officials said late Wednesday that about 90% of mail ballots had been scanned and counted, with about 35,413 such ballots still needing to be tabulated out of the 348,485 returned in all. Elections staff reported having scanned 313,072 mail ballots. That brings the...
Carnegie Museum and Library complex in Oakland turns 125 years old
It was the early 1890s and Scottish-American industrialist Andrew Carnegie was already one of the richest men in the world. Anxious to do something for what he called the “toilers,” the laborers and steel workers of Pittsburgh who enabled him to amass a fortune worth over $300 billion in today’s...
Penn Hills School District students pledge to promote peace
Penn Hills School District students recently participated in a non-violence week and promoted peace and unity. Students signed a peace pledge, and the signed pledges were hung in hallways. Elementary students also made various crafts featuring peace signs and positive messages....
Sewickley Valley Community Fund awarded record $40K in grants during pandemic
The Sewickley Valley Community Fund awarded a record number of grants this year to local organizations in need during the coronavirus pandemic and is now trying to raise funds to continue its work. John Poister, secretary for the SVCF, said the nonprofit was able to award more than $40,000 to...
Code Orange air quality alert issued for Allegheny County
High air pollution might pose a problem for vulnerable groups in Allegheny County Thursday, especially those in Liberty, Clairton and the surrounding area, according to the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection. The department issued a Code Orange air quality alert for particulate matter for Thursday. Rapidly rising temperatures Thursday morning...
Pittsburgh police seek missing teenage girl
Pittsburgh Police are looking for a teenage girl who has been missing since Wednesday afternoon, according to the city Department of Public Safety. Helen Bray, 14, was last seen in the 2800 block of Neeld Avenue in the city’s Beechview neighborhood around 2 p.m. Wednesday. Police do not have a...
The Stroller, Nov. 5, 2020: Events in the Alle-Kiski Valley
Is your church or organization going to host a food drive or free Thanksgiving Dinner? Send information to The Stroller as soon as possible to vndnews@tribweb.com. Please include a daytime telephone number. Harrison church to offer holiday grief support session Christ Our Hope Anglican Church, Harrison, will offer, “Surviving the...
Ohio Valley Lines in Ambridge cancels open house, holiday train display this year
Model trains of Ohio Valley Lines in Ambridge will not pull out of their station this year due to health concerns and covid-19 safety restrictions. The club of locomotive enthusiasts have hosted an open house and holiday display for nearly 40 years. It’s been held the last two decades at...
New book chronicles North Huntingdon soldier’s recovery from life-altering accidentVideo
Two North Huntingdon veterans, Dan Priatko and his father, Bill — the son in the Army and the father in the Air Force — will observe Veterans Day at the J. Howard Snyder Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 781 in North Huntingdon, like they have for many years. Instead of...
