Street paving contracts approved in Greensburg and Jeannette
Streets in two Westmoreland County communities are set to be improved after project approvals by their respective city councils last week. In Greensburg, three contracts were awarded. Donegal Construction Corp. will handle $46,000 worth of paving through a partnership with Peoples Gas, city administrator Kelsye Milliron said. Mele & Mele...
19-year-old shot, killed in girlfriend’s Washington County home, coroner says
A 19-year-old man’s death in Washington County on Sunday is being investigated as a homicide, the county coroner’s office said. According to the coroner, Devyon Dennis, of Uniontown, was shot inside his girlfriend’s residence in the Washington Estates mobile home park on Broadmore Drive in Canton. The incident was reported...
Greensburg Fire Department sells dual-driver ladder truck
The Greensburg Fire Department’s tractor-drawn ladder truck will be heading south. City council last week unanimously approved selling the 2012 truck to Charleston, S.C., for $750,000, said administrator Kelsye Milliron. The department has had that type of ladder truck for about 70 years, but with fewer volunteers, there isn’t enough...
Westmoreland happenings: Earth Day garden talk, genealogy workshop, fashion show, more
Fundraisers • Lincoln Heights Civic Association will host a Bingo Bonanza April 27 at the Civic Center, 42 Millersdale Road, Hempfield. Doors open at 11 a.m., early birds will begin at 1 p.m., and regular bingo will start at 1:30 p.m. Cost: $25, includes three early bird games, 12 regular...
Hempfield driver dies in head-on collision with tree
A Hempfield man died Saturday after the Ford pickup truck he was driving crashed, according to Westmoreland County Coroner Tim Carson. Kenneth R. Altman, 68, was traveling on North Greengate Road in Hempfield around 4:15 p.m. when the pickup left the road and collided head-on with a tree. He was...
PennDOT sets open house for I-70 interchange project, plans paving, patching in Westmoreland
PennDOT is hosting an open house Tuesday in Rostraver to offer details on the construction timeline and related traffic changes for its update of the Arnold City interchange on Interstate 70. The meeting is set for 5 to 7 p.m. at the Rostraver Central fire hall, 1100 Fells Church Road....
Chartiers Valley area real estate transactions, week of April 20, 2025
Bridgeville John Jamison Collier sold property at 666 Baldwin St. to Kyle McRoy for $210,000. Jack Meixell sold property at 1107 Chartiers St. to Seth Taylor Cochran for $270,000. Ryan Snyder sold property at 207 Eisner Ave. to Robin and Donna Lynn for $190,000. Gary Chabala sold property at Hill...
After years of turmoil, Lower Valley Ambulance Service does ‘complete 180’
When Terry Anzaldi took over as EMS chief of Lower Valley Ambulance Service in October 2023, he said reordering the foundering service was like putting together pieces of a puzzle. In 2022, the service rang the alarm bells, saying it had entered a “financial crisis” and needed relief from local...
Western Pa. ‘Jeopardy!’ contestants reflect on their game show experiences
After broadcasting in several formats as far back as 1964, the modern version of “Jeopardy!” has been beamed to the television sets of trivia lovers across the country five days a week since 1984. That’s when iconic former host Alex Trebek took the podium. And Western Pennsylvania has a storied...
The Stroller, April 20, 2025: Events in the Alle-Kiski Valley
Publicize your non-profit’s community events, fundraisers and club meetings for free in The Stroller. Send information at least two weeks in advance to vndnews@triblive.com or The Stroller, 210 Wood St., Tarentum PA 15084. Please include a daytime telephone number. Follow the Stroller on X at @VNDStroller. Happy Easter! St. Joseph...
3 Republicans running to replace Albert ‘Ouch’ Roenigk as Buffalo Township supervisor
Republicans voters in Buffalo Township will have three choices for supervisor in the May 20 primary. Bob Buterbaugh, John Haven and Heath Singer all are vying for a six-year term. No Democrats are on the primary ballot. The winner likely will succeed Albert “Ouch” Roenigk, who is stepping down from...
Team that resurrected dire wolf has Pitt, Penn State connectionsVideo
Some of the scientific groundwork that paved the way for a rebirth of the long-extinct dire wolf took place in Pennsylvania. With much fanfare, Texas company Colossal Biosciences announced April 7 that its scientists had returned the dire wolf, a species extinct for more than 10,000 years, “to its rightful...
