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Summer bluegrass festival will benefit Fayette fire company
The Springfield Township Volunteer Hose Company will benefit from a full day of pickin’ and grinnin’ this summer in Fayette County. “Bluegrass at Jellystone” will run from noon to 10 p.m., June 29 at Yogi Bear’s Jellystone Park Camp Resort in Mill Run, near Ohiopyle. It will feature music by...
Former Canon-McMillan wrestling champ shot by police after refusing to drop gun
A 19-year-old man was shot by police early Sunday morning after he refused their commands to drop the gun he was holding. Logan B. Macri, 19, of Canonsburg was shot multiple times following an alleged domestic assault at a home in North Strabane, according to state police. Police from North...
Teen found shot to death in Garfield home
A 19-year-old man was found dead inside a home in Pittsburgh’s Garfield neighborhood Saturday night, according to Pittsburgh police. The Allegheny County Medical Examiner’s Office identified Ameer Coleman of Pittsburgh as the victim of a shooting that occurred shortly before 10 p.m. on Saturday. Coleman’s body was found at a...
Preacher uses sign language to teach Biblical concepts at Mt. Pleasant libraryVideo
Communicating with his hands is second nature to Christian Garcia. So is preaching. Put them together, and a unique skill set emerges: helping the hearing impaired understand Biblical concepts they may have never learned before. “I just want to teach people about God’s love for them,” said Garcia, assistant pastor...
Greater Latrobe high school eyes project-based learning classes
Greater Latrobe Senior High School students will learn two skill sets at once in a pair of proposed mash-up courses with a cross-curricular reach. The school board on Tuesday will consider adding six courses for the 2019-20 school year — including “Astronomy With English” and “Current Issues With Statistics,” each...
Bridgeville cops, firefighters should be applauded for extra effort
To the editor, The Bridgeville Borough Police Department and Bridgeville Volunteer Fire Department deserve a standing ovation for their thoughtfulness and caring for their community. What I recently viewed on the local news media was the ultimate act of kindness. A portable basketball hoop was purchased, assembled and delivered by...
Arnold officials mulling whether to change dog catcher
Arnold officials will wait to get some input from the state’s dog warden before deciding who will be the city’s dog catcher. Council discussed awarding a contract for the service to Hoffman Kennels, which is the animal control service used by the majority of communities in the Alle-Kiski Valley. But...
Hampton council set to rule on Windmont Farms Development
A decision must be made by Hampton Council at its next meeting regarding the Windmont Farms preliminary planned residential development proposed to be located off of South Pioneer Road, according to discussion at council’s April 10 meeting. Applicant Crossgates Inc. is proposing to develop approximately 63 acres at the intersection...
Aquinas Academy student wins science award
Hunter Harrison, an eighth grade student at Aquinas Academy of Pittsburgh, was awarded the Society of American Military Engineers Fisher Scientific Award at the Covestro Pittsburgh Regional Science & Engineering Fair on March 29at Heinz Field. Harrison’s project was titled “Sensational Sandbag Stuffers.” More than 1,000 students from over 100...
Heavy rain, wind expected to hit Pittsburgh Sunday
Here come April’s showers. The National Weather Service in Moon has issued a hazardous weather outlook — including severe thunderstorms, wind gusts, heavy rainfall and possible tornadoes — for several Eastern U.S. states starting Sunday and lasting through late next week. Potential for widespread severe thunderstorms Sunday across much of...
Opus 2 concert lets graduating seniors choose the music
The Opus 2 Orchestra, which draws members from all over the east suburbs, will perform its “Seniors’ Choice” concert, where members who are graduating from high school choose several of the program’s selections. This year’s concert will feature Leonard Cohen’s “Hallelujah,” the Beatles’ “Eleanor Rigby” and “A Million Dreams” from...
Body of man, 61, missing since Tuesday found in river near Monessen
The body of a man missing since Tuesday was found Saturday morning in the Monongahela River near the Donora-Monessen Bridge in Westmoreland County, the office of the coroner said. Lonzo Gardner, 61, of Monessen, was found by a dive team about 11:45 a.m., said Kenneth Bacha, Westmoreland County’s coroner in...
