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Pittsburgh police are looking for a teenager and her son after they went missing Friday around 2 p.m. Public information officer Cara Cruz said Jamilah McLean, 17, and Josiah McLean, 1, went for a walk in the East Hills area and did not return. They may also be in Braddock...

A woman and her 4-year-old daughter were hospitalized late Saturday after being hit by a car in Fineview, according to Pittsburgh police. Officers were called to the intersection of Belleau Drive and Belleau Street around 11:45 p.m., according to a public information officer Cara Cruz. The woman and her daughter...

When Dick Thornburgh witnessed the signing of the Americans with Disabilities Act 30 years ago, he knew his son’s life would be changed forever. The Pittsburgh native and former Republican Pennsylvania governor was the U.S. attorney general at the time. Leading the Justice Department, he was integral in working out...

Trib Total Media’s first class of Jim Borden Memorial Scholarship winners has started work at the Tribune-Review amid the coronavirus pandemic and a hectic news environment. The scholarship, named for the Tribune-Review’s late managing editor, offers financial assistance up to $30,000 — paid in $7,500 annual installments — for college...

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 or The Stroller, Valley News Dispatch, 210 Wood St., Tarentum PA 15084. Please include a daytime telephone number. Casino Theatre seeking donations The Casino Theater in Vandergrift is...

Pine NVR Inc. sold property at unknown address to Colton and Molly Selvidge for $675,758. NVR Inc. sold property at 513 Cambridge Court to David and Meredith Progar for $791,780. Cavalier Land Partn. L.P. sold property at 2018 Cherry Road to Ariel Lopez Chavez and Anna Bloom for $147,150. Balaji...

Hampton 1900 Capital Trust 2 sold property at 3922 Ash Drive to Daniel Robert and Lauretta Metzinger for $280,000. Helga Freymark sold property at 4554 Bucktail Drive to Jaime Tracktenberg and Cheri Ritz for $242,500. Paula Selvaggio sold property at 4662 Hidden Pond Drive to Angela Schandelmeier for $338,500. James...

Etna Secretary of Housing And Urban Develop sold property at 21 Sycamore St. to Wells Fargo Bank NA for $108,488. Shaler Sean Stafiej sold property at 2 Belladonna Court to Joseph Pallotti for $239,000. Nancy Milcic sold property at 25 Beyrleye Ave. to Joseph Kiefer for $41,200. Estate of Joseph...

Aleppo Michael Bell sold property at 207 Trailside Drive to Yannick Ohle and Yolien Peeters for $265,000. Bell Acres Domenic Crivelli sold property at 105 Bower Drive to James Hoffman and Nicole Ostrowski for $500,000. Edgeworth Richard McCormack III sold property at 314 Myrtle Lane to Joel David and Anne...

Bellevue Donald Deramo sold property at 511 Carolyn Ave. to Nicholas Ryan for $170,212. Porsche Latoya Chantel Arrington sold property at 97 N Sprague Ave. to Amerihome Mortgage Co. LLC for $3,356. Charles Schaffold sold property at 532 Roosevelt Ave. to Darnell and Carroll Lee Livingston for $125,000. Ralph Montgomery...

Competing Black Lives Matter and Back the Blue rallies were held in Shaler on Saturday. The Black Lives Matter rally formed outside of Shaler Middle School and was organized by Suburban Action, a group of local Shaler students and recent graduates who “saw a need to take action, not just...

Vice President Mike Pence is set to make a campaign stop Thursday in Greensburg. As part of a Cops for Trump event, Pence will make an appearance at the city’s police station at noon. Doors will open at 10 a.m. and close at 11:30 a.m. Cops for Trump describes itself...

Allegheny Valley School Board will hold a special meeting Tuesday to discuss the district’s health and safety plan for reopening schools. The meeting is scheduled to start at 7 p.m. at Acmetonia Elementary School in Harmar. Residents can attend the meeting in person, listen in on their phone or watch...

An expiring lease and concerns over the coronavirus pandemic combined to shutter a restaurant that has stood on Mt. Washington for a decade. Shiloh Grill, one of three Harris Grill locations, announced Saturday that it will be closing on Tuesday. The other locations, in Shadyside and Downtown, are not affected....

A Monroeville man was killed Friday after crashing at Keystone Raceway in Derry Township, according to the Westmoreland County coroner. James R. Baker, 69, was driving a 1936 Ford Roadster on the raceway’s drag track at 2:50 p.m. when the car made a quick right turn. The car hit a...

Dish Network customers in Pittsburgh are no longer able to view NBC affiliate WPXI on their satellite television service. Each side is blaming the other. WPXI claims it was removed from Dish after the satellite provider refused to agree to a deal for a new retransmission consent agreement with its...

Chestnut Ridge Golf Resort & Conference Center sold to an online bidder Saturday for $2.4 million. But the winning bidder’s identity will not be available until paperwork and payment is finalized, said Sherman Hostetter, owner of Hostetter Auctioneers of Beaver Falls. The auction of the 345-acre golf course and resort...

PennDOT has again extended the expiration dates on driver licenses, identification cards and learner permits because of covid-19, the agency announced Friday. Driver licenses, photo identification cards and learner permits scheduled to expire from March 16 through Aug. 31 have been extended until Aug. 31. The extensions are in addition...

Hempfield supervisors are looking to create a nonprofit organization that would assist with funding for the township’s fire department. Supervisors are expected to take the first steps in creating the Hempfield Township Fire Relief Association, which will be a charitable wing to support the volunteer fire service. “A nonprofit corporation...

A 44-year-old Butler man allegedly admitted spray painting graffiti derogatory toward Blacks on a sidewalk outside a Black family’s home, according to city police. Butler police charged Philip Anthony Rienzi Friday with criminal mischief and ethnic intimidation, both misdemeanor offenses. According to police, a pedestrian reported the graffiti on East...

Westmoreland County saw 19 new cases of covid-19 added to its total Saturday, the Pennsylvania Department of Health reported, with one additional death. It’s the first time since May 5-6 that Westmoreland County has had back-to-back days of new deaths from the novel coronavirus. The county’s death toll now stands...

Allegheny County Health Department officials reported 146 new covid-19 cases Saturday and one new death. The death total now stands at 222. The latest numbers reflect 1,631 tests spanning from July 7 to July 24 — a nearly 9% infection rate of those who were tested. To date, Allegheny County...

A Blairsville man died Friday after a motorcycle crash in Derry Township, according to state police. Christian F. Shugars, 22, was speeding on a Yamaha R6 on Pizza Barn Road at 10 a.m. when he lost control around a curve in the road. Troopers said the motorcycle hit gravel and...

An effort to help Pennsylvania’s nuclear power industry snag an estimated $500 million a year ratepayer bailout should not be hurt by an alleged bribery scandal involving FirstEnergy Corp. in Ohio, a state representative said. Federal prosecutors say the Akron-based company pumped $15 million into a $60 million pot of...