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Pair of eagles have captivated the North Park community
A viewing area in North Park has been created so people can watch a pair of eagles who are nesting in North Park as they await the hatching of their eggs....
Bridgeville High School classes of 1958-59 explored
The February “Second Tuesday” workshop of the Bridgeville Area Historical Society focused on the penultimate graduating classes of the Bridgeville High School, 1958 and 1959. The audience included several members of each class; their participation was greatly appreciated. The BHS football team started the season with a 20-18 win over...
Blessed Trinity Academy hosting social fundraiser
Blessed Trinity Academy in Glenshaw is hosting its largest fundraiser of the year March 9, with the Pot O’ Gold Bash. The event will be held 6 to 10 p.m. at St. Bonaventure Newmeyer Hall. Pre-sale tickets cost $35 or are $40 at the door and include dinner, beer, wine...
St. Joseph High School names 2019 ‘Spirit of Saint Joseph Award’ recipients
St. Joseph High School is honoring seven people this year with its Spirit of St. Joseph Award. Those being recognized are the Rev. Paul G. Henne; Thomas Octave; John W. Regoli Jr; Jane Thimons; and the Scott sisters, Eileen, Jeanne and Rosaleen. Three of the seven — Henne, Regoli and...
Plumbers union looking for apprentices
The Plumbers Local Union No. 27 is accepting applicants for its apprenticeship training program at its Coraopolis headquarters now through March 9. The union is looking for 22 applicants, who will embark on a 5-year apprenticeship that includes working fulltime and attending classes two to three nights a week for...
Proposed charter school in East Liberty wins appeal fight against Pittsburgh Public Schools
The Pittsburgh Public Schools board should not have nixed a proposed charter school in the city’s East Liberty neighborhood, a state oversight board ruled Tuesday. On a split vote, the Pennsylvania Charter School Appeal Board determined that the application for the planned Catalyst Academy Charter School fully meets the requirements...
Plum School District’s police force adds 2 more officers
A retired state trooper and a retired New Kensington detective have joined the Plum School District police force. Board members unanimously voted to hire Dwight Locke and Jim Horwatt Tuesday night. The move brings the district’s police force to four officers and its supervisor, former McKeesport Capt. of Detectives Tim...
A Plum school board vacancy, created after a member resigned following a controversial Facebook post, has been filled
The Plum school board has a new member. Karin Acquaviva was selected out of 10 candidates to replace Brian Wisniewski, who resigned after sharing a controversial Facebook post last month. The post showed a picture of a man holding a gun with the American flag as a backdrop with these...
Unemployment rate drop leaves employers scrambling for workersVideo
In the not too distant past, Pace Analytical Services LLC did not have to scramble to find lab technicians for its analytical laboratory in Hempfield. But, with Westmoreland County’s unemployment rate down to 4.5 percent in December and the number of jobless at 8,300, those times have changed. “I never...
3rd man in bar brawl with Pittsburgh cops files lawsuit, alleges violation of federal organized crime laws
A man involved in a brawl with undercover Pittsburgh police officers last year at a South Side bar has filed a federal lawsuit against the city, the four officers involved and the police union, essentially calling the police an organized crime enterprise. Attorney Wendy Williams filed the federal lawsuit Tuesday...
North Huntingdon seeks residents to fill posts
North Huntingdon is seeking residents who want to serve on volunteer township boards and commissions. The township recently advertised for those interested in serving on two township-affiliated agencies involved in sewage treatment: the North Huntingdon Township Municipal Authority and the Western Westmoreland Municipal Authority. Members of both authorities are appointed...
DA says $10M cocaine bust marks largest in Western Pa. in ‘a long time’
The 50 pounds of cocaine worth $10 million seized in North Braddock this week marked the region’s biggest drug bust in recent memory, Allegheny County District Attorney Stephen A. Zappala said Tuesday. “We haven’t taken this much dope off the streets for a long time,” Zappala told reporters during an...
No injuries reported in Loyalhanna Township trailer fire
No injuries were reported when a fire broke out Tuesday evening in a mobile home in Loyalhanna Township. The fire was reported just before 7:30 p.m. along Mercer Hill Road when a resident returned home and discovered smoke in the dwelling, according to a Westmoreland County 911 dispatcher. Firefighters from...
