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Human remains found in White Oak
Human remains were found Saturday afternoon in White Oak, said the Allegheny County Police. First responders found the human remains behind a building in the 700 block of O’Neil Boulevard, county police said. The department’s homicide unit was notified at 5:30 p.m. Preliminary investigations suggest there was no foul play...
Man identified in fatal East Liberty shooting
A Pittsburgh man fatally shot in East Liberty Saturday afternoon has been identified by the Allegheny County Medical Examiner. The victim, Raymond Sims, 70, was found with multiple gunshot wounds in the head and neck inside a vehicle at the corner of North Highland and Penn Avenue at about 4:20...
Former CMU president recalled as visionary leader who impacted the university and region
Former Carnegie Mellon University President Jared L. “Jerry” Cohon, who led the university for 16 years, was remembered Sunday as a visionary for the university who had a great impact on the region’s economy. Cohon, 76, who died Saturday in Ligonier, “was widely respected and immensely beloved, and his leadership...
Fox Chapel area real estate transactions, week of March 17, 2024
Fox Chapel William Fallon sold property at 169 North Drive to Jose and Laura Bernardo for $1,175,000. Barbara Richey Chait sold property at 605 Whispering Pines Drive to 605 WP LLC for $3,465,000. Indiana Eduardo Vicente Zambrano Tola sold property at 1044 Diane Lane to Alan and Maria Jersey for...
North suburban real estate transactions, week of March 17, 2024
Bellevue Robert Venczel sold property at 556 Dawson Ave. to Brendan Marshall and Sarah Carroll for $339,000. Wendy P Investment Properties LLC sold property at 69 Longmore Ave. to Louis Enterprises LLC for $65,000. Franklin Park Paul Ionadi sold property at 2513 Acorn Ct to Yanoga LLC + Ayla Mgmt...
The Stroller, March 17, 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. Happy St. Patrick’s Day! Highlands HS students to perform ‘Disney’s Descendants:...
‘We received thank-you’s’: Greensburg diocese has armed police officer in every school
Police officers who work at schools in the Roman Catholic Diocese of Greensburg are serving as mentors to students just as much as protectors. Members of the diocese force, in its first school year of existence as a private police department, make daily rounds at the 12 schools in four...
‘Sad, dreadful feelings’: Couple’s death in house explosion rekindles memories, unanswered questions
When Rick Napoleon heard about a fatal home explosion in Crescent last week, he was overcome by sadness and empathy. The thoughts of destruction and death that he and his neighbors endured seven months ago in Plum’s Rustic Ridge community came flooding back. His home was destroyed when his neighbor’s...
Pittsburgh preps for March Madness maniacs as city again hosts the Big Dance
Sure, the Robert Morris Colonials have hung up their tricornered hats. But the Duquesne Dukes are still dribbling, and the Pitt Panthers might slip in by a whisker despite long odds. No matter how the local teams fare after the brackets are built today for March Madness, college basketball’s premier...
East suburban real estate transactions, week of March 17, 2024
ALLEGHENY COUNTY Churchill William Saunders sold property at 8 Holland Road to Yousef Herwees for $358,000. Forest Hills Robert Bindas sold property at 515 Halsey Ave. to Paul Dafe Ogagan and Michelene Jeter Ogagan for $210,000. Monroeville Estate of Paul Myers sold property at 513 Lakewood Drive to Central Penn...
March for Parks will raise money for park, trail projects
For more than two decades, Westmoreland County residents who use and enjoy the area’s parks have taken part in the spring March for Parks, to raise money for projects across the county’s park system. This year’s event will be March 23, 10 a.m. at Twin Lakes Park east of Greensburg....
5K Race for Grace slated for April 6 in North Huntingdon
The annual 5K Race for Grace, which has raised more than $1.78 million over 16 years for pediatric brain cancer research and to aid families, will be held April 6 at the Norwin High School campus in North Huntingdon. Opening activities begin at 7 a.m., followed by the race at...
Donegal Township horses are all ears for young readers
The Stoneybrook Foundation in Donegal Township has regular sessions where children can practice their reading skills with a captive audience — horses. The Reading With Horses program allows children to work on or fine tune their reading skills while furry ears listen. Participants can bring their own book or pick...
