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Latrobe businesses promote monthly shopping night
Downtown Latrobe’s latest Shop Hop Night, set for 5 to 8 p.m. Wednesday, will feature an Easter theme. Introduced in February, the evening of shopping, promotions and refreshments is held the first Wednesday of each month at participating downtown merchants. “I thought it would be something that would be fun...
Plum students recognized for Forbes achievements
Several Plum High School students who attend Forbes Career and Technical Center were recently recognized for their efforts. Anthony Daniels took second place for cyber security and Adam Tomlinson earned second place for job interview at a regional competition. Justine Miller qualified for a state competition for photography. Karina Singh...
Brentwood school officials anticipate spending $21 million in facilities upgrades
Cast members from Brentwood Middle/High School’s upcoming musical “Mary Poppins” sang and danced across the stage, as large patches of wallpaper peeled off the walls inside the auditorium. There are a lot of great things happening in public schools in Brentwood, leaders told a crowd of 100 elected officials, business...
West Jefferson Hills revisiting field trip policy
West Jefferson Hills School District leaders are considering revamping rules for field trips to ensure students aren’t missing too much class time. Administrators have recommended revisions to the district’s field trip policy to keep them from taking students out of class for more than two days at a time. However,...
New Plum YMCA classes allow participants to be active at any age
Burt Kennedy knows he needs to stay active if he wants to keep up with his wife, Marsha. “A lot of people my age are already in a nursing home,” said Burt Kennedy, 83. “I feel good today. I don’t (keep up with her).” The Wilkins Township couple has been...
Police seek man accused of holding woman at gunpoint at Slippery Rock Campgrounds
State police said a Munhall man convicted of third-degree murder and robbery kidnapped his ex-girlfriend at gunpoint Thursday at the Slippery Rock Campgrounds. She escaped unharmed. John Thomas Oleary, 52, the man accused of kidnapping the woman, remained at large Friday morning. Breaking: State police say this man kidnapped a...
5 things to do in Pittsburgh this weekend March 29-31
Here are some ideas for how to spend this final March weekend: Sealed with a KISS The KISS “End of the World” tour is at 7:30 p.m. Saturday at PPG Paints Arena, Uptown. After 45 years, the band is making its final appearances. The rock & roll hall of famers...
Dredging work expected to end soon at Harrison lock on Allegheny River
A West Virginia company was performing maintenance dredging downstream of the Allegheny River lock chamber in Harrison this week. The work was needed to maintain the 9-foot navigation depth for commercial vessels, said David Heidish, a project manager with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers in Pittsburgh. The work is...
Monroeville youth sought for baseball team
A Monroeville Youth Legion baseball coach is looking to form a team for the summer league, before April 21. Monroeville and Pitcairn residents between the ages of 13 and 16 who want to play on the team are encouraged to attend tryouts from 9 to 11 a.m. April 6 and...
Gateway mulls property tax increase
This article has been updated to include the district’s estimated shortfall as it sat at the time of publication. An earlier version of the story said the shortfall was $1 million. The inaccurate number represented the shortfall with an increase in property taxes included in the proposed budget. Gateway’s business...
Harrison road work costs exceed budget
Harrison awarded two contracts for road work this year, but may not be able to afford to do all of the work. The two contracts total $481,500, which is nearly $80,000 more than the township wanted to spend, according to township Engineer Raymond Antonelli Jr., vice president of NIRA Consulting...
1 hurt, 3 arrested after home invasion in Jeannette
Three teenagers were jailed Friday afternoon in connection with a Jeannette home invasion that left a man injured. Police Chief Shannon Binda said investigators believe the trio targeted the South Fifth Street row home earlier in the day. Larenzo Dayshawn Peddicord, 18, of Jeannette is charged with robbery, aggravated assault...
Police say Trafford man choked 13-year-old girl
Trafford police arrested a man Thursday night they say strangled and threatened to kill a 13-year-old girl. Daniel Edward Magill, 43, is charged with strangulation, aggravated assault, endangering the welfare of a child and terroristic threats. Police said the girl called 911 for help around 11:30 p.m. Thursday from inside...
