Allegheny General Hospital receives approval for long-range development plan
Pittsburgh City Council on Monday approved an institutional master plan that lays out Allegheny General Hospital’s development goals over the next decade. Under the 10-year plan, all patient rooms at the North Side hospital will be converted to private rooms. The plan indicates the hospital also is considering constructing new...
Westmoreland Sanitary Landfill in Rostraver fined more than $62K for violations
The Westmoreland Sanitary Landfill in Rostraver will need to make changes and report progress to the public after being fined $62,475 by the state Department of Environmental Protection for breaking state rules. The DEP fined the landfill for violating the state Solid Waste Management Act and Clean Streams Law. Violations...
Murder trial begins for Apollo man charged with wife’s killing
Prosecutors told a Westmoreland County jury Monday there was no mystery as to who killed an Apollo woman last year at a Lower Burrell storage facility. Assistant District Attorney Katie Ranker said Alfred Keith Steele shot his estranged wife in the head with a 9 mm pistol as she leaned...
Gainey says his budget proposal would improve Pittsburgh’s core services, make city safer
Pittsburgh Mayor Ed Gainey said in his annual budget address Monday that his administration is focused on trying to improve core city services and making the city safer and more welcoming for residents. The mayor’s proposed budget for 2024 includes no tax increase and no cuts for staffing or “critical...
Registration open for Fox Chapel Area Adult Education’s winter session
Registration is now open for Fox Chapel Area Adult Education’s winter semester. Learn to throw a pot, play Mah Jongg or speak Italian. Classes will be offered in art, languages, cards and games, cooking, fitness, home and garden, plus there will be plenty of swimming sessions to work off those...
Carnegie Mellon unveils plans for new science hall in Oakland
Carnegie Mellon University plans to open a new $252 million project in Oakland by 2027 and unveiled design plans for the new academic building on Monday. The 338,900-square-foot building will host researchers and students from the university’s Mellon College of Science and School of Computer Science, officials said. A seven-story...
Police: 2 hospitalized, 1 in custody following Baldwin stabbing
A suspect is in custody after a stabbing that hospitalized two people Monday in Baldwin. Allegheny County Police responded to the 5300 block of Youngridge Drive at about 1:15 p.m., police spokesman Jim Madalinsky said. First responders found a man and woman, both adults, suffering from stab wounds to the...
Tarentum taxes expected to remain steady, but utilities will rise
Tarentum residents likely won’t see a property tax increase in 2024 after council approved the borough’s preliminary budget Tuesday. But electric and garbage collection bills are expected to rise. Supply costs for the borough’s electrical distribution system are set to nearly double, meaning the price hike will be funneled to...
St. Clair couple charged after police called to home for shots fired during domestic dispute
A Bolivar man narrowly escaped injury Sunday after his wife fired shots at him during a domestic dispute at their St. Clair home, according to state police. Troopers said there was a bullet hole in the man’s pickup truck. Both husband and wife, who are separated, were denied bail Monday....
Chartiers Valley High School honors veterans
Today’s second-grader is tomorrow’s grandparent telling a possibly incredulous child: “I once met a World War II veteran.” Fast-forward, let’s say, half a century, and an 8-year-old may be the one who’s hearing the story. Do the math, and you’re looking at the youngster being born a full 120 years...
Person found dead in New Stanton pond identified as Jeannette woman
A Jeannette woman was publicly identified Monday as the person found in a New Stanton pond last week. The Westmoreland County Coroner’s Office said Kele Diane Townsend, 34, was found floating in the water off Broadview Road around 12:30 p.m. Nov. 6. The death is not believed to be suspicious,...
Derry Township couple accused of beating boy, causing disfigurement of his ear
A Derry Township woman is accused of beating a 14-year-old boy so badly that it caused permanent disfigurement in one of his ears, according to state police. Jamie Denise Harr, 51, and her husband, Charles Edward Harr, 53, were arrested last week in connection with the assaults and remain at...
Monroeville police officer injured in shooting returns home from hospital, police chief says
A Monroeville police officer shot Saturday night in the line of duty is out of the hospital. In an update posted to the department’s Facebook page, Chief Kenneth D. “Doug” Cole said the officer was shot multiple times Friday night in Allegheny Township and is now home recovering from his...
