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State releases audit for Sharpsburg fire relief group
The Sharpsburg Fireman’s Relief Association got the ‘all clear’ from audits released by state Auditor General Eugene DePasquale. Finances from Jan. 1, 2017, to Dec. 31, 2018, were reviewed. The goal is to determine whether the group complied with laws pertaining to state aid and expenses paid by relief funds....
Cash 5 ticket worth $500,000 sold at West Mifflin Giant Eagle
A $500,000-winning Pennsylvania Lottery Cash 5 ticket was purchased at a Giant Eagle in West Mifflin. The ticket matched all five numbers, 02-05-18-24-33, in Friday’s drawing. The holder of the ticket has yet to claim the prize. The person with the winning ticket should sign the ticket and call lottery...
Fall opening eyed for New Kensington O’Reilly Auto Parts store
The steel frame for a new O’Reilly Auto Parts store is up in New Kensington. Work is continuing on the store along Tarentum Bridge Road at Carl Avenue. The store is scheduled to open this fall, said Nathanael Coram, a project administrator at the company’s headquarters in Springfield, Mo. The...
Christmas already? Harrison residents prepare wreaths for holiday seasonVideo
It’s not quite Christmas in July, but a handful of Harrison residents are already looking ahead to that most wonderful time of the year. On Monday, under hot sun and in muggy air, members of the township’s Recreation Board and others cleaned up Christmas wreaths that will be hung on...
Pittsburgh immigrant workshop to stress ‘theology of welcome’
Pittsburgh Theological Seminary is holding a two-day workshop in September to help clergy and religious leaders be more welcoming to immigrants. The workshop, “Allies in Faith: Encouraging Hospitality to Immigrants,” is scheduled for Sept. 11-12 at the East Liberty seminary, 616 N. Highland Ave., and is being held in conjunction...
Coraopolis man caught with loaded handgun at Pittsburgh International Airport
A Coraopolis man was stopped at Pittsburgh International Airport on Monday morning after Transportation Security Administration officers found a loaded handgun in his carry-on bag. TSA contacted the Allegheny County police, who responded to the airport checkpoint, confiscated the gun and detained the man for questioning. The .380 caliber handgun...
Sharpsburg church offers monthly programs for addiction recovery
A Sharpsburg-based addiction recovery program will offer several events in August and September that are free and open to the public. Addiction Recovery Ministry, based out of St. Juan Diego Parish, will have the following programs: - A reflection at 7 p.m. Aug. 8 at Adat Shalom, 368 Guys Run...
Penn Township man accused of entering woman’s home, taking photos of bedroom
A 53-year-old Harrison City man was arrested on multiple stalking and harassment charges after police said he entered a woman’s home and texted her photographs of her bedroom and a day later smeared dog feces on a friend’s car, according to court documents. Lawrence W. Lauer III was arraigned Monday...
Shootout in Ross shopping plaza spurs scrutiny over undercover drug buys in public places
Michael Botta orchestrated more undercover drug buys than he can count over more than two decades as a federal narcotics officer. The retired Drug Enforcement Administration agent, who also had stints with the FBI and U.S. Customs and Border Protection, said the unpredictable nature of sting operations requires careful planning...
Bald eagle found fatally shot in Erie County
ALBION — Wildlife authorities are asking the public for information about the shooting of a bald eagle found dead in northwestern Pennsylvania. The Pennsylvania Game Commission posted a photo of the bird found Thursday night near Hope Cemetery in Elk Creek Township, Erie County near the Ohio border. Game Warden...
Gas prices fall for 2nd straight week
Gas prices are down for a second straight week in Pittsburgh and across the nation. “Concerns still abound over the lack of a China-U.S. trade deal … but by and large, motorists can expect to see little organized movement at the pump in the week ahead, and barring any new...
Former Harrison cop ‘Bucky’ Taraszewski just can’t seem to retire
Editor’s note: This is part of an occasional series that features Alle-Kiski Valley residents and the notable things that they do. When Floyd “Bucky” Taraszewski retired after nearly 50 years from the Harrison Township Police Department in 2016, his wife jokingly scolded him. “She told me I wasn’t just...
