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Police: Allegheny Township woman climbed through window to evade arrest
Authorities were searching for a woman who they say climbed out of a window and knocked on her neighbors’ doors to avoid arrest Sunday night in Allegheny Township. When no neighbors let Cally Jade Mills, 26, inside their residence, she continued to run. “We believe that she’s hiding somewhere with...
Pa. school threat system fields thousands of tips in first month
HARRISBURG, Pa. — A threat reporting system now required for all Pennsylvania schools fielded more than 4,900 tips in its first month, about a third of them considered serious enough to pass along to local police and school officials. The goal of the Safe 2 Say Something program, which funnels...
Officials: Centralia sinkhole unrelated to underground fire
CENTRALIA, Pa. — State environmental authorities say a 100-foot sinkhole found in a central Pennsylvania town almost completely emptied by a decades-long underground fire is unrelated to the blaze. The (Bloomsburg) Press Enterprise reports that a Department of Environmental Protection crew started work Friday to fill the sinkhole near Route...
Police: Parts stolen from new quad at Unity dealership
State police are looking for information about who stole parts from a new quad at a Unity dealership. Troopers said someone broke into Hillview Motorsports overnight between Wednesday and Thursday and took numerous parts off of a new Suzuki quad, according to a news release. Two tools were left behind...
Police: Cow found speared to death in Hempfield TownshipVideo
State police in Greensburg are trying to determine who impaled an Angus cow with a piece of farm machinery and left it to die at a Hempfield farm this month. “We have no leads, but I can tell you that whoever did this was extremely cruel,” Trooper Stephen Limani said...
Pine-Richland board to vote on creation of athletic hall of fame
The Pine-Richland School Board is set to vote at its March meeting on the creation of a hall of fame for athletics that, if passed, would honor its first set of inductees in the fall. Administrators began exploring the opportunity of launching the hall of fame to coincide with this...
Scott residents asked to weigh in on glass recycling
Scott residents are being asked to weigh in on how they would like the township to tackle glass recycling after they lost the option to recycle glass at the curb starting Jan. 1. Would they be willing to pay more to bring back curb pickup or would they like to...
Razing once-grand Belvedere Hotel along Route 66 proves to be problematic, costly
The dilapidated Belvedere Hotel along Route 66 in Oklahoma Borough could collapse anytime, spilling debris onto the road and perhaps beyond, local officials are warning. The front wall of the Swiss chalet-inspired, four-story hotel is leaning toward Route 66, Orr Avenue and active Norfolk Southern railroad tracks, according to Lee...
Pittsburgh Regional Alliance president stepping down
After four years as president of the Pittsburgh Regional Alliance, David Ruppersberger is stepping down as the leader of the 10-county region’s economic development marketing organization. His resignation is effective March 15. The Pittsburgh Regional Alliance is affiliated with the Allegheny Conference on Community Development. With Ruppersberger at the helm,...
Easy Prime Rib recipe that makes delicious main course
Prime rib takes center stage for Shirley Govan of Valencia, who raises grass fed beef and pasture-raised pork with her husband, Jim. Farming has been part of their 35-year marriage and their two two girls were 4-H members. Prime rib is a feast for the eyes and the belly. It’s...
Pine-Richland to have later school start times beginning next year
As expected, the Pine-Richland School Board approved a shift in school start times beginning with the 2019-20 school year at its February meeting. After roughly 14 months of researching different options and six months of at-length discussions on the topic and gathering community feedback, the administration recently settled on a...
Dave & Buster’s opens at The Block Northway
The North Hills just became a destination for fun. Dave & Buster’s opened on Feb. 18 in The Block Northway. The sprawling, 40,000-square-foot entertainment complex is located in a section of the shopping center once occupied by Fox & Hound pub and Dick’s Sporting Goods. The new venue features 150...
Westmoreland court offices closed for President’s Day
Westmoreland County court offices will be closed today for President’s Day. The closure includes district courts, the courthouse and other county offices. They will reopen Tuesday....
