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Drug possession charges filed against Uniontown man in threats case
A Fayette County man who allegedly threatened his girlfriend and her five children with a handgun last month has also been accused by state police of possessing crack cocaine and marijuana. Rasheme L. Jones, 38, of Uniontown, is charged with multiple counts of manufacturing and delivery of a controlled substance,...
St. Margaret Foundation hopes to break record with 5K fundraiser
St. Margaret Foundation officials are aiming to top last year’s record-breaking fundraising total of $107,000 when participants hit the streets of Aspinwall on May 19 for the Brian Demchak Hope run/walk 5K. The event begins at 8:30 a.m. at the UPMC St. Margaret campus near Aspinwall. Hundreds of runners and...
Penn Hills to host Easter egg hunt
The Penn Hills Parks and Recreation Department will sponsor an Easter event at a local park on April 20. The department will hold its annual Easter Celebration and Egg Hunt from noon to 2 p.m. at Penn Hills Community Park, 120 Colorado St. The event will be held in rain...
Foundation seeks applications for local community grants
The Community Foundation of Murrysville, Export & Delmont is accepting applications from nonprofit organizations for local community projects. The foundation “encourages creativity and initiative by funding local residents’ ideas for enriching community life,” according to a release. “It always varies,” foundation board member Roberta Cook said. “We usually give something...
Fox Chapel Area librarian elected as vice president of state group
Fox Chapel Area High School librarian Laura Ward likened her profession to that of Star Wars character Jocasta Nu. She is the keeper of the Jedi Archives, or the galaxy’s vault of knowledge, Ward said. “School librarians give students the tools they need to locate, access and synthesize the best...
Police arrest McKees Rocks man wanted in fatal Stowe shooting
A McKees Rocks man was behind bars Monday in connection to the fatal shooting of another man in Stowe Township. Tomichael Sherrell, 18, turned himself into Allegheny County Police detectives on Saturday, according to authorities. He is charged with homicide, robbery and weapons violations in the death of Bradley Lucier,...
Pitt graduate workers begin union vote
Pitt graduate student employees began voting in a four-day union election today. The election open to some 2,000 graduate research and teaching assistants comes more than three years after graduate students began organizing under the auspices of the United Steelworkers in Jan. 2016. The organizers said they were seeking safeguards...
Applicants sought for North Allegheny teaching positions
Teachers interested in working for the North Allegheny School District have until April 21 to apply for a number of openings. There are jobs available for permanent teaching positions and long-term substitute teachers in all of the district’s 12 buildings, district officials announced. Applications can be filed online through the...
Mill Creek Bridge reopened to traffic in Ligonier after year-long project
The long-awaited North Market Street bridge project, which spans Mill Creek in Ligonier Township, was reopened to traffic on Friday, but is still awaiting one more step until it is officially complete, according to PennDOT District 12. The bridge along Route 711 north of Ligonier was replaced as part of...
Leechburg shooting leaves 1 man deadVideo
Investigators are trying to find out why a 37-year-old man was found dead inside someone else’s house in Leechburg early Monday. The dead man, who police have not yet identified, was from the Leechburg area, according to investigators. He was found with a gunshot wound inside a residence at the...
Police: Derry mayor pointed gun at juveniles in park after fight involving his son
A playground argument over a marker Sunday night led to the mayor of Derry Borough pointing a gun at four children in a park, according to state police. Kevin M. Gross, 38, took a loaded revolver to the park near his Broad Street home just before 8:30 p.m. after his...
Strong winds knock down trees and power lines in areas north of Pittsburgh
Several Western Pennsylvania counties north of Pittsburgh suffered downed trees and power lines on Sunday evening from strong winds and heavy downpours, but no tornadoes were reported, according to the National Weather Service. The weather service issued a tornado watch with wind gusts of up to 60 mph shortly before...
New Kensington fire shows importance of renters insurance
Homeowners have insurance, and so should renters, says Dave Buono, a consumer liaison for the Pennsylvania Insurance Department. Renters need to know that their landlord or property owner’s insurance won’t cover their belongings in situations such as a fire, leaving them to pay to replace everything that is lost. Most...
