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Pittsburgh receives $1 million for improvements to Oakland, South Side Flats
Pittsburgh received $1 million in grants from the state this week to make various improvements in its Oakland and South Side Flats neighborhoods. Improvements in Oakland, which will occur along Bigelow Boulevard between Fifth and Forbes avenues, include new sidewalks, bike lanes, a new and safer pedestrian crossing in the...
Armstrong County billboard owner on controversy: ‘I will not give in’Video
The owner of an Armstrong County gas station said Thursday he might close his business after Sunoco and at least two local fuel suppliers cut ties with him over controversial messages he posted to a digital billboard. John Placek, who owns both the billboard and a gas station along Route...
ESAL group to display pieces at Latrobe Art Center through April
A newly renovated art center in Latrobe will showcase East Suburban Artists League pieces through April. From April 3-27, the Latrobe Art Center will welcome around 80 pieces of art, including oil, acrylic, watercolor and pastel paintings, photography, drawings in ink and pencil and crafts. The 44 ESAL artists hail...
Deer Lakes aims to ‘launch’ new uses for intermediate school libraryVideo
Deer Lakes School District’s East Union Intermediate Center plans to transform its library into an interactive space where students can work together on projects using high-tech STEM equipment and still do traditional reading and research there. The school is raising money for the estimated $10,000 project, which it hopes to...
Frazer to hold clean-up event for residents
Frazer will hold a spring clean-up April 22-28 for its residents. Dumpsters will be available between 7 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the township’s maintenance building at 2129 Butler Logan Road. No batteries, tires, electronics, TV’s or appliances with freon will be accepted. Proof of residency is required....
North Allegheny school board awards contracts for paving, ventilation work
The North Allegheny School Board on March 27 unanimously approved contracts totaling nearly $407,000 for work at three district school buildings. • A $185,581 contract was awarded to A. Folino Construction in Oakmont for paving at Ingomar Middle School. The work includes milling 2 inches of the existing pavement material...
Officials laud VisitPittsburgh for changing Pittsburgh’s image to the world
VisitPittsburgh last year booked 494 meetings, conventions and sporting events that pumped an estimated $226 million into the Allegheny County economy, according to Craig Davis, the organization’s president and CEO. Davis outlined VisitPittsburgh’s 2018 accomplishments Thursday at Rivers Casino during the organization’s annual meeting. VisitPittsburgh serves as the tourist promotion...
Heinz History Center docent will discuss Pittsburgh’s famous figures
A Heinz History Center representative will give a talk on Pittsburgh’s historical figures at the next International Women Club meeting, set for 9:30 a.m., April 5 in Monroeville. Dr. Clive Kimblin, a docent at the history center, will discuss the famous men and women from Pittsburgh who made an impact...
Plum post office reopens with new roof, other updates
The U.S. Postal Service in Plum has reopened after directing all business to a Monroeville post office location six months ago. The building closed in September after sustaining damage to its roof. Tad Kelley, a U.S. Postal Service spokesman for Western Pennsylvania, said the building got a new roof and...
A ‘Shred-A-Thon’ is April 6 at UPMC Passavant
UPMC Passavant and Passavant Hospital Foundation will hold its annual free “Shred-A-Thon” on April 6. Residents can bring up to six boxes of documents to safely shred for free at the “Shred-It” vehicle from 9 a.m. to noon at the UPMC Passavant green lot, 9100 Babcock Blvd. Any confidential information...
Brentwood bringing magic of ‘Mary Poppins’ to stage
Audiences will soar into the magical world of “Mary Poppins,” as Brentwood Middle/High School students bring the famed show to life April 11-13. The cast and crew of about 60 students will leap across chimneys, fly kites high in the sky and share the importance of family through song and...
Charley Family Shop’n Save owner will bike 3,000 miles in 48 days for charityVideo
Ray Charley is going to bike a mile for nearly every year of his life. Every day. For 48 days. Charley, 67, owner of the Charley Family Shop ’n Save stores in Greensburg and Murrysville, sets out Monday from San Diego and heads to St. Augustine, Fla., cycling across the...
Belle Vernon superintendent stays in position after resigning in February
A little over a month after she submitted her resignation, Belle Vernon Area Superintendent Michele Dowell has decided to remain at the district. At the end of February, Dowell told the school board that she would be leaving to work as director of curriculum with the Ringgold School District in...