Car takes out utility pole in Allegheny Township crash
A driver escaped unhurt after flipping a car and taking out a utility pole in Allegheny Township on Thursday evening. The crash happened around 7 p.m. in the 200 block of Crain Road, according to a Westmoreland County emergency dispatcher and Allegheny Township Fire Co. No. 1. The car landed...
Family of 5 escape unharmed from Clairton house fire
Five people and three dogs escaped unhurt from a house fire in Clairton on Thursday night. The house on Constitution Circle was fully engulfed, the Trib’s news partner, WPXI-TV, reported. Sources tell me that this fire started because of a grill on a porch. Multiple people and pets in the...
Parking dispute suspected in fatal Homestead shooting
A Homestead man shot and killed one man and injured another over a parking dispute, Allegheny County Police said. Neil Chandler, 42, is accused of shooting two men who went to a Homestead home on Thursday after a funeral, according to a criminal complaint. Calvin Walker, 39, of West Mifflin...
Beattie student selected for FIRST Robotics World Championships
A.W. Beattie Career Center will send Ben Marcouiller, one of its FIRST Robotics student leaders, to compete in April at the World Championships in Detroit for the opportunity to earn a full college scholarship. FIRST Robotics is an international high school robotics competition, in which A.W. Beattie competes as Team...
Hill District is maybe a year away from getting new grocery store, says councilman
It could take as a long as a year for the Hill District to have a grocery store again. Pittsburgh City Councilman Daniel Lavelle, who represents the Hill District, said he is reaching out to as many potential new store operators as possible but cited obstacles that stand in the...
Harrison seeks volunteers for war memorial restoration committee
Harrison would like to make renovating the township’s crumbling war memorial a tie-in to the township’s 225th anniversary next year. The township plans to appoint a committee to determine what needs to be done to restore the war memorial, whether a new one needs to be built and how money...
Irwin plans to pave 15 streets
Irwin has approved paving 15 borough streets this summer. J.M. Paving Inc. of North Huntingdon, the lowest of 10 bidders, was awarded the $245,616 paving contract. The streets slated for paving are: parts of Cedar, Center, Green, Oak, Sixth and Walnut streets; Penglyn and Short streets; parts of Melrose and...
Irwin Boy Scouts to sell mulch
The Irwin Boy Scout Troop 284 is selling mulch — red, brown and black — on May 4-5 to raise money to go the World Scout Jamboree at Summit Bechtel Reserve in West Virginia from July 22 to Aug. 2. Free delivery is available to those in the Irwin 15642...
3 to join Allegheny Valley School District’s Alumni Hall of Fame
Three people have been selected this year to be inducted into the Allegheny Valley School District’s Alumni Hall of Fame. New inductees will join more than 60 alumni already part of the Hall of Fame. An induction ceremony open to the public will be held April 13 at the high...
Tech center tenant partners with Westmoreland County Community College for 3-D printing programVideo
The first private entrepreneur to move into Westmoreland County Community College’s Advanced Technology Center has multiple ties to the college. Tronix3D President Buck Helfferich and business partner Kyle Metsger, Tronix3D’s director of technology and innovation, are alumni of the college and are partnering with WCCC to offer internships and potential...
1 dead, 1 injured in double shooting in Homestead
One man has died in a shooting in Homestead on Thursday afternoon and another was reported in critical condition, Allegheny County police said. The deceased, who was not identified, was pronounced dead at the scene of the shooting in the 300 block of Oak Way, police said. The other victim...
Pittsburgh Bishop Zubik creates diocesan department to address sex abuse claims
Pittsburgh Bishop David A. Zubik on Thursday announced the formation of a new diocesan department to respond to sexual abuse claims and make good on promises he outlined in a pastoral letter released earlier this month. The Secretariat for the Protection of Children, Youth and Vulnerable Adults will begin work...
