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Seton Hill honors Steele Eckenrode for community service
A 22 year-old Mt. Lebanon man has been named Seton Hill University’s 2019 winner of the school’s Presidential Award for Service. Seton Hill University President Mary C. Finger presented the award to Steele Eckenrode, a senior Business Administration – Entrepreneurial Studies major, during Honors Convocation on Friday. The award recognizes...
Monessen men get probation for shooting after evidence problems thwart retrial
Two men implicated in a nonfatal shooting nearly two years ago in Monessen were sentenced to probation. Joseph “Jo Jo” Heath III, 29, of Monessen, pleaded guilty to lesser misdemeanor charges of simple assault, reckless endangerment and making terroristic threats in connection with the June 25, 2017, shooting of Timothy...
Open Streets Sharpsburg anticipates record crowd
Organizers of Open Streets Sharpsburg expect this year’s festival to draw record-setting attendance and have opened North Canal Street to accommodate spillover. The street fair, set for 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. June 1, will occupy Main Street from Sixth to Station streets and will expand to North Canal with...
Pittsburgh will waive fines, pay towing cost for cars towed before marathon
Pittsburgh took blame Monday for a towing fiasco that erupted in the hours before last week’s marathon and announced it would waive parking fines and pay towing costs for any vehicle removed from the route between 11 p.m. and midnight the night before the race. Mayor Bill Peduto met with...
Military banners still available in most Fox Chapel area municipalities
Military banners that celebrate local servicemen and women still are available in time for display by Memorial Day in most Lower Valley communities. Blawnox is the exception. “Ours are sold out,” secretary Kathy Ulanowicz said. “Blawnox would be happy to participate again if the program is made available next year.”...
China trade deal could reverse relief at gas pump
Gas prices have come down a bit in Pittsburgh in the past week, although they’re still higher than they were both a month and a year ago. Prices in the Pittsburgh region are down 2.1 cents per gallon to an average of $3.12, according to GasBuddy’s survey of 731 stations....
Allegheny Health Network opens cancer center in Beaver County
Allegheny Health Network officially opened its new cancer center with a ribbon-cutting ceremony Monday in Beaver County. AHN Cancer Institute – Beaver is located in Center Township and provides clinical and support services, including radiation oncology capabilities, medical oncology and infusion therapy, nutritional counseling, social services and access to cancer...
‘Burden of Genius’ doc returns to Carnegie Science Center for 1 day encore
A documentary about pioneering transplant doctor Thomas Starzl is returning to Pittsburgh. “Burden of Genius,” which tells the story of the doctor that performed the first liver transplants, will have an encore showing at the Carnegie Science Center on Sunday at 4 p.m. and 7 p.m. The documentary sold out...
Video surveillance photographs lead Greensburg police to theft suspects
Greensburg police used convenience store surveillance photographs to identify a couple who allegedly stole a woman’s purse out of a car and went on a spending spree this month. Amanda M. Hoeft, 23, and her boyfriend, Dylan M. Bollman, 28, were charged by police with theft, receiving stolen property and...
Westmoreland County Democratic political activist, labor activist, to be honored
Westmoreland County Democratic political activist and labor activist will be honored at the Woman of the Year Award Dinner on May 16 at Giannilli’s II on Route 30 in Unity. Harriet Ellenberger of Norvelt, Mt. Pleasant Township, is president of the Women of Westmoreland, which sponsors the annual award dinner....
Western Pennsylvania’s Shirley Jones to receive Pittsburgh Opera honor
Shirley Jones has dedicated her life to the arts. The Pittsburgh Opera will honor Jones’ devotion on May 18 when it presents the Charleroi native and former Smithton resident with a Renaissance Award at the 35th annual Maecenas Gala at Downtown’s Benedum Center. “I’m thrilled to be receiving the Renaissance...
Labor Relations Board to hear objections in Pitt graduate workers union election
The Pennsylvania Labor Relations Board will hold a hearing Tuesday to weigh unfair labor practice charges and objections the United Steelworkers filed in conjunction with a union election last month among University of Pittsburgh graduate student workers. Graduate student organizers charged that Pitt officials acted illegally to influence the outcome...
