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Man gets prison term for assault in Penn Township
An Allegheny County man was sentenced to serve up to two years in prison for the assault of his girlfriend earlier this year in Penn Township. Eric Damien Thomas, 41, formerly of North Versailles and Aspinwall, pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor charge of simple assault and summary harassment. As part...
Carnegie Science Center to close on Tuesdays
The Carnegie Science Center on Pittsburgh’s North Shore is reducing its hours of operation. Beginning Tuesday, Sept. 3, the Science Center will be closed to the public every Tuesday through the last Tuesday in April, except for December 31 and April 7. The Science Center will continue to be open...
Jeannette company becomes leader in recycling biopharmaceutical waste
Triumvirate Environmental has a new way to help the pharmaceutical industry recycle plastic waste. The Jeannette waste-management company serves clients in the life sciences, health care, education and industrial markets. Biopharmaceutical waste — estimated to be about 30,000 tons per year and either incinerated or sent to landfills — is...
Nabbed Mt. Pleasant fugitive tells sheriff’s deputies he was ‘tired of running’
A Mt. Pleasant fugitive on the run since May told Westmoreland County sheriff’s deputies who caught up with him this week at a South Huntingdon truck stop that he was glad to finally get caught. Joseph R. Taylor, 36, was arrested about 10:15 a.m. Tuesday by members of the sheriff’s...
Council approves affordable housing requirements in Lawrenceville
Pittsburgh housing advocates won a major victory Wednesday with City Council’s final approval of legislation requiring residential development projects in Lawrenceville featuring 20 or more units to offer affordable housing. The housing bill creates a zoning overlay district exclusive to Lawrenceville designed to offset the impact of gentrification in the...
Plum roadwork to cause delays
Logans Ferry Road in Plum will have three traffic stops lasting up to 15 minutes each through the night Thursday. The stops will occur from 7 p.m. Thursday to 5 a.m. Friday between Route 366 and Columbia Road, according to PennDOT. The work is part of a $1.09 million project...
What to expect when ‘GMA’ broadcasts live from Pittsburgh
ABC’s “Good Morning America” will set up shop Thursday morning on Pittsburgh’s North Shore. The show, featuring Ginger Zee, T.J. Holmes and Tory Johnson, airs from 7 a.m. to 9 a.m. on WTAE. Here’s what you can expect form the show, part of GMA’s “Big Summer Road Trip” series. STEEL...
In Carnegie, they’re gonna party like it’s 1894
Carnegie is planning a party — 1894-style — to celebrate the borough’s 125th birthday. The three-day festivity, running from Aug. 9 to 11, will include something for everyone, from a 125-year-birthday themed Carnegie Crawl on Aug. 9 to carnival games and declarations on Aug. 10 and a car cruise on...
Plum woman charged with embezzling $320K from insurance firm where she worked
An official with the Sports & Exhibition Authority of Pittsburgh and Allegheny County who formerly worked for a Forest Hills insurance company has been charged with stealing more than $300,000 from the insurance firm, according to the Allegheny County District Attorney’s Office. Sharon J. Mink, 43, of Plum, who’s served...
Brighton Heights man gets time served in infant daughter’s death
A Brighton Heights man will serve no more jail time in the 2015 death of his 5-week-old daughter. Joseph Swidorsky, 33, who has been in the Allegheny County Jail since his Oct. 1, 2015, arrest, was sentenced Wednesday to 23 to 46 months in jail, which amounts to time served,...
Driver cited after metal spill flattens hundreds of tires
CLEVELAND — Police say they’ve cited the driver of a dump truck who lost a load of scrap metal on a Cleveland freeway, flattening the tires of about 100 vehicles. Authorities had to shut down Interstate 77 in Cleveland for about four hours Tuesday to clean up the mess and...
Man expected to plead guilty in 1999 abduction, rape of Somerset girl
A 50-year-old Maryland man is expected to plead guilty Thursday in federal court to abducting and raping a Somerset County girl in 1999. Timothy D. Nelson Jr. of Cumberland, Md., is scheduled to appear before U.S. District Judge Kim Gibson in Johnstown, according to the court docket. Pennsylvania State Police...
