Western PA Local News category, Page 2961
Storms have residents cleaning up after yet another round of flooding
Heavy rain storms that pounded the region Sunday through Monday afternoon caused widespread flooding and damage, and emergency responders in several communities had to use boats to rescue residents from vehicles and homes. Eastern suburbs, including Penn Hills and Plum, appeared to be among the hardest-hit communities in storms that...
Flooding costs North Huntingdon car wash about $600,000 in damages, owner saysVideo
Every time there is a heavy storm and warnings of flash flooding, North Huntingdon car wash owner Ronald Palarino wonders if his business will be flooded again, causing hundreds of thousands of dollars in damage. “It’s frustrating. We had $300,000 to $400,000 in damage in September and there’s $300,000 in...
Activities in Plum and Oakmont this week – Jul. 22, 2019
Having trouble finding things to do in the Oakmont and Plum area this week? Here are some ideas:Oakmont artist Kalen Crowell’s paintings and photography are on display all month long at the Oakmont Carnegie Library, 700 Allegheny River Blvd. Her work features portraits and nature settings among other images. Admission...
I-70 traffic restrictions will allow PennDOT to install permanent data collector
Traffic patterns will be disrupted beginning Wednesday on a section of eastbound Interstate 70 in Westmoreland County, as PennDOT installs permanent devices for counting vehicles. Lane and shoulder restrictions will be in place from 9 p.m. Wednesday through 5 a.m. Friday as crews install Continuous Automatic Vehicle Classification devices below...
Jeannette man’s appeal of third-degree murder conviction rejected
A Westmoreland County judge Monday rejected the appeal of a Jeannette man serving up to 18 years in prison for the 2016 third-degree murder of an armed man. Common Pleas Court Judge Christopher Feliciani ruled there were no grounds to support the appeal filed by Jamere Ramone Glanton, who prosecutors...
Pittsburgh resident Alex Shabalov wins U.S. Senior Chess Championship
World Chess Hall of Famer and Squirrel Hill resident Alex Shabalov emerged victorious at the inaugural U.S. Senior Chess Championship last weekend in St. Louis. The competition is for elite players over the age of 50. Shabalov beat out a field that included four other Hall of Famers, including fellow...
Options for trail from Oakmont to Boyce Park to be unveiled
Details of a proposed 10- to 15-mile trail from Oakmont to Boyce Park will be unveiled at a meeting Tuesday. Officials from four municipalities have been working to develop a recreational trail from the Allegheny riverfront in Verona, through Oakmont and Penn Hills along Plum Creek, to Boyce Park in...
Oaks Theater to host discovery session on bald and golden eagles
Wishful Wednesday Productions will present an evening of live music, local eagle photography and a discussion on the presence and differences between bald and golden eagles in Pennsylvania on Wednesday at the Oaks Theater, starting at 6 p.m. in Oakmont. The featured guest lecturer Chris Kubiak, education director for the...
Recent court ruling bodes well for Pittsburgh’s controversial gun bills, officials say
Last week’s Pennsylvania Supreme Court decision upholding Pittsburgh’s paid sick leave ordinance provided some hope that the justices could rule in the city’s favor if called on to decide its controversial firearms regulations, officials said. Justices were split 4-3 in allowing the paid sick leave ordinance to stand. Four of...
Judge lets Hempfield woman out of jail to deliver baby before drug trial
A Hempfield woman awaiting trial on charges she bought drugs used in the fatal overdose of a Greensburg man in January will be allowed to go home and avoid giving birth while in jail. Westmoreland County Common Pleas Court Judge Meagan Bilik-DeFazio on Monday agreed to reduce the $75,000 bond...
Blues singer, saxophonist Vanessa Collier to play Greensburg’s SummerSounds this FridayVideo
A blues singer and saxophonist will make SummerSounds a stop on her months-long tour that includes shows in Switzerland and several cities across the United States. Vanessa Collier, who is on her “Honey Up” tour, will perform 7 p.m. Friday at Greensburg’s St. Clair Park. With three albums out, the...
Arnold Palmer airport to introduce second passenger boarding bridge in August
Arnold Palmer Regional Airport plans in August to put into service a new $1.5 million passenger boarding bridge designed for use with Spirit Airlines’ Airbus planes. On Monday, airport employees were trained to use the bridge and other new equipment — including two baggage tugs, four baggage carts, a belt...
