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1 dead following Hill District shooting

A Pittsburgh man died early Friday morning after being shot in the head in the city’s Hill District neighborhood, police said. The Allegheny County Medical Examiner’s Office identified the victim as Anthony Young, 35. A cause and manner of death has not yet been determined. Pittsburgh police from Zone 2...
Man found fatally shot inside vehicle in McKeesport

A man was fatally shot Thursday night in McKeesport. Police said they were dispatched to the 2900 block of Palmgreen Avenue for a report of a shooting at 10:25 p.m. First responders found the man with gunshot wounds inside a vehicle, police said. He was pronounced dead at the scene....
The Stroller, May 3, 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. Leechburg church to rededicate bell tower and carillon First Evangelical Lutheran...
Rabkin Gardens is Tarentum’s hidden gem

When Michael Rabkin purchased the 1890s 2nd Ward Public School Building in Tarentum to house his medical practice, the view was less than inspiring. “There was a hideous termite-infested shack that my office overlooked,” said Rabkin, a Brooklyn native and retired skin pathologist. “I figured I could spend the rest...
Residents of Plum neighborhood hopeful outside cleanup is start of help for hoarder

Residents of a Plum community are hopeful the cleanup outside a hoarded house Thursday is the start of getting the woman who lives there the help they say she needs. Residents of Plum’s Edgemeade neighborhood say it was about two years ago that the hoard inside retired school teacher Janice...
Pittsburgh man faces drug, fleeing charges after crash in Harmar turns up $15,000, 2,000 stamp bags

Harmar police are searching for a Pittsburgh man who, they say, had about 2,000 stamp bags of heroin or fentanyl and more than $15,000 in a vehicle he abandoned to flee from police. Romello Edward Jones, 25, is being charged with one felony count each of carrying a firearm without...
‘We’re always hoping to sell out’: Greensburg Garden Center prepares annual May Mart plant sale

Every year, the Greenridge Garden Club arrives at the Greensburg Garden Center’s May Mart plant sale with hundreds of heirloom tomato plants. By the end of the sale, most — if not all — of them are gone, said club member Janet Bentz. Bentz, of Irwin, has been a member...
USGA tees up for 2025 U.S. Open with $4.8M Oakmont Country Club expansion

With the U.S. Open golf tournament returning to Oakmont in just over a year, the United States Golf Association is working to expand and upgrade the Oakmont Country Club in anticipation of massive crowds flocking to the Allegheny Valley borough. The golf association is in the midst of a $4.8...
Armed robbery investigation continues in Pittsburgh’s Allentown neighborhood

Pittsburgh police continue to investigate an armed robbery at an Allentown business. Public Safety spokeswoman Emily Bourne said officers were dispatched shortly after 9 p.m. Wednesday for reports of an armed robbery at a beer distributor along the 800 block of East Warrington Avenue. An employee told police they were...
Maryland man faces federal charges for alleged sexual exploitation of minors in the Kiski Township area

A Maryland man faces federal charges after he allegedly attempted to sexually exploit minors in the North Apollo and Kiski Township areas. George Luton, 49, of Annapolis was indicted by a federal grand jury in Pittsburgh. Authorities said Luton persuaded a minor to engage in sexually explicit conduct for the...
Longtime Westmoreland prison staffer hired as new deputy warden

The Westmoreland County Prison Board on Thursday promoted a longtime staffer to serve as the facility’s new deputy warden for security. The board hired Robert Fagan to the position previously held by the jail’s new warden, who was hired in February. Fagan, 46, of South Huntingdon, was initially hired in...
Hempfield man’s ‘nonstop criminal activity’ nets 3- to 6-year prison sentence

A Hempfield man was ordered to serve up to six years in prison for a series of crimes that included an assault against a police officer, two high-speed chases and possession of cocaine in his cell at the Westmoreland County jail. As Antjuan Dewayne Smith, 41, pleaded guilty Thursday, his...
‘You just gotta go through it’: Pittsburgh marathoners prepare for mental, physical test

For Ron Brown, waiting for marathon day is like waiting for Christmas morning: Sunday will be his 60th time racing all 26.2 miles. “You get apprehensive,” said Brown, 55, of West Deer, days before the Dick’s Sporting Goods Pittsburgh Marathon. “But once you get across that starting line, that goes...
Dallas executive Kimberly Fields to take reins at ATI

ATI will have new leadership July 1. Kimberly Fields will assume the role of CEO to replace Robert Wetherbee, head of the specialty metals company since 2018. Fields of Dallas has served the past two years as chief operating officer and was named president in 2023. “I’m honored to succeed...
Moms of teens killed in McCandless crash win court battle against bail for jailed driver

Heather McCandless began to sob in front of a judge as she described how her husband ends each day by saying “good night” to the urn holding their late daughter’s ashes. Taylor Orlowski, 18, was killed Dec. 23 after a speeding car in which she was riding with four other...
Hempfield man’s ‘nonstop criminal activity’ nets 3-to 6-year prison sentence

A Hempfield man was ordered to serve up to six years in prison for a series of crimes that included an assault against a police officer, two high-speed chases and possession of cocaine in his cell at the Westmoreland County Prison. As Antjuan Dewayne Smith, 41, pleaded guilty Thursday, his...

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