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Fox Chapel driver hospitalized after tree falls on vehicle
A person was transported to the hospital by Fox Chapel police after a tree fell on the vehicle, trapping the driver inside. The tree fell on the vehicle at the intersection of Squaw Run and Dorseyville roads around 9 p.m. Sunday due to the region’s high winds, said an Allegheny...
Thousands lose power in Westmoreland as high winds rip through area
As wind ripped through the region Sunday, thousands in Westmoreland County dealt with downed trees and power lines and closed roads. The National Weather Service reported winds as high as 60 mph at Arnold Palmer Regional Airport near Latrobe and 53 mph near Pittsburgh International Airport. The region was under...
High winds knock down trees, knock out power in many Alle-Kiski Valley towns
Just minutes after Harrison residents Alyse and Joe Zylinski returned home from a walk with their 4-month-old baby Sunday, their house was struck by a downed tree. “I heard a boom, a big boom,” Alyse Zylinski said. “I looked up and it was coming toward (the skylight).” Although no one...
St. Stephen Byzantine Church to sell pirohy
St. Stephen’s Byzantine Catholic Church at 90 Bethel Road, North Huntingdon, will sell potato cheese, sweet cabbage and lekvar pirohy from 10 a.m. to noon March 1, at a price of $9 per dozen....
Allegheny County fielding dozens of calls about downed trees blocking roads, downed power lines
Allegheny County’s Twitter handle fired off hundreds of tweets Sunday as the agency tried to keep up with the seemingly endless happenings around the county ranging from downed trees blocking roadways to power lines down to buildings collapsing to telephones catching fire. The National Weather Service reported winds as high...
Thousands without power, trees block roads as high winds strike Pittsburgh region
Thousands of people are without power across the Pittsburgh region Sunday night as high winds continue to bring down trees and power lines — and the numbers worsened as the day turned to night. West Penn Power reported about nearly 80,000 customers without power at about 8 p.m. That was...
Differing opinions given on status of reportedly malnourished dog at Pittsburgh Mills Petland
The outcome of a report of a malnourished dog at the Pittsburgh Mills Petland is unclear after new information came to light on Sunday. An initial report from Frazer police on Saturday indicated representatives from Animal Protectors of Allegheny Valley evaluated the dog and found it to not be malnourished,...
Pittsburgh Mayor Bill Peduto plants tree in Israel for victims of Tree of Life massacre
Pittsburgh Mayor Bill Peduto, in Israel for the 33rd annual International Mayors Conference, honored victims of October massacre at Tree of Life Synagogue in Squirrel Hill. Peduto posted pictures on Twitter on Sunday morning of his visit a memorial in Jerusalem, in which he said he planted an olive tree...
Two injured in Fairfield Township crash
Two people were injured in a motor vehicle crash Sunday morning in Fairfield Township. Westmoreland County Public Safety officials said a crash on Route 271 occurred shortly after 6 a.m. near Parker Road in which motorists were trapped in a vehicle. Officials did not immediately have information about the identities...
Medical marijuana dispensary coming to New Kensington on Monday
New Kensington will get its first medical marijuana dispensary Monday, Feb. 25 and become the state’s first such shop to let its customers pre-order products online. Cresco Yeltrah’s CY+ dispensary plans to open up for business at 10 a.m. Monday at 4 Kensington Square. The shop will become the company’s...
Work to extend Tredway Trail in Allegheny Township set to start in late April
Work on a 1.5-mile extension of the Tredway recreational trail in Allegheny Township is expected to start at the end of April and be completed in August. PennDOT has awarded the $245,000 contract to A. Folino Construction, Inc., which submitted the lowest bid. Folino is tasked with extending the trail,...
Richland seeks grants to pay for park, barn upgrades
Richland Township is seeking a pair of grants that would help pay for upgrades and improvements at the community park as well as the barn. The township will submit a $250,000 grant application to the Redevelopment Authority of Allegheny County for upgrades to the concession stand and the creation of...
Pine seeks pedestrian trail connecting school properties, community center
Pine Township is a step closer to having a pedestrian trail connecting the Pine-Richland high school and middle school properties to the community center thanks to a settlement agreement reached between the township and St. Barnabas. The township granted conditional use approval to St. Barnabas in 2016 to convert Treesdale...
