Harrison juveniles charged with using stolen pistol to fire shots near Heights Plaza
Two boys from Harrison are facing charges after shots were fired early Friday near Heights Plaza. Police responded just before 2 a.m. after several reports of suspicious activity near Community Supermarket, off Freeport Road. They found two children, 11 and 14, fleeing the area and running toward the Sheldon Park...
Harmar officials seek ways around steep price tag for Highland Woods sewage project
There might be a course Harmar officials can chart to do the Highland Woods sewage project without rebidding it. That’s what township engineer Matt Pitsch of Senate Engineering told the supervisors Thursday. “I still believe we can get this done for $400,000,” Pitsch said. What Pitsch proposes is the possible...
Highlands pool undergoing $2 million renovation but won’t open until spring
Construction continues on the long-closed pool at Highlands High School, but the facility likely won’t be open until spring. That means, for the third consecutive year, the high school swim team will practice and host meets away from the building. Last year, the team used facilities at Valley High School....
Operation Christmas Child seeking partner in Deer Lakes area to house thousands of gift-filled shoe boxes
Donations keep flowing in for Operation Christmas Child, but organizers need somewhere to pack them — specifically in the Deer Lakes area. “We are prayerfully and earnestly in search of a church partner that would like to participate in this mission,” said volunteer Stefani Allegretti of East Deer. Operation Christmas...
Organizers encourage back-to-school shoppers to include Operation Christmas Child
While temperatures still hover in the 80s, volunteers at Harvest Baptist Church in Harrison already are thinking about Christmas. The church off the Millerstown exit of Route 28 serves as a drop-off site for Operation Christmas Child through Samaritan’s Purse, an international outreach that sends thousands of stuffed shoe boxes...
Plum School District fills 2nd administrative role from within its ranks
Following the naming of a new superintendent in July, the Plum School District named a new assistant superintendent, again from within the district. The school board approved hiring Ashley Boyers, principal of Plum Middle School for the past four years, as the district’s new assistant superintendent. Boyers was given a...
New Acmetonia Elementary School playground could be a reality
The wheels are starting to turn on a proposal for a playground at Acmetonia Elementary School in the Allegheny Valley School District. The school board will vote on approving funds for a playground at Acmetonia during its Sept. 12 meeting. School board member Amy Sarno and Acmetonia’s PTA have been...
Westmoreland pollinator group exceeds goal of 250 habitat sites for monarch butterflies
Fourteen-year-old twins Eva and Elizabeth Martina have been on the hunt this summer. They regularly search through the backyard flower garden at their Irwin home for signs of monarch activity: a caterpillar with distinctive yellow, white and black rings munching on a milkweed plant; or a more advanced hanging chrysalis,...
Back To School bashes set for South Greensburg, Arnold
Book bags will be given away to students at two Back To School Bash events organized by Greensburg-based Unity in the Community. An initial event in South Greensburg is set for 5 to 7 p.m. Wednesday at the Greensburg Event Center, 1700 Washington St. The second event will be held...
In brief: Hampton area happenings, week of Aug. 21, 2023
Gulf War Memorial Plaque Hampton Township, the Hampton Community Association and American Legion Post 296 are compiling the names of individuals of current of former township residents who served on active duty during the Gulf War, beginning Aug. 2, 1990, and extending to the present. The endeavor aims to honor...
Monroeville area happenings, week of Aug. 21, 2023
Hard-to-recycle
collection Pennsylvania Resources Council and the Allegheny County Health Department will hold a hard-to-recycle collection event from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Aug. 26 at Next Tier Connect @ Pittsburgh East, 4350 Northern Pike, Monroeville. For a per-item fee, residents can recycle televisions and computer monitors, printers, fluorescent tubes,...
1 dead in crash in Pittsburgh’s Carrick neighborhood
A crash early Monday killed a motorist in Pittsburgh’s Carrick neighborhood. The vehicle crashed into a utility pole at about 1:30 a.m. in the 2300 block of Brownsville Road, according to a Pittsburgh Public Safety spokeswoman. A male motorist was thrown from the car and was found in the road;...
