UPMC moving forward with clinical trials for early stage breast cancer vaccine
A group of Pittsburgh researchers hopes an experimental vaccine now being tested will stop some forms of early-stage breast cancer in their tracks. Through an upcoming clinical trial, approximately 50 women will receive the new vaccine developed by UPMC and University of Pittsburgh researchers. UPMC plans to introduce the first...
Greensburg YMCA raises $16K for a new front entrance
The Greensburg YMCA’s annual Neighbors Helping Neighbors fundraising event raised $16,000 toward a project to update the building’s main entrance. Christine Marquis, senior operations director, said the doors that currently welcome patrons are heavy and can be difficult to open without using the handicap access mechanism. Marquis said the front...
Pittsburgh has 1 plumber and its city-run drinking fountains are out
Pittsburgh City Council on Tuesday rushed to pass legislation that will allow the city to contract with more plumbers who can help turn on drinking fountains, maintain public bathrooms and handle other plumbing work that currently falls to the city’s sole plumber. The city this year budgeted money for three...
Indoor pickleball courts to open in Pittsburgh Warehouse
Bryan Wigginton and his wife, Alexa Gervasi, started playing pickleball two years ago as an alternative to sitting on the couch in their Polish Hill home and watching TV together. What started as a way to be active has now evolved into a new business. Their indoor pickleball facility, The...
Pair threw Garfield woman to street in carjacking, police say
A teenager remained held in jail without bail and his suspected accomplice was awaiting arraignment Tuesday in connection with a 3 a.m. carjacking in Pittsburgh’s Garfield neighborhood. The victim was checking email in a car in front of her Broad Street home when Daniel Cain, 18, swung open her car...
Food-themed art show to display work of neurodiverse artists
The idea for a food-focused art show at Carnegie’s Studio Forget-Me-Not! all started with painted ceramic slices of pizza. “Food is one of those things people come together for,” said Laura Stuart, director at Studio Forget-Me-Not!, a venue that provides art services for adults with intellectual disabilities. After some discussion,...
98th annual Cinderella Ball a magical evening for debutantes
It was a night Annalese Kimberly Bartolacci often dreamed about. Wearing a beautiful gown and dancing with Prince Charming, just like in a fairy tale. Her dream came true. Bartolacci, a recent Fox Chapel Area High School graduate, was selected as Cinderella at the 98th annual Cinderella Ball on June...
North Huntingdon could get nearly $7K for gas rights under township land
A natural gas production company wants the gas rights to a 4½-acre parcel owned by North Huntingdon. The company, Apex Energy, is offering the township a lease worth $1,500 per acre — equal to $6,760 — to drill into township-owned land abutting homes along a portion of Peregrine Drive. “It’s...
Pa. Supreme Court declines to rule on Pittsburgh rental registry law
The Pennsylvania Supreme Court on Tuesday said it will not issue an opinion on Pittsburgh’s rental registry law, saying it’s moot since the city replaced it with new legislation in 2023. That 2023 ordinance is still being challenged Allegheny County Common Pleas Court even though many of the most onerous...
Police say Arnold woman smeared attacker’s shirt with her blood as evidence
A 67-year-old Arnold woman smeared her own blood on the shirt of a man attacking her in her home so there would be evidence in case he killed her, according to police. Cue Anthony Freckleton, 28, is accused of forcing his way into the woman’s home Monday night and sexually...
Re:Build begins manufacturing operations in completed 1st phase of New Kensington park
A little over a year after the announcement of an $81 million investment in New Kensington, the first phase of Re:Build Manufacturing’s facility is complete. It consists of about 100,000 square feet of space in the New Kensington Advanced Manufacturing Park, which spans New Kensington and Arnold along the Allegheny...
Delmont weighs options for $1.3M sewage project
Delmont officials will wait until July to award a bid for more than $1 million in sewer work. As part of a consent order finalized with the state Department of Environmental Protection in April 2020, borough officials proposed relocating and replacing a gravity line and a force main that run...
