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The Stroller, Nov. 26, 2019: Events in the Alle-Kiski Valley
Boy Scouts to sell Christmas trees in Allegheny Township Boy Scout Troop 551 of Hyde Park is conducting its annual Christmas tree sale beginning Friday at Stanford Home Center, 1173 Route 356, Allegheny Township. Hours will be 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Friday, 4 to 8 p.m. weekdays, 8 a.m....
Franklin Regional, Butler, Mt. Lebanon receive grants to help needy families
Three school districts in Southwestern Pennsylvania, including Franklin Regional in Westmoreland County, each will receive $2,500 to help local families with needs like clothing, medical and dental care, eyeglasses and prescriptions along with food, shelter and related supplies. The American Association of School Administrators, or AASA, announced the Murrysville school...
Man killed in Aliquippa shooting
A 31-year-old man was shot and killed Monday night in Aliquippa. State police said Richard Jackson, 31, of Aliquippa died from multiple gunshot wounds. Aliquippa police went to the 300 block of Cooper Street shortly after 7 p.m. for reports of shots fired. The Beaver County coroner pronounced Jackson dead...
State police emergency-response team surrounds house in Washington
A state police Special Emergency Response Team entered a home on Hayes Avenue in Washington following a standoff Monday night, according to the Trib’s news partner, WPXI. State police told WPXI that three people suspected of stealing a car fled to the home on Hayes Avenue around 8 p.m. State...
Penn Hills High School to form boys rugby team
Penn Hills High School may soon have a boys rugby team. School directors voted 6-0 Monday night to approve a one-year pilot program at no cost to the district other than transportation to and from competitions. Rugby is a contact sport believed to have originated in England in the first...
State transitional loan for Penn Hills School District’s recovery efforts approved
A $1.24 million loan designed to fund various initiatives in the Penn Hills School District’s financial recovery process has been approved. The 10-year, no-interest transitional loan comes through the state Department of Education. School board members voted 6-0 to approve the loan agreement Monday . Board members Cathy Mowry, Evelyn...
Murrysville council works through conditions for town’s first fracking well
If Murrysville approves its first unconventional gas well, expect “some push-back” to several of the roughly 25 conditions officials want to impose, Chief Administrator Jim Morrison warned council members. Among the conditions is one that no water will be transported by truck to the proposed Titan well pad off of...
Latrobe OKs 2-year contract, $75K salary for new city manager
Latrobe will pay its new city manager $75,000 a year, council members publicly divulged Monday in ratifying John Antinori’s hiring and setting terms of his employment. Council unanimously approved a two-year contract for Antinori, who was named at council’s Nov. 12 meeting to fill the vacant manager post. City officials...
New Franklin Regional school board members will be sworn in Dec. 5
Newly elected Franklin Regional school board members will be sworn in at the board’s December meeting. The Dec. 5 meeting is shifted from the traditional Monday time slot because district staff and officials still will be on Thanksgiving break. The meeting will encompass board reorganization as well as both the...
Tarentum boy scores big with campaign to bring turkeys to needy familiesVideo
A Tarentum boy bothered by an unflattering description of hockey players decided to do something to prove them wrong. Wesley Westerman, 14, plays hockey for Highlands and the Vipers, a youth team in Lower Burrell. He attends cyber school through Highlands Middle School. He read an article and saw a...
Recent Mt. Pleasant Area grad, newlywed loses battle with childhood cancer
Friends, family and many supporters are mourning the death of Brady Hunker of Mt. Pleasant Township, who lost his battle with a rare childhood cancer. Hunker, 18, who married his high school sweetheart, the former Mollie Landman, this summer after receiving his diploma in June from Mt. Pleasant Area Senior...
UPMC eyes major expansion in cancer, cardiac care in North Hills
From a robotic surgery tool that helps detect lung cancer sooner, to new alternatives to open-heart surgery, UPMC executives announced Monday a slew of major investments into expanding the health care system’s services, equipment and doctors available in the North Hills. The Downtown Pittsburgh-headquartered nonprofit behemoth is expanding its reach...
