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Murrysville will explore alternative treatments for road work
Each year, the cost to repave roads in Murrysville rises, according to municipal Chief Administrator Jim Morrison. “Hills Church Road is a perfect example,” Morrison said. “That was paved eight years ago and it’s showing a lot of fatigue right now. So we’re looking at whether we should do another...
Pitt researchers receive $175K grant for Pittsburgh water study
University of Pittsburgh researchers will study the environmental impact of the Pittsburgh Water and Sewer Authority’s use of a chemical to reduce lead levels in city drinking water. The National Science Foundation awarded professors Sarah Haig and Emily Elliott a $175,000 grant to study the environmental effect of orthophosphate, which...
Hempfield grads-to-be to participate in senior walk
With about two months until seniors at Hempfield Area High School leave the district and move on to the next steps of their lives, they have one more chance to go back to where it all began. The Senior Walk gives graduating seniors the opportunity to walk the halls of...
Aspinwall, Blawnox to host Earth Day cleanups
Lower Valley municipalities will mark Earth Day with a slew of cleanup opportunities. In Blawnox, volunteers can meet at 9 a.m. April 27 at the community park along Center Avenue. Secretary Kathy Ulanowicz said efforts will focus on sprucing up the park in time for milder temperatures. The park, she...
Norwin `pasta bridge’ holds up as winner
A Norwin High School team’s bridge made of pasta and held together by hot glue was able to hold 37.4 pounds before collapsing, winning the team first place in a competition that aims to increase student awareness in engineering. Several hundred people watched as 19 teams from high schools across...
Police to charge West Virginia mom after abduction tale
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — A woman will be criminally charged for falsely reporting that an Egyptian man tried to kidnap her daughter from a West Virginia shopping mall, a police detective told The Associated Press on Friday. Barboursville Police Detective Greg Lucas said they are going to charge Santana Renee Adams...
Cell tower proposed for Manor-North Huntingdon border
Verizon Wireless customers in eastern North Huntingdon, Manor and the Adamsburg areas should get better coverage for phone and data if the company builds a cellphone tower on property Manor owns in North Huntingdon, a Verizon attorney said. The township zoning hearing board this week granted TowerCo 2013 LLC and...
Irwin church to perform ‘Living Last Supper’
“The Living Last Supper,” a dramatization of Jesus’ last meal before his crucifixion, will be performed by First United Methodist Drama Team from April 16 and 18. The free performance will begin nightly at 7 p.m. at the church, 210 Oak St., Irwin. Church members will perform as disciples, Jesus,...
Bun-less Buc Night draws frank apology from Aramark
Aramark was frank in its promise to avoid another bun-less hot dog night at Friday’s Pirates game. A repeat of Wednesday’s Buc Night fiasco would be the wurst. The PNC Park concession provider promised to do better in a meaty response. “Last (Wednesday) night, our team was prepared, but unfortunately...
Reward offered for information on fatal Homestead shooting
A reward is being offered to anyone with information in a fatal February shooting in Homestead. Tre-Quan Embry, 22, of Homestead, died of a gunshot wound to the head at UPMC Mercy in Pittsburgh’s Uptown. The shooting occurred shortly after 12:30 a.m. Feb. 2 in the area of 311 East...
Baldwin community celebrates opening of new library
Baldwin Borough Public Library finally has the home staff and supporters have wanted for decades. On April 1, the library opened its doors at 5230 Wolfe Drive in a building all its own. “To be standing here now, it’s surreal,” said Tracy Bakowski, who has worked at the library for...
5 things to do in Pittsburgh this weekend: April 5-7
It’s springtime and baseball is back along with other fun things to do this weekend. Festival time The Banff Centre Mountain Film Festival World Tour is Friday, Saturday and Sunday at the Byham Theater, Downtown. Stories of “remote journeys, ground-breaking expeditions, and cutting-edge adventures told through the eyes of adventurers,...