Morning Roundup: 1 flown from Washington Township crash
Here are some of the latest news items from this morning, Tuesday, June 18, 2024. 1 flown from Washington Township crash One person was injured in a crash involving a tri-axle truck and a sedan Tuesday morning in Washington Township. According to township police, an occupant in the sedan was...
Cooling centers can provide relief from Western Pa. heat wave
If Allen Patrick needs air conditioning, he said he knows where he needs to go — the Homewood Healthy Active Living Senior Center, one of six cooling centers CitiParks opened in Pittsburgh for this week’s heat wave. Temperatures across Western Pennsylvania could reach 100 degrees this week for the first...
Some customers could be in the dark till Sunday following storm-related outages
Some Duquesne Light customers in the region might not have electrical power returned until Sunday or later, the utility estimated, following Monday evening’s storms that rolled through parts of Southwestern Pennsylvania. The utility estimated that all customers would have power restored by 1 p.m. on Sunday, with many customers expected...
The Stroller, June 18, 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. Monthly Breaking Bread dinner planned at Knead Community Cafe Knead Community...
Market begins heating up for 2025 U.S. Open rental properties in and around Oakmont
A rental frenzy is underway in Oakmont and surrounding communities in anticipation of the 2025 U.S. Open Championship. Some homeowners already are looking to cash in, potentially raking in big bucks, by renting out their homes to golf fans, who will be flocking to the borough for the June 12...
Mt. Pleasant Cemetery struggles to maintain property amid rising costs, fewer lots purchased
Kevin Vought arrived at Mt. Pleasant Cemetery at 7:30 a.m. Wednesday, weed trimmer in tow. He would not leave the Braddock Road Avenue graveyard for more than nine hours. Vought is one of two volunteers cutting the grass at the cemetery since it lost its grass cutting service last year....
Former member to fill vacancy on Franklin Regional School Board; tax hike passes
After hearing a range of support from residents for 2023 school board candidates David Murphy and Amy Sheridan, the Franklin Regional School Board voted to fill a vacant seat with a former board member instead. The board voted 5-3 this week to appoint Deb Wohlin. She will fill out the...
Random searches at Hempfield Area could continue in next school year
Hempfield Area School District’s safety and security committee is recommending the district continue with random searches of students into the new school year. The committee is also recommending the district buy two weapons detectors to be used in random searches at the district’s two middle schools, Harrold school and the...
Swissvale’s Juneteenth a moment of pride and celebration
Angela Stribling and Shawn Alfonso Wells were walking out of the council building following a Juneteenth committee meeting, and they were able to hand Swissvale’s Juneteenth flyer to a few young children. Stribling recalls the young girl shrieking as she said, “Oh my gosh, the Bill Henry Band! My grandma...
Harrison shooting victim critically wounded
Allegheny County police are investigating a shooting at a Harrison apartment complex, police said. According to a public-safety alert issued by Harrison Township Police, they responded to a report of a shooting at the rear of the Sheldon Park Apartments on Park Avenue. County police responded around 5:30 p.m., when...
Algae bloom at Lower Burrell lake deemed ‘harmful’; city looks to third-party to mitigate it
Lower Burrell is looking for a way to curb the algae bloom in Burrell Lake Park after state environmental officials warned the bloom is severe enough to be “harmful.” Lauren Camarda of the Department of Environmental Protection said samplings from the lake taken June 11 indicate concentrations of cyanobacteria are...
Storms knock out power to thousands amid heat waveVideo
Scattered storms blew through the area Monday evening, downing trees and causing power outages after a day when temperatures surged past 90 degrees. At 6 p.m. Monday, nearly 25,000 FirstEnergy customers were without electricity, mostly in northern Allegheny County, southwest Butler County and Beaver County. West Penn Power specifically was...
Event in Peters raises $50K for veterans, military members
A yearly fundraiser on behalf of veterans and active members of the military continues to be a success. The VETS Care charity event, held on the sunny afternoon of June 1 in Peters Township, exceeded its $50,000 goal. Organizer Bri Hall of North Strabane reported the proceeds will be divided...
