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Pittsburgh police searching for missing woman
Pittsburgh police are searching for missing woman. Stacy Childs, 55, has been missing since last February. She is 5 feet 3 inches tall, 150 pounds, with black hair and brown eyes. Police said Childs’s family describes her as a “free spirit” who frequents Homewood, Wilkinsburg and Rankin. They are concerned...
12-year-old boy reported missing found Tuesday, police say
A 12-year-old boy reported missing was found Tuesday afternoon, according to Pittsburgh police. Taesean Gibson was last seen at Martin Luther King School shortly after 3 p.m. Monday. Police did not believe Gibson was abducted or is in danger, noting that he frequents Carnegie Library on Federal Street in the...
2 men charged in connection with September murder of Monroeville woman
Two men face homicide and other charges in connection with the September murder of a Monroeville woman in McKeesport, according to criminal complaints filed Monday. Allegheny County Police charged Ramonta Yancey, 26, of Pittsburgh, and Daron Parks, 26, of Washington, with criminal homicide, robbery of a motor vehicle, conspiracy, tampering...
Pirates legend Bill Mazeroski’s house in Hempfield goes on auction block
The Westmoreland County home of Pittsburgh Pirates legend Bill Mazeroski and his wife will go to the highest bidder, with the sale coming less than three months after memorabilia from his Hall of Fame career and other household items attracted hundreds of people to a New Year’s Day auction. Bids...
DUI cases among those recently handled by Judge Herbst
Monroeville District Judge Jeffrey Herbst handled these cases recently. Defendants will have court dates set in the Allegheny County Court of Common Pleas. Charges were filed by Monroeville police unless otherwise noted. Waived preliminary hearings • Monica McCann, 64, of Trafford on charges of driving under the influence and careless...
Palmer Pharmacy in West Deer loves to serve community, keep hometown feel
Editor’s note: Building the Valley tells stories of businesses big and small and the employees who make them special. If you know of any standout employees, bosses or companies with a great story to tell, contact Senior News Editor Tom Fontaine at tfontaine@tribweb.com. Kaitlyn Sullivan likes making a difference and...
Body of missing kayaker formerly from Armstrong County recovered in West Virginia
The body of kayaker Jamie Lynn Gray was recovered Monday afternoon from a West Virginia river where she went missing on Feb. 9, authorities said. Gray, 41, went missing while kayaking with nine other people on a remote section of Middle Fork River in Barbour County, according to the West...
Indiana Borough police continue to investigate Valentine’s Day armed robberies
Indiana Borough police continue to process evidence and conduct follow-up interviews in the wake of a pair of armed robberies that left two Indiana University of Pennsylvania students injured on Valentine’s Day, including one who was shot in the neck. Borough police said Sunday night that they had recovered cellphones...
Wilkinsburg mayor rebukes Allegheny County police, prosecutors for ‘reckless handling’ of mass shooting case
Wilkinsburg Mayor Marita Garrett on Monday posted to Facebook a scathing rebuke of Allegheny County police and prosecutors, calling on law enforcement officials to “recognize their egregious missteps” and “reckless handling” of the investigation into the murders of five adults and an unborn child killed during a 2016 ambush of...
Washington Township scraps planning commission, hires administrator
Washington Township officials are dissolving the township’s planning commission in favor of a planning administrator. The township supervisors last week approved an agreement with the Municipal Authority of Washington Township that effectively takes that action. Supervisors Chairman Rich Gardner said the authority must still approve the agreement under which both...
Westmoreland Historical Society hosts open house for potential volunteers
The Westmoreland Historical Society is looking for volunteers and is inviting those who may be interested in helping out to attend an open house at the society’s headquarters, at Historic Hanna’s Town in Hempfield. The session is scheduled for 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Feb. 29 in the History Education...
Trump’s proposed budget includes spending boost for locks and dams in Pittsburgh area
President Trump’s proposed budget for next fiscal year includes $103.1 million for the civil works program in the Army Corps of Engineers’ Pittsburgh District and would boost funding for local locks and dams. The proposed budget is part of $6 billion in discretionary funding for the Army Corps worldwide civil...
Allegheny County Democratic Committee favors moderates over progressives in primary endorsements
Allegheny County Democratic Committee members voted Sunday to endorse moderate Democrats over their progressive opponents, signaling that party insiders could be leaning more conservative as the April 2020 primary approaches. But some political observers said that endorsement might not reflect what the broader swath of Democratic and independent voters are...
