Fort Ligonier bestows awards on miniature model makers
The young creators of three miniature forts came home from Fort Ligonier with prizes this month. Through the Model Fort Contest at Fort Ligonier, area students worked to build miniature models of forts to be graded and judged by museum officials and guests. The models were limited to 2 feet...
4-vehicle crash on West Carson Street sends 4 to the hospital
Three adults and a child were taken to local hospitals in stable condition Thursday night after a four-vehicle crash on Pittsburgh’s South Side, according to police. Police, fire and EMS responded to the 1400 block of West Carson Street around 6:45 p.m., where a driver reportedly lost control of their...
Environmental groups scrutinize Beaver Run Reservoir water usage in the wake of drought watch
The recent drought watch in Westmoreland County caused residents, water authority officials and businesses to take a closer look at their water consumption as Beaver Run Reservoir dipped lower than usual during the summer and fall before being replenished by recent precipitation. Nonprofit citizen environmental group Protect P-T began taking...
Coaches across Pa. state universities reach tentative labor pact with State System
Union and management negotiators have a tentative agreement on a new four-year contract covering athletics coaches across Pennsylvania’s 10 state-owned universities, officials said Thursday. If ratified by the parties, the pact between the Association of Pennsylvania State College and University Facilities and State System of Higher Education would run through...
Man identified who was found stabbed to death in Pittsburgh’s Elliott neighborhood
An investigation is underway after a Pittsburgh man was found dead outside a vacant home in the city Thursday. Public Safety spokeswoman Cara Cruz said first responders were dispatched shortly before noon to the 100 block of Steuben Street in the city’s Elliott neighborhood for reports of a man found...
Police say missing New Kensington girl found safe
New Kensington and Pennsylvania State Police said that a New Kensington girl that had been reported missing late Thursday has been located. She was found safe at around 9:20 p.m. Thursday night after she had been missing for more than seven hours. New Kensington and state police were seeking public...
Leechburg Area officials lobby Harrisburg for real estate tax relief, call for reassessment
Leechburg Area School District officials are taking the fight to Harrisburg over high tax rates in West Leechburg, calling for state action and reassessments locally. Acting Superintendent David Keibler, school board President Ashley Coudriet and board member Tom Maxin went to Harrisburg on Wednesday to meet with representatives of the...
Pittsburgh Stadium Authority to sell North Shore land to Pirates for $569K for plaza development
Pittsburgh is one step closer to a new public plaza on the North Shore for baseball fans to cheer on the Pirates. The city’s Stadium Authority voted unanimously Thursday to sell a large parcel of land next to PNC Park to the Pittsburgh Pirates that will be turned into a...
Aquinas Academy hosts chess tournament in Hampton
Six Aquinas Academy of Pittsburgh students won awards at the Aquinas Chess Invitational Tournament, held March 9 in the Rhodora J. Donahue building on the school’s campus in Hampton. A total of 175 students in kindergarten through 12th grade, representing 25 schools, competed at six levels (K-2, 3-4, 5-6, 7-8...
‘We get the spotlight’: Duquesne fans revel in long-awaited March Madness victory
It’s a good thing for Duquesne University’s basketball team that alum Ed Wirth wore his class ring Thursday at Mike’s Beer Bar on Pittsburgh’s North Side — as did the rest of his table. And that they ordered pork nachos, like they’d done while watching Duquesne muscle its way through...
‘He needs to feel remorse.’ Driver again denied bail in fatal crash that killed Serra Catholic studentVideo
Nenita Kalkbrenner sat in a Pittsburgh courtroom Thursday as the man charged with crashing into a school van and killing her 15-year-old daughter, Samantha, while drag-racing at speeds up to 107 mph, asked to be released from jail. William Soliday II has been held behind bars without bail since his...
Students from Aquinas Academy in Hampton qualify as Shakespeare finalists
Nine students at Aquinas Academy of Pittsburgh in Hampton qualified for the Pittsburgh Public Theater’s Showcase of Finalists in two scenes. The students performed live at the O’Reilly Theater in February. Fifth graders Theodore Burchill (Cassius), Nicholas Crawford (Messenger), Ethan Mullican (Brutus), John Paul Richthammer (Antony) and Luke Roney (Octavius)...
