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11 new coronavirus cases reported in Westmoreland County – Aug. 16, 2020
Westmoreland County saw 11 new cases of covid-19 added to its total Sunday, the Pennsylvania Department of Health reported. The new cases make a total of 1,620 cases in the county since the virus was first reported there March 20. Of those cases, 1,575 are confirmed, 48 are considered probable....
Deer Lakes approves hybrid, fully online classes for start of 2020-21 school year
Deer Lakes School District will welcome students back with a mix of blended learning and fully online classes. The updated plan gives students the ability to attend in-person classes twice a week and work remotely the remaining three days, or choose between two online learning tracks. Classes are scheduled to...
Allegheny County reports 74 new coronavirus cases, 4 new deaths
Allegheny County on Sunday recorded 74 new coronavirus cases and four additional deaths. The county now has a total of 9,433 cases of covid-19 and 288 deaths. New cases in the county range in age from 2 to 96 years with a median age of 38 years. The tests were...
Former Kiski Township secretary accused of theft by state police
The former secretary-treasurer of Kiski Township has been charged by state police for allegedly making $6,309 in unauthorized purchases using township credit accounts over three years. Monica L. Austin, 48, of Apollo, was charged by Armstrong County state police with access device fraud and theft in connection with numerous incidents...
Mayor Peduto, Pittsburgh public safety leaders address protest arrest in Oakland
What was meant to be a “low-visibility arrest” of a protester by plainclothes officers in Pittsburgh’s Oakland neighborhood Saturday turned into a social media firestorm, pushing Mayor Bill Peduto to call a news conference Sunday to express his concerns over the incident while police leadership explained why they thought their...
Officials left wondering how many students will choose charter schools
School districts face a daunting future as they prepare for several possible scenarios for the coming year. But one looming question remains largely unanswered — how many students will switch to out-of-district cyber charter schools that have impacted school budgets for years? Surveys sent to families as reopening plans were...
Western Pa. women played pivotal roles in passage of 19th Amendment a century agoVideo
Tennessee tipped the scales to codify women’s suffrage in the U.S. Constitution 100 years ago Tuesday, becoming the 26th state to ratify the 19th Amendment on Aug. 18, 1920. Long before that, however, the battle to give women the right to vote played out in communities large and small. Women...
The Stroller, Aug. 16, 2020: Events in the Alle-Kiski Valley
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Hampton real estate transactions for the week of Aug. 16
Hampton Thomas Oconnor Jr. sold property at 3312 Stag Drive to Jeffrey and Kristen Ninehouser for $210,000. Real Estate Transactions are provided by RealSTATs. Contact RealSTATs at 412-381-3880 or visit www.RealSTATs.net....
Eastern region real estate transactions for the week of Aug. 16
Churchill Katelyn Butler sold property at 2331 Forest Drive to Benjamin Wise and Kathryn Straatmann for $102,000. Delmont David Huczko sold property at 524 Athena Drive to Scott and Jessica Gordon for $228,500. Joseph Sesti sold property at 319 E. Pittsburgh St. to Robert Cole II and Kerri Rae Cole...
Penn Hills real estate transactions for the week of Aug. 16
Penn Hills Dennis Quinlisk sold property at 11679 Althea Drive to Shaun Thomas and Kara Jamaun Overby for $175,000. Phyllis Tomashewski sold property at 217 Bryant Drive to Kathleen Muller for $82,400. Brandon Marsico sold property at 1054 Jefferson Road to Angel Boyd for $128,500. NDBS Investments LLC sold property...
The Herald-area real estate transactions for the week of Aug. 16
Aspinwall Andrew Minnotte sold property at 300 Brilliant Ave. to Jacob Guertin and Sara Thompson for $425,000. Blawnox Anthony Spewock sold property at 718 Laurel St. to Jennifer Amorose for $85,000. O’Hara James Williams sold property at 102 Bristol Square to Lawrence Crossett and Nancy Hickcox for $499,900. Edward Joyce...
Sewickley-area real estate transactions for the week of Aug. 16
Glenfield William Eaton sold property at Glen Mitchell Road to Watchword Partners LLC for $48,720. Real Estate Transactions are provided by RealSTATs. Contact RealSTATs at 412-381-3880 or visit www.RealSTATs.net....