Police: Road rage might have contributed to crash on Route 30 in North Braddock
North Braddock police are investigating a crash that involved multiple vehicles and shut down part of Route 30 on Monday afternoon. Allegheny County dispatchers said the wreck happened around 2:10 p.m. in the 1000 block of Ardmore Boulevard (Route 30). The roadway near Vincent’s Pizza was shut down in both...
Mt. Pleasant High School students win statewide award for suicide prevention videoVideo
Still grieving over the suicide death of a friend and classmate last year, three Mt. Pleasant Area High School students jumped at the chance to help promote suicide awareness and prevention. Senior Jillian Gearhart and sophomores Ashlynn Scherer and Bryce Jaworkski were told during a school assembly for the Council...
Cops: Youngwood woman charged with child endangerment after 2 incidents
A 40-year-old Youngwood woman was cited for child endangerment, public drunkenness and disorderly conduct after state police made welfare checks twice in three weeks and reported her apartment being “in deplorable condition.” Trooper Nicholas Parker filed the complaint against Mandy M. Kinnaird after troopers were called to the home twice...
New Stanton area hemp processor CAMO closes, stranding farmers
A company that seemed poised to make Westmoreland County a hemp hub has folded, leaving local growers with nowhere to sell their crops. Commonwealth Alternative Medicinal Options shut down its 45,000-square-foot CBD processing facility near New Stanton as the price of hemp collapsed. “The bottom line on it is, we...
Workshops to cover composting, recycling, rain barrels
Thinking about composting? Wondering about recycling? The Pennsylvania Resources Council is holding a series of workshops on those and other conservation topics in the coming months. Workshops on the benefits of backyard composting will cover methods for setting up a compost pile, proper maintenance and ways to use finished compost....
Travelers to see prep work for new terminal at Pittsburgh International Airport
Travelers this spring will start seeing the prep work for a three-year, $1.1 billion construction project this summer that will build a new terminal at Pittsburgh International Airport. Airport visitors will begin to see construction trailers and new walls and fencing built to isolate the construction area from existing facilities,...
Pittsburgh police union rejects Mayor Peduto’s 2.5% raise offer, dispute heads to arbitration
Pittsburgh’s police union on Monday voted against accepting a minor pay bump offer from Mayor Bill Peduto’s administration, sending the contract dispute to an arbitration panel, officials said. Of 655 officers who voted, ranging from fledgling officers to lieutenants to recent retirees, 55% chose to reject Peduto’s offer in favor...
Colorful Depression era glass show returns to New Kensington
Trying to pass on an appreciation of antique, colorful glassware, the Three Rivers Depression Era Glass Society is offering free admission to visitors under the age of 30 for their glass show March 7 and 8 at the Quality Inn in New Kensington. The 43rd annual Three Rivers Depression Era...
Troopers asking for information on meth lab operation in Indiana County
State police are asking for the public’s help in identifying suspects connected to a methamphetamine manufacturing dump site discovered in a rural eastern Indiana County. Troopers called the agency’s Clandestine Laboratory Response Team to a wooded area in Buffington Township near Vintondale at 4 p.m. Sunday after finding suspicious materials,...
People can order banners honoring Leechburg and Gilpin veterans
Orders are now being accepted for Leechburg’s “Hometown Hero” banner program. Mayor Wayne Dobos, a member of the three-person committee working on the program, said a banner featuring him will be hung by the Leechburg municipal building in the near future. This will allow people to see what the banners...
Village along unfrozen Lake Erie reports ‘erosion emergency’
CLEVELAND — An Ohio village along Lake Erie is experiencing what officials describe as an “erosion emergency” because the lake hasn’t frozen over. With more waves pounding the shore, erosion has eaten away more than 40 feet of land from a park in Geneva-on-the-Lake in a two-week span, village administrator...
Police: Man found dead with gunshot wound in Baldwin home
Allegheny County police are investigating after they said a man was found shot dead in his Baldwin home. Officials said they were called shortly after 11 p.m. Sunday to the 3300 block of Vernon Avenue, where they found the 28-year-old man identified as Jeremy Dentel, according to the Allegheny County...
