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5-county United Way sees growth in services, outreach in 2018
The United Way of Southwestern Pennsylvania continues to set records in the number of people it helps. An estimated 480,831 people received assistance in 2018 as a result of United Way programs or collaborations with other agencies, according to the recently released 2018 annual report. That number represents a 16%...
Fox Chapel Area congratulates the Class of 2019
Here is the Fox Chapel Area High School Class of 2019: Rudi Adamiak, Vaishavi Agrawal, Mattias Ahlers, Ujala Ahmad, Sara Alexander, Neriah Allison-Wood, Eli Amshel, Damien Anderson, Morgan Anderson, Daniel Andrud Elyse Armstrong, Margaret Aupke, James Avila, Abigail Baird, Ronald Baird, Catherine Balanquet, Jonathan Balanquet, Abigail Baldauf, Alec Becher, Nicholas...
La Roche hosting event to collect hard to recycle items
North Hills residents who need to unload difficult to recycle items can drop them off at La Roche University from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. July 27. Their is no cost to recycle home and cell telephones, CFL light bulbs, computer towers and peripherals, microwave ovens, polystyrene packing material, stereo...
Leaning South Side home was condemned, should be demolished soon
A South Side house that appears to be tipping over should be demolished shortly, city officials said. The two-story structure was posted with a notice of imminent danger in February and charges were filed in March against Soroka Sales Inc., which owns the leaning building at 140 S. 25th St....
Sewage expansion, trail project on hold in Derry Township
A project to extend sewage service to Keystone State Park and 33 nearby residences is temporarily on hold as the Derry Township Municipal Authority looks for a way to make it affordable for customers. In January, the municipal authority received a $1.8 million low-interest loan from the Pennsylvania Infrastructure Investment...
Richland man charged in connection with McCandless overdose death goes on trial
Testimony began Monday in the trial of a man who is charged with selling the heroin that killed a McCandless man in 2016. Robert Keller, 32, of Richland, is charged in connection with the Sept. 11, 2016, overdose death of Clay Richwalls, 44, of McCandless. Police found four stamp bags...
Cops: Sandwich wasn’t enough — inmate attacked for not giving up cookie, banana
Everybody knows that the cookie is always the best part of a bagged lunch. So, when one inmate wouldn’t give his up to another inmate, you can imagine what happened next. Or maybe you can’t. An Indiana County inmate, who had already handed over his sandwich, refused to part with...
AG Shapiro begins making case for blocking UPMC-Highmark split
HARRISBURG — Three types of patients never were supposed to be affected by the insurance network split of UPMC and Highmark — children, the poor and seniors, Jim Donahue of the Pennsylvania Attorney’s General Office said Monday in Commonwealth Court. State officials decided to intervene in the clash of Western...
$10K reward offered for information on several suspicious fires in Indiana County
A $10,000 reward is being offered to anyone with information about several suspicious fires that have occurred in Indiana County since last year. The most recent blaze happened March 28 at a barn on Barnard Road in Dayton. According to a news release from The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms...
District 31 Legion baseball heating up entering new week of games
Hempfield East sits atop the District 31 American Legion standings heading into a new week of games. The team is 5-0 and has outscored its opponents by a 52-14 margin. Not far behind in second place is Latrobe at 5-1. It has only surrendered six runs in its six games...
Convicted Pa. sex offenders targeted in new telephone scam
Telephone scammers have found a new target in Pennsylvania: registered sex offenders. Pennsylvania State Police issued a warning Monday, saying there has been an increase in fraud reports throughout the state from individuals required to register as sex offenders. Police say the sex offenders are being conned into wiring immediate...
Ligonier Township, Ligonier Valley join Westmoreland County Land Bank
Ligonier Township and Ligonier Valley School District recently joined the Westmoreland County Land Bank, according to an announcement. They join dozens of other municipalities and school districts in the county that have each paid $5,000 to enter the land bank since its inception in 2014 with a $50,000 grant from...
Man gets early parole in fatal Derry crash
A New Alexandria man convicted late last year of causing a fatal car crash in Derry that killed a 71-year-old woman will be paroled nearly five months early. Westmoreland County Judge Christopher Feliciani on Monday ruled Samuel Grace III, 22, will be released from custody July 10 after serving seven...
