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Fried chicken joint ‘The Eagle’ to land in Downtown Pittsburgh
A highly touted fried chicken restaurant will be the first commercial tenant for the Eighth and Penn development in Downtown Pittsburgh. Thunderdome restaurant group is bringing The Eagle, a casual, family-style eatery specializing in southern fried chicken, to the first floor of the building with a target date for opening...
Republic Services seeks to hike Delmont residents’ hauling bills by 74 cents
Trash hauler Republic Services wants to add 74 cents to every Delmont customers’ bill through a provision in the borough’s hauling contract. Borough solicitor Dan Hewitt, however, is not certain they’ve met the threshold required to hike prices under the contract’s “equitable adjustment” provision. Republic Services Municipal Service Manager John...
Plum School District and teachers union formally approve new 6-year contract
The Plum School District and its teachers’ union approved a new, six-year contract. A tentative agreement was reached earlier this year. The teachers union ratified it April 4 and the board approved it via 7-1 vote at a special meeting Tuesday night. School Director Rich Zucco dissented. Jim Rogers was...
McKeesport man identified as person fatally shot by Duquesne jitney driver
The Allegheny County Medical Examiner’s Office identified the man fatally shot while trying to rob a jitney driver on April 3. Vernon Lee Owens III, 33, of McKeesport was identified as the man killed. Allegheny County Police previously said they do not plan to charge the 73-year-old jitney driver. County...
Nursing company will help replace aging Delmont basketball court
A year ago, it would have cost Delmont upwards of $65,000 to replace the aging, cracked basketball court at Newhouse Park. Now, thanks to an offer from Salem Township-based Dedicated Nursing Associates and reimbursement from a previous grant, it may only cost the borough about $17,000. “DNA has offered to...
Heritage Trail committee planning June 1 festival in Trafford and Slickville
The Westmoreland Heritage Trail committee is planning a Trail Towns Festival for June 1 in Trafford and Slickville. Similar to a trip along the trail itself, the festival will begin at 10 a.m. in Trafford’s B-Y Park, running until 3 p.m. After that, the party will continue from 4-8 p.m....
Delmont seeking sponsorships for new Christmas decorations, banners
Delmont residents will see some fresh decorations come Christmas time, and borough officials are hoping local residents and businesses are willing to help pay for them. Council members will front half the cost of 48 new LED-powered snowflakes, which will take the place of the wreath and candles that have...
Norwin officials want state law to penalize vaping at school
Norwin officials want the state to make it illegal to sell vaping products to minors as well as for students to vape or have electronic smoking products at school. The administration has asked the school board to consider approving a resolution Monday showing support for amending state House Bill 97....
Norwin plans health, wellness expo
A mini-walk preview of the anti-drug abuse Reality Tour, plus health screenings, food and drug awareness vendors, will be part of the Norwin School District’s free Health, Wellness & Nutrition Expo planned for 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. April 27 at the Norwin High School, McMahon Drive, North Huntingdon. There...
Colombian man pleads guilty to jewelry heist targeting traveling salesman in McCandless
A Colombian man pleaded guilty to federal robbery charges for trying to steal as much as $1 million worth of jewelry and gemstones from a salesman outside a McCandless store in 2013, officials said Tuesday. Oscar Javier Rodriguez Roa, 36, of Bogota, Colombia, admitted as part of his guilty plea...
McKees Rocks man guilty of fentanyl distribution
A McKees Rocks man pleaded guilty in federal court to possession with intent to distribute fentanyl. Terrance Murphy, 46, is expected to be sentenced Aug. 9. He made his guilty plea before U.S. District Judge Cathy Bissoon, authorities said. Murphy was arrested at a traffic stop by the FBI Opioid...
Norwin expected to replace stadium turf
Norwin high school sports teams, marching band and physical education classes will have a safer field on which to play and march with new artificial turf at Knights Stadium, officials said. School board members this week indicated they support replacing the stadium’s eight-year-old turf as well as repainting its track....
