Cold front brings rain, cooler temps to Pittsburgh region
The heat wave that hovered over the Pittsburgh region for the past several days has come to end as a cold front has brought rain and cooler temperatures. The Pittsburgh office of the National Weather Service said scattered showers will continue through Thursday morning. The service warns that visibility will...
The Stroller, Sept. 7, 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. St. James Parish to host fall festival A fall festival will...
New Kensington man charged with fleeing traffic stop was wanted for skipping trial
A New Kensington man wanted on multiple arrest warrants is accused of fleeing in a vehicle to avoid arrest after the woman who was driving pulled over and surrendered to police. Zion Ethan Lee Wright, 23, of the 1300 block of Victoria Avenue was charged Aug. 18 with felony counts...
Bruce Springsteen and E Street Band tour postponed due to singer’s illness
Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band will not be performing at Pittsburgh, or anywhere else this month. The Rock ‘n’ Roll Hall of Famer is being treated for symptoms of peptic ulcer disease, and medical advisors have instructed him not get back on stage for awhile, according to a...
Pittsburgh construction worker rescued after partial building collapse
A Pittsburgh construction worker is lucky to be alive after the building he was helping to tear down partially collapsed. Around 11:45 a.m. Wednesday, a construction crew was tearing down a building at 193 Chartiers Ave., when the structure partially collapsed. The collapse trapped the worker, who authorities did not...
Owner of 2nd alligator seen in Kiski River explains how it got there, efforts to bring him back home
The recent report of a second alligator swimming Sunday in the Kiski River appears to be a runaway reptile named Neo. Austin Randall, 23, of Lyndora, Butler County, said Wednesday he lost Neo on Aug. 29 while attempting to re-home the baby male alligator to Kiski Township resident and alligator...
Vicki Lawrence brings ‘Mama’ to Greensburg’s Palace TheatreVideo
Vicki Lawrence was never intended to play “Mama,” the sharp-tongued Southerner who became one of the most iconic characters to emerge from “The Carol Burnett Show” in the 1970s. The show’s writers created the part for Burnett in a one-time sketch, with the role of Mama’s long-suffering daughter, Eunice, to...
High-speed chase in Greensburg ends in arrest
A Pittsburgh man who led police on a morning chase in Greensburg and Hempfield is accused of trying to carjack two people at a gas station before a Westmoreland County sheriff’s deputy tased him, according to court papers. Police said the chase started when Matthew Allen Armstrong, 36, fled in...
Hempfield man convicted of wife’s murder returns to court for 4th appeal
A former Hempfield man serving a life prison sentence for the 2012 murder of his wife appeared before a Westmoreland County judge on Wednesday in a fourth attempt to appeal his conviction. David Stahl, 53, was found guilty of first-degree murder following a 2014 trial in which prosecutors said he...
Oakmont Council discusses possibility of scenic byway
Rick Duncan, president of the Allegheny River Boulevard Preservation Association, and Michael Dawida, chairman of Scenic Pittsburgh, attended Oakmont’s Sept. 5 work session to begin a discussion in support of naming the Allegheny River Boulevard a scenic byway. Duncan said that he has already received a resolution of support from...
Neuroscience Institute facility planned on Allegheny General Hospital campus
A five-story building at Allegheny General Hospital will be converted into a Neuroscience Institute for the acute treatment and long-term holistic management of neurological diseases. Construction at James and Hemlock streets on Pittsburgh’s North Side is underway and expected to be completed late next year. The project in the 80,000-square-foot...
Plum EMS to host car seat safety check at Holiday Park VFD
Safety is always top of mind for Plum first responders, which is why they have organized an event to make sure families are taking proper care of their most precious cargo. Plum EMS hosts its annual car seat safety check from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Sept. 16 at the...
Former Allegheny County Airport Authority vice president alleges race discrimination, retaliation
A former Allegheny County Airport Authority employee filed a federal lawsuit this week accusing the organization of racism. Charmaine Easie-Samuels, who worked in the agency’s marketing, communications and customer experience department, was hired as a vice president in December 2021. She was fired nearly a year ago. The lawsuit includes...
