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North Allegheny, North Hills receive ‘Best Communities for Music Education’ award
The North Allegheny School District has been honored for the 13th consecutive time with a Best Communities for Music Education designation from the National Association of Music Merchants Foundation. The North Hills School District is receiving the honor for the fifth consecutive year. Only 623 school districts in the United...
Assault, robbery cases among those recently handled in Judge DeLuca’s Penn Hills court
Penn Hills District Judge Anthony L. DeLuca handled the following cases recently. Defendants will have court dates set in Allegheny County Common Pleas Court. Charges were filed by Penn Hills police unless otherwise noted. Held for courtLauren Dumm, 30, of Charleroi on charges of burglary, robbery, aggravated assault, theft by...
Vandergrift man accused of child rape
A phone call to the Childline abuse hotline led to sexual assault charges filed against a Vandergrift man, according to police arrest papers. Eric Jermain Emory, 32, of Holland street, is accused of sexually assaulting a Westmoreland County girl starting when she was in kindergarten. He is is charged with...
Even the Dalai Lama had questions about Pittsburgh Mayor Peduto’s beard
Questions about Pittsburgh Mayor Bill Peduto’s beard are being asked in the strangest places these days. The mayor started growing whiskers in August and has since been fielding questions about his two-toned hair color, black hair, white beard. He returned Monday from a two-week trip abroad that included stops in...
Cheswick to explore merger with neighboring fire departments
Cheswick Volunteer Fire Department is exploring whether a potential merger with neighboring departments could save money and improve services. “We don’t want to duplicate the services, duplicate the equipment,” said Nino Pollino, president of the Cheswick department. Cheswick has asked the state Department of Community and Economic Development to study...
Long-time North Fayette manager hired to replace retiring McCandless manager
McCandless council ended its search for a town manager March 25 with a unanimous vote to fill the town’s top administrative position with the long-time manager from North Fayette Township. Robert Grimm, who has been the manger in North Fayette since May 1998, is scheduled to begin working in McCandless...
Norwin senior league seeks softball players
The Norwin Senior Softball League is looking for players — specifically ones who are age 55 and older and still want to play for fun. The slow-pitch league typically fields six teams, said Bill Rollason, president of the Norwin Senior Softball Association. Players need not be North Huntingdon residents. Those...
Judge fines Lower Burrell councilman $600 for harassment, trespassing
A Lower Burrell councilman was found guilty of harassing his ex-fiancee after she said he continued to contact her after she and a police officer told him not to. Cecelia Sharrock testified in a Turtle Creek district court Tuesday that Joseph Grillo even went to the bank where she works...
Judge defends not releasing juror names from Westmoreland sheriff’s mistrial
The judge presiding over the state’s public corruption case against Westmoreland County Sheriff Jonathan Held on Tuesday defended his decision to refuse a Tribune-Review request to immediately identify jurors who served in the first trial, which ended four months ago. Senior Common Pleas Court Judge Timothy Creany in a seven-page...
Lane closures planned on Parkway North on Wednesday
Rolling lane closures on the northbound Parkway North are scheduled for Wednesday. PennDOT said the lane closures will occur as needed between I-579 and the Suffolk Street Bridge from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Crews will be making preparations for upcoming paving in the area. An average of 35,000 vehicles...
PennDOT seeking input on Route 28 noise barriers
Residents impacted by the impending Highland Park Interchange Reconstruction Project still have time to vote on sound barriers proposed along portions of Route 28. A postal gaffe was discovered after surveys were returned to PennDOT undelivered to residents in Aspinwall and O’Hara, spokesman Steve Cowan said. “There were some issues...
Study recommends Latrobe Elementary crosswalks, but no new stop signs
Crosswalks, not new stop signs, are in order to improve safety near the new Latrobe Elementary School, a traffic study found. Consultant Gibson-Thomas Engineering completed the preliminary study for Latrobe officials to address city and school district concerns about the safety of children walking to and from the school. The...
