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Streets Run Road in Baldwin reopens after tractor-trailer overturns
Streets Run Road reopened to traffic about five hours after a tractor-trailer overturned Tuesday morning. The truck spilled its load across the road and nearby railroad tracks. Streets Run Road was closed between Delwar and Prospect roads for about five hours as police, fire and emergency medical services responded. Allegheny...
Hempfield Area cheerleading team wins back-to-back national championships
When the Hempfield Area Competitive Cheer team travels to Orlando, Fla., each year for the National High School Cheerleading Championships, they go to win. This year, the Hempfield Area Competition Cheer senior club team brought home its sixth national championship title and the satisfaction of becoming back-to-back champions, coach Suzannah...
Cash 5 lottery ticket worth $250K sold at Hempfield Giant Eagle
Someone who bought a Cash 5 lottery ticket in Hempfield is a quarter million dollars richer, state lottery officials announced. On Monday, one of two winning tickets for the $500,000 prize was sold at the Hempfield Square Giant Eagle, 6204 U.S. Route 30, the lottery reported. The second winning ticket...
Jeannette landlord accused of endangering firefighters, neighbor with flame-shooting furnace
A landlord who believes he is making Jeannette a better place, but who city officials claim has been a thorn in their side for years, is accused of ignoring the dangers of a faulty furnace and endangering the lives of five firefighters and a neighbor, police Chief Shannon Binda said....
New Stanton teen pleads guilty but mentally ill in 2016 killing of mother, brotherVideo
Jacob Remaley on Tuesday simply said he was sorry. Sorry for forever changing his family on the morning of Nov. 30, 2016, when, at age 14, he shot and killed his mother and younger brother in their New Stanton home. “I know I am guilty,” Remaley, now 18, said as...
Jeannette man accused of pointing gun at woman who pulled over near his home
A Jeannette man is being held without bond after police said he pointed a gun at a woman who pulled over in front of his house to tend to her sick son in the backseat. Christopher Jamal Jackson, 23, is charged with weapons violations, intimidation of a witness, aggravated assault...
Westmoreland Intermediate Unit impact grants open to all teachers
In 2019, the Westmoreland Intermediate Unit Foundation for the first time opened their impact grant program to any teacher, rather than just special-education teachers. “We literally threw the rubric out,” said foundation board member Roberta Cook of Murrysville. Cook and others in the foundation liked what they saw when choosing...
Whitehall family hopes positive message can come from online bullyingVideo
The family of an 11-year-old Whitehall inventor is using cyberbullying and hate lodged against them as a teaching moment. They hope the public will learn a lesson from it, too: That no matter how you feel about something, it’s never OK to bully and attack. Over the past several days,...
Harrison looks to replace trees at World War II memorial, plant others elsewhere
Harrison officials want to plant more than three dozen trees in the township, including a spruce that would serve as the community’s Christmas tree. Commissioners are applying for another round of trees through the TreeVitalize program, which has helped the township plant about 150 trees in recent years, according to...
Allegheny Intermediate Unit taps North Allegheny superintendent as executive director
The Allegheny Intermediate Unit on Monday night named North Allegheny School District Superintendent Robert Scherrer to lead the agency beginning July 20. Officials said Scherrer will bring a diverse background in the classroom and administration at local school districts to his new post as AIU executive director. Prior to his...
Injury reported in Allegheny Township crash
At least one person was hurt in a single-vehicle crash in Allegheny Township early Tuesday, according to township police and Westmoreland County 911. The crash happened shortly before 2 a.m. in the 4000 block of Garvers Ferry Road, authorities said. At least one person was taken to a hospital by...
Fayette company donates light to fire department in memory of fallen paramedic
A Fayette County business recently donated a portable industrial lighting stand to a local fire department in memory of a Rostraver-West Newton Emergency Medical Services paramedic killed in the line of duty last month. Black Diamond Equipment Rental of Uniontown gave the mobile street light that can illuminate an emergency...
