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Etna Winter Street Skate has become a favorite annual event
Etna’s Winter Street Skate has become a well-attended annual event as the borough puts up an ice skating rink in the middle of town, local establishments are open for business and the day is full of food, fun and festivities....
Orangetheory Fitness opening in South Hills Village this week
Orangetheory Fitness is opening a studio at South Hills Village. Stop by between 6 and 8 p.m. Wednesday for light appetizers, refreshments and a chance to meet staff and founding members as well as learn more about the fitness center’s concept. It will be located across from DSW and Ulta...
State approves $402,000 grant for rehab of North Side recreation center
Pittsburgh is getting a $402,000 state grant to rehabilitate the Jefferson Recreation Center on the North Side. The money will pay for a new roof, windows, doors and playground equipment, restoration of masonry and upgrades to better accommodate disabled visitors. A basketball court will also be improved. Gov. Tom Wolf’s...
Oscar winner Ruth E. Carter brought costume collection to Pittsburgh last yearVideo
Ruth E. Carter made history by becoming the first African American woman to win an Oscar for costume design. There was talk of Carter’s immense talent in August when she visited Pittsburgh to introduce part of her vast collection at the Senator John Heinz History Center—the first museum to showcase...
Quaker Valley plays waiting game for state playoffs
The WPIAL 4A girls basketball playoffs resume Monday, and a win by Elizabeth Forward against top-seeded North Catholic would put Quaker Valley in the PIAA playoffs under the WPIAL’s follow-the-leader format. The top seven qualify for states from WPIAL 4A. The Quakers fell to Elizabeth Forward in the quarterfinals last...
Ross Township building shut down for power issues; warming center set in West View
The Ross Township Municipal Center’s electric power has been restored, but the multi-use facility will remain closed until Tuesday morning, officials announced. Residents without heat can use one of a number of warming centers set up in the region, including one at the West View Banquet Hall, 398 Perry Highway...
PETA offering up to $5,000 reward for info on impaled Hempfield cow
An animal rights organization is offering up to $5,000 for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the people who police say impaled a cow with a piece of farm machinery and left it to die at a Hempfield farm this month. The reward is being offered by People...
Photo Gallery: Etna’s Winter Street Skate
On a day when most people were talking about the region’s wind gusts that reached up to 61 mph, Etna was putting on a street party — complete with a free ice skating rink. “It was awesome,” Manager Mary Ellen Ramage said. “We had to batten down a lot of...
Bank officer, corporate exec to speak at Economic Growth Connection’s annual meeting
A First National Bank representative and a corporate executive from Arconic Inc. in Pittsburgh will be the featured speakers at the Economic Growth Connection of Westmoreland’s annual membership luncheon on March 7. Daniel Crawford, managing director and chief investment officer for First National Bank, is expected to provide an economic...
State trooper escapes injury when tree falls on patrol car in high windsVideo
A state trooper’s quick thinking during high winds Sunday likely helped him escape injury when a tree fell onto his patrol car. The trooper was driving on Route 819 near Armbrust to a weather-related call at 9:17 p.m. when he noticed a tree along the road starting to fall, Trooper...
New Kensington medical marijuana dispensary opensVideo
Until Monday, New Kensington’s Darci Brown had to travel a half-hour to Monroeville to get the medical marijuana she uses to treat her mental illnesses. Now, she’s within walking distance of a dispensary. Cresco Labs opened its CY+ medical marijuana dispensary Monday morning at 4 Kensington Square in downtown New...
Driverless vehicles the subject of tech talk in Pittsburgh
An engineering association will hold its first meetup Tuesday for a discussion with industry leaders on self-driving vehicles. Scheduled speakers include Sterling Anderson, Aurora Innovation co-founder, and Tara Andringa, coalition manager for Partners for Automated Vehicle Education, or PAVE, an alliance of industry, nonprofit and academic institutions formed to educate...
Boyce Park ski area closed due to power outages
Allegheny County shut down Boyce Park skiing and snow tubing Monday due to enduring power outages in the region. The agency announced the park’s closure in a tweet, which said the area will be closed until further notice. Due to a power outage, Boyce Park skiing and snow tubing will...
