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Déjà vu, again: Bill Murray is back for ‘Groundhog Day’ Jeep commercialVideo
Just like the premise of the movie “Groundhog Day,” its star Bill Murray, and others are back again — but this time riding in the new Jeep Gladiator as the getaway vehicle. The 60-second commercial debuted on television Sunday during Super Bowl LIV. For some, the biggest football game of...
Duquesne Light customers get power back Sunday night
Duquesne Light reported that all of the customers who lost power in several Pittsburgh neighborhoods Sunday evening had it restored by 9:30 p.m. As of 9 p.m. Sunday, Duquesne Light was reporting less than 500 customers were still without power after having more than 2,000 customers across parts of Allegheny...
Route 65 in Avalon reopens after water main break caused 7-hour lane restriction
A water main break shut down a portion of Route 65 in Avalon for about seven hours, Allegheny County officials said. The incident was reported at 2:15 p.m. between South Ohio Street and Fisk Avenue, according to an Allegheny County 911 dispatcher. PennDOT Community Relations Coordinator Joel Morris reported at...
Lower Burrell celebrates wrestling team’s 14th straight WPIAL titleVideo
It’s become an annual mid-winter rite in Lower Burrell. Fire trucks with blaring sirens escort the Burrell wrestling team on Leechburg Road to the high school, marking the latest Bucs WPIAL team wrestling title. That was the scene late Saturday afternoon at the corner of Wildlife Lodge and Leechburg roads....
Route 711 in Ligonier reopens after crash Sunday morning
Part of Route 711 in Ligonier Township was closed due to a multi-vehicle crash, according to a Westmoreland 911 dispatcher. There were four or five vehicles involved in the crash. No injuries were reported. Route 711 was closed in both directions between Two-Mile Run and Slater Road....
Police investigating after 4-month-old boy shot in Indiana County
State police are investigating after a 4-month-old boy was shot at an Indiana County apartment. According to police, officers responded to College Lodge Road in White Township for reports of a shooting shortly before 6:20 p.m. Saturday. When they arrived on scene, they found the child had suffered a gunshot...
Punxsutawney Phil predicts early spring for 2nd consecutive yearVideo
Pennsylvania’s beloved and world-famous Punxsutawney Phil predicted an early spring Sunday morning after he did not see his shadow. Phil has only made such a prediction 20 times in the 134-year history of Groundhog Day, according to state officials. This year marks the first time he has envisioned an early...
Police arrest man accused of robbing Hempfield Walmart
State police have arrested a man who they accuse of robbing the Hempfield Walmart last week. Christopher John Hilty, 31, of Greensburg was arrested Saturday and charged with robbery and other offenses. He is being held at the Westmoreland County jail. Police said Hilty entered the Walmart at Greengate Circle...
Lutheran pastor from Stahlstown leans on 37 years in pulpit for new bookVideo
In 1975, Jerry Nuernberger was a 17-year-old high school senior in Illinois who had dreams of becoming a high-powered corporate lawyer and enjoying the fame and wealth he imagined came along with it. He had the grades. He was valedictorian of his senior class. School counselors and community leaders urged...
The Stroller, Feb. 2, 2020: Events in the Alle-Kiski Valley
River City Brass Band to perform in Allegheny Township The River City Brass Band will play a concert, “Sounds of the 60s” to benefit the Kiski Area Education Foundation at 7:30 p.m. Feb. 14 in the high school auditorium, 240 Hyde Park Road, Allegheny Township. Tickets are $25. For tickets...
Crashes, slick roads reported as region gets inch of snow
Almost an inch of snow fell across the Pittsburgh region overnight into Sunday morning, causing some slick road conditions, according to the National Weather Service. “It was expected,” said NWS meteorologist Myranda Fullerton. “We anticipated snow basically last evening through the overnight hours. We had more snowfall north of Interstate...
After 4 years, Wilkinsburg mass shooting case comes down to 3-week trialVideo
There were 49 shots, then screams, then sirens. The sounds cut through the unseasonably warm night in March 2016, where in a backyard in Wilkinsburg family and friends gathered to take advantage of the weather. Brittany Powell was living in the home at 1304 Franklin Ave., where a modest backyard...
Westmoreland municipalities banding together before census
A little less than a year after the Westmoreland County Complete Count Committee was founded, officials are gearing up efforts to help municipalities prepare for the upcoming census. “It’s federal funding; it’s state funding; it’s representation in Congress. The census number plays into all of that and we want Westmoreland...
