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Rahmael Holt’s cousin guilty of hindering arrest after shooting of New Kensington officer
A 30-year-old Duquesne man accused of helping Rahmael Sal Holt escape arrest following the November 2017 shooting death of a New Kensington police officer was convicted Thursday of hindering apprehension in Allegheny County Common Pleas Court. Judge Kevin G. Sasinoski found Holt’s cousin, Marcel R. Mason, guilty of the third-degree...
Heinz to sell new sauce mashups ‘Mayomust’ and ‘Mayocue’
Kraft Heinz is no longer just for Ketchup lovers. The brand has introduced two new combinations targeting sauce fans. The first is a mayonnaise and barbecue mashup the makers call Heinz Mayocue and the second a mustard concoction, also with mayo, called Mayomust. “Sauce lovers nationwide have been mixing different...
4th hearing in Murrysville fracking ordinance challenge set for March 14
The fourth hearing in the Murrysville Watch Committee’s substantive validity challenge to the municipal fracking ordinance is set for 7 p.m. Thursday at the municipal building, 4100 Sardis Road. Murrysville council members voted 6-1 in 2017 to approve a fracking ordinance, which they worked on over seven years. Canonsburg drillers...
Name that pelican! TribLIVE holds online contest for rehabbed pelican at Aviary
The National Aviary in Pittsburgh’s North Side has a new female brown pelican that sustained injuries in Florida but has been rehabilitated. The lady seabird is in need of a name and you can help. Voters can choose from among three names and can win four free admission passes and...
Aspinwall sewer line project expected to begin March 18, limit parking
The Eastern Avenue storm sewer separation project in Aspinwall is expected to begin March 18, after being delayed earlier this winter. The $550,000 project is meant to ease overflows along Eastern Avenue by creating separate storm and sewer lines. Work will target Third Street to Freeport Road. Equipment and materials...
Westmoreland DA says Vandergrift father was ‘reckless’ in infant’s death
The death of a 1-month-old boy who police said suffocated after his father fell asleep with him was not an accident, Westmoreland County’s top prosecutor said Thursday. Owen Copney was repeatedly told not to fall asleep with the boy, Isiah, on his chest but did it anyway, District Attorney John...
Chipotle restaurant to open outside Westmoreland Mall
Chipotle Mexican Grill is opening another location in Hempfield, but this one will be outside of Westmoreland Mall. The chain restaurant will be built outside of J.C. Penney’s in an auxiliary parking lot next to Applebee’s along Route 30. Plans for the project originally showed a space big enough to...
Pothole patching season again keeps crews busy around Westmoreland County
That annual bone-rattling, suspension breaking, rim-bending season is back. PennDOT District 12 and the Westmoreland County Public Works Department report they have broken out the cold patch and are likely headed to a pothole near you. “Pothole patching this time of year is weather dependent, but we’ve certainly been getting...
Networking event at Pitt opens Pa. contracting opportunities to small businesses
Small businesses looking to promote their work and contract with the state will have the opportunity to network at the annual Job Order Contracting program at the University of Pittsburgh. The event, hosted by the Pennsylvania Department of General Services, will connect small businesses with program contractors in general construction,...
Crime Stoppers offers reward for information on fatal Penn Hills shooting
A reward is being offered to anyone with information about a shooting that killed a man outside a Penn Hills bar in January. Paul McMillan, 48, of Verona was found inside his vehicle at the Lounge on Verona along Verona Road with multiple gunshot wounds to his abdomen. He died...
Sears at Westmoreland Mall set to close March 17
The Sears department store at Westmoreland Mall is set to close March 17, a mall spokeswoman said. That date could change, according to Stacey Keating, a spokeswoman for CBL Properties of Chattanooga, Tenn., which owns the mall on Route 30 in Hempfield. Neither a Sears store official nor a spokesman...
Gateway senior selected for state orchestraVideo
When she tried out for the All-State Orchestra as a junior, Julia Leone didn’t make the cut. Going into her senior year at Gateway High School in 2018, the flutist resolved she would. After months and countless hours of practice, she did. Leone, 18, will be the only piccolo instrumentalist...
