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Man dead in Pittsburgh West End shooting
Pittsburgh police are investigating a fatal shooting in the city’s West End. Officers responded just before midnight Tuesday to 911 calls and a SpotShotter report to find a man dead with multiple gunshot wounds on the 3100 block of Chartiers Avenue. The Allegheny County Medical Examiner’s Office identified the victim...
Westmoreland County among Pennsylvania’s best places to retire
Ready to retire? Westmoreland County is a good place to do it, according to SmartAsset, a company that provides online advice on personal finances. According to the company, Westmoreland County ranks among the top 10 Pennsylvania places to retire based on Social Security income, cost of living and taxes. SmartAsset...
Greensburg Fire Department to host June youth camp
Greensburg-area kids have the opportunity to learn what it takes to be a firefighter while getting a glimpse into different areas of the first responder profession. The Greensburg Volunteer Fire Department will partner with the Greensburg Police Department and Mutual Aid Ambulance to hold the second annual Chief John Edward...
Roofers union looking for apprentices due to retirements, workload
The United Union of Roofers, Waterproofers, and Allied Workers Local 37 in Bellevue need to fill 40 open apprentice positions, according to a representative at the union’s Joint Apprenticeship Committee on Monday. The Union has jurisdiction in a number of counties in Western Pennsylvania including Allegheny, Armstrong, Beaver, Indiana, Somerset,...
Latrobe gets temporary help with bulk refuse collection
Latrobe will pay Allied Republic to help collect bulk refuse while the city waits for a truck to arrive so it can do the chore itself. City council approved a non-exclusive, temporary agreement through the end of the year for Allied Republic’s on-call, roll-off truck services to assist Latrobe’s refuse...
Western Pa. braces for more storms while coping with damage, flooding
Heavy rains and winds tore through several Western Pennsylvania counties Tuesday evening causing down power lines, trees and flooded roadways. Swift water rescue teams in Butler County conducted 10 rescues to evacuate people from rising water in Zelienople, Forward Township, Harmony and Evans City, according to county dispatchers. Butler County...
Aliquippa man pleads guilty to federal drug and gun crimes
An Aliquippa man accused of fentanyl-heroin distribution and firearms violations pleaded guilty in federal court. Landon Alexander Gatta, 23, admitted guilt before Senior District Judge Joy Flowers Conti to charges of possession with intent to distribute 40 grams or more of a fentanyl-heroin mixture, possession of a firearm and ammunition...
WWII combat medic, 95, honored for his heroic service
Three quarters of a century ago, Felix Lisovich was living day-to-day as a World War II combat medic tending to wounded soldiers in the Philippines, dodging kamikaze attacks from Japanese fighter planes, joining in jungle patrols. For his distinguished service to his country, the 96-year-old Lisovich on Tuesday was awarded...
Former ‘Dance Moms’ studio wants to relocate to Carbone’s building in Unity Township
Appolonia Leake is hoping to move her dance studio from Penn Hills to a portion of the former Carbone’s Restaurant in Crabtree if the Unity Township supervisors approve. Lou Demosky, Leake’s mother and business manager for the studio, said they’d been looking to make a move for about nine months...
Supreme Court sends legal fight over UPMC-Highmark split back to lower court
The state Supreme Court on Tuesday sent Pennsylvania Attorney General Josh Shapiro’s legal push against UPMC back to a lower court to determine whether the looming split of health care rivals UPMC and Highmark can be delayed in the name of public interest. In a split ruling, the state’s highest...
Workers, patients confront UPMC execs at board meeting
Demanding attention from UPMC executives and blasting CEO Jeffrey Romoff’s recent $2.4 million pay raise, several hundred union supporters and workers rallied outside UPMC Montefiore hospital in Pittsburgh’s Oakland neighborhood Tuesday afternoon. Joined by Democratic elected officials, patients and faith-based leaders, protesters chanted in the name of worker rights and...
IUP team to present research on biodiversity in Honduras
Four students from Indiana University of Pennsylvania, including two from Allegheny County, are headed to Central America in June as presenters at an international symposium on biodiversity in Honduras. The seminar, organized by their IUP faculty advisor, Dr. Josiah Townsend, will focus on the group’s research on biodiversity in Honduras....
