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Allegheny Valley School District hopes to sell the former Colfax school building
The Allegheny Valley School District hopes to sell the recently closed Colfax Upper Elementary School. The school board on Tuesday reviewed three possible scenarios for the iconic building’s future. Officials finally agreed to move ahead with the attempt to market and eventually sell the building. Maintenance for the building is...
Export festival marks official opening of Westmoreland Heritage Trail’s 4th phase
The annual Export Ethnic Food & Music Festival often marks the unveiling of something new and positive for the borough. “In the past we had the unveiling of the (restored Turtle Creek Valley Railroad) caboose, and last year we unveiled a mural, so it’s really nice to do a little...
Case dropped against woman accused of threatening to kill Butler County DA
A former Butler County woman no longer is charged with threatening to kill Butler County District Attorney Rich Goldinger. The state Attorney General’s Office on Tuesday dropped the case against Brittany Hartos, 27, formerly of Butler. One charge of terroristic threats remained in the case. Two other charges of aggravated...
ScareHouse to create Scream District in Strip District
Pittsburgh’s popular haunted attraction ScareHouse is transforming. The creators of ScareHouse, formerly housed on Locust Street in Etna, will present a new attraction called “The Scream District” in a new temporary home in the Strip District. An exact location has not been revealed. The new iteration of the ScareHouse will...
Bishop Zubik reflects on clergy sex abuse scandal a year after grand jury reportVideo
Bishop David Zubik outlined a renewed commitment to healing victims, financial transparency and continued listening one year after the release of the state’s grand jury report on child sex abuse by Catholic clergy. “The church is profoundly indebted to those courageous victims/survivors who have helped us grow in understanding the...
Franklin Regional marching band tickles the ivories for 2019 halftime show
Roll over, Beethoven — the Franklin Regional Panther Marching Band has a few new piano pieces for you. That is the theme behind the band’s 2019 marching show. “’Roll Over Beethoven’ is the theme, and it’s all based on piano-centered pieces,” said senior Lane Kline, one of the drum majors....
Murrysville wreck entraps dump truck driver
Emergency workers pulled a dump truck driver from his truck Wednesday morning after it overturned and blocked a Murrysville road, according to Westmoreland County dispatch. The truck rolled over just off the road at Pleasant Valley Road near Trafford Road around 8 a.m. The man was removed from the truck...
Wig-wearing man who robbed Shaler, Harmar banks gets 6½ years in prison
A former Florida man was sentenced Tuesday to 6½ years in a federal prison for two armed bank robberies during which prosecutors said he wore a wig and face mask, according to U.S. Attorney Scott Brady. Robert Stiver, 71, formerly of Pompano Beach, was ordered to pay $7,800 in restitution,...
Jack White returns to Pittsburgh with The Raconteurs for frenzied, upbeat concert
Jack White and his band The Raconteurs blew into Pittsburgh on Tuesday night for a raucous, straight-ahead rock concert that kept a lively crowd bobbing their heads and singing along through the very last song of a 100-minute set. As daylong rainstorms finally passed through Western Pennsylvania, White and his...
Police: Man in wheelchair attempted to rob South Side bank
Pittsburgh police are searching for a man who they said tried to rob a South Side bank Tuesday before changing his mind and fleeing in a wheelchair. A bank teller said the man in a wheelchair entered the First National Bank at about 3:30 p.m and handed over a note...
Police charge Carnegie man in stabbing near Market Square
A 33-year-old man is in stable condition at UPMC Mercy hospital after being stabbed in the arm and lower back shortly before 11 p.m. Tuesday in Downtown, Pittsburgh police said. Police found Donnie Green lying on a sidewalk in Market Square with the stab wounds. A large group of men...
Jessica Brickman and Michael Mitnick announce engagement
Michael Mitnick, son of Barry and Margy Mitnick of Fox Chapel, and Jessica Brickman, daughter of Marshall and Nina Brickman of New York, N.Y., have announced their engagement. The couple met at the wedding of Jessica’s sister. Michael, a 2002 Fox Chapel Area High School graduate, received his bachelor’s degree...
Hampton-area real estate transactions for the week of Aug. 12, 2019
Hampton T. Sean Sugarmann sold property at 3922 Ash Drive to 1900 Capital Trust 2 for $7,731. Paul Hochstine Jr. sold property at 2700 Bristol Court to John and Tina Lekas for $419,000. Susan Monroe sold property at 4570 Bucktail Drive to Brett and David Shebish for $251,000. Emil Pyptyk...