Pittsburgh’s Schenley Park Skating Rink reopens after major overhaulVideo
A steady, cold rain Friday night didn’t stop Ben Pinkston from taking the ice at the Schenley Park Skating Rink. He had waited 10 months for it to re-open. The rink, which is celebrating 45 years, had been closed since March for an overhaul. It needed to be repaired because...
State police: Drunken Leechburg woman hit man with car in Vandergrift
State police say an intoxicated Leechburg woman hit a man with her car in Vandergrift last Monday. State police responded to a call at a Leechburg address where it was reported that a man was hit by a car, reportedly driven by a woman who was threatening to “slit her...
Thousands of Census 2020 workers still needed in Western Pa.
Western Pennsylvania still is in need of thousands of more part-time census workers as federal officials and their local partners prepare Census 2020 submissions to begin next month. Allegheny County initially struggled to fill 9,000 positions, with only about 4,500 temporary workers hired as of late December. Officials have seen...
Westmoreland County residents attend concealed carry seminar, obtain gun permitsVideo
As presidential hopeful Michael Bloomberg prepares to air an $11 million Super Bowl commercial touting gun control, more than 100 Westmoreland County residents who want to legally carry a gun in public came out Saturday to learn how. About 120 people from across the county attended a “concealed carry” seminar...
Police: Man in stable condition after North Side shooting
A man was transported to the hospital in stable condition after a shooting in the North Side early Saturday morning. Officers responded to the 2600 block of Perrysville Avenue around 1 a.m. in response to a ShotSpotter notification of gunfire, according to Pittsburgh police spokesperson Chris Togneri. Police also received...
Federal booze tax cut critical to Western Pa. brewery, distillery growth
Local craft distillers and brewers are toasting the renewal of a federal tax relief bill that they say will help their small businesses continue to grow. But some worry that celebration could be short-lived. The Craft Beverage Modernization and Tax Reform Act was first passed in 2017. It cut the...
Real estate transactions in Signal Item coverage area for the week of Feb. 1Video
Bridgeville Michael Minella sold property at 157 Pennsylvania Ave. to Zachary and Diana Ferree for $232,000. Carnegie Neil Yost sold property at 611 Doolittle Ave. to Kristie Johnson for $125,000. David Molter sold property at 844 Library Ave. to Yanbo Sun for $70,050. Ravindra Tripathi sold property at 170 Mountain...
Mammoth Park’s new ‘Giant Slide’ complex expected to open in May
Cold weather and muddy conditions forced the ongoing $1.1 million Mammoth Park renovation project into hibernation, but county bureau of parks and recreation officials expect work to resume “in a few weeks,” allowing the much-anticipated Giant Slide complex to open by late May. “We’re basically shut down for winter right...
The Stroller, Feb. 1, 2020: Events in the Alle-Kiski Valley
Sub fundraiser to aid Cheswick couple who lost home to fire Fat Cat’s Subs in Cheswick is conducting a hoagie fundraiser to benefit Kayla Fischerkeller and Ryan Brittingham of Cheswick who lost their home Jan. 17 in a fire. Subs cost $8 and varieties available include Italian, ham and cheese...
Woman killed in rollover crash on I-79 near Cranberry
A woman was killed Friday in the first of two back-to-back vehicle crashes along Interstate 79 near Cranberry, state police reported. Cristi Reibert, 41, of Lyndora was pronounced dead after she was involved in a crash at about 3:30 p.m., just north of Cranberry in Butler County. The initial investigation...
Man, 63, struck by hit-and-run driver in Pittsburgh’s Troy Hill neighborhood
A man walking in Pittsburgh’s Troy Hill neighborhood was struck Friday night by an SUV in a hit-and-run incident, officials said. Pittsburgh police, firefighters and medics responded to the report of the pedestrian injured by a vehicle on Troy Hill Road near Goettman Street at about 6 p.m., Public Safety...
Jury convicts Duquesne man caught with $22K of crack while on parole
A jury convicted a Duquesne man of violating federal drug laws while on parole after officials found nearly 280 grams of crack cocaine worth more than $22,000 and other street drugs at his residence, prosecutors said Friday. Donte Taylor, 37, faces a possible sentence of not less than 10 years...
