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Rep. Summer Lee to host environmental forum in Forest Hills
State Rep. Summer Lee, D-Braddock, plans to hold a public forum on the environment Tuesday in Forest Hills. The forum will take place from 6:30 to 8 p.m. at the Forest Hills Borough Building on Greensburg Pike. The public is invited to join Lee and local organizations to learn about...
2nd person charged in Arnold shooting death of Armstrong County man
A woman with ties to Butler has been charged with homicide in connection with the killing of an Armstrong County man during a robbery in an Arnold alley in late June, records show. Bailey Ann Hines, 23, is accused of plotting a fake drug deal and robbery that led to...
13-year-old Pittsburgh boy dies after collapsing while playing football
A 13-year-old boy died after he collapsed while playing football in Pittsburgh, police said. Jordan Duckett of Pittsburgh died Wednesday after he collapsed while running off a field in the city’s Chartiers neighborhood, according to the Allegheny County coroner’s office. Pittsburgh Bureau of EMS, Fire and Police responded to reports...
Penn Hills School District officials prepare for the new school year
Sounds of shuffling shoes, locker doors swinging and period bells will soon permeate Penn Hills School District halls as students and staff begin the 2019-20 school year. The first day of school is Aug. 26. “We feel like we are in a good ‘space,’” Superintendent Nancy Hines said. “Yes, the...
Pro wrestling, including Verona’s own BROhemoth, return to Cribbs Field
Cribbs Field in Verona will once again be the site of carnage and calamity — all for the sake of charity. Keystone State Wrestling Alliance superstars return to the park Saturday, Aug. 24 for Battle in the Borough 2. Professional wrestlers from near and far will wage war outdoors along...
Norwin band plants tree in memory of band member
Future generations of Norwin High School band members will have a living memorial to a 15-year-old band member who died last month from injuries he sustained in a fall from a rock outcrop in Somerset County. Amidst tears from Nathan Kanczes’ family members and his fellow bandmates, a paper bark...
Greensburg Salem marks two retirements, hires business manager
Greensburg Salem School District said goodbye to two longtime employees and hired a new administrator Wednesday. The school board accepted the resignation of Chris Suppo, the district’s coordinator of technology, transportation and community relations. He’s leaving to take a job as superintendent of Shippensburg Area School District. “Thank you Greensburg...
Greensburg Salem to dedicate renovated Offutt Field
Greensburg Salem School District will dedicate its renovated athletic field Saturday morning, just before the first game on fresh turf. The dedication at Offutt Field begins 8:45 a.m. Saturday. The Golden Lions will take on Greater Latrobe for a preseason football scrimmage at 10 a.m. The school placed new turf...
Feds: Crafton man caught with 4.5 pounds of fentanyl faces drug, gun charges; $100K seized
A Crafton man allegedly caught with nearly 4 ½ pounds of pure fentanyl, an AK-47 rifle and more than $100,000 in cash faces federal drug and gun charges, prosecutors said . Robert Allen, 40, is accused of plotting to sell the fentanyl during April and May 2017, U.S. Attorney Scott...
Assault, drug cases among those recently handled in Judge DeLuca’s Penn Hills court – Aug. 14, 2019
Penn Hills District Judge Anthony L. DeLuca handled the following cases recently. Defendants will have court dates set in Allegheny County Common Pleas Court. Charges were filed by Penn Hills police unless otherwise noted. Held for court • Daniel Deambroggi Jr., 29, of Connellsville on charges of possession of controlled...
West Newton meeting slated on proposed natural gas plant
A Chicago company’s plan to build a 550-megawatt, natural gas-fueled power plant across the Youghiogheny River from the Sutersville area will be discussed Thursday at a public meeting in West Newton. The meeting is designed to raise awareness in the Westmoreland County communities from West Newton to Sutersville about the...
Pittsburgh man who shot, killed Beechview family’s dog gets 1 to 2 years behind bars
A Pittsburgh man will spend one to nearly two years behind bars for shooting and killing a dog inside a Beechview house following a Super Bowl party while the family who owned the pet slept. Travis Hamilton, 23, of the city’s Banksville neighborhood, pleaded guilty Wednesday to animal cruelty and...
