Pittsburgh approves $1M outlay for 2026 NFL Draft
Pittsburgh will pay $1 million to support the 2026 NFL Draft, which the city will host. City Council on Tuesday unanimously voted to spend the money despite initial criticism from some members that Mayor Ed Gainey committed taxpayer dollars without first seeking their approval. The vote also commits the city...
Allegheny County finances spell $60M deficit, controller says
Allegheny County is on track to face a $60 million deficit by the end of the year if revenue doesn’t pick up, according to a report released Tuesday by the county controller’s office. County revenues for the first six months of the year are running $20 million below projections, Controller...
Cleanup of Springdale’s Pittsburgh Street requires 2nd day; more help sought
Cleaning up Pittsburgh Street in Springdale appears to be a bigger task than anticipated. In response to concerns raised over the upkeep and maintenance of the borough’s main drag, a group of roughly 25 Springdale residents, borough officials and high school football and Key Club members took to the street...
Police dog’s kennel stay cost Jeannette $660, records show
Jeannette paid $660 to a kennel that housed the city’s police dog while the police department’s K9 unit was disbanded this summer, according to a bill obtained by the Trib through an open records request. Diesel, a Belgian malinois, was at the kennel from July 30 to Aug. 20, the...
Derry native releases debut, earns independent music award nominationVideo
Lauren Rose Thayer can remember growing up in Derry in the 1990s and watching country music videos on CMT while most kids her age were watching cartoons on Nickelodeon. She’s been singing since she was young, but when she first moved to Nashville, otherwise known as “Music City, U.S.A.,” it...
Roundup: Gingerbread House entries begin; Pittsburgh police investigate reported stabbing
Here are some of the latest news items from this morning, Tuesday, Oct. 1: 22nd annual Gingerbread House Competition accepting entries The CitiParks Office of Special Events said it will begin accepting registrations Tuesday for the 22nd annual City of Pittsburgh Gingerbread House Competition. Registration will open online at 10...
The Stroller, Oct. 1, 2024: Events in the Alle-Kiski Valley
Publicize your non-profit’s community events, fundraisers and club meetings for free in The Stroller. Send information at least two weeks in advance to vndnews@triblive.com or The Stroller, 210 Wood St., Tarentum PA 15084. Please include a daytime telephone number. Follow the Stroller on X at @VNDStroller. Concordia to celebrate Oktoberfest...
Western Pa. firefighters organizing relief effort for counterparts devastated by North Carolina flooding
Firefighters from Western Pennsylvania and beyond are rallying to help their counterparts in flood-ravaged North Carolina. A donated 53-foot trailer is expected to be set up in New Kensington this week to accept donations from fire departments that will go to a staging area outside Asheville, a city in western...
Leet commissioners seek hillside stability, pedestrian access assurances for $100M Quaker Valley High School
After appeals, multiple revisions and public hearings, additional conditions are being imposed on the proposed Quaker Valley High School project. Leet commissioners want Quaker Valley School District to monitor the stability of the hillside along Camp Meeting Road where the district wants to build a new high school that could...
Banners with Nazi symbols found on West End, Tenth St. bridges
Pittsburgh Police removed two banners bearing Nazi symbols on city bridges early Saturday morning. One of the banners was found on the West End Bridge near the Route 65 intersection, according to police. The other was on the Tenth Street Bridge. Both signs were removed, photographed and taken as evidence....
Charges over Allegheny Township toy drive money dropped, but supervisors remain divided over what happened
Summary charges were dropped against an Allegheny Township supervisor, a former supervisor and the former manager of the township stemming from a $10,000 check they signed last year for a Christmas toy drive. The charges, filed in August against Supervisor Michael Korns, former Supervisor John Rennick Steele and former township...
Sewickley man pleads guilty in fatal Christmas Eve crash
A Sewickley man who was driving 88 mph on a snow-covered back road when he crashed his car, killing his girlfriend’s sister, pleaded guilty on Monday to homicide by vehicle. Luke Flowers, 20, will be sentenced by Allegheny County Common Pleas Judge Kelly Bigley on Jan. 9. As part of...
