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Pittsburgh police looking for Penn Hills man accused in South Side Flats shooting
Pittsburgh police used surveillance video to identify a man they say shot two men during an altercation in the city’s South Side Flats last month, according to a criminal complaint. Jeffrey Ali Knox Jr., 28, of Penn Hills is charged with attempted homicide, aggravated assault, reckless endangerment and firearms violations,...
Aftermath of Trump rally in Butler was ‘nothing like Omaha’ owner of bus company says
The aftermath of a rally held Saturday evening by President Donald Trump in Butler has garnered local and national attention after some say supporters were left waiting in the cold for buses to take them back to their vehicles. The event, held at the Pittsburgh-Butler Regional Airport, was compared to...
Westmoreland County election employee tests positive for coronavirus
An employee of the Westmoreland County Election Bureau has tested positive for coronavirus, the county announced this weekend. The employee, who last worked in the election bureau office on Wednesday, is under quarantine, according to county officials. The county is using its emergency response plan to deal with the covid-19...
Nonprofit offers free fixings for 100 Thanksgiving dinners in Freeport area
The Feed Freeport effort rolled out during the pandemic will serve up fixings for 100 free Thanksgiving dinners to Freeport-area residents. The Dynamic Community Foundation, an offshoot of NextHome Dynamic Realty in Freeport, and a community activist, are rustling up 100 frozen turkeys (14 to 16 pounds), stuffing, mashed potatoes,...
Former Rivers Casino GM tapped for finance role at Live! Casino Pittsburgh
The former general manager of Rivers Casino has been tapped by operators of the soon-to-be-opening Hempfield casino as director of finance. Craig Clark, who has more than 26 years of experience in the gaming industry, will oversee the finance departments at the 100,000-square-foot facility that is under construction at the...
Police: Sean Parnell’s house, Rep. Mike Doyle’s South Side office vandalized with graffiti message
A message invoking revolution was spray-painted this weekend on the glass office windows of an incumbent Democratic congressman and the garage door of the home of a Republican running for Congress. Red paint was used in both cases to write, “Elections No, Revolution Yes.” The punctuation varied in each case,...
2 found dead after house fire in Somerset
SOMERSET — Two people were found dead after a house fire in western Pennsylvania over the weekend, authorities said. The (Somerset) Daily American reports that the blaze in Somerset was reported at about 6 a.m. Saturday. Fire Chief Mike Livengood said the structure was engulfed in flames when crews arrived,...
West Deer establishes property tax deferral program for low-income residents, seniors
West Deer property owners who make less than $35,000 a year won’t have to pay for increases in township real estate taxes until they sell or transfer their properties to someone else thanks to a new township program. The real estate tax deferral program would instead add any township real...
Deer Lakes High School graduate hopes to win big in online baking competition
Julia Cresta has what it takes to be “The Greatest Baker of 2020.” She just needs a little help getting there. The 24-year-old Richland resident is a contestant in “The Greatest Baker” online competition, which pits bakers from around the world against one another for a chance to win $10,000...
Deer Lakes High School student tests positive for covid-19
Deer Lakes School District still plans to reinstate full-time in-person learning beginning next week even though another person in the district has tested positive for covid-19. Superintendent Janell Logue-Belden said a student at Deer Lakes High School informed the district they had tested positive for covid-19 on Saturday, Oct. 31....
Joe Biden, Lady Gaga expected to visit Pittsburgh on election eve
Former Vice President Joe Biden is expected to visit the Pittsburgh metro area on Monday while other members of his campaign fan out across other parts of the state. Biden is expected to canvass in Beaver County and participate in drive-in events in Pittsburgh. The Biden campaign did not provide...
Shaler area real estate transactions for the week of Nov. 1
Reserve Robert Penwell sold property at 103 Maplewood Road to Tyler Joseph Presloid for $163,800. Shaler John Cochran sold property at 137 Elmwood Drive to Jacob Paul Salac for $227,000. Brandon Bartoldi sold property at 220 Evergreen Ave. to Jared Cline for $160,000. Spenser Ridge Development Inc. sold property on...
New Kensington native gives up life in U.S. to help Guatemalan orphansVideo
New Kensington native Stan Nelson was setting up a home in Guatemala to help orphaned young women in the Central American nation when he was told someone with the government wanted to talk with him. They wanted to know what he was doing. It was not a request, and he...
