Western PA Local News category, Page 2525
Pittsburgh police: Missing girl, 12, last seen in the North Side found safe Thursday night
A 12-year-old girl missing from Pittsburgh’s North Side was found safe Thursday night....
Tarentum schedules hearing on bridge billboard case
A hearing on a proposal to put up a billboard beside the Tarentum Bridge has been rescheduled. The borough’s Zoning Hearing Board is set to conduct the public hearing at 7 p.m. June 29 at the borough building, 318 E. Second Ave. In a December ruling, Allegheny County Judge Joseph...
New Kensington officials cancel Fourth of July fireworks display due to coronavirus concerns
New Kensington has joined a growing list of towns canceling Fourth of July fireworks celebrations. City officials made the announcement Thursday citing coronavirus concerns. “I think we should have done it sooner,” Councilman Tim DiMaio said. “Everybody else has done it. How are you going to (have) people 6 feet...
5 Western Pa. UPMC hospitals given covid-19 drug
Five Pittsburgh-area UPMC hospitals have received shipments of the antiviral medication remdesivir to treat hospital patients with covid-19, the Pennsylvania Health Department said. UMPC Presbyterian, Mercy, Shadyside and St. Margaret, all in Pittsburgh; and Passavant in McCandless were among the 73 hospitals in the state to receive a total of...
Police: South Allegheny teacher forged stolen prescriptions for painkillers
A South Allegheny High School teacher was charged this week with six counts each of illegal acquisition of prescription pills and illegal possession of a controlled substances after his arrest in April for allegedly passing a forged prescription at a Ligonier pharmacy. Alex J. Stright, 39, of Jefferson Hills, was...
Latrobe opens rec facilities, sets start date for farmers market
Many Latrobe recreational facilities operated by the Latrobe-GLSD Parks and Recreation are opening to the public today as the area moves into the relaxed “green” phase of covid-19 restrictions. The Latrobe Farmers Market season will open Tuesday at Legion Keener Park, with precautions in place against potential spread of the...
Maintenance tasks will disrupt traffic on Liberty and Elizabeth bridges
Maintenance work will disrupt traffic patterns Friday morning on the Elizabeth Bridge and Pittsburgh’s Liberty Bridge, PennDOT said. Weather permitting, the Elizabeth Bridge that carries Route 51 across the Monongahela River will close at 9 a.m. so that crews can replace cables. Traffic will be detoured in both directions during...
Western Pennsylvania veterans organization gets $1M for support program
The Veterans Administration has given a Pittsburgh-based nonprofit more than $1 million for its veterans programs. The Veterans Leadership Program has received about $1,030,000 from the VA for its Supportive Services for Veteran Families program. The funding is in addition to the $1.9 million the VA already provides to the...
Many business owners amped up for ‘going green’ FridayVideo
Marianne Anzovino knows she might have to separate some hugs Friday during the first day The Aerobic Center at Lynch Field in Greensburg is reopened, but hearing the whir of exercise machines and clang of free weights once again will be worth it. “I’m sure it’s going to be a...
Vandergrift braced for unrest, but protest remained peacefulVideo
Police, residents and business owners in Vandergrift braced for unrest that never materialized. A Black Lives Matter protest scheduled for Thursday had some in the borough of about 5,200 people on edge — despite the fact that the protest had formally been canceled after one of the organizers became the...
‘Running slowly:’ June council meeting in Penn Hills canceled
A Penn Hills council meeting originally scheduled for June 15 has been canceled. Mayor Pauline Calabrese said canceling meetings during the summer months is common, when agendas are light and there are no ordinances up for a vote. “There’s just not a lot of issues and items,” she said. “And...
Turnpike travelers can expect delays at Allegheny Tunnel in Somerset County
The Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission warned motorists to be prepared for delays at the Allegheny Tunnel in Somerset County beginning Monday through June 25 so turnpike crews can do annual maintenance work. Starting at 8 a.m. Monday for several hours each day through Thursday and again on June 11 and 16,...
Greensburg man guilty of assaulting Westmoreland prison guards
A Greensburg man will serve up to three years in prison for assaulting three guards and threatening another at the Westmoreland County Prison in 2018. Esteban Sosa, 38, pleaded guilty Thursday to three counts each of aggravated assault and simple assault as well as one charge of making terroristic threats...