Braddock man sentenced to 18 months for cocaine trafficking
A Braddock man was ordered to serve 18 months in federal prison for trafficking crack cocaine in the Greenway Projects in Pittsburgh’s West End. Bryan Smith, 24, was sentenced by Senior U.S. District Judge Arthur J. Schwab. Prosecutors said, in 2017, the FBI and Drug Enforcement Administration conducted wire taps...
New Kensington police say man was drunk, uncooperative when Tasered
New Kensington police say a city resident was drunk and refusing to cooperate with officers when he was shocked with a Taser. According to police, Sgt. Kevin Hess tried to stop Lee Edward Jones, 51, for speeding on Stevenson Boulevard about 8 p.m. Saturday. Police said the Jeep Jones was...
North Apollo firefighters plan more fundraisers to make up for loss of fire tax
North Apollo Volunteer Fire Department will need to hold more fundraisers and look for ways to reduce expenses after borough council eliminated a controversial fire fee this month. “We saw it coming, and we are doing what we can with more fundraisers and to keep costs down,” fire Chief Chris...
McCandless OKs sidewalk near town hall, plan to add bike lane falls flat
After a lengthy discussion recently about whether to build a 1,500-foot sidewalk along Grubbs Road near McCandless Town Hall or go with more elaborate — and expensive — options that include a lane for bicyclists, town officials went with the economy version. But the May 20 discussion helped lead council...
Murrysville woman snares honors at IUP
A Murrysville woman will be featured in Indiana University of Pennsylvania’s Eberly College student gallery as an Outstanding Student in this year’s graduating class from the Eberly College of Business and Information Technology. Julia Nitchman, a May IUP graduate, is the daughter of Beth and Craig Nitchman. She is a...
Central Westmoreland Habitat breaks ground for new house in Greensburg
When excavators arrived Tuesday at a vacant lot on Harrison Avenue in Greensburg, it marked the beginning of a construction project more than a year in the making. By fall, a two-story, three-bedroom home designed to fit nicely in the well-kept residential neighborhood that backs up to the Coulter Playground...
New youth homelessness program looking for volunteer host homes
A new program that aims to reduce youth homelessness in Armstrong, Indiana, Washington and Westmoreland counties is looking for volunteers to provide host homes. The Bridge2Home program will connect youth ages 16-20 who are experiencing housing instability with volunteer host homes for temporary housing. The program is a newly-funded outreach...
Police rescue 4 baby turkeys from Squirrel Hill storm drain
First ducklings, now poults. Pittsburgh police in Squirrel Hill pulled four baby turkeys – called poults, as officers apparently discovered – from a storm drain near Parkview Boulevard at Summerset Drive. Officer Alex Herstine climbed into the storm drain and handed the tiny turkeys up to Officer Jason Washington, who...
Wanted West Leechburg man found in Erie County
An Armstrong County man accused of drunken driving and running from police in a separate case was arrested by a fugitive task force last week. Carlin Mitchell Quinn, 28, of West Leechburg hid from authorities for more than a month before the arrest, police said. “He told police he was...
Cops: Greensburg man confesses to robbing downtown Sunoco twice in March
A Crime Stoppers’ tip led police to a 29-year-old Greensburg man who admitted robbing a Sunoco convenience store-service station downtown twice in March, according court documents. Brad L. Smith, 29, was arrested Monday on two counts each of robbery and receiving stolen property in connection with the holdups that occurred...
Pittsburgh Hilltop Urban Farm announces summer camp registration
Pittsburgh’s Hilltop Urban Farm is hosting free summer camps in 2019 where kids can learn about nutrition, cooking, growing food, local food systems and Western Pennsylvania ecology. Children from the Pittsburgh neighborhoods of St. Clair, Arlington, Arlington Heights, Carrick, Allentown, South Side Slopes, Knoxville, Beltzhoover, Mt. Washington, and Bon Air...
Sandy Hook mother to speak at Burrell High School
Scarlett Lewis, the mother of one of the 26 people killed by a gunman at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn., in 2012, will speak to students at Burrell High School on Friday. Lewis will share her story of losing her 6-year-old son Jesse and the impact she believes...
Olympic swimmers help Killer Whales get ‘Fitter and Faster’
Beginners met world-class champions at a local swim camp hosted by the Killer Whales. Four Olympic swimmers — Roland Schoeman, Chloe Sutton, Isabella Arcila and Ozzie Quevedo — dove in to help local youngsters at the camp that taught the value of a good attitude, nutrition and goal-setting. The Killer...
