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N. Belle Vernon woman accused of harassing ex-boyfriend with 2 dozen phone calls
North Belle Vernon police accused a 44-year-old woman of making more than two dozen harassing telephone calls to her ex-boyfriend at his workplace since February. Pamela S. Gamble, who lives in the borough, is charged with 25 counts of harassment by communications and a single count of disorderly conduct in...
PennDOT to present plans for Kiski Township bridge replacement
A seven-mile detour is expected to be in place when PennDOT replaces a bridge on Kiski Township’s Shady Plain Road in three years. Project plans will be on display during meetings April 16 at the township building. The public meeting for residents will be from 6 to 7 p.m. It...
Former West Virginia state trooper indicted for using excessive force on fleeing teen
A former West Virginia state trooper was indicted Wednesday by a federal grand jury in Martinsburg, W.Va., for using excessive force on a 16-year-old after a pursuit last November. Michael Kennedy, 29, of Morgantown, was named in a one-count indictment accusing him of deprivation of civil rights, according to Assistant...
Free Narcan training in Lower Burrell
Lower Burrell will offer a free Narcan training and education to the public at 6 p.m., April 9, at city hall. The Westmoreland County Drug Task Force will present an opioid addiction education forum, including training on how to administer naloxone, also known as Narcan, which reverses the effect of...
Penn Hills charter school students welcome public into their MicroSociety
Penn Hills Charter School of Entrepreneurship students live in their own little world – literally. Children and staff recently welcomed parents and the public into their MicroSociety, a unique educational model in which the student body is the economy. They run businesses, government and banks and are held accountable for...
Linton Middle School performers spreading message of unity with musical
Linton Middle School performers aim to transport Penn Hills School District community members to a tropical paradise with their upcoming musical. The students will present “Once On This Island Jr.” at the school March 29-31. The show is a theatrical adaptation of Hans Christian Andersen’s popular fairy tale “The Little...
Sheetz to hire more than 1K employees in Pennsylvania
If you go to Sheetz so much you feel like you should work there, now’s your chance. The Altoona-based convenience store chain announced Thursday it is planning to hire more than 2,500 employees, including more than 1,100 in Pennsylvania. Open interviews for the full- and part-time positions will be held...
Cops: East Hills shooting suspect ‘sick of being bullied’
A Pittsburgh man told investigators he was “sick of being bullied” by the man he allegedly shot in Pittsburgh’s East Hills neighborhood Wednesday afternoon, police said. A 4-year-old child was in the backseat of Marlon McMillan’s Jeep when McMillan fired out his driver’s side window on Wilner Drive shortly after...
4 Jeannette streets to be paved in $157K project
Four Jeannette streets will be reconstructed in this year’s paving project. Council awarded the $157,000 contract to Tresco Paving of Plum. City clerk Michelle Langdon said the following streets will be part of the project: • Charles Street, from Division Street to Clark Avenue. • Highland Avenue, from Charles to...
School bus crash reported in Murrysville
A vehicle rear-ended a school bus in Murrysville Thursday morning, according to Westmoreland County 911. No injuries were initially reported, dispatchers said, but EMS was called to the scene because there were three students in the bus. The crash happened just after 7 a.m. at the corner of William Penn...
2 accused in Jeannette shooting arrested, taken to jail
Two people accused of involvement in a shooting that injured a Jeannette woman last week surrendered to police Wednesday, said Chief Shannon Binda. Elijah T. Miles, 22, and DeJanette Ivy Crosby, 23, both of Mt. Pleasant, were taken to the Westmoreland County Prison. Police had been looking for the pair...
Police nab Butler County homicide suspect in Venango County
Police on Thursday arrested a man accused of shooting to death a 23-year-old man in Butler County earlier this week. Alec D. Miller, 19, of Oakland Township is charged with homicide in the death of Maximillian W. Halterman in Oakland Township. After hours of searching for the suspect, officials found...
Franklin Regional invites senior citizens to free breakfast in May
Franklin Regional officials invite all Delmont, Export and Murrysville residents age 65 and over to the annual Spring Senior Citizen Breakfast at 8:30 a.m. May 1. A complimentary sit-down breakfast will be served and entertainment will be provided by district music students. It will be in the high school cafeteria,...