Greensburg Salem students auction hand-painted chairs in advance of Greensburg ArtsWalk
Greensburg residents stopping in the city’s downtown businesses this month may start to notice a pattern: vibrant hand-painted wooden chairs displayed in the storefronts. The trend is no coincidence. Seventeen Greensburg Salem High School art students spent about a month decorating chairs to be put up for auction in advance...
Supervisors eye 2nd vote in attempt to fill vacancy on Ligonier Township governing panel
The Ligonier Township Supervisors will have a second chance at their meeting Tuesday to fill a vacant seat on the township’s five-member governing panel. Eight people met the supervisors’ April 4 deadline to submit letters of interest for the appointment, but the supervisors were unable to reach an agreement on...
Building the Valley: Numa Yoga brings a calming presence to Freeport
It’s mid-morning on a Thursday in March, and Kristen Formaini is searching for “effortless.” The soft music, wafts of burning palo santo and three heaters set to a stuffy 85 degrees are all meant to help her and her students find it. “We repeat things all the time in this...
Pittsburgh police: 2 men found shot in Perry South
Two men were found shot outside a home in Pittsburgh’s Perry South neighborhood early Saturday morning, according to police. Officers went to the 2600 block of Perrysville Avenue just before 5:30 a.m. in response to an alert of two shots fired. One man had been struck in the arm, while...
Volunteers turn out to get New Ken mansion in order for reopening as restaurant, bed-and-breakfast
Robin Richards has been fascinated by the former Bloser Mansion in New Kensington since she was a little girl. She had always wanted to go inside but wasn’t even allowed on the property. “We were dirty looking little kids,” she said. Richards went inside the mansion for the first time...
New farmers market launches in downtown New Kensington
An oasis in downtown New Kensington’s food desert formed on Saturday. About a dozen vendors participated in the first of the New Ken Downtown Partnership’s new series of farmers markets. They’re scheduled to be held weekly from 9 a.m. to noon Saturdays through Oct. 19 on Fifth Avenue at 10th...
Man, juveniles convicted of poaching white-tailed deer in Somerset County, prohibited from hunting for decades
It will be decades before three people convicted of poaching 19 white-tailed deer in Somerset County over a two-month span in 2020 are allowed to hunt again, according to the Pennsylvania Game Commission. Although authorities were able to tie 19 poached deer to the three suspects, they said they believe...
2 dead in Findlay Township house fire
Two people were found dead in an early morning fire Saturday in Findlay Township, according to Trib news partner WTAE. The blaze was reported on Poplar Street around 4:30 a.m. at a two-story home in the village of Imperial. Allegheny County police and fire marshal are investigating, the news outlet...
The Stroller, April 19, 2025: Events in the Alle-Kiski Valley
Publicize your non-profit’s community events, fundraisers and club meetings for free in The Stroller. Send information at least two weeks in advance to vndnews@triblive.com or The Stroller, 210 Wood St., Tarentum PA 15084. Please include a daytime telephone number. Follow the Stroller on X at @VNDStroller. Kids’ Fishing Day planned...
Latrobe fills new administrative slot, agrees to buy trash ‘toters’ for pending in-house collection
Latrobe is ramping up for its takeover of garbage hauling services in the city next year, with moves to fill a new administrative post and to strike a deal on used collection containers. City council this week promoted Melanie McGregor, an hourly sanitation department clerk, to the new salaried role...
Our Lady of Joy in Plum hosts weekly fish fry during Lent in renovated hall
Parishioners and guests of Holy Family Parish’s Our Lady of Joy in Plum enjoyed a variety of foods at the church’s Friday fish frys this Lenten season. The church at 2000 O’Block Road recently renovated its social hall with new drywall, sconces and a paint job among other upgrades. It...
Murrysville camera company livestreams nearby fox denVideo
“Sly as a fox” is not just a saying somebody made up. Foxes are cunning and wary. Just ask Bill Powers of Murrysville, who’s been trying to successfully train a wildlife camera on a wild fox den since 2016. “They’re so sensitive that, if they sense a human has been...
Black Maternal Health Week is celebrated in Pittsburgh with a Birth with Joy Community Day
DAWA Mama closed out Black Maternal Health Week with a community day focused on birthing with joy at the UPMC Health Plan Neighborhood Center in East Liberty on Thursday afternoon. Black Maternal Health Week was held April 11 to April 17. The week was first recognized nationally in 2021 and...
