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O’Hara residents can schedule curbside yard waste pick-up
Friday is the last day for O’Hara residents to request a June 19 yard waste pick-up. The township’s special collection happens once a month from May to September but residents have to be on the Waste Management schedule in advance. Yard waste includes leaves in biodegradable bags, garden residue, shrub...
PennDOT plans closure of inbound Parkway East next weekend
PennDOT will close part of the inbound Parkway East next weekend, a PennDOT spokesman confirmed Tuesday. The westbound lanes will be closed from Friday, June 14 through Monday morning, June 17, Steve Cowan said. Details of the closure have not yet been finalized, he said. “We are still working out...
Route 30 partially closed after truck hits pedestrian in Hempfield
A section of Route 30 westbound in Hempfield was temporarily closed Tuesday after a truck hit a pedestrian in the crosswalk near the Nature Park Road intersection, according to a Westmoreland County dispatcher. Mutual Aid Ambulance, Bovard Volunteer Fire Department and state police responded to the accident that occurred about...
Police: Man shot in Wilkinsburg died of bullet wound to head
A 49-year-old man has died after getting shot in the head Tuesday morning during a suspected robbery attempt in Wilkinsburg, poice said. The man, whom police did immediately identify, died in a hospital at 5:50 p.m., Allegheny County Police Sgt. Veneranda Costa said. Police had initially said the man was...
Cat spay, neuter clinics scheduled in Tarentum
The Homeless Cat Management Team will be offering several free and low-cost spay and neuter clinics from June to December in Tarentum. No-charge clinics for feral cats only will be held on June 22, July 27, Aug. 24, Oct. 5, Nov. 9 and Dec. 7. “Fast track” clinics, which cost...
Driver killed in Route 22 crash in Salem, police say
State police at Kiski said the driver of a car that crashed into a tractor trailer Tuesday on Route 22 in Salem has died from his injuries at Forbes Hospital in Monroeville. Trooper Chad W. Howell reported the crash occurred at 4:52 a.m. at the intersection of Route 819 and...
Police: Shots fired at men cutting grass in Armstrong County
An Armstrong County man accused of firing half a dozen rounds at two men cutting grass near his Plum Creek home on Monday was found to be growing marijuana there, according to state police. Police said they investigated a report of someone firing shots at two landscapers as they cut...
3 Forest Hills homes damaged by fire, firefighter hurt
Fire damaged three homes in Forest Hills overnight Tuesday after flames spread from one home to another on Elmore Road. A couple and six children escaped one of the burning homes, according to Peter Shovlin, the father of one homeowner. Firefighters responded to the scene shortly before 11:30 p.m. Monday,...
Cold night falls short of record; rain, storms return Wednesday
The Pittsburgh area came within a couple degrees of setting a new record low temperature Tuesday morning. The temperature at Pittsburgh International Airport, where the official measurements are made, was down to 43 degrees as of around 6 a.m. Tuesday, National Weather Service meteorologist Mike Kennedy said. That’s just shy...
St. Ursula Parish festival annual favorite
The unofficial start of summer in Hampton is the annual St. Ursula Parish Festival. Despite unpredictable weather, the community turnout was quite large....
Creek awash with memories of childhood fun
“Where Go the Boats?” was of my favorite poems when I was small, an early indication of a lifelong fascination with creeks. “Away down the river, a hundred miles or more, other little children shall bring my boats ashore,” appropriately describes the feeling young children have whenever they are presented...
Number of Pennsylvania babies treated for drug exposure levels off, report shows
After spiking for more than a decade, the rate of Pennsylvania newborns hospitalized for drug withdrawal at birth leveled off and remained stable for the last two years, a new report reveals. The report from the Pennsylvania Health Care Cost Containment Council said Pennsylvania babies were hospitalized for Neonatal Abstinence...
Greensburg council takes next step to dissolve Historic and Architectural Review Board
Greensburg City Council has taken the next step in its plan to dissolve the city’s Historic and Architectural Review Board. Council will introduce an ordinance at Monday’s meeting to dissolve HARB. Last month, council unanimously voted to have the city solicitor draft an ordinance to abolish the board. Mayor Robert...