Three Shaler Area students selected for PMEA District Chorus
Three Shaler Area high school students advanced to the Pennsylvania Music Educators Association District Chorus. Sophomore Zoe Babbit and juniors Alex Almonte and Kelsey Marshall earned the opportunity to audition for the ensemble after being selected for the PMEA District 1 Chorus. They auditioned with 200 other talented vocalists. The...
Flamingos expert from Pittsburgh aviary among those who helped save South African chicks
Knowing how to hand-raise flamingos comes in handy when there are 1,800-plus orphaned flamingo chicks of a near-threatened species in South Africa. A severe drought in late January at Kamfers Dam in the Northern Cape, Cape Town, South Africa, caused one of only three breeding colonies of flamingos to abandon...
High wind watch remains in effect for Sunday in Pittsburgh area
Tropical storm force winds could hit western Pennsylvania Sunday afternoon and evening, according to the National Weather Service in Moon. Meteorologist Lee Kendricks said Sunday morning that sustained winds of 20 to 30 mph are expected to begin around lunchtime today and last through Monday morning. The region could see...
Priest speaks publicly about how McCarrick allegedly ruined his life
Less than a week after Theodore McCarrick became the first cardinal ever defrocked, a New Jersey priest has for the first time agreed to be interviewed about his accusations that McCarrick sexually abused him in the 1990s and the effect the alleged abuse has had on his life and career....
Police seek information regarding stabbing in Carrick
Pittsburgh police are searching for the man who stabbed another in Carrick early Saturday morning. The unidentified victim was taken to a hospital where he was reported to be in critical condition. Police responded to a call about a stabbing on the 200 block of Sprucewood Street around 12:45 a.m....
Catholic Diocese of Pittsburgh to close 2 schools, merge 2 others next school year
Bishop David Zubik announced Saturday that two Catholic schools will close next school year, while another two will merge to form a new school. St. John Bosco Academy in Pittsburgh’s Brookline neighborhood and St. Agnes School in West Mifflin will close, the Catholic Diocese of Pittsburgh announced Saturday. St. Malachy...
Police say DNA, debit card, receipt all point to Penn Hills man charged with fatal 2017 crash
A Penn Hills man has been charged with causing the death of a woman driver in a 2017 head-on crash in Pittsburgh’s East Hills neighborhood. Pittsburgh police charged Taariq Tyler, 22, with homicide by vehicle, reckless endangerment and other related charges on Friday, Feb. 22 after determining his rental pick-up...
Westmoreland housing authority to build Hempfield senior apartment complex
Construction could begin this spring on a new 47-unit apartment complex for senior citizens in Hempfield, marking the first new building project for the Westmoreland County Housing Authority in more than five years. The proposed Odin View Apartments has been in the planning stages since 2013, when the authority opened...
Derry Area student transitions into Saint Vincent cheerleading squadVideo
Kaylen Siko and her teammates know how to shake a leg — and an arm — to encourage players on the basketball court at Saint Vincent College’s Robert S. Carey Student Center. The Saint Vincent cheerleading squad had plenty to get pumped up about Tuesday as the men’s basketball team...
Route 130 in Hempfield reopens after crash caused 2-hour closure
State police have reopened a section of Route 130 in Hempfield after a head-on crash closed it for two hours on Saturday, said a Westmoreland County 911 dispatch official. The road reopened at about 5:15 p.m. It was shut down at 3:15 between Oakford Park and North Greengate roads as...
Man shot in the back taken to Pittsburgh hospital in bullet riddled car
Allegheny County police are investigating after a man who had been shot in the back was dropped off in a bullet-riddled car to a Pittsburgh hospital early Saturday morning. Swissvale and county police responded to a shooting in the 2300 block of South Braddock Avenue around 2 a.m., where they...
Fire displaces Hampton townhouse residents
Residents a Hampton townhouse were evacuated after emergency crews responded to a fire Saturday morning. Tribune-Review news partner WPXI reported the fire happened on Red Oak Court and that there were no injuries reported. Calls to fire and police officials were not immediately returned....
