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Let it snow! Seven Springs making snow for season
Music to the ears of some: Seven Springs has snow. In a Facebook video, the Champion resort said it had fired up the snow-making equipment Thursday night and posted pictures of the powder. There is an inch of natural and 3 inches of machine snow, according to Seven Springs’ website....
3 trains derail in Hempfield; 50 railroad cars jump tracks; no injuries reported
Three Norfolk Southern Corp. mixed-freight trains were involved in a derailment about three miles east of Greensburg on Friday that derailed 50 shipping containers, blocking both rail lines that carry freight and passenger traffic on the heavily-traveled route between Pittsburgh and Philadelphia, the railroad said. No one was reported injured...
Daily Download: Chelsa Wagner, Designer Days and WPIAL football playoffsVideo
Reporter Paul Guggenheimer discusses the Allegheny County Controller Chelsa Wagner heading to trial in Detroit next week, the 49th annual Designer Days this weekend in Lawrenceville and the second week of the WPIAL football playoffs....
PNC Park stair climb to honor fallen firefighters
First responders and members of the public will climb 2,200 steps at PNC Park on Pittsburgh’s North Shore on Saturday to honor firefighters who died in the line of duty. The Fallen Firefighter Memorial Stair Climb was organized by the National Fallen Firefighters Foundation and the Pittsburgh Pirates. The event...
Heroin falls from driver’s shorts in Tarentum traffic stop
Two men face drug and other charges after police said they pulled over a car in which the men were riding Monday along Route 28 in Tarentum and found heroin and crack cocaine. The northbound car driven by Brad E. Waldbaum, 41, of McKeesport, had been tailgating the vehicle in...
Former Pittsburgh regatta promoter charged with DUI
A Ross man blamed for the cancellation of this year’s Pittsburgh Three Rivers Regatta is facing charges of public lewdness and drunken driving, according to a criminal complaint. Ross police charged Derek Weber, 44, after receiving a report of a man urinating outside of a vehicle at a parking lot...
Greensburg jeweler resizes, polishes storefrontVideo
Downtown Greensburg’s business district just got another jewel. With the completion of the Beeghly and Co. Jewelers’ expansion project, the 400 block of South Main Street has a gleaming new building instead of two old brick buildings. Beeghly is showing off its new addition during a two-day grand re-opening party,...
Incumbents hold steady in Penn Township, Penn-Trafford elections
Incumbents held steady in contested races for Penn Township commissioner, while it was smooth sailing for school board candidates in the general election. First Ward Republican incumbent Jeffrey Shula came away with a commanding win, taking 71.6% of 862 votes over Democratic challenger Bill Leonard. Incumbent Republican Lisa Rose Zaucha...
Concealed-carry law seminar set this month in Irwin
North Huntingdon Police Chief Robert Rizzo and Kim Stolfer, president of Firearm Owners Against Crime, are slated to be presenters at a Nov. 16 seminar in Irwin on Pennsylvania’s concealed-carry laws. The free seminar will run from noon to 2 p.m. at VFW Post 781, 100 Billott Ave. and is...
Day 5: DNA, bullets take spotlight in Rahmael Holt murder trialVideo
No DNA or fingerprints place Rahmael Holt at the scene of New Kensington police Officer Brian Shaw’s murder, according to testimony Friday in Holt’s ongoing capital murder case in Westmoreland County Court. Testimony from another expert witness called into question the ability of a witness to identify the type of...
Unidentified man robs Bloomfield drug store
An unidentified man robbed a Bloomfield drug store Thursday evening, Pittsburgh police said. Police said the suspect walked into the store in the 4400 block of Howley Street around 8:30 p.m., made a motion to indicate he had a gun and snatched cash from a register. The suspect never displayed...
Allegheny County Controller Chelsa Wagner looking forward to her trial in DetroitVideo
Allegheny County Controller Chelsa Wagner said Friday she is looking forward to going to trial next week on criminal charges stemming from a March 6 confrontation in Detroit with employees of a hotel and police officers. “Basically we’re looking forward to having everything be fully revealed,” Wagner said. “I certainly...
Veterans Day events planned in the Alle-Kiski Valley
Veterans Day events are planned throughout the Valley. They include: Apollo Curran-Shaffer Funeral Home will host the 16th annual Apollo Area Veterans program at noon Nov. 11 at the funeral home, 100 Owens View Ave., Apollo. Funeral director Norman E. Connors will celebrate the lives, contributions and impact of each...
