Pittsburgh police report 13-year-old girl safe after missing from Perry South
A 13-year-old Pittsburgh girl who had been missing for several days was located and safely reunited with her family, city police said Sunday. Rayona “Ray” Johnson, 13, went missing from the Perry South neighborhood on March 5, police said....
Reenactors, historians celebrate Pennsylvania’s birthday at Bushy Run museum
Educators, craftspeople, reenactors, volunteers and visitors hoping to learn more about local history crowded the halls of the Bushy Run Battlefield Museum on Sunday. The occasion? The state of Pennsylvania’s 343rd birthday, or “Charter Day” — the day in 1681 that Pennsylvania was named, when England’s King Charles II granted...
Park named after longtime council president in Bethel Park
In 1995, a Bethel Park resident in his early 30s attended a public hearing to address the possible placement of lights at a municipal park near his home. Called Village Green Park at the time, the recreational area at the end of Alicia Drive has a new name: Moury Park....
Warming trend expected through coming week after snowy, blustery Sunday
Pittsburgh area residents looking forward to spring as they turned their clocks ahead for daylight savings time this weekend might feel like Mother Nature turned hers back to winter. But the bursts of snow and cold winds across the region on Sunday won’t be around for long. Snow squalls and...
Scenes from the Valley: Images captured in the Alle-Kiski Valley from Feb. 29-March 6, 2024
Here is a weekly look at recent images captured throughout the Alle-Kiski Valley. From major news events to routine gatherings, the Tribune-Review’s “Scenes from the Valley” photo package brings to life activities and moments happening in your backyard. To have a photo considered as a “Scenes from the Valley” candidate,...
State police accuse Jeannette man of breaking into vehicles at Seven Springs
A Jeannette man is accused of breaking into vehicles and stealing an SUV at Seven Springs Mountain Resort on Saturday. State police charged Michael Lee Curtis, 32, with felony counts of theft and receiving stolen property. He is also charged with driving under the influence, unauthorized use of a motor...
Building the Valley: New Kensington transmission shop owner keeps ‘dying art’ alive
When the transmission on a 16-year-old vehicle breaks, many people might take that as a sign it’s time to buy a new car. Carmen Jones isn’t one of those people. When the Arnold man’s 2008 Lincoln MKX broke down and needed its transmission replaced, he knew where to take it....
Remember When: Chapman’s Drug Store filled prescriptions for 81 years
The old Chapman’s Drug Store was one of the more interesting buildings to greet guests visiting Tarentum in the early 1900s. On the lower side of the railroad tracks at Fifth Avenue and Lock Street stands a historic structure with a turret that was the longtime home of the former...
Fox Chapel area real estate transactions, week of March 10, 2024
Aspinwall David Ariondo sold property at 619 Center Ave. to John Edward Frost for $77,500. Jebediah Northern sold property at 106 Lexington Ave. to Ahmed and Catherine Allawi for $460,000. Harmar Roberta Taylor sold property at 702 Gulf Lab Road to Scott Bochek for $275,000. Pennsylvania Housing Finance Agency sold...
Sewickley area real estate transactions, week of March 10, 2024
Aleppo 5th Avenue Property Group LLC sold property at 1214 Sewickley Heights Drive to Carrie Bednarski for $404,500. Sarah Lederach sold property at 212 Timber Ln to National Residential Nominee Services In for $320,000. National Residential Nominee Services In sold property at 212 Timber Ln to Angela Schembre for $320,000....
North suburban real estate transactions, week of March 10, 2024
Bellevue Allison Carr sold property at 529 Roosevelt Ave. to Timothy and Olivia Townsend for $290,000. Franklin Park Deborah Sciullo sold property at 2412 Bellwood Ct to Garrett McCullough and Taylor Anderson for $562,000. Colleen Murray sold property at 2694 Hunters Point Drive to Laurie Patterson for $261,650. Shirley Dietz...
East suburban real estate transactions, week of March 10, 2024
ALLEGHENY COUNTY Churchill Nick Decaria sold property at 3726 E Rural Ct to Ferdinand Charles Palombo for $165,000. Kurt Borgoyn sold property at 2525 Greensburg Pike Unit 101 to Cheryl Kay and Robert Duwayne Hosken for $197,000. Forest Hills Temitope Olatundun Egbeyemi sold property at 372 E. Avenue to Kathryn...
