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Video on gun violence earns Shady Side Academy Student Emmy nominationVideo
A teen-produced video about the 2018 school shooting in Parkland, Fla., has earned a Student Emmy nomination for Shady Side Academy. A team of six students and recent graduates worked on a WSSA-TV news story about gun violence following the 2018 Valentine’s Day shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School,...
6 rescued after raft goes over falls at Ohiopyle State Park
Six people are lucky to be alive after their raft went over the falls at Ohiopyle State Park in Fayette County over the weekend. Park manager Ken Bisbee said the six, who are from the Pittsburgh and Monroeville areas, had bruises and scrapes after being rescued from a swollen Youghiogheny...
Planned power outage to upgrade system will affect customers in 4 North Hills communities
Several hundred property owners in four North Hills municipalities will be without power next Tuesday while upgrades are being made to electrical facilities, officials announced. The July 23 planned-power outage is scheduled to occur from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. for 689 First Energy customers in Bradford Woods, Marshall, McCandless...
Donation helps Sewickley recreation group fix ballfield
The Sewickley Area Athletic Association improved its pony league ballfield in Herminie, thanks in part to a $5,000 donation from a Texas-based energy company. Before the baseball season began the spring, the athletic association made long-term major field improvements to the baseball field, including grading the field and installing French...
Murrysville soccer association accepting fall registrations
The Murrysville Area Soccer Association (MASA) is taking registrations for the 2019 fall season. Boys and girls with birth dates in 2015 and earlier are eligible to participate. MASA offers both in-house programs and a travel program. The in-house program is run by Doug Phillips and includes U-6 (under 6)...
Crash on Interstate 70 cleared
A two-vehicle crash on Interstate 70 that caused backups eastbound was cleared by 9 a.m. A Westmoreland 911 dispatcher said one person had a minor injury in the 7:33 a.m. crash in South Huntingdon Township. The crash happened in a work zone between the West Newton and Yukon exits....
Slide repair to close Streets Run Road in Baldwin
A section of Streets Run Road in Baldwin will be closed for a month while crews fix a slide, PennDOT announced Monday. The work is scheduled to start at 7 a.m. Wednesday. Streets Run will be closed to through traffic around-the-clock between Doyle Road and Route 51 through Aug. 17....
Baker parlays pizza experience into new Squirrel Hill bagel shopVideo
The idea to open a bagel store in Squirrel Hill came from the inner workings of a pizza shop. Gab Taube was baking bagels in the middle of the night at A’Pizza Badamo in Mt. Lebanon to sell at various pop-up sites and farmers markets when she decided she needed...
Uniontown man wanted in East Huntingdon girl’s death arrested in Ohio
A Uniontown man wanted in the killing of an 11-month-old girl in East Huntingdon Saturday has been arrested in Ohio, according to state police. Derrick “Hector” A. Bass, 29, was arrested Monday afternoon in Cleveland without incident, Trooper Steve Limani said. Bass is charged with homicide and related offenses in...
Troopers looking for possible Salem Township tanning salon theft victims
State police are looking for potential victims of a former Salem Township tanning salon worker who they said stole money from customers. Three customers reported the 21-year-old Greensburg woman took money from them at Tropical Sunsations, according to troopers. Police said the suspect entered rooms while customers were tanning between...
Police: Summit Academy escapee stole car, remains at large
A juvenile who police say stole a car after escaping from a Butler County detention center Saturday night remained at large on Monday afternoon, according to authorities. The unidentified juvenile, whose age and gender were not released, is believed to have escaped from The Summit Academy in Summit Township around...
1 killed, 2 hurt in motorcycle-vehicle crash on Bigelow Boulevard
A man was killed and two others were hurt in crash involving a motorcycle and a vehicle on Bigelow Boulevard Sunday night, according to Pittsburgh police. The crash happened in the 3200 block of Bigelow Boulevard around 9:55 p.m. Police said the man driving the motorcycle died from his injuries...
