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Youngwood shelter animals get helping hand via MLK Day of ServiceVideo
Allyson Bitner doesn’t have pets at her Hempfield home, but she understands the value of volunteering at a local animal shelter — for the helpers as well as the rescued felines, canines and other critters. “It’s very therapeutic to just pet a cat and pet a dog,” said Bitner, 15,...
Glenn Cannon, champion of public safety in Pittsburgh, dies at 71
Glenn Cannon, who helped found and build much of Pittsburgh’s public safety system — and then went on to serve at the state and national level — died Monday at the age of 71. Cannon, who was Pittsburgh’s public safety director from 1986 to 1992, never forgot the men and...
4 students airlifted from head-on crash in Mt. Pleasant Township
Several Mt. Pleasant Area School District students were injured in a crash Monday evening, according to district Superintendent Timothy Gabauer. The head-on crash in Mt. Pleasant Township resulted in four people being flown by helicopter to Pittsburgh hospitals, Kecksburg fire Chief Adam Krozel said. According to state police, the driver...
Downtown Greensburg Project prepares marketing push for city
Greensburg wants to show off its good side, and the Downtown Greensburg Project is looking for public feedback on how to do that. “We’re not the same old city we’ve been for a long time, we want more collaboration, we want a stronger city,” said Jessica Hickey, director of the...
Greensburg Diocese 2019 Lenten Appeal generates almost $5 million for diocese, parishes
The latest Diocesan Lenten Appeal came in under the 2018 amount but still in keeping with recent trends, according to the Diocese of Greensburg. Totals for the 2019 appeal, one of three main sources of revenue for the diocese, were reported this monthin the diocesan newspaper, The Catholic Accent. Pledges...
Monroeville recreation offering discounted ski tickets to Seven Springs, Hidden Valley
Monroeville Recreation and Parks is offering discounted lift tickets to two ski resorts through the end of the season. The tickets for Seven Springs Mountain Resort and Hidden Valley Resort were bought through consignment in an annual partnership with the Pennsylvania Recreation and Park Society. Costs are as follows: •...
Pitt students feel sadness, fear in wake of bus fatality
In the wake of Saturday’s accident in which a University of Pittsburgh senior was struck and killed by a Port Authority bus in Oakland, students want to know how it happened and how to prevent it from happening again. Barbara Como, 20, of Chester County, was planning to graduate this...
Cops: Greensburg man jailed in large-screen TV sale scams
A Greensburg man wanted for two months on charges of duping patrons at two city bars into buying his large-screen television then running off with the cash was jailed Sunday on robbery and theft charges. Charles W. Brant, 43, was arraigned before District Judge Jason Buczak on two counts each...
Westmoreland Cleanways closes recycling center pending planned move
Westmoreland Cleanways and Recycling has closed its Unity recycling center until it moves to a proposed new location in the township, near Pleasant Unity. In the meantime, local residents have other options for recycling items such as paper and appliances containing Freon, but there are no nearby substitutes for the...
Police looking for missing Verona man last seen in December
Authorities are looking for a 22-year-old Verona man who was last seen in December in Penn Hills. Allegheny County police said the Verona Police Department notified them of Christian Moore-Rouse’s disappearance on Jan. 6. The man was last seen Dec. 21 at the Dollar Tree on Rodi Road in Penn...
Gun buyback program in Homewood quickly runs through fundsVideo
The Church of the Holy Cross Episcopal in Homewood was offering up to $100 a gun during a no-questions-asked buyback event Monday morning. Within an hour, the initial $5,000 raised for payouts was gone. People came toting rifles over their shoulders or carrying pistols in plastic bags. The Rev. Torrey...
Take a tour of this extreme RV from the Pittsburgh RV ShowVideo
The Pittsburgh RV Show wrapped up Sunday at the David L. Lawrence Convention Center, and while RVs there ranged from about $10,000 to hundreds of thousands, one stood out. The 2020 Newmar Dutch Star, an RV that can retail for a half-million dollars or more, offers heated floors, leather seats,...
Gaucho Parrilla Argentina to leave Strip for old Six Penn Kitchen site in Downtown Pittsburgh
The popular Gaucho Parrilla Argentina restaurant, where patrons line up to enjoy wood-fired grill meats, is moving to a larger space in Pittsburgh’s Cultural District. Gaucho announced on its Facebook page that it plans to move into the old Six Penn Kitchen space this spring or summer. The restaurant, owned...
