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Plum’s Schofield shows her stuff at national softball event
For two months this spring, Alyssa Schofield put her softball talents on display and helped Plum to a co-section championship and a No. 2 seed in the WPIAL 5A playoffs. The Mustangs junior then expanded her visibility in the sport over the Memorial Day weekend as one of a select...
3 injured in head-on Route 356 crash in Allegheny Township; 1 driver to be chargedVideo
Three people were hospitalized Friday night in a head-on collision on Route 356 in Allegheny Township, and alcohol may have played a role, police said. One driver is expected to be charged with DUI because police suspect he may have been under the influence of alcohol, narcotics or both, Allegheny...
‘Bigfoot’ talk slated for Norwin library
If you’ve ever wondered about that bear-like creature “Bigfoot,” then Stan Gordon of Greensburg might have some answers for you. Gordon will present “Strange Aspects of the Elusive Bigfoot,” at 6:30 p.m. July 27 at the Norwin Public Library, Caruthers Lane, Irwin. Gordon has investigated reports of Bigfoot sightings in...
GoFundMe for lightning strike victim Kaitlyn Rosensteel reaches $20K goal
An online fundraising tool created to help cover the funeral expenses of one of two lightning strike victims killed Thursday at Mammoth Park lake in Mt. Pleasant Township topped its $20,000 goal. More than $20,000 had been pledged from more than 380 GoFundMe donors since Friday to help pay for...
East Franklin doctor guilty in $13 million ‘fountain of youth’ health fraud scheme
A former East Franklin doctor is guilty of plotting to defraud patients and insurers out of more than $13 million in a so-called “fountain of youth” medical treatment scheme, a jury found Friday. Dr. Samirkumar J. Shah, 56, a cardiologist who also has ties to Kittanning and Fox Chapel, was...
Fort Ligonier board names former trustee interim director
A former member of the Fort Ligonier Board of Trustees has been named interim executive director of the historic site and museum in Ligonier. Henry C. Scully, 59, will move into the role Monday, working alongside current director Annie Urban, who is set to leave July 31 to become executive...
Unity clears way for dance studio formerly run by ‘Dance Moms’ star to move to Crabtree
Unity supervisors have granted a conditional use for the former Carbone’s Restaurant, clearing the way for the building’s owner — DeFabo Properties — to lease a portion of the building as a dance studio. Appolonia Leake, a graduate of Greensburg Salem High School and Saint Vincent College, is looking to...
Unity supervisors consider GetGo move to former Arnold Palmer dealership site
The site of the shuttered Arnold Palmer Motors dealership along Route 30 in Unity soon may be active again. Township officials are considering a plan by Giant Eagle to move its GetGo convenience store and gas station from Mountain Laurel Plaza, just to the west along the highway’s eastbound lanes,...
Canonsburg man is first recipient of Brian Shaw Memorial ScholarshipVideo
In life, Brian Shaw embodied the characteristics a police officer needs to possess: humility, integrity, dedication and compassion. Shaw, a Lower Burrell native, was a 25-year-old rookie on the New Kensington police force when he was killed during a Nov. 17, 2017, traffic stop. In death, Shaw’s legacy lives on...
Upper Burrell voting redistricting soon to be decided in Westmoreland County Court
A Westmoreland County judge is expected to rule on a new voting redistricting plan in Upper Burrell on June 25, with a changeup in Route 780 dividing the voting districts. Earlier this year, about 20 Upper Burrell residents filed a lawsuit asserting that one of the township’s two voting districts,...
Peduto, Fitzgerald, city kids welcome ‘Sesame Street’s’ Elmo
Elmo from “Sesame Street” dropped by the Carnegie Science Center Friday to the delight of kids from the Training Wheels Child Care Center. “Elmo,” they shouted in unison when Angelica Miller, one of the science center’s early childhood educators, introduced the popular puppet to children from the Manchester preschool. Elmo...
16-year-old shot, exchanged gunfire in Homestead
Police are searching for the suspects involved in a gunfight in Homestead on Friday afternoon in which a 16-year-old boy was shot. The victim was treated for a gunshot wound to the right leg, which was not life-threatening, according to Allegheny County Police. Medics took the victim to a nearby...
