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Oakmont adds email option to alert system
Oakmont officials recently added an email option to the borough’s alert system in an effort to reach more residents. The borough last year launched a free mobile phone text alert notification to provide emergency and nonemergency communications to residents and businesses. Borough Manager Scot Fodi said they added another option...
Police: 2 men shot in Stowe in stable condition
Two men were hospitalized in stable condition after being shot in Stowe Township on Friday. Allegheny County Police said they were dispatched around 4:10 p.m. for a shooting along the 1200 block of Stowe Avenue. First responders found two men suffering from gunshot wounds to their lower extremities. The victims...
Police: 3 people hospitalized due to head-on crash in Penn Hills
Three people were hospitalized Friday with nonlife-threatening injuries suffered in a head-on crash in Penn Hills. Officers responded to the two-car crash shortly after 6 p.m. Friday along the 4400 block of Verona Road near the American Legion. Police Chief Howard Burton said emergency responders were able to extract the...
Pittsburgh police seek help identifying man accused of throwing objects during May 30 protest
Pittsburgh police are asking for the public’s help in identifying a man they say threw objects at police and helped incite a riot during Pittsburgh protests May 30. City police released photos of the man Friday. He’s seen wearing black-and-white shoes, gloves, a black shirt with blue lettering. He was...
UPMC CEO Jeffrey Romoff made nearly $9M last year, a $430K bump
UPMC CEO Jeffrey Romoff made $8.97 million in the health giant’s last fiscal year — a $430,000 year-over-year pay hike, records filed Friday show. Romoff’s total compensation from July 1, 2018, through the end of June 2019 amounted to a 5% increase from 2017-18, and a 47% increase from 2016-17...
Police seek Duquesne man regarding slaying in North Versailles
A Duquesne man is wanted in connection with a fatal shooting in North Versailles. Allegheny County Police on Friday issued an arrest warrant for Calvonte Moore, 20, for his alleged role in the murder of Jamey Green, 29, of West Mifflin. Green was killed Wednesday in an apartment complex along...
Duquesne University will give police file to mother of student who fell to his death
Duquesne University will release the investigative file related to the 2018 death of student Marquis Jaylen Brown, whose mother has spent nearly a week on hunger strike in a push for an independent investigation. Brown fell 16 stories from Brottier Hall on Oct. 4, 2018, after other students called 911...
Thousands still without power from Friday’s thunderstorms across region
Thousands of residents in Southwestern Pennsylvania woke up Saturday morning with no electricity in their homes as a result of severe thunderstorms Friday night. West Penn Power Co. in Greensburg said that about 5,240 customers in Allegheny, Westmoreland, Fayette, Washington and Greene counties were without power as of 9 a.m....
State police staked out Felipe Vazquez after Pirates game at PNC Park in 2019
In an effort to find where in Pittsburgh the Pirates once-heralded relief pitcher Felipe Vazquez lived, state police staked out PNC Park last year and a trooper followed him as he left the stadium, according to testimony. Vazquez got the final four outs, three by strikeout, in the Pirates’ 9-4...
Details released for Rise Up Against Racism event Sunday at Lower Burrell’s Kotecki Park
Details were released Friday for the Rise Up Against Racism event from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m., Sunday in Lower Burrell’s Derek Kotecki Memorial Park. Coordinated by Trista Armstrong, 17, of Upper Burrell, the free event, which she is calling an educational event and not a protest, will feature a...
More than 560 people died of overdoses in Allegheny County in 2019
Overdose deaths in Allegheny County rose slightly in 2019, and combinations of fentanyl/cocaine and fentanyl/heroin remained the deadliest combinations — a grim reminder that the opioid epidemic continues to rage on. Across the county, drug overdoses killed 564 people last year, up from 492 in 2018. Fentanyl was found in...
Powdermill Nature Reserve gets $1M grant toward new avian center, research
A $1 million Richard King Mellon Foundation grant will help Powdermill Nature Reserve construct a new Avian Research Center while expanding related activities and programs. The two-year grant includes $700,000 for the new center, which should cover about a third of the project’s cost, according to John Wenzel, director of...
