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Omega Psi Phi fraternity to distribute free turkey dinners
A historically black fraternal organization plans to give Thanksgiving dinner to more than 400 Pittsburgh area families on Saturday, Nov. 23 by distributing free turkey dinner baskets to the needy. The Iota Phi (Pittsburgh Graduate) Chapter of the Omega Psi Phi Fraternity Inc. is distributing the turkeys in its 26th...
Joanne Rogers, Pittsburgh’s ‘luckiest widow’ savors seeing, appearing in Mister Rogers movieVideo
Joanne Rogers calls herself the luckiest widow in Pittsburgh. The presence of her late husband, Fred Rogers, is everywhere. “He is just there,” she said of Mister Rogers. “I don’t have to give up all of him. And, you know, thank goodness. I’m just fortunate.” The movie “A Beautiful Day...
Latrobe’s Holly Jolly Christmas features Santa, gingerbread house contest
Gingerbread will be a featured ingredient in this year’s annual Holly Jolly Christmas in Latrobe. A gingerbread house contest is part of the downtown event, to be held 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Dec. 7. Also, children will have the opportunity to make a gingerbread cookie craft, an activity...
Body of missing Bethel Park woman identified 7 weeks after being found in Nevada desert
Authorities in Nevada have confirmed that the body of a woman found in the desert is that of a missing Bethel Park woman. Jaime Feden’s remains were identified Thursday through dental records, according to Lincoln County (Nevada) Sheriff Kerry D. Lee. Feden, 33, was found Oct. 5 in a southern...
One of four suspects charged with killing a Pittsburgh cab driver found guilty
A Pittsburgh man will spend the rest of his life in jail for his role in the 2017 fatal beating of a cab driver in the city’s Beltzhoover neighborhood. Daniel Russell, 22, was found guilty Thursday of second-degree murder, robbery and conspiracy. He was one of four charged in connection...
How a movie about Mister Rogers came togetherVideo
Marielle Heller had a daunting task. As the director of “A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood,” she had the job of bringing a story to the big screen that involved two legendary performers: children’s TV host Fred Rogers and the multi-Oscar-winning actor playing him, Tom Hanks. Her mission became a...
Vandergrift holding night markets during holiday season
Vandergrift has launched a new series of night markets and invites local vendors to sell handcrafted goods and connect with the community. The first Holiday Night Market took place Thursday in the town’s former J.C. Penney building on Grant Avenue. The event was sponsored by the Vandergrift Improvement Program, a...
Pittsburgh sinkhole that swallowed a bus could take months to repair
City officials believe it will take several more months to repair utility lines on Pittsburgh’s 10th Street that were damaged when a sinkhole opened up in October and swallowed a bus. Karina Ricks, director of the city’s Department of Mobility and Infrastructure, said the mishap damaged multiple utility lines that...
Children’s book about Merlyn the police dog has special connection to Allegheny Valley schoolsVideo
Who wouldn’t love a police dog that pines for French fries? Second-graders at Acmetonia Elementary School in Harmar learned the eating and work habits of Merlyn, the now retired police dog for Springdale Township. Jennifer Callen-Naviglia and her sister, Leslee Green, recently released the children’s book, “K-9 Merlyn Police Dog...
Greensburg, Pittsburgh hospitals sued over baby’s death
A Youngwood couple sued two local hospitals and medical personnel, claiming doctors and nurses failed to properly identify and treat a prenatal condition blamed for their son’s death in late 2017. In a 20-count wrongful death lawsuit, Joanie and Samuel Adams contend an ultrasound performed at UPMC Magee Womens Hospital...
Leechburg talent show to raise money for spring musical
The Leechburg Drama Club is hoping its second annual talent show fundraiser Friday is at least as successful as last year’s inaugural event, which raised $4,000 to help put on a high school musical. Regardless, those attending Friday’s event are going to get a good show, according to Leechburg Area...
Trafford plans holiday events on Dec. 7
Trafford Borough will hold a holiday celebration with a parade and visit by Santa Claus on Dec. 7. Christmas carols will be sung from 5 to 6:30 p.m. at the borough building at 414 Brinton Ave A parade in downtown Trafford will follow, beginning in the Haymaker Village parking lot...
Court battle begins in Tarentum billboard case
An Allegheny County judge heard arguments Thursday in a case where a billboard company is fighting for the right to place a sign near the Tarentum Bridge. Staff for Common Pleas Judge Joseph James said he will render a decision in the case within a week. America First Enterprises, doing...