‘Living Dead Weekend’ lives on at the Monroeville Mall
Fans for all things “living dead” are once again convening at the Monroeville Mall this weekend. The Living Dead Weekend kicked off at noon Friday and will continue through Sunday at the Monroeville Mall with zombie related activities planned. Living Dead Museum owner Kevin Kriess first organized the weekend festival...
Annual Father’s Day car show rolls into Oakmont for 65th edition
Oakmont’s annual Father’s Day car show will be held for the 65th time Sunday. About 300 cars, trucks and motorcycles are expected to be on display from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. in the borough’s Riverside Park off Third Street, according to event treasurer Morgan McCollum. Vehicles will be judged...
Pittsburgh heralds the start of construction on cap over I-579
Margaret Watson has been waiting 60 years to see her Pittsburgh Hill District neighborhood reconnected to the Downtown business district. She won’t have to wait much longer. Elected officials and dignitaries gathered in the Hill District on Friday afternoon for a ceremonial groundbreaking that will kick off construction of the...
General Carbide CEO Mona Pappafava-Ray named regional Entrepreneur of the Year
Mona Pappafava-Ray, president and CEO of Hempfield-based General Carbide Corp., is a finalist for the national Entrepreneur of the Year Award after being named East Central Entrepreneur of the Year last week. Now in its 33rd year, the competition recognizes entrepreneurs and leaders of high-growth companies who excel in areas...
Ross Police charge former Lyft driver in 2-year-old rape case
Ross police charged a former Lyft driver Friday with rape in connection with a suspected incident involving two women in a McKnight Road hotel room. Darrel Eugene Hardy, Jr., 30, was working as a Lyft driver July 1, 2017, when he drove two female passengers to the Hampton Inn Hotel...
Denzel Washington-produced ‘Ma Rainey’ seeks to shoot at Deer Lakes Park
Oscar and Tony winning actor Denzel Washington plans to shoot scenes for his televised version of the August Wilson play “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom” in and around Deer Lakes Park. Washington, 64, is producing the television adaptation for Netflix, and it is in preproduction, according to The Hollywood Reporter. Allegheny...
Cops: Fayette County parents charged after infant found to have 13 fractures
An examination at UPMC Children’s Hospital in Pittsburgh last month revealed an infant boy from Fayette County suffered 13 fractures throughout his body, state police in Uniontown allege in court documents filed Friday. After a two-week investigation, troopers charged the boy’s parents, John T. Clark, 29, and Tiffany L. Clark,...
Real change is at your fingertips
What started out as an office prank made me aware of a great injustice in this world that each and every one of us ignore daily. It was a slow day in the newsroom so I decided to have fun with a coworker. So I popped a few of the...
Pittsburgh, National Flag Foundation mark Flag Day with a salute
Fire sirens in Pittsburgh and more than 70 cities across the United States sounded for 30 seconds and then went silent for 30 seconds at 11:45 a.m. Friday in recognition of Flag Day. The nationwide nod to the American flag was organized by the Pittsburgh-based National Flag Foundation. At the...
Judge: UPMC-Highmark split set for June 30
A Commonwealth Court judge on Friday ruled against Pennsylvania Attorney General Josh Shapiro’s request to block the insurance network split of UPMC and Highmark at the end of this month. Judge Robert E. Simpson determined that Shapiro’s legal team “cannot state a cause of action” for changing the expiration date...
Carnegie Science Center hosting camp at Sharpsburg library
Elementary school students in the Lower Valley can spend a week at the Sharpsburg Community Library learning more about DNA, food as fuel and biological blueprints. The Science in the Summer Camp, hosted by Carnegie Science Center, will be July 22-25 at the library, 1212 Main Street. The experiment-oriented sessions...
2 high school grads remembered after deadly Mammoth Park lightning strikeVideo
Sergio Bell would FaceTime every night with one of his best friends, Kaitlyn E. Rosensteel, who he nicknamed Bubba and took to prom. Everyone else referred to her as Moe. With his other best friend, Brendan A. McGowan, he would jam out to music in the car, sometimes persuading McGowan...
Saint Vincent College appoints new president
Officials at Saint Vincent College said there was little question who should lead the Benedictine college into the future when Br. Norman W. Hipps announced his pending retirement as president this year. J. Christopher Donahue, chairman of the Saint Vincent board of directors and president and CEO of Federated Investors...