State Supreme Court to hear Armstrong County woman’s restitution appeal
The state Supreme Court will consider an appeal by an Armstrong County woman who pleaded guilty to stealing more than $200,000 from three nonprofits but is fighting an order to pay restitution because the victims were organizations, not people. Beverly Kaye Steffey’s attorney, Chuck Pascal of Leechburg, said a 2016...
Vandergrift to vote on ‘Quality of Life’ tickets next month
Vandergrift Council will vote next week on a “Quality of Life” ordinance that would allow the borough to ticket residents for code violations such as junked cars, high grass and other property violations. Issuing a ticket instead of a citation wouldn’t require the involvement of a district judge, and could...
Gilpin supervisors ask Diebold to resign as constable
Gilpin supervisors want former Leechburg police Chief Michael Diebold to resign as the township’s constable. “This is due to his felony status. We don’t feel he is fit for constable,” said Supervisors Chairman Charles Stull. Diebold, 41, was sentenced to nine to 23 months in jail after pleading guilty in...
Hempfield woman seeks release from prison as she awaits child pornography trial
A Hempfield woman accused of distributing a video depicting a woman having sexual contact with a young child wants to be released from prison while she awaits trial. Amanda Smith, 29, has been in jail since her arrest last August when she was charged with distributing photographs of sex acts...
Fayette man pleads guilty in sex sting
A Fayette County man pleaded guilty Tuesday to charges that he attempted to solicit sex from a 14-year-old boy. Kelly Lee Harrington, 49, of Normalville, was arrested last June as part of a sting operation by the state Attorney General’s office. Investigators said Harrington contacted a teenage boy through social...
10th annual Bilec Bowl to raise money for pancreatic cancer
Jodi Parach has one goal in mind — to raise awareness and money for pancreatic cancer research. And on the 10th year of her mother’s death at age 62 from pancreatic cancer, she’s doing just that. Parach and her family will host the 10th annual Bilec Bowl for Pancreatic Cancer...
Turnpike traffic restricted between Irwin and Monroeville exits
Single-lane traffic restrictions will go into effect beginning Wednesday on a section of the Pennsylvania Turnpike between the Pittsburgh exit in Monroeville and the Irwin exit in North Huntingdon, to allow for crews to remove old bridge abutments. Weather permitting, the single-lane pattern will apply to eastbound motorists between 6...
New office for Hempfield district judge opens
A new office building for Hempfield District Judge Mark Mansour opened for business this week. The facility on South Greengate Road replaces an office building that will be demolished later this year to make way for construction of a new senior citizen housing complex on property owned by the Westmoreland...
Western Pennsylvania weighs in as Methodists uphold church LGBTQ bans
United Methodists from Western Pennsylvania were split on the idea of their church embracing homosexuality — about as split as the vote that struck down the idea Tuesday. During a special session of the church’s General Conference, members, by a 374-449 vote, rejected a proposal that would have allowed local...
Westmoreland GOP commissioner candidates accuse county Democrats of hijacking conservative message
Republican candidates for Westmoreland County commissioner Tuesday accused a wing of the local Democratic Party of stealing the GOP’s message and pandering to conservative voters. Candidates Doug Chew, John Ventre and Heather Cordial issued a joint statement critical to a movement pushed by incumbent Democratic Commissioner Gina Cerilli and a...
Deputy seeking Republican nomination for Westmoreland sheriff
Steven Felder, a Westmoreland County deputy sheriff, will make his third bid to run the office he has worked in for the last 25 years. Felder, 55, of Penn Township, announced Tuesday he is seeking the Republican nomination for sheriff. Two-term Republican incumbent Jonathan Held previously said he will seek...
Penn Hills man’s murder trial delayed till May
The trial of an Allegheny County man charged with in a shooting death that occurred nearly two years ago in Jeannette is now scheduled to begin in May. Darrelle Tolbert-McGhee, 30, of Penn Hills, has been in jail since he was arrested for the April 13, 2017, shooting death of...
