The Stroller, April 12, 2025: Events in the Alle-Kiski Valley
Publicize your non-profit’s community events, fundraisers and club meetings for free in The Stroller. Send information at least two weeks in advance to vndnews@triblive.com or The Stroller, 210 Wood St., Tarentum PA 15084. Please include a daytime telephone number. Follow the Stroller on X at @VNDStroller. Plum Community Center seeking...
Southwestern Pennsylvania’s glassmaking tradition dates from late 18th century
The closure of the Pyrex cookware plant in Charleroi brings to an end 132 years of manufacturing at that facility, but the regional footprint of the glassmaking industry is far more widespread and earlier in origin. In 1797, James O’Hara and Isaac Craig opened their Pittsburgh Glassworks at the foot...
Police: 2 people hurt during car-to-car gunfight in Pittsburgh’s East Hills neighborhood
Pittsburgh police are investigating a shooting incident that resulted in two people being hospitalized Friday evening. Public Safety spokesperson Emily Bourne said officers were dispatched around 5:15 p.m. to the 1700 block of Crestline Street in the East Hills for two separate ShotSpotter alerts totaling eight rounds. Preliminary investigation revealed...
Developer, Shaler neighborhood group reach agreement on redevelopment of Mt. Alvernia
A Pittsburgh-based firm specializing in renewing historic buildings and a Shaler neighborhood group have reached an agreement on the firm’s plans for the potential $100 million redevelopment of the Mt. Alvernia property. Attorneys representing Q Development and the Hawthorne Neighborhood Association announced the agreement at the Shaler commissioners meeting April...
Parks Township nuclear waste cleanup now set to start in fall
The Army Corps of Engineers is targeting this fall to start cleanup of the Parks Township nuclear waste dump, which marks a slight delay caused by harsh winter weather from previously announced dates. “From the beginning, we have emphasized that safety will dictate the pace of the project,” said Lt....
Leechburg Area School Board appoints new member
The Leechburg Area School Board welcomed a new member Wednesday night. Jimmy Feudale of West Leechburg was appointed in a 5-3 vote to fill an empty seat. His swearing-in comes after the death of James Dunmire, whose term was set to end in December. Feudale, Danielle Reinke and Neill Brady...
Clairton woman charged with beating student, 11, outside elementary school
Clairton police have charged a parent with beating an 11-year-old girl last week outside an elementary school during morning drop-off in an assault captured on surveillance video. Jasmine Snow, 40, of Clairton struck and dragged the girl and threw her to the ground in front of at least one witness...
Police investigating woman’s homicide in Rostraver
Westmoreland County detectives and Rostraver police are investigating what is now being called a homicide. County Coroner Tim Carson said the body of Jennah Marie Seibert of Rostraver was discovered inside a home in the 400 block of Lenity School Road in the township shortly after noon Friday. Police secured...
Leechburg Tow Path Trail connects borough to counties, miles beyond
Visitors and residents of Leechburg have access to a prime spot for outdoor activity just in time for warm weather. After two years of planning and construction, the Leechburg Tow Path Trail is officially open to the public. It serves as a passageway to almost 600 miles of trail along...
Butler man charged with threatening to murder Trump
A Butler County man has been charged with threatening to assault and murder President Donald Trump, other U.S. officials and Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents, authorities announced Friday. Shawn Monper, 32, of Butler Township is accused of making threats between Jan. 15 and April 5, according to the Justice Department....
Pittsburgh Zoo & Aquarium to open ‘Ice Age: Frozen in Time’ exhibit
The Pittsburgh Zoo & Aquarium in Highland Park is welcoming some new — well, actually really, really old — animals. More than 50 animated lifelike prehistoric figures from 31 species come to life in “Ice Age: Frozen in Time.” Dating back in time 2.58 million years to the deep freeze...
Students from several school districts dance the day away at life skills prom in Lower Burrell
There was no doubt in senior Dustin O’Hara’s mind that a school year’s worth of effort operating a coffee cart at Valley High School paid off. The coffee cart, coordinated by Valley life skills students and offered weekly to the school, paid for a prom Friday morning at the Wildlife...
