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Highlands seeking volunteers to help students get ready for prom
Going to the prom can cost a lot, and staff members at Highlands High School are seeking help make it more affordable for their students in need. Volunteers are being sought to do hair, makeup and nails for girls on the day of the prom, May 10. Not to leave...
Union Trust building upgraded after estate planning donation
A North Huntingdon woman who died in 2016 left $75,000 to the Westmoreland Cultural Trust in her will, one of the first major donations left to the nonprofit organization from estate planning. Funds donated by Linda Whitehead, who died Jan. 14, 2016, were used to upgrade to Union Trust building...
Pirates donate $20,000 to improve youth baseball fields in Pittsburgh
A $20,000 donation from the Pirates’ charitable foundation is helping Pittsburgh improve two city baseball fields. Pirates Charities is providing $10,000 for each field through its Fields for Kids program. The donation will pay for infield resurfacing and new dugouts at Dinan Field in Stanton Heights and Devlin Field in...
Free Pittsburgh lawn-mowing service for available for seniors, veterans
The city of Pittsburgh began taking applications Monday for a twice-a-month lawn-mowing service available to seniors, veterans and low-income people with disabilities this summer through fall. Mayor Bill Peduto said Monday that the city has enough money and contractors to provide the free service to about 1,000 households between May...
Pittsburgh shootout leads to 1 injured in car crash over Stowe hillside
A shootout between vehicles that began Monday afternoon in McKees Rocks and continued into Pittsburgh’s West End culminated with one car plummeting over a hillside in Stowe, police said. One person who was injured in the wreck remains in “critical but stable condition” Monday night, Allegheny County Police Sgt. Venerando...
Trout to be stocked Saturday at Kunkle Park in Washington Township
The Washington/Bell Township Lions Club will stock trout in Pine Run in Kunkle Park on Saturday. The fish are donated by the Blackleggs Creek trout nursery in Clarksburg, Indiana County, according to John Turack of the Lions Club. The stocking of about 200 fish is for young anglers, ages 10...
Union: Construction tax fraud costs governments $450B annually
Several hundred carpenters’ union members and public officials rallied Monday in Downtown Pittsburgh to call for an end to construction industry fraud. Union officials said unscrupulous contractors and labor brokers rob the public of federal and local tax revenue by paying workers cash “under the table,” misclassifying them as independent...
Seton Hill to host Greensburg Big Table Discussion
The Seton Hill University community and Greensburg area civic leaders will gather Wednesday evening for a “Big Table Discussion,” at the university’s hilltop campus. The event, designed to explore new ways to create a strong and connected community, is among scores of such Big Table discussions that businesses, organizations and...
Westmoreland Historical Society looking for antique vendors
The Westmoreland Historical Society is looking for vendors for the 46th annual Antiques and Collectibles Sale at Historic Hanna’s Town. Held the second Sunday of each month from May to October, vendors have the opportunity to sell antique, vintage and one-of-a-kind items at the Greensburg area sale. Vendor spots cost...
Uniontown man jailed on $250K bond after raid in child sex assault probe
Acting on a tip from the FBI’s child exploitation unit, state police Friday arrested a Uniontown man on charges of allegedly videotaping himself engaged in sex acts with an underage girl and posting the images on the Internet. Zachary T. Bosh, 35, was arrested by state police on charges of...
Allegheny Valley Hospital noted for knee, hip replacement
Allegheny Valley Hospital is among seven Allegheny Health Network hospitals and affiliated institutes recognized by the Blue Cross Blue Shield Association’s Blue Distinction Specialty Care program. Allegheny Valley earned a “Blue Distinction Center-Plus” designation for knee and hip replacement. The hospital was recognized for its efficiency in delivering care in...
Images of hope to replace tarps at Tree of Life site
Artwork expressing love, hope and healing will replace blue construction tarps surrounding Pittsburgh’s Tree of Life synagogue where a gunman killed 11 worshippers last year, officials said. The building, which housed the congregations of Tree of Life or L’Simcha, New Light and Dor Hadash, remains surrounded by a chain-link fence...