Testimony on Day 3 of Rosfeld trial concludes with use-of-force expert
The homicide trial of former East Pittsburgh police officer Michael Rosfeld entered its third day on Thursday. Proceedings got underway around 9 a.m. in Room 323 of the Allegheny County Courthouse. Rosfeld is accused of shooting Antwon Rose II three times as he ran from a June 19 traffic stop...
Eden Christian Academy students win mock trial competition
Students from Eden Christian Academy won the Pennsylvania Bar Association’s Young Lawyers Division (PBA/YLD) Mock Trial Competition for Region 1 (Allegheny County), advancing the team to the State Championship, to be held in Harrisburg on March 29-30. The students are coached by Aubrey Smith, an associate at Dingess, Foster, Luciana,...
South Fayette musical takes audience back to ’80s with ‘Wedding Singer’
South Fayette High School students are inviting audiences to rock and roll through the ‘80s with them as they perform “The Wedding Singer” from March 29 to 31. The cast of about 50 students, donning fishnet gloves, mesh T-shirts and zebra-striped pants, hope to have audience members laughing in their...
Kiski Area hires first out-of-district food services manager
The Kiski Area School District is outsourcing management of its food services department for the first time. The school board awarded a contract to Nutrition Inc. to manage the district’s food services. The contract, which Business Manager Peggy Gillespie said must also be approved by the state Department of Education,...
More water project change orders irk Springdale councilmen
Another costly change order for Springdale’s water system renovation project prompted two councilmen to put the heat on the project’s engineer — again. Councilmen Frank Forbes and Mike Ziencik questioned project engineer Kevin Szakelyhidi, of Bankson Engineers, this week about a change order of more than $24,000 council was being...
Pittsburgh brothers indicted in meth ring case with ties to Greensburg
A federal grand jury has indicted a pair of Pittsburgh brothers in a methamphetamine ring with ties to Greensburg, U.S. Attorney Scott W. Brady said Thursday. Cassidy Barton, 35, and Forrest Barton, 30, are accused of scheming to acquire and sell more than 1 pound, or 500 grams, of a...
Arnold Palmer airport eyes 2 millionth passenger, gets extra South Carolina flights
Westmoreland County officials are celebrating the arrival of the 2 millionth Spirit Airlines passenger at Arnold Palmer Regional Airport, expected this month. The low-cost carrier has provided the only commercial flight service at the Unity airport since 2011. As of Feb. 28, the number of incoming and outbound passengers since...
Police: Missing 10-year-old girl from North Huntingdon found safe in White Oak
A missing 10-year-old North Huntingdon girl was found safe in a wooded area in White Oak on Wednesday night, police said. A searcher found the girl, who lives in that neighborhood, shortly before 11 p.m., lying down about 50 feet from the road, said North Huntingdon Police Chief Robert Rizzo....
Washington man, 24, won’t get death penalty for killing man during botched gun robbery
A Washington County man convicted of murdering a partially deaf and blind man while trying to rob him of a gun collection six years ago will not face the death penalty, a jury decided. A jury of six men and six women sentenced Brandon Wolowski, 24, to life in prison...
Witnesses: Rosfeld was crying, shaking, panicking, distraught after shooting Rose
Michael Rosfeld was crying and shaking in the moments after he fired three shots into 17-year-old Antwon Rose II last June in a grassy East Pittsburgh lot, witnesses testified Wednesday. Residents who saw the shooting and police officers who responded to the scene told the jury that Rosfeld questioned why...
Ohio man alleged to have distributed heroin in New Castle pleads guilty in federal court
An Ohio man accused of distributing heroin in New Castle plead guilty to federal drug charges. Frank Christian, 46, of Youngstown plead guilty Tuesday before U.S. District Judge Cathy Bissoon on charges of possession with intent to distribute and distribution of heroin. Authorities said he distributed about 90 grams of...
2 injured in Parks Township car crash
A two-vehicle crash in Armstrong County sent two people to the hospital late Wednesday afternoon, officials said. Emergency dispatchers received a report of the crash near Stitts Run and Dime roads in Parks Township shortly after 5:30 p.m., an Armstrong County 911 shift commander said. As of 6 p.m., a...
