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Murrysville woman led by example, volunteered at charities
Mary Funk grew up on the Murrysville Golf Course. Living in the stone house on the property, her parents owned and ran the golf course since it was built in 1928 — the year they immigrated from Glasgow, Scotland. Mrs. Funk cut the greens and tended the course. It also...
Pitt documentary on food waste to air at Carnegie Mellon film festival
A University of Pittsburgh documentary that explores the connection between food waste and hunger will be screened at the Carnegie Mellon International Film Festival on Saturday. “Rescuing Abundance,” a 15-minute documentary by Pitt business students, will be part of the festival’s Short Film Competition at 2 p.m. Saturday at Regent...
Sheetz seeks to sell alcohol at store near Norwin elementary school
Sheetz Inc. wants to sell beer at one of its stores located across the street from a Norwin elementary school. The Altoona-based convenience store chain submitted plans to the North Huntingdon planning commission for expanding its convenience store at the corner of Carpenter Lane and Route 30 to provide seating...
Goat herd recommended at Hartwood Acres to eat invasive plants
An ecological assessment of Hartwood Acres recommends methods to combat invasive plant species in the park — including the use of goats. The Allegheny Parks Foundation released the Western Pennsylvania Conservancy’s ecological assessment of Hartwood Acres, a county park straddling Indiana and Hampton townships. Seems that pesky Japanese stiltgrass, a...
New Kensington approves liquor license for planned bed and breakfast
The transfer of a liquor license to a planned New Kensington bed and breakfast/events center has been approved by city council. Unanimous approval of the transfer of a liquor license located in Loyalhanna Township and currently owned by Marchitelli Enterprises Inc. to Bloser Mansion LLC, 479 Sixth Ave., came despite...
Cops: Wounded man at Washington Hospital likely stabbed in Stowe
Investigators believe a man who showed up to Washington Hospital Tuesday night with critical wounds was stabbed in Stowe, Allegheny County police said. Washington police responded to the hospital after the 42-year-old man took himself to the emergency department, Lt. Ken Ruckel said. Local police learned that the man, who...
Apollo man sentenced in Vandergrift burglary
An Apollo man will serve up to four years in prison for burglarizing a Vandergrift home. Matthew Carl Hubert, 23, pleaded guilty to charges of burglary, theft and receiving property in connection with a heist last summer. According to court records, Hubert was detained Aug. 5 by a Vandergrift homeowner...
New Kensington gets 3-year contract with public works, clerical employees
New Kensington officials have approved a three-year contract with the city’s union employees that gives them 2.5 % pay raises in each year of the contract. City Clerk Dennis Scarpiniti said it’s the first contract negotiation and agreement that combines both the public works employees and the mostly clerical workers...
Ross police hosting free Bike Rodeo April 27 at Block Northway
Ross Township police are hosting a Bike Rodeo from 10 a.m. to noon on Saturday April 27 at The Block Northway. Police officers and volunteers will be on hand to guide kids through a course designed to teach them the fundamentals of safe bicycling. Children also will be able to...
UPMC-Highmark agreement can’t be extended, judge rules
A judge ruled Wednesday that Attorney General Josh Shapiro cannot delay this summer’s looming breakup of rivals UPMC and Highmark, starting the clock on an 88-day countdown until thousands of seniors, cancer patients, and people with disabilities will no longer have affordable access to most UPMC doctors and hospitals. Commonwealth...
Pedestrian, 21, seriously injured when struck by car in Indiana County
A 21-year-old woman was seriously injured Tuesday when she was hit by a car while walking along Old William Penn Highway near Blairsville, Indiana County. State police said Michelle A. Franco, 21, of Dayton, Armstrong County, was taken by ambulance to Allegheny Health Network Forbes Hospital in Monroeville with multiple...
Franklin Regional junior wrestler Ferrell earns state championship title
It wasn’t enough for the Franklin Regional J.O. Wrestling program to finish its season undefeated, so Kaydon Ferrell went out and earned himself a state championship. Ferrell was crowned the 8-and-under state champion in the 90-pound division at the Pennsylvania State Wrestling Championship, held March 16-17 at the Petersen Events...
