Western PA Local News category, Page 2987
Ross offering discounted passes for residents to use Bellevue’s swimming pool
Ross residents who don’t have a backyard swimming pool or aren’t up to traveling far to cool off don’t have to sweat the summer away. Ross Township residents can now buy season passes for the Bellevue Memorial Pool at the same rate as people living in the borough, with the...
Photo Gallery: O’Hara boy sells ‘Cookies for a Cause’
O’Hara resident Ryan Kaufman, 12, created a project called Cookies for a Cause as his bar mitzvah service work. He sells homemade cookies to raise money for the “Live Like Lou” program for ALS research. So far, he’s earned half of his $2,000 goal. Suzanne Alexander of O’Hara and her...
Self-defense at issue in shooting at North Versailles Walmart
A shooting at the North Versailles Walmart raises questions about self-defense and when deadly force is justified, legal experts told the Tribune-Review on Monday. Rojanai Germaine Alston, 22, of Penn Hills faces charges of attempted homicide and aggravated assault following an altercation Friday in which she is accused of wounding...
Organizers: Westmoreland Arts and Heritage festival sees lower attendance
Attendance was down during the 45th annual Westmoreland Arts and Heritage Festival this last weekend, according to its Executive Director Diane Shrader. The festival, which brings food and craft vendors to Twin Lakes Park east of Greensburg, typically draws around 125,000 people over four days. This year, however, heavy rains...
Northland Library’s Lego Club one of many fun way for kids to learn
The Lego Club is among the many fun and challenging programs offered at Northland Public Library in McCandless. The Lego Club is open to children in kindergarten through 5th grade to help them learn the basics of engineering while they build their own creations. A list of programs for school-age...
Informational meeting for 2020 Census to be held this weekend in Derry
Almost 3,000 jobs are available in the area ahead of the 2020 Census, and a forum is being held for community members to ask questions about possible employment and the importance of the once-a-decade survey. Led by Maryann Schneider, Westmoreland County recruiting assistant for the U.S. Census Bureau, the event...
Walnut Street in Springdale closed for emergency repairs
Walnut Street in Springdale is expected to be closed until Tuesday afternoon while crews make emergency repairs to part of the street. A portion of Walnut Street at the intersection with Porter Street was damaged after heavy rains Saturday caused water to get into a seam and lift and crack...
Thornberry couple united in marriage
Alisha Desmet and Nathan Presutti were united in marriage June 14 at St. Stanislous Church in the Strip District. Following the ceremony, the couple greeted their family and friends at The Grande Hall at the Priory. Parents of the bride are Lynn Annesi (Andrew) Greer of Tarentum and Lionel and...
McKeesport man sentenced in fatal shooting over $100 debt
A McKeesport man who shot and killed another man in 2017 in McKeesport in a fight over a $100 debt will serve between 7.5 and 20 years in prison for the crime, according to the Allegheny County District Attorney’s Office. Damian Ashley, 29, pleaded guilty to one count of voluntary...
Section of Thompson Run in Ross closing 2 weeks to repair storm-damaged bridge
Part of Thompson Run Road in Ross Township will close on Tuesday for at least two weeks for repairs to a bridge that was damaged during storms last month, the Allegheny County Department of public Works announced. The southbound lane of Thompson Run between Radcliff Drive and Babcock Boulevard was...
UPMC St. Margaret earns 3rd Magnet designation
UPMC St. Margaret has made history by becoming the first UPMC hospital in western Pennsylvania to achieve a third Magnet designation. Employees gathered together and were flooded by a balloon drop when the call came in from the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), public relations manager Stephanie Stanley said. Magnet...
Study: Yearlong birth control supply would cut unintended pregnancies
Dispensing a year’s supply of birth control pills upfront would reduce the number of unintended pregnancies and health care costs associated with them, according to a new, joint study by University of Pittsburgh’s School of Medicine and the Department of Veterans Affairs. The researchers estimate offering a year’s supply of...
Penn-Trafford grad will join Shinedown onstage at KeyBank PavilionVideo
When hard rock band Shinedown takes the stage Wednesday at KeyBank Pavilion, Penn-Trafford High School alumni from the late ’90s and early 2000s will see a familiar face onstage. Josh Sturm of Murrysville, a 2000 Penn-Trafford graduate, will join the band onstage after a brief stint filling in for bassist...