Forensic evidence helps nab man accused of killing 2 Penn Hills women in 1973
A fresh lead and forensic evidence spurred this week’s arrest of a man in New York accused of murdering two Penn Hills teenagers while they were vacationing in Virginia Beach nearly 46 years ago, police said Tuesday. Ernest Broadnax, 80, of the St. Albans section of Queens, faces charges of...
What to do if stopped by police? Brochure outlines rights, responsibilities
Four local police departments have agreed to require all officers to read, understand and be tested on a brochure outlining the rights and responsibilities of citizens during a police encounter. Pittsburgh’s Citizens Police Review Board and the Black Political Empowerment Project, with input from police officers and community groups and...
Recycling event targets tires, West Nile virus
Area residents can rid themselves of potentially harmful scrap tires at a reduced price on Saturday. Unity-based Westmoreland Cleanways will knock $1 off its normal fees for recycling worn tires in an effort to get them out of backyard scrap piles, where they can fill with rainwater and serve as...
Daub named director of Federation of Sportsmen and Conservationists
Harold Daub is the new executive director for the Pennsylvania Federation of Sportsmen and Conservationists. According to the PFSC board, he took over duties including government affairs on Monday in Harrisburg. The board said Daub is widely known among sportsmen and most recently led Hunters United for Sunday Hunting. That...
Sheetz proposes measures to address concerns about new McCandless location
McCandless council is reviewing proposed changes to address concerns residents have raised about Sheetz’s request to build a new gas station across the street from its current location on Perry Highway. The changes the Altoona-based company has proposed will be incorporated into its final site plan for the project, which...
Prosecutors want Hempfield woman’s bail revoked in drug delivery resulting in death case
Westmoreland County prosecutors want a Hempfield woman accused of arranging a drug deal that led to a fatal overdose to remain in jail until her trial. Hollie A. Schreiber, 39, was charged in January, along with two men, with drug delivery resulting in death counts in connection with the Jan....
Planet Fitness to open in Rostraver, donates to Big Brothers Big Sisters
Planet Fitness in Rostraver is set to open its doors and to celebrate they’re making a donation to Big Brothers Big Sisters of the Laurel Region. During the April 11 ribbon-cutting ceremony, a $5,000 check will be presented to the non-profit organization aimed at providing services to kids through mentorship...
SWAT officers surrounded Pittsburgh home after reported abduction
Heavily armed Pittsburgh SWAT officers surrounded a home in the city’s Beechview neighborhood Tuesday afternoon after a woman said she was kidnapped at gunpoint by a man in South Park. There were no injuries in the situation that began around 2:30 p.m. when the woman called police from a car...
Allegheny, Armstrong and Westmoreland school districts recognized for music education
School districts in Allegheny, Armstrong and Westmoreland Counties are among the 623 districts nationwide to be recognized as top communities for music education by the National Association of Music Merchants Foundation. The designation for “Best Communities for Music Education” is awarded to districts that not only have high participation in...
Buffalo Township property owner wants to rezone land for business use
Buffalo Township’s supervisors will hold a hearing Wednesday about a request to rezone more than 2 acres on North Pike Road for business use. The property at 339 North Pike Road is currently zoned for agricultural use, but the property behind it is zoned for business use. The surrounding area...
2 more die of flu complications in Allegheny County
Two more Allegheny County residents have died from flu-related complications, bringing the total deaths to 14 this season, officials said. A female in her upper 90s and a male in his mid-60s died, according to the Allegheny County Health Department. The county receives its data on flu-related deaths from the...
Trooper says he watched drunken Armstrong County man fall asleep in car wash
State police said an Armstrong County man was drunk when fell asleep at a Buffalo Township car wash — with a trooper waiting in line behind him. A criminal complaint filed against Larry Wayne Hill, 53, of Cowanshannock, said he pulled into the Get-Go along Route 356 around 3 p.m....
Eli Bussotti’s parents meet Freeport man who received the teen’s organsVideo
Eli Bussotti’s parents never imagined their son’s organs would go to someone who lives barely 5 miles away. Joy Krumenacker and David Bussotti lost Eli, 17, in October following a car crash. The still-grieving parents from Brackenridge and Tarentum on Tuesday met Chad Ravotti of Freeport, who received one of...