Caliente giving away T-shirts to go with award winning pizza
As if the pizza wasn’t enough, Caliente Pizza and Drafthouse is giving away an “I ate the Mee-Maw” T-shirt with any order of their award-winning pizza. The “Mee-Maw” pizza was conceived by Caliente chef Eric Von Hansen, who named his creation in honor of his grandmother. Earlier this year, Von...
New flood plan close to passing in Westmoreland County
Alfred Crimboli of Arona said he knows what caused the flooding that closed at portion of Route 136 several weeks ago. “Sewickley Creek is plugged up with trees. We get three floods a year there,” Crimboli said Monday during a public hearing for a proposed plan Westmoreland County officials said,...
Hyde Park man charged in wife’s 2017 deathVideo
State police filed homicide and aggravated assault charges Monday against a Hyde Park man who they say killed his wife two years ago after years of abuse. Jeffrey Mark Fondrk, 57, told investigators in January that he pushed his wife, Patricia Ann Fondrk, over a dog gate during an argument...
Game Commission continues investigating after bear bites staffer at Nemacolin
The Pennsylvania Game Commission continued its investigation Monday into a Nemacolin Woodlands Resort employee being bitten by a Himalayan Bear over the weekend during a “Safari Tour.” The agency’s Southwestern Pennsylvania office near Ligonier confirmed a game commission officer has been assigned the case. Attempts to reach the officer for...
Uniontown police looking for donations to reinstate K9 unit
The Uniontown City Police Department is hoping to add new members to its force, and these ones will have four paws and a tail. Originally implemented in 2008, the department’s K9 unit lasted until its last two dogs — Leonidas and Xavier — both died earlier this year. “Once we...
Store owner burned out of New Kensington relaunches in Tarentum
Tim Brown’s convenience store in Tarentum was going to be his second. It’s now his only one, after his first in downtown New Kensington was destroyed in the massive Ninth Street fire in September. He’s still planning on opening more. “I would like to start a little chain of convenience...
Both lanes of Freeport Road in East Deer reopen after yearlong bridge project
A yearlong bridge project in East Deer that caused Freeport Road to be reduced to one lane is completed. The road reopened to traffic Monday, according to a news release by Plenary Walsh Keystone Partners. The project to replace the bridge over Baileys Run began last summer. The bridge, located...
Man charged in fatal shooting of Pittsburgh officer Calvin HallVideo
There are no words Eugenia Hall-Miller can say to comfort her mother. “Her heart has been ripped out of her,” Miller said Monday, during a respite from a daylong visitation for her slain brother, Pittsburgh police Officer Calvin Hall. “And I have to watch her suffer every day for the...
Ross OKs zoning change needed to build townhouses off Jacks Run Road
Ross Township commissioners have approved a long-time property owner’s request to rezone a portion of his land to permit the construction of townhouses. Mark Purcell of McIlrath Drive requested that the zoning for three of the 4.3 acres of land he owns along Jack Run Road in the township’s 6th...
Monroeville works to clean up flooded roads
Monroeville officials worked to clear several flooded roads in the aftermath of torrential rainfall Sunday night and early Monday. Nearly three inches of rain fell in several areas in the Pittsburgh region. Water rose quickly, submerging vehicles and leaving roads inaccessible. The National Weather Service issued a flash flood warning...
Electrical problem may have sparked Cook Township house fire
Officials believe an electrical problem may have sparked a fire that damaged a Cook Township home Monday. Chestnut Ridge Assistant Fire Chief Josh Umbaugh said a utility company was working on phone and internet service at the home on Hoods Mill Road, near Stahlstown, when the call to 911 was...
$4.1M Match 6 ticket sold in West Mifflin
Pennsylvania Lottery officials are waiting for the holder of a winning Match 6 Lotto ticket worth $4.1 million to come forward. The ticket drawn Friday was sold in Allegheny County at the Mifflin Social Club, 4025 Irene St., in West Mifflin. It correctly matched all six winning numbers, 25-32-34-36-47-48 to...
ABC’s ‘Good Morning America’ to broadcast live from Pittsburgh
“Good Morning America” hits the Steel City on Thursday as part of its “The Big Summer Road Trip” series. “We’re popping up in Pittsburgh,” said Ginger Zee, chief meteorologist for ABC News, in a video posted Monday. Zee sported a Steelers hat as she made the announcement. Did you hear...