Westmoreland Family Court CASA program welcomes new advocates
A volunteer program that matches trained adult advocates with abused and neglected children under the supervision of the Westmoreland County courts is growing. Officials with the Court Appointed Special Advocates for Children program, or CASA, said Common Pleas Court Judge Christopher Feliciani recently swore in 12 new volunteers to the...
Murrysville police K9 retires after nearly a decade of service
Scott Kettren will continue riding around Murrysville as a police sergeant, but he may find himself glancing over his right shoulder for at least a few weeks, expecting a furry friend to be there. Kettren’s partner, Murrysville police K9 Argos, retired this month and will spend his days at Kettren’s...
Charleroi K9 Blitz assists Monessen police, state agents in drug arrest
Monessen police and investigators from the state attorney general’s office needed an assist from Charleroi’s police dog officer Blitz when they searched a city man’s home and SUV for drugs Friday while executing a search warrant. Blitz and his handler, William Gardner, were called in to assist in searching the...
Unity man accused of leading police on 15-mile chase on ATV
A Unity man is accused of being drunk while leading police on a 15-mile chase on an all-terrain vehicle through the township early Sunday, according to court papers. The chase ended when Michael Duane Balik, 22, of Whitney, crashed near Armel Hollow and Quarry roads, state police said. His male...
8 candidates seeking primary nominations for North Allegheny School Board seats
Voters in the North Allegheny School District will nominate five candidates from a field of eight seeking party nominations in the May 21 primary. All candidates have cross-filed on the Republican and Democrat tickets, which means the five candidates from each party who receive the most votes will be nominated...
Cops: Derry Township man attacked stepfather with butcher knife
A Derry Township man is accused of attacking his stepfather with a butcher knife Saturday inside a house in the village of Torrance. State police said Thomas McQuaide, 53, defended himself with a baseball bat during the 11 a.m. attack, striking David Geisler, 21, in the head. Trooper Ty Smith...
Quaker Valley girls lacrosse to find out quarterfinal opponent
The WPIAL Class AA girls lacrosse playoff tournament begins Monday, and Quaker Valley, the No. 2 seed, has a bye to the quarterfinals. The Quakers host their first playoff contest Wednesday at 7:30 p.m. They will face the winner of Monday’s match between No. 7 Franklin Regional and No. 10...
Uber driver accused of trying to kidnap 2 women arrested
Police arrested an Uber driver accused of trying to kidnap two women early Saturday in Pittsburgh. Richard Lomotey, 36, of Monaca, picked up the women and then disregarded the GPS directions and locked them in his Ford Fusion, according to police. The women requested a ride home to Penn Hills...
Open house Friday at Southwestern Veterans’ Center
The Southwestern Veterans’ Center in Allegheny County will have an open house Friday from noon to 3 p.m. Members of the public are invited to the center at 7060 Highland Drive in Lincoln-Lemington, near Highland Park. Tours will be available and visitors can meet staff at the center and participate...
1 dead in Fayette County apartment building fire
One person died in a fire that broke out Sunday at an apartment building along Second Street in Brownsville. The early-morning fire in Fayette County is believed to have started on the building’s top floor where the man who died had lived, authorities told Tribune-Review news partner WPXI-TV. Authorities did...
Westmoreland panel to discuss concussions and student mental health
An athlete who breaks a limb likely will be fitted with a cast that makes recovery visible to all. Getting past the lingering effects of a concussion or other traumatic brain injuries often doesn’t include a prop that makes the process as outwardly apparent. “A brain injury is a silent,...
Police seek public’s help in search for suspect in Wilkinsburg stabbing
Authorities are seeking the public’s help in their search for a suspect who stabbed a man in Wilkinsburg on Sunday evening. Borough police responding to a call of two men fighting at about 7:21 p.m. in the 800 block of Holland Avenue found a 38-year-old man who had been stabbed,...
Fox Chapel Plaza’s Alta Via offers a food tour of northern ItalyVideo
Traditional Italian food step aside. The newest addition to Pittsburgh’s impressive Big Burrito Restaurant Group whisks one off to the Dolomite region in northern Italy. Alta Via is a globally recognized walking trail through the Italian Dolomites, hence the name. “The food is simple, clean, fresh and ingredient driven,” says...
