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Vacant Pittsburgh Glass Works plant bought by Rosebud Mining Co.
Rosebud Mining Co., a coal mining company based in Kittanning, recently purchased the building formerly operated by Pittsburgh Glass Works, according Allegheny County real estate records. The building, at 150 Ferry St. in the Creighton section of East Deer, has been vacant since last year. Pittsburgh Glass Works was once...
Westmoreland Recorder of Deeds candidates ready for rematch
Voters might experience déjà vu Tuesday when choosing the Westmoreland County Recorder of Deeds. Incumbent Democrat Tom Murphy and Republican Frank Schiefer are familiar opponents. In 2011, Schiefer ousted Murphy, who was then a three-term incumbent. Four years later, they faced off again, with Murphy prevailing. Now they’re going for...
2 Westmoreland County judges up for retention on Tuesday
Westmoreland County voters on Tuesday will decided whether two Common Pleas Court judges get new, 10-year terms. Judges Michele Bononi and Chris Scherer are up for retention through a simple “yes” or “no” vote. Both were elected to the bench in 2009. Bononi, 59, of Unity, has spent her entire...
Westmoreland County judge candidates tout experience to court voters
The three candidates for two spots on the Westmoreland County Common Pleas Court bench combined to spend more than $800,000 this year as their campaigns approach next week’s finish line. Voters on Tuesday will choose among Hempfield lawyer Michael Stewart II, Unity attorney Jessica Rafferty and Justin Walsh, a two-term...
2 incumbents seek to retain seats on Irwin Council
The contest among four candidates seeking three seats on Irwin Council is proof of the importance of write-in votes. Three of the four candidates running for four-year terms on council won a spot on the Nov. 5 ballot as a result of write-in votes in the May primary, including the...
Texas man caught with loaded handgun at Pittsburgh International Airport
A Texan man told officials he didn’t know he had a .40 caliber handgun loaded with 14 bullets, including one in the chamber, when he was stopped Thursday at a checkpoint at Pittsburgh International Airport, according to the Transportation Security Administration. It was the 31st gun found at the checkpoint...
Police investigating crash into Pine Creek in Shaler Township
Shaler police have identified the man rescued after the car he was driving went off the road and ended up in Pine Creek. Paul Skerl, 76, was driving on Elfinwild Road in Shaler on Thursday afternoon when his vehicle left the roadway, fell down a steep hill and landed upside...
Write-in Republican challenging Allegheny County Controller Chelsa Wagner
Allegheny County Controller Chelsa Wagner’s campaign has 65 times more money on hand than her Republican write-in challenger, Brooke Nadonley. Nadonley, 43, a home health care worker who lives in Pittsburgh’s Mt. Washington neighborhood, had less than $600 in cash to the Wagner’s nearly $42,000 as of mid-October, records show....
4 incumbents, 3 newcomers in race for 5 Greater Latrobe School Board seats
Seven candidates are vying for five seats on the Greater Latrobe School Board in Tuesday’s election. Those seeking to join the board include retired state police trooper Paul McCommons, chiropractic assistant and former Greater Latrobe employee Cathy Sarraf, and Plum Borough School District business teacher David Vitula. Incumbents hoping to...
4th gun found at Arnold Palmer airport checkpoint in 2019
Federal security officials at Arnold Palmer Regional Airport near Latrobe stopped a Connellsville man who tried to travel with a loaded handgun in his carry-on bag Thursday, according to the agency. Westmoreland County Park Police, which assigns officers to the Unity airport, detained the man for questioning, eventually allowing him...
‘Echoes from the Hollow’ author Don Roberts to hold 2 book discussions
Don Roberts said it was a breath of fresh air to have found a creative outlet such as writing fiction shortly after retiring. The Monroeville resident, 76, had a 35-year career in education with Pittsburgh Public Schools. He concurrently taught at the University of Pittsburgh as a history lecturer. “As...
Rocky Bleier doc included at Pittsburgh Shorts Film Festival
Film Pittsburgh’s Pittsburgh Shorts Film Festival at SouthSide Works Cinema opens Friday with the documentary about former Pittsburgh Steeler Rocky Bleier’s return to Vietnam. “The Return” chronicles the journey of Bleier, who was wounded in Vietnam and told he would never play football again. Bleier proved everyone wrong. The running...
