Western PA Local News category, Page 3089
Lower Burrell faces expensive fix for sewer line serving half of city
City officials will have to decide how and when it will fix a high-pressure sewage line serving half of Lower Burrell, potentially costing between $1.25 million and $1.75 million. The milelong, high-pressure line pumps sewage from the Chartiers pump station at the bottom of Edgecliff Road up to Leechburg Road....
Boy Scout Pack 381 helps keep Sharpsburg clean
Boy Scout Pack 381, along with friends, family and other local scout members, helped spruce up Sharpsburg by collecting litter from the streets near Camp Guyasuta on May 11. Their spring clean-up efforts at Guyasuta Run, along 23rd Street, netted about 600 pounds of trash, Mayor Matt Rudzki said. Tires,...
Monessen woman, 96, honored on Mother’s Day with high school diploma from 1941
Ethel Safo Peshok always encouraged her children to pursue education. On Sunday, her friends and family joined to honor the lessons the 96-year-old Monessen woman imparted to them. As a special Mother’s Day surprise, they arranged for her to receive the high school diploma she sacrificed 78 years earlier when...
Pittsburgh stabbing victim shows up at Monroeville hospital
A man was stabbed overnight Saturday near a club on Pittsburgh’s North Side, according to police. Investigators said a man walked in to UPMC East in Monroeville with a stab wound to his torso. His injuries were not life-threatening, said Public Safety spokesman Chris Togneri, and he was transferred to...
Pittsburgh first responders save infant in cardiac arrest
Pittsburgh first responders saved an infant in cardiac arrest Saturday in the city’s Hill District, authorities said. Authorities responded at about 7 p.m. to a home on Bedford Avenue in the Middle Hill for a report of a 1-month-old in cardiac arrest, according to Public Safety spokesman Chris Togneri. Togneri...
Man injured when skid loader overturns in Penn Township
A man was injured Sunday afternoon in Penn Township when a skid loader overturned and trapped him. The incident happened just before 2:30 p.m. in the 7000 block of Pleasant Valley Road, just off Route 130, a dispatcher said. The man was transported to Forbes Hospital in Monroeville, a Westmoreland...
Authorities identify Carnegie man killed in double stabbing
Officials on Sunday identified a Carnegie man killed in a double stabbing earlier that day. Luke Connolly, 51, was pronounced dead just before 8 a.m. in an apartment on Third Avenue, according to the Allegheny County Medical Examiner’s Office. County police said he’d been stabbed multiple times in the chest....
Hempfield eyes future as ‘destination community’ through redevelopment
While officials work to steer development in Hempfield, they want to maintain some of the charm from the once-sprawling farming landscape when miles of grain fields and pastures were dotted by small patch towns. Years of commercial and residential development has permanently altered much of that landscape, large swaths of...
Off-duty police officer injured in West Homestead crash and shootoutVideo
An off-duty police officer was injured Saturday evening in a vehicle crash during a shootout in West Homestead as he was driving home from work. Allegheny County Police said authorities found the 27-year-old officer shortly after 7 p.m. at the scene of the crash along the 1000 block of Forest...
Shelocta man dead in Indiana County crash
A Shelocta man was pronounced dead Saturday evening at the scene of a one-car crash in Indiana County. State police in Indiana said Mason Robert McCauley, 18, was traveling on McIntyre Road in Young Township shortly before 6:30 p.m. when the vehicle he was driving veered off the side of...
Shaler Bike Rodeo to teach children bicycle safety
Children may wrangle their bikes through an obstacle course at the 12th annual Bike Rodeo at Glenshaw’s Kiwanis Park. “Our skills course is based off a challenge course from the Cub Scouts,” said Shaler police Officer Dennis Gapsky III. “It contains eight different stations, which are designed to help the...
Q&A: Westmoreland GOP commissioner candidates address issues
Seven Republicans are seeking two nominations this month to run this fall for Westmoreland County commissioner. Democratic incumbents Gina Cerilli and Ted Kopas are unopposed this spring. Incumbent Republican Charles Anderson announced earlier this year he is not running for a third-full term in office and will retire a year’s...
