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Christ the Divine Teacher Catholic Academy start date pushed to Sept. 8
Students at Christ the Divine Teacher Catholic Academy can return to the classroom five days a week, if families choose. The school along Brilliant Avenue in Aspinwall is giving families the option of full-time in-person instruction or online learning from home, director of marketing Katie Lovett said. Either way, students...
Westmoreland community happenings include meals, movies and more
Church news These activities are planned at Community Church of Hecla, 537 Hecla Road, Southwest:Vera Bradley bingo, 2 p.m. Aug. 30. Doors open at 1 p.m. Light lunch will be available.Turkey dinner, 4-7 p.m. Sept. 12. Takeout available. Information: 724-396-8065 or 724-244-2586 Classes These classes and programs start during September...
Educators hope to attract more adult students to free machining coursesVideo
When Ken Pedder was in high school, he wasn’t sure what he wanted to do as a career. “I really had no direction or plans,” Pedder said. Eventually, he applied to Central Westmoreland Career & Technology Center. He was looking to follow somewhat in the footsteps of his father, a...
WHO walks back advice to delay routine dental work, blames mediaVideo
When the World Health Organization in early August advised people to postpone routine dental work during the pandemic, Pittsburgh oral surgeon Dr. Eric Smiga was livid. “I was shocked, quite frankly. I thought it was a sad commentary from the WHO without any scientific basis,” Smiga said. “The Centers for...
Greensburg Salem administrator to take on principal role at Mountain View Elementary
Greater Latrobe School Board looked to neighboring Greensburg Salem School District to fill a vacant elementary principal slot. The board on Tuesday agreed to hire Lindsay Scarpo, associate principal at Greensburg Salem’s Amos K. Hutchinson Elementary, to serve as the new principal of Greater Latrobe’s Mountain View Elementary. Scarpo, who...
Hampton Shaler Water customers asked to conserve after main break at plant
Customers of the Hampton Shaler Water Authority could be asked to conserve water for a couple of days, the authority’s executive director said Wednesday. A break in a 16-inch pumping main leaving the water plant was discovered around 4 a.m. Wednesday, Sam Scarfone said. It’s been isolated, but the plant...
Police: Detroit 18-year-old had crack cocaine at Lawrence County hotel room
A traffic stop for a driver going the wrong way on a one-way street in New Castle lead to the seizure of 28 grams of crack cocaine and nearly $7,800 in cash. According to New Castle Police, a patrol officer made the traffic stop on Grant Street in front of...
5 arrested at protest outside Mercer County police, military equipment company
Five people from outside the area were arrested at a protest at a Mercer County business that makes equipment for police and military on Monday, according to state police. According to state police, troopers went to the protest at Combined Tactical Systems on Kinsman Road in Greene Township around 6...
Pittsburgh police: missing 11-year-old boy found unharmed
Pittsburgh police announced that an 11-year-old boy reported missing Tuesday from the Perry North neighborhood has been found. Authorities said he was located Wednesday around 1:30 p.m. and safely returned home....
The Stroller, Aug. 19, 2020: Events in the Alle-Kiski Valley
Small Acts of Kindness Did your neighbor call and check on you, or bring a face mask or groceries? The Stroller wants to recognize those around us who are performing small acts of kindness for others during this stressful time. Send a short, one-paragraph note highlighting someone and how they...
Virtual story times, virtual visits and more with Shaler North Hills Library
Here are some of the upcoming offerings at the Shaler North Hills Library. Virtual Storytimes for Kids are 10 a.m. Thursdays. Virtual Programs for Adults (and families) are 5 or 7 p.m. Tuesdays (check for times). Visit five historic sites in the area. Virtual kits to download are here. These...
Greater Latrobe secondary students to begin fall with partial online instruction in revised plan
Greater Latrobe’s latest fall instructional plan calls for elementary students to return to their classrooms five days per week while secondary students will begin the academic year under a hybrid model that will provide just two days per week of in-person learning. The school board approved the plan Tuesday. Originally,...
