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All aboard the Carnegie Science Center’s train celebration
Get on track at the Carnegie Science Center’s “Locomotion Weekend,” a two-day celebration of all things model trains. The North Shore museum is hosting its holiday season’s family fun finale Saturday and Sunday. Visitors can operate trains and bring their trains for a free checkup by the “Loco Doctor,” which...
The Pittsburgh RV Show rolls into the David L. Lawrence Convention CenterVideo
There are plush beds, relaxing couches, big screen televisions, high-efficiency kitchen appliances, spacious bathrooms and of course Wi-Fi, in the newest recreational vehicles on the market. Some even have electric fireplaces. They’re on display at the annual Pittsburgh RV Show, which opens Saturday and runs through Jan. 19 at the...
Dave’s Music Mine on Pittsburgh’s South Side set to close
With “Foxy Lady” by Jimi Hendrix playing in the background, Anthony Wells of Peters perused the vinyl albums at Dave’s Music Mine on the South Side on Wednesday. “Every time I come in this store, I find something I like,” said Wells, who was on break from West Virginia University...
Victoria’s Mobile Flower Shop is always in bloom with a new brick-and-mortar store
Victoria Smith delivers happiness. First, she drives a 1992 Daihatsu Hijet — an adorable mini-truck that looks like a big toy. More to the point, the Hijet is heaped with flowers. When she pulls up to a local home or business, she’s met with smiles and, sometimes, tears of joy....
Sewickley author to Monroeville audience: Readers are hungry for women’s voices
A Sewickley author wants to give history’s overshadowed women a second chance in an era where people are “hungering” for these stories. “It feels like I’m on a mission to excavate these really key women – it’s a real honor,” said Marie Benedict, a breakthrough writer whose historical novels have...
The Stroller, Jan. 9, 2020: Events in the Alle-Kiski Valley
HOPE Center seeking volunteers The Alle-Kiski Area HOPE Center has many opportunities for volunteers to help the organization in its quest to eliminate domestic violence. Volunteers are needed to work with children, drive to Pittsburgh to courier food to Tarentum, organize events, present programs in schools and assist in the...
Inbound Route 28 fully reopens after truck crash, fuel leak near Millvale
The inbound lanes of Route 28 fully reopened just before rush hour Thursday morning after they were shut down when a tractor-trailer struck a barrier near the Millvale exit and began leaking fuel onto the roadway, according to authorities. The wreck occurred around 2 a.m. Vehicles were being detoured off...
Apollo starts new citizens’ advisory board and public relations committee
The newest member of Apollo Borough Council is heading up a new citizens’ advisory board and public relations committee. Apollo’s newest council member isn’t really so new. Jen Mullins was appointed to council late last year to fill the seat of Diane Bradshaw, who resigned in November shortly after winning...
Lunar New Year celebration planned for Monroeville Public Library
A Lunar New Year celebration is planned Jan. 25 at the Monroeville Public Library. About 130 people are expected to take part in the event from 11 a.m. to noon on Saturday, Jan. 25 at 4000 Gateway Campus Blvd. The festival, also known as Chinese New Year or Spring Festival,...
Irwin officials making plans for splash park
Area youngsters could have a place to frolic and beat the summer heat: a splash park at Irwin Park. Council on Wednesday authorized the park and recreation committee to research and develop plans for a splash park at the municipal park off of Pennsylvania Avenue. An estimated cost of the...
Hempfield buys 2 new fire trucks
Two new fire trucks were recently added to Hempfield Fire Department’s fleet of vehicles. Older trucks at fire stations in Adamsburg and Bovard were replaced by Sutphen SL75 Mid-Mount Aerial Ladder trucks, which can fight fires in residential, commercial and industrial buildings. The trucks, which cost $860,000 each, bring an...
Western Pa. hospitals participate in state’s first Donor Day
Wednesday was Pennsylvania’s first Donor Day, recognizing and encouraging organ and tissue donation. Donor registration drives were held across the state, including at Allegheny General Hospital, UPMC Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh, UPMC Hamot hospital in Erie and Conemaugh Memorial Medical Center in Johnstown. “The fact that one donor can save...
