Western PA Local News category, Page 2872
Monroeville caboose makes first stopVideo
A Monroeville family’s historical caboose has a new temporary home. The beloved red caboose from the 1940s was moved recently from the Segar’s backyard to Forbes Road Career and Technical School along Beatty Road. “It was an exciting day in the process in getting the caboose to live on,” said...
Brookline man allegedly performed lewd act near students at bus stop
A Brookline man was arrested Sept. 19 while allegedly performing a lewd act as he watched students waiting for a school bus, police said. Anthony Cardamone, 55, faces seven misdemeanor charges related to the incident, according to court records. According to a criminal complaint, a male student on Wednesday reported...
West Jefferson Hills has ‘never seen anything like’ its 9 sets of kindergarten twinsVideo
Aria and Gianna Husrefovic each smile sweetly and give a little wave from their seats on the floor inside Melissa Wahl’s kindergarten classroom at McClellan Elementary. It’s hard to tell the difference between the identical twins, whose outfits match perfectly down to the bows in their hair and scrunchies on...
Unwrapping the ‘Mummies of the World’ at the Carnegie Science CenterVideo
Their faces have varying expressions. Some have teeth. Hands are often crossed as they lie uncovered after being wrapped for years. They are young, old, middle-aged. Some appear to have been tall, while others were rather short. Some wear clothing while others are naked. Some appear lightweight, while others might...
Harrison’s Honor Roll memorial partially restored
Crews with Greensburg-based Allegheny Restoration completed masonry work this week on the veterans’ Honor Roll memorial at Freeport and Springhill roads in Harrison. Over three days, the company removed mortar between the limestone memorial’s stones, repointed it, pressure washed it, replaced broken stone, applied caulking on its cap stones, and...
New Thomas Jefferson High School police officer is a familiar face
Brian Peters already was a familiar face in the West Jefferson Hills community, even before he put on a new uniform to serve as a school police officer at Thomas Jefferson High School. Peters, 48, a resident of Pleasant Hills, has worked as an assistant coach for TJ’s varsity swim...
Highlands OKs $3K performance bonus for business manager
Highlands School District’s business manager has received a $3,000 performance bonus. The school board approved the payment to Lori Byron this week. School board President Debbie Beale said Superintendent Monique Mawhinney recommended the bonus for Byron. Mawhinney did not respond to request for comment through district spokeswoman Jennifer Goldberg. Beale...
Liberty man charged in missing Whitehall woman’s presumed deathVideo
Douglas Berry confided to other inmates at the Allegheny County Jail that he killed Elizabeth Wiesenfeld and needed to get out of jail so he could dispose of her body using sulfuric acid, according to a criminal complaint charging him with homicide in the case. Berry, 48, was charged Thursday...
Sex charges held to court against 2 men in alleged assault outside Leechburg Elks
Two men have been ordered to stand trial on charges of sexually assaulting a woman outside the Leechburg Elks this summer. District Judge James Andring dismissed an attempted rape charge against Justin James Beattie, 30, of Leechburg and Ethan Dempsey, 23, now of Greensburg However, Andring ordered the men to...
Burrell School Board reconsiders artificial turf for stadium improvement
After a strong showing by parents last week, urging the school board to reverse its vote to renovate the Burrell High School stadium field with natural grass, the board Tuesday night agreed to seek contract bids for artificial turf as well. The decision is part of a renovation project at...
Photos: Rosedale Fall Festival in Verona
The annual Rosedale Fall Festival closed out yet another season at the Rosedale Beach Club in Verona. The end of summer event was held the weekend of September 12-14 at the Beach Club in Verona. Hundreds came out for the food, carnival rides, games, and live music each evening....
Parks in East Suburbs get state money for improvements
Penn Hills, Verona, Oakmont and Plum are slated to receive state grants totaling more than $650,000 to be used for park improvements, state Sen. Jay Costa Jr. announced Tuesday. Penn Hills got $104,410 to replace the Red Oak and Maple pavilions at Penn Hills Community Park along Colorado Street. The...
