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Highlands is doing away with school suspensions at 2 schools
Highlands School District is hoping to make out-of-school suspensions a thing of the past on the elementary and middle school levels. Highlands Elementary and Highlands Middle School have created what the district calls a Rams Reflective Room where students spend time with specialists to address problems that led to a...
Lane closure to affect Route 28 south traffic on Wednesday and Thursday
PennDOT will close one lane of Route 28 southbound between the 40th Street and 31st Street bridges from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Wednesday and Thursday for maintenance work. Work crews will remove debris to improve drainage along the roadway, according to a PennDOT release Tuesday....
Freeport woman suffers smoke inhalation at house fire
A Freeport woman was treated for smoke inhalation after a fire late Monday night in her Washington Street home, fire officials said. There were no other injuries. The woman, her husband and child were at home but able to get out, Freeport police Chief Jeff Swiklinski said. The family names...
Pennsylvania voters can apply for absentee ballots online
Pennsylvanians seeking to vote by absentee ballot can apply online starting next week, rather than making the request by mail or in person. Absentee voters can apply for a ballot starting Monday, Sept. 16, at votesPA.com/ApplyAbsentee. After approval by the voter’s county election office, the absentee ballot is delivered by...
Second full-time officer working in Gilpin
Gilpin Supervisors on Monday hired a second fulltime police officer and two part-time officers. It may be the first time in more than a decade for the township to have two full-time officers, Supervisor Chairman Charles Stull said. Police Chief Chris Fabec said Patrolman Chad Shoupe is now a full-time...
New Kensington cleanup planned ahead of Wine & Beer Fest
Volunteers are needed to “redd up” New Kensington in advance of a wine and beer festival. The Alle Kiski Strong Chamber is holding its second annual Wine & Beer Fest on Fifth Avenue, between Eighth and 10th streets, from 6 to 9:30 p.m. Friday, Sept. 20. The chamber has organized...
Dorian’s wake: How did your favorite East Coast beaches fare?
Hurricane Dorian has dissipated as a post-tropical storm over the Atlantic Ocean near Greenland, but cities and counties along the U.S. East Coast and the Bahamas are still dealing with the aftermath of the storm. Originally slated to slam Florida as a major storm, Dorian hovered over the Bahamas before...
Lower Burrell man solves mystery surrounding great uncle’s 1925 death
Jason Devlin’s family never really got over the death of his great uncle nearly a century ago. And, making matters worse, no one in the family seemed to know any details about how Hugh Devlin died at the age of 18. “A hunting accident” is all his family seemed to...
Research targeting vision loss topic of Latrobe Lions program
The CEO of the Eye and Ear Foundation of Pittsburgh will visit Latrobe later this month to provide an update on local research that is under way to combat macular degeneration and other conditions that can lead to vision loss. Lawton Snyder, who is originally from Greensburg, will present a...
Church trustee: Workers using torch on roof likely sparked Sheraden fireVideo
Workers using a torch on the roof at Sheraden United Methodist Church likely sparked a Monday afternoon fire that caused extensive damage to the 116-year-old church, the chairman of the church’s trustee board said Tuesday. They were working on the roof in the rear of the building, said Rich Lane,...
Gamma Knife, a noninvasive brain tumor treatment, offered at AGH
Allegheny Health Network Cancer Institute now offers patients a noninvasive alternative to traditional brain surgery to remove tumors. Gamma Knife, a type of radiation therapy where hundreds of precisely focused radiation beams are used to treat tumors and other abnormalities in the brain, is now available at Allegheny General Hospital....
Cops: NYC man arrested for breaking into Delmont businesses, stealing 2 cars
A New York City man failed in an attempt to convince police he was at Fletcher’s Outdoor Power Equipment Co. in Delmont on Sunday to check on the well being of his father, who he said worked there. Borough police arrested Elquan D. Jones, 26, of Brooklyn, after officers called...
Franco Harris, George Washington statues to return to Pittsburgh airport
Franco Harris and George Washington soon will be back where they belong. The iconic statues of Steelers star player Harris and the first U.S. president are returning to their homes inside the Pittsburgh International Airport. The statues will be unveiled during a news conference Thursday. The statues were taken to...
