Western PA Local News category, Page 2837
Indiana County woman dies in Derry Township wreck
A one-car wreck Monday afternoon in Derry Township claimed the life of the driver, an Indiana County woman. Cleo E. Free, 76, of Burrell Township, was pronounced dead at about 2 p.m. in the emergency department of Excela Latrobe Hospital, according to Westmoreland County Coroner Kenneth Bacha. He attributed the...
Police: Man sought to pay for nude pics of Norwin students
An unknown male was promising female Norwin students money in exchange for nude photos of themselves via the social media site Snapchat, Norwin school officials said Monday. Norwin Superintendent Jeff Taylor said in a statement North Huntingdon police alerted school officials to the “safety concern involving sexting,” which is transmitting...
Rollover crash injures two in Buffalo Township
Two men were taken to a Pittsburgh hospital after the car they were in rolled over along Freeport Road in Buffalo Township at about 11 a.m. Monday. Township police said the driver, Brian Pastoria, 37, of Freeport, told them he was driving in the left lane when he saw a...
Leechburg annual meeting to include screening of historical footage
Those attending the Leechburg Area Museum & Historical Society’s annual meeting Thursday will be able to watch a screening of recently digitized film of events from the 1930s and ’40s. The approximately 12-minute film will show footage of the 1935 opening of the Leechburg Bridge and a parade that welcomed...
Competition spurs better bang-for-buck in Western Pa.’s Medicare Advantage market
Seniors across Western Pennsylvania enrolling in Medicare Advantage plans this year no longer have to confront the uncertainty of heated litigation embroiling Pittsburgh’s two largest health system rivals nor feel forced to switch insurers to avoid the threat of a prepay rule. Instead, the 2020 enrollment period looks to prove...
Msgr. Michael Matusak, retired Greensburg Diocese priest at center of abuse probe, dead at 69
A retired Greensburg Diocese priest, suspended from his Uniontown parish 14 months ago following the first of two abuse allegations, died Sunday, Oct. 13, at the diocesan residence for retired priests, a spokesman for the Greensburg Diocese said Monday. Monsignor Michael Matusak, 69, was on administrative leave from his duties...
Project aims to make Alle-Kiski Valley section of Rachel Carson Trail saferVideo
The Rachel Carson Trails Conservancy plans to spend $100,000 to make a stretch of the trail in the Alle-Kiski Valley safer. The conservancy is closing on an 18-acre wooded parcel so it can move a section of the existing trail along Murray Hill Road near the border of Frazer and...
Belvedere no more: razing of historic hotel complete
Oklahoma Borough code enforcement officer Lee Schumaker said Monday that demolition of the former Belvedere Hotel along Route 66 has been completed. Crews from Eveready Contracting LLC of Washington Township finished work Friday and carted away the last of the charred debris to a dump in Imperial, according to Schumaker....
Daily Download: Carrie Underwood, sober bars and Steelers’ run gameVideo
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 singer Carrie Underwood’s impact on local schools, the concept of sober bars and how the Steelers managed to right the...
Franktuary, Joe & The Juice, Melt Shop open in Pittsburgh International Airport
Pittsburgh International Airport has added three new places to stop for a bite to eat. Franktuary, a Pittsburgh-based company known for its signature hot dogs topped with locally sourced and ethnic condiments, opened in Concourse B. Also in the concourse is Joe & The Juice, a juice bar and coffee...
Speed bumps coming to streets in Pittsburgh’s South Side, Oakland
Pittsburgh is hoping to create a safer bicycle and pedestrian route in its South Side neighborhood with the installation of speed bumps and way-finding signs on Muriel Street and construction of a bike and pedestrian ramp under the Birmingham Bridge. The city also plans to install speed bumps on Boundary...
Beth Mellor closing in on 10th anniversary as Oakmont Carnegie Library directorVideo
Editor’s note: This is part of an occasional series that features Alle-Kiski Valley residents and the notable things that they do. Beth Mellor plans to enter her 10th year as Oakmont Carnegie Library director with the same enthusiasm as her first day. “Today’s public libraries are very focused on community,...
