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Former subcontractor employee pleads guilty to stealing $250,000 from Bettis Lab
A former subcontractor employee at Bettis Atomic Power Laboratory in West Mifflin pleaded guilty to embezzling about $250,000 in government money, according to U.S. Attorney Scott W. Brady. Robert Lazur, 30, of West Mifflin, was employed as a logistics coordinator when he allegedly used company credit cards and opened purchase...
Police investigating possible threat at Westinghouse High School
Police investigated a possible threat at Westinghouse High School in Pittsburgh’s Homewood section on Thursday, officials said. Pittsburgh police said they were contacted by school police shortly before 2 p.m. for assistance regarding the threat at the school along North Murtland Street. “Police take all threats to the community seriously,...
6 candidates running for 5 Penn Hills school board seats
Six candidates are vying for five seats on the Penn Hills school board this November. Incumbents Robert Marra and board President Erin Vecchio were the only two candidates on the May Primary ballot. They earned enough votes to be on both the Democrat and Republican tickets. Candidates Jackie Blakey-Tate, Meryl...
Alle-Kiski Valley knitters show love by the skeinVideo
A dozen Alle-Kiski women are investing their dexterity and love for others by crocheting knit caps for newborns and a host of crocheted or knitted items to help cancer survivors. The items include “knitted knockers.” When a woman’s breast must be surgically removed and she decides against augmentation, she can...
Penn-Trafford toy drive honors student, aids cancer patients at Children’s HospitalVideo
Like other 5-year-old girls, Lilli Durante loves dresses and dressing up like Disney princesses. What makes her love of pretending to be a Disney princess special is when and where she wears those dresses. The Manor girl plays dress-up when she goes to UPMC Children’s Hospital in Pittsburgh for chemotherapy...
North Huntingdon pays developer $145,000 to settle lawsuit
North Huntingdon officials have agreed to pay a township developer $145,000 in an out-of-court settlement of a 2017 lawsuit in which the homebuilder claimed a former planning director discriminated against him, costing his company thousands of dollars. Township commissioners voted 4-2 this week to settle with Robert W. Shuster’s RWS...
UPMC’s CFO to retire after 16 years at helm of multibillion-dollar nonprofit
UPMC’s longtime financial chief announced Thursday that he plans to step down at the end of the year. Robert DeMichiei has served as chief financial officer of the multibillion-dollar, nonprofit health system headquartered in Downtown Pittsburgh’s U.S. Steel Tower for nearly 16 years. The 54-year-old Hampton resident said his retirement...
Seton Hill dedicates Daniel J. Wukich School of NursingVideo
When the Sisters of Charity founded Seton Hill College in 1918, they placed an emphasis on the sciences being taught to female students. And while the Sisters did have a nursing education program at the former Pittsburgh Hospital, Seton Hill University never offered a formal nursing degree program. That changed...
7 in contest for 4 open South Fayette board seats
In South Fayette Township, seven candidates will compete for four open spots on the board of commissioners. Art Bond, J. Keith Dernosek, J. Deron Gabriel, Joseph Horowitz, Steven J. Lower, Lisa Malosh and Gwen A. Rodi will appear on the Nov. 5 ballot, all seeking four-year terms. Following is information...
Boutique and brewery open in downtown GreensburgVideo
Two back-to-back business openings have brought new energy to a block on Greensburg’s South Pennsylvania Avenue. Wight Elephant Boutique held its grand opening Thursday, a major milestone for the developers who have spent more than $1 million renovating the long-vacant building at 136 S. Pennsylvania Ave. “I’m not an emotional...
Westmoreland County voting machines get one final test before last hurrahVideo
Westmoreland County’s 880 touch-screen voting machines will be junked next month after the votes recorded in the Nov. 5 general election are made official. County elections officials on Thursday ran the final tests on those machines to ensure they are operational one last time. “I can’t say there was anything...
Lower Burrell limits yard waste disposal to weekends during City Hall project
Lower Burrell residents who want to dispose of leaves and limbs behind City Hall will be able to do so only on weekends because a renovation project has closed some areas of the City Hall campus along Schreiber Street. Nita Serene, a city secretary, said the restriction will be in...