Oakmont-based Chelsea Building Products breaks ground on new plant in Sewickley Township
Construction is underway for a new manufacturing facility that officials said could bring as many as 150 new jobs to Westmoreland County. Officials this week held a groundbreaking for a 228,000 square-foot building at Commerce Crossing, the county’s newest industrial park, in Sewickley Township. Chelsea Building Products paid $1.8 million...
Missing Monroeville man’s body recovered from Tennessee lake
The body of a Monroeville man who went missing while kayaking in Tennessee has been recovered, authorities said. News station WTVF reported that the body of Don Slusser, 73, of Monroeville, was discovered in Percy Priest Lake, just east of Nashville. Slusser and his wife were camping at the Seven...
Pioneer Hose in Brackenridge provides critical service throughout the Alle-Kiski Valley with Rehab Squad
A specialized truck at Pioneer Hose in Brackenridge is critical for keeping firefighters throughout the region on the job. Although, the department’s Pierce Rehab Squad, a climate-controlled box truck where volunteers can rest and rehydrate, provides little to no medical intervention, it is essential to firefighter health and safety, Chief...
Local administrators give job interview practice to Pitt-Greensburg education students amid statewide teacher shortage
A smile still comes to Alex Murray’s face when he recalls the words his Beaver County high school art teacher told him two days out from summer vacation. Murray spent four weeks creating a face mask inspired by characters from book-turned-film “Pan’s Labyrinth” — a task his teacher once told...
132-year-old Charleroi glass plant ends production, set to close
Elaine Smith had to hear the Corning whistle one last time. Smith, 70, of Monessen retired in 2020 after a 45-year career at the Pyrex glass plant, which has been a staple in Charleroi for more than a century. She said she was ready for tears to flow Friday for...
Coffee shop serves up community camaraderie in Blawnox
The Black Canary Coffee & Ice Cream coffeehouse takes its name from a DC Comics character of the same name and it continues to promote community camaraderie in Blawnox. Look for the heroine’s image on Black Canary T-shirts sold inside the independent java joint at 276 Freeport Road. Owner Rodney...
Plum to host 8th annual borough cleanup day
Around 250 Plum residents will scour the borough’s roadways April 19 for the eighth annual borough cleanup day. That is the highest number of volunteers the borough has seen for the event, according to Plum Manager David Soboslay. Volunteers will search mainly “high-traffic areas,” including state roads, for around an...
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Morning Roundup: Pa. State police accuse Knoch teacher of hitting 8-year-old student
Here are some of the latest news items from this morning, Friday, April 11: Knoch teacher accused of hitting student Pennsylvania State Police have accused an elementary school teacher in the Knoch School District of striking an 8-year-old student in the face in November. Troopers plan to charge Knoch Primary...
The Stroller, April 11, 2025: Events in the Alle-Kiski Valley
Publicize your non-profit’s community events, fundraisers and club meetings for free in The Stroller. Send information at least two weeks in advance to vndnews@triblive.com or The Stroller, 210 Wood St., Tarentum PA 15084. Please include a daytime telephone number. Follow the Stroller on X at @VNDStroller. Card party to benefit...
Upcoming offerings at Northern Tier Library
Plant sale to benefit library Preorders are being accepted through May 3 for Northern Tier Library’s annual Plant & Garden Sale. All proceeds benefit the library. Choose from hundreds of annuals, herbs, hanging baskets and planters. Pickup times will be from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. May 16 and 9...
Jury deadlocks in trial of Greensburg man charged with nephew’s fatal overdose
A mistrial was declared Thursday in the case of a Greensburg man charged with providing his nephew with a fatal dose of fentanyl-laced heroin. After more than seven hours of deliberations, a Westmoreland County jury deadlocked on the most serious of the six charges against Michael Rebosky, 59. Prosecutors said...
Pitt receives grant for AI-based breast cancer research
The PA Breast Cancer Coalition awarded a $100,000 research grant to two Pittsburgh-based researchers on Thursday morning to support a focus on artificial intellegence in breast cancer research and breast cancer recurrence. Through this grant, Dr. Shandong Wu, professor of radiology at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, will...