Western Pennsylvania teens accused of transmitting sexual images
Two Western Pennsylvania teenagers were charged in juvenile court by state police in Indiana for allegedly transmitting sexually explicit images. Trooper Daniel Bradley reported that a 15-year-old girl from White Township in Indiana County forwarded sexually explicit photographs of herself to a 16-year-old boy in Clearfield County. The boy is...
Ross house heavily damaged by fire, 2 escape unharmed
A three-alarm fire early Friday morning in Ross Township caused significant damage to a two-story home, according to authorities. Multiple fire departments responding to the blaze shortly after 6:30 a.m. in the 4500 block of Peoples Road encountered heavy smoke pouring from the frame structure. Peoples Road between Ivory Avenue...
Pa. inmate suffers brain injuries in attack, remains in coma
EAGLEVILLE — Authorities say a Pennsylvania county jail inmate critically injured his cellmate during an attack in which he stomped on the man’s head more than 20 times. Joseph Hodum faces several counts, including attempted murder, stemming from Saturday’s attack. Bail was set at $1 million for the 38-year-old Philadelphia...
State DEP investigating Plum well water contamination
State Department of Environmental Protection officials are investigating complaints of well water contamination in Plum. The department received two complaints in August, a few months after the drilling for natural gas at Monroeville-based Huntley & Huntley Energy Exploration’s Midas well pad on 92 acres near Coxcomb Hill Road in the...
Pennsylvania flu hospitalizations up 62% in 2018
The flu sent more than 8,600 Pennsylvanians to the hospital last season, a 62% increase over the previous season, a new report shows. Released last week by the Pennsylvania Health Care Cost Containment Council, the report found a wide variation in admissions over the past several flu seasons. The 8,647...
Police arrest Pittsburgh man in fatal Arnold shooting
A Pittsburgh man faces charges in an early Friday shooting that left a 27-year-old Arnold man dead, according to detectives. Shawden L. Ross, 32, of Pittsburgh is charged with homicide and other charges in the shooting death of Lamont Simmons, 27, investigators said. At about 4 a.m. Friday, police responded...
Macy’s Backstage headed for South Hills Village
Let’s go shopping. Macy’s will open a Macy’s Backstage inside South Hills Village with a grand-opening celebration April 13. This concept is known as a store within a store, with merchandise offered at 20 to 80% off traditional department store prices. The shop will have 12,800 square feet of dedicated...
Hampton school district five-year plan presented
The five-year facilities improvement plan providing a list of improvement projects throughout the school district was presented at the Hampton Township School Board meeting April 1. The plan is a guide to various needs throughout the buildings and grounds of the school district from 2019-20 to 2023-24, according to Rick...
Claridge fish fry top vote-getter
And the winner of the contest for best fish fry in Westmoreland County is … drumroll, please … the Claridge Volunteer Fire Department in Penn Township. Those Claridge firefighters were at the top of the Top 10 Fish Fries of Westmoreland County, according to Jason Saunders, president of The Print...
Nonprofit: Don’t forget aesthetics in Brewery Bridge redo
Officials with the nonprofit Latrobe Community Revitalization Program hope there will be an allowance for aesthetics when new side barriers are installed as part of a replacement of the Brewery Bridge on Ligonier Street in 2021. Executive Director Jarod Trunzo said the nonprofit is working with Latrobe and Westmoreland County...
Reading advocate visits P-R elementary schools, shares love of books
John Schu is an advocate for school libraries, and when he speaks to students and teachers, his exuberance for children’s literature and reading is palpable. Schu, whose official title is ambassador for school libraries for Scholastic Book Fairs, travels around the country more than 200 days per year sharing his...
Carnegie officials seek traffic flow improvement
Carnegie leaders are working to improve traffic patterns and signaling at the intersection of Jefferson and West Main streets at the entrance to the borough’s downtown business district. Traffic signals were put in at the intersection in 2010, and technology has improved since then, borough Manager Steve Beuter said. The...
Arsonist believed to be setting fires along Derry Ridge in Westmoreland County
A serial arsonist is believed to be on the loose along Derry Ridge in Westmoreland County, a forest fire specialist with the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources Bureau of Forestry said Friday. A remote fire Thursday in Derry Township where police and military helicopters were called in to direct...
