Western PA Local News category, Page 494
New Year’s Eve ball drop welcomes 2025 early
People celebrated the new year early at a noon ball drop on New Year’s Eve at Monroeville Mall. The free, all ages event marked its third year. It is hosted by Monroeville Public Library. Festivities started at 11:30 a.m., when families mingled, learned about the library and put their names...
East Deer backs efforts of Allegheny River lock funding group
An Armstrong County nonprofit that lobbies for recreational boating along the Allegheny River officially has the support from a community that already has gleaned some of those benefits. The East Deer commissioners on Tuesday approved a resolution of support for the Allegheny River Development Corp., a grassroots organization that works...
Police say Pitcairn man robbed Monroeville Burger King, used stun device on workers
A Pitcairn man is accused of robbing a Burger King in Monroeville at gunpoint on Sunday and using a stun device on employees, according to a criminal complaint. Monroeville police said Yamin Harris, 30, entered a Burger King along Broadway Boulevard through the back employee entrance on Sunday evening, after...
Westmoreland happenings: AARP tax services, meeting, more
Fundraisers • The Blessings Mission store at Olive Branch Baptist Church, 296 Route 981, Rostraver, will have a clothing sale from 9:30 to 11:30 a.m. Jan. 4. • Jeannette American Legion will host bingo at 1 p.m. Jan. 5 at the post, 109 S. Fifth St. Doors open at 11:30...
Morning Roundup: Penn Hills house fire; Pittsburgh blood drives
Here are some of the latest news items from this morning, Thursday, Jan. 2: No injuries reported in Penn Hills house fire Emergency services were called to a fire Wednesday night at a home along Michigan Road in Penn Hills. According to TribLive news partner WTAE, crews were called to...
The Stroller, Jan. 2, 2025: 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. Grief workshop offered by...
Presbyterian church leader reflects on navigating changes over a dozen years
After almost 12 years as the executive presbyter for the Redstone Presbytery, the Rev. Richard “Skip” Noftzger Jr. has retired. The executive presbyter oversaw 65 Presbyterian churches in four counties. Noftzger had been in ministry 28 years and in addition to administrative duties at two universities. “I feel good about...
Monroeville area: Chorus seeks new members, Route 22 gas line work, library programs, more
Email news briefs and event listings to pvarine@triblive.com or bpoole@triblive.com. Monroeville Chorus seeks new members The Monroeville Chorus is seeking new members. There is no audition necessary. The chorus performs for community events and groups, hospitals and similar events. It meets for rehearsals at Hillcrest United Presbyterian Church, 1622 James...
Girls golf coming to Chartiers Valley
Chartiers Valley plans to establish a girls golf club team next fall. Athletic Director Zack Hayward said the team will start as a club team for two years, and then after those two years, will be moved over as a WPIAL member team. Hayward said there have been girls on...
Canonsburg man among those injured in New Orleans
A Canonsburg man was among those injured when a man drove a truck around a police blockade and into a crowd of revelers during New Year’s celebrations early Wednesday morning in New Orleans. A family member said Jeremi Sensky, 51, was hurt in what authorities termed a terrorist attack by...
Crash near Pitt-Greensburg campus disrupts power
Electrical power was expected to be restored about 7 p.m. Wednesday to about 480 West Penn Power customers living near the Pitt-Greensburg campus, according to FirstEnergy Corp.’s power outage map. The cause of the outage was a two-vehicle crash near the campus at about 1:30 p.m., a Westmoreland County Public...
Meet Allegheny and Westmoreland county’s firstborn of 2025: William, Genesis, Shiloh, Luka and Mila
William Sido Scott was born 10 seconds after midnight Wednesday to become the first birth of 2025 in the Pittsburgh area. William, the son of Frank and Evan (Telban) Scott of South Strabane, Washington County, was born at St. Clair Hospital in Mt. Lebanon, seconds after his New Year’s Eve...
