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North Allegheny gears up for musical ‘Good News’
North Allegheny is presenting the musical “Good News” on March 13, 14, 15 and 16 at 7 p.m., and March 17 at 2 p.m. The show is set in the 1920s on the campus of Tait College. It follows a star football player who is struggling in one of his...
Pittsburgh recognizes remarkable women through video seriesVideo
Pittsburgh has been home to scores of women who achieved remarkable success during their lifetime, but they remain mostly forgotten in history books, according to Gloria Forouzan. Forouzan, who serves as Mayor Bill Peduto’s office manager, said she was astounded to learn a woman was one of the city’s first...
State appeals court upholds verdict in 2017 Excela stent cases; several others still pending in court system
A state appellate court affirmed a 2017 Westmoreland County jury verdict that cleared a doctor and Excela Health of wrongdoing for implanting cardiac stents into a patient who claimed they were unnecessary. The appeal involved a lawsuit filed by a North Huntingdon man who claimed five of the seven stents...
Youngstown native remembered for passion, love for life
Helene Smith would be ready to travel at the drop of a hat. “She’d pack up, let’s go,” her husband Wayne Smith Jr. said. “I would have a tough time keeping up with her.” But her passion for traveling and meeting new people lead Mrs. Smith to write and publish...
North Park bald eagles, watchers are waiting for an egg
Do they or don’t they? The North Park bald eagles are drawing crowds of watchers noting that the birds have been spending lots of time at their nest — but not enough time to confirm an egg just yet, according to North Park rangers on Thursday. The pair built the...
CCAC to offer information technology support program at Homewood-Brushton Center
The Community College of Allegheny County’s Homewood-Brushton Center is offering a new information technology support certificate program. The “Pathway to a Technology Career” program will provide students with the skills for employment as a user support or network support specialist. The program includes a total of nine courses that run...
Riverside Park track in Oakmont to be repaired, Riverview track team to have home meets next year
Riverview High School’s track team may have home-field advantage next school year after two consecutive seasons on the road. Oakmont council awarded an estimated $61,000 repair project to New York-based Nagle Athletic Surfaces to fix the track in the lower section of the borough’s Riverside Park. Meets were first rescheduled...
Jeannette woman rescinds murder plea, will head to trial
A Jeannette woman accused of violently beating her boyfriend to death on Thursday withdrew her guilty plea to third-degree murder. Crystal Belle, 39, pleaded guilty in September for the June 11, 2016, beating death of 19-year-old Khalil Parker, of Brentwood, Allegheny County, in her South Seventh Street home. The deal...
Allegheny County Health Department issues enforcement order against U.S. Steel
U.S. Steel’s Mon Valley Works facilities have violated local and federal air quality regulations and must get back in compliance, according to an order issued by the Allegheny County Health Department on Thursday. The order requires the facilities — which include Clairton Coke Works in Clairton, Edgar Thomson Plant in...
Tarentum man indicted on federal bank fraud charge
A Tarentum man was indicted by a federal grand jury on a charge of bank fraud. U.S. Attorney Scott W. Brady said David Linder, 40, participated in a scheme to defraud S&T Bank by opening accounts with a false Social Security number, depositing fraudulent checks into those accounts, and then...
U.S. Rep. Reschenthaler opens district offices in Hempfield, Washington, Pa.
U.S. Rep. Guy Reschenthaler, R-Peters, the region’s newest congressman, on Thursday said he has opened district offices in Hempfield and Washington, Pa. Both offices will be open for constituent services from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday through Friday. The Hempfield office is at 700 Pellis Road, Suite 1, fronting...
PWSA repairs broken water main, boil advisory for West End continues
The Pittsburgh Water and Sewer Authority finished repairing a broken 16-inch water main in Duquesne Heights Thursday afternoon, but a boil advisory for about 3,800 customers in the West End and Mt. Washington remained in effect. PWSA expected by evening to have service restored to about 900 homes that had...
Rostraver man accused of faking drug test
A 45-year-old Rostraver man was accused this week of submitting an altered urine sample to the Westmoreland County Probation office after a probation officer noticed a white tube protruding from the man’s underwear as he was performing the court-mandated drug test. Brett Michael Toman was arraigned Wednesday before District Judge...