Gas prices rise in Pittsburgh region
Gas prices are up in the Pittsburgh region, and the national average has risen for a third straight week on higher oil prices blamed on geopolitical tensions, declining oil inventories and Hurricane Barry. “With Barry in the rearview, we are unlikely to see major disruptions arise, and gas prices nationally...
Brad James is totally committed to Tarentum’s Eureka Fire-Rescue-EMSVideo
Editor’s note: This is part of an occasional series that features Alle-Kiski Valley residents and the notable things that they do. Little things matter to emergency medical technician and deputy fire Chief Brad James. “I’ve always paid attention to the little things,” said James, of Tarentum’s Eureka Fire-Rescue-EMS. “In the...
Army Corps to test groundwater at nuclear waste dump in Parks Township
The Army Corps of Engineers will be on site to conduct routine groundwater sampling at the nuclear waste dump along Route 66 in Parks Township from July 22 to 25, and maybe later. The 44-acre dump, officially known as the Shallow Land Disposal Area, was used primarily in the 1960s...
Pennsylvania law protects those who rescue children from hot cars
A state law protecting Good Samaritans who rescue children locked inside hot cars took effect Monday. Gov. Tom Wolf signed the bill into law May 16. The law provides protection from liability for damages if a person believes a child is in imminent danger, provided they have made a good...
Police: Penn Hills officer fatally shoots man who fired gun
A Penn Hills police officer shot and killed a man as police pursued suspects in a homicide Sunday night, according to Allegheny County Police. According to county police, the Penn Hills officer returned fire after the man, who had been hiding in a basement, shot at and charged the officer....
Curbside Coffeehouse in Blawnox combines perk with fresh foods
Curbside Coffeehouse owner Kylee Witchey may be perkier than the coffee she brews at her popular Blawnox eatery. Witchey, 32, originally from Lower Burrell, took over an existing Curbside in 2008, a mere seven days after graduating from Duquesne University. “I had no idea what I was getting into,” Witchey...
‘Almost Forgotten’ remembers local men who lost their lives serving
It was my privilege recently to attend a presentation in South Fayette’s local authors series which featured my brother, Joe, and his book, “Almost Forgotten,” a record of the men from the Bridgeville and South Fayette area who lost their lives while serving in the military. The book was self-published...
Great blue heron dazzles at Keystone State ParkVideo
Sightings of a pair of bald eagles have created the latest sensation among admirers of wildlife at Keystone State Park. An equally impressive and more frequently seen member of the Derry Township park’s winged denizens is a great blue heron that plucks daily meals from the stocked Keystone Lake. Regular...
Resurgent bald eagles spotted in Derry, Unity townships
Add Keystone State Park to the sites in Southwestern Pennsylvania occupied by the resurgent bald eagle. Park naturalist Jean H. Keene has seen two eagles in the Derry Township park since last year and recently led a group of 11 registered participants on a paddling excursion on the park’s central...
Joy Riders kick off biking program at Cedar Creek Park for people with limited mobilityVideo
Carol Storez of West Newton gets out of the house often enough. But at 87 years old, she’s not exactly ready to hop on a Huffy and pedal around Cedar Creek Park in Rostraver. “I can’t ride a bike myself anymore,” she said. Now she doesn’t have to: Storez was...
Man found fatally shot in a car in Penn Hills
A man was fatally shot Sunday night in Penn Hills, Allegheny County Police reported. Police found the man, who was not identified, dead in a car at 21 Sharon Court, according to police. Homicide detectives were responding to the scene around 9:30 p.m. No further details were available....
Penn State’s Eric Barron third highest paid public university president
Penn State alumni can claim boasting rights this week thanks to a ranking that has nothing to do with college sports. A survey by the Chronicle of Higher Education found Penn State President Eric J. Barron was the third highest paid public university president in the nation last year when...
Art project in Northview Heights helping children express themselves
The pillows are more than blue fabric decorated and stuffed with foam. They say something about the young person who made them. One says “Jesus Loves You.” Another reads “#RIP.” A third has the number “187” on it, a three-digit synonymous with murder, crime and police. Another read “Gang, Gang.”...