Oakmont, Pittsburgh groups help train Chinese teachers to work with autistic students
Five teachers from China are spending the month in Oakmont, where they’re working with autistic children to learn how to better diagnose and teach students with autism in China. Southeast Asia Prayer Center (SEAPC) and Pittsburgh Behavioral Services, both nonprofits, have partnered to make it possible to bring the teachers...
Local caterer shares mom’s recipe
John Marshall, owner of John Marshall Catering, has been a resident of Gibsonia for 53 years. If you have ever been to an event that he has catered, you will never forget the creativity that goes into his menus and the expertise displayed by his creations. Recently, John won the...
Video: The Herald’s top news of the weekVideo
Here are some of the news highlights from around the Lower Valley for the week of May 5: • Workshop on social media hosted for parents by Fox Chapel Area School District. • 24 Shady Side Academy student commit to collegiate sports. • Fox Chapel Area taxes expected to remain...
Crowded GOP field looking to survive primary, reclaim majority on Westmoreland commissioner board
When Republicans in 2011 won the party’s first majority on Westmoreland County’s Board of Commissioners in more than 60 years, it appeared the GOP was finally ready to take over the political landscape at the top of county leadership. But Democrats took back control of the board four years later....
Pioneering woman addresses Seton Hill commencement
Sister Donna Markham, the first woman to serve as president and CEO of Catholic Charities USA, served as the featured speaker Saturday for Seton Hill University’s undergraduate commencement exercises. Markham received an honorary Doctor of Humane Letters during the ceremony in the Salvitti Gymnasium at the McKenna Center on the...
North Huntingdon woman celebrates first Mother’s Day – times 3
Nina Juricich has spent most of her life preparing to be a mother — but nothing could have prepared her for this. The new mother had triplets Thanksgiving Day and will celebrate her first Mother’s Day pushing a triple stroller. “It’s overwhelming at times,” she said. “The older that they’re...
Uber driver accused of trying to kidnap female passengers
An Uber driver allegedly kidnapped two women early Saturday morning, taking the women to a Point Breeze intersection and trying to lock them in the vehicle, according to Pittsburgh police. Officers responded about 1:30 a.m. to the intersection of South Homewood and Penn avenues where two women reported their Uber...
Southmoreland High School prom 2019
Southmoreland High School had its prom Saturday night. Here is a photo gallery of the highlights from the grand march....
Westmoreland seniors continue to test their mettle at annual games
The 2019 Westmoreland County Senior Games got underway last week for the 36th year. Activities will run through Friday at Mammoth Park and other locations. The theme is “Bring a Friend for Fun and Fitness.” Anyone age 50 or older can participate. The goal of the annual event, coordinated by...
Police: Freeport woman shot dead by ex-boyfriend in Buffalo Twp., he later kills himself
A Pittsburgh man shot and killed a Freeport woman Saturday as she drove home from her Buffalo Township workplace before driving back to Pittsburgh and killing himself in a Greenfield cemetery, according to state police. Mary Jo Kornick, 62, had a protection from abuse order against her killer, who police...
Saint Vincent grads hear from decorated veteran, Pro Bowl Steeler Alejandro Villanueva
They came from far and near. Parents, grandparents, friends and siblings in a variety of family sedans, hybrids, mini-vans and luxury vehicles began to arrive at Saint Vincent College just outside of Latrobe on Saturday morning in a line of traffic that snaked slowly through the leafy college campus with...
Thousands gather, raise money for Highmark’s Walk for a Healthy Community
Thousands of walkers converged on Pittsburgh’s North Shore on Saturday to raise money for dozens of non-profits across the state. More than 7,500 walkers participated in Highmark’s Walk for a Healthy Community, which celebrated its 17th year of raising money for health and human services charities. Pittsburgh’s is the first...
Springdale Cub Scouts replace more than 1,000 American flags ahead of Memorial Day
Dozens of scouts from Springdale Cub Scout Pack 554 spent Saturday morning crisscrossing local cemeteries to make sure veterans’ graves each had an American flag for the upcoming Memorial Day holiday. “Part of scouting is embracing traditional American values and morals and paying respect to those who have gone before...