Morning Roundup: Air quality alert issued in Western Pa.
Here are some of the latest news items from this morning, Monday, Aug. 21: Air quality alert issued for Pittsburgh region Expected high ozone levels have triggered a Code Orange Air Quality Action Day on Monday for seven counties in the Western Pennsylvania region. Code Orange represents unhealthy pollution levels...
Pittsburgh becoming a ‘space city’ as Astrobotic, ProtoInnovations prepare to send technology to the moon
Pittsburgh was once known as the steel city, but two local companies believe they’re transforming it into a space city. “We’re a space base now,” said Alivia Chapla, director of communications at North Shore-based Astrobotic. Astrobotic and Lawrenceville-based ProtoInnovations have received millions of dollars in NASA funding and are playing...
The Stroller, Aug. 21, 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. Bingo fundraiser to benefit New Ken K9 Unit A bingo to...
North Huntingdon native and friends escape Hawaii wildfires
Sue Leech Seiff was vacationing in Maui, Hawaii, when she looked out her window Aug. 8 and thought she saw a sandstorm. High winds had been creating sandstorms and ocean funnels, also known as waterspouts — whirling columns of air and water mist — throughout that day. As she came...
Westmoreland Fair Queen a double winner
Presley Thomas of Mt. Pleasant Township turned out to be a winner on Friday when she was selected as the 2023 Westmoreland Fair Queen and then again on Sunday when she won first place in senior showmanship for rabbits at the fair. “All of us girls (four in the fair...
Greensburg grandmother sells collection of more than 100 Barbie dolls
It was a Barbiepalooza day for a Greensburg grandmother, who on Sunday was selling her collection of more than 100 Barbie dolls for less than what she paid for them in her 30 years of collecting the colorfully-costumed character. Why sell them now after holding onto them since the early...
Scenes from the Valley: Images captured in the Alle-Kiski Valley from Aug. 10-16, 2023
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,...
Building the Valley: Fourth generation keeps family business running at Pitt Penn Recycling
When Brad Stanzione’s great-grandfather launched a recycling business in the 1920s, he had no way of knowing he was creating a family legacy. Since then, each of his sons, grandsons and great-grandsons has followed suit. For Brad, the real journey started about two years ago when he and his brother,...
Unity man sentenced to 3 years in prison in fraud case; forfeit $20 million worth of assets
A Unity man will spend three years in federal prison, lose his house, a 2018 Mercedes Benz, diamond jewelry, Tiffany earrings and other items after being sentenced last week for his part in defrauding more than a dozen cryptocurrency investors, the U.S. Attorney in San Francisco said. Anthony F. Faulk,...
Teen shot in Brentwood
A 16-year-old boy was reported hospitalized in stable condition after being shot in Brentwood late Saturday night, Allegheny County Police said. The victim was shot in the lower leg near the intersection of Meadowbrook Boulevard and Brownsville Road at about 10:30 p.m, police said. County police detectives are investigating the...
Use-of-force expert: Ligonier Valley police shooting ‘probably should have been handled differently’
Two Ligonier Valley police officers placed themselves, perhaps unnecessarily, in a situation that required deadly force when they fatally shot a Ligonier Township man last month, according to two use-of-force experts. “What they did is probably not illegal, nor would it warrant a civil suit, but it probably should have...
Elvis tribute acts carry on the musical legacy of ‘The King’Video
Jamie Harris of Monongahela already had a hobby to occupy his spare time — he was a competitive powerlifter. But when he tore his pectoral muscle off the bone in 2000, he had to reevaluate things. “I was a jail guard at the Shuman Detention Center at the time,” said...
Sewickley area real estate transactions, week of Aug. 20, 2023
Bell Acres Wine Construction Inc. sold property at 854 Big Sewickley Creek Road to Floyd Wine for $27,004. Edgeworth Kevin Weir sold property at 13 Little Sewickley Creek Road to Jonathan Patrick and Lauren Marie Crossett for $1,000,000. Franklin Park Benjamin Risacher sold property at 1555 Alaqua Drive to Daniel...
