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Superhero window washers fight grime at UPMC Children’s Hospital of PittsburghVideo
Some patients at UPMC Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh couldn’t believe their eyes when they looked outside to see Batman, Superman, Spiderman and Captain America washing windows at the Lawrenceville hospital on Wednesday. “Are they real?” one boy asked his mother as Batman, with his black cape flapping in the wind,...
Shady Side Academy granted $5.2M to create scholarship fund
A $5.2 million donation to Shady Side Academy will create a scholarship fund that annually pays for seven students to attend the Fox Chapel-based Middle School and Senior School campuses. It is the second-largest gift in the Academy’s 136-year history, officials announced Wednesday. The donation was made in honor of...
Pittsburgh region gets F grade for air quality
Pittsburgh’s air quality remains among the worst in the country and shows no signs of improvement, according to the American Lung Association’s annual air quality report. The report said the Pittsburgh region’s air quality ranks seventh worst in the country for year-round particle pollution, up from eighth worst in 2018,...
3rd gun in 2 days found at Pittsburgh International Airport
Transportation Security Administration officers found another gun in a passenger’s carry-on bag at Pittsburgh International Airport. A Pittsburgh man tried taking a loaded handgun through a security checkpoint at the airport Tuesday, a day after TSA officers stopped two other travelers with handguns, according to TSA spokeswoman Lisa Farbstein. The...
Agents again raid Westmoreland County Sheriff’s Office
Turmoil continues at the Westmoreland County Sheriff’s Office as state police investigators on Wednesday served another search warrant and departed with boxes of potential evidence. Details remain secret, but Sheriff Jonathan Held made one thing clear: “It’s not about me, this time.” He delivered that message when he briefly emerged...
Wedding fundraising for young Westmoreland couple tops goal
Once the news of Brady Hunker and Mollie Landman’s engagement broke, it didn’t take long for the young couple to exceed their wedding fundraising goal on GoFundMe. As of 11 a.m. Wednesday, the amount raised was $17,673. The goal was $15,000. Offers of assistance with the wedding also are coming...
Pittsburgh police investigating reported assault of Lyft driver
Pittsburgh police are investigating the reported assault of a Lyft driver in Shadyside. The driver told police he was transporting a man and two women around 2 a.m. Sunday. The man started arguing with the driver, accusing him of taking a longer route to their destination and ordering the driver...
Bridge replacement to close Harrison road for 3 months
Part of Pleasantville Road in Harrison will be closed for three months while a bridge is being replaced, PennDOT announced Wednesday. The work to replace the bridge over Little Bull Creek between Burtner Road and Keystone Street is scheduled to start at 7 a.m. on Monday. Pleasantville Road will be...
Murrysville church will host annual ‘Thin Blue Line’ service for law enforcement
Members of law enforcement and their families are invited to Murrysville Alliance Church’s annual “Strengthening the Thin Blue Line” service, set for May 19. The 11 a.m. service will serve as a tribute to law enforcement personnel who have lost their lives in the course of their police work. The...
Pickleball expert Sarah Ansboury serves tips to players in O’Hara
Lower Valley pickleball enthusiasts had a chance last week to receive instruction from professional player Sarah Ansboury, a four-time medalist at the USA Pickleball Association (USAPA) National Tournament. Ansboury, 35, a former tennis instructor from Portland, Oregon, is the pickleball pro at Palmetto Dunes in Hilton Head, South Carolina. Her...
Carly Ann Filbin’s show on the South Side is about busting a relationship
A split is inevitable at the end of this night. That’s the goal of “Let Me Break You Up: An Anti-Dating Game Show,” hosted by comedian, writer, and actor Carly Ann Filbin. Pittsburghers can now see the couple who isn’t going to make it Friday at 10:30 p.m. at Club...
Clarion River to be featured on postage stamp
The Postal Service will issue its Wild and Scenic Rivers stamps May 21 with the Clarion River as one of a dozen Forever stamps paying tribute to “the exceptional streams that run freely through America’s natural landscapes.” The Clarion River, a tributary of the Allegheny, was in the news last...
