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Arnold mayor fined $10,000 for state ethics violations
Outgoing Arnold Mayor Karen Peconi has been fined $10,000 by the State Ethics Commission for violations of ethics laws during her time as a city official. The Ethics Commission ruled that Peconi violated state ethics laws when she intervened in her son’s application to the city’s police department and failed...
UPMC attorney lashes out at Highmark over agreement’s end date
HARRISBURG — Pennsylvania State Attorney General Josh Shapiro has no right to “gut” and rewrite a five-year agreement between UPMC and Highmark by changing its June 30 expiration date, UPMC’s top legal executive testified Tuesday in Commonwealth Court. “A deal is a deal,” UPMC Chief Legal Officer Thomas McGough said...
Chartiers Valley residents facing possible tax hike
Residents in the Chartiers Valley School District likely will be paying more in real estate taxes in 2019-20. School board members will vote on the district’s final budget on June 25. However, the proposed final budget approved by the board on May 28 — with roughly $66 million in revenue...
Marine Corps League of Pennsylvania to gather in Hempfield
A group of 200-to-250 members of the Marine Corps League of Pennsylvania are expected to descend upon the Greensburg area next week for the organization’s 74th annual convention. Major John Urban, who has served eight years in the Marines, will be the keynote speaker in the convention that runs from...
Allegheny Health Network to relocate urgent care services in New Kensington
Those needing medical care that doesn’t require a trip to a hospital emergency room will have a new option come July 1 in New Kensington. Allegheny Health Network will open an Express Care clinic at the United Physicians practice at 305 7th St., just across the street from the main...
The fun is back – pre-orders start for new Atari VCS console
Have you played Atari today? Odds are, probably not. But as early as March, the answer could be yes. Atari, which popularized home video gaming with its legendary cartridge-based Video Computer System, or 2600, is launching a new, retro-styled Atari VCS that the company says will play classic and modern...
Shaler Area’s Class of 2019 celebrates commencement
On June 7 the Shaler Area High School Class of 2019 celebrated commencement at Titan Stadium. The bleachers were packed with friends, family and underclassmen as the graduates said a final good-bye to the school district and begin to embark on their individual journeys....
Photo Gallery: Aspinwall town-wide yard sale
Aspinwall hosted its annual town-wide yard sale on June 8-9. The event, in its 15th year, draws hundreds of shoppers to the streets of the borough....
Bob Keith comes full circle at Thomas Jefferson High School
Bob Keith is often the first person students and staff at Thomas Jefferson High School see when they start their day. First thing in the morning, he’s the friendly, kind and welcoming face that greets them in the parking lot. “He makes sure to wave to every single person. That’s...
Trinity Lutheran hosting drama Bible camp for kids
Trinity Lutheran Church is hosting a free week-long drama and Bible camp for children in kindergarten through 5th grades July 29 to Aug. 2. The camp will explore the “coat of many colours” story of Joseph from the Book of Genesis and develop a short play. Participants will create scenery,...
Bridgeville officials to address parking problems
Parking in the northern section of Bridgeville Borough has long been a source of frustration for residents of St. Clair Street and Prestley Road. Council members passed a resolution requesting Bridgeville Parking Authority explore options for more public parking in the area. Rob McMaster, a resident of St. Clair Street,...
Bagged lunch sparks inmate fight in courthouse holding cell
A dispute over a banana and a cookie apparently sparked a fight between two inmates in a holding cell at a Pennsylvania courthouse. Authorities say 18-year-old Ryshawn Crawford and a 35-year-old man were at the Indiana County courthouse for unrelated matters on Friday when Crawford said he wanted the other...
Greensburg cuts food truck license fees
It just got cheaper to operate a food truck in Greensburg. City council Monday unanimously voted to slash the cost of a food truck health license, and add new license categories for special events. The original ordinance, created in 2016, offered two types of annual licenses. One cost $800, the...
