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Analyst: Gas prices rise to highest level in 2 months on higher oil prices
Gas prices have risen to their highest level in nearly two months, mainly following higher oil prices, said Patrick DeHaan, head of petroleum analysis for GasBuddy. “Gasoline demand remains seasonally weak, but last week’s report from the Energy Information Administration showed refinery utilization plunging, meaning less gasoline is flowing out...
Shaler North Hills Library’s seventh annual Caddy Stacks mini-golf fundraiser a hit
The community spent the weekend “puttering” around Shaler North Hills Library as friends of the library created 18 holes of challenging golf with all proceeds benefitting library operations....
Quaker Valley girls open WPIAL playoffs Monday
The 13th-seeded Quaker Valley girls basketball team opens the WPIAL Class 4A playoffs against No. 4 Freeport on Monday at 6:30 p.m. at North Allegheny High School. The winner will take on the winner of No. 12 Knoch and No. 5 Elizabeth Forward in the quarterfinals Thursday at a site...
Demonstrators rally in Pittsburgh over Trump’s emergency declaration
Pittsburgh Mayor Bill Peduto and state Rep. Ed Gainey joined about 150 protesters Monday outside the City-County Building in Downtown to rally against President Trump’s declaration of a national emergency to secure funding for a border wall. The mayor said true emergencies in the United States include the opioid crisis,...
Sony reveals new image of Tom Hanks as Mister Rogers
Sony Pictures tweeted a new photo of Tom Hanks as Mister Rogers from the upcoming movie “A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood.” The movie is directed by Marielle Heller — who also directed the Oscar-nominated “Can You Ever Forgive Me?” — and based on a relationship between Latrobe-native Fred Rogers...
Sewickley area real estate transactions for week of Feb. 18
Here are the latest Sewickley area real estate transactions: Bell Acres Andrew Vernon Mays sold property at Magura Road to William and Erin White for $8,500. Hayley Botha sold property at 125 Sevin Road to BGRS LLC for $130,000. BGRS LLC sold property at 125 Sevin Road to Katharine Renner...
Popeyes in Oakland closes for good
The Popeyes restaurant in Oakland on the campus of the University of Pittsburgh permanently has closed, the Pitt News reported Monday. No reason was given for the closure of the restaurant, located at 3616 Fifth Ave., but a sign was placed on the door said another location on the South...
Clarion University adds pet-friendly dorm
Animal lovers at Clarion University should be forgiven if they’re celebrating today. The state-owned university announced it will open a pet-friendly dorm for upperclassmen this fall. The aptly named Brooke Trout Hall will become a respite for pet lovers under the new policy. Pet lovers who are accepted at Brooke...
McCandless police chief returns to duty after suspension
McCandless police Chief David DiSanti returned to work Feb. 18 after agreeing to a corrective action plan developed after he was suspended from duty when a female officer accused him of engaging in inappropriate behavior toward her, officials said. DiSanti was placed on paid administrative leave Oct. 29 while town...
All lanes on I-279 open after truck crash causes traffic restrictions
Both lanes of Interstate 279 southbound are open as police have cleared an earlier crash. The highway had been restricted to one lane of traffic between the Interstate 79 split and Camp Horne Road Exit (Exit 8) because of the crash. The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation reported that emergency personnel...
Police: 3 dogs abandoned at Latrobe home after owners move out
Three dogs were rescued last week after apparently being abandoned in a Latrobe home that had been vacant for several weeks, according to police. A neighbor who heard the animals barking inside reported the situation to police Wednesday. Sgt. Joe Angus said officers found feces and urine throughout the Loyalhanna...
Pitt forerunner Western University of Pennsylvania was chartered 200 years ago
Hail to WUP! Before it was the University of Pittsburgh, it was the Western University of Pennsylvania (and Pittsburgh Academy before that). Western University of Pennsylvania was chartered 200 years ago, on Feb. 19, 1819. In honor of the bicentennial, Pitt’s Archives and Special Collections Department is hosting a pop-up...
Police: Jeannette man involved in chase faces 10 new charges
A 37-year-old man who Greensburg police say led multiple Westmoreland County police departments on a chase between Jeannette and Penn Township, eventually crashing into a utility pole, has been charged with 10 more criminal and traffic complaints. Thomas Campbell, of Jeannette, is being held in the county jail on $75,000...
Penn State New Kensington reopens following early morning power outage
Penn State New Kensington reopened Monday afternoon following a power outage that closed the campus all morning. West Penn Power spokesman Todd Meyers said the outage was reported around 8:15 a.m. just east of the campus in the area of Seventh Street Road in Upper Burrell. He said it was...
PWSA lifts ‘flush and boil’ advisory for 3 neighborhoods
The Pittsburgh Water and Sewer Authority has lifted a precautionary flush and boil water advisory for some 2,000 households in Hazelwood, Swisshelm Park and Greenfield. In a statement Monday, the PWSA said that two rounds of water quality testing did not show any evidence of contamination and that the water...
Organizers prep Fish Rodeo for hospitalized veterans at Squaw Valley Park
Morningside VFW Post 3945 is preparing for its sixth annual Fish Rodeo where more than 125 hospitalized veterans will sink a line in the pond at Squaw Valley Park in O’Hara. The event will be May 8, with veterans invited for a free day of fishing and a cookout. “They...
Police: Vandals slash tires, seats, scratch and dent cars at Pittsburgh auto show
Multiple cars showcased at the annual Pittsburgh International Auto Show were vandalized over the weekend, Pittsburgh police said . The vandals slashed tires and seats and made small dents and scratches to at least nine cars of varying makes and models, police said. According to a police, show organizers said...
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...