Quaker Valley track and field teams set for MAC championships
Members of the Quaker Valley boys and girls track and field teams will test their mettle Wednesday at the Midwestern Athletic Conference championships at Mars High School. All field events and the 100-meter dash preliminaries begin at 2 p.m. Medals will be awarded to the top six in each individual...
100 arrested for suspected DUI over Easter weekend in Southwestern Pa.
State trooper arrested 100 drivers in the region on suspicion of drunken driving during the Easter holiday weekend, according to state police. Troopers in three local troops investigated 106 crashes, including a Friday weather-related collision in Indiana County that killed two people. Thirty people were injured in those crashes, according...
Water main break floods Penn Avenue in PittsburghVideo
A broken water main break turned Penn Avenue in Downtown Pittsburgh into a river early Wednesday morning, reported Tribune-Review news partner WPXI . The water has been turned off, but the burst pipe ripped up the sidewalk and scattered debris on the road near the Gateway T Station. The road...
Ed Pfeifer: Mom’s lessons continue to guide, inspire
When my children were young, I loved to tell them stories. I created a cast of characters with funny accents and wild appearances and sent them on comical journeys through weird and interesting places. The kids howled at the stories, the players and the exotic lands in which they lived....
Plum School Board selects Extended Day Services as new before and after school services provider
Plum School District parents will have a new daycare option starting next school year. The school board voted 8-1 Tuesday to approve a three-year deal with Extended Day Services of Upper St. Clair to use district facilities for before and after school services. Sampson Family YMCA has partnered with the...
Hempfield eyes creating one fire chief for its 12 departments
More than 30 days after Hempfield supervisors acknowledged potential issues in the fire department, changes could be coming to the command structure. The goal is to have the township’s 12 volunteer fire departments report to one fire chief. Each station now has is own chief who reports to the Bureau...
Storm water fee proposed for Latrobe property owners
Latrobe is the latest area municipality to consider charging property owners to help meet tougher storm water management mandates. Michael Gray, the interim city manager, wants council members to consider establishing a user fee. A first step, he said, would be an aerial survey to determine an “equivalent residential unit”...
Plum Community Clean-Up Day set for Saturday
Volunteers are wanted for the fourth annual Plum Community Clean-Up Day. The event is 8:30 a.m. to 10 a.m. Saturday in celebration of Earth Day. Residents, civic groups, church groups and businesses are encouraged to help make the borough free of debris. Assistant borough manager Dave Soboslay said about 100...
Vote to replace Roenigk bus company at Highlands comes up short
The Highlands School Board came up one vote short Tuesday in a move to replace the district’s longstanding bus company, W.L. Roenigk, with a competitor, ABC Transit. The board held a special meeting at the high school Tuesday after a vote to award the five-year contract to ABC Transit was...
Person injured in 2-vehicle crash in Penn Hills
One person was transported to a hospital with injuries sustained in a two-vehicle crash in Penn Hills. Allegheny County dispatchers said two cars collided Tuesday shortly before 4 p.m. at the intersection of Allegheny River Boulevard at Nadine Road. There was no word on any other injuries....
Comcast workers to volunteer at Westmoreland food bank
Local Comcast NBCUniversal employees will volunteer at the Westmoreland County Food Bank in Delmont this weekend in advance of the company’s annual “Comcast Cares Day.” Comcast and Westmoreland County Food Bank volunteers will work together on April 27 to sort food, prepare it for distribution and pack senior boxes, among...
Plum resident will take ‘Hats Off to History’ at Murrysville presentation
Shortly after Jean Kanouff got married, her grandmother took her to a room that had always been locked. “We’d gone to their farmhouse in Mercer County tons of times, but we’d never been allowed in there,” the Plum resident said. “We went in, and she showed me her mother-in-law’s wedding...
2-cent fee proposed for single-use plastic bags in Pennsylvania
Earlier this month, PennEnvironment joined forces with Pennsylvania House Democrats to announce its “Zero Waste PA” package of 13 bills looking to tackle a number of litter and pollution problems. According to PennLive, the proposals range from “creating a 5-cent beverage bottle and can deposit program and raising fines for...