Penn Hills High School marching band participates in festival at Highlands
Penn Hills High School marching band was one about a dozen schools to participate in this year’s Alle-Kiski Band Festival. The event took place at Highlands School District’s Golden Rams Stadium in Natrona Heights Wednesday night. Their performance featured the music of Rock & Roll Hall of Famers Bon Jovi...
Plum man dies after crash in Penn Hills
A Plum man is dead after having what appeared to be a “medical emergency” while driving Wednesday in Penn Hills, according to police. John Monroe, 57, of Plum died at a hospital shortly before 7 p.m. Wednesday, according to the Allegheny County Medical Examiner’s office. The report said the crash...
Harmar officials relieved to get $157,000 grant for stream bank restoration
Harmar officials have received a state grant to help remove sediment from it streams as part of complying with its state-mandated Municipal Separate Storm Sewer System (MS4) plan. The township received nearly $157,000 in state Watershed Restoration and Protection Program funding for stream bank restoration along Little Deer Creek. “We...
No students hurt in crash involving Highlands school bus
No children were hurt when a Highlands School District bus was involved in a crash on Freeport Road Wednesday afternoon, according to the district and Harrison police. The crash happened around 3:15 p.m. near Montana Avenue, police Chief Mike Klein said. Montana Avenue goes back to the district’s high school....
Laurel Highlands DUI Task Force plans checkpoints, patrols
Members of the Laurel Highlands DUI Task Force will be looking for intoxicated drivers this weekend in Westmoreland County. There will be a stationary sobriety checkpoint and roving patrols on Friday and Saturday, according to a news release. Authorities did not say where the enforcement will be taking place. Police...
Historical program focuses on Latrobe’s Sixth Ward
Latrobe Area Historical Society will present a new program, “Sixth Ward Revisited,” at 9:30 a.m. Friday and Saturday. Designed by Pam Ferrero, this slide show of historic images has been a year in the making. Those attending will learn about the history of the “land over the bridge,” referring to...
Clairton schools cancel classes amid bedbug issue
Clairton City School District is dismissing students early Thursday and will be closed Friday because of bedbugs, the district announced. According to a letter dated Wednesday from Superintendent Ginny Hunt, a bedbug incident occurred in the district’s building, which houses its elementary and middle/high school. Bedbugs are small, oval, brownish...
Officers shoot, kill serial bank robbery suspect who held woman at knifepoint in WilkinsburgVideo
Police shot and killed a serial bank robbery suspect Wednesday in a Wilkinsburg apartment as he held a woman at knifepoint, authorities said. The shooting happened about 9:30 p.m. inside an apartment on Center Street, according to police. The man, later identified as Shawn Stevens, was pronounced dead at the...
Parkway West ramp closures set for this weekend
Ramp paving on I-376 (Parkway West) in Robinson Township will cause detours this weekend, according to PennDOT. Both the eastbound I-376 Crafton exit (60B) off ramp and the Boyce Road on-ramp to eastbound I-376 will close to traffic while work is taking place. However, the closures will not happen simultaneously....
South Fayette man, 4 children run to honor wife, mom who died from cancer
Manson and Kristin Seto talked about running together as a family. They never got to take that first step. Kristin Seto died in 2014 from colon cancer. She wasn’t well enough to jog with her husband and their four children. But the surviving South Fayette family won’t let that dream...
Springdale councilmen irked by latest water project cost overrun
The cost of Springdale’s water system renovation has increased again, adding another $132,000 to a project already plagued by unforeseen expenditures. It is payment for additional paving to Kukurin Contracting Inc., the general contractor for installing the new water lines that are part of the project. The project, estimated at...
Pittsburgh hospitals are saying hello to professional greeters
When 28-year-old Ja’Ray Gamble began working at UPMC Magee-Womens Hospital three years ago, he never expected to make such a positive impact on the lives of patients every day. He’s not a doctor or a nurse. You won’t find him checking your heartbeat or even taking your height and weight....
‘It’s not just us’: Local students call on politicians after environmental conference
Small changes can make a big difference. That’s one lesson Laurel Highland High School physics teacher Chris Mikolowsky hopes his students learned from a conference that taught 17 sustainable development goals established by the United Nations — a somewhat daunting task for students, Mikolowsky said, with goals like ending world...