Family, neighbors, community come together for Jeannette fire victims, survivors
On Thursday morning, Richard John got what he said was the best phone call of his life. “I talked to my grandson,” John said. “He couldn’t talk, but just to see him. I haven’t seen any of them since the fire.” It was the first time John had been able...
Hempfield man pleads guilty to sex assault of teen
A Hempfield man was ordered to serve up to 12 years in prison for the sexual assault of a teenage girl. Michael Flowers, 25, pleaded guilty Thursday to one felony count of involuntary deviate sexual intercourse related a sexual encounter with a then 13-year-old girl in 2017. According to court...
Odyssey of Mind scholarship awarded to Hampton resident
Hampton resident Jeremiah Bennett, a 12th grader at Commonwealth Charter Academy and A.W. Beattie Career Center, was named the recipient of the Western PA Odyssey of the Mind 2024 Paul H. Dunn Jr. Memorial Scholarship. Jeremiah participated in Odyssey of the Mind for five years, and his experience in the...
Terrelle Pryor sells Penn Township home for more than $400K
Former Jeannette High School football and basketball star Terrelle Pryor has sold his home in Penn Township for $412,500, according to filing with the Westmoreland County Recorder of Deeds. Pryor, 34 sold his home at 6001 Augusta Lane in the Blackthorne Estates plan to Kowshik Morishetty and his wife, Sai...
Sheetz seeks to dismiss lawsuit filed by Perryopolis victim’s family for fatal head-on crash
Lawyers for Altoona-based Sheetz Inc. have asked a Westmoreland County judge to dismiss the company from a wrongful death lawsuit related to a 2022 fatal crash on Interstate 70 in South Huntingdon. The family of 25-year-old David Ott of Perryopolis filed a lawsuit months after he was killed in a...
Pine-Richland students named National Merit finalists
Five Pine-Richland High School seniors were named finalists by the National Merit Scholarship Corp. In September, they were named semifinalists based on earning some of the highest scores nationwide on the PSAT/NMSQT out of more than 2 million test takers. The Pine-Richland students have earned the additional finalist commendation by...
Western Pennsylvania students learn about manufacturing through video contest
Bella Paulone and her eighth-grade classmate Alishba Raja didn’t have much of a frame of reference for what modern manufacturing looks like. “Before this, we’d have thought it was just a bunch of factory workers picking things up, assembling them and putting them down,” said Raja, 13, of Murrysville. Thanks...
Springdale could start cracking down on ‘disorderly houses’
It could be three strikes and you’re out for Springdale residents whose behavior brings police or other first responders to their homes. The borough is considering revising its “disorderly house” ordinance to set the number of complaint calls to three per year before residents or landlords face charges. Common complaints...
Indiana County man accused of sexual assault in Allegheny Township
An Indiana County man is charged with sexually assaulting a 14-year-old girl. Allegheny Township police charged Daniel Travis Kinney, 30, of Washington Township, Indiana County, with four felony counts of aggravated indecent assault against a person under 16, five felony counts of corruption of minors and a misdemeanor count of...
Police charge Etna mom in drowning death of son, 1, in backyard pool
An Etna woman was arrested Thursday in the drowning death last summer of her 1-year-old son. Brittany Garrison, 28, took the boy, Leo, and a sibling to swim in an aboveground pool in her backyard on Sycamore Street around 3 p.m. on July 27, 2023, Allegheny County Police said. Garrison...
Community bands converge on Murrysville for free annual festival
A classic John Philip Sousa march. Variations on the “Scarborough Fair” theme. Music inspired by the “Lord of the Rings” books. Musicians from all over the Pittsburgh area will perform music from all over the map at the 18th annual Three Rivers Community Band Festival, set for April 6 in...
Penn Hills School District kicks off spring musical season with Linton’s ‘Frozen Jr.,’ ice cream social
Penn Hills School District’s middle school and high school are kicking off their musical seasons this week. Linton Middle School, the first to take the stage, will perform “Frozen Jr.”at 7 p.m. March 21 to 23 at Linton’s Auditorium. Three elementary school students are invited to perform and portray younger...
Hampton cooking studio hosts St. Patrick’s Day fundraiser
Lucky bakers and their caregivers learned how to make shepherd’s pie, sourdough muffins and rainbow cupcakes on March 18 in celebration of St. Patrick’s Day at Flour Power Cooking Studio on Route 8 in Hampton. Amy Knight, franchise owner of Flour Power Pittsburgh, provided the free cooking class as part...
