Western PA Local News category, Page 85
Penn Township art shop celebrates 25 years
Carrie Schramm is all in for another quarter century operating her Penn Township craft shop. In October, the Crafty Shack, located along Harrison City-Export Road, will reach its 25th year in business. It offers community members a space to paint ceramics, make pottery, paint canvases, create mosaics and decorate stepping...
Lost driver’s license? New program helps navigate process of regaining privilegeVideo
A new program at Summit Legal Aid helps people who’ve lost their driver’s license to get the privilege restored. What started as a pilot program in Washington County has spread to nine other counties, including Westmoreland, in an effort to help those who have lost, or are in danger of...
The Stroller, Feb. 23, 2026: 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. Follow the Stroller on X at @VNDStroller. Luck of the Irish...
Pennsylvania schools to embrace cursive writing once again
Each of the 15 students in Mollie Sweeney’s third grade class raised their dominant hand. Sweeney, a teacher at Burrell’s Bon Air Elementary, then walked through the motions of how to write a lowercase letter in cursive. Students air-traced the motion. Only after that did the students take pencil to...
Debate intensifies over ICE contract for detention center as vote approaches in Clearfield County
Editor’s note: This is the third in a three-part series. PHILIPSBURG — The future of Clearfield County’s partnership with federal immigration authorities at a massive detention center hinges on an upcoming vote by county commissioners. The Geo Group, a private prison operator, in 2021 made the Moshannon Valley Processing Center...
48 guns seized this year as more drug dealers recruit teens in Western Pa., authorities say
Law enforcement across four Southwestern Pennsylvania counties is grappling with a record-shattering surge in illegal firepower, seizing 48 firearms in just the first seven weeks of 2026. State Attorney General David Sunday revealed Monday that January alone saw 41 illegal weapons taken off the streets, which authorities believe is a...
Tarentum police investigating burglary of borough market
Tarentum police are investigating after a borough market was burglarized late Friday night. The break-in at Horizon Market on East Sixth Avenue happened around midnight, police said. Two people gained entry by smashing through the glass front door. The store was closed at the time, and no one was hurt,...
7-year-old dies after being hit by SUV in Greene County
A 7-year-old boy died after being hit by an SUV in Greene County Saturday afternoon, according to state police. The Greene County coroner identified the boy as Wilson E. Churilla, of Greensboro. The cause and manner of death were pending. According to state police, the incident happened shortly before 4:30...
Full speed on the halfpipe: Seven Springs’ special feature lets skiers catch airVideo
Snowboarder Nolan Johngarlo was attacking the new halfpipe — a 13-foot-high wall of snow — at Seven Springs Mountain Resort on Saturday, maneuvering back and forth on the walls of the football-field length special feature at the Somerset County resort. “There’s so much things you can do. The jumps are...
State police identify suspect in homicide of 69-year-old man in Butler
A 37-year-old man is accused of killing a 69-year-old man in Butler on Saturday. According to state police, Richard Alan Swann II, of Butler, was identified as a suspect after James P. Hoover was found dead. Butler police responded to a report of a dead man at a home in...
Reactions pour in following Team USA’s gold-medal Olympic hockey win over Canada
Team USA men’s hockey brought home its first gold medal since the “Miracle on Ice” Olympics in 1980, so let’s not beat around the bush. From a member of the Canadian team assessing the game with “you be the judge of who the better team was,” to recent political events...
Police fatally shoot man armed with knife in Heidelberg
A man was shot and killed by police in Heidelberg after he charged officers armed with a knife and could not be stopped with a Taser, according to Allegheny County Police. According to county police, a person called 911 at midnight Sunday claiming to be armed and threatening to harm...
Greater Pittsburgh area largely escapes heavy nor’easter snow
As it turns out, ol’ Punxsutawney Phil may have been onto something when he forecast six more weeks of winter earlier this month. After a brief warm spell, snow was back, tossing a light blanket late Saturday into Sunday across southwestern Pennsylvania. But the region is largely set to avoid...
