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Mt. Pleasant shopping spree to benefit kids of fallen soldiersVideo
More than 200 children around the country will have a birthday to remember next month thanks to the efforts of volunteers in Westmoreland County. A Soldier’s Child Foundation, based in Tennessee, visited Mount Pleasant Township last week and, with the help of about 60 local people, bought and wrapped birthday...
Westmoreland County controller candidates tout experience, watchdog role
In 2011, political newcomer Jeffrey Balzer campaigned for Westmoreland County controller with one message — the two-term incumbent had been in office too long. Now, eight years later Balzer, 54, a Republican from New Alexandria, is seeking his third term and said his experience in running the office that serves...
A year after Tree of Life shooting, the city still grieves but remains resoluteVideo
David and Cecil Rosenthal. Rose Mallinger. Joyce Fienberg. Bernice and Sylvan Simon. Melvin Wax. Irving Younger. Jerry Rabinowitz. Daniel Stein. Richard Gottfried. The Tree of Life synagogue in Squirrel Hill remains empty, an unintended memorial to these 11 congregants from three congregations — Tree of Life-Or L’Simcha, New Light and...
One year later: The path to recovery after the Tree of Life attackVideo
On Oct. 27, 2018, a gunman opened fire inside the Tree of Life synagogue in Squirrel Hill, killing 11 worshippers and wounding two. It was the deadliest act of anti-Semitic violence in U.S. history. Four Pittsburgh police officers were injured by gunfire as they responded to the attack. For the...
‘We must reopen, and we will’: Tree of Life leaders vow to reopen synagogueVideo
One year after a white supremacist with an AR-15 killed 11 congregants in their Squirrel Hill house of worship, the synagogue at the corner of Wilkins and Shady remains empty and tomblike, a hulking reminder of Oct. 27, 2018. It will not stay that way. “For certain we must reopen,”...
A year after the Tree of Life shooting, the city still grieves but remains resolute
The Tree of Life synagogue in Squirrel Hill remains empty, an unintended memorial to these 11 congregants from three congregations — Tree of Life-Or L’Simcha, New Light and Dor Hadash — killed by gunfire during Shabbat services on Oct. 27. A year after the country’s deadliest attack on people of...
One Year Later: The path to recovery after the Tree of Life attack
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‘We must reopen, and we will’: Tree of Life leaders vow to reopen synagogue
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Police: 4 shot in Duquesne
A drive-by shooting Saturday in Duquesne sent four people to the hospital, according to Allegheny County police. The gunfire started just after 5 p.m. on Priscilla Street, Lt. Kenneth Ruckel said. Three men in a blue Ford Fusion alleged drove down the street and opened fire on three people sitting...
Pittsburgh’s rich food heritage on display at Heinz History Center eventVideo
Pittsburgh area locals with a passion for food talked cooking, growing, creating and heritage Saturday at the Heinz History Center’s Hometown-Homegrown program. The program, in its eighth year, aims to celebrate locally crafted food and food history in the region. This year, the program was incorporated into Heinztoberfest, a month-long...
Jeannette fest celebrates ethnic traditions, town’s resurgenceVideo
Visitors to Saturday’s fourth annual Ethnic Food and Fall Festival in Jeannette got a sampling of what the town has to offer gastronomically and culturally. “Part of our mission is to build awareness of our town,” said Donna McCullough, secretary of the Jeannette Business Association, which organized the festival. “We’re...
Pittsburgh International Airport auction has highest turnout everVideo
Jet setters departing from Pittsburgh International Airport left thousands of personal items behind last year. And eager auction goers were on hand Saturday to bid on lost, unclaimed and abandoned items left in the airport’s lost-and-found at the annual public auction held by the Allegheny County Airport Authority. Items up...
Flagger struck in South Huntingdon work zone, taken to hospital
A flagger was struck by a car Saturday morning in a construction zone on Route 31 in South Huntingdon, state police confirmed. Emergency crews responded about 8:30 a.m. to the site near the on-ramp to eastbound Interstate 70, a Westmoreland County 911 dispatcher said. The injured woman was able to...