The Stroller, Jan. 20, 2020: Events in the Alle-Kiski Valley
Pool tournament to aid fire victims A doubles pool tournament fundraiser to benefit Jason and Marissa Femc of Allegheny Township who lost their home Jan. 3 in a fire, will begin at 1 p.m. Saturday at Barefoot Bar & Grill, 614 Schenley Road, Gilpin. For details, call Kimberly Grafton at...
Shadyside ‘Babcock Mansion’ listed at $2.45 million housed U.S. presidents, lavish parties
In the market for a fancy mansion known for hosting several U.S. presidents and celebrities? The Beatty mansion at 5135 Ellsworth Ave., near Colonial Place, is listed by Howard Hanna Homes of Distinction with an asking price of $2.45 million. The original asking price was $2.99 million when it went...
Police looking for tire thief at Salem impound lot
For the second time in a month, someone broke into a Salem Township impound lot and stole tires off a vehicle parked there, according to state police. The first break-in happened sometime between mid-December and Jan. 7. Troopers said someone cut a chainlink fence surrounding the Slate Dump Road lot...
South Huntingdon couple celebrates 70 years of marriage
The decades-long love story of Thomas and Pauline Babyak started in the Jacobs Creek post office. Pauline Babyak worked as a clerk there in the 1940s. Thomas Babyak, then recovering from surgery, worked as a truck driver for a dry cleaner. “He would come around every week,” Pauline Babyak said....
Police: 17-year-old shot in arm in North Braddock
A 17-year-old was shot in North Braddock on Sunday night, according to Allegheny County police. The shooting happened in the area of 4th Street and Hawkins Avenue shortly before 5 p.m. According to county police, the victim and another person were walking onto Hawkins from 4th when a man began...
Police: Man drunk, driving over 100 mph in fatal Whitehall crash
A Pleasant Hills man was driving at 101 mph and with a blood alcohol content more than two times the legal limit when he crashed his car on Brownsville Road in December, killing his girlfriend, Whitehall police said. Whitehall police charged Tyler Jesse DeGraffenreid, 24, Sunday with homicide by vehicle...
Gasoline prices fall on sagging oil prices, low demand
Sagging oil prices have opened the door for a notable drop in U.S. gasoline prices, industry analyst Patrick DeHaan of GasBuddy said. “The Midwest has been the largest beneficiary of seasonal effects thus far with prices in several areas there declining upwards of 10-to-15 cents per gallon,” he said. “The...
Pittsburgh was a sanctuary city 150 years ago. Now racism is a public health crisis
Pittsburgh is a city of contradictions when it comes to race relations. In its infancy, Pittsburgh was a hotbed of abolitionism, and residents provided safe harbor to blacks fleeing slavery in the South. Yet 150 years later, a report on racial disparity in the city prompted two city councilmen to...
Allegheny Valley School Board eyes proposals for Colfax Elementary demolition
Allegheny Valley School Board has agreed to request additional detailed proposals for the demolition of Colfax Elementary School. Canzian-Johnston and Associates, a New Kensington architectural firm, previously supplied the board with a demolition plan for the school in Springdale. Actual cost of demolition totaled around $676,000 in that plan, according...
Why TV stations and cable providers keep viewers in the dark about their contracts
TV viewers in the Pittsburgh region have been recently warned about losing the ability to watch their local television stations: • DirecTV viewers lose WTAE after negotiations for a new deal fail • WPXI Channel 11 announces PCNC changes • Attention Dish customers: You could lose access to WPXI-TV They’re...
The Stroller, Jan. 20, 2020: Events in the Alle-Kiski Valley
Youth football association collecting shoes Allegheny Valley Youth Football Association is collecting gently-used and new shoes from 1 to 4 p.m. Saturdays through Feb. 15 at Veterans Memorial Field, Lincoln Avenue, Springdale. Shoes will be redistributed through the Funds2Orgs network of small business partners and helps them to create, maintain...
Carlynton mentoring program bonds older students with younger
Briana Netzer-Smith looks forward to going to school these days. Thanks to the new friend she made through Carlynton Junior/Senior High School’s mentoring program, she now has someone to talk with about everything that goes on in her life. “She’s not judgmental, so I can basically talk to her about...