What’s that? Buddtown Knob is a mix of interesting sculptures along the Great Allegheny Passage
(Editor’s note ‘What’s That?’ is a recurring feature in the Tribune-Review’s Westmoreland Plus edition. If there’s something you’d like to see explored here, send an email to gtrcity@triblive.com.) A garden of five metal sculptures greets people who people who hike, bike and run along the Great Allegheny Passage through the...
Harrison church keeping Ukrainian Easter egg tradition alive
Creating traditional Ukrainian Easter eggs is not for the faint of heart. The process can take two to four hours, even for the simplest eggs, instructor Bernadette Thorwart said Saturday morning in the basement of Faith Evangelical Lutheran Church in Harrison. Sometimes egg makers will take part in 36-hour marathon...
East Liberty shooting leaves man dead
A man was found dead from multiple gunshot wounds in Pittsburgh’s East Liberty neighborhood on Saturday afternoon, according to Pittsburgh police. Police said they were alerted to a shooting at 4:22 p.m. at the corner of Penn and North Highland avenues, a busy intersection in the heart of the neighborhood’s...
3 men charged in North Side burglary
A woman and a child locked themselves in an upstairs bedroom in Pittsburgh’s North Side early Saturday morning when three men allegedly broke into their residence. Pittsburgh police responded to reports of three men breaking into a home in the 900 block of California Avenue in the California-Kirkbride section of...
Bethel Park man charged after, police say, he brought a gun illegally to Pittsburgh International Airport
A man is facing misdemeanor charges after allegedly attempting to bring a handgun through the security gates at the Pittsburgh International Airport on Friday. Robert Stalter, 49 of Bethel Park, was observed with a handgun within his backpack at the main security checkpoint at about 12:15 p.m. on Friday, according...
Police say man robbed South Side bank
Pittsburgh police reported a middle-aged man robbed a bank Saturday morning in Pittsburgh’s South Side neighborhood. Officers were dispatched to the First National Bank in the 1100 block of East Carson Street at around 10 a.m. where a robbery had reportedly taken place a bit earlier. Police said one of...
Signs warn Sewickley Creek users in Yukon of possible pollution from dump
Avid Sewickley Creek boaters Marc Rexrode and Tawni Wilson learned Saturday that the creek where they love to kayak on, from Yukon to the Youghiogheny River, may be carrying pollutants from a hazardous waste treatment facility and storage site just off the stream. “I had no idea it was here....
Pittsburgh Brewing hosts St. Patrick’s Day celebration
More than 2,000 people attended the St. Patrick’s Day festivities at the Iron City brewery in East Deer on Saturday, adding to a growing number of events and crowds taking advantage of the massive 150,000-square-foot Pittsburgh Brewing Co. complex. Saturday’s event, dubbed the Irish City Celebration, ran from morning through...
Sea of green: Thousands line the streets of Downtown Pittsburgh for the annual St. Patrick’s Day parade
Pittsburgh painted the town green on Saturday. From leprechauns and bagpipers, to jig dancers and flags waving of orange, green and white, the city celebrated its annual St. Patrick’s Day parade. Spectators started arriving by 6 a.m. with parade participants lining up by 6:30 a.m. It’s a special day, Dee...
Pittsburgh police: 3-year-old girl hit by police motorcycle after St. Patrick’s Day parade
A 3-year-old girl was reported in stable condition at UPMC Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh after being hit by a police officer’s motorcycle during the St. Patrick’s Day parade in Downtown Pittsburgh on Saturday afternoon, according to Pittsburgh Public Safety report. The girl suffered bruises, but was “alert and oriented” when...
Latrobe fashion show springs back after four years
Spring apparel will be on display during a luncheon and fashion show set for April 6 at Latrobe Country Club. Returning after a four-year hiatus, Latrobe Art Center’s Art of Fashion: Spring Fling fundraising event will be held from 11:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the club on Arnold Palmer...
Washington County woman killed in I-70 crash in Rostraver
A 25-year-old Washington County woman was killed Saturday morning in a two-vehicle crash along Interstate-70 in Rostraver, the Westmoreland County coroner said. The victim, Tori L. Demo of Allenport, was fatally injured about a mile west of the Route 51 exit when her eastbound car was truck from behind by...