The Herald area real estate transactions for the week of Nov. 1
Fox Chapel James Troutman sold property at 111 The Oaks to William and Karlie Lewis for $430,000. Real estate transactions provided by RealSTATs. Contact RealSTATs at 412-381-3880 or visit RealSTATs.net....
Eastern area real estate transactions for the week of Nov. 1
Churchill Adam Noll sold property at 2310 Forest Drive to Roberta Miller for $175,000. Manor Marta Matta sold property at 61 Observatory St. to Jennifer Marie Spinola for $173,500. Frederick Hubbard sold property at 506 Saddleridge Drive to Edward Mihalko Jr. and Kristin Mihalko for $415,000. Monroeville Hector Castellon sold...
Hampton area real estate transactions for the week of Nov. 1
Hampton Weigang Peng sold property at 4449 Greengrove Drive to James Kordesich and Julia Knihnicky for $248,500. Matthew Backman sold property at 3143 Mohawk Drive to Daniel Asher and Kelly Noel Stewart for $391,000. McCandless LJM Homes LLC sold property at 1724 Guyton Road to Michael and Melanie Williams for...
Women-powered grassroots efforts support Biden, Trump in Western PennsylvaniaVideo
Stasia Vernallis knew she was onto something when Facebook groups of frustrated female voters began cropping up across Pennsylvania just days after the 2017 Women’s March on Washington. “We counted 550 grassroots organizations from January to July,” Vernallis said. Like the suffragists who rallied for years in towns small and...
When will election results be known for Westmoreland, Allegheny, Pennsylvania?
Gov. Tom Wolf recalled that when he won office in 2014 and reelection four years later, media reports unofficially declared him the victor within minutes after polls closed at 8 p.m. “Ain’t happening this time,” Wolf said, acknowledging that Pennsylvania’s vote count is expected to take not minutes or hours...
The Stroller, Nov. 1, 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. Food drive to benefit Rosedale Food Pantry Lori Hummel of Howard Hanna Real Estate, Oakmont, will host a...
How covid-19 did and didn’t affect the election in Pennsylvania
Daniel Stern said he was never planning to vote for President Trump, even if the pandemic hadn’t disrupted nearly every facet of American life. Stern, 75, of Blawnox voted by mail for former Vice President Joe Biden weeks ago. The decision, he said, was made “months and months ago.” Barbara...
3 dead, 1 injured in shooting in Pittsburgh’s Allentown neighborhood
Three people are dead following a shooting in Pittsburgh’s Allentown neighborhood Saturday night, Pittsburgh Public Safety officials said. Officers responded to Beltzhoover Avenue near Edgemont Street shortly after 9 p.m. for reports of multiple shooting victims. Officials pronounced two men dead at the scene. A third man died Sunday morning,...
Trump nears end of campaign with boisterous rally near Butler
President Donald Trump doubled down on attacks on former Vice President Joe Biden on Saturday evening as he offered closing arguments for his 2020 reelection campaign to a pumped-up crowd of supporters at the Pittsburgh-Butler Regional Airport. “Joe Biden will shut down your economy, ship your jobs to China where...
Police: Carjacker in critical condition after head-on crash near the West End Circle
Details are pending on the condition of a man who police said carjacked a car that hit a dumpster truck head-on on West Carson Street near the West End Circle about 9:30 a.m. Saturday, according to Pittsburgh Public Safety. Authorities said the sedan was carjacked in Ingram and the carjacker,...
2 facing charges after police say they made meth in Indiana County home
Two people are in jail after state police said they were manufacturing methamphetamine inside an Indiana County home. Christopher L. Falcone, 43, of Vintondale, Cambria County, and Santana R. Crusan, 31, of Robinson were arrested Friday and are awaiting arraignment at the Indiana County Jail. State police executed a search...
Candidates for president, vice president, their surrogates swarming across Pennsylvania
All four presidential and vice presidential candidates will fan out across Pennsylvania, a decisive battleground state, to make public appearances Monday, the last day of campaigning before Tuesday’s general election. The nominees’ surrogates will be visiting the state, too. The Trump family is swarming Pennsylvania, with President Trump having held...
