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Westmoreland courts holding $80,000 owed to crime victims
Nearly $80,000 owed to about 250 crime victims is being held by Westmoreland County, according to Clerk of Courts Bryan Kline. The cash represents court-ordered restitution payments to victims who moved and have not updated their home addresses with the county, he said. Money can be held for a year,...
Latrobe seeks grant to shore up Loyalhanna embankment, eyes 2020 budget
Latrobe officials are hoping a state grant will offset some of the city’s cost for repairing an eroded embankment where Unity Run empties into Loyalhanna Creek. City council on Tuesday agreed to apply for a $151,282 grant through the state Department of Community and Economic Development. If approved, it will...
Pittsburgh breaks record low as cold snap hits region
It’s official. The bone-chilling temperatures in the Pittsburgh region Wednesday morning broke a 108-year-old record-low for Nov. 13. Just before 7 a.m., temperatures dropped to 12 degrees, edging past the record previously set in 1911. As of 6:59 am this morning, the low temperature at Pittsburgh International hit 12 degrees,...
SWAT officers called to McKeesport
Police continue to investigate along a McKeesport street early Wednesday after SWAT officers spent five hours there Tuesday night, WPXI reported. Details of the incident were not clear but police were called at about 10:30 p.m. Tuesday to Locust Street. Neighbors reportedly heard gunshots, with one man saying he hid...
The Stroller, Nov. 13, 2019: Events in the Alle-Kiski Valley
Musical food drive to benefit Allegheny Valley Association of Churches Food Bank “Will Sing for Food,” a food drive to benefit the Allegheny Valley Association of Churches food bank, will be from noon to 6 p.m. Sunday at the Natrona Heights Veterans of Foreign Wars, 894 Veterans Drive, Harrison. The...
New Venture Outdoors executive director to move Kayak Pittsburgh hubVideo
Valerie Beichner, the new executive director of Venture Outdoors, said her to-do list includes moving the nonprofit’s Kayak Pittsburgh outfitter hub from beneath the Sixth Street Bridge on Pittsburgh’s North Shore to another location in 2020. Beichner promises to keep a Kayak Pittsburgh location in the Pittsburgh navigational pool, or...
Latrobe hires local native, former IBM manager as new city manager
Latrobe Council selected a local native with management experience at New York City firms as the next city manager. Council on Tuesday unanimously agreed to hire John Antinori of Unity, a 1983 Greater Latrobe graduate, for the vacant post, pending agreement on a contract. Councilman Gerald Baldonieri was absent. City...
Whitaker family assisted by American Red Cross after fire
Fire crews were still on the scene of a house fire in Whitaker after 11 p.m. Tuesday. The blaze at 1222 River Road was reported shortly before 9 p.m., according to Allegheny County dispatchers, who said there were no injuries reported. A family was being assisted by the American Red...
West Deer family displaced by fire
Members of a West Deer family discovered their house was on fire Tuesday night when the lights snapped off and they went to investigate, according to a township fire chief. “It probably was the fire burning some of the circuits,” said West Deer No. 3 Fire Chief Josh Wiegand. The...
Pitt researcher’s work featured by U.S. Patent & Trademark Office
A University of Pittsburgh researcher was featured in a U.S. Patent & Trademark Office report for patenting a robotic strong arm that can help wheelchair users grab items. Rory Cooper, who was recognized earlier this year by the office with a trading card created to honor U.S. inventors, holds more...
Grants to fund hillside stabilization, demolition in Pitcairn, Wilmerding
About $400,000 in state grants will be put toward projects in Pitcairn and Wilmerding, state Rep. Brandon Markosek announced on Tuesday. The state’s Multimodal Transportation Fund will commit $300,000 to road repairs and slope stabilization along Hillside Avenue in Pitcairn, between Broadway Boulevard and Elm Street. An additional $100,000 from...
Winghart’s owners seek former Rivertowne spot in North Huntingdon
A shuttered tavern along Route 30 in North Huntingdon could gain new life next year with a liquor license transfer from Hempfield. North Huntingdon commissioners will hold a public hearing at 6:30 p.m. Thursday on a request by Smithfield Holdings Inc. of Mt. Lebanon to transfer the liquor license held...