State grants received in Bethel Park
Add Zamboni driver to the résumé of state Sen. Devlin Robinson, R-Bridgeville. He piloted an ice-cleaning machine around the rink at the Spencer Family YMCA in Bethel Park as part of a Nov. 6 celebration of a $250,000 grant that Robinson supported. The grant, applied for by the YMCA of...
Vandal smashed windows at Squirrel Hill business, removed ‘Support Israel’ signs, police say
A vandal smashed windows at a Squirrel Hill business and a marked business vehicle parked nearby over the weekend, Pittsburgh police said Monday morning. Police from Zone 4 responded to a business early Friday in the 2400 block of Beechwood Boulevard for a criminal mischief report, police spokeswoman Cara Cruz...
Dollar General opens in Fawn, expected to create up to 10 jobs
The Dollar General along Route 908 in Fawn is open. The store sits at the intersection of Saxonburg Road, which is a convenient drive for Harrison residents who live near the township line. Fawn Secretary/Treasurer Pam Ponsart said it appears to be popular in its first week. “There’s lots of...
Incumbents retain Bethel Park School Board seats
Five Bethel Park School Board members won reelection on Nov. 7, according to unofficial Allegheny County results. Cross-filed as Democrat and Republican, James H. Modrak received 8,645 votes; Kimberly Walsh Turner, 8,175; and Darren McGregor, 8,031. Running as Republicans, Barry Christenson, 6,628 votes, and Vincent Scalzo, 6,602, captured the final...
School van involved in crash in East Huntingdon
A three-vehicle chain-reaction crash involving a school van shut down part of Route 819 in East Huntingdon on Monday. State police said all three vehicles were traveling north on Route 819 around 8:50 a.m.. Two were stopped in the road while one was waiting to make a turn when the...
Atlanta man to go to trial in Westmoreland County over accusation of car insurance fraud
A Georgia man has been ordered to stand trial in Westmoreland County Court on charges that he falsified the date of a collision by a month so he could add the crashed car to his policy and file a claim. An agent with the state Attorney General’s Insurance Fraud Section...
Upper Burrell eyes $1.25 million budget with no tax increase
Upper Burrell’s $1.25 million proposed budget for 2024 does not include a tax increase for residents. “We have a balanced budget,” Supervisor Mike Conley said. “There’s no tax increase. We’re holding the line.” The proposal is similar to this year’s budget, Supervisors Chairman Ross Walker said. An average township home...
Monroeville area happenings, week of Nov. 13, 2023
Letters to Santa collected Beginning Nov. 20, drop-off boxes for Letters to Santa will be located at both the Monroeville Recreation Department and Monroeville Public Library. Children will be sent responses to letters received by Dec. 11. Please make sure that children’s names and return mailing addresses are legible. Craft...
Morning Roundup: Police look into armed robbery at Chipotle in Waterworks, armed carjacking in East Liberty
Here are some of the latest news items from this morning, Nov. 13: Police investigate armed robbery at Chipotle in Waterworks Late Sunday, Pittsburgh police responded to reports of an armed robber at the Chipotle restaurant in the Waterworks Mall along Freeport Road near Aspinwall. According to police, a female...
North Hills School Board opens every meeting with a performance
North Hills School Board has kept up a unique tradition for more than 20 years. Before each voting meeting, the board extends an invitation to a student performance group to attend the meeting and give the audience a sample of what they have been working on. Groups from all six...
‘Something to learn, an adventure’: 3 Irwin brothers, business owners add coffee shop to repertoire
Brothers Chris, Nick and Mike Juricich have spent their entire lives in the restaurant business and have no intention of changing it. The brothers, who reside in Irwin, co-own Ginny’s Neighborhood Pizza Joint in Murrysville, Parkside Creamery ice cream shop in Trafford and Mr. Squeegy window cleaners in North Huntingdon....
The Stroller, Nov. 13, 2023: 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 to mark 175th anniversary celebration The borough of Leechburg will...
