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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...
Slippery Rock University students aim to bring ‘The Rock’ to The Rock
A Slippery Rock University student is trying to bring “The Rock” to The Rock. Samantha Kochis, 20, created an online petition on Change.org to bring movie megastar Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson to Slippery Rock University, also nicknamed The Rock. “This campaign started out as a joke among a few friends....
Ex-Westmoreland chief deputy sheriff sues county, alleging discrimination
A former Westmoreland County chief deputy sheriff claims in a federal civil lawsuit she was subjected to age and sex discrimination because she was the first woman to hold the supervisory position in a department dominated by men. Patricia Fritz of Mt. Pleasant is seeking unspecified damages in the lawsuit...
Allegheny Land Trust receives $500K grant for former Churchill Country Club property
A green space project in Penn Hills and Churchill will get a $500,000 boost from state money, state Sen. Jay Costa Jr. announced Monday. The $500,000 grant will go to Allegheny Land Trust, the future owners of the former Churchill Country Club property. “It is exciting to see a partnership...
Mt. Pleasant man charged with throwing cat against a wall
A Mt. Pleasant man remains in jail on allegations he seriously injured a cat he threw against a wall. Tyler Robert Kebberly, 21, is being held in the Westmoreland County Prison without bond on an aggravated animal cruelty charge, a felony. Police arrested him Friday. Investigators were called by Green...
Pittsburgh approves free on-street parking through Thanksgiving weekend
Parking at meters and in city-owned metered lots will be free on Thanksgiving through Sunday, Dec. 1, according to the Pittsburgh Parking Authority. The authority’s board of directors Wednesday unanimously agreed to waive meter enforcement for Saturday, Nov. 30, a busy shopping day dubbed Small Business Saturday. Parking at meters...
New Kensington pushes back garbage pickup because of Thanksgiving
Friday garbage pickup in New Kensington has been pushed back a day, according to the city. The city said in a news release that garbage normally scheduled to be picked up on Friday would be picked up on Saturday instead because of the Thanksgiving holiday....
Thousands of miles apart, Oakmont brothers stay close through fishing
Editor’s note: This is part of an occasional series that features Alle-Kiski Valley residents and the notable things they do. A love of fly fishing and a love of helping people thousands of miles away has bonded a pair of Oakmont brothers. Matt Geppert and his older brother, Sam, grew...
Highlands hopes to address deficiencies in grade school English, math and science
Highlands School District appears ready to go to work to remedy deficiencies from a state performance measure. Assistant Superintendent Cathleen Cubelic said the Pennsylvania Future Ready Index showed Highlands students are not meeting state averages in a number of categories. The three testing categories were: state assessment measures, on-track measures...
Allegheny Valley School District considers fortifying wall of Veterans Memorial Stadium
Allegheny Valley School District officials are considering fortifying the Lincoln Avenue wall of Veterans Memorial Stadium in Springdale. “It’s pretty evident that the wall is continuing to move,” Matt Pitsch of Senate Engineering told the school board last week. The large block wall of the stadium where the Springdale Junior- Senior...
Rite Aid gives former pharmacy building to Tarentum church
Cathy Blythe was driving past the shuttered Rite Aid on Corbet Street in Tarentum when, she says, God spoke to her. He told her to call the real estate agent selling the building. Blythe took over as pastor of Abundant Joy Fellowship in Tarentum after her husband, Greg Blythe, died...
John Oyler: Lafayette Street, 1954
My previous column dealing with Lafayette Street in 1939 described a “frontier” neighborhood full of newly constructed houses and numerous vacant lots. This week, I have imported my brother, Joe, and Dale DeBlander to help describe a much more mature neighborhood, 15 years later, in 1954. One of several errors...
Chartiers Valley high-schoolers tutor younger students through TLCV program
Brennan Calloway’s eyes light up and a smile stretches across his face when Paige Banas enters Chartiers Valley Primary School. He and Paige, a Chartiers Valley High School senior, do a secret handshake before starting a lesson together. About 20 students from Chartiers Valley High School venture across the street...
Pittsburgh gas prices rise as national average falls
Gasoline prices in the Pittsburgh area rose over the past week despite falling nationally, according to the price-tracking website GasBuddy.com. In the Pittsburgh area, gas prices went up 7.1 cents per gallon over the past week to an average of $2.86 per gallon, according to GasBuddy’s survey of 731 stations....
Police: Woman stabbed at least 10 times in Monessen
An argument over money led to the early-morning stabbing of a 28-year-old Monessen woman who was flown to a Pittsburgh hospital Monday, police said. Tiffany Grogan, 37, is accused of stabbing Haley Aldrich inside Aldrich’s residence at Highland Manor in the 300 block of 10th Street at 1:42 a.m., according...
Turkey Trot serves as family tradition for Greensburg woman, family
On Thanksgiving morning, Doris Daigle can be found in one place — the intersection of Westminster Avenue and West Pittsburgh Street in Greensburg. She will be looking up the hill through her red-framed eyeglasses at a sea of runners closing in on the finish line of the city’s annual Turkey...
The Stroller, Nov. 25, 2019: Events in the Alle-Kiski Valley
Stuff the Cruiser event set in Saxonburg Saxonburg Police Department will host a Stuff the Cruiser event from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Friday at South Butler County Library, 240 W. Main St., and 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday at Saxonburg Coffee and Tea, 211 W. Main St., in...
