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Animal Friends to benefit from sales of BrewDog beer showing adoptable canines
Cheers to your furry friends. Scottish craft brewer BrewDog has teamed locally with Animal Friends in Ohio Township as well as Gigi’s Shelter Services in Ohio to showcase adoptable dogs looking for forever homes. The brewery created Street Dog and Street Dog AF (alcohol free), beers of its Punk IPA...
CDC, Pa. health department ease up on covid-19 travel guidelines
Federal and state officials have eased up on some of their guidelines for coronavirus-related travel restrictions. On Monday, the Pennsylvania Department of Health removed Arizona from its list of travel restrictions originally announced on July 2. No new states were added. The states that remain on Pennsylvania’s travel restriction list...
Lawrenceville’s Ewalt House may not get historic designation, owners ‘cautiously excited’
The owners of a deteriorating, 180-year-old Greek revival house in Pittsburgh’s Lawrenceville neighborhood are “cautiously excited” that it appears the property, which had been set to be designated a historic landmark, won’t achieve that designation after all. City Councilman Bobby Wilson withdrew a bill to make the designation Wednesday, but...
Woman accused of stealing pickup truck, nearly colliding with state trooper on Route 30 in Hempfield
A woman on probation for illegally driving on to the airfield of Arnold Palmer Regional Airport in 2018 was arrested again late Tuesday for driving the wrong way on Route 30 in Hempfield, narrowly missing a state trooper. Police say Dakota J. Jones, 26, of Greensburg, was arrested in a...
Fayette County priest charged with sexually assaulting 11-year-old boy
A 65-year-old priest who worked in Fayette County is charged with the sexual assault of an 11-year-old altar boy in the early 2000s. Father Andrew M. Kawecki of Scottdale faces two counts of indecent assault and one count of involuntary deviate sexual intercourse in connection with a series of incidents...
Unattended laundry spontaneously combusts in Etna laundromat fire
Unattended laundry started a dryer fire that firefighters quickly knocked down Wednesday afternoon at the Wash and Wear Laundromat at the corner of Dewey Street and Crescent Avenue in Etna. Firefighters were on their way to another scene when the dryer fire was called in by a patron of the...
Quaker Valley makes arrangements for 10 teachers to work remotely
The creator of an online petition formed in response to Quaker Valley School District’s denial of 10 teachers’ requests to work remotely during the coronavirus pandemic claimed victory this week when the district announced resolutions for the teachers. The update to the petition came Aug. 20, when only four of...
Pitt bars 8 students from campus for violating covid-19 guidelines
University of Pittsburgh officials barred eight students on Wednesday for flouting the university’s rules and guidelines meant to mitigate the spread of covid-19 among students, a spokesperson for the school said. “We must do better,” Dean of Students Kenyon Bonner wrote in an email to students Wednesday afternoon. The eight...
Edgeworth chief John English tapped to lead Pa.’s Chiefs of Police Association
A police chief from Allegheny County with nearly five decades of law enforcement experience has been elected president of the Pennsylvania Chiefs of Police Association. Edgeworth police Chief John English, 72, was sworn into the state leadership position July 14 by Dauphin County Judge Edward Marsico. “Chief English has the...
Allegheny County officials consider easing coronavirus restrictions
Weeks after Allegheny County and then the state Department of Health re-implemented restrictions on bars, indoor dining and gatherings, county health officials on Wednesday said those efforts are working and there are signs the virus is relenting. Dr. Debra Bogen, director of the Allegheny County Health Department, said she is...
Police suspect medical issue behind fatal Harmar crash at Route 28 exit
A medical condition is suspected in a crash that killed one man and seriously injured another in Harmar on Tuesday night, according to township police. Robert Burkardt, 68, of Penn Hills was the driver in the crash on Route 910 at the southbound Route 28 exit that was reported to...
No injuries reported in Jeannette duplex fireVideo
No injuries were reported Wednesday when a fire extensively damaged a two-story duplex in Jeannette. City fire Chief William Frye said the fire was reported 1:49 p.m. at 719 Dithridge St. and no one was injured. “We initially got a call that there was entrapment, but we took two walk-throughs...
