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World War II vet gets belated diploma from Derry Area High SchoolVideo
Pete and Kace Sabedra walked together across the Derry Area Middle School stage Wednesday. Kace, who will graduate from the district’s high school May 31, received the World Language Honor Society award for Spanish at the school’s annual awards ceremony. His grandfather, Pete, 91, received the equivalent of a lifetime...
Police arrest suspect in Stowe tattoo shooting death
Allegheny County sheriffs on Wednesday night arrested the man accused of killing a local tattoo artist. Terrance Murphy, 25, of Stowe, allegedly shot an unidentified 31-year-old man who had just given him a tattoo, according to county police. The shooting happened around 2:30 a.m. Wednesday on the second floor of...
Workers at Hempfield Rita’s donating tips to woman injured in deadly weekend crash
Employees at the Hempfield location of Rita’s Italian Ice & Frozen Custard are raising money for a woman who survived a Sunday car crash that claimed the lives of two people. According to a post on the restaurant’s Facebook page, Cait Tracy is fighting for her life after the crash...
Fishing teaches lessons, builds bridges at Valley High School in New KensingtonVideo
Something was fishy at Valley High School on Wednesday. The annual fish-for-fun day for fourth-graders was sponsored by Arnold and New Kensington police. The fishing day was established about four years ago by the Arnold and New Kensington police chiefs and New Kensington Patrolman Joe Locke, a previous school resource...
Man accused of sexually assaulting Greensburg woman
An Indiana County man who was invited to stay overnight at a Greensburg woman’s home in March was arrested Thursday by city police for sexual assault. Thomas W. Swearingen Jr., 30, of Blairsville, is charged with aggravated indecent assault and indecent assault in connection with the alleged assault March 24...
Latrobe students test science, technology, engineering, arts and math – S.T.E.A.M. – skills
Seventh graders from Greater Latrobe Junior High on Wednesday participated in the school’s annual S.T.E.A.M. Day at Rotary Park. This is the third year the school has held the event, which focuses on activities based on science, technology, engineering, arts and math. “We came up with the event because we...
Brackenridge’s Platinum Ridge to celebrate $1.5M faceliftVideo
Matt Tack wants to celebrate, and apologize, on Saturday. Tack is the new administrator at Platinum Ridge Center for Rehabilitation and Healing in Brackenridge. The 97-bed licensed skilled nursing facility had been under renovation for about three years. “It’s been a long time,” Tack said, saying that the center was...
Hempfield boy takes honors in Daughters of the American Revolution essay contest
Hempfield fifth-grader Joseph F. Bonomo IV is headed to Washington, D.C., with his parents to pick up honors as the Pennsylvania State Society Daughters of the American Revolution’s American History Essay Contest winner for his grade. The son of Keira and Joseph F. Bonomo III, Joseph attends Aquinas Academy in...
3 firefighters injured in 7-alarm fire in EtnaVideo
Three firefighters were sent to hospitals with minor injuries suffered battling a seven-alarm blaze at a large commercial building in Etna. The first call came in at 2:18 p.m. Wednesday to the building in the 400 block of Butler Street, near Route 28. An Etna firefighter said the building houses...
State grant will help Pittsburgh improve 3 senior centers
Pittsburgh has received more than $200,000 for repairs and upgrades at three city senior centers, courtesy of grants approved by Gov. Tom Wolf and the state Department of Aging, the Mayor’s Office reported. Healthy Active Living Centers in Brighton Heights, Greenfield and Homewood will benefit from the grants, according to...
Monroeville Mall shooting suspects identified, DA says
Police have identified suspects in last month’s shooting at the Monroeville Mall and arrests are imminent, Allegheny County District Attorney Stephen A. Zappala Jr. said Wednesday. Zappala said investigators used surveillance cameras and license plate recognition software to identify the suspects in the April 12 shooting at a first-floor entrance...
Suspect in disappearance of Whitehall woman had her cellphone, DA says
A McKeesport man suspected in the disappearance of a Whitehall woman who is presumed to be dead had the woman’s cellphone and used it to send a text message, according to Allegheny County District Attorney Stephen A. Zappala Jr. Zappala said Elizabeth Wiesenfeld, 67, who has been missing since April...