South Hills Record-area real estate transactions for the week of Aug. 16
Baldwin Borough Robert Martini sold property at 5158 Leona Drive to Joel Whiteman and Clemence Cretaux for $225,000. Robert Lytle trustee sold property at 746 Newport Drive to Ryan Mario Bopp and Kelly Lauren Wiesner for $164,500. Pleasant Hills Carter Cecotti sold property at 405 Audrey Drive to Andrew Pricener...
Signal Item-area real estate transactions for the week of Aug. 16
Bridgeville Mark Cimarolli sold property at 1085 Chartiers St. to Robert and Deborah Martini for $165,000. Veterans Administration sold property at 1625 Critchfield Drive to Steven Vesci for $165,000. Estate of Charles Tornabene sold property at 38 New York Circle to Christine Mondine for $224,900. Certified Investment Properties LLC sold...
Pine Creek Journal-area real estate transactions for the week of Aug. 16
Pine Showcase Properties LLC sold property at 177 Alder Drive to Angelia Renee Misenheimer for $495,000. NVR Inc. sold property at 504 Cambridge Court to John and Jenelle Witt for $751,625. Sean Paul Sweeney sold property at 1010 Pleasant Ridge Drive to Thomas and Maura Wilson for $560,000. Pine Development...
Shaler real estate transactions for the week of Aug. 16
Shaler Andrew Bencsics sold property at 1507 Evergreen Ave. to Aaron Starr for $159,900. Robert Hawkins sold property at 474 Evergreen Ave. to Fifth Ave Capital Group LLC for $56,939. Mark Linsenmeyer sold property at 123 Hartle Road to Gilbert William and Sarah Jane Marchant for $186,010. Estate of Roy...
North Journal-area real estate transactions for the week of Aug. 16
Franklin Park Stephen Oldenburg sold property at 2360 Little Sewickley Creek Road to Joseph and Anne Morgano for $455,000. Marshall John Thomas sold property at 904 Bell Drive to James Birkenheier and Susan Oconnor for $327,000. Charles Vaneman sold property at 128 Watson Drive to Douglas and Melissa Stadler for...
Facing incurable, speech-robbing disorder, Westmoreland Chamber CEO Chad Amond forges ahead
The first signs of trouble were unmistakably odd. It wasn’t like Chad Amond to forget the name of someone he knew as they greeted. Not once but twice. And it certainly wasn’t like him to ask his wife, Amy, when she brought home a new type of his favorite ginger...
Pandemic quashed Plum girl’s dream trip, so Make-A-Wish built her backyard pool, firefighters filled itVideo
Call Haley Delo pool happy. The Plum youth who suffers from a severe form of epilepsy was one of the rare beneficiaries of Make-A-Wish Foundation at a time when many wishes don’t come true. The covid-19 pandemic has complicated everything in life, even delivering wishes to critically ill children. Since...
Despite pandemic, smaller fairs in Export, Irwin, New Kensington decide shows must go onVideo
In a summer of canceled festivals because of the coronavirus pandemic, officials of some smaller events in Export, Irwin and New Kensington decided the shows must go on Saturday. The Westmoreland Fair slated to begin Thursday, the Arts and Heritage Festival in Hempfield that usually runs in July and Fort...
Westmoreland County reports 16 new coronavirus cases, 1 new death
Westmoreland County saw 16 new cases of covid-19 added to its total Saturday, the Pennsylvania Department of Health reported, with one additional death. The death is the first death reported in the county since Tuesday. The county’s death toll now stands at 48. Through the first half of August, Westmoreland...
Pa. attorney general: Wrestling coaches pressured boys to share nude photos of underage classmates
Two Cambria County high school wrestling coaches were arrested Friday by agents from the state Attorney General’s Office for allegedly pressuring their student-athletes to share pornographic photographs of underage girls. Portage Area High School head wrestling coach Michael Anthony Fox, 33, of Cresson, and Bradley Paul Rousell, 31, of Portage,...
Allegheny County reports 77 new coronavirus cases, 1 new death
Allegheny County on Saturday recorded 77 new coronavirus cases and one additional death. The county now has a total of 9,359 cases of covid-19 and 284 deaths. All of Saturday’s cases have been confirmed. Officials also reported 11 new hospitalizations, bringing that total to 777 since the virus was first...
Ozanam founder Carl Kohlman honored with shoe lineVideo
Carl Kohlman has always believed in helping young people take steps in the right direction on the basketball court and in life. To continue his direction of moving forward at the Ozanam Cultural Center in Pittsburgh’s Hill District, a shoe has been designed in his name, the “Carl Kohlman Sneakers.”...