Allegheny Township man’s family seeks answers 11 years after his murderVideo
It’s been 11 years since Alan Charles Wills Sr. was found murdered in his Allegheny Township home the day before what would have been his 52nd birthday. Four members of Wills’ family told the Tribune-Review they are frustrated because, not only has the case never been solved, they say they...
Excela working to untangle error that sent bad checks to 800 patients
Excela Health’s finances are not on life support, despite the potential that hundreds of patient refund checks recently bounced. A data entry error this month had people across the Westmoreland County-based health system wondering what happened when banks began issuing bad check charges for refund checks issued on behalf of...
Indiana County man released from jail awaits trial on alleged child porn possession
An Indiana County man awaiting trial in Westmoreland County on charges that he possessed child pornography was released from jail Wednesday after unrelated charges that he killed a neighbor’s cat last month were dismissed. Raymond Younger, 39, formerly of Penn Township, was detained in July after he was charged with...
Bon Air Elementary School softball field work expected to be completed this monthVideo
The Burrell School Board on Tuesday night approved a $1,800 change order for extra material to fill in soft spots at Bon Air Elementary School softball field where renovation work is expected to wrap up at the end of the month. The $276,500 project includes replacing the outfield and baseline...
Prosecutors oppose further delays in 2016 fatal DUI case in Donegal
A Westmoreland County prosecutor says that too much time has passed to allow another delay of the vehicular homicide trial of a Virginia man charged with killing his friend four years ago in a Donegal crash. Assistant District Attorney Mike Pacek said the case against Erik C. Anderson should not...
Wood Street symphony: Port Authority adds outdoor classical music for calmVideo
The sounds of the city now include strings, woodwinds and horns. The Port Authority of Allegheny County, in response to a summer of increased violence in Downtown Pittsburgh, started playing classical music through speakers outside its Wood Street station. The music harmonizes and sometimes contrasts with the sounds of buses...
Programs aimed at Hempfield athletes to focus on respect, female leadership
Empowering female leadership and teaching respect toward women and girls are just two themes at the head of new programs aimed at student athletes in Hempfield. Part of Blackburn Center’s Coaching Boys into Men and Coaching Female Athletes programs, students in grades seven through 12 will work through provided curriculum...
Authority OKs $11.3 million upgrade of Jeannette sewer system
Municipal Authority of Westmoreland County board members on Wednesday approved a multi-million dollar upgrade of the Jeannette sewer system that officials said will reduce backflows that have inundated local homes and businesses during times of heavy rain. The $11.3 million project will replace and line existing pipes throughout the city...
Delmont paving program to begin ‘within two to three weeks’
Delmont residents are likely to see road crews in the borough “within two to three weeks” to start the borough’s 2019 paving program, engineer Kevin Brett said at Tuesday night’s council meeting. Borough officials secured a loan of about $292,000 for paving work on West Pittsburgh Street, Stotler Drive and...
East Huntingdon homicide suspect returns to Westmoreland County from OhioVideo
A Uniontown man accused of killing an 11-month-old girl in July was brought back to Westmoreland County from Ohio Wednesday to face homicide and related charges. Derrick “Hector” A. Bass, 29, was ordered to be held at the Westmoreland County Prison without bail in connection with the July 13 death...
SHIM’s back-to-school celebrations provide families with school supplies
Kamik Kharel is excited to start first grade at McAnnulty Elementary in the Baldwin-Whitehall School District. Thanks to nonprofit South Hills Interfaith Movement’s back-to-school celebrations, held Aug. 12-16, Kamik, 5, already has a bright green backpack filled with folders, pencils, markers and all the supplies he needs for school. “Why...
Port Authority moving Tarentum bus stop at borough’s request
A Tarentum bus stop will be moving at the borough’s request. Port Authority of Allegheny County is moving the stop now at Lock Street and Fourth Avenue about 250 feet away to Fourth and Hickory Way. The change takes effect Sept. 1, according to a Port Authority sign posted at...
No injuries reported when train strikes car in East Vandergrift
A car was struck by a Norfolk Southern train early Wednesday in East Vandergrift but there were no reported injuries, according to a spokesman for the railroad. The incident happened at about 2:30 a.m. when a train struck a motor vehicle at the Risher Street railroad crossing. There were no...