3-vehicle crash in Indiana County kills 1, injures 3
A Creekside man was killed and three others were injured in a three-vehicle crash Friday afternoon in Indiana County. Robert Daniel Riddle, 61, died of blunt force trauma to the chest, Indiana County Coroner Jerry Overman said. Riddle was taken by ambulance to Indiana Regional Medical Center, where he was...
Man stable after shooting at Bloomfield home
A man in his 30s was in stable condition after being shot in the leg early Saturday in Bloomfield, Pittsburgh police said. The man told police he and his girlfriend were at a residence in the 4500 block of Friendship Avenue when another man came to the door. Once the...
Westmoreland commissioner election focus: economic developmentVideo
Editor’s note: Candidates for Westmoreland County commissioner discussed their views on various subjects with the Tribune-Review, which will be published weekly leading up to the Nov. 5 election. The third installment features excerpts from interviews in which the candidates were asked about their views on economic development. A video of...
What’s in a name? High school stadiums, fields honor football standouts, coaches and supportersVideo
A football field, by any other name, would still measure 100 yards from end zone to end zone. But there are individuals, and stories, behind many names attached to local varsity gridirons and the stadiums that house them. Offutt Field in Greensburg and Weller Field in Ligonier are named for...
Gov. Wolf orders state flags at half-staff Oct. 27
Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf expanded on Pittsburgh City Council’s proclamation that Oct. 27 be designated “Remember Repair Together Day” by declaring it a statewide day and ordering state flags to be flown at half-staff that day. The proclamation honors the 11 congregants killed in the shooting at Tree of Life...
Man stable after Downtown Pittsburgh shooting
A man was taken to a local hospital in stable condition after a shooting Friday night on a Downtown Pittsburgh street. Pittsburgh Police were called just before 10:30 p.m. to the scene outside the McDonald’s restaurant on Wood Street, between Liberty and Sixth avenues. The victim, who is in his...
USDA to fund flood control efforts in North Huntingdon, Scottdale
Westmoreland County will receive a cut of $1.9 million in federal funds to help prevent flooding, according to the United States Department of Agriculture. The USDA will spend the money to develop watershed project plans and conduct feasibility studies in Lancaster, Chester, Westmoreland and Wyoming Counties. In Westmoreland County, officials...
Sports legend Dick Groat honored with ‘day,’ recalls ’60 World Series winVideo
Pittsburgh Pirates legend Dick Groat turned the memories of some gray-haired golfers and University of Pittsburgh at Greensburg supporters to a time 59 years ago, when they were young and the scrappy Bucs beat the Goliath of the baseball world, the New York Yankees, to win the 1960 World Series....
University of Pittsburgh police investigating robbery at Jimmy John’s just off campus
University of Pittsburgh police are asking for the public’s help in identifying a man believed to have robbed the Jimmy John’s just off campus. City and university officers responded to the sandwich shop at 3444 Forbes Ave. around 6:20 p.m. Friday for a report of a robbery. The university posted...
West Deer, Deer Lakes School District look for ways to spur growth
West Deer and Deer Lakes School District officials are exploring a joint effort to jump-start development and increase the tax base. Township Supervisor Arlind Karpuzi and school board president William Lupone discussed the matter at last week’s supervisors meeting. Karpuzi wants to focus on doing something that would benefit current...
Washington, Pa., man gets up to 13 years for crimes involving drugs, guns, domestic violence
A Washington, Pa., man was sentenced this week to 6 1/2 to 13 years in state prison for cases involving domestic violence, drugs and gun possession. Shaquore Yarbrough, 26, of Third Street, was sentenced Wednesday in Washington City by Judge Valarie Costanzo. District Attorney Eugene A. Vittone said Yarbrough was...
Pittsburgh authority gives preliminary OK for development of former Civic Arena site
The Pittsburgh Urban Redevelopment Authority gave preliminary approval Friday for the Penguins to begin a first phase of construction estimated at $210 million at the former Civic Arena property in the city’s Hill District. The approval marks the first step in what all sides say will be a long process...