Woman identified who died in head-on crash on Saw Mill Run Boulevard in Carrick
A Pittsburgh woman was killed and another woman was seriously hurt in a head-on car crash Friday morning in Carrick, police said. Wendy Eberle, 60, died at UPMC Mercy hospital shortly after 9:30 a.m., about a half-hour after the two-vehicle crash on Saw Mill Run Boulevard near Moredale Street, the...
Cops: Man arrested for assault of 5-year-old girl outside Westmoreland prison
A 45-year-old Latrobe man was arrested for physically assaulting a 5-year-old girl he was watching in the parking lot of the Westmoreland County Prison while her mother visited an inmate Thursday, according to park police. John M. Truxal was arraigned before District Judge Mark Mansour on charges of endangering the...
Washington Township man sets state record for largest green squash
It’s the great pumpkin, Charlie Brown! Or rather, it’s the great green squash! Whatever it is, it’s officially the largest of its kind in Pennsylvania — and it was grown in Washington Township by the Yohe family. “This is my fourth year growing them,” Jay Yohe said. “My father was...
Man who left car at FBI gate turns himself in, receiving help
A man who left a car painted with “gibberish” at the gate of the FBI’s Pittsburgh offices on the South Side turned himself in Friday, a spokeswoman said. The man won’t be identified, FBI spokeswoman Catherine Policicchio said. He appears to suffer from mental illness, she said, and he is...
Republican challenger knows it’s slim he’ll best Allegheny County Executive Fitzgerald
Retired Air Force officer Matt Drozd, a self-dubbed “moderate” Republican from the North Hills, says he knows he has a slim chance of unseating Allegheny County Executive Rich Fitzgerald at the polls on Tuesday. Drozd is facing off against one of the largest campaign coffers countywide, with Fitzgerald reporting nearly...
North Side man wanted for alleged sexual assault of teen taken into custody
A North Side man who was being sought on accusations that he sexually assaulted a 16-year-old girl is behind bars. James McCray, 41, was charged earlier this week with unlawful contact with a minor, indecent assault and three counts of corruption of minors. He was arrested Thursday and placed in...
2 incumbents, 2 challengers lay out plans for Greensburg Council
The four candidates for Greensburg council agree the city is moving in the right direction. They disagree over whether it is doing so quickly enough — and on who should lead the city for the next four years. Republicans Sindy Diaz and Colin Johnson are challenging Democratic incumbents Randy Finfrock...
6 cars damaged, destroyed by fire in Harmar hotel parking lotVideo
High winds contributed to several cars being damaged or destroyed when one caught fire in a Harmar hotel parking lot Friday morning. The fire at the Hampton Inn on Freeport Road was reported around 6:30 a.m., according to Allegheny County 911. The fire was not far from the front entrance...
Pittsburgh sinkhole bus was a hot Halloween costumeVideo
The timing was perfect: A Pittsburgh bus falls into a sinkhole in totally dramatic fashion just days before tons of people in Western Pennsylvania need to come up with a cool costume for parties. We knew what would happen next. And it did. If you went dressed as the Pittsburgh...
Hulton Road opening could be delayed
A section on Hulton Road that has been closed since July is expected to reopen as soon as Thanksgiving, but could go into December, according to a PennDOT official. Steve Cowan, a PennDOT spokesman, said some utility relocation work could delay the Thanksgiving goal. He also said crews will need...
Photos: Book Buddies Story Time at Oakmont Carnegie Library
Ninja turtles, super heroes, giant pumpkins, astronauts, a ladybug and even Spiderman stopped into the Oakmont Carnegie Library Book Buddy Story Time Oct. 30. Children listened to stories, made crafts, colored a treat bag and paraded in their favorite costume throughout the library, stopping along the way to collect treats...
Photos: Monroeville Senior Center Hawaiian Halloween Party
Monroeville Senior Center went Hawaiian for its annual Halloween Party this year. Island decor, spooky costumes and island cuisine transformed the MSC into a creepy Hawaiian luau on Wednesday, October 30....
Power outage prompts Burrell to cancel classes at Bon Air Elementary
Burrell School District canceled classes Friday at Bon Air Elementary School, according to school officials. Officials attributed the closure to a partial power outage that affected the building’s heating system. The power outage does not appear to have disrupted classes at other district buildings....