Aspinwall author watches his novel jump from page to film
For Aspinwall’s Philip Beard, a punctuating moment in an 18-year journey came when he and his daughter watched actress Sadie Sink of Netflix’s “Stranger Things” shoot a scene in Kennywood Park for a movie based on his novel, “Dear Zoe.” “It’s surreal not only hearing my words coming from the...
Meadows off-track betting in Harmar robbed
A man claiming to have a gun forced an employee to open the cash room at The Meadows off-track betting facility in Harmar about a hour before the facility was scheduled to open at 11 a.m. Monday, police said. The man already was inside the locked building and surprised the...
Feds bust ‘Hustlas Don’t Sleep’ gang members from Pittsburgh’s eastern suburbs
Federal drug charges were filed against 18 people prosecutors say sold drugs as part of a gang that operated in Pittsburgh’s eastern suburbs from September 2017 until this week. One of the men, Jason Jackson, 26, of Pittsburgh, remains wanted by the FBI. Jackson, whose nickname is “Action,” according to...
Carnegie Mellon scientists read emotions in the brainVideo
A neuroscientist at Carnegie Mellon University is translating science fiction into science fact. And the latest developments in his work are pretty amazing. As recently as a decade ago, CMU professor and researcher Marcel Just made headlines around the world with news that scientists could tap enhanced MRI technology coupled...
Bankruptcy hearing canceled for former Pittsburgh regatta promoter
A Ross company blamed for this year’s Pittsburgh Three Rivers Regatta debacle was scheduled to appear in federal bankruptcy court Monday, but the hearing was canceled because the company president is out of town. Derek Weber, 44, president of LionHeart Event Group LLC, in September filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy...
Obituaries aren’t what they used to be
Just about everybody has read an obituary or two in their lives. They’re generally filled with flowery terms such as “loving husband,” “devoted mother” or “pillar of the community.” But have you come across the occasional obituary that is brutally honest? With increasing frequency, there are more and more authors...
Pittsburgh ordinance would regulate reptile ownership
Reptile owners in Pittsburgh would have to register their alligators and snakes with the city under legislation City Council proposed on Monday. The bill introduced by Councilwoman Darlene Harris, an avowed animal lover from Spring Hill, would also require owners to keep reptiles in secure cages and rooms and post...
Shaler Street Bridge to close for maintenance work this week
The Shaler Street Bridge over Route 19 in Pittsburgh’s West End will be closed Tuesday and Wednesday, PennDOT announced Monday. Swank Construction Company LLC will do road maintenance from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. both days, causing the bridge to close. Traffic will be detoured through Grandview Avenue. After the...
Arnold Palmer runway widening to begin at night thanks to $1.5M FAA grant
The Westmoreland County Airport Authority got some more help from the federal government to widen the runway at Arnold Palmer Regional Airport. Late last week, the Federal Aviation Administration announced a grant of up to $1.5 million for the runway improvement, supplementing $11.1 million in federal dollars previously approved for...
Yough School Board president running for state rep.
Yough School Board President Ken Bach has his sights on the state legislature. “I grew up in, learned in, and have impacted this community my entire life,” the South Huntingdon Democrat said. “With this experience, I believe I am the perfect fit for this role. Bach, 52, announced his candidacy...
Residents hoping for light at end of Ohiopyle tunnel project
A pedestrian tunnel is beginning to take shape in Ohiopyle as the second phase of a construction project there continues. Most of the $12.4 million project, including the rehabilitation of a bridge that carries Route 381 over the Youghiogheny River, is expected to be completed by Memorial Day. The project,...
Regent Square, Harris theaters shuttered; Pittsburgh Center for Arts closes main building
The Pittsburgh Center for Arts and Media on Monday closed the Regent Square Theater and the Harris Theater, Downtown, and will cease operations at year’s end in the Marshall Mansion, its main building at the corner of Fifth and Shady avenues in Pittsburgh’s East End. In a letter to its...
Buzz around esports squad at Robert Morris University brings energy drink deal
College-level esports finally may be getting a little respect. They haven’t signed any deals to replace college football on Saturday afternoon TV. And it’s not exactly Gatorade, but the Robert Morris University esports team has a new corporate partnership deal with Mountain Dew AMP Game Fuel, an energy drink especially...