Part of Rochester Road in Franklin Park closed through August for slide repairs
Starting today, a section of Rochester Road in Franklin Park will be closed through late August to repair a slide, PennDOT announced. The road was closed July 8 between Wexford Bayne and Nicholson roads for slide remediation work at two locations, the transportation agency announced. Traffic from both directions of...
Police: Derry Township man tried to hit man with his car
A Derry Township man was arraigned Monday after police said he tried to hit another man with his car. Robert John Kuszajewski, 27, is charged with aggravated assault, terroristic threats, reckless endangerment and related offenses. Police were called to South Summit Street in Derry Township at 10 p.m. Wednesday when...
Aspinwall council beefing up rental inspections
Aspinwall council is expected this week to discuss changes to the borough’s ordinance regarding rental inspections. Council will meet at 7 p.m. Wednesday in the municipal office at 217 Commercial Avenue. Manager Melissa Lang said amendments could be made to code enforcement that would require registration and inspection of all...
Hempfield ax-throwing facility expanding to Unity
A Hempfield business is expanding its Viking-themed footprint into Unity, and residents could soon be channeling their inner “savage” by throwing axes. Valhalla Indoor Axe Throwing, which will have 10 ax-throwing lanes as well as 20-yard indoor archery ranges, will have a soft opening July 10, with an official grand...
New Planet Fitness set for grand opening in East Huntingdon
The new Planet Fitness off Route 119 in East Huntingdon will hold a ribbon-cutting ceremony noon Wednesday The 10,000-square-foot fitness center in Crossroads Plaza features cardio and strength equipment, locker rooms with include showers and massage chairs, tanning beds and other amenitie The center is celebrating its grand opening by...
Heinz Field to host job fair for veterans, spouses
A job fair for Pittsburgh-area veterans will be held July 11 at Heinz Field on the city’s North Shore. The free event for veterans, military spouses, transitioning military, reservists and National Guard members will include more than 50 employers. The event, from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m., is hosted by...
Smoke from Canadian wildfires to reach Western Pennsylvania
Smoke from wildfires in western Canada was expected to reach Western Pennsylvania on Monday afternoon and hang around for a day or two, according to National Weather Service meteorologist Myranda Fullerton. The smoke showed up on weather radar over Michigan on Sunday. If you look across Michigan, you won't see...
At-home collection of household hazardous waste offered in Tarentum
Tarentum residents are able to have a variety of household hazardous waste collected from their homes. The “At Your Door” collection program is offered as part of the borough’s garbage contract with Waste Management. The service is available year-round. Residents who arrange for a pickup will be sent a collection...
Pittsburgh gas prices edge lower despite Iran, supply concerns
Gas prices fell slightly in the Pittsburgh region but rose nationally for the second straight week as oil prices pushed higher on concerns about Iran, OPEC extending production cuts and recent drawdowns in U.S. oil inventories, according to an industry analyst. “Look for another week of gradual increases in gasoline...
Springdale chief lauds officers for keeping community safe
Springdale police Chief George Polnar credits his officers and teamwork with keeping the borough safe. “We have great officers,” Polnar said in an interview with the Tribune-Review. “Obviously, in any organization, you’re not going to please everybody. But I think, by and large, our officers do a great job. People...
Pittsburgh woman killed, man hurt in Penn Hills crash
A woman who died when her SUV collided with a Hummer early Monday in Penn Hills has been identified. Jewell Motley, 33, of Pittsburgh was pronounced dead at the scene shortly after 5:15 a.m. at Saltsburg Road and Sycamore Drive, the Allegheny County Medical Examiner’s Office reported. Allegheny County police...
Alle-Kiski Valley volleyball guru struggles to rebuild flood-ravaged courts
It wasn’t just that someone lost a volleyball court in a flood. It was that one of the Alle-Kiski Valley’s winningest girls’ volleyball coaches, Tom Phillips, lost two sand courts complete with night lights in Buffalo Township where several thousand girls have trained and many adults played. After 29 years,...
