Western PA Local News category, Page 650
Westmoreland happenings: vacation Bible school, meetings, senior citizen news, more
Church News • The Jeannette campus of Charter Oak Church, 100 Second St., will host vacation Bible school from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. June 24 to 27. The theme will be “SCUBA: Diving Into Friendship With God.” Reservations required. Reservations: 724-527-3639 or visit charteroak.church/vbs and click on Jeannette campus. Juneteenth...
The Stroller, June 16, 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. Plum SummerFest to include fireworks display Plum SummerFest will be Thursday...
Property owners in part of the Freeport Area School District get a tax decrease while others get a tax hike
School taxes will rise in one of Freeport Area School District’s communities but drop in the two others, and school directors emphasized it’s not their idea. The school board approved the 2024-25 budget that lowers real estate taxes in the district’s Armstrong County communities by 10.42% but raises them 3.56%...
Oakmont prepares for 50th Greek food festival
Andy Gavrilos has seen it all during his time as co-chair of the Oakmont Greek Food Festival. From tornadoes, thunderstorms and fires, to a power outage that caused volunteers and parishioners of the Dormition of the Theotokos Greek Orthodox Church to cook by candlelight. “At the end of the day,...
YMCA executive director seeks a pardon in 1994 drug conviction
Dressed in a blue suit and bow tie, Aaron Gibson looked pensive. It was finally his turn to appear before the Pennsylvania Board of Pardons. The regional executive director of three Pittsburgh YMCA branches — who oversaw the $7.4 million transformation of the Centre Avenue Y into housing for at-risk...
Fire destroys longtime Avonmore bar — the 3rd one to burn in 6 yearsVideo
An Avonmore bar was destroyed Saturday in a blaze that a fire official said might have started in the kitchen. My Buddy’s Place, at 407 Indiana Ave., was open when the fire broke out shortly after 4:30 p.m., but no one was reported to be injured. A dog was unaccounted...
North Huntingdon police say missing 16-year-old girl has been found
North Huntingdon Township Police say a 16-year-old girl they were urgently searching for Saturday has been found. Police on Saturday had put out a plea for the public to help find Cassie Nowalk, who had left her home overnight. Police said Nowalk has a medical condition, which they did not...
Western Pennsylvania Juneteenth Celebration a weekend of empowerment and joy
The spaces of Market Square and Point State Park in downtown Pittsburgh teemed with revelers and vendors ready to celebrate the first day of Western Pennsylvania’s Juneteenth Celebration, produced by William “B” Marshall, CEO and founder of Stop the Violence. The first day of the weekend celebration, which is free...
Somerset County man charged with homicide in death of brother by crossbow
A Somerset Township man is behind bars after, state troopers say, he fatally shot his brother with a crossbow. Police charged Travis Scott Shearer, 32, with criminal homicide in connection with the death of his brother, Eric Miller, on Friday night. Shearer is being held in the Somerset County Jail....
Historic Hanna’s Town Frontier Court Days demonstrates women’s integral role in 18th century
Leah Ray has always had a love of history, but once she discovered reenacting, she said she fell down the rabbit hole. She portrayed “Private Lee” on Saturday at the Historic Hanna’s Town Frontier Court Days, which pays tribute to the site of the first English courts west of the...
West View lands $1M in federal funds for Perry Highway revitalization
A revitalization project for West View’s main thoroughfare received a major financial boost when U.S. Rep. Chris Deluzio, D-Aspinwall, announced a $1 million federal investment in the borough. “West View came to me with a great project that supports streetscaping, that supports infrastructure improvements to make kids, families, folks with...
Pa. state senator and Bridgeville man help FedEx driver after collapse
For Mark Macala, the past two days have been a whirlwind of emotions. He was working from his Bridgeville home Thursday and in the middle of a lunch meeting when his doorbell rang. It was FedEx with a large shipment he had ordered, but he wasn’t expecting it until next...
