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Madison Borough’s tax collector is accused of ignoring requests from county auditors to access his records and as a result owes more than $2,800 for making late tax payments. Westmoreland County Controller Jeffrey Balzer said an audit released Monday of collections made by Madison tax collector John Fassett last year...

A Wilkinsburg man was ordered to serve up to a year in prison for assaulting a jail inmate who testified last year in the trial of New Kensington man convicted of first-degree murder. Shawnti Eugene Shifflett, 27, pleaded guilty Monday to a misdemeanor charge of simple assault after Westmoreland County...

Amid the dazzling array of artwork on display at Bethel Park High School was a graphite drawing that was on its way to a new home in Washington, D.C. Beginning in June, senior Tatum Brown’s “Canaries in the Coal Mine” will be exhibited at the U.S. Capitol for a year...

The Allegheny County Medical Examiner’s Office has ruled the Jan. 27 death of a woman in Pittsburgh’s Bedford Dwellings as a homicide. Markeyta Daniels, 24, of the North Side, was found unresponsive in a residence in the 2200 block of Somers Drive around 1 a.m. and later pronounced dead, the...

Alcoa inked a multi-year agreement for the Pittsburgh-based company to supply Emirates Global Aluminum with smelter grade alumina. The 8-year agreement, which begins in 2024, will allow EGA to procure as much as 15.6 million metric tons of alumina from Western Australia. The deal will represent a significant portion of...

PennDOT will be painting lines on roads in the Alle-Kiski Valley area through Saturday, the agency announced Monday. Work to repaint lines will occur between 8 a.m. and 5 p.m. PennDOT says it generally is not responsible for paint on vehicles. Roads in the Alle-Kiski Valley area where painting will...

Stocking the trout certainly helped, but they didn’t seem to be needed for some fifth graders from Roy A. Hunt Elementary School to enjoy a morning of fishing in Little Pucketa Creek outside Valley High School. Some students were as happy catching the numerous itty bitty fish in the creek...

Pittsburgh needs to recruit about 40 to 50 more lifeguards to open all of the city’s pools this summer, officials said. Maria Montaño, a spokesperson for Mayor Ed Gainey, said the city is “recruiting hard” to get enough lifeguards to open all the city pools, but they’d need a total...

The Hill District Federal Credit Union received a $1.1 million investment from F.N.B. Corporation, the holding company of First National Bank, with the goal of boosting financial services to the neighborhood. Pittsburgh-based FNB is building its headquarters in Lower Hill. Construction on the FNB Financial Center began in September 2021...

For three months, 150 students in kindergarten through second grade arrived at Chartiers Valley Primary School early each Wednesday. Led by second-grade teacher Shelley Territ, they performed daily exercises as participants in Kids of Steel, a training program that motivates youngsters and their families to get moving and make healthier...

Pittsburgh’s Urban Redevelopment Authority is awarding its first loan from a program that aims to help developers create affordable housing in vacant Downtown office space. Last week, the URA board unanimously approved providing a $300,000, 0% interest loan to Hullett Development Triangle to help it convert unused space in the...

A Lower Burrell tradition will come into bloom later this month. The Burrellton Garden Club’s May Mart is set for 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, May 20, at the Lower Burrell city garage, on Schreiber and Bethel streets. Among its offerings will be annuals, perennials, hanging baskets, herbs and...

Say you encounter an offer for a credit card that boasts a 0% introductory annual percentage rate for the first 12 months after opening an account. Oh, and the rate increases to between 18% and 29%, based on your creditworthiness, at the end of that year. Do you take the...

Allegheny County police said they are investigating a suspicious death in Mt. Lebanon. At 2:58 p.m. Saturday, Mt. Lebanon Police responded to the 200 block of Academy Avenue for reports of a dead man whose body had been discovered by a family member. Police said they found trauma to the...

Pennsylvania Crime Stoppers is offering a cash reward for information leading to an arrest in connection with the fatal shooting of a New Kensington man outside his apartment building in December. James Michael Hayes, 31, was found shot to death about 10:30 p.m. Dec. 9 in the parking lot behind...

State police are trying to identify two people who made off with $1,000 worth of merchandise after investigators said they did a quick-change scam at a children’s clothing store in Hempfield. Troopers released surveillance images of the suspects on Monday in connection with the April 25 incident at Carter’s in...

Three men were jailed without bail Thursday after members of the Westmoreland County drug task force raided a Jeannette home and reported finding drugs and two guns, according to court papers. Police said they confiscated $1,000 and about 21 grams of suspected cocaine. Chad E. Foster, 29, of Jeannette; Charles...

A Derry Township man is being held at the Westmoreland County Prison after state police said he shared a video of child pornography through Snapchat. Timothy Allen Eckenroad, 32, was arrested Thursday on charges of child pornography and criminal use of a communication facility. Troopers said Snapchat notified the National...

Franklin Regional School District officials recognize the value of their front yard at the elementary campus along Sardis Road in Murrysville. With several acres of natural habitat and the high-quality stream in Haymaker Run along its western border, “we’re looking at the Sloan campus as an environmental center,” Superintendent Gennaro...

Construction on a planned park along Route 30 near Mount Pleasant Road in Hempfield might start this fall if all goes as expected. Township supervisors committed to funding the first phase of the Weatherwood Community Park, a 14-acre park on 42 acres of land paralleling US-30 off Weatherwood Lane, for...

Here are some of the latest news items from this morning, Monday, May 15, 2023: 1 injured in shooting outside Penn Hills bar A man was hospitalized after a shooting Monday outside of a Penn Hills bar, according to Tribune-Review news partner WPXI. Investigators told reporters that the shooting happened...

Car show scheduled Hampton Presbyterian Church will host a car show from 4 to 6 p.m. May 27. Enthusiasts of all makes and models are invited to attend. Families can expect a fun-filled atmosphere with DJ Denny Dutko providing the musical entertainment alongside vintage vehicles on display. Snacks will be...

Summer concert series Monroeville Recreation and Parks will present a summer concert series from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Sundays in the Tall Trees Amphitheater at Community Park West, 2399 Tilbrook Road. Sponsored by UMPC East, the series features: • June 11 — Christian Beck, country • June 18 — Beatlemania...

Ceremony for charging stations A ribbon-cutting ceremony for the newly installed electric vehicle charging stations in Oakmont is scheduled for 9 a.m. May 19 in Riverview Park’s Third Street lot. Oakmont partnered with Duquesne Light’s Community Charging Program to bring the stations to the borough. The event will feature Kevin...

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