The Stroller, March 10, 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. Employment search help offered A representative from PA CareerLink will be...
Understanding what’s driving long covid is still largely a mystery to doctors
For Sean Carey, long covid proved fatal. Carey contracted an early strain of covid in July 2020 when he and his wife, Meghan, lived in Daytona Beach, Fla. “He had pain that was too inhumane to live with,” his wife said. “He had tremors that were like lightning bolts going...
‘I want to live’: Long covid patients battle debilitating symptoms in Western Pa.
Covid-19 stole Lisa Merlo’s lungs, limbs — and nearly her life. But it wasn’t done. The 57-year-old West Deer resident continues to cope with the disease’s latest attack on her body: long covid. Merlo said she was told she had a 20% chance of living after a covid diagnosis in...
Brick by brick, Lego build takes over Irwin church
Keith Harmon estimates he has more than 200 pounds of Lego bricks in his Penn Township home. In February, the colorful toy bricks were put to use in a community Lego building event Harmon hosted at his church, First Presbyterian Church in Irwin. “There’s not a lot of room to...
Loyalhanna Watershed Association offers youth conservation internships
The Loyalhanna Watershed Association is accepting applications through April 15 for four summer internships in its annual Youth Conservation Corps program. Interns will assist with conservation tasks in Forbes State Forest and at other public outdoor sites from June 10 through Aug. 3. Each will receive a $500 stipend and...
Dogs learn to obey, compete, bond with owners at nonprofit club’s Salem training center
Maggie’s nose didn’t fail her. Confronted with a cluster of small weights, the 5-year-old Australian cattle dog quickly sniffed out and retrieved the one that had been handled by her owner, Jessica Haney of Jeannette. “She loves obedience and scent work and tracking,” Haney said. She put Maggie through her...
Jeannette art center promotes female artists through biennial exhibit
Every time art professor Maureen Kochanek teaches the women artists course at Seton Hill University, she concludes with the same statement. “In a perfect world, I wouldn’t teach this course,” she tells her students at the Greensburg school, explaining how female artists have been pushed to the periphery of the...
‘To get the hottest pepper’: Bethel Park grower featured on Hulu’s ‘Superhot’ series
It may not have been a triple-dog dare, but friends of a teenager convinced him to trespass into a Bethel Park yard. “Hey, jump the fence,” the conversation approximately went. “I know he’s growing peppers over there.” The kid complied. “He picks one and starts eating it,” the property owner,...
Bass Pro Shops plans to open Pittsburgh-area store in early 2026
Bass Pro Shops plans to open its first store in Western Pennsylvania in early 2026. The 100,000-square-foot, two-level “Outdoor World” super store will be part of Newbury Market off of Interstate 79’s Bridgeville exit in South Fayette, Allegheny County, the company announced this week. The store is expected to employ...
Highlands musical workshop aims to inspire a love for performing arts
For Mason Neal, going to school on a Saturday was good. “Actually, it was great,” said Mason, 9, a fourth grader in Highlands School District. “It was really fun.” Mason was among about 80 Highlands elementary and middle school students who participated in a workshop with the high school cast...
Oakmont Country Club reopens gift shop, features 2025 U.S. Open merchandise
Whether they’re into golf, Oakmont or squirrels, there’s plenty of merch for lovers of all of the above at the Oakmont Country Club’s gift shop. Merchandise for the 125th U.S. Open Championship, which the country club will host in June 2025, is already for sale at the shop in Plum....
Laurel Mountain open to skiers this week as operations wind down at Hidden Valley, Seven Springs resorts
The first day of spring, March 19, is just around the corner, but ski season may last just a bit longer at area resorts. The season finale is from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. today, Sunday, at Hidden Valley Resort in Hidden Valley Meanwhile Laurel Mountain Resort, east of Laughlintown...
Skiers, snowboarders test their ‘skimming’ skills at Seven Springs Mountain Resort
With feet firmly strapped to skis or snowboard, 90 contestants competed on Saturday in the 2024 Rockstar Energy Drink Pond Skim challenge at Seven Springs Mountain Resort. Contestants were judged on their skim abilities and on their costumes. Many wore colorful ensembles or dressed as popular characters as they attempted...
