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North Allegheny board OKs work to add turf, lights to intermediate high school field
The North Allegheny School Board has taken a step toward improving playing conditions for its sports teams by agreeing to resurface the field at the intermediate high school with artificial turf and add lighting. In February the board considered a series of options to add turf and lighting to two...
Allegheny County Controller Chelsa Wagner arraigned on felonies in Detroit
Allegheny County Controller Chelsa Wagner and her husband were arraigned Monday afternoon in Detroit on charges related to an altercation with police at a hotel earlier this month. After the brief hearing, Wayne County Judge Ronald Giles set a $5,000 personal bond with no travel restrictions for each defendant, Wayne...
Sen. Kim Ward posts online survey regarding Sunday hunting, legalizing pot
State Sen. Kim Ward, R-Hempfield, wants to know what Westmoreland County residents think about Sunday hunting and the legalization of recreational marijuana. She is starting a new feature on her website that poses survey questions about issues being considered by legislators. “I’m going to start doing this on a regular...
McCandless seeking ‘junior’ council member; applicants to fill environmental board vacancy
McCandless council is taking applications to fill a pair of volunteer advisory positions: A high school student to serve as a junior member of town council; and a resident from Ward 6 to complete the remainder of a term on the Environmental Advisory Committee. Applicants for the junior councilmember are...
Loyalhanna Twp. man, 15-year-old boy accused of shooting 4 bulls, killing 2Video
State police charged a 60-year-old Loyalhanna Township man and 15-year-old boy with shooting four bulls with a crossbow at a nearby farm over St. Patrick’s Day weekend and then attempting to cover up the incident. Shaun D. Ross was arrested on charges of agricultural vandalism, ecoterrorism, aggravated cruelty to animals,...
Police: West Deer man who ran from crash was wanted on warrant
A West Deer man told authorities he ran from a two-vehicle crash in which he and three others were injured Sunday because he was wanted on a warrant, according to police. Now Travis Trenton Brewer, 30, faces nearly two dozen additional charges. Police suspect Brewer was high on heroin when...
As students walk out for Antwon Rose, his mother urges Woodland Hills students to stay putVideo
As hundreds of students marched in Downtown Pittsburgh to honor Antwon Rose II, kids at Woodland Hills High School, where Rose was a student, stayed put. They stayed at the request of Rose’s mom. “There is nothing to accomplish by walking out,” Michelle Kenney said to the group of Woodland...
Sign-ups open April 1 for competitive Spanish Immersion pilot program
Fox Chapel Area will open registrations on April 1 for the district’s new Spanish Immersion pilot program where at least 80 percent of instruction will be delivered in the foreign language. It will be limited to one class of 25 students — 2019-20 first-graders — pulled from all four of...
Tour of French saint’s intact heart to stop at Hempfield parish
The “incorrupt,” or intact, heart of St. Jean Vianney, a 19th-century French priest, will make a stop in Hempfield on April 17 as part of a national tour. The unusual relic will be available for veneration at Our Lady of Grace Parish, 1011 Mt. Pleasant Road, following a 9 a.m....
Avian researcher at Powdermill Nature Reserve gets grant
An avian research coordinator for the long-term bird-banding program at Powdermill Nature Reserve was named a Western Pennsylvania Environmental Award winner. Lucas W. DeGroote was one of the four winners of the award, presented to organizations and individuals demonstrating leadership, effectiveness and results in making an impact on the environment....
Aspinwall dog park closing April 1 to make way for baseball season
Aspinwall’s dog park will close April 1 to make way for summer sports. The area for four-legged friends is housed at the community ball fields off Fifth Street and returns to its original use each spring. The park will host baseball and softball leagues through Halloween. Residents are reminded to...
Veterans Leadership Program earns state nonprofit association’s ‘Seal of Excellence’
Pittsburgh-based Veterans Leadership Program is the first veteran service organization in the state to receive the Pennsylvania Association of Nonprofit Organization’s Seal of Excellence. “Participating in this program and subjecting our organization to the independent review demonstrates the organization’s commitment to excellence not only to the Veterans we serve, but...