Police: Driver flees after hitting cars, house in West Mifflin
Police were looking for the driver of a pickup who ran away after hitting several cars and a house in West Mifflin Sunday night. The incident happened just after 10 p.m. Sunday on Duquesne Avenue, the Trib’s news partner, WPXI-TV, reported. Vehicle into a home causing some major damage. Stay...
Police: 3 men stabbed when fight spills into Overbrook restaurant parking lot
Three men were found stabbed after a fight in a restaurant spilled out into the parking lot in Pittsburgh’s Overbrook neighborhood Saturday night, police said. Police responded to a report of a man stabbed around 11 p.m. Saturday in the 2600 block of Library Road. According to police, officers found...
Driver killed when airborne deer goes through windshield in Butler County
A deer hit by one vehicle on a Butler County road Sunday went airborne and through the windshield of another vehicle, killing its driver, according to state police. The crash happened shortly after 4 p.m. Sunday on Route 68 in Connoquenessing. State police said Anthony McCoppin, 53, of Blawnox was...
Oversized fun for all ages at Harmar’s Zone 28
Oversized patio games, a fire pit and more than 100 different beers are just some of the options being offered at the new beer park at Zone 28 in Harmar. The beer park is the latest in Zone 28’s entertainment evolution over the past few years. In that time they’ve...
South Fayette grad at helm of Pittsburgh esports team
Rob Lee’s interest in films and media developed at South Fayette High School, where he was a prominent member of several media classes. He created various internet skits under the pseudonym “Asian Rob” while hosting the morning TV show at the high school. This sparked his interest in content creation...
Hempfield doctor wants to withdraw plea in overdose death
A Hempfield doctor scheduled to be sentenced Monday for prescribing a patient a fatal dose of methadone wants to withdraw his no contest plea entered in March. Edgar Peske, 80, in court documents filed last week, contends his conduct did not cause the 2015 death of Nicole Henderson, 30, of...
Army veteran is Fort Ligonier’s first artist in residenceVideo
Throughout the grounds of Fort Ligonier, there are images of women in roles — comforting, nurturing, hunting — they have assumed in times of war past and present. They are the creation of the fort’s first artist-in-residence, Elise Wigle-Wells, Army veteran and lecturer in Saint Vincent College’s art department. Wigle-Wells,...
Tri-City Historical Society hopes to learn more about area’s past
The Tri-City Historical Society may be relatively new, but its members already have high aspirations for what it will be able to offer the Alle-Kiski Valley in the future. The nonprofit group was founded this year to collect, preserve and make available materials related to the histories of Arnold, New...
Ross plaza shootout spurs scrutiny over undercover drug buys in public places
Michael Botta orchestrated more undercover drug buys than he can count over more than two decades as a federal narcotics officer. The retired Drug Enforcement Administration agent, who also had stints with the FBI and U.S. Customs and Border Protection, said that the unpredictable nature of sting operations requires careful...
4 firefighters injured in explosion during fire at Penn Hills plazaVideo
Firefighters remained at the scene of a fire at a shopping plaza on Frankstown Road in Penn Hills on Monday morning. The fire that started around 7:30 p.m. Sunday at the Churchill Center Plaza was continuing to reignite before dawn Monday; Frankstown Road was closed in the area of Coal...
Autistic musicians rock at Pittsburgh Blues and Roots FestivalVideo
There was nothing not funky about the Spectrum’s version of “Play that Funky Music White Boy” at the Syria Shrine Center in Harmar on Sunday for the Pittsburgh Blues and Roots Festival. But there was an aura — something almost supernatural and powerful — that wowed the crowd. Maybe it...
Every child gets a chance to be a child in Southwest Greensburg Adaptive BaseballVideo
Andrea Baer, team manager for Southwest Greensburg Adaptive Baseball, was trying to get her team psyched to play the Susan Yadamec Dance Co. team on Sunday. Baer’s team comprises about 20 children ages 5-18 with physical, cognitive and behavioral disabilities. As they gathered at home plate for a team photo,...
Police: Man and boy both shot in the leg at Hays Manor in McKees Rocks
Allegheny County Police are investigating the Saturday shooting of an unidentified man, 27, and a boy, 17, both in the leg, Saturday in McKees Rocks. The Allegheny Housing Authority Police requested county police to conduct the investigation at the incident at the Hays Manor Apartment Complex along Locust Street. Both...