Aurora partners with Fiat to build self-driving vehicles
Aurora Innovation is partnering with automaker Fiat Chrysler Automobiles to build self-driving vehicles of different makes and models, including commercial vehicles. The company announced the partnership Monday. “As part of FCA’s autonomous vehicle strategy we will continue to work with strategic partners in this space to address the needs of...
National Aviary’s Andean Condor chick dies 2 days after hatching
A rare Andean Condor chick that hatched at the National Aviary Friday has died. The aviary said it determined the chick had not survived after observing “abnormal parenting behavior” by the male condor, Lurch, on Sunday morning, officials said in a statement. “It is normal parenting behavior for the male...
Public hearing set for Indiana Township housing development
Nearly 400 people have signed a petition to oppose the potential approval of a planned residential development near Dorseyville Road in Indiana Township, near Beechwood Farms Nature Reserve. The petition, at ipetitions.com/petition/stop-development-of-large-facility, seeks to halt approval of The Waters Senior Living Holdings, which would consist of 179 residential units just...
Fox Chapel holds 58th annual commencement
The Fox Chapel Area School District held its 58th annual commencement Sunday at Soldiers & Sailors Memorial Hall in Oakland. The Fox Chapel Area High School Class of 2019: Rudi Adamiak, Vaishavi Agrawal, Mattias Ahlers, Ujala Ahmad, Sara Alexander, Neriah Allison-Wood, Eli Amshel, Damien Anderson, Morgan Anderson, Daniel Andrud Elyse...
Cops: West Newton man awaiting trial accused of assaulting woman
A 38-year-old man awaiting trial for allegedly endangering his infant daughter by withholding medical treatment was arrested Saturday and charged with assaulting a woman and threatening her with a knife inside his West Newton home, according to court documents. Robert J. Aquilina is charged with aggravated assault, simple assault, harassment...
Security tightened after thefts at Three Rivers Arts Festival
Theft sometimes happens at art shows. And when it does, it always hurts, because it feels like the thief stole a piece of the artist along with the work, said Robert Walker, who was selling original oil and acrylic paintings Monday from a booth in Gateway Center at the Three...
Man paralyzed in Knoxville shooting dies 20 years later
A man shot and paralyzed 20 years ago in Pittsburgh’s Knoxville neighborhood died Sunday, according to the medical examiner’s office. Omar Patterson was 15 when he was shot in the chest as he walked down Sylvania Way, an alley near his home, shortly before 6 p.m. on Feb. 11, 1999....
Jury selection begins in Armstrong sex abuse case involving former fire chief
Jury selection was scheduled to start Monday in an Armstrong County courtroom for one of the men accused of sexually assaulting a 14-year-old mentally disabled boy in 2016. Mark Alan Feeney, 56, who was a former chief of the East Franklin Volunteer Fire Department, is accused of statutory sexual assault,...
Shooting fireworks in Tarentum still a no-no despite new law, police chief says
Despite Pennsylvania’s new fireworks law, shooting them within Tarentum remains illegal, according to police Chief William Vakulick. Since October 2017, residents age 18 and over can buy, possess and use consumer fireworks. State lawmakers changed the law to raise more money for the state. But because of its building density,...
1 rescued by firefighters from Sewickley Township house
Two Herminie firefighters scrambled Monday morning to rescue a woman from her Sewickley Township home and extinguish a small fire inside. The pair was first to arrive on Greensburg Pike after the 7:45 a.m. call and saw some light smoke around the home, which is connected to Pam’s Antiques, said...
Good news at the pump as prices continue decline
Average gasoline prices declined in nearly every state last week, and the national average is at its lowest point since early April, an industry analyst said. “The fall has come amidst a deep drop in oil prices set in to play on worries that tariffs could slow economic growth, reducing...
Police seek suspect who allegedly choked female during Salem road rage incident
State police are looking for a man they say choked a female motorist Saturday in Salem Township. Troopers said the suspect got out of his tan GMC Envoy at 6:10 p.m. on Trees Mills Road near Athena Drive and choked a 21-year-old Greensburg woman. The suspect was described in a...