Greensburg residents ‘adopt’ nearly 350 fire hydrants
There are almost 350 fire hydrants in Greensburg, and they all have been “adopted” after a six-year campaign, according to Greensburg Volunteer Fire Department President Rick Steele. The department launched the “Adopt-A-Hydrant” program in 2014, asking residents to contribute to the cost of high-visibility markers, which stick up above hydrants...
Route 65 in Glen Osborne reopened after crash
A portion of Route 65 northbound in Glen Osborne that was closed due to a vehicle crash with injuries has reopened. Allegheny County officials said the closure was between I-79 and the Haysville traffic light. Dispatchers said two people were injured in connection with the crash around 5:30 p.m. Wednesday....
Allegheny Township resident remembered as hard-working, talented
Sue Hartford was constantly working on something. Her husband, Kevin Hartford, said she continued walking their dog regularly, even when she was wearing a chemo pump. She kept playing tennis and golf until last summer. She completed her final audio project for a client last Jan. 1, before going to...
Cheswick looking to fill empty council seat
Cheswick Council is looking to appoint someone to fill an empty two-year seat. Michael Girardi, who won two seats in the Nov. 5 election, said Monday during a council reorganization meeting that he would take the seat he won with a four-year term. That leaves the two-year seat he won...
Alleged drunken driver accused of ramming Harmar police car
A suspected drunken driver allegedly drove into oncoming traffic in Harmar — right at the police car summoned to look for her. Police say Michele Sweet, 52, of West Deer, missed the patrol car driven by Officer Ryan Valasek that time, but not long afterward tried to ram it. Valasek...
Pittsburgh woman gets 4 years in federal prison for 2018 bank robbery spree
A Pittsburgh woman was sentenced to four years in federal prison for her involvement in a string of armed bank robberies in Pittsburgh and its suburbs two years ago. Nicole Wallace, 35, was also ordered to pay restitution for the money she stole. Prosecutors didn’t say how much money was...
Murrysville council approves 1st fracking well
The first signs residents will see to indicate that a horizontal-drilling Marcellus shale well has been approved in Murrysville is probably not what they expected: road improvements. Before work gets going on Olympus Energy’s Titan well — which received Murrysville council’s approval for conditional-use and site plan applications in late...
Allegheny Technologies seeks tariff exclusion as USW contract talks begin
The CEO of a Pittsburgh-based specialty steel producer that operates 10 plants in the region and others across the country is lobbying federal officials for an exclusion to the 25% tariff on imported steel that’s been imposed by the Trump administration. “We can’t allow our hardworking Pennsylvania employees to be...
East Huntingdon landscaper fined $74,290 over allegedly failing to pay Mexican workers overtime, back wages
An East Huntingdon landscaping company has paid nearly $75,000 in back wages and fines to settle allegations that it committed labor violations involving a foreign worker program, according to the U.S. Department of Labor. Silvis Group, located on Schultz Road, signed a consent agreement with the Labor Department on June...
2 more jurors selected in Wilkinsburg mass shooting caseVideo
Prosecutors and defense attorneys have agreed on six jurors over three days of jury selection for the upcoming trial against suspects in the 2016 Wilkinsburg mass shooting. Defendants Cheron Shelton and Robert Thomas have been active participants in the selection process, each conferring with their respective attorneys before deciding whether...
Unity woman gets probation in animal cruelty case
A Unity woman was ordered Wednesday to serve a year on probation for animal cruelty after leaving her pets alone in filthy conditions after she was evicted from her Cook Township home. Patricia Canton, 52, was permitted to enroll in the Accelerated Rehabilitation Disposition program for first-time, nonviolent offenders. The...
Harrison mom proud, worried about son’s Army deployment to Afghanistan
Devin Myers was determined to serve his country, and nothing was going to stop him. The decision is one that brings a sense of worry — and extreme pride — to his mother, Kathy. Devin Myers, 20, is a member of the 420th Engineer Company (Clearance), U.S. Army Reserve, based...
Pittsburgh man pleads guilty to role in multi-state drug trafficking organization
A Pittsburgh manpleaded guilty this week to being part of a multi-state drug trafficking organization, federal prosecutors said. Kyleif Harley, 28, pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute heroin and fentanyl. He also admitted to distributing at least 15 grams of a...
