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Veterans banners being sold to support restoration of Harrison memorial
Banners honoring Harrison’s military veterans are being sold to raise money for the restoration of the township’s World War II Honor Roll memorial. The 75-year-old sandstone memorial at Freeport and Springhill roads was partially restored last year. That work — which included stone repointing and repair, pressure washing, and patching...
Leechburg’s newest council members hope to bring fresh perspective to borough
Ruth Bender and Megan Goedicke love Leechburg. The two women have no prior political experience, but wanted to make a difference in their borough. So they ran for council and were elected. “I wanted to take a more active role in town,” Bender said. Both women ran unopposed in November’s...
Family demands charges against Wilkinsburg witness who allegedly confessed to toddler’s killing
An attorney for the family of a toddler killed in a drive-by shooting in 2013 demanded Thursday that the District Attorney’s Office file homicide charges against the jailhouse snitch who allegedly confessed to the slaying. The man alleged to have confessed is known only as Witness 3, and his purported...
Soldiers & Sailors unveils exhibit spotlighting Western Pa. Medal of Honor recipients
Clara Burns listened intently as her younger brother’s death was recounted Wednesday night at Soldiers & Sailors Memorial Hall & Museum. Lance Cpl. William Prom, a machine gun leader in the 3rd Marines Division who grew up in Pittsburgh and Millvale, was marching alongside two platoons returning from a reconnaissance...
Pittsburgh prepping public safety personnel to identify signs of coronavirus
Pittsburgh Public Safety officials are taking steps to ensure that first responders are prepared in the event of a local outbreak of the deadly coronavirus. Public Safety Director Wendell Hissrich said Thursday he is more concerned about Allegheny County’s increasing flu deaths this year, but stressed that city paramedics, firefighters...
Winning Cash 5 tickets sold in New Ken, Pittsburgh; $400K jackpot will be split
There’s another lucky Pennsylvania Lottery winner in the Alle-Kiski Valley. One of two jackpot-winning Cash 5 tickets was sold at the Golden Dawn supermarket on Freeport Road in New Kensington, the Pennsylvania Lottery announced Thursday. The other ticket was sold at UPMC Magee-Womens Hospital in Pittsburgh’s Oakland neighborhood. The ticket...
Cops: Hempfield student using vaping device accidentally set fire
A Hempfield Area High School student admitted she was clandestinely using a vaping device in a bathroom stall Jan. 15 when she accidentally ignited papers in a garbage can, causing the school to be evacuated, according to a state police fire marshal. The student, Diamond J. Johnston, 18, was charged...
Cops: Traffic stop yields more than 500 stamp bags, 22-gram crack rock
A McKeesport man and an Indiana woman face drug charges after state police said they discovered more than 500 stamp bags of heroin and crack cocaine during an Indiana County traffic stop Wednesday. Shortly after noon, state police said, they pulled over an SUV on Laurel Road in Armstrong Township...
Harrison man’s question sparks discussion on bettering communities
A Harrison man who started an online effort to improve his community is taking it into the real world. Dylan Seelnacht, who grew up in Brackenridge and now lives in Harrison, asked on Facebook what people in those towns and Tarentum would like to see happen to make them better...
Kiski Area Upper Elementary students carry on tradition of successful food drives
Students at Kiski Area Upper Elementary School donated a truckload of food to the Kiski Valley Food Bank last week. The school’s student council — made up of fifth and sixth graders — has held a week-long food drive every January for seven years, said Katey Hummel, a fifth grade...
Pittsburgh school for the blind facing teacher shortage
While educators fear many of Pennsylvania’s K-12 schools may face a teacher shortage soon, one specialized school says it already has one. Rachelle Rectenwald is assistant superintendent at the Western Pennsylvania School for Blind Children, a multifaceted school serving individuals with blindness and visual impairment at its Oakland campus. She...
Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh Foundation announces new board member
A top executive of a Pittsburgh software technology company was appointed to the Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh Foundation Board of Trustees, the foundation announced Wednesday. Anita Dressel is the chief financial and operating officer of TeleTracking Technologies, a software company serving the health care industry. “It means a lot to...