Burrell School District to delay first day of school by a week for preparations
The Burrell School Board has decided to delay the start of school by a week, moving the first day of school for students from Sept. 1 to Sept. 8. Earlier this month, the board agreed to offer student families the choice of venue for their children’s education for 2020-21: live...
Protesters gather outside Mayor Peduto’s home for second day
A largely peaceful group of protesters took to the streets of East Liberty on Tuesday night in opposition of the recent arrest of a local activist by Pittsburgh police. Around 150 protesters started the march from the Target store in East Liberty, down Centre Avenue into Shadyside where they converged...
Pine Township officials seek to fill library board vacancy, designate federal covid-19 grant applicant
Pine Township officials seek to have new representation on the Northern Tier Regional Library board after a resident resigned from the appointed post. Supervisors accepted the resignation of Catherine Boyle at Tuesday night’s meeting. Boyle had served on the library board for about five years. She was reappointed in 2018....
Wavering voters targeted by Democratic National Convention; some say too much Trump-bashing, not enough substance
U.S. Rep. Mike Doyle recalled what high spirits he and like-minded politicos had during the Democratic National Convention four years ago, and how confident most of them were that Hillary Clinton would clinch victory in Pennsylvania. The Forest Hills Democrat’s wife often would drive through Westmoreland County suburbs. She told...
WISH 99.7 morning host Cris Winter announces she’s left the station
On-air personality Cris Winter announced Tuesday on her “Cris Winter In The Morning” Facebook page that after working close to 40 years in Pittsburgh radio, her days on the air are over — for now. Winter said she was dismissed Friday after her show on WISH 99.7. “When you look...
Findlay sues Moon, airport authority over water and sewer service
The Findlay Township Municipal Authority is suing Allegheny County, the Allegheny County Airport Authority and Moon Township’s Municipal Authority over which entity gets to provide water to Pittsburgh International Airport. The lawsuit, filed Tuesday in Common Pleas Court, contends that the airport authority is improperly purchasing all of its water...
Car slams into AAA office in Lower Burrell injuring the driver and an employee inside
An employee of the AAA travel office in the Crossroads Plaza in Lower Burrell was hospitalized Tuesday after a car slammed into the front of the building. A Toyota Prius jumped the curb, crashed through the storefront and pushed the woman into the front counter, according to Lower Burrell Fire...
Police searching for man who nearly hit officer with car during Kiski Township traffic stop
Authorities are searching for a man who police said nearly hit an officer with a car as he sped away from a traffic stop in Kiski Township over the weekend. Police said Jacob Matthew Hoover, 26, of no known address, led the officer on a high-speed chase through Armstrong and...
School districts tweak reopening plans again to require full-time mask use
Districts across the region once again are amending reopening plans after the state released additional guidance this week. Students attending in-person classes are now required to wear face coverings at all times while in school with few exceptions, according to the state education and health departments. The changes are based...
Leechburg Public Library will leave school, move to new home on Market Street
It’s the end of an era in Leechburg. For the first time in its roughly 100 years of existence, Leechburg Public Library will no longer be located inside Leechburg Middle/Senior High School. “It’s a bittersweet thing. It truly is,” said Doreen Smeal, the library board’s secretary and treasurer. “There’s two...
Mt. Pleasant school officials turn down PTO offer to buy, install air conditioning at elementaries
Mt. Pleasant school officials appreciate an offer from the parent-teacher organization to buy air-conditioning units for its three elementary schools, but according to the school board president, it’s one project too many right now. “Any new work done in these classrooms could delay the work already being done in the...
Pa. parole violators may be considered for ‘safe return’ through Sept. 4
Pennsylvania parole absconders will be given an 11-day window to voluntarily turn themselves beginning next week to receive a better chance of staying out of prison. The state Department of Corrections and the Parole Board on Tuesday announced a statewide Safe Return Initiative. The program will be offered Aug. 24...
Beer-guzzling baby nets probation sentence for Greensburg man
The lawyer for a Greensburg man told a judge on Tuesday his client didn’t even know there was a baby in his home when police found the 9-month-old girl guzzling a beer. Defense attorney Brian Aston said Reed Marino Smith was as a surprised as police officers when they spotted...
