Western PA Local News category, Page 2796
Route 28 crash snarls traffic, no injuries reported
A one-vehicle crash along Route 28 southbound between the Tarentum and Harmar exits snarled traffic Tuesday. State police said no one was hurt when a white van went off the road and into a guardrail shortly before 3 p.m. Southbound traffic was reduced to one lane in the area, and...
Overnight lane restrictions planned in Squirrel Hill Tunnel
Lane restrictions will occur in the Squirrel Hill Tunnel from 9:30 p.m. to 5:30 a.m. on Tuesday and Wednesday nights, according to PennDOT. PennDOT said crews will be doing antenna work on Tuesday night, restricting eastbound traffic in the tunnel to a single lane. Intermittent, short-term stoppages could occur, PennDOT...
Buffalo Township to consider final plans for $1M Audubon nature center, park
Buffalo Township Supervisors are scheduled to vote Wednesday on the final site plan for a $1 million nature center and park along the Butler-Freeport Community Trail. The nature center site is owned by the township and operated by the Audubon Society of Western Pennsylvania. The proposed nature center and park...
Eyeglass company offering help through Salvation Army
An online company is partnering with the Salvation Army to provide eyeglasses to Western Pennsylvanians living in poverty for only the cost of postage. Payne Glasses in Upper St. Clair and The Salvation Army of Western Pennsylvania said Tuesday the company would provide up to 5,000 pairs of glasses for...
Union: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette lays off over 30 Teamsters
More than 30 Teamsters were laid off from the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette on Sunday, officials from the Teamsters Local Union No. 211 said Tuesday in a news release. Union officials said the layoffs included three pressmen who were offered six weeks of severance pay. The union responded by filing a complaint...
Josh Gibson Foundation to celebrate Negro League 100th anniversary in PittsburghVideo
On Feb. 13, 1920, a group of independent black baseball team owners held a meeting at a YMCA in Kansas City, Mo. While they couldn’t have known at the time that they were about to change the course of American history, it was out of that meeting that the Negro...
Region ties record low temperature
The greater Pittsburgh area tied its record low temperature on Tuesday night. “We’re calling for a low tonight of somewhere in the low to mid teens,” said National Weather Service Meteorologist Matthew Kramer. “The Nov. 12 record low for the Pittsburgh area is 17 degrees. If we hit that before...
Jeannette man sentenced to up to 7 years for drug possession
A Jeannette man will serve up to seven years in prison after he pleaded guilty Tuesday to drug offenses following a traffic stop in North Huntingdon and Sewickley townships last year. Harold Louis Shields IV, 37, formerly of Pittsburgh, was arrested after a March 16, 2018, incident in which police...
$600K state equipment loan OK’d for expanding Unity testing firm
A low-interest state loan will help Product Evaluation Systems enhance its equipment as it completes an expansion of its plant in Unity. Announced this week, the loan of almost $600,000 was approved by the Pennsylvania Industrial Development Authority and will be drawn from its Machinery and Equipment Loan Fund. Product...
Lawyer: Chelsa Wagner rejected plea deal because she wants to clear her nameVideo
Allegheny County Controller Chelsa Wagner rejected an offer to plead guilty to a charge of disturbing the peace stemming from a March 6 confrontation at a Detroit hotel with police and hotel staff, one of her attorneys said Tuesday. The plea offer came to light as jury selection began in...
The price of history: Charleroi Elks building sells for $27,250Video
Charleroi said goodbye to a part of its history Tuesday with the sale of the Charleroi Elks Club Lodge 494. The ornate three-story, 115-year-old building on Fallowfield Avenue sold for $27,250 at a live auction conducted by the Rittenhouse Auction Co. The price is unofficial until the sale is approved...
Jeannette officials prepare to close beleaguered hemp-drying plant
An order shuttering a Jeannette hemp-drying facility is imminent while employees said they still have not been paid. City solicitor Tim Witt said Tuesday afternoon that a cease and desist order could be issued soon by the code enforcement officer as Patriot Shield Security has not met requirements to obtain...
Pittsburgh man pleads guilty in fatal 2016 shooting
A Pittsburgh man pleaded guilty to a fatal 2016 West Oakland shooting. Ronald Satterwhite, 29, pleaded guilty to third degree murder and aggravated assault in the Sept. 9, 2016, shooting death of Wade L. Howard. Howard, 20, of the Lower Hill District, who was shot multiple times in the trunk...