McCandless council awards $1.88 million contract to pave nearly 2 dozen streets
McCandless council voted unanimously on March 25 to award its annual paving contract to A. Liberoni Inc., which was the lowest responsible bidder. The nearly $1.88 million contracted awarded to the Plum-based company covers paving work on nearly two dozen streets, which are listed on the town’s website....
Police say New Kensington man wanted on multiple warrants hid crack in SUV
A New Kensington man wanted on multiple warrants now faces additional charges after police reportedly found cocaine on him when he was arrested Wednesday. “That crack’s not mine,” Luther Boyd, 38, told police, according to a criminal complaint. Boyd was arrested after a Lower Burrell patrolman saw him riding in...
‘Deacon’s Dinner’ at Hampton museum a snapshot of 18th-century night life
Experience the music, food, drink and surroundings of “ye olde tymes” at the Deacon’s Pub Night at the Depreciation Lands Museum in Allison Park. The April 6 event will begin at 7 p.m. and feature performances by The Wayward Companions, who specializing in lighthearted traditional historical music. The event includes...
Frazer woman found guilty of voluntary manslaughter in killing of husband
A Frazer woman was found guilty Thursday of voluntary manslaughter for fatally shooting her husband after they had a drunken argument about money, sex and a burned tuna casserole almost two years ago. Allegheny County Judge Jill Rangos handed down the ruling a week after Teresa M. Drum’s non-jury trial...
Outdoor Expo and Sportsman’s Flea Market in Norvelt memorializes outdoorsman
The second annual Outdoor Expo and Sportsman’s Flea Market honoring the late Andy “Chico” Crise promises to be bigger and better than the first. The Sunday event memorializes Crise, who died unexpectedly last year, collapsing in a stairwell at work. He was 28. The inaugural gathering attracted 26 vendors and...
Man accused of choking, pulling knife on ex-girlfriend in Latrobe store parking lot
A 25-year-old man is accused by Latrobe Police with choking a former girlfriend and threatening her with a knife during an argument Tuesday in the parking lot of a city convenience store. Police arrested Cody G. Riggin, who lists his address as Republic in Fayette County, Wednesday on charges of...
Royal tea will benefit addiction recovery programs at St. Juan Diego Parish
Aspiring princesses can attend a royal high tea, complete with Cinderella’s carriage and perhaps even glass slippers. Sponsored by the Catholic Diocese of Pittsburgh, the event will be from 12:30 to 3 p.m. May 4 at St. Pamphilus Church Hall in Beechview. Guests are encouraged to dress like a royal, whether...
Pittsburgh’s Swinburne Street to close Saturday morning for cleanup crew
The Pittsburgh Department of Public Works will close Swinburne Street between Parkview Avenue in South Oakland and Greenfield Avenue in Greenfield for three hours Saturday for street and gutter cleanup. The street will be closed from 8 to 11 a.m. while a crew picks up litter and cleans out storm...
New Thomas Jefferson High School to be outfitted with hundreds of security cameras
As the opening of the new Thomas Jefferson High School nears, district leaders are outfitting the building with security features, including hundreds of cameras and video archiving equipment. School board members on March 26 approved a $365,841 proposal from Security101 to purchase a video surveillance and access control security system....
Sewickley Academy boys lacrosse hopes to build on opening victory
The Sewickley Academy boys lacrosse team hopes to make it two wins in as many games to start the season when it travels to Franklin Regional for a nonsection matchup Thursday at 7 p.m. The Panthers kicked off their season Tuesday with a 6-1 Section 2-AA victory at Seton La...
Clairton police investigating alleged assault during Tuesday’s protest of Rosfeld verdict
Clairton police anticipate a “lengthy” investigation into the alleged assault of a driver during a protest Monday relating to the acquittal of Michael Rosfeld. The incident happened about 12:30 p.m. after some Clairton High School students walked out in protest of the verdict, which cleared Rosfeld of any crime in...
Indiana County man killed when car strikes tree
A 25-year-old man from Center Township in Indiana County died in a car crash in Young Township just after 8 p.m. Wednesday. Indiana County Coroner Jerry Overman said Thursday that John Robert Davidson of Aultman died from blunt force trauma. Davidson was driving a Honda Civic north on McIntyre Road...