Carl Magnetta remembered as one of Tarentum’s biggest boostersVideo
The important people who came out Saturday at the Carl J. Magnetta Memorial Amphitheater in Tarentum’s Riverview Memorial Park weren’t on the stage. “The dignitaries are the people of Tarentum,” said Gina Landa of the Tarentum Recreation Board. At least that’s how Magnetta, a former mayor and councilman, felt, according...
Monroeville Mall shoppers react to Friday night gunfire
Monroeville Mall shoppers had mixed feelings the day after about gunfire that led to an evacuation there Friday night. “This world is getting crazy,” said April Hawkins, 49, of Wilkinsburg. She was standing outside the mall Saturday afternoon after shopping for clothes with her grandson. Police are searching for suspects...
No major injuries as multi-car crash snarls Parkway East traffic
Traffic approaching the Squirrel Hill Tunnels is moving slowly in both directions Saturday afternoon, the result of residual delays following a multi-vehicle crash. Officials for PennDOT announced via Twitter that the crash occurred in the eastbound lanes of the Parkway East shortly after 2 p.m., near the Beechwood Boulevard exit...
Luke Skywalker acquitted on all charges by Pittsburgh-area ‘jury’
The force was with him. Luke Skywalker was acquitted on all charges Saturday by a jury of 15 youths in the region during a mock trial at the Dormont Public Library put on by the Allegheny County Bar Association’s Young Lawyers Division. Skywalker was portrayed by Pittsburgh attorney Matthew Feinman...
Pennsylvania hopes to hook anglers early to spur interest in fishing
Every year, Pennsylvania stocks its public waterways with millions of trout in the hopes that humans will follow. Judging from the numbers who turn out religiously for the opening day of trout season, the strategy is working. On Saturday, opening day for the 2019 season, anglers were back — stalking...
Chelsa Wagner declares partial victory in Detroit case, releases more video
Allegheny County Controller Chelsa Wagner is declaring victory in the case involving a March 6 encounter she and her husband had with Detroit police, according to a statement emailed to the Tribune-Review on Saturday by a public relations firm that’s representing the couple. The firm also released more video footage...
Greensburg march raises awareness about domestic, sexual violenceVideo
State Rep. Eric Nelson has four daughters, and he’s pretty sure all of them placed bets on when he’d take a spill during Saturday’s “Walk a Mile in Her Shoes” event, hosted by the Blackburn Center in Greensburg. “Let’s hope 10 minutes is enough to get me prepared,” Nelson said...
Capsized boat reported in Freeport, but search comes up empty
Authorities could find no sign of a capsized boat that was reported Saturday morning by a motorist crossing the Laneville Bridge in Freeport, an Armstrong County 911 dispatcher said. The report came in at 9:34 a.m. The sighting was in Buffalo Creek near its confluence with the Allegheny River, the...
Candidate night set for Murrysville, Franklin Regional primary races
The Murrysville Area American Association of University Women will host a May 10 candidates’ night for local residents running for municipal and school board seats, and they are seeking questions from the public. The forum will be at 7 p.m. at the Murrysville Municipal Building at 4100 Sardis Road. It...
Churches host National Day of Prayer event in Export
Churches in Murrysville, Export and Delmont will come together to host a National Day of Prayer event at 7 p.m., May 2 at the VFD building in Export. The Girl Scouts will present the flag and lead the Pledge of Allegiance, and pastors and laypersons from the community will offer...
Former Mafia boss talks mob, faith ahead of Greensburg prayer breakfast
Michael Franzese traded the feared title “caporegime” of New York City’s Colombo crime family for motivational speaker, husband, father and — importantly — follower of Christ. “God had a different plan and purpose for me,” Franzese told the Tribune-Review. “To say that I’m blessed is kind of an understatement.” Blessing...
Rolling Rock Hunt to host Hunter Pace in LigonierVideo
Rolling Rock Hunt plans to host a May 18 hunter pace that it hopes will become an annual event at a farm off of Route 711 in Ligonier Township. A group including huntsman Sam Clifton, Stewart Burkland and a small crew of volunteers, has been working to build a three-...
By-the-numbers look at Westmoreland County courts in 2018
Criminal and civil cases filed and closed in Westmoreland County Common Pleas Court decreased last year. Officials have published the annual comprehensive report detailing court activity in 2018. Numbers reveal that while the court remains busy, there was a drop off. In criminal court, the number of new cases dropped...