Fawn pet resort treats animals like familyVideo
Editor’s note: Building the Valley tells stories of businesses big and small and the employees who make them special. If you know of any standout employees, bosses or companies with a great story to tell, contact reporter Madasyn Czebiniak at mczebiniak@tribweb.com. Years spent working in the pet food industry forced...
Penn Hills residents voice concerns about school district’s financial plan
Penn Hills School District residents voiced their concerns about a proposed recovery plan designed to bring the financially struggling district back into the black. Proposed tax increases and finding alternative means to fix the debt crisis were among the main discussion points of a town hall meeting at the high...
PennDOT honors 2 Uniontown employees for excellence
Two staff members at PennDOT’s District 12 headquarters in Uniontown were among 30 recipients of the department’s annual Star of Excellence awards presented Monday in Harrisburg. Uniontown residents Gary V. Ferrari Jr., senior civil engineer supervisor, and Jay Ofsanik, safety press officer, were among PennDOT employees from across the state...
Franklin Regional set to vote on 2019-20 budget with 2.2-mill tax hike
Barring any major changes, the Franklin Regional school board will vote later this month on adopting a 2019-20 budget that raises property taxes by 2.2 mills. The proposed final budget of $59.7 million is about $1.45 million more than this year’s budget. Financial Services Director Jon Perry said $475,000 of...
Man stabbed on Federal Street in Pittsburgh’s North Side
A man was in critical condition Monday night after being stabbed earlier in the day on a commercial section of Federal Street in Pittsburgh’s North Side, officials said. Zone 1 police and medics responded to a report of a man injured by a knife shortly after 4 p.m., Pittsburgh Department...
Westmoreland library programs explore history, future of space travel
It’s been a half century since man first stepped foot on the moon. To celebrate the July 20 anniversary of the Apollo 11 lunar landing, several Westmoreland County libraries will host a free presentation highlighting the history of air and space travel while looking ahead to exciting developments on the...
Valley High School bids farewell to the Class of 2019
Here is the Valley High School Class of 2019: Hayley Ruth Albright, Evan Michael Anderson, Megan Estelle Anthony, Matthew L. Ashbaugh, Joseph Louis Ayala, Jadyn Lee Baker, Sam Patrick Barca, Shaolin Ameris Barr, Tess Elizabeth Bartlett, Tyler Jamar Bassett Seandale Beckom-Barron, Preston Bradley Berecin, Noah Rayshawn Blanchard, Skye Lynn Bonzani,...
Pittsburgh debates parking lot on property donated 144 years ago
The Pittsburgh Ballet Theater is seeking to renew a lease on Strip District property dubbed Denny Park that was donated to Pittsburgh nearly 150 years ago to create a public square. City Council and the Mayor’s Office are now wrangling over the lease, which expires in 2025 and could be...
Everson man dies after sawing injury at Latrobe workplace
An Everson man died in a Pittsburgh hospital Friday after being injured while working with a table saw at a Latrobe company. Eugene Martinosky, 62, was taken to UPMC, where he died Friday, according to the Allegheny County Medical Examiner’s Office. The cause of death has not been released. The...
GirlGov pitches political engagement for local high school girls
The Women and Girls Foundation of Pittsburgh is making a pitch for the next generation of female leaders with its GirlGov program. The free program is open to girls from Allegheny, Beaver, Butler, Fayette, Greene, Washington or Westmoreland counties entering grades 9 to 12 this fall. The foundation will launch...
JuJu Smith-Schuster gives shout out to area newlyweds
When Kalea Anderson began talking with JuJu Smith-Schuster on Instagram two years ago, she couldn’t have imagined it would lead to him playing a part in her brother’s wedding. But that’s exactly what happened on Saturday. On a busy weekend for Smith-Schuster that included going to the Chartiers Valley High...
U.S. Rep. John Joyce racks up 12,000 miles of travel in six months
In just six months in office, U.S. Rep. John Joyce, R-Blair County, will have racked up about 12,000 miles on the public dime. In April, Joyce traveled to Yuma, Ariz., to get a firsthand look at the flow of migrants streaming across the U.S.-Mexico border, seeking asylum. He said the...
