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Norwin board expected to OK $1 million in pool repairs
Faced with the need to update the 50-year-old Norwin High School swimming pool to bring it up to standards, the Norwin School Board is poised to authorize spending between $1 million and $1.2 million on the project. The school board on Monday revealed during its workshop meeting that a committee...
Oakmont Water Authority crews fix main break along Allegheny AvenueVideo
Oakmont Water Authority crews worked to fix a water main break along Allegheny Avenue Monday afternoon. Crews were excavating near California and Allegheny avenues around 2:30 p.m. Officials said it was a small break on a 12-inch line and did not disrupt service. Temporary traffic lights were installed along Allegheny...
IRS forms show Highmark officials reaped $1 million-plus raises last year
Highmark Health CEO David Holmberg’s total pay climbed to $7.49 million last year — up about 35% from the year before, for a nearly $2 million boost in compensation, federal tax forms filed Monday show. The nonprofit health system’s leader joined senior executives across Highmark Health and Allegheny Health Network...
Paws Across Pittsburgh leads effort to raise money for sick dog
Spice, a small dog found in North Braddock, was close to death. Emaciated and dehydrated, Spice’s temperature was so low, he was suffering hypothermia. The skin-and-bones terrier mix was in no condition to go to a shelter. Instead, Springdale-based Paws Across Pittsburgh was called. Spice was less than 3 pounds....
New York & Company closing at Westmoreland Mall
Another store is set to close at Westmoreland Mall. New York & Company is the latest clothing store to announce its closure this year at the Hempfield mall. An exact date has not been set, but a store manager confirmed it will shutter by the end of January. The mall,...
Connellsville native Lindsey Shultz to play in ‘Jeopardy!’ semifinals Wednesday
Pittsburgh physician and health care analyst Lindsey Shultz, a Connellsville native, will be featured on Wednesday’s “Jeopardy!” Tournament of Champions telecast. Shultz finished second to record-setting champion James Holzhauer in the quarterfinals broadcast Nov. 6. But she scored high enough among the week’s non-winning players to earn a wild card...
Prosecution expected to rest in trial of accused cop killer Rahmael Holt
Prosecutors are expected to rest their case Tuesday against alleged New Kensington cop killer Rahmael Holt, but it remained unknown Monday whether Holt would take the stand in his defense. Holt is accused of killing New Kensington police Officer Brian Shaw after a traffic stop on the city’s Leishman Avenue...
New memorial to Valley High School veterans dedicatedVideo
It’s not yet mission accomplished, but significant progress was made on a new memorial honoring veterans who have attended — and will attend — Valley High School in New Kensington. Enough of the new “Veterans of Valley High Memorial” was completed in time for a dedication ceremony on Monday, Veterans...
Burrell School Board to receive new estimates for proposed stadium project
The architects for Burrell High School’s proposed Buccaneer Stadium renovation project are scheduled to present new estimates at Tuesday’s school board meeting on the cost to install artificial turf versus natural grass. “We’ll wait to see what the architects say Tuesday night, mull it over and make a decision during...
Trafford marks park’s 100th anniversary on Veterans DayVideo
More than 100 years ago in Trafford, on Nov. 11, 1918, Charles Bolam and his wife Mary heard the peal of bells — a ringing that signaled the end of World War I. The Bolams had two boys, Edward and Norman, serving overseas. Edward was in an ambulance company, and...
Latrobe Veterans Day observance ‘isn’t just for veterans’Video
Patriotic-minded residents from preschoolers to older adults on scooters turned out at Latrobe’s Memorial Plaza Monday morning to help honor those who have served in the nation’s military. “Veterans Day isn’t just for veterans,” said Latrobe Police Chief John Sleasman, who was the keynote speaker at the community’s annual observance....
Minkah Fitzpatrick trade now ‘makes sense’ to many Steelers fansVideo
Steelers fans have had more ups and downs than the Steel Curtain roller coaster that debuted this year at Kennywood Park in West Mifflin. A day after the season seemed lost — quarterback Ben Roethlisberger out for the year — the team traded a 2020 first-round draft pick to the...