Town hall to address Penn Hills debt crisis set for Feb. 28
The Pennsylvania Auditor General will hold a town hall meeting Thursday to discuss ideas for improving the Penn Hills School District. “I invite students, teachers, support staff and parents to bring suggestions about how we can come together as a community to turn around the Penn Hills School District,” Eugene...
New York men accused of cocaine possession after North Huntingdon traffic stop
Two men from Bronx, N.Y., are being held without bail in Westmoreland County after North Huntingdon officers with the help of a police dog over the weekend discovered eight packages of suspected cocaine hidden inside their car after they were stopped for driving erratically on Route 30. Dario E. Jansen-Kelly,...
Carnegie Elementary gas line repairs ‘won’t be cheap’
Carnegie Elementary School students will soon find out whether they have to make up two days of classes because of a gas leak. Carlynton School District Superintendent Joseph Dimperio has applied to the state Department of Education for an exception because of the emergency. The school was closed Feb. 14...
PPG to paint parts of new Raiders stadium in Las VegasVideo
PPG is now the official paint of the Oakland Raiders. That’s right Steelers fans: Oakland Raiders. Let that sink in. PPG announced Monday it has reached a multiyear corporate marketing agreement with the Raiders, who are scheduled to move to Las Vegas in 2020. As part of the marketing agreement,...
Hundreds of bricks fall from Perry South apartment building
The Red Cross is assisting families forced out of their Perry South apartments Monday by hundreds of falling bricks, authorities said. Authorities said the Wilson Street building, which houses six apartments, is structurally sound, but the possibility of more falling bricks poses safety concerns. Police, fire crews and paramedics responded...
Mushroom Club welcomes new members at Beechwood Farms kickoff
The president of the Western PA Mushroom Club admits the idea of a monthly fungi-related meet-up might sound peculiar. But Cecily Franklin said there’s no better way to learn about foraging for finds whose edibility range from delicious to deadly. “It can actually be a matter of life and death,”...
North Allegheny board contemplating major improvements to intermediate high school fields
The North Allegheny school board on Wednesday is expected to select from a menu of proposed improvements for the fields at the intermediate high school that include options to resurface them with artificial turf and add lighting. To remain competitive with other districts of similar size, district officials say, what...
Air quality monitor measuring SO2 emissions installed in West Mifflin
A new air quality monitor has been installed in West Mifflin, the Allegheny County Health Department announced Monday. The monitor, which was installed at the New Emerson Elementary School on Pennsylvania Avenue, will measure sulfur dioxide, or SO2, emissions from the U.S. Steel Irvin Works facility. Residents and air quality...
Cedar Point says it will allow cellphones on Steel Vengeance roller coaster
SANDUSKY, Ohio — Ohio’s Cedar Point amusement park has reversed a policy that banned visitors waiting in line for the roller coaster Steel Vengeance from carrying cellphones. The Sandusky-area park is adding zippered pouches to the bottom of the roller coaster seats, to hold phones and other loose items. Cleveland.com...
Police: Man displayed gun during incident on Route 22 in Salem Township
An Allegheny County man who is not permitted to have a gun is accused of showing another motorist a firearm on Route 22 on Sunday afternoon, according to state police. Dylan Peter Dunbar, 24, of Hazelwood, allegedly displayed the weapon in Salem Township after an incident with another driver, police...
Warming centers open up in region as power outages continue
Some warming centers are popping up in Allegheny County as communities continue through Tuesday without power. Below is a list of facilities that are opening up as warming centers. Check back for updates: • Monroeville Senior Citizen Center, 6000 Gateway Campus Blvd. (412-856-7825). • North Versailles Township Office, 1401 Greensburg...
Section of Freeport Road still closed as crews work to clean landslide
A section of Freeport Road in Springdale Township remained closed Monday after a landslide shut down the road Friday. PennDOT spokesman Steve Cowan said cleanup of the slide, which closed Freeport Road between the New Kensington Bridge and Riddle Run Road, was expected to start Monday and continue into Tuesday....