International medical mission trips a calling for Oakmont nurseVideo
Editor’s note: This is the latest installment of an occasional series featuring Alle-Kiski Valley residents and the notable things they do. Laurel Houck uses medicine and faith to help heal the bodies and souls of people overseas. “The main thing is, medicine is a hook to bring people in so...
New Kensington fireman recalls crawling into burning home to rescue woman
Helping to save a New Kensington woman from her burning home may have reignited Wayne Erb’s interest in being a volunteer firefighter. Erb, 53, has been a member of New Kensington No. 4’s fire hall since 1987. But because of work and family, he hasn’t been responding to fires for...
It was deja vu for at least 2 New Kensington fire survivors
For at least two of the survivors of a fire that destroyed a house in New Kensington about a week ago the experience, sadly, was deja vu. One lost a brother in a fire three decades ago. Another lost a home to a fire about 10 years ago. Kaylene Keener...
Easter egg painting tradition alive in Germany
ELSTERHEIDE, Germany (AP) — A small Slavic minority in eastern Germany is keeping alive a long, intricate tradition of hand-painted Easter eggs that’s been passed down by Sorbian families for generations. At an Easter egg market in Elsterheide near the Saxon town of Hoyerswerda, around two dozen egg painters showed...
Stabbed man slams van into Pittsburgh building
A man crashed into a building in the city’s Larmier section on Sunday night after being stabbed, according to Pittsburgh police. Officers from the Zone 5 station responding to a call for a reported stabbing in the 6400 block of Frankstown Avenue found the victim inside a van that struck...
Hampton Township School District receives team award
Hampton Township School District was awarded the District Team Leadership Award for 2019 by the Consortium for School Networking (CoSN), an achievement sought by school districts throughout the nation. Team leaders from the school district were presented with an award at the CoSN conference in Portland this April. Austin Independent...
Jerry’s Custard has been a Lower Burrell treat since 1978Video
Jerry Connolly completed a two-week ice cream course at Penn State University during the 1970s, but he set his sights on something sweeter. Frozen custard. He opened Jerry’s Custard in Lower Burrell in 1978. Recognized for its creamier and richer texture and flavor, custard is made with a higher milk...
University of Pittsburgh at Greensburg celebrates President Sharon SmithVideo
University of Pittsburgh at Greensburg students, faculty and staff gathered this week for a surprise celebration for retiring school President Sharon Smith, who has held office since 2007. Greeted by the campus mascot, Bruiser the Bobcat, Smith was led into the dining hall to meet cheering friends, family members and...
Trial postponed for ex-Pitt soccer player accused of murdering father
A judge has postponed a bench trial until early September for the former Plum youth soccer coach accused of killing her father by stabbing him to death while her parents tried to get her to check in to a mental health hospital. Christina Nicassio, 29, a former Pitt Panther and...
Police: 26 bullets fired in Fairywood, striking 3 parked cars
Police are investigating why more than two dozen gunshots were fired Friday in Pittsburgh’s Fairywood neighborhood, striking at least three parked cars. No injuries were reported, police said. Shortly before 6 p.m., Pittsburgh Zone 1 police officers responded to a ShotSpotter notification near West Prospect Avenue and Broadhead Fording Road,...
Car crash in Ligonier leads to road closure, power outage
An unresponsive person had to be pulled out of a pickup truck as a result of crashing into a pole and overturning into Mill Creek in Ligonier that also caused a road closure and led to power outages in the area on Sunday. The crash occurred around 6:45 p.m. on...
Bernie Sanders brings his presidential campaign to PittsburghVideo
Presidential hopeful Bernie Sanders stumped for his 2020 bid Sunday at Schenley Plaza in Pittsburgh in front of hundreds flashing the Vermont senator’s campaign gear and chanting “Feel the Bern.” Hundreds of people of all ages had gathered two hours before the event started. By the time Sanders started speaking...
