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Army Corps to give update on Parks Township nuclear waste dump cleanup
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers will hold another public information session Thursday to update residents on remediation efforts for the nuclear waste dump in Parks Township. The meeting will be at the Parks Township Fire Department, 1119 Dalmation Drive. Doors open for display stations at 6:30 p.m. A briefing...
Planting with a purpose: Team Friends chapters unite to beautify a spot in Indiana Township
Two chapters of the nonprofit Team Friends met Monday, June 2, at the corner of Route 910 and Saxonburg Boulevard in Indiana Township for a special monthly gathering. Members from the Armstrong County chapter joined the Allegheny County founding chapter to plant flowers at the busy intersection, which is one...
Jury returns $5.25M verdict against Jefferson Hospital in wrongful death case
A jury on Friday ordered Jefferson Hospital to pay the family of a Canonsburg woman $5.25 million after it found the hospital liable in her death following what was characterized as a routine bronchoscopy in 2021. The lawsuit filed by Steven Jury as the administrator of the estate for his...
Feds halt Pittsburgh Job Corps program for low-income students
The U.S. Department of Labor is pausing Job Corps operations across the country, including in Pittsburgh. Job Corps is a free residential career training program for low-income teenagers and young adults. Federal officials said the pause was spurred by a financial analysis and reports showing the program didn’t achieve its...
Canada geese being treated at Youngwood rehab center after suffering fishing line injuries
Six Canada geese, including two who lived at Twin Lakes Park, have been treated in recent days at a Youngwood wildlife rehabilitation organization for injuries related to discarded fishing line. The severe injuries are typically the result of fishing line being wrapped tightly around their legs, said Beth Shoaf, executive...
2 new faces expected to join Hempfield Area School Board
Two new faces are expected to join the Hempfield Area School Board next year, and two incumbents will return for another term, according to primary election write-in results posted Tuesday. Newcomers Lindsay Stevens and Daniel Graft and incumbents Scott E. Learn and Jerry Radebaugh won both the Republican and Democratic...
New playground equipment coming to Lower Burrell’s Braeview Park
Children in Lower Burrell’s Braeburn neighborhood will have new playground equipment in July. City officials signed a $56,700 contract with Sports and Recreation Associates to install new playground equipment at Braeview Park after it was removed last fall. Deeming it “dangerous,” city public works crews removed the equipment, which was...
Ross Exceptional Citizens Expo brings out the kid in everyone
Elise Terry’s three children were thrilled to see the big trucks, but she saw another benefit to bringing them to the Exceptional Citizens Expo in Ross on Saturday, May 31. “It’s important for them to know the people that keep us safe and the safety rules,” said Terry of Ross,...
Plum Middle School improvements could begin as soon as this week
Several summer improvement projects at Plum Middle School are set to begin as soon as this week, according to district CFO Ryan Manzer. The school will see its HVAC controls replaced in addition to the replacement and relocation of its dust collector and some mechanical equipment. On the outside, the...
2 Western Pa. recovery nonprofits seek donations to continue sober space at Stage AE
Janice Olson considers herself living proof that it’s possible to have fun at a concert while sober. But for people in substance-use-disorder recovery, the heavy presence of drugs and alcohol can take the focus away from enjoying performances by a favorite musician. Olson, director of operations at Hempfield-based recovery nonprofit...
Police make 3rd arrest in slaying of Woodland Hills grad
Pittsburgh police Tuesday arrested the third suspect in the fatal shooting in September of a Woodland Hills High School graduate and former football standout. Zion White, 21, of Garfield, was charged in the killing of Gavin Yarbough, 21. Police said Yarbough was shot multiple times during a late-night meeting in...
Mount Vernon streets to be target of New Kensington paving
Often over the years, New Kensington officials have had to tell residents to hang tight and keep waiting for paving projects — particularly in the Mount Vernon neighborhood. Now those residents and motorists will soon have relief. Mayor Tom Guzzo said the city will enter into a loan agreement with...