Reenactors to portray 256th Battle of Bushy Run in Penn Township
The Bushy Run Battlefield Heritage Society is taking guests back in time next weekend to commemorate the 256th anniversary of the Battle of Bushy Run. The re-enactment of the two-day battle between the British and the confederation of Native Americans on the Penn Township battlefield that took place Aug. 5-6,...
More details released ahead of start of Steelers training camp
Ground crews worked Wednesday to put final touches on the practice fields at Saint Vincent College, just ahead of the annual invasion of the Pittsburgh Steelers and fans for training camp on the Unity campus. Steelers fans this year will have the opportunity to meet legends prior to public practices,...
Pittsburgh asking residents to dispose of glass recyclables at 3 locations
Pittsburgh is asking residents to voluntarily dispose of glass containers at three collection locations in North Point Breeze, Beltzhoover and the Strip District. The request comes as part of an effort to cut down on recycling costs. City Environmental Services will continue accepting glass as part of its curbside recycling...
Gateway school board condemns member for ‘interference,’ other alleged infractions
The Gateway School Board condemned a board member’s actions through two resolutions approved during a special meeting last week. One resolution condemned board member Valerie Warning’s “interference and intermeddling with the day-to-day operations” of the school district. The other condemned Warning for “disseminating and divulging executive session materials and subject...
Westmoreland bar association executive director plans to retire
The longtime executive director of the Westmoreland County Bar Association has announced plans to retire. Diane Krivoniak, 62, of Latrobe, has since 1989 served as head of the Greensburg-based organization that serves as the professional association for 500 county lawyers. “For an unprecedented stretch of 30 years, Diane’s enthusiasm and...
Picklesburgh will bring parking restrictions and street closures
Pittsburgh visitors should expect street, bridge and parking restrictions in Downtown and the North Side during the four-day Picklesburgh specialty food festival beginning on Thursday. The Pittsburgh Downtown Partnership announced the following restrictions will go into effect at 9 a.m. Thursday and continue until Monday afternoon:The Roberto Clemente Bridge and...
Ceremonial groundbreaking set for New Kensington apartment project
A ceremonial groundbreaking has been scheduled for the Pioneer Apartments project already under construction in New Kensington. The event for the Wesley Family Services project is set for 10:30 a.m. on Thursday, Aug. 8, at the site at 319 10th St. The $18.2 million, four-story, 36-unit building will provide affordable...
Washington Township man behind new sensory-friendly space at Pittsburgh airport
A sensory-friendly space for children and adults with autism and other special needs was unveiled Wednesday at Pittsburgh International Airport. The idea for the room, called Presley’s Place, came from airport employee Jason Rudge, a heavy equipment operator from Washington Township, Westmoreland County. Rudge and his wife, Sharon, have a...
Plan to realign Aspinwall’s Brilliant Avenue on hold
A project to realign Brilliant Avenue in Aspinwall has been put on hold while additional funding is sought, officials said. Work to reconfigure the intersection is aimed at creating a safer entrance to Aspinwall Riverfront Park and the borough’s public works complex. It was initially proposed in 2013 at an...
Pitt-Greensburg’s summer housing has students living without A/C in extreme heat
Alyson Bender, who is going into her junior year at the University of Pittsburgh at Greensburg, relied heavily on fans placed around her student housing to keep her cool during a recent heat wave that hit the area. Still, the temperature in her on campus apartment crept toward 91 degrees...
AAA offering free anti-auto theft service at Pleasant Hills branch
Drivers looking to stay a step ahead of car thieves can get the vehicle identification number etched onto their vehicle windows for free on Thursday at an event sponsored by AAA in Pleasant Hills. The local chapter of the Automobile Association of America will have a technician on hand from...
Jeannette gets $140K to do winter maintenance on 9 state roads
Jeannette has renewed an agreement with PennDOT that calls for city crews to perform winter maintenance on nine state roads within city limits. The agreement spans winter seasons starting this year through 2023-24. “They do it every five years,” said Michelle Langdon, city clerk. PennDOT will pay the city $140,616...
Weather delays sewage plant in Freeport, Swartz stadium work
The weather hasn’t been kind to Freeport in regard to major projects the borough has in the works. Rain and unusually high water levels in Buffalo Creek have delayed at least two ongoing projects. The borough got a one-year reprieve on the deadline for finishing the design of its new...