Plum cleanup efforts continue after July floods
Cleanup efforts continue in Plum after several July storms left feet of water in residents homes and washed away vehicles. “I’m physically, mentally and emotionally exhausted from all of this,” resident Linda Garlitz said Monday. “I had four feet of water in house.” The U.S. Small Business Administration declared a...
Body found floating in Ohio River identified
Allegheny County Medical Examiner’s Office identified the man whose body was found floating in the Ohio River near Neville Island earlier this month. The body of Timothy Cody, 59, was found by a boater near the 4000 block of Ohio River Boulevard shortly before 11 p.m. Aug. 7. Cause and...
Longtime Greater Latrobe school administrator named assistant superintendent
Longtime Greater Latrobe school administrator Michael Porembka took a step up in the district’s central office this week, with a promotion to assistant superintendent. The school board Tuesday appointed Porembka to the new position for a five-year term, as he resigned as director of teaching and learning, the post he’s...
Plum youth soccer tournament to kick off despite waterlogged grounds
Plum Area Youth Soccer Club’s massive Kick-Off Classic soccer tournament is expected to go on as planned despite several storms flooding the fields. This year marks its 22nd annual installment with 210 teams from across Western Pennsylvania and parts of West Virginia registered to play Aug. 23-25. The main fields...
Steel City Con celebrates 30 years in MonroevilleVideo
Mike Devine has seen a lot of costumes, celebrities and shenanigans through the years at Steel City Con. The exclusive pop culture convention of the Monroeville Convention Center recently wrapped up its 30th anniversary celebration. Devine, 60, of Lawrenceville attended many as a fan and helped coordinate and host its...
Buffalo Township Christian school closes, citing declining enrollment
Evangel Heights Christian Academy in Buffalo Township has closed its doors for good. Daniel Corfield, pastor and CEO of Evangel Heights, cited a consistently declining enrollment and low finances as primary reasons for closing the Christian school attached to Evangel Heights Church at 120 Beale Road. The school opened in...
Tarentum fires public works laborer facing strangulation charge
Tarentum Council fired a public works laborer who is accused of attacking and threatening to kill a 17-year-old summer worker. At a special meeting Tuesday, council voted 6-1 to fire Timothy Dzugan effective immediately. Councilman Tim Cornuet cast the only vote against firing Dzugan. He declined to comment on his...
Trump claims credit for Beaver County cracker plant, reviving economy during Western Pa. visit
President Trump boasted Tuesday afternoon about his administration’s efforts to “revive” the nation’s energy and manufacturing sectors during a visit to Royal Dutch Shell’s ethane cracker plant construction site in Beaver County. Trump also took credit for the multibillion-dollar project’s existence. “It was the Trump administration that made it possible,...
Historical Society program examines Latrobe’s claims to pro football fame
“Latrobe: Home of Professional Football… or are we?” is the question considered in a themed slide show of images from local gridiron history that will be screened Friday and Saturday by the Latrobe Area Historical Society. Doors open at 9 a.m. each day, and the show begins at 9:30 a.m.,...
Historic military convoy greeted in Ligonier; part of ‘3,000-mile-long July 4 parade’Video
Watching military vehicles rumble through the Diamond in Ligonier on Tuesday brought back a flood of memories for 91-year-old Albert Lambert, who served in the U.S. Army’s occupation forces in post-World War II Japan. “I enjoyed seeing those vehicles,” said Lambert, a Ligonier resident who served in the Army from...
Greensburg to establish vacant property registry, fines for absentee owners
Greensburg will create a registry of the city’s vacant properties at the expense of absentee property owners, according to Mayor Robert Bell. “There’s all these vacant properties around town, and we just want to have some kind of regulation,” Bell said. Under the ordinance passed this week by city council,...
Pittsburgh lobbyist charged with bilking $100K from clients
An Upper St. Clair man who ran a Pittsburgh-based lobbying firm is accused by the state Attorney General’s office of stealing more than $100,000 from small businesses in the area. Joseph Kuklis, 48, operated the consulting firm Wellington Strategies based in Station Square. The firm’s website was taken down after...