Car crash injures Ed Gainey’s wife, bodyguard; city mum on details
Pittsburgh Mayor Ed Gainey’s wife, Michelle Gainey, and a member of the mayor’s security detail were injured in a crash Tuesday evening. A city vehicle carrying Michelle Gainey and driven by an unidentified Pittsburgh police bodyguard was struck at the intersection of Fifth and Hamilton avenues at the border of...
Podcast: Inside the Penn State closure decision
Penn State’s Board of Trustees voted to close seven of the twelve branch campuses that were up for consideration in a virtual meeting on May 22. Those campuses, to close after the spring 2027 semester, are New Kensington, Fayette, DuBois, Mont Alto, Shenango, Wilkes-Barre and York. According to Penn State’s...
Man shows up at Knoxville convenience store with gunshot wound
Medics transported a man to the hospital early Wednesday after he showed up at a store in Pittsburgh’s Knoxville neighborhood with a gunshot wound. According to Pittsburgh Public Safety, city police were called after the man ran into a UniMart store in the 700 block of Brownsville Road. He was...
Shorter, smaller Three Rivers Arts Festival doesn’t dampen spirits of artists, visitors
Early June in Pittsburgh traditionally finds thousands of people heading to the Dollar Bank Three Rivers Arts Festival. But the annual event looks a little bit different this year. From June 5-8, the Arts Festival, a production of the Pittsburgh Cultural Trust, will brighten the Strip District with creative spaces,...
Pittsburgh Diocese names new bishop as Pope Leo accepts Zubik’s resignation
Bishop Mark A. Eckman has been appointed the 13th bishop of the Diocese of Pittsburgh, succeeding Bishop David A. Zubik. The Holy See announced Wednesday that Pope Leo XIV appointed Eckman, who has served as an auxiliary bishop with the diocese since 2022. The pope accepted the resignation of Zubik,...
Woman dies after shooting in Pittsburgh’s Crafton Heights
A Pittsburgh woman is dead following a shooting Wednesday morning in the city’s Crafton Heights neighborhood. According to the Allegheny County Medical Examiner’s Office, Samantha Tabitha Howells, 52, was found with gunshot wounds to her upper torso after city police responded to a two-round ShotSpotter alert shortly before 4:30 a.m....
Businesses take advantage of opportunity as vendor partners for U.S. OpenVideo
Bob Rivers can’t wait for golf fans to try his coffee at the U.S. Open. The owner of National Grind Coffee & Tea Shop in Ellwood City has good reason to be excited for the event. As a vendor partner with the USGA, Rivers anticipates doing a full year’s worth...
The Stroller, June 4, 2025: Events in the Alle-Kiski Valley
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Former Jehovah’s Witness sentenced for child sexual assault
A Butler County man has been sentenced to 14 years in prison for sexually assaulting a pre-teen child, Pennsylvania Attorney General Dave Sunday said. Shaun Sheffer, 47, of Harmony was found guilty in January of three counts each of rape and indecent assault, including assault of a person less than...
Export family creates trust to fund new borough building
A family with Export roots wants to build the borough a new municipal center to host council meetings, provide offices for borough officials and create community meeting space. Two generations of the Orlic family have called Export home for much of their lives. Brian Orlic, of Penn Township, has worked...
Pittsburgh councilman flags land bank funding as ‘immediate concern’
A Pittsburgh councilman is warning that the city’s land bank will be broke by the end of next year unless a future funding source is found. “It’s an immediate concern,” Councilman Bobby Wilson, D-North Side, told TribLive Tuesday. Wilson, a member of the Pittsburgh Land Bank’s board, is looking to...
Man fatally shot during gunfight in Lawrenceville
The man who was shot dead in an alleged gunfight outside a Lawrenceville gas station early Tuesday evening in Pittsburgh has been identified. The Allegheny County Medical Examiners Office identified the victim as Michael Ehlinger, 56, of Pittsburgh’s Stanton Heights neighborhood. TribLive news partner WTAE reported that two men were...
UPMC reports $237 million operating income in Q1 2025
UPMC is off to a strong financial start in 2025, with both its health care and insurance services in the black last quarter for a total operating income of $237 million. The health care network made $142 million, while the insurance side — a drag on many recent quarterly reports...