Pa. Labor Relations Board rules for Pitt graduate researchers, teaching assistants
Some 2,000 University of Pittsburgh graduate student researchers, teaching assistants and teaching fellows are university employees and have the right to join a union, the Pennsylvania Labor Relations Board ruled. The group began organizing under the auspices of the Pittsburgh-based United Steelworkers in January 2016 and filed for a union...
Learn historical, monetary value of items at Cooper-Siegel’s appraisal fair
From crumpled baseball cards to pristine porcelain, treasure hunters can learn the value of items stashed away in their own closets. Art expert Kurt Shaw will be on hand from 1 to 4 p.m. March 16 at Cooper-Siegel Community Library to take a peek at old, unique and peculiar items....
Renovations will force lane restrictions on Butler-Logan Road bridge, Route 28 in Frazer
Motorists traveling on Route 28 near the Pittsburgh Mills mall will be among those who will have to work around lane restrictions for most of the spring and summer. The traffic disruption stems from a major overhaul of the Butler-Logan Road bridge, which crosses over Route 28 in Frazer. The...
Police chief marks 50th year serving, protecting Penn Hills
Nearly 50 years after starting a job he never expected to have, Penn Hills police Chief Howard Burton is still at it. March 17 will mark a half-century of service at the department for Burton. The chief, who is 71, has served in law enforcement for more than two-thirds of...
Police: Woman stabbed at North Belle Vernon bar sustained life-threatening injuries
A woman who was stabbed in a North Belle Vernon bar early Thursday suffered life-threatening injuries, according to police. The woman and two men were taken to area hospitals after an apparent fight at 1:30 a.m. inside Just A Tavern on Broad Street. “We determined there was an altercation that...
Murrysville council sees final design concepts for ‘destination playground’ at MCP
As soon as the greater Pittsburgh area sees a few days of consistently dry weather, Jim Morrison plans to turn Murrysville’s public works crews loose to begin site work for a “destination playground” at Murrysville Community Park. “We were hoping to have most of the groundwork done by this point,”...
Fayette County man drove 117 mph seconds before fatal crash, troopers say
A Fayette County man was driving 117 mph seconds before his car slammed into another vehicle, killing a Smock couple and injuring two others the night of Sept. 20 along Route 51 in Franklin Township, state police allege. Tristian M. Lukehart, 21, of Fairchance was arraigned Wednesday on a number...
Vandergrift seeks loan to keep its pool open this summer
A chronic problem with the Vandergrift pool is prompting council to apply for an $80,000 loan to buy a pool liner. Councilman Pete Basile, the recreation committee chairman, pleaded with his council colleagues to take some action to keep the borough-owned Joseph A. Petrarca Veterans Memorial Pool running with summer...
Cash 5 jackpot for Thursday’s drawing is $2 million
The Thursday night jackpot for Pennsylvania Lottery’s Cash 5 drawing is up to $2 million, tied for the largest top prize offered in the 27 years the lottery has offered the game. The previous $2 million jackpot was split by three people in January 2017. No one has won the...
Delmont scout troop’s veteran memorial recognized with statewide award
Rebecca Shissler’s 97-year-old grandfather fought in World War II, and honoring the military is important to her and her family. That’s how a project, whose original goal was simply mapping the grave sites at Eastview Union Cemetery in Delmont, grew to include a veterans’ memorial with a bench, a paver...
Grants up to $20,000 available for programs that discourage unsafe drinking
There isn’t much time left to apply for grants of up to $20,000 to discourage and reduce underage and dangerous drinking. The Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board on Thursday sent out a reminder that applications for the grants are due by noon March 15. The PLCB awarded about $1 million in...
Ross website now lets residents keep tabs on commercial, residential projects
Ross residents interested in knowing more about the status of commercial and residential projects no longer need to make a call or trip to the township’s planning department. A new feature has been added to the township website that provides details about projects that are being reviewed by planners, those...
West Deer accepting bids for Harley Davidson motorcycle
West Deer is selling a Harley Davidson motorcycle to raise money for police equipment. A bid of at least $17,500 is required for the 2001 Harley Davidson Willie G. motorcycle, which remains in its original packing crate. Township Manager Daniel Mator said a local family that collects motorcycles donated the...