New location, same good old fun at Ross Township’s annual Community Day celebration
Ross Township held its annual end-of-summer celebration at a new location and expanded the event to two days. The Sept. 7 and 8 Community Day celebration was moved from the municipal center to The Block Northway, where local non-profit and community organizations set up booths and kids had a chance...
Peduto, Toomey meet in Washington on background-check legislation
The shooting that claimed 11 lives at the Tree of Life synagogue in Pittsburgh’s Squirrel Hill neighborhood last fall spurred more working-class people in Pittsburgh’s suburbs to rethink their views on the need for gun control bills, Pittsburgh Mayor Bill Peduto said Tuesday night on MSNBC’s Hardball with Chris Matthews....
Wider runway at Arnold Palmer airport depends on FAA funding
The Westmoreland County Airport Authority has a contractor in place to widen the runway at Arnold Palmer Regional Airport, but work on the project can’t proceed until federal funding is approved. The authority Tuesday awarded an $11.9 million contract for the widening project to Golden Triangle Construction, contingent on the...
McKeesport woman charged with stabbing 3 at East Pittsburgh apartment complex
A 21-year-old McKeesport woman is accused of stabbing an East Pittsburgh woman and her two adult daughters Monday night outside an East Pittsburgh apartment building, state police said. Kimberly Suzanna Dolan, 21, argued with the 50-year-old mother outside the Allegheny County’s Prospect Terrace apartments at about 8:45 p.m. The women...
The Week – North Hills: Sept. 1-7, 2019
Here are some of the recent Tribune-Review news and features from the North Hills. For more details on these and other stories, follow the links below or see Triblive.com. • Ross officials seeking remedy for emergency medical service’s ailing finances • Taste of Greece hosted by Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox...
Large collection of mummies arrives in Pittsburgh for Carnegie Science Center exhibitVideo
Step aside, zombie lovers: The mummies have arrived in Pittsburgh. But they’ll remain under wraps until Oct. 5 in their temporary home at the Carnegie Science Center on Pittsburgh’s North Side. They came to the city Tuesday in a temperature-controlled truck under heavy security for “Mummies of the World: The...
Penn-Trafford to honor military, first responders at football game
Penn-Trafford will recognize active military personnel and veterans, as well as first responders and their families at the high school football game Friday. A light dinner will be served at 6:15 p.m. and a pregame ceremony to honor the guests will begin at 7 p.m. The Penn-Trafford band will play...
Latrobe fire chief eyes parade, race route changes for Fourth of July celebrationVideo
Latrobe’s 4th of July Celebration has a new chairman — with some new ideas for running the 50-year-old festival, one of the largest annual events in the city. John Brasile, Latrobe’s fire chief, confirmed at this week’s council meeting he has agreed to take on oversight of the multiple-day, mid-summer...
Oakdale woman rescued in Grand Teton National Park in Wyoming
MOOSE, Wyo. — National Park Service rangers rescued a 28-year-old Allegheny County woman who slipped on snow while climbing down the Middle Teton mountain in Grand Teton National Park in northwest Wyoming last weekend. Rescuers were call about 7:45 p.m. Saturday by Deidre DeSantis, of Oakdale, who reported she was...
Lockdown lifted at Pittsburgh Westinghouse Academy after loaded clip found
Pittsburgh Westinghouse Academy was put on brief lockdown Tuesday after a student allegedly brought a loaded magazine clip to school in a backpack, a district spokeswoman said. Spokeswoman Ebony Pugh said the clip was found when the student went through the metal detectors during morning arrival. The school was then...
New Kensington front yard tabbed best in the nationVideo
Living in a downtown Pittsburgh high-rise gave Colorado native Kevin Prall a feel for life in the Steel City. While life 25 floors above Stanwix Street afforded him spectacular views, it put Prall, 56, a professed plant lover and professional landscaper, out of touch with the earth. “I need to...
Penn Hills partners with Savvy Citizen to communicate with residents
Penn Hills residents are able to get announcements about everything from road closures to events in the parks on their smartphones. Penn Hills administration has inked a deal with Savvy Citizen, a mobile app designed to allow governments to communicate with residents. The free app is available for download on...