Grapeville restaurant gives away free spaghetti dinners
Angelo’s Cucina & Catering gave away 125 free spaghetti dinners Thursday afternoon to locals in Jeannette and Grapeville. Donations from Candy’s Corner Deli in Jeannette; Ken and Jeneen Tomajko, co-owners of Tomajko Arborist Services; and Grapeville resident Dave Durzyk made the event possible. Debbie DiTommaso-Huey, owner of the restaurant at...
White House designates Westmoreland County as a High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area
Westmoreland County now is officially designated a “High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area” by the White House’s Office of National Drug Control Policy. The label makes the county eligible for increased federal funding, sharing of intelligence, analytical support and enhanced training opportunities. Westmoreland joins Allegheny, Beaver and Washington counties in the...
1 hurt in Fawn crash involving car, fuel truck
A West Deer man suffered minor injuries Thursday when his car crashed into a Glassmere Fuel Service truck in Fawn, police Chief Tim Mayberry said. Mayberry said the crash happened around 12:15 p.m. in the area of 1220 Millerstown Road. Video from the truck helped police determine what happened, but...
Protesters take to Pittsburgh streets for 6th straight day in 4-hourlong peaceful marchVideo
Heavy rains and strong winds did not keep hundreds of protesters out of Pittsburgh streets for an hourslong, peaceful march that took them from Downtown to the South Side to the Hill District and back. It marked the sixth straight day of protesting on city streets in response to racial...
Goat yoga, dinners in the field for easy social distancing in Butler
A lineup of outdoor events is planned in June at Freedom Farms in Butler County’s Middlesex Township, including goat yoga this Saturday and a barbecue dinner with beer on Sunday. With Butler County going to the green phase of Gov. Tom Wolf’s reopening plan on Friday, Freedom Farms had events...
Teeth cleaning, routine dental care can resume in Pennsylvania
Pennsylvanians can now get their teeth cleaned again. The Pennsylvania Department of Health has released an update to its dental health care guidance as part of the state’s phased covid-19 reopening plan. This new guidance allows dentists to provide routine care such as cleanings. “We can go back to business...
Protest rally planned Saturday in Jeannette
A rally is planned Saturday in Jeannette in response to the death of George Floyd while in Minnesota police custody. Participants of BLM, Standing in Solidarity Rally will meet at 2 p.m. in a parking lot on Magee Avenue, according to organizer Ron Dinsmore. “We feel bad what happened to...
Shady Side Academy student news for the week of June 4
Students in the Shady Side Academy Senior School Service Learning Club designed and sold T-shirts with SSA’s distance learning motto, “Together Apart,” on them as a covid-19 fundraiser. The initial proceeds totaled nearly $1,700 and went to the Greater Pittsburgh Community Food Bank. The club sold 170 shirts and money...
Sheraden man sentenced for 2018 East Hills murder
A man from Pittsburgh’s Sheraden neighborhood was sentenced Thursday to 10 to 20 years in prison for a 2018 East Hills shooting that left a Virginia man dead. Leonard Bernard Hilton, 26, also was ordered to serve 10 years of probation following his release. Allegheny County Judge David Cashman agreed...
Doctors say covid-19 at UPMC is declining in virulence, infection levels
Covid-19 is declining in both virulence and infection levels among patients at the state’s largest health care system, UPMC officials said Thursday. Dr. Donald Yealy, who heads emergency medicine at the system that has hospitals across the state, said both the ratio of patients testing positive for the virus and...
Lernerville Speedway calls off pair of events
Despite counties in Southwestern Pennsylvania moving to the green phase of reopening Friday, racing at Lernerville Speedway in Sarver again is on hold as the track announced Friday’s Fab4 Revved Up with Marburger night of racing and Tuesday’s School Bus/Kid’s Bike/Enduro events have been called off. Lernerville made the announcement...
2 more coronavirus cases, no new deaths reported in Westmoreland County
Two new covid-19 cases and no additional deaths were reported Thursday in Westmoreland County. The countywide case total is now 455 with 38 deaths, according to the Pennsylvania Department of Health. County Coroner Kenneth Bacha reported 32 coronavirus deaths, less than the state’s number, but Bacha’s office has not updated...