Early-morning fans revel in U.S. men’s hockey win for Olympic goldVideo
When the puck dropped at 8:10 a.m. EST in the gold medal Olympic men’s hockey final between the U.S. and Canada, Sunday morning looked more like a Saturday night in the confines of Primanti Bros. in Harmar. It was among the many places that opened bright and early Sunday morning...
Chartiers Valley area real estate transactions, week of Feb. 23, 2026
Bridgeville Suzanne Christoff sold property at 1109 Bank St. to Andrew Nuhfer and Leah Ceraso for $315,000. Tracy Thornhill sold property at 626 Baldwin St. to Dunkin Enterprises LLC for $60,000. Alberts Capital Management LLC sold property at 412 Winfield St. to Benjamin Bonasso for $212,500. TH Property Owner 1...
South Hills real estate transactions for the week of Feb. 22, 2026
Baldwin Borough Michael Hindman sold property at 973 Agnew Road to Terra 90 LLC for $195,000. Richard Rock sold property at 521 Calvert Ave. to Mary Ann Markowitz trustee for $180,000. We Buy 412 LLC sold property at 666 Elaine Drive to Robert and Susan Rushing for $270,000. Andrew Williams...
Burrell grows initiatives to support students experiencing grief
About 30% of Burrell School District students have experienced the loss of an immediate family member within the past year, according to Greg Egnor, the district’s director of pupil services. “The amount of grief that students in our district have experienced this year has been a lot,” Egnor said. “Trauma...
Here’s what to know about the ICE detention center in Clearfield County
Editor’s note: This is Part 2 of a three-part series. PHILIPSBURG — When detainees first step into a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention center facility in Clearfield County, their risk level is quickly determined — and it shows in the color of their jumpsuit. Red marks those classified as...
Gilpin begins ‘preventative measures’ in regard to data centers
In the coming months, the Gilpin supervisors plan to be proactive by having conversations about how best to regulate potential data centers in the township. During a meeting Tuesday, the supervisors authorized township Solicitor Tim Miller to draft an amendment to the township’s zoning ordinances regarding data centers. “Right now,...
The Stroller, Feb. 22, 2026: 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. Follow the Stroller on X at @VNDStroller. Fox Chapel HS students...
Vehicle restrictions scheduled on highways, turnpike ahead of expected snow
Ahead of expected snow, PennDOT and the turnpike commission announced Saturday that vehicle restrictions on interstates and the turnpike will begin at 3 p.m. Sunday. Snow is expected across the state starting overnight Saturday into Sunday, with potential rates of three-quarters of an inch to 1 1/2 inches per hour....
East Deer scrap yard fire forces closure of Freeport Road, halt to train traffic
Vehicles and trains alike were not able to travel through East Deer for hours on Saturday because of a scrap yard fire at Pitt Penn Recycling. Freeport Road had to be closed and Norfolk Southern trains stopped because firefighters had to run a hose from a hydrant on the opposite...
Family, friends of Jeannette native, Hempfield grad Jasmine Jones celebrate Olympics bronze medal winVideo
The only thing bigger than the excitement at a South Greensburg restaurant Saturday afternoon was the pride for Jeannette native Jasmine Jones, who will come home as an Olympic medalist. That, and the decibel level from the cheering. Jones, a 2014 Hempfield Area graduate, and her teammate, Kaillie Armbruster Humphries,...
From Forbes Field to PNC Park, fans remember Pirates legend Bill MazeroskiVideo
Dave Sedor felt chills Saturday as he paced along a patch of grass at the remains of the Forbes Field outfield wall, thinking of the late Pittsburgh Pirates legend Bill Mazeroski. Sedor, of Madison, Wis., was in Charleroi celebrating his aunt’s 101st birthday when he heard Mazeroski had died. “I...
Tarentum teen charged in 2 shootings; gun linked to a 3rd
A Tarentum teen wanted in connection with multiple shooting incidents was taken into custody this week by Pittsburgh police. Marcell Fields, 18, was charged with attempted criminal homicide, aggravated assault, criminal conspiracy, reckless endangering and multiple weapons charges. City and Pittsburgh Regional Transit police said Fields took part in shootings...