Veterans honored for their service, sacrifice in North HuntingdonVideo
Three men from the Greatest Generation sat at a table Monday during Veterans Day ceremonies in North Huntingdon, taking in the applause of more than 200 veterans and their families gathered inside the J. Howard Snyder Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 781. Almost 75 years removed from their service in...
Greensburg VFW hosts Veterans Day ceremonyVideo
Members of Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 33 gathered Monday to honor their own and thank veterans from around the country. Veterans Day recognizes the collective efforts of every soldier who has served the United States — in times of war and peace, from the Revolutionary War to the War...
Goats clog Route 30 as Latrobe angler gets ‘whopper’ tale from unsuccessful fishing tripVideo
Latrobe angler Kimberly Ranalla on Sunday headed home empty-handed after a fruitless steelhead trout fishing trip to the Erie area, but she ended up with a “whopper” — one she caught on video. As Ranalla drove eastbound on Route 30 around Adamsburg, west of Greensburg, just after 2 p.m., a...
Woman hurt in Monroeville crash dies 4 days later
Authorities were surprised to learn that a woman involved in a crash along Broadway Boulevard on Nov. 4 died four days later in the hospital. Nicole Hilla, 41, died Nov. 8 at Forbes Hospital while being treated for injuries she got in a crash along the 2800 block of Broadway...
Robert Morris University to celebrate expansion
Robert Morris University will break ground on an expansion to its John Jay Center for the School of Engineering, Mathematics and Science on Tuesday at the university’s Moon Township campus. The $5 million expansion, which is being underwritten by grant from the Richard King Mellon Foundation, will include new engineering...
Friends, neighbors raising money to help rebuild Wilson’s Bar-B-Q on North SideVideo
Friends and neighbors of Wilson’s Bar-B-Q don’t want a Nov. 5 fire to be the end of the beloved restaurant on Pittsburgh’s North Side. “He’s just a great guy, and I love him in the neighborhood,” said Michele Petruccelli, who lives a few doors from the North Taylor Avenue spot,...
Seneca Hills Village honors veterans with musical eventVideo
Residents at a Penn Hills independent living facility came together a few days before Veterans Day to sing patriotic songs in honor of those who served. Lucille Spengler, 83, organized the program that brought around 50 residents down to Seneca Hills Village’s main lobby for the singing of familiar songs...
Police: Greensburg man shot at neighbors’ homes through attic window
A Greensburg man was being held in the Westmoreland County Prison without bail after police said he shot at two neighbors’ homes from the attic of his apartment. Joshua Aaron Dowell-Miller, 26, is charged with discharge of a firearm into an occupied structure, reckless endangerment and disorderly conduct. Police were...
The Coop Chicken & Waffles food truck owners to open Pittsburgh restaurant
Being in a relationship is tough, especially when you’re working together 60 hours a week in an 8-by-10-foot kitchen on wheels. After running The Coop Chicken & Waffles food truck for three years, Nicki Cardilli and Justin Fitzgerald are flying the mobile cage and opening a brick-and-mortar restaurant in the...
‘Bar-style’ ice curling rink to open in Millvale
It may not be curling the way it’s played in the Olympics, but what’s being billed as the Pittsburgh area’s first “competitive, bar-style ice curling rink” is opening in Millvale. Sliders Curling, a seasonal offshoot of popular axe-throwing business Lumberjaxes, is opening its rink on Nov. 27 and will operate...
Single-digit wind chills in forecast for Pittsburgh region
A record-breaking bitter cold snap and a bit of snow are on tap for the Pittsburgh region Tuesday. Temperatures during the day and into the night Tuesday will be about 20 degrees below normal, National Weather Service meteorologist Shannon Hefferan said. After a high in the 50s on Monday, the...
Murrysville consumer advocate among honorees at state dinner
A Murrysville woman was among those honored at a recent state dinner with Gov. Tom Wolf. Mary Bach, a nationally recognized consumer advocate, was one of 30 people recognized for their efforts and achievements in Pennsylvania. Bach has more than four decades of independent consumer advocacy, civic activism and volunteer...
Railroad reopened after Hempfield derailment
Lengthy delays can be expected, but rail service has been restored following a train derailment Friday in Hempfield, officials with Norfolk Southern Railroad announced. Traffic and operations are returning to normal, but some customers may experience a delay of 24 hours due to the backlog, the company said Monday. Amtrak...