The Stroller: Events in the Alle-Kiski Valley
Dinner to benefit Children’s Hospital The annual Chow-Chow Dinner to benefit Children’s Hospital Free Care Fund will be from 4 to 8 p.m. Oct. 23 at the Springdale Veterans Association, 1151 Pittsburgh St. Sponsored by the Allegheny Valley office of Howard Hanna, tickets are $15 in advance and $20 at...
Carrie Underwood, Dick’s Sporting Goods donate $100K to girls sports programsVideo
Burrell High School’s 2019 homecoming queen skipped Saturday’s school dance to go to country star Carrie Underwood’s concert in Pittsburgh. Homecoming queen Sara Novak said she and classmate Hannah Koziarski, both student-athletes, were told by district officials that they would be able to pick out an outfit from Underwood’s CALIA...
Road work begins Wednesday in Collier Township
Milling and paving work, as part of an ongoing project on Thoms Run Road between Forsythe Road and Washington Pike (Route 50) in Collier Township, will occur during night hours – 8 p.m. to 6 a.m. weekdays. Work will begin Wednesday, according to Allegheny County Department of Public Works. The...
Gas prices fall in Pittsburgh area, according to GasBuddy
Gasoline prices are down in Pittsburgh and across the nation, according to price tracking service GasBuddy. In the Pittsburgh region, gas prices are down 4.1 cents per gallon in the past week, to an average of $2.83 per gallon, according to GasBuddy’s survey of 731 stations. That’s 5 cents per...
McKeesport area boil water advisory expected to continue through TuesdayVideo
About 16,000 Municipal Authority of Westmoreland County water customers in McKeesport, Port Vue and Versailles Borough will have to continue boiling drinking water through Tuesday due to a microbial contamination alert, officials said. While the mechanical problem at the McKeesport Water Treatment Plant has been fixed, the authority is required...
Greensburg officials to declare emergency after public works fireVideo
An emergency declaration will help Greensburg officials replace and repair damaged public works vehicles and equipment after a fire tore through the South Urania Avenue warehouse where they were stored early Saturday morning, city Mayor Robert Bell said. “It’s a little more flexible for council to react on some things...
Pa. Game Commission to have public meetings on chronic wasting disease
The Pennsylvania Game Commission is hosting a series of meetings this month to inform the public about chronic wasting disease, including three in southwestern Pennsylvania. Chronic wasting disease, or CWD, has been confirmed in 250 white-tailed deer in the state and is always fatal in the deer and elk it...
Build your own coffin in Pittsburgh region with help of a green burial organization
Pete McQuillin takes off his shoes, steps inside a wooden coffin and smiles, getting a rare glimpse at how he’ll spend eternity. But, before the 75-year-old takes up permanent residence in the pine box, he plans to use it as a bookshelf. Within the next month, McQuillin will begin to...
Hold the liquor: Sober bars growing in PittsburghVideo
Before social media dramatically changed the way Americans interact, the local bar was where people gathered to unload about the day’s events and get together with friends. These days, though, a growing number of people are looking for an alternative to a mid-week hangover. “The younger generation is choosing to...
Collier woman and nephew release children’s CD
As a child, Cynthia Dougherty dreamed that one day she would be just like children’s puppeteer Shari Lewis or have a career writing for Sesame Street. She later fell in love with music, but never lost her passion for writing and entertaining children. After retiring from her role as an...
Police: Man in critical condition after Homewood shooting
One person was in critical condition after a shooting late Sunday in Pittsburgh’s Homewood section, according to Pittsburgh police. Officers responded to the 7700 block Frankstown Avenue around 11 p.m. When officers arrived, they found a man with a gunshot wound to the stomach. He was taken to a hospital...
Woman killed in New Castle house fire Sunday
One person was killed in a New Castle house fire Sunday, Tribune-Review news partner WPXI-TV reported. Firefighters responded to the 1700 block of Gretchen Avenue around 2 p.m. for reports a woman could be trapped inside the building. Fire officials quickly put out the fire, but an elderly woman was...
Police: Man killed in Fayette County crash
One person was killed after a crash along Route 21 in Fayette County, according to state police from Uniontown. Police responded to a two-vehicle crash along Route 21 (McClellandtown Road), at the intersection of Bukovitz Farm Road in German Township shortly after 2 p.m. Sunday. Police say a Ford F-150...
