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Pittsburgh Zoo and PPG Aquarium offer free admission for World Wildlife Day
Admission to the Pittsburgh Zoo and PPG Aquarium will be free on Tuesday as the zoo celebrates World Wildlife Day. “It is important for all of us to start thinking about how our actions can make a positive impact on the environment and conservation efforts,” said Dr. Barbara Baker, President...
Belle Vernon Area teachers issue strike notice over unresolved contract
Belle Vernon Area teachers put the district on notice that they intend to strike beginning March 13 if officials haven’t agreed on a new labor contract by then. According to President Daneen Watson, a Spanish teacher with 20 years of service, the Belle Vernon Area Education Association has been in...
Edinboro University launches honors college
Edinboro University of Pennsylvania will bump up its quest for the best and brightest next fall with the official launch of an honors college. The university, one of the 14 schools in the Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education, previously offered an honors program for high-achieving students. A university spokesman...
Carnegie Mellon tops list of U.S. universities pulling in foreign cash
What a difference a generation and a billion dollars or so can make. Four decades ago, when economist Robert Strauss landed at Carnegie Mellon University, the Pittsburgh school Andrew Carnegie launched as a training center for the children of mill workers in 1900 was a small, well-regarded private research university....
League of Women Voters of Pennsylvania, Pittsburgh seek to intervene in voter-roll lawsuit
Four groups on Monday requested to intervene in a federal lawsuit accusing Allegheny County officials of failing to maintain county voter rolls. The League of Women Voters of Pennsylvania and of Pittsburgh, along with One Pennsylvania and the Pittsburgh chapter of the A. Philip Randolph Institute, filed a motion in...
Low income residents, Southwestern Pa. farmers should benefit from surplus food expansion
Low-income residents in Southwestern Pennsylvania could receive more fresh fruit, vegetables, eggs, dairy, meat and grains from local farms. Gov. Tom Wolf’s 2020-21 budget proposes to increase spending from $1.5 million to $2.5 million for the Pennsylvania Agricultural Surplus System program, which distributes surplus produce, dairy and meat from local...
Jeannette man remembered for time in service
When Linda Reddy was growing up with her brother, Louis Chishko Jr., she would spend hours with him while he worked on cars. “When I was little and he would be working on a vehicle or something in the years before he went to the Navy, I was always right...
Missing New Kensington woman found safe
New Kensington police have located a woman who they say hadn’t been seen since last week. Sandra Allison, 65, of New Kensington, was found about 2:30 p.m. Monday in Penn Hills, police said. Allison was reported missing on Sunday. She had last been seen Wednesday in the area of the...
Indiana County man fired AR-15 rifle during argument with girlfriend, troopers say
A 28-year-old Indiana County man is accused of firing two shots from an AR-15 rifle during a several hour standoff with state troopers over the weekend before he surrendered, according to state police. Jacob M. Bloomberg was arraigned on charges of illegal possession of prohibited offensive weapon, reckless endangerment, terroristic...
Police investigate cause of West Deer head-on crash that sent 2 to hospital
Police continue to investigate the cause of a head-on, two-car collision in West Deer that sent two people to the hospital on Sunday. “It’s being reconstructed,” West Deer police Chief Jon Lape said Monday. “The reconstruction should tell us what occurred.” The collision happened shortly after 1 p.m. on Middle...
Police: Fayette man claimed to chase ‘demon dog’ into neighbor’s home, choked occupants
A Fayette County man who told police he had been using crystal methamphetamine for days is accused of breaking into a neighbor’s home Sunday and choking two people, according to state police. Terry Lee Murphy, 31, of Luzerne Township, reportedly yelled “that he was chasing a demon dog into their...
Allegheny County health officials emphasize calm with eye on likely spread of coronavirusVideo
Health officials continue to prepare locally for the likely spread of the coronavirus that has killed more than 3,000 worldwide, but they cautioned that there are still no known cases in the region. “We expect to see some (cases) as we expand testing,” said Dr. Kristen Mertz, an epidemiologist with...
Somerset meetings to address 9/11 benefits for local first responders
Local emergency personnel who responded to the Flight 93 crash near Shanksville may qualify for federal benefits through the September 11th Victim Compensation Fund and the World Trade Center Health Program. Meetings about the benefits, eligibility criteria and enrollment information are scheduled for March 25, 26 and 27 at the...
