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Eight days after being released for their alleged involvement in a series of break-ins at Ligonier businesses, two men were arrested again Tuesday and accused in another series of burglaries, including one at a church office. On Nov. 18, police arrested Hunter M. Fitchko, 26, at his apartment on the...

Penn Hills District Judge Anthony L. DeLuca handled the following cases recently. Defendants will have court dates set in Allegheny County Common Pleas Court. Charges were filed by Penn Hills police unless otherwise noted. Held for court • Sylvester Ward, 44, of Indian Trail, NC on charges of forgery and...

The Harris Theater in Downtown Pittsburgh will remain open through at least the end of the year, Pittsburgh Cultural Trust spokeswoman Robin Elrod said Wednesday. Programming at the Liberty Avenue theater was suspended on Monday, as part of extensive cuts and layoffs by the Pittsburgh Center for Arts and Media,...

A review board has found sexual abuse allegations against four Pittsburgh area priests credible enough to forward them to the Vatican, a Diocese of Pittsburgh spokeswoman said Wednesday. Bishop David Zubik has agreed not to return the three living priests to the ministry in the meantime. The Rev. John Bauer...

John Shumway has stepped down as the morning news co-host on KDKA Radio. His last day was Wednesday. He will remain on KDKA-TV as a general assignment reporter, according to a statement from Michael Spacciapolli, senior vice president of Entercom in Pittsburgh, shared by KDKA. “(John’s) tireless work ethic and...

A crash on the Pennsylvania Turnpike in Monroeville slowed eastbound traffic Wednesday morning. PennDOT’s 511PA alert system said the crash happened at milepost 57. The accident caused both eastbound lanes to be blocked around 11 a.m., according to Tribune-Review news partner WPXI-TV. All lanes reopened by early afternoon. State police...

Pittsburgh contends Pennsylvania’s Commonwealth Court erred in upholding a ruling that a controversial sign atop Mt. Washington owned by Lamar Advertising can remain. The city has appealed the ruling to the state Supreme Court, arguing that Commonwealth Court contradicted previous case law involving Lamar signs in Monroeville and violated a...

Plum School District officials sold Regency Park Elementary and refinanced four bonds to bolster capital improvement plans. School board members voted unanimously on both measures Tuesday night. “We’re not taking on any additional debt (for capital projects),” board member Steve Schlauch said. “We actually have a plan in place to...

The Jefferson Hills planning commission could make a recommendation to borough council on how they think the municipality should proceed with a land development application for UPMC in December — or they could agree to extend the deadline. UPMC, operating under the name AUUE Inc., is appealing a decision by...

Lime Hollow Road in Penn Hills will close during daylight hours through Dec. 2, PennDOT announced Wednesday. The road has been closed from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. on weekdays since Nov. 7. PennDOT originally said the closures would extend through Nov. 22, but those hours will continue until Dec....

The most serious charges against a Rostraver man were dropped Wednesday in exchange for a guilty plea in connection with a November 2018 crash that left a 12-year-old girl injured. Anzalone Jones, 63, was sentenced to six months of intermediate punishment and 90 days of home electronic monitoring on charges...

A Monroeville man who owns two genetic testing labs was charged in federal court last week for his alleged involvement in a scheme that cost Medicare $127 million and for allegedly conspiring with companies to pay kickbacks for lab tests. Ravitej Reddy, 52, owns Personalized Genetics LLC in Pittsburgh and...

Irwin property owners will not pay higher property taxes in 2020, but will pay slightly more in their sewage bills. Council recently adopted a tentative general fund budget of $3.9 million, holding the line on real estate taxes at 20 mills. The borough anticipates starting the new year with a...

Teachers said Andrew Szczerba’s suggestion to launch the school’s first-ever Christmas toy drive came out of nowhere. But the student’s idea grew out of kindness. “I’m sure it will make a lot of kids happy,” Szczerba said. The 15-year-old student at Monroeville’s Spectrum Charter School was giddy as he had...

Dan and Deborah Angeloni considered themselves outsiders in the fashion industry until a misfit donned one of their designs. Doyle Wolfgang von Frankenstein, original guitarist for the punk rock group the Misfits, regularly wears a T-shirt featuring a cow’s head below the word Meatless, a vegan-inspired play on the band’s...

Emotions run high as the cast of Carlynton High School’s fall play, “Our Town,” rehearse for the show. As a tight-knit group — with 11 seniors out of the 27 cast members — performing in a show about life and moving on hits close to home. As the production’s stage...

A section of Nadine Road in Penn Hills that has been closed since a collapse in July has reopened to traffic, Allegheny County Public Works announced Wednesday. Nadine between Allegheny River Boulevard and Lincoln Road closed on July 12 after storms caused a retaining wall to fall over and part...

Bill Fuller grew up in a single-parent home, reliant on school lunches and food stamps. He knows how tough it is to be insecure about food. That’s why Fuller, president and corporate chef of Big Burrito Restaurant Group, is intent on helping those in similar situations. “There definitely were a...

PennDOT needs to hire another 25 seasonal snow plow operators in Westmoreland County, with early winter weather on the horizon. It currently has 13 on the roster. About 100 seasonal plow drivers normally are hired to help treat and clear roads throughout District 12 — including Westmoreland, Fayette, Greene and...

About 20 residents in a Hempfield neighborhood were evacuated from their homes late Tuesday night as a precaution after a natural gas line was damaged during a car crash. The crash happened after 11 p.m. in the area of Swede Hill Road and Brownfield Drive, the Trib’s news partner, WPXI-TV,...

Butler Lions plan annual Christmas tree sale The annual Christmas tree sale sponsored by the Butler Lions Club will begin Friday at Trinity Lutheran Church, 120 Sunset Drive, Butler. Hours will be noon to 5 p.m. Friday. The sale schedule is 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturdays, 1 to 5...