Export officials hope to relocate vets monument in the spring
Export officials hope to move the veterans memorial at the former American Legion on Kennedy Avenue closer to the borough’s downtown in the spring. “We want to shoot for April,” said Councilman John Nagoda. “It going to probably be easier than we thought.” With 2020 marking the 75th anniversary of...
Toomey-led federal animal cruelty law awaits Trump’s signature
A bill making “heinous” forms of animal cruelty a federal felony was awaiting the president’s signature after it passed the House and Senate in recent weeks. The PACT — Prevent Animal Cruelty and Torture — Act makes crushing, burning, drowning, suffocating and impaling of animals punishable by up to seven...
Workers at Jeannette hemp warehouse protest lack of payVideo
Former employees of a Jeannette hemp-drying facility stood in frigid temperatures outside the business Friday morning, waving cardboard signs and urging passing cars to honk in support. The target of their protest: Patriot Shield Security, the employer that hasn’t paid them in weeks. Employees said pay has been inconsistent since...
New Monroeville spot, Big Rig’s BBQ, serves up ribs, brisket, pulled pork
An Anthony Bourdain quote painted on the wall at Big Rig’s BBQ in Monroeville reads, “Barbecue may not be the road to world peace, but it’s a start.” Owners Josh and Susan Toney, along with Chef Eric Delliquadri, hope diners will reach similar culinary enlightenment at their new restaurant. They’re...
5 things to do in Pittsburgh this weekend: Nov. 8-10
This Veterans Day weekend includes the 100th anniversary of the city’s parade as well as other happenings. Veterans Day Parade The 100th anniversary of the Pittsburgh Veterans Day Parade is Saturday in Downtown. The event kicks off at Liberty Avenue and 10th Streets. Vietnam Veteran and Purple Heart recipient Jack...
DUI, firearms cases among cases those recently handled by Judge Zucco in Plum – Nov. 8, 2019
District Judge Linda Zucco recently handled the following cases. Charges were filed by Plum police unless otherwise noted. Held for court • Sean Talley, 20, of East Pittsburgh on charges of flight to avoid apprehension, failure to keep right possession of controlled substances, driving under the influence, failure to stop...
McKnight Road reopens after water main break
The northbound lanes of McKnight Road in Ross Township have reopened after a major water main break, according to Ross Township police. The break happened around 5:30 a.m. on the corner of McKnight and Nelson Run Road. With temperatures below freezing, officials were concerned the flooded road could turn icy....
Car lands on top of 2 others in Pittsburgh crash
One car landed on top of two others after a crash in Pittsburgh’s Crawford-Roberts neighborhood, according to Tribune-Review news partner WPXI. The crash happened just before 12:30 a.m. Friday on Dinwiddie Street. Nobody was hurt, officials told WPXI. Other details about the crash were not immediately available. The vehicles were...
The Stroller, Nov. 8, 2019: Events in the Alle-Kiski Valley
Turkey Trot to aid Kiski Area Youth Network The Kiski Valley Turkey Trot 5K Race and 1 Mile Fun Walk to benefit Kiski Area Youth Network will be Thanksgiving Day, Nov. 28 at Kunkle Park, 985 Pine Run Church Road, Washington Township. Serious and casual runners and walkers of all...
Pittsburgh man faces 13 charges after arrest for alleged string of attacks
A Pittsburgh man is facing 13 charges after performing a string of attacks on family members and intimate partners in Pittsburgh and Mt. Oliver Borough, according to police. Devin Montgomery, 23, was arrested just before 5:15 a.m. Thursday in the 300 block of Birmingham Avenue in Carrick. His charges include...
New ladder truck sought by Oakmont volunteer firefighters
Oakmont Volunteer Fire Department officials want to replace two aging pieces of equipment with a new ladder truck. Fire Chief Dave Carroll said his current vehicles have proven cumbersome when responding to calls at four-story structures and other larger buildings. “Right now, we’re kind of outgunned in the borough with...
Democrats sweep Republican challengers for 4 Oakmont Council seats
Democrats swept Republican challengers for four Oakmont Council seats. Three of the seats are four-year terms; the other is a two-year term. Former councilwoman Nancy Ride was the top vote-getter at 20.5% followed by newcomer Lindsay Osterhout at 19.4% and former councilwoman Sophia Facaros at 18%, according to unofficial returns...