Union: Greensburg state employees no longer having dues withheld
Pennsylvania officials deny that the state continues to withhold union dues for three Greensburg-based state employees who are challenging their union membership in federal court. State officials, including Gov. Tom Wolf, Secretary of Labor & Industry W. Gerard Oleksiak and Chief Accounting Officer Anna Maria Kiehl, denied the allegations contained...
Free document shredding on Saturday at Passavant Hospital in McCandless
A free document shredding event is scheduled for Saturday at UPMC Passavant in McCandless. The event runs from 9 a.m. to noon April 6 in the hospital’s Green Lot located at 9100 Babcock Boulevard. There is a limit of six boxes per vehicle. This is the third year the hospital...
Hempfield schools get clean report in new state audit
The Hempfield Area School District received a clean bill of health from the state auditor general’s office, according to a performance audit report released Wednesday. The audit, which reviewed how the district uses state funds and subsidies for areas including transportation, educating nonresident students and meeting bus driver requirements, found...
Police: 2 boys found Salem woman not breathing during apparent overdose
A Salem Township woman is accused of child endangerment after police said two boys found her not breathing after she apparently overdosed on drugs. Alicia Marie Gregg, 33, was arrested Wednesday in connection with the Jan. 6 incident. Troopers and paramedics were called to her Story Road home at 2...
Tarentum bar, ‘Barley,’ celebrating 5th anniversary Saturday
Cheryl Stover says her Tarentum bar, Barley, is kind of like the fictional Boston bar in the sitcom “Cheers.” “It’s just great. Everybody is so nice,” she said Wednesday. “I know everybody that walks in there.” Stover is celebrating the fifth anniversary of her bar at 319 E. 6th Ave....
Rosary tattoo helps police identify suspects in Derry Township scrap metal thefts
State police used footage from a security camera hidden in an abandoned Derry Township industrial plant to identify two suspects, one with a distinctive rosary tattoo, in the theft of almost 1,000 pounds of copper and brass last summer. Troopers this week arrested Timothy Tarr, 33, of Indiana County and...
Fox Chapel Area student earns spot at international science fair
Fox Chapel Area’s Sanjay Seshan is among four students chosen to represent the region at the Intel International Science & Engineering Fair in Phoenix. Seshan competed for the honor with more than 1,000 other young scientists at the Carnegie Science Center’s 80th annual Covestro Pittsburgh Regional Science and Engineering Fair....
Photo Gallery: Art Explorations at Cooper-Siegel Community Library
Young art students attended a three-part series, “Art Explorations,” at Cooper-Siegel Community Library in Fox Chapel and learned a variety of styles with Alison Babusci, STEAM program coordinator and instructor. The courses involved 3D art, textile art and 2D art and taught students about color and patterns. The projects are...
Arnold sets spring cleanup day
Arnold’s spring cleanup day will be held from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. May 4 next to the police station at 601 Drey St. City residents can bring items they want to dispose of free of charge. No paint, propane, hazardous materials, building materials or shingles, oils, chemicals, batteries or...
PPG, DEP reach $1.2 million settlement on cleanup of Ford City disposal site
PPG Industries Inc. has agreed to pay a civil penalty of $1.2 million to the state for environmental violations stemming from the former Ford City glass manufacturing plant in Armstrong County, the state Department of Environmental Protection said. The settlement agreement, announced on Tuesday, will require PPG to clean up...
Harmar plans free furniture, appliance haul-aways during May
Harmar residents who want to get rid of old furniture or appliances can have them hauled away for free next month during the township’s annual spring trash collection. Morrow Refuse will be traveling to different parts of the township each Friday in May to collect large items. The township will...
West Leechburg’s Semper Gratus raises $30K for Plum girl, Cerebral Palsy research
The tallies are in, and a West Leechburg charity has 30,000 reasons to be always grateful. The Shamrock Shuffle 5K race, 1K fun walk and dance held in West Leechburg last month raised $30,000, with the money going to help a Plum girl living with spastic cerebral palsy and for...
Abraham Lincoln could be coming back to Wilkinsburg
Abraham Lincoln hopes to return to his perch overlooking the Lincoln Highway in Wilkinsburg. The Wilkinsburg Historical Society announced plans to raise $70,000 to build a bronze, life-size statue of the 16th president of the United States. It would replace the old copper Lincoln statue that stood at the intersection...
