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Ligonier Highland Games return to Idlewild ParkVideo
The Ligonier Highland Games returned to Westmoreland County this weekend for the 61st time to celebrate Scottish pride and heritage — down to kilts, bagpipes and haggis. This is the second year the popular event is being held over two days at Idlewild Park and SoakZone in Ligonier Township. The...
Horse, rider killed at Salem Township riding stable
Fire officials responded to a Salem Township stable Saturday afternoon after a horse fell and died, killing the rider. Bobby Rosatti, fire chief for the Slickville Volunteer Fire Department, said officials responded to Stonehouse Stables along Bash Road shortly after 2 p.m. When they arrived on scene, both the horse...
Freeport welcomes all to enjoy September by the River this weekend
Long before patrons reached the 13th annual September by the River festival in Freeport, they could hear a chainsaw roaring and tap shoes clicking in the park gazebo along the Allegheny River. Pungent smells of popcorn, haluski and homemade wedding soup lingered for blocks. Hosted by the Freeport Renaissance Association...
World’s largest American flag makes an impression when unfurled in Derry TownshipVideo
Josh Dorfman was 8 years old the last time he saw the world’s largest American flag — weighing in at 7 tons and spanning 400 feet. But on Saturday, Dorfman, now 26, saw the flag again after it had been in storage for 18 years. “My memory of it is...
Open Records Office gives mixed ruling on swimming pool injury request
The Pennsylvania Office of Open Records recently ruled on a Tribune-Review appeal, siding with county officials saying that providing the age and gender of swimming pool victims treated by health care personnel violates federal law restricting the release of medical information. But the state’s arbitrator of Right-to-Know disputes also ruled...
Giant Eagle urges against open carry on store properties
Giant Eagle is the latest retailer requesting customers refrain from openly carrying guns on store property. On Friday, the Pittsburgh-based grocery store released a statement reading, “We respect the rights of each individual who chooses to shop with us, and also recognize the heightened concern customers may feel when they...
Arnold to aggressively pursue unpaid garbage, sewage bills
Arnold is going to get aggressive when it comes to collecting the money it is owed for city services. The city is owed about $131,000 in unpaid garbage and sewage bills, City Clerk Mario Bellavia said. Garbage collection costs $22 per month. Mayor Karen Peconi said residents not paying for...
Highland Park Bridge construction continues this weekend
Single-lane restrictions are likely to slow traffic on the Highland Park Bridge this weekend. Bridge inspection work will continue on Saturday and Sunday, weather permitting, causing lane restrictions in each direction. Intermittent stoppages will occur on the ramps at Washington Boulevard, PennDOT said in a news release. Crews will conduct...
New-look Eat’n Park shown off at WaterfrontVideo
The new look Eat’n Park at the Waterfront in Homestead brought even more smiles to the faces of diners on Friday. After eight weeks of a complete remodel, all guests received the restaurant’s signature Smiley cookie during a grand reopening. It’s been almost 20 years since the company has done...
1 dead in house fire, explosion in Edgewood
Neighbors were in shock Sunday morning after an explosion leveled an Edgewood house Saturday afternoon, leaving one person dead. Emergency crews responded to the 300 block of Garland Street around 2:30 p.m. for a house fire stemming from the explosion, Allegheny County dispatchers said Saturday. Police said it was not...
Former Oklahoma woman pleads guilty to coercing minor into Pa. for prostitution
A former Tulsa, Okla., woman has pleaded guilty to coercing a minor to travel from Ohio to Pennsylvania to engage in prostitution. Shelby Summer Brown, 28, entered a guilty plea to a count of coercion and a count of conspiracy in the case before U.S. District Judge Cathy Bissoon in...
Artists display works, raise awareness of addiction struggle at Greensburg festVideo
Cassidy Roach, 22, of Greensburg was thankful to sell nearly all the six paintings she brought to display at the Greensburg Music Fest on Friday evening. She’s even more thankful to be closing in this month on her one-year anniversary of being clean from use of heroin and other controlled...
Fire destroys former car dealership in North Huntingdon, Route 30 reopens
A fire Friday night tore through the former Hamilton Buick car dealership just off Route 30 in the Jacktown Hill section of North Huntingdon, destroying the building, officials said. Passing motorists reported the fire near the intersection of Center Highway at about 6:30 p.m., according to Circleville Assistant Fire Chief...