Food Podcast: New Pittsburgh-based social media startup partners with Pittsburgh food bank
Trend Teams, a Pittsburgh-based social media startup, similar to fantasy sports games like football or baseball, has partnered with Greater Pittsburgh Community Food Bank to help feed people in need. Trend Teams is sponsoring The Food Podcast on location in Miami during Super Bowl LIV weekend. “I really can’t think...
Missing woman found after large Beaver County search
An elderly woman has been found after going missing for several hours, according to Beaver County 911. Frances Zernich, 79, was last seen in her Zernich Drive home in Center Township around midnight. Her family reported her missing around 3 a.m. Search teams spent hours scouring the area around her...
Ohio man indicted in Robinson armed bank robbery
An Ohio man was indicted this week in connection with a bank robbery in Robinson, according to federal prosecutors. Montague Howard, 40, is accused of pointing what appeared to be a gun at a First Commonwealth Bank teller on Jan. 15, authorities said. He got away from the Park Manor...
Hempfield supervisors, school board members discuss possible collaborations
Growth across Hempfield was a main topic Wednesday when members of the Hempfield Area School Board and township supervisors hosted a joint meeting for the first time in years. “This meeting is an opportunity for the township and the school district to come together and begin to discuss future growth...
WCCC to train dealers for new Hempfield casino
When visitors try their luck playing blackjack at the new casino under construction at Westmoreland Mall, chances are they will compete against dealers trained by Westmoreland County Community College. College trustees have approved a letter of intent to offer instructional courses for casino dealers in partnership with the Maryland-based company...
Forbes Trail Trout Unlimited talks flies, fishing during weekly tying circleVideo
For many fisherman, winter’s cold means it is time to put away the gear until next season. For nearly a dozen fly fishermen from the Forbes Trail chapter of Trout Unlimited, however, winter is the perfect time to get together, share a meal and spend a few hours each week...
Carlynton school board unanimously approves 2020-21 preliminary budget
Carlynton officials will have plenty of tough decisions to make as the school board approved the 2020-21 preliminary budget that has a $859,000 deficit and a slight millage increase. Board members unanimously approved a $30.7 million preliminary budget at their Jan. 28 meeting. District officials will have until the end...
The Stroller, Jan. 30, 2020: Events in the Alle-Kiski Valley
Free performance by Sadecky’s Puppets set Saturday Sadecky’s Puppets will present a free performance at 11 a.m. Saturday at First United Presbyterian Church, 913 Lock St., Tarentum. All members of the family will enjoy their fun and positive message. Hospital auxiliary sponsors vacation raffle Allegheny Valley Hospital Auxiliary is sponsoring...
Bartoletti pens book on journey after stroke
Not even a massive stroke could keep Marie Bartoletti from running the world. Boston. Tokyo. Dublin. Berlin. Rome. Jerusalem. Chicago. New York City. In all, she’s completed more than 420 marathons, over 100 of which she has run since suffering a massive stroke on Thanksgiving Day in 2015. “It’s her...
Pittsburgh elementary teacher quits amid probe into girl burned during class project
A Pittsburgh elementary school teacher has resigned amid the district’s investigation into why a 5-year-old girl suffered burns to her chest during a classroom project last month, officials said. The employee of Pittsburgh King, a K-8 school in the Allegheny Center section of Pittsburgh’s North Side, submitted the resignation letter...
Satellites avoid massive collision in space over Pittsburgh
What could have been a grand collision between two decommissioned satellites directly over the Pittsburgh area — 559 miles above to be exact — turned out to be a just a fly-by. The AFP news agency reports the objects — one a space telescope, the other an experimental U.S. satellite...
Squirrel keeps outfoxing Pittsburgh bald eagles
When it comes to a sly fox, the Pittsburgh Hays bald eagles don’t give it more than a passing glance. But a rascally squirrel? That’s another story. According to antics captured on a live webcam provided by the Audubon Society of Western Pennsylvania and CSE Corp., the eagles have been...
Pittsburgh universities monitoring coronavirus reports and weighing travel considerations
Officials at Pittsburgh universities say they are closely monitoring news about coronavirus. The University of Pittsburgh and Carnegie Mellon University, which enroll about 5,000 Chinese students at their Oakland campuses and have a variety of academic partnerships on the Chinese mainland, both have issued alerts about the mysterious respiratory virus...