State awards $2.25M in grants that include projects at former Civic Arena site
The redevelopment of Pittsburgh’s Lower Hill District at the site of the former Civic Arena was awarded nearly $678,000 that’s part of $2.25 million in state funding coming to Allegheny County for projects. About half of the Lower Hill money will go toward developing a plaza and pedestrian walkway in...
4 teachers accept early-retirement offer in Apollo-Ridge
Four Apollo-Ridge School District teachers have accepted an early-retirement offer the district made in an attempt to cut costs. The school board voted Monday to accept the retirements of technical education teacher Jeffrey Jones, math teacher John M. Simon, learning support teacher Kathleen Pryjmak and physical education teacher Jeremy Smail....
Used book sale coming to Monroeville United Methodist Church
A Monroeville church will sponsor and host a used book sale in April. Monroeville United Methodist Church will host its 25th-annual “Good as New” book sale April 11-14. There will be fiction, nonfiction and children’s books available, along with CDs, DVDs and puzzles. Proceeds from the sale will benefit the...
Advocates call for passage of Pa. law requiring lead water testing in schools
Officials in Pittsburgh on Wednesday called for the passage of state legislation that would require school districts to test their drinking water for lead. Legislation from state Rep. Karen Boback, R-Luzerne, introduced Wednesday would also drastically reduce a statewide threshold for lead levels in water at schools and require districts...
Jeannette woman accused of hiding hit-and-run suspect in her apartment
Jeannette police accused a 48-year-old woman of hindering apprehension and resisting arrest after she allegedly tried to hide a suspect following a hit-and-run accident this month. Christine N. Tillman of Good Street is charged in connection with the March 3 accident at the intersection of North First Street and Illinois...
Indiana Township gym owner working to build wellness
Tribe 412 Fitness owner Rory Lazear is lending a hand to make sure the Spin Your Wheels fundraiser in Aspinwall has its namesake activity. She plans to transport 14 stationary spinning bikes from her Fox Chapel Road gym to Aspinwall’s riverside on April 6. Lazear has been on board with...
La Roche College transitions to university status
La Roche College is now La Roche University. The Pennsylvania Department of Education approved its application to become La Roche University, effective immediately. La Roche President Sister Candace Introcaso made the official announcement Tuesday during a celebration for students, faculty and staff. Alumni and friends joined the president via Facebook...
Allegheny Township to close part of Markle Road because of landslide
Allegheny Township officials are reminding drivers that a section of Markle Road will close Thursday because of a landslide. The road will be closed between Park Road and Pine Run Road, and remain closed until further notice. Traffic will be detoured. The marked detour uses Markle Road, White Cloud Road...
Free senior citizen breakfast at Hampton Middle School April 5
Reservations are being accepted for the annual Swing Into Spring Senior Citizens Breakfast. The free breakfast is open to Hampton Township senior citizens and is being held from 8:15 to 10 a.m. on Friday, April 5, at the Hampton Middle School, 4589 School Drive, Allison Park. Breakfast will be prepared...
Man accused of emailing school threat to Butler newspaper
A Butler man who is accused of warning about violence at Butler High School is in the Butler County Prison. State police said Benjamin David Jacox, 25, sent an email to the Butler Eagle newspaper warning of crimes and shootings at the high school. “Hello, I have bad news for...
North Allegheny breaks ground on renovation, expansion of two elementary schools
Rain on Monday washed out North Allegheny’s groundbreaking ceremonies to officially mark the start of construction on a pair of major elementary school renovation and expansion projects. But more than $45 million in work planned for McKnight and Franklin elementary schools are a go. The work at McKnight Elementary include...
Pittsburgh City Council to vote on proposed firearms ban
Pittsburgh City Council is expected to cast its first vote Wednesday on three controversial bills that would ban the possession and use of certain semiautomatic weapons, ammunition and accessories in the city. Councilman Corey O’Connor, one of the main sponsors of the legislation, said he would call for a vote...
Pittsburgh region has thousands of job opportunities, Builders Guild says
Now’s the time for someone to pursue a career in the building trades, according to the head of the Builders Guild of Western Pennsylvania. “There are literally thousands of opportunities. We’ve been bringing in record numbers of apprentices for the last two years,” said Jeff Nobers, executive director of the...