Year-long road work in Monroeville to include ‘numerous’ restrictions
Work that will last a little over a year on one of Monroeville’s busiest roads will start Friday. The nearly $11 million project includes replacing traffic lights, repaving, drainage improvements and structure work on the bridge connecting Route 22 to Route 286, said Steve Cowan, a PennDOT spokesman. Cowan said...
Allegheny Land Trust eyeing former Churchill Valley Club site
A nonprofit wants to preserve the land on which the defunct Churchill Valley Country Club once sat. Representatives of Allegheny Land Trust said May 8 they are working to raise the money needed to buy the 148-acre property along Beulah Road in Penn Hills and Churchill in order to preserve...
Ross cops issue warning about solicitors without permits in township
Ross Township police have issued a warning to residents after receiving complaints about a pair of men who are soliciting in the municipality without a permit. Police said the two men have been seen between noon and 9 p.m. wearing black pants and black vests, and in some cases, yellow...
Pittsburgh grand jury indicts 2 Israelis in alleged Darknet conspiracy
Two Israeli citizens are accused of facilitating online sales of illicit drugs and guns in exchange for nearly $15.5 million worth of Bitcoin kickbacks. U.S. Attorney Scott W. Brady described the case Wednesday as “the single most significant law enforcement disruption of the Darknet to date.” “This case represents the...
Marshall residents can ditch hard-to-trash items at free event
Marshall Township residents can sign up to dispose of unwanted electronics and household chemical and hazardous materials for free from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. May 18. Residents are permitted to dispose of paint, thinner, cleaning products, pesticides, vehicle and household batteries, light bulbs and fluorescent tubes, pool chemicals, vehicle...
Children can learn to act at Aspinwall summer camp
Children can get a taste of the spotlight during a summer theater camp in Aspinwall. Stage Right Performing Arts & Education will host two sessions, one in June and one in July, for youngsters who would like to try their hand at acting. It will be hosted amid the scenic...
Bike Pittsburgh giving away free lights in Oakland
Cyclists who are biking without lights will be treated to free light sets from 7 to 9 p.m. Wednesday on Forbes Avenue in Pittsburgh’s Oakland neighborhood. The pop-up event is sponsored by Bike Pittsburgh and its Operations Illumination program. Those biking without lights will be flagged down so volunteers can...
Pittsburgh employees rescue 10 ducklings from West End storm drain
A group effort by Pittsburgh paramedics, police and Public Works employees helped save 10 ducklings from a West End storm drain Wednesday morning. Paramedics were driving on South Main Street at about 6:30 a.m. when a woman flagged them down and alerted them to the trapped ducklings, said Public Safety...
Cops: Mt. Pleasant fugitive found hiding under bed at mother’s home
A Mt. Pleasant area man wanted for skipping several court hearings following recent drug arrests was discovered by Westmoreland County sheriff deputies Tuesday hiding under a bed in his mother’s house with several baggies and a jar of crystal methamphetamine nearby, according to court documents. Members of the sheriff’s department...
Idlewild offering free admission for veterans, service members
Military veterans and service members will get free admission to Idlewild & SoakZone on May 25 through Veteran X, a peer-support program in Westmoreland County. Three immediate family members of the veteran or service member also will get into the Ligonier Township amusement park for free. A free lunch will...
Man rammed police SUV, drove at cops in Kennedy shooting, officials say
A man shot and wounded by police during a drug sting in Kennedy rammed a police SUV twice then sped toward other officers, prompting them to fire at the man, authorities said Wednesday Chase Kenney, 27, remains in Allegheny General Hospital recovering from two gunshot wounds to his right forearm...
Trump: GM to sell Lordstown, Ohio, plant to electric truck company
DETROIT — General Motors plans to sell its shuttered factory in Lordstown, Ohio, to a company that builds electric trucks. President Donald Trump announced the deal with a company named Workhorse on Twitter Wednesday morning. He also wrote that GM plans to spend $700 million at three locations in Ohio...
Pittsburgh Symphony announces fellowship recipient
Shantanique Moore will be playing with the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra. The flute player is the recipient of the symphony’s two-year fellowship designed to place one young African American musician on an orchestral career path. Moore, of Redford Township, Mich., will be the eighth person awarded the opportunity which is part...