Volunteers join forces to rehabilitate Greensburg park and playground
Dozens of volunteers, wearing work gloves and carrying shovels descended on the Coulter Park and Playground in Greensburg Friday evening for the start of a two-day rehabilitation project spearheaded by Central Westmoreland Habitat for Humanity and Thrivent Financial’s Building on Faith 2019 initiative. Work at the park on the corner...
No debate about the greatness of these former WPIAL stars
Who are the top high school football players in the WPIAL’s rich history? That debate could rage on until next high football school season or the one after that. But there’s no debating the greatness of these former WPIAL stars from the Tribune-Review’s coverage area, listed alphabetically below: LaVar Arrington,...
Removal of Belvedere Hotel fire rubble halted due to higher, unexplained costs
Officials won’t say exactly what the problem is, but they are seeking bids for the demolition of the Belvedere Hotel in Oklahoma Borough after halting the project this week just a day before the removal of the charred remains was scheduled to begin. After a July 24 fire decimated the...
Drug arrest ends former Belle Vernon man’s prison release, adds 2 years to sentence
A former Belle Vernon man was sentenced to two additional years behind bars after Pittsburgh police arrested him on drug-related charges — the same day he began a supervised release from prison. U.S. District Judge Cathy Bissoon imposed the sentence Thursday on Eric Seighman, 36, in Pittsburgh. Seighman previously was...
Judge rules Turtle Creek man will have separate trials for Westmoreland drug deaths
An Allegheny County man charged with supplying drugs used in two fatal overdoses in Westmoreland County will have separate trials, a judge ruled Friday. Common Pleas Court Judge Tim Krieger, in a five-page opinion, said that it would be prejudicial for one jury to hear two separate cases against Demetrius...
Treat gun violence as a ‘public health epidemic,’ state lawmakers are told
Hundreds of times Dr. Raquel Forsythe has had to tell families their loved one has died from a bullet-wound trauma that surgeons just couldn’t repair. The UPMC director of trauma takes a moment to steel herself first, even though she’s done it before and she’ll do it again. She checks...
Dragonfly swarm stops in Southwestern PennsylvaniaVideo
Not a bird, not a plane: Dragonflies are swarming the skies over Southwestern Pennsylvania. The insects have been observed throughout the region over the past week, touching down to refuel before continuing their yearly migration toward Central and South America. “Swarms are great for cutting down the small insect population,...
Ross healthcare center honors first responders on 9/11 with ‘Grab Breakfast-on-the-Go’ event
Employees and patients at ManorCare Health Services in Ross Township honored emergency responders on Sept. 11 with an event called “Breakfast-on-the-Go!” featuring free take-out meals for busy police officers, firefighters and emergency medical personnel. “This was our first event of this kind and we decided it will be an ongoing...
Pittsburgh’s Diana Street on North Side reopens following landslide repairs
Pittsburgh on Friday reopened a North Side street that had been closed for more than a year because of a landslide. The Mayor’s Office reported that reconstruction of Diana Street in its Spring Hill neighborhood cost $880,000. Work included construction of a new retaining wall, stormwater inlet and pipe, pavement...
Pittsburgh mulling pedestrian bridge connecting Davis Avenue and Riverview Park
Residents of Pittsburgh’s North Side for years have argued for and against replacing the demolished Davis Avenue Bridge. Now, city officials think they’ve found a compromise. Pittsburgh City Council this week gave preliminary authorization for the Mayor’s Office and Department of Mobility and Infrastructure to seek $1.8 million from the...
Online petition seeks to rename Indiana site to Nalani Johnson Park
An online petition to rename a park in Indiana County has purportedly garnered more than 18,700 signatures since its launch a week ago. Nadia Tillman, of Blairsville created the petition in early September, two days after Nalani Johnson — who would have turned two on Sunday — was found dead...
Senate support of 9/11 trail could unlock funding for Pennsylvania segment
The U.S. Senate’s official recognition of the September 11th National Memorial Trail on Wednesday’s anniversary of the 2001 terror attack could make it easier to secure money to develop a 12-mile, off-road trail from the Great Allegheny Passage to the Flight 93 Memorial in Shanksville, according to trail organizers. The...