Jury foreman in Rosfeld trial says ex-cop ‘has a right to do what he did’
Jesse Rawls Sr. believes Antwon Rose II would be alive today had he not run from police. “When someone jumps out of a car that you know was just involved in a drive-by shooting, would you assume that they’re not armed?” said Rawls, the foreman of the jury from Dauphin...
Paramedic files sexual harassment lawsuit against Fayette County ambulance service
A longtime female paramedic with Fayette EMS is suing the ambulance service and a veteran supervisor, alleging she was sexually assaulted and harassed on the job. The woman claims in a civil discrimination complaint filed in U.S. District Court in Pittsburgh that she went to the Uniontown ambulance station March...
Dick’s Sporting Goods closing Century III Mall store
A sign at the declining Century III Mall in West Mifflin says the Dick’s Sporting Goods store there is closing on Saturday. The notice follows a decision by a bankruptcy judge earlier this month to reject the Dick’s lease at the mall, where the sporting goods retailer has had an...
Greensburg-born Civil War hero to be inducted into Hall of Valor
A Civil War soldier from Greensburg who received the Medal of Honor for his heroism in the waning days of the war will get long overdue local recognition when he is inducted into a hall of fellow heroes in Pittsburgh. John C. Matthews will be among nine inductees into the...
Murrysville-area emergency services receive $50K in state funding
Freshman State Rep. Bob Brooks, R-Murrysville, announced last week more than $50,000 in state funding for Murrysville-area emergency responders, part of $188,000 in overall funding for his 54th District. “Our firefighters and EMS personnel work tirelessly day in and day out to protect us,” Brooks said. “This state grant program...
Police: Woman attacked child, driver of vehicle on Route 30 in Hempfield
A Mt. Oliver woman was arrested Saturday after state police said she slapped a 6-year-old boy repeatedly in a moving vehicle and attacked the driver. Troopers found an open can of malt beverage Four Loko in the backseat where Christina Dawn Hall, 38, was sitting, according to court papers. Hall...
Police investigating South Side stabbing
A man was stabbed multiple times during a fight early Monday morning in Pittsburgh’s South Side, the Trib’s news partner, WPXI-TV, reported. Police and paramedics were called shortly after 1 a.m. to the 1100 block of East Carson Street, where the man was found in a parked car. Investigators learned...
Pittsburgh gas prices hold steady as rises seen in all states
Drivers in the Pittsburgh area got a break from rising gas prices, but that wasn’t the case across the state and nation. Average gas prices in Pittsburgh did not change over the past week, remaining at $2.76 per gallon, according to GasBuddy’s survey of 731 stations. That’s 12.3 cents per...
Hungry for pizza? Hit up Ianni’s in Vandergrift for some unique specialtiesVideo
It’s a Mecca of sorts for aficionados of “ ’Za.” Ianni’s Pizzeria in Vandergrift beckons the faithful with its wafting smell of burning hardwood. Family-owned and operated for more than 90 years, Ianni’s (pronounced e-on-ees) serves homemade specialty pizzas in a completely renovated open, airy and industrial-styled two-level space formerly...
White Oak police seek suspect in Wendy’s armed robbery
White Oak police arrested three of four people wanted in connection with the armed robbery of a Jacks Run Road Wendy’s restaurant Friday night. The department said officers responded to the robbery in the 2800 block of Jacks Run Road around 9:15 p.m. Friday. Two men “armed with pistols and...
Mushroom program slated for Northern Tier
Fungus fans won’t want to miss an upcoming program at Northern Tier Regional Library where they can learn all about growing their own tasty delicacies right in their backyard. The program, Cultivating Shiitake Mushrooms, is scheduled for 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. April 1. Tony Miga, director of Chatham University’s Eden Hall...
Cindy’s Soft Serve returns for second season in TarentumVideo
It’s said many new businesses often fail in their first year. Cindy Hatajik can believe it, even if hers isn’t one of them. The first year of Cindy’s Soft Serve, Custard & More in Tarentum was rough, but she and her husband, Bob, are back for a second season in...
Southwest Greensburg WWII hero wanted to be bomber pilot
Robert “Archie” Long of Southwest Greensburg wanted to be a pilot when he enlisted in the Army Air Corps in December 1943. With the United States fighting a war in Europe against the Germans and Italians and a war in the Pacific against the Japanese, the Army certainly needed pilots....