Westmoreland ‘Science Scholars’ will compete for $12,000 in Pitt-Greensburg scholarships
Students from five Westmoreland County schools will compete Monday for $12,000 in scholarship money to attend the University of Pittsburgh at Greensburg at the college’s Science Scholar Showdown. The four-member teams will put their scientific knowledge and teamwork to the test as they participate in three rounds of competition. Students...
Allegheny County farmer honored for ‘distinguished service’ to agriculture
One of a diminishing number of farmers in Allegheny County has won the 2019 Distinguished Service to Agriculture Award from the Pennsylvania Farm Bureau. John Scott, a seventh-generation farmer in North Fayette Township west of Pittsburgh, received the award this week during the state bureau’s 69th annual meeting in Hershey....
DNA match leads to child sex assault charges against Greensburg man
A Greensburg man was arrested Thursday on charges of sexually assaulting a 6-year-old girl last spring after a forensic test revealed his DNA was on her clothing, police said. Michael T. Walker, 37, was arraigned on charges of involuntary deviate sexual intercourse, aggravated indecent assault, indecent assault on a person...
Opening of Harmar’s Jacoby Road delayed until next year
Wintry weather has further postponed the reopening of Harmar’s Jacoby Road, officials said Thursday. The road has been closed since July as part of a $1.1 million bridge replacement project. The section of road between Rosedale Road and Ecker Lane was supposed to reopen sometime this month, but the county’s...
Monroeville rec department holds Thanksgiving event for kids
There were lots of laughs and giggles Nov. 15 when more than a dozen local children, ages preschool and up, got together for the Monroeville Recreation Department’s “Gobbles and Giggles” event. Class instructors Ashley Smith and Courtney Smith read Thanksgiving-themed stories, “There Was An Old Lady Who Swallowed a Turkey”...
Firefighter hurt in 4-alarm blaze at Market Square restaurantVideo
A four-alarm fire during lunchtime Thursday heavily damaged a popular restaurant in Downtown Pittsburgh’s Market Square. Authorities were still investigating the cause of the blaze in the floors above Winghart’s Restaurant at 5 Market Square. The fire was reported shortly before noon and was upgraded to a four-alarm blaze by...
Former mayors to lead Greensburg’s Holiday Parade
Two of Greensburg’s former mayors will lead the way at the city’s 28th annual Holiday Parade on Saturday. The city chose all of Greensburg’s past mayors to serve as grand marshals for the parade. Scott Brown, who served for most of the 1980s, and Dan Fajt, who served in the...
Penn-Trafford tops in Westmoreland County on state assessment tests
Penn-Trafford was ranked in the top 2% of the state’s 605 schools districts, based on the results of the Pennsylvania System of School Assessment and the Keystone Exams, the school district said. The Westmoreland County school district ranked 11th out of 605 statewide, according to scores released in October and...
Jefferson Hills Council race comes down to 1 vote
The recent Jefferson Hills Borough Council race proved that every vote does count. One vote could be the difference in who wins the third of three open four-year seats on borough council, according to the latest results released on Nov. 20 by the Allegheny County Elections Division, which puts Democrat...
It wouldn’t be the holidays in Pittsburgh without sinkhole bus gingerbread housesVideo
This year’s Christmas is filled with visions of … buses in sinkholes. It’s not as festive as the traditional sugarplums, but the infamous sinkhole in Pittsburgh’s Downtown figures prominently in the 2019 Pittsburgh Gingerbread House Competition. The annual competition is displayed this year at the City-County Building in Downtown. This...
North Huntingdon rejects liquor license transfer for Winghart’s
North Huntingdon officials rejected a request to transfer an expired liquor license from the former Winghart’s Burger Beer & Whiskey Bar in Hempfield to a closed tavern in North Huntingdon. The township commissioners on Wednesday unanimously rejected a request from Prasad Margabandhu and his brother, Sivram Bandhu, both of Pittsburgh,...
Police: Export man seriously hurt in motorcycle crash
An Export man was seriously injured Tuesday after being thrown from a motorcycle during a crash, state police said Thursday. Daniel H. Loughner, 35, was taken to AHN Forbes Hospital in Monroeville after the crash on Kennedy Avenue at 1:16 a.m. Troopers said Loughner was traveling at 45 mph near...