Get aht, yinz! Rankings indicate Pittsburgh accent among ‘ugliest in all of America’
Don’t tell the locals in the crowd dahn Carson Street on a non-pandemic Saturday night, but the way Pittsburghers talk isn’t sexy. “The Western Pennsylvania English accent is often considered the ugliest in all of America, so Pittsburgh locals can feel lucky that they’ve escaped last place this time around,”...
Norwin Elks entertain with 1st annual Summerfest
The first annual Norwin Elks Summerfest featuring live bands on the lawn was held Sunday, Aug. 23 at the Elks lodge, 135 Elks Lane in Manor. Concert-goers seated on blankets and lawn chairs were treated to live afternoon performances by William Dell & the Wee Jams, The Fabulous Gemtones and...
Murrysville-Export Rotary marks 75 years of ‘Service Above Self’
Lane Neff can remember making orchid corsages for her father and his fellow Murrysville-Export Rotarians during the Easter season. She remembers her father buying buckets worth of golf balls for its hole-in-one fundraisers, and she remembers when several club members took out personal loans to create Haymaker Park in the...
All polling places to be open Election Day across Westmoreland County; crush of mail-in ballots expected
All 307 polling locations across Westmoreland County will be open for in-person voting in the November general election, county commissioners said. “We want to give people the option to use our new machines. They are still brand new, and we’re still paying for them,” said Commissioner Sean Kertes. Commissioners were...
Pittsburgh Camerata prepares for both live and virtual performances
The Pittsburgh Camerata’s upcoming season will include four programs, the first of which will be available exclusively for online viewing. The following three programs will be presented live in front of an audience, if possible, or as virtual performances to be viewed online, or as both. “During this time of...
Pittsburgh to cover the cost of infertility treatments for its employees
Next year, Pittsburgh will offer free fertility coverage to its employees, the city announced Wednesday. “City officials heard from employees that they would like the coverage,” said Tim McNulty, Mayor Bill Peduto’s spokesman. “The city is always seeking ways to support its workers, including watching best practices used by other...
Sports teams will pay to use lights at West Deer’s Bairdford Park
Youth sports teams that play at West Deer’s Bairdford Park will now pay for any electricity they use while there, township Manager Dan Mator said. The agreement ends a dispute of almost 20 years over who pays for what at the 94-acre township park — the taxpayers or the youth...
Westmoreland County adds 15 new coronavirus cases
Westmoreland County on Wednesday reported 15 new coronavirus cases. The county’s total is 1,763 cases. Of the total cases, 1,708 are confirmed with 55 considered probable. The 7-day average is 15 cases. The fatality total remains at 49 with no new covid-19 deaths reported in the county in more than...
Allegheny County adds 14 additional coronavirus cases, eclipses 10,000 total
Allegheny County passed a pandemic milestone on Wednesday when 14 new coronavirus cases put the total number of cases at 10,004. The 14 new cases marked the lowest daily reported total since mid-June. Of the cases, 9,694 are confirmed and 310 are considered probable. There were 1,151 new test results...
Auto parts store proposed for former North Huntingdon motel site
The site of the former Penn-Irwin Motel that served motorists looking for a place to stay along Route 30 in North Huntingdon for 73 years could be a place for motorists to buy vehicle parts. Colony Holding Co. LLC of North Huntingdon plans to develop the now-vacant site for an...
1 injured in Rostraver methane pipe explosion
One person suffered minor injuries after a reported explosion in a methane pipe at a Rostraver landfill, according to Westmoreland County 911. The explosion at Westmoreland Waste Sanitary Landfill on Connor Lane was reported around 10 a.m. First responders reported the situation was under control and called off firefighters. The...
Greensburg Diocese reveals ‘credible’ sex abuse claims against priest convicted of theft
A priest convicted of stealing money from a South Huntingdon church has been added to a list of suspected sex abusers, according to the Diocese of Greensburg. Bishop Edward C. Malesic on Wednesday issued an update on the diocese’s handling of sex abuse allegations as he prepares to depart for...
Retired Allegheny County, state judge praises Donald Trump in Tuesday’s RNC broadcast
Retired Superior Court Judge Cheryl Allen of Hampton was among a half dozen “ordinary Americans” who offered testimonials to President Donald Trump during Tuesday night’s Republican National Convention. A portion of a video that featured conversations with Vice President Mike Pence included Allen. The segment also included testimonials from five...