DA’s office charges Mon View Apartments owner with creating public nuisance
The Allegheny County District Attorney’s Office on Monday accused the owner of a West Mifflin subsidized apartment complex of creating a public nuisance after the property failed repeated inspections and spawned complaints of sewage in the streets. A criminal complaint against Mon View Apartments charges Mon View Apts. LLC with...
Testing of Westmoreland’s 900 voting machines underway in prep for November election
Republican committeewoman Cindy Brown of Ligonier Township said she’s often asked about election integrity when talking with voters. On Monday, she was one of four members of the public who went to watch Westmoreland County officials test the accuracy of the county’s voting machines with the pivotal November election just...
Gainey proposes $657M budget for 2025 with spending cuts, no tax hikes
The City of Pittsburgh’s preliminary 2025 budget released Monday by Mayor Ed Gainey would hold the line on taxes, cut spending and scale back plans to pump up the police force. The proposed operating budget of just under $657 million slices about $29 million, or 4.2%, from this year’s projected...
‘Difficult August’ leaves Westmoreland juvenile detention center looking to fill job vacancies
A series of clashes among residents at Westmoreland County’s juvenile detention center in August resulted in injuries to one staff member and multiple job vacancies, director Rich Gordon said. The detention center, one of two residential programs for juveniles at the Regional Youth Services Center in Hempfield, continues to operate,...
Dragon Boat Festival in North Park supports breast cancer survivorsVideo
While watercraft are common on the lake at North Park, ones with the heads of mythical creatures up front appear just once a year. The occasion is the annual Pittsburgh Dragon Boat Festival, during which participants engage in friendly racing competitions while celebrating and supporting the region’s breast cancer survivors....
Witches to cast spell on Latrobe Night Market, Shop Hop event
Downtown Latrobe will be under a friendly spell Wednesday evening when the town’s monthly Shop Hop and Night Market welcomes visitors for a Witches Night Out. Rain or shine, the event is set for 4 to 8 p.m., featuring more than 50 local artisans and food vendors along more than...
Woman suffers ‘significant’ facial injuries in attack at New Kensington park, police say
A woman suffered significant injuries to her face after another woman hit her with a liquor bottle in a New Kensington park, according to city police. New Kensington police charged Rita Marie Woody, 33, of New Kensington with a single first-degree felony count of aggravated assault for the attack they...
Sewickley Township woman sues AHN over methadone ‘poisoning’ error
When the surgeon arrived in the waiting room at Forbes Hospital in Monroeville on Jan. 13, Audrey Lindsey’s family immediately felt relief. The doctor explained that her routine back surgery had gone great. He sent Lindsey’s long-time partner and daughter upstairs to wait for her to come out from anesthesia....
Washington Township district judge to handle Arnold police chief’s hearing
Arnold’s suspended police chief will have to wait another month for a hearing on charges against him stemming from a state sting operation. New Kensington District Judge Frank J. Pallone Jr. is recusing himself from the case against Josh Stanga, 41, of Arnold, who authorities say failed a test of...
County moves polling place out of Chartiers Valley Intermediate School after district’s plea
Chartiers Valley Intermediate School won’t be used as a polling place, after all. The school board had requested that the Allegheny County Elections Division relocate the polling place out of the Intermediate School in a letter dated Sept. 12. About 1,050 voters in two precincts in Scott Township used the...
‘Fall’ into October with these library offerings
At Penn Hills Library, 1037 Stotler Road, autumn and spooky season is in full swing with a variety of activities for visitors of all ages. Registration is required where noted, and seating is limited in some instances. For details, check out the library’s website at pennhillslibrary.org. CHILDREN • Nature’s Tricks...
Expensive cigar thefts becoming more common
The theft of $1,500 worth of high-end cigars from a store in Verona may seem odd, but it’s becoming more common, police say. In fact, it was at least the second time Verona News and Cigars fell victim to such a theft since December. At least two other cigar dealers...
Westmoreland prison guard charged after incident at Verizon store
A Westmoreland County Prison guard was charged last week in connection with a reported disruption at a Verizon store in North Huntingdon that prompted staff to hire armed security. Scott Kennedy, 43, of North Huntingdon, is accused of yelling at employees there and threatening them, according to court papers. He...