Separate Oktoberfests brewing in Saxonburg and Vandergrift
Say cheers to beer at two separate Oktoberfest festivals on back-to-back weekends in Saxonburg and Vandergrift. Sprankle’s annual Octoberfest celebrates its fifth anniversary with a three-day celebration Friday through Sunday at the Saxonburg Volunteer Fire Company fairgrounds in Saxonburg. Oktoberfest in Vandergrift is a one-day celebration Sept. 16 on Grant...
Dragon Boat Festival comes to North Park Sept. 30
The dragon awakens, and it then begins — The Pittsburgh Dragon Boat Festival, which celebrates the sport of dragon boat racing and breast cancer survivors in the greater Pittsburgh area. The festival on Sept. 30, at North Park Lake on Pearce Mill Road is in its fifth year and was...
Trial begins in 2019 North Side shooting that left 1 dead, 1 injured
Ashley Strong had just stopped her car at Kennedy and Norwood avenues on Pittsburgh’s North Side to drop off her friend. Cedrick L. Mack was supposed to be meeting someone named Reese on the afternoon of Dec. 18, 2019. Strong saw the person he was supposed to meet walking up...
Franco Harris, Mac Miller join Pittsburgh personalities in Monroeville Mall mural
One of the most recognizable individuals in Pittsburgh history would shake hands with folks he met and introduce himself, as if they didn’t know, by saying: “Hi, I’m Franco.” The friendly, unassuming side of football legend Franco Harris is what artist Kyle Holbrook knew. “When I would text him or...
Ligonier man pleads guilty to possessing child porn
A Ligonier Township man pleaded guilty Wednesday to disseminating and possessing child pornography. Mathew Louis Hoffer, 57, was charged last spring after state investigators linked his home computer to file-sharing programs that contained sexually explicit images of children. According to court records, police found at least 25 files on Hoffer’s...
Tarentum boaters say borough deadline to retrieve docks is ‘impossible’
People who have dock space along the Allegheny River in Tarentum are asking for added time to pull their items from the water and shoreline after council eliminated leases until further notice. Council in August said leases will not be approved until the borough has a finalized riverfront development plan,...
Angel wings: Young Ariel to be remembered at the Butterfly Ball in Ross
Ariel Silvaggio loved animals, including bugs, spiders and worms. When her mom would pick her up from daycare, she would see the little girl playing in the dirt. Teachers would often send her mother pictures of Ariel digging to see what living things she could find outside. “She would come...
Day of Peace commemorated Sept. 24 in McCandless
A festival to celebrate peace and what’s right with the world will take place Sept. 24 at North Park in McCandless. The 19th Annual North Hills International Day of Peace Festival is scheduled for a 2 p.m. start at Point Grove on North Park’s Lake Shore Drive. The finale, a...
Pitt Seed program invests in projects proposed by faculty, staff
Boosting the teacher pipeline in Pennsylvania and helping marginalized students succeed in college are among the five projects that have been selected for investment by the University of Pittsburgh. The program, called Pitt Seed, provides internal financial support for pilot projects that have growth potential and could have direct impact...
Truck gets stuck at railroad intersection in Springdale
A tanker truck got stuck Wednesday morning at the Colfax Street railroad crossing in Springdale. The truck became hung up on the Norfolk Southern tracks, causing railroad traffic to shut down while police and officials worked to remove the tractor-trailer from the tracks. It appeared the truck might have gone...
Latrobe Art Center to host 14th annual Mister Fred Rogers Fine Arts Juried Exhibition
Latrobe Art Center will host the opening reception for the 14th annual Mister Fred Rogers Fine Arts Juried Exhibition 5-7 p.m Friday. Nearly 50 of the participating artists who created the 75 pieces in the exhibition are expected at the reception. The exhibition will run through Sept. 30. Justin Gunther,...
Legislation would prohibit most development in Pittsburgh’s city parks
Legislation before Pittsburgh City Council would prohibit most development in the city’s parks and greenways. Sponsored by Councilwoman Barb Warwick, D-Greenfield, the measure would bar nonrecreational development — including most roads — in city-owned parks and greenways. “What this ordinance does is make it abundantly clear that our city parks...