Peduto promises new police substations next year in Homewood, South SideVideo
Pittsburgh Mayor Bill Peduto on Tuesday announced the city next year would create new police substations in the South Side and Homewood and provide round-the-clock staffing in a third Downtown substation while planning a seventh police station to patrol the North Shore stadium district. Peduto, who made the announcements during...
Police: Man arrested for stealing cash drawer from Bethel Park CoGo’s
A man convicted of multiple robberies was arrested again Monday in connection with the robbery of a Bethel Park convenience store. Bethel Park Police say Sean Randy Beach, 48, no known address, stole $200 from a CoGo’s on South Park Road. Police were called to the store just after 9:45...
Cops: Infant, toddler removed from squalid conditions in Avonmore home
An infant boy and his 18-month-old sister were removed from an Avonmore mobile home Monday after troopers said they found squalid living conditions and arrested the children’s mother and her boyfriend. Washington Township District Judge Jason Buczak denied bond for Kaitlyn D. Thorpe, 20, of Avonmore, and Timothy L. McMunn,...
Symphony Splendor Home Tour features 7 Upper St. Clair homes
If there was any doubt that the holidays were upon us, the Nov. 24 Symphony Splendor Holiday Home Tour in Upper St. Clair makes it official. The tour, which benefits the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, features seven beautifully decorated homes located just minutes apart. “This holiday fanfare tour, presented by the...
Mayor Peduto calls for state oversight of Pittsburgh Public Schools
Pittsburgh Mayor Bill Peduto on Tuesday called for state takeover of Pittsburgh Public School District finances, saying the district should be able to balance its annual budget within current revenue levels. The mayor was responding to a question about the district’s proposed 2.3% tax increase that Superintendent Anthony Hamlet has...
Cops: Vandals cause $1 million in damage to heavy equipment, vehicles near Somerset
State police are asking for help identifying vandals who caused more than $1 million in damages to about 70 vehicles and 20 pieces of heavy equipment belonging to an international gas exploration and pipeline construction firm last weekend in rural Somerset County. Trooper Daniel Poponick of the Somerset station reported...
Jefferson Hills Intermediate students launch 3D store
Sarah Greenblatt is designing a snowman ornament that she thinks all cold weather fans will love. Ava Sorley’s ornament will showcase Pittsburgh sports, because she loves cheering on the black and gold on the field and in the rink. Sage Mares has opted to create a Valentine’s Day ornament with...
Pittsburgh attorney Heather Heidelbaugh announces run for attorney general
Former Allegheny County councilwoman and Pittsburgh attorney Heather Heidelbaugh said Tuesday she will run for Pennsylvania Attorney General in 2020. Heidelbaugh, 61, was elected to council’s at-large Republican seat in 2010 and chose not to run again after one term. She is a partner at Leech Tishman in Pittsburgh’s Downtown....
Westmoreland County Airshow won’t fly in 2020
The Westmoreland County Airshow will be on hiatus next year. The Navy Blue Angels and the Air Force Thunderbirds are unavailable for booking because their schedules are full, according to the county airport authority. It will be the first time since 2012 that there won’t be a show at the...
Police: Youngwood man locked out of bar after threat to kill patron with sledgehammer
A Youngwood man allegedly tried to attack a bar patron with a sledgehammer Saturday in an effort to get “street justice,” according to state police. Michael Paul Davis, 37, is charged with aggravated assault, burglary, criminal trespass and related offenses in connection with the 1:30 a.m. incident outside Delaney’s Pub...
Car carrier strikes Parkway West bridge, closing westbound lanes for 1 hour
The westbound lanes of the Parkway West (I-376) were closed for about an hour Tuesday morning at the Route 22/60 bridge in Robinson Township after a car carrier hit the bridge, state police said. Inspectors from PennDOT checked the bridge and it was fine, police said. The highway reopened at...
Jury selection in Chelsa Wagner’s Detroit trial delayed due to weatherVideo
The first day of jury selection for Allegheny County Controller Chelsa Wagner’s trial in Detroit wrapped up at about 11 a.m. because wintry weather preventing many prospective jurors from showing up Tuesday. Wagner faces charges connected to a March 6 confrontation with police and hotel staff.. Detroit News reporter George...