Photo gallery: Dozens say hello to 2025 with polar plunge into muddy Mon
Dozens of people welcomed 2025 with a plunge into the chilly brown water of the Monongahela River on Wednesday during the New Year’s Day Polar Plunge hosted by the Pittsburgh Polar Bear Club....
Greensburg’s Abie & Bimbo’s Pizza closes after 57 years
New Year’s came with a wave of sadness for Doug Mirolli, as he announced the closure of the pizza restaurant he has owned for nearly two decades. Mirolli, 47, of Greensburg has owned Abie & Bimbo’s Pizza along Greensburg’s Highland Avenue since 2007. Known for its Pizzaroni subs and giant...
Driver ‘hell-bent on carnage’ kills 10, injures 30 on New Year’s Day in New Orleans
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A driver in a pickup truck who officials said was “hell-bent on carnage” sped through a crowd of pedestrians in New Orleans’ bustling French Quarter district, killing 10 and injuring 30 revelers early on New Year’s Day. The attack occurred around 3:15 a.m. along Bourbon Street,...
East Deer residents to pay 35% more for garbage collection
East Deer residents will pay about 35% more for their garbage pickup in 2025. Commissioners on Tuesday approved the township’s 2025 budget, which maintains the property tax rate at 4.65 mills but includes a hike for garbage pickup. “There’s no increase,” Commissioners President Tony Taliani said of taxes. “It’s been...
The Stroller, Jan. 1, 2025: 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. Donations welcome for Apollo...
Forever Young: Families of teens killed in North Park crash fight to move on
Twice a week, Ellie Tourney eats lunch on a stone bench near her son’s grave. She doesn’t want her youngest boy to feel like he has been forgotten. Nearly a year has passed since Jonathan Tourney and Taylor Orlowski were killed on Christmas weekend when the speeding SUV they were...
A year later, families of teens killed in North Park crash remain overcome with grief while fighting to move onVideo
Twice a week, Ellie Tourney eats lunch on a stone bench near her son’s grave. She doesn’t want her youngest boy to feel like he has been forgotten. Nearly a year has passed since Jonathan Tourney and Taylor Orlowski were killed on Christmas weekend when the speeding SUV they were...
High anxiety: 2024 election takes heavy toll on stressed-out voters
World War III. A crippled economy. Unbridled immigration. Civil war, with American democracy in the crosshairs. These are the apocalyptic scenarios preoccupying supporters of Kamala Harris and Donald Trump. As election season enters its final hours of the 2024 race for the American presidency, Pennsylvanians find themselves balanced on a...
Namdar Realty profits from Pittsburgh Mills, ‘dying’ malls
The owner of Pittsburgh Mills mall has built a real estate empire by buying dying malls and letting them deteriorate before selling off property and walking away, leaving helpless communities in its wake, according to officials where Namdar Realty Group owns assets. New York-based Namdar boasts a portfolio of nearly...
How Namdar Realty profits from Pittsburgh Mills and other ‘dying’ malls
The owner of Pittsburgh Mills mall has built a real estate empire by buying dying malls and letting them deteriorate before selling off property and walking away, leaving helpless communities in its wake, according to officials where Namdar Realty Group owns assets. New York-based Namdar boasts a portfolio of nearly...
Urban oasis: Farms sprout in Pittsburgh’s food deserts
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Urban oasis: Farms sprout in Pittsburgh’s food deserts
Ebony Lunsford-Evans would like nothing more than to spend all day tending her crops and chickens. “I spend a lot of my time out here,” the woman known to some as Farmer Girl Eb said on a recent August morning, gesturing at the farm she runs in Pittsburgh’s Sheraden neighborhood....
Young voters in Western Pa. talk issues, candidates ahead of presidential election
The economy. A woman’s right to choose. A divided America. These are issues weighing on the minds of young voters as they ready themselves for the November presidential election between Democratic nominee Kamala Harris and Republican nominee Donald Trump. More than half of young voters between 18 and 29 plan...