Allegheny County DA will not charge Pittsburgh police officers in Kopy’s brawl
The Allegheny County District Attorney’s Office on Thursday said it will not pursue state criminal charges against the undercover Pittsburgh police officers involved in a brawl with members of the Pagans motorcycle club at a South Side bar last year. The news comes a day after the U.S. Attorney’s Office...
Cops accuse ex-employee of Greensburg convenience store with burglary, theft
City police accused a former employee of a Greensburg convenience store of entering the business after hours and stealing hundreds of dollars. Aaron P. Payne, 43, of Hempfield, is charged with burglary, theft and receiving stolen property in connection with entering the CoGo’s store at 219 East Pittsburgh St. at...
New Kensington native to be honored for teaching career in Colorado
A New Kensington native now living in Colorado will receive an award Saturday honoring her career as a teacher. Jamie D. Johnson will receive The Education Center’s Lifetime Educator of the Year 30 Year’s award during a banquet Saturday. Johnson, who still has relatives in the area, was born in...
Hundreds turn out for Greensburg Open bowling tournament’s 30th year
Close to 430 bowlers crowded the lanes at Main Bowling Center in Greensburg on Sunday, competing for a tournament championship that is worth $1,500 to the winner. The 30th Greensburg Open bowling tournament resumed Sunday at the center, attracting bowlers from throughout Western Pennsylvania, as well as Ohio, West Virginia...
Rev Tour visits Seven Springs
Skiers and snowboarders arrived at Seven Springs for one of the final stops of the U.S. Ski and SnowboardToyota Revolution Tour, before heading to Mammoth Mountain, California for the final leg of the tour. Practice began on Monday, and on Tueday, snowboarders competed in halfpipe. Wednesday was all about snowboard...
Attorney says former cop not responsible for Beechview girl’s overdose death
The attorney for a former Allegheny County police officer facing drug charges in connection to the overdose of his 15-year-old niece says his client should not be blamed for her death. Daniel Bondi was arrested and arraigned Wednesday for allegedly bringing fentanyl and heroin into a Beechview home where Isabella...
No injuries in blaze that damaged house in HomewoodVideo
A fire that ignited at a house on the 7600 block of Baxter Street in Pittsburgh’s Homewood neighborhood did not result in any injuries, Pittsburgh Public Safety said Thursday. The fire started around 10:40 a.m. and initial reports indicated there might be people trapped inside but there were no injuries...
Picklesburgh takes lead for best specialty food festival
Voters have propelled Picklesburgh atop the leader board as the best specialty food festival in the country. USA Today in its series of travel guides chose the pickle celebration, held annually on the Roberto Clemente Bridge, as a finalist. At 2:30 p.m. Thursday, Picklesburgh was ahead of the Bacon and...
Woman testifies in sexual assault trial against former Istanbul Sofra owner
The lawyer for a former Pittsburgh restaurant owner accused of sexual assault tried Thursday afternoon to undermine the testimony of the alleged victim while she recounted the terror of finding a stranger in her bed. Lee Rothman asked the woman if, once she went to her bedroom shortly after 1...
GOP confident about electionsVideo
Buoyed by voter registration figures that give Republicans a slight edge over Democrats in Westmoreland County, GOP officials are confident that a strong turnout will bode well for the party this year. “We should see a higher turnout than in 2015. There’s a lot of people on the ballot, and...
Fish Bowl Too celebrates 20 years as a dad and daughter pet shopVideo
For fish distributor Matt Cowger, getting hugged once a week is standard practice. It’s not that Fish Bowl Too pet shop owner Brenda Troup is overly affectionate. It’s because it has been 20 years now that Cowger, of American Aqua Culture of Akron, Ohio, has been making his weekly deliveries...
Cooking challenge puts budding Eden Hall chefs to the test
The cafeteria kitchen at Eden Hall Upper Elementary School could have passed for the set of Master Chef Junior on Feb. 27 as six of the school’s budding young culinary wizards put their recipes to the test. The fourth and fifth graders were chosen as finalists in the 2019 Sodexo...