Repairs on Diana Street started Monday in Spring Hill
A $900,000 project to build a retaining wall and repair a section of Diana Street is set to begin Monday in Pittsburgh’s Spring Hill neighborhood. The city’s Department of Mobility and Infrastructure said the work is expected to take about six months. It will repair the damage caused by a...
Sides involved in sale of Rivertowne Pub in North Huntingdon defend transaction
Two people involved in the recent sale of half interest in the former Rivertowne Pub & Grille in North Huntingdon said there is nothing wrong with the transaction, even though the state has been asked to investigate the deal over the amount of real estate transfer taxes. Christian Fyke of...
1 dead after shooting in Pittsburgh’s East Liberty neighborhood
A man died after apparently getting shot in the chest Monday night in Pittsburgh’s East Liberty neighborhood, police said. Officials received a report of a medical emergency in a residential area along Enright Court shortly after 6:30 p.m., Department of Public Safety spokeswoman Alicia George said. When medics arrived, they...
Riverfront 47 site prep will advance with $9.6 million loan
Site preparation at Riverfront 47 in Aspinwall and Sharpsburg will move forward thanks to a $9.6 million loan from a private investment fund, organizers announced Feb. 19. The Power of 32 Site Development Fund aims to propel the number of shovel-ready sites across a four-state region, moving key commercial and...
Animal Protectors volunteers team up to bring in, care for abandoned catsVideo
Editor’s note: This is part of an occasional series that features Alle-Kiski Valley people and the notable things that they do. A pair of Alle-Kiski Valley women formed a friendship from their fondness for helping cats. Patricia Presutti of Springdale and Monica George of New Kensington have known each other...
Customers flocked to opening of Allegheny Township chicken jointVideo
There’s a new chicken joint in Allegheny Township. Big Shot Bob’s House of Wings opened last Monday, Feb. 11 in Kiski Park Plaza. Customers were lined out the door, according to co-owner Kara Jo Brank. Brank and her husband, Frank, left the corporate world for the culinary scene. After downsizing...
Freeport Area School Board must find way to close $1.5M gap
The Freeport Area School Board has passed a preliminary budget that has a $1.5 million deficit. Ultimately, the board will either have to come up with budget cuts or come up with money to close the gap, perhaps though a tax hike or using reserve funds, before passing a final...
Arnold girl missing more than a week may be in Pittsburgh, public’s help sought
Police are trying to locate a 16-year-old Arnold girl who has been missing for a week. Tauja Brown has been missing from home since Feb. 10, police said Sunday. Arnold police Chief Eric Doutt said Brown, a student at Valley Junior/Senior High School, was last seen in Arnold at 6:30...
Black migration making great impact on Pittsburgh regionVideo
Jobs in the region’s steel mills were a draw for Southern black Americans in the 20 years before World War I, but their skills and experience were greatly ignored, members of the Allegheny-Kiski Valley Historical Society members were told at a Black History Month presentation Sunday. Among those steel mills...
Ex-boyfriend a ‘person of interest’ in disappearance of Kittanning woman Katie Stoner
Kittanning police are looking for the onetime boyfriend of a missing woman. Katie L. Stoner, 27, has been missing from Kittanning since about 6:30 p.m. Thursday. Police on Sunday confirmed they want to talk with John Eugene Colbert, 30, of New Castle. They say he is Stoner’s ex-boyfriend. Kittanning Officer...
Western Pa. students among those planning, dancing at Penn State’s THON
After nearly 40 hours of nonstop dancing, loud music and bright lights, Penn State senior Emily Rose was exhausted. But she wasn’t ready to quit. “The entire environment — you feel constant support from everybody around you,” the 22-year-old from Mt. Pleasant said, speaking from a packed Bryce Jordan Center...
1 person ‘critical’ in North Braddock drive-by shooting
Police responded to the 400 block of Hawkins Avenue in North Braddock around 11:30 p.m. Saturday after receiving several 911 calls about shots fired and a man calling for help, according to a statement from Allegheny County Police. They located the 21-year-old man suffering from multiple gunshot wounds at a...
