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Alcohol ban protest organizer’s West Deer bar reports positive covid-19 test in employee
The sports bar owner who was organizing a protest against Allegheny County’s covid-19 restrictions closed his West Deer business Tuesday night after an employee tested positive for the virus, according to a post on the bar’s Facebook page. Xtra Innings Sports Bar and Grille on Saxonburg Boulevard is owned by...
Unity man charged with assaulting, choking woman
Editor’s note: Simple assault and related charges filed in July 2019 against Aaron M. Klingensmith of Unity have been withdrawn. According to court dockets, the district attorney’s office on Jan. 4, 2021, withdrew the charges before District Judge Michael Mahady. Klingensmith had denied the allegations. State police say a woman...
Dancing Gnome, Pittsburgh Brewing steal from the ’70s, give to the pour
Dancing Gnome Brewery and Pittsburgh Brewing Co. have teamed up to bring back Robin Hood Cream Ale, a popular local brew from the late 1970s. The idea to do this came when Ben Butler, founder and owner of Top Hat, a Pittsburgh-based creative agency, introduced the two clients — Andrew...
Greater Latrobe aims for in-person classes to resume this fallVideo
Greater Latrobe School District is planning for students in grades K-12 to return full-time to classrooms when the fall semester begins. In case unpredictable pandemic conditions thwart that goal, district officials developed a hybrid plan that would see students alternating between classroom attendance and online instruction at home. Students completed...
Plum School District recognized by Pittsburgh food bank for its breakfast, student nutrition efforts
The Plum School District has made great strides the past year or two in student nutrition. It launched a Summer Food Service Program at Holiday Park Elementary and served 70 children Mondays through Thursdays from July 15 through Aug. 1. District Food Services Director Jessica Griggle also brought in Second...
State police arrest 2 suspects wanted for Indiana County home invasion
State police arrested two men wanted for a home invasion in Indiana County last Tuesday. Spencer Maurice Hayes, 19, and Frank James Williams IV, both of Philadelphia, were charged with robbery, criminal conspiracy, making terroristic threats, theft and other related charges in connection with a June 22 home invasion robbery...
3 suspects sought in shooting in Pittsburgh’s Troy Hill
Pittsburgh police said they are searching for three suspects in connection with a shooting in the city’s Troy Hill neighborhood on Monday. Officers from the Zone 1 station in the North Side responding to a call for a person shot along the 1400 block of Claim Street around 6 p.m....
Greater Latrobe OKs 2% tax hike, realigns administrators
Property owners in the Greater Latrobe School District will see a 2% hike in real estate taxes for the coming school year as the district balances a $57 million budget in the face of revenues that have taken a hit during the covid-19 pandemic. The school board on Tuesday approved...
The Stroller, July 1, 2020: Events in the Alle-Kiski Valley
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. Small Acts of Kindness Kimberly Alcibiade of Allegheny Township would...
Briefly speaking: July 1, 2020
Reunions The Mausville School reunion will be held Aug. 22 at the Pleasant Grove School House in Cook Township. It will begin at 1 p.m. Attendees are asked to bring a covered dish. Chicken and beverages will be provided. Details: 724-593-2023 or 724-694-2046 Church news The Community Church of Hecla...
No tax increase, program cuts included in Plum School District’s 2020-21 budget
Plum property owners will not have to pay more in real estate taxes, and all student programs remain in place as part of the school district’s 2020-21 budget. School directors unanimously approved next school year’s spending plan Tuesday night. Projected revenues were listed at about $63.44 million and expenses at...
Man taken into custody following a SWAT standoff in Sharpsburg
A man was taken into custody following a SWAT situation in Sharpsburg on Tuesday night. An Allegheny County 911 dispatcher said the incident began around 7:45 p.m. at a home along the 200 block of Tenth Street. News partner WPXI said a person was apprehended shortly before 10 p.m. No...
Plum School District recognized by Pittsburgh food bank for its breakfast, student nutrition efforts
The Plum School District has made great strides the past year or two in student nutrition. It launched a Summer Food Service Program at Holiday Park Elementary and served 70 children Mondays through Thursdays from July 15 through Aug. 1. District Food Services Director Jessica Griggle also brought in Second...