Second Avenue Commons residents to relocate to temporary North Side location
Allegheny County has found a new location on Pittsburgh’s North Side to relocate about 100 homeless people who had been staying at the David L. Lawrence Convention Center after a fire closed the Second Avenue Commons homeless shelter. Erin Dalton, the county’s human services director, said Saturday that displaced residents...
‘Very dedicated’: Bethel Park students celebrate reading accomplishments
Literacy lives on at Abraham Lincoln Elementary School, thanks to incentives for students to trade less-product pursuits for learning what’s inside books. “The Accelerated Reader program has been a tradition here at Bethel Park School District, and I’d say that Lincoln always really took it to another level,” school librarian...
Pittsburgh cyclist in critical condition after overnight collision
A vehicle and an electric bike collided overnight at Fort Duquesne Boulevard and Ninth Street in Pittsburgh — leaving the cyclist in critical condition. Pittsburgh police, fire and EMS responded to the scene around 2 a.m. The vehicle involved was traveling through a green light on Ninth Street when the...
The Stroller, June 15, 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. Annual night race scheduled July 20 in Apollo Roaring Run Watershed...
PA Hero Walk for veterans in need — from Philadelphia to Lower Burrell — in full swing
The 320 miles in wind, rain, blistering sun and whatever else Mother Nature doles out takes an incredible amount of resolve. Yet the Alle-Kiski Valley veterans participating in the 16th annual PA Hero Walk remain undaunted. The group, ranging in age from 30 to 73, is on the seventh day...
Rare drop in summer gas prices doesn’t eliminate pain at the pump
Mary Ann Hoss paid a few cents less for gas this week as she fueled up for a road trip from Lower Burrell to her camp a few hours away. But that was due more to global circumstances than anything Hoss did. While the nation is experiencing a rare summertime...
Arnold woman pleads for time to move before city tears down her home
An Arnold woman was sobbing as she asked city officials how much time she’d have to move out of her home before they tear it down. During a board of health hearing Tuesday, Ellen Stern said she’s been looking for a place for herself, her two sons and boyfriend to...
Road projects to trigger detours in Salem, St. Clair; roadwork to start on Route 981, I-70
Motorists will encounter detours in Salem and St. Clair townships beginning Monday because of road and bridge projects. Traffic restrictions are slated the same week in PennDOT work zones on Interstate 70 and Route 981. • In Salem, Athena Drive is expected to be closed through late July between Lauffer...
New Stanton home brewer opens taproom in the borough
A longtime home brewer in New Stanton is taking the plunge into the beer business and opening a brewery in the borough, the only one between Greensburg and West Newton. “This has always been my dream. I had a five-gallon batch system in my kitchen, then a 20-gallon system in...
Butler man sentenced to 15 years in federal prison for drug, gun crimes
A Butler man who was the shooter in an incident in Butler nearly 3½ years ago that led to discovery of a large amount of heroin and fentanyl in his car has been sentenced to 15 years in federal prison. Darnell Wynn, 44, was found guilty of possession with intent...
Can the pool at Ligonier Beach be saved? Township spending $100K to find out
Is it feasible to reopen Ligonier Beach as a swimming pool? Ligonier Township officials may know before Mackin Engineers & Consultants finishes a master plan for the former resort. The Pittsburgh-based consultant indicated it should be able to advise the township before the plan is done whether it’s feasible to...
Penn-Trafford students raise $8K for Damar Hamlin’s Chasing M’s Foundation
It’s not often that Penn-Trafford business teacher Kim Stefkovich is left speechless. But when Pittsburgh native and NFL player Damar Hamlin gave her a hug and thanked her Sunday for the $8,000 donation Stefkovich’s students made to his charity, words escaped her. “When I went up to meet him at...
‘I basically was running on Dunkin’ and adrenaline for most of yesterday,’ pastor says after Monroeville arson
In the wake of an arson Thursday at a Monroeville Catholic church rectory, the Rev. Michael Conway has been busy. As pastor of Christ the Divine Shepherd Parish, he’s been rushing between its locations in Monroeville and Penn Hills, meeting with parishioners and leadership and trying to make plans for...