South Park police issue warning about postal money order scam
While most scams operate online these days, police in South Park Township are warning residents about a scam that’s going around the old-fashioned way — through the mail. Some residents have reported getting a postal money order scam, the police department said in a post Tuesday morning on its Facebook...
Allegheny County to test water at Human Services building for Legionella bacteria
The Allegheny County Health Department will test the water at the county’s Department of Human Services building for Legionella bacteria after an employee tested positive for Legionnaries’ disease. The Department of Human Services is on Smithfield Street in Pittsburgh. In a statement to the Trib’s news partner, WPXI-TV, Allegheny County...
Apollo-Ridge to bring ‘High School Musical’ to lifeVideo
A wildly popular Disney Channel movie has gone from screen to stage. Apollo-Ridge High School presents “High School Musical” March 5-7, based on the Disney Channel original movie “High School Musical.” Bethany Greenlee, in her 11th season as musical director, began her professional career working at Radio Disney and said...
Pittsburgh area filled with not-so-hard workers, study says
Pittsburgh, which has prided itself for generations as having hard-working people who toiled in steel mills, factories, coal mines and manual labor jobs, apparently has softened over the years, based on a study conducted by WalletHub, a personal finance website. The workers of the onetime Steel City were “outworked” by...
The Stroller, Feb. 25, 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. Ukrainian egg...
John Oyler: Early settlers in South Fayette
We recently had the privilege of meeting with a group of South Fayette Seniors and discussing the pioneers who originally settled what is now South Fayette Township. We have talked and written about early settlers in the general Bridgeville area; this was our first opportunity to focus on South Fayette....
Latrobe eyes netting to restore access to city garage, protection from falling concrete
Latrobe officials hope protective netting will allow the Weldon Street parking garage entrance to reopen after being closed for months because of crumbling concrete. That entrance and sidewalk were closed last fall after contractor Pullman Services ran into more concrete damage than expected while making major repairs. The garage is...
Theft and obstruction cases among recent Monroeville police investigations
Monroeville police filed the following charges Feb. 14-17 in District Judge Jeffrey L. Herbst’s office: • Anthony Wallace, 52, no address given, with retail theft. Charges were filed Feb. 17 in connection with an incident in the 4000 block of Monroeville Boulevard. • Ahmad Temoor, 25, of Buffalo, N.Y., with obstructing...
Franklin Regional students learn about Panther alum’s ‘augmented reality art’
Christopher Ruane of Murrysville hopes visiting the Westmoreland Museum of American Art in Greensburg can help inspire Franklin Regional students to pursue a life of creativity. Ruane’s art keeps him busy nowadays, but it wasn’t always that way. “When I was in high school, I grew up in a sports-minded...
Officials: Man struck by several bullets walks into Pittsburgh hospital
A man walked into a Pittsburgh area hospital after being shot Monday night. City police officials said officers responded to the 200 block of North Aiken Avenue around 8:20 p.m. for a ShotSpotter alert of gunfire. Multiple homes were struck by gunfire, but a victim was not found, officials said....
Skating coach sues Penguins, alleges she was fired for needing breaks to pump breast milk
The Pittsburgh Penguins on Monday denied claims in a federal lawsuit alleging that a former youth skating coach was fired because of her need to take breaks to pump breast milk for her newborn child. Angela Gubala, who coordinated introductory and children’s skating programs at the UPMC Lemieux Sports Complex...
Bushy Run Battlefield to offer free admission for Charter Day
Bushy Run Battlefield will celebrate Pennsylvania’s 339th birthday with free admission. From noon to 4 p.m. March 8, the museum will offer free tours and historical demonstrations, courtesy of the Bushy Run Battlefield Heritage Society. The day also will feature a basket raffle, wine tastings from Bushy Run Winery, and...
Swissvale man pleads guilty to cocaine, heroin, gun charges
A Swissvale man pleaded guilty to scheming to sell crack cocaine and heroin and illegally having a gun, federal prosecutors said Friday. Kevin Darwin-Sewell, 34, was arrested after getting caught with heroin and cocaine base, or “crack,” in July 2016, U.S. Attorney Scott W. Brady said. Officials also found him...