No one hurt in fiery 2-car crash in Harmar
No one was injured in a fiery two-car crash Tuesday in Harmar near its boundary with Cheswick, according to township police Chief Jason Domaratz. One motorist tried to turn left onto Cheswick Avenue/Low Grade Road from Freeport Road around 6:35 p.m. and was struck by a oncoming vehicle. One person...
Pittsburgh man faces federal charges in police car fire during May 30 protests
A Pittsburgh man faces federal charges, accused of setting fire to an unmarked police car during a protest downtown. Devin Montgomery, 24, was charged with malicious destruction of property using fire or explosives in connection with an incident May 30 near the Fifth Avenue entrance to PPG Paints Arena. Authorities...
FEMA grant funds protective gear for firefighters, ambulance crews in Western Pa.
Eighteen fire departments and emergency medical service organizations in Westmoreland County will receive personal protective equipment through funding from the Federal Emergency Management Agency. All told, the FEMA grant of nearly $875,000, coordinated by the Nanty Glo Fire Department in Cambria County, will provide protective gear to 67 first-response agencies...
Hermitage police issue plea, announce DNA probe in 50-year mystery of newborn’s remains
Hermitage police believe they can identify the parents of a newborn girl whose remains were found 50 years ago near a dirt road in Mercer County. They’re also asking the person who left the baby off Lynnwood Drive all those years ago to come forward and explain what motivated that...
Focus on covid cases could be wrong way to interpret Allegheny County surge, experts say
Allegheny County’s surge in daily cases of covid-19 has suddenly become steep, but health experts say the tally does not show the full story. “I think that focusing on the sheer number of cases is not the best way to look at this,” said Dr. Amesh Adalja, a Pittsburgh-based infectious...
New road salt methods saved Pittsburgh $1 million last winter, city says
The City of Pittsburgh picked a typically steamy summer day to announce that it saved $1 million from new methods of salting roads last winter. Using new technology and a different salt mixture, Pittsburgh’s Department of Public Works used only 376 tons of salt per inch of snow that fell....
The Clarks to play Sunday, kick off virtual Allegheny County Parks Summer Concert Series
It might not be that much-missed concert in the park, but Allegheny County Department of Parks kicks off its Summer Concert Series with The Clarks at 7 p.m. Sunday on Pittsburgh’s CW television station. “Although the pandemic is limiting our ability to gather in large groups, Allegheny County is honoring...
Highlands High School to host in-person commencement ceremony
Highlands High School will host a commencement ceremony for the class of 2020 in its gymnasium Wednesday night. The ceremony, scheduled to begin at 6 p.m., was planned with coronavirus safety guidelines in mind. Social distancing measures will be in effect, according to Highlands High School Principal Charlie Mort. “We...
Labor, business group says Pittsburgh can become high-tech manufacturing hub
A group of labor, business and civic officials on Tuesday laid out a plan for Western Pennsylvania’s traditional industries to partner with emerging technology companies to create manufacturing jobs. Members of the Pittsburgh Works Together coalition said during a virtual news conference that following the plan could make Western Pennsylvania...
Former Freeport lineman Doug Goodman going into Edinboro hall of fame
Doug Goodman is more than 40 years removed from his time at Edinboro University. But the Freeport graduate and Fighting Scots football and track and field standout recently has spent a lot of time reminiscing about his collegiate accomplishments. Goodman, a 1977 Edinboro graduate, is the elder statesman of the...
Bolivar man must repay $8,600 for falsifying time sheets
A Bolivar man admitted Tuesday that he faked time sheets to showing he was working as a home health care assistant for nearly four years when, instead, he was working at a local business. Clark Michael Baird, 61, was sentenced Tuesday by Westmoreland County Common Pleas Court Judge Meagan Bilik-DeFazio...
Answering the Call: AHN respiratory therapist helps patients recover from covid-19Video
Just when many people thought the worst of the coronavirus pandemic had passed, covid-19 cases are on the rise again in southwestern Pennsylvania. On Tuesday, Allegheny County reported its highest number of daily cases — 109 — including seven hospitalizations. The numbers are a concern for health care professionals like...