Civil War correspondence discovered in Churchill attic
Carleton Young was going through boxes in his parents’ Churchill attic in 2006 when he made quite a discovery. “Inside the wooden box was an enormous collection of about 250 letters written home by two Vermont brothers as they fought in the Civil War,” Young said. “They were members of...
Westmoreland judge calls father of accused cop killer ‘danger to the community’
A Westmoreland County judge ruled Thursday that the father of accused cop killer Rahmael Sal Holt will remain in jail on $100,000 bond until after his son’s capital murder trial next month. Gregory Baucum Jr., 48, of Pittsburgh has been in jail since March after he was arrested and charged...
DUI, drug cases among those recently handled by Judge Zucco in Plum – Oct. 17, 2019
District Judge Linda Zucco recently handled the following cases. Charges were filed by Plum police unless otherwise noted. Held for court • Christopher Glasgow, 27, of New Kensington on charges of driving with a blood alcohol content of 0.02 or greater while license is suspended, possession of controlled substances and...
Food pantry opens in Harmar after overcoming hurdles
Feeding the Flock Ministries opened its Harmar food pantry Thursday, ending a months-long permitting dispute with the township. “It’s wonderful,” Director Michele Bock said. “I’m just hoping that moving forward we can be a good neighbor to the community.” Feeding the Flock, a nonprofit food ministry, is located at the...
Westmoreland County prothonotary to process passports at health expo
Westmoreland County’s Prothonotary Office will process passports at next week’s Health and Wellness Expo in Hempfield. The event, which will run from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Oct. 23 at the Ramada by Wyndham Greensburg Hotel and Conference Center, will feature information booths detailing programs and services for seniors, persons...
Demolition of Belvedere Hotel in Oklahoma Borough cost 40% less than expected
The demolition of the Belvedere Hotel in Oklahoma Borough came in $36,000 under budget. The demolition was completed Friday and took a little more than a week. The final cost was $48,700, or about 40% less than expected. Originally, Westmoreland County came up with $75,000 and Oklahoma Borough pledged $10,000...
Dedicated Nursing Associates expansion could include traffic improvements in Murrysville
Murrysville council amended its traffic improvement plan Wednesday to accommodate development along Route 22 that includes an expansion of the Dedicated Nursing Associates business. “Improvements will be necessary to Manor Road and possibly Route 22,” Chief Administrator Jim Morrison told council members. “A right-hand turning lane on Route 22 westbound...
Reward increased for info on fatal shooting of bald eagle in Westmoreland
The organizers of a GoFundMe account created after a bald eagle was found shot in Westmoreland County have increased their reward for information about the shooting to $1,000. The bald eagle died after it was found on the West Penn Trail in Derry Township on Oct. 4. Earlier this week,...
2 candidates in Gateway special election
Voters in the Gateway School District who go to the polls Nov. 5 will choose one of two candidates to fill a two-year term that was vacated in July. Cheryl Boise, a Republican, and Paul Caliari, a Democrat, are vying for the votes. The special election is a result of...
Daily Download: Police heart defibrillators, Katharine Hepburn and Brandon TanevVideo
Each day, TribLIVE reporters and editors will break down the biggest news of the day, with video highlights of the people and places making headlines. Today, reporter Paul Guggenheimer discusses portable heart defibrillators in Pittsburgh police cruisers, Katharine Hepburn at The Frick Pittsburgh and Penguins forward Brandon Tanev’s improbable goal...
Vandergrift Council candidates to speak at forum
Vandergrift residents will have an opportunity to hear from three borough council candidates Thursday at a candidate forum at the Center on Franklin Avenue. Three four-year council seats are up for election this year. Candidates expected to attend include Republicans Tim Turner and Karen McClarnon and Democrat John Uskaritis. Council...
Libyan student defies odds to return to Hempfield host mom, U.S. classrooms
Whether Sanad Saad would spend his senior year at an American high school ultimately came down to a three-hour visit to a courier office in Dunningsville. Sanad’s host mother, Dar Frederickson, 68, of Hempfield, was trying to send important papers to his home country of Libya this summer and was...
Point Park honors slain Pittsburgh Officer Calvin Hall
The Point Park University Police Department’s training center has been renamed after slain Pittsburgh police Officer Calvin Hall, who formerly worked as a Point Park police officer, the university said Thursday. Point Park renamed the center in a private ceremony Wednesday attended by Hall’s family. Hall spent two years as...