Southwest Greensburg man ordered to jail after allegedly threatening witnesses
District Judge Anthony Bompiani on Tuesday revoked the bond of a Southwest Greensburg man accused of threatening a couple who may be called as witnesses against him in a pending heroin possession case. Robert L. Friend, 57, was arraigned on charges of intimidating a witness and retaliation against a witness...
John Dean’s testimony on Mueller report questioned by Western Pa. legal experts
Testimony before Congress this week related to the Mueller report from a key witness during the Watergate hearings raised eyebrows across Capitol Hill and in Western Pennsylvania. John Dean, the former White House counsel to Richard Nixon who gave some of the most damning testimony in 1973 before the Senate...
Cash 5 ticket sold at New Kensington gas station splits $1.4 million jackpot
The good news: Someone who played the Pennsylvania Lottery Cash 5 at a New Kensington gas station matched all five balls drawn Monday. The bad news: Someone else did too. Two winners will split a $1.4 million jackpot after two tickets matched all five balls — 3-10-18-34-39. Each winner will...
Graduation ceremony held for North Allegheny Class of 2019Video
The 684 members of North Allegheny Senior High School’s Class of 2019 celebrated graduation with a commencement ceremony at Newman Stadium on Friday, June 7. Among this year’s graduates are 228 students with a grade-point average of 4.0 or higher and 173 who were inducted into the National Honor Society....
Fox Chapel Area exchange students immerse themselves in American experience
Ten months is both the blink of an eye and a millennium for exchange students at Fox Chapel Area High School. That’s how long Julie Kuhdorf and Federico d’Amicis have lived in the Lower Valley, learning the ways of American teens. In less than a year, the visitors from Europe...
Latrobe council considers proposal for alcohol sales at banana split fest
Organizers of Latrobe’s Great American Banana Split Celebration want to sell alcoholic beverages at the annual festival — a proposal city council could vote on by early July. Isaac McDaniel, director of the Aug. 23-25 event for the Greater Latrobe-Laurel Valley Regional Chamber of Commerce, told council members the idea...
Children can learn about cicadas and other bugs at Fox Chapel library
Don’t be bugged by the return of the 17-year cicadas. Instead, visit Cooper-Siegel Community Library’s program on the loud insects that emerged from underground this summer. “Bugs & Insects” will be presented by Allegheny County Parks on June 19. The session aimed at children in grades one to four will...
Sheetz specialty beer Coffee Hopz is about tapped out
If you didn’t have a chance to try Sheetz coffee beer, you are most likely out of luck. In less than one month, the brew – Project Coffee Hopz – is about to be tapped out. Sheetz’ website shows the beer is sold out in most of its locations and...
Trial starts in Armstrong County sex assault case
Opening statements were made Tuesday morning in the trial of an Armstrong County man accused of having sex with a teenaged boy. Mark Alan Feeney, 56, a former chief of the East Franklin Volunteer Fire Department, is facing charges of statutory sexual assault, involuntary deviate sexual intercourse, unlawful contact with...
Monthslong closure planned for Broadlawn Drive project in Elizabeth
A section of Broadlawn Drive in Elizabeth will be closed from June 20 through October for a $760,340 improvement project, Allegheny County’s Department of Public Works said in a news release. The road will be closed from just east of Ridge Road to about a half-mile west of Greenock Buena...
Sewickley man sets out to race 3,070 miles across America on a bike
The bike race is 3,070 miles long. It spans 12 states, crosses deserts with temperatures reaching more than 100 degrees and climbs mountains 11,000 feet tall. The distance equals 114 marathons or about the same that the average American drives in two and half months. Riders will climb 100,000 feet,...
Pair of crashes snarl morning commute on Route 28
Two crashes Tuesday along Route 28 slowed traffic in and out of Pittsburgh during the morning commute. Three vehicles crashed on Route 28 northbound in the area of the Highland Park Bridge about 8:45 a.m., according to officials. That crash caused some traffic delays. No one was injured, and the...