Burgettstown man killed in Washington County crash
A Burgettstown man was killed in a one-vehicle crash Monday, according to the Washington County coroner. James Coppock Brown Jr., 66, was driving north on Interstate 79 at 10:30 a.m. in Amwell Township when he apparently lost control of his vehicle while trying to pass another driver, the coroner said....
Gas tops $3 per gallon in Pittsburgh, national average could be there soon
Gas prices have topped $3 per gallon in the Pittsburgh area, and the nation is likely to be there soon, too. In Pittsburgh, the average price is $3.05 per gallon, up 12.5 cents from last week, according to GasBuddy. That’s 29.6 cents per gallon higher than a month ago, and...
Pittsburgh Irish Festival moves to new location for 2019
The 29th annual Pittsburgh Irish Festival is moving its location at Sandcastle water park. Festival organizers plan to host the September event at Sandcastle’s main parking lot, known as “The Lots.” The move became necessary after heavy rains and flooding at the old location, the Riverplex at Sandcastle, forced the...
Drug possession charges filed against Uniontown man in threats case
A Fayette County man who allegedly threatened his girlfriend and her five children with a handgun last month has also been accused by state police of possessing crack cocaine and marijuana. Rasheme L. Jones, 38, of Uniontown, is charged with multiple counts of manufacturing and delivery of a controlled substance,...
St. Margaret Foundation hopes to break record with 5K fundraiser
St. Margaret Foundation officials are aiming to top last year’s record-breaking fundraising total of $107,000 when participants hit the streets of Aspinwall on May 19 for the Brian Demchak Hope run/walk 5K. The event begins at 8:30 a.m. at the UPMC St. Margaret campus near Aspinwall. Hundreds of runners and...
Penn Hills to host Easter egg hunt
The Penn Hills Parks and Recreation Department will sponsor an Easter event at a local park on April 20. The department will hold its annual Easter Celebration and Egg Hunt from noon to 2 p.m. at Penn Hills Community Park, 120 Colorado St. The event will be held in rain...
Foundation seeks applications for local community grants
The Community Foundation of Murrysville, Export & Delmont is accepting applications from nonprofit organizations for local community projects. The foundation “encourages creativity and initiative by funding local residents’ ideas for enriching community life,” according to a release. “It always varies,” foundation board member Roberta Cook said. “We usually give something...
Fox Chapel Area librarian elected as vice president of state group
Fox Chapel Area High School librarian Laura Ward likened her profession to that of Star Wars character Jocasta Nu. She is the keeper of the Jedi Archives, or the galaxy’s vault of knowledge, Ward said. “School librarians give students the tools they need to locate, access and synthesize the best...
Police arrest McKees Rocks man wanted in fatal Stowe shooting
A McKees Rocks man was behind bars Monday in connection to the fatal shooting of another man in Stowe Township. Tomichael Sherrell, 18, turned himself into Allegheny County Police detectives on Saturday, according to authorities. He is charged with homicide, robbery and weapons violations in the death of Bradley Lucier,...
Pitt graduate workers begin union vote
Pitt graduate student employees began voting in a four-day union election today. The election open to some 2,000 graduate research and teaching assistants comes more than three years after graduate students began organizing under the auspices of the United Steelworkers in Jan. 2016. The organizers said they were seeking safeguards...
Applicants sought for North Allegheny teaching positions
Teachers interested in working for the North Allegheny School District have until April 21 to apply for a number of openings. There are jobs available for permanent teaching positions and long-term substitute teachers in all of the district’s 12 buildings, district officials announced. Applications can be filed online through the...
Mill Creek Bridge reopened to traffic in Ligonier after year-long project
The long-awaited North Market Street bridge project, which spans Mill Creek in Ligonier Township, was reopened to traffic on Friday, but is still awaiting one more step until it is officially complete, according to PennDOT District 12. The bridge along Route 711 north of Ligonier was replaced as part of...
Leechburg shooting leaves 1 man deadVideo
Investigators are trying to find out why a 37-year-old man was found dead inside someone else’s house in Leechburg early Monday. The dead man, who police have not yet identified, was from the Leechburg area, according to investigators. He was found with a gunshot wound inside a residence at the...