Beloved clergyman assumes the mantle of leadership at Saint Vincent Archabbey
Although it may have triggered adjustments, even a pandemic couldn’t halt the passing of the baton Friday as the Rev. Martin de Porres Bartel accepted the mantle of leadership at the Saint Vincent Archabbey. The majestic tones of the pipe organ filled the soaring Saint Vincent Basilica in Unity as...
Westmoreland, surrounding counties, will not see new dining, bar restrictions over weekend
Westmoreland and surrounding southwestern Pennsylvania counties received a reprieve — for the weekend, at least — on new restrictions that would have temporarily halted indoor dining and drinking in an attempt to slow increased covid-19 cases. County officials received word that Gov. Tom Wolf would not announce any new restrictions...
Franklin Regional looks to unify online learning with Schoology system
Google Classroom and a patchwork of other educational tools helped Franklin Regional staff and students through the final months of a hectic school year. But district administrators are looking to bring all of those tools into the same shed for students who may be learning from home in the coming...
Irwin business owner perseveres pandemic shutdowns to add Dog spot to her Cat shop
Chrys Sebula knew exactly how she wanted her new store to look. She planned to set up her hand-painted glassware and slate pieces around an empty Irwin storefront that would be connected to Curious Cat, her longtime Main Street country market, gift and craft shop. Sebula aimed for an April...
2nd Westmoreland County worker tests positive for the coronavirus
A second positive case of the new coronavirus was reported in a Westmoreland County employee on Thursday, according to human resources director Amanda Bernard. That employee did not have contact with anyone in the 48 hours prior to developing symptoms, Bernard said. She would not say in what department or...
JCPenney stores to remain open in Monroeville Mall, Beaver Valley Mall
Two JCPenney stores in Western Pennsylvania will survive the retail giant’s restructuring that includes shuttering more than 100 stores nationwide. The stores, which originally were on the list of stores to close but will now remain open, are located in the Monroeville Mall and the Beaver Valley Mall in Center...
Letter to Editor: McCandless rules on raising chickens is for the birds
I am a McCandless resident with five chickens residing in my household and I would like to share my thoughts on the new law outlined in the June 10 article by Tony LaRussa, “McCandless considers chicken ordinance that doesn’t run afoul of the law.” Why would anybody think it right...
Deadline extended to submit name corrections for Harrison World War II memorial
Delays in the restoration of Harrison’s World War II Honor Roll memorial brought on by the covid-19 pandemic are allowing more time to make sure its names are spelled correctly. “Since there has been a delay, we have extended the time period where residents can check the accuracy of the...
Parents sue Kennywood, Sandcastle, Idlewild over mask requirements
The parents of four children with medical conditions are suing Kennywood, Sandcastle Waterpark and Idlewild & SoakZone, contending their ownership violated federal law and Pennsylvania Health Department coronavirus orders by requiring all patrons to wear face masks. The federal lawsuit contends that Palace Entertainment, parent company of the parks, has...
Police continue probe of fatal motorcycle crash July 4 in Hempfield
State police are investigating a two-vehicle crash that killed a motorcyclist July 4 on Route 66 in Hempfield. Charles L Burkholder Jr., 67, of Acme, died of his injuries Monday at Forbes Hospital in Monroeville, where he was taken after the 9:45 p.m. crash, according to the Allegheny County Medical...
New Florence road to close for railroad maintenance
A section of Huff Road in New Florence will be closed for work on a railroad crossing beginning Wednesday. The road will be closed at 8 a.m., between Power Plant Road and Route 711, so Norfolk Southern Railroad crews can do crossing maintenance. PennDOT will detour motorists using Power Plant...
Unity OKs plan for new Adelphoi girls’ housing
Adelphoi will be allowed to add a new housing facility for at-risk girls at its main campus in Unity. Township supervisors this week approved a site plan for Middle Creek IV, a proposed 7,500-square-foot building for housing up to 15 girls on the nonprofit’s campus, which straddles Unity and the...
Unions cancel Pittsburgh’s annual Labor Day Parade
The coronavirus pandemic has torpedoed Pittsburgh’s annual Labor Day Parade. Officials on Friday announced that the parade held for decades in Downtown Pittsburgh would be replaced with volunteer community service programs conducted by union members throughout Labor Day weekend and a major blood drive and food giveaway on Labor Day....