Warm, rainy March likely for Pittsburgh region
Southwestern Pennsylvania is enjoying some unseasonably warm temperatures in the first week of March. Temperatures Monday are about 10 degrees higher than average — though nowhere near 1972’s record-setting high of 72 degrees, according to the National Weather Service. “The average for now is around the mid-40s, and we’re sitting...
Hempfield man jailed, accused of kicking trooper
A Hempfield man is accused of kicking and punching state troopers called to break up a fight outside a Mt. Pleasant Road home Sunday night. John P. Henigan, 26, was arraigned on charges of aggravated assault, disorderly conduct, harassment, resisting arrest and simple assault after troopers Robert Dietz, Troy Faulk...
Leechburg Area Pool Board votes to keep pool open
The Leechburg Area Pool is here to stay. At least for now. At a pool board meeting Sunday night in Gilpin, officials said they received enough volunteers to be able to open the pool this season. They still are looking for more. “This was exciting,” board member Dave Safranyos said....
Don’t succumb to stock market panic, advisers caution
Stocks tumbled, the Dow Jones Industrial Average plunged and the S&P 500 index fell dramatically — all over bad news out of China. That was a little more than a year ago — when Apple announced that iPhone sales in China were slumping. This year, the bad news out of...
4 accused in conspiracy to intimidate woman Penn Township man allegedly stalked
Four Westmoreland County Prison inmates accused in an attempted drug smuggling conspiracy were arraigned this week on new police allegations that they threatened a woman one of the prisoners is charged with stalking, according to court papers. Denise McGinnis, 49, of Bolivar, is accused of pretending to be a judge’s...
Allegheny County health officials to give update on coronavirus prep
Allegheny County health officials will give an update Monday on preparations for what experts say is the inevitable spread of the coronavirus into the Pittsburgh region. The 10:30 a.m. news conference will include remarks by Allegheny County Health Department officials. Allegheny County and Pittsburgh public safety officials will also be...
Cops: $350 sewing machine stolen in Hempfield
State police are looking for the person who stole a $350 sewing machine from the Joann Fabrics in Greengate Centre, Hempfield. According to police, the unknown person took the machine from the store’s Husqvarna Viking Sewing Gallery sometime between Feb. 14-22. The machine was a Husqvarna Viking Emerald 118. Further...
Alle-Kiski Valley ambulance companies struggle to keep up with call volume, community needVideo
The patient was cold and shaking, so the paramedic clutched her hands in his, warming them as they rode in an ambulance to Forbes Hospital in Monroeville. Her hands were limp and icy. She had just suffered a stroke. Hayden Geisweidt loves being a paramedic. He enjoys taking care of...
Inspectors find rodent droppings in Carlow University dining hall
Inspectors found mouse droppings and other evidence of rodents at Carlow University’s Tiernan Dining Hall during a February inspection, according to the Allegheny County Health Department’s Food Safety Division. University officials told Tribune-Review news partner WPXI-TV that the problems have been corrected, and the dining hall successfully passed a reinspection....
Murrysville siblings work both sides of the stage for ‘Sound of Music’
When Camryn Hall wakes up in the morning, the Murrysville teen may have to take a moment to think about exactly which rehearsal — or rehearsals — she needs to prepare for. Some days it’s rehearsal for the Pittsburgh Musical Theater’s upcoming production of “The Sound of Music,” in which...
The Stroller, March 2, 2020: Events in the Alle-Kiski Valley
The Stroller is your go-to place for local meeting notices, charitable events and volunteer opportunities. Information for The Stroller may be dropped off or mailed at least a week in advance to: The Stroller, Valley News Dispatch, 210 Wood St., Tarentum PA 15084, email vndnews@tribweb.com or fax 724-226-4677. Spirit of...
Lt. Gov. Fetterman campaigns for Democrat Prah in 58th DistrictVideo
The Democratic candidate to fill the vacant seat in the state House’s 58th District got a boost this weekend from Pennsylvania’s lieutenant governor while his two opponents were canvassing in a more low-key manner in the battle to win the March 17 special election. “We can take Westmoreland (County) back,”...