Saltsburg’s new Boggs Day will honor town’s founder
Saltsburg will celebrate its founding more than two centuries ago with a ceremony Wednesday afternoon at the Saltsburg Area Historical Society’s Rebecca B. Hadden Stone House Museum. Karen Cumberledge, the borough mayor, will proclaim the first Andrew Boggs Day, honoring the man who established the town on his property. The...
Seton Hill welcomes survivors at Kristallnacht interfaith remembranceVideo
For Walter Jacob, Nov. 8, 1938, was largely a day like any other. He was 8 and living in Augsburg, one of Germany’s oldest cities. That night, he walked to the nearby synagogue, where his father was the rabbi, and took a peek inside. “I didn’t realize that it would...
Route 28 crash snarls traffic, no injuries reported
A one-vehicle crash along Route 28 southbound between the Tarentum and Harmar exits snarled traffic Tuesday. State police said no one was hurt when a white van went off the road and into a guardrail shortly before 3 p.m. Southbound traffic was reduced to one lane in the area, and...
Overnight lane restrictions planned in Squirrel Hill Tunnel
Lane restrictions will occur in the Squirrel Hill Tunnel from 9:30 p.m. to 5:30 a.m. on Tuesday and Wednesday nights, according to PennDOT. PennDOT said crews will be doing antenna work on Tuesday night, restricting eastbound traffic in the tunnel to a single lane. Intermittent, short-term stoppages could occur, PennDOT...
Buffalo Township to consider final plans for $1M Audubon nature center, park
Buffalo Township Supervisors are scheduled to vote Wednesday on the final site plan for a $1 million nature center and park along the Butler-Freeport Community Trail. The nature center site is owned by the township and operated by the Audubon Society of Western Pennsylvania. The proposed nature center and park...
Eyeglass company offering help through Salvation Army
An online company is partnering with the Salvation Army to provide eyeglasses to Western Pennsylvanians living in poverty for only the cost of postage. Payne Glasses in Upper St. Clair and The Salvation Army of Western Pennsylvania said Tuesday the company would provide up to 5,000 pairs of glasses for...
Union: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette lays off over 30 Teamsters
More than 30 Teamsters were laid off from the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette on Sunday, officials from the Teamsters Local Union No. 211 said Tuesday in a news release. Union officials said the layoffs included three pressmen who were offered six weeks of severance pay. The union responded by filing a complaint...
Josh Gibson Foundation to celebrate Negro League 100th anniversary in PittsburghVideo
On Feb. 13, 1920, a group of independent black baseball team owners held a meeting at a YMCA in Kansas City, Mo. While they couldn’t have known at the time that they were about to change the course of American history, it was out of that meeting that the Negro...
Region ties record low temperature
The greater Pittsburgh area tied its record low temperature on Tuesday night. “We’re calling for a low tonight of somewhere in the low to mid teens,” said National Weather Service Meteorologist Matthew Kramer. “The Nov. 12 record low for the Pittsburgh area is 17 degrees. If we hit that before...
Jeannette man sentenced to up to 7 years for drug possession
A Jeannette man will serve up to seven years in prison after he pleaded guilty Tuesday to drug offenses following a traffic stop in North Huntingdon and Sewickley townships last year. Harold Louis Shields IV, 37, formerly of Pittsburgh, was arrested after a March 16, 2018, incident in which police...
$600K state equipment loan OK’d for expanding Unity testing firm
A low-interest state loan will help Product Evaluation Systems enhance its equipment as it completes an expansion of its plant in Unity. Announced this week, the loan of almost $600,000 was approved by the Pennsylvania Industrial Development Authority and will be drawn from its Machinery and Equipment Loan Fund. Product...
Lawyer: Chelsa Wagner rejected plea deal because she wants to clear her nameVideo
Allegheny County Controller Chelsa Wagner rejected an offer to plead guilty to a charge of disturbing the peace stemming from a March 6 confrontation at a Detroit hotel with police and hotel staff, one of her attorneys said Tuesday. The plea offer came to light as jury selection began in...
The price of history: Charleroi Elks building sells for $27,250Video
Charleroi said goodbye to a part of its history Tuesday with the sale of the Charleroi Elks Club Lodge 494. The ornate three-story, 115-year-old building on Fallowfield Avenue sold for $27,250 at a live auction conducted by the Rittenhouse Auction Co. The price is unofficial until the sale is approved...
