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Travis Scott to bring Circus Maximus Tour to Pittsburgh
Rapper Travis Scott announced his latest tour is making a stop in Pittsburgh. The singer’s Circus Maximus Tour, promoting his top-selling “Utopia” album, will arrive Dec. 8 at PPG Paints Arena in Uptown. With four No. 1 tracks among his dozens of charting songs, Scott has been nominated for eight...
Morgan Wallen concerts: What to know before you head to PNC Park
Pittsburgh’s North Shore will be busy Wednesday and Thursday as country music fans descend on PNC Park for a two-night stop of Morgan Wallen’s tour. Both shows appear to be close to selling out, according to Ticketmaster, so that means parking lots packed with cowboy boot-wearing fans as gates open...
Westmoreland happenings: Peach festival, coin show, house tour, more
Fundraisers • A peach festival will be held 4 to 7 p.m. Thursday by West Newton First Church of God at the Lions Field House, Pittsburgh Street, West Newton. There will be sandwiches, salads, peach desserts and drinks. • A super bingo will be Friday at Marian Hall at St....
Rare ‘blue super moon’ will appear between the clouds this evening
If you’ve referred to something rare happening “once in a blue moon,” that time is now. The moon won’t be blue when it rises into the skies Wednesday evening, but the blue moon refers to the second full moon in a calendar month, according to NASA. A blue moon happens...
Morning Roundup: Peters Township High tops ranking of Pittsburgh schools
Here are some of the latest news items from this morning, Wednesday, Aug. 30: Peters Township High tops ranking of Pittsburgh schools Peters Township High School has been ranked the best high school in the Pittsburgh region by U.S. News and World Report. The annual rankings were released Tuesday evaluating...
North Huntingdon restaurateur not slowing down, despite being on kidney transplant list
As Sam Murray makes tacos in the kitchen of his North Huntingdon restaurant and talks of a plan to ride his bicycle across the country, it’s hard to image he undergoes kidney dialysis before work three days week. Or that he’s awaiting a kidney transplant. “I am not surrendering to...
Manor mayor seeks to ‘unite the community’ in 1st Labor Day celebration in over 20 years
For the first time in 21 years, Manor will host its Labor Day carnival. The event used to be hosted by the borough’s fire department, said Mayor Ed Malinoski, but it ceased in 2002. For the past year, Malinoski has spearheaded efforts to revive the event, which he has dubbed...
South Side’s Carson City Saloon set to reopen
A popular Pittsburgh nightspot is reopening next week after closing in July because of concerns over safety and violence in the South Side. Carson City Saloon announced on its Facebook page that it will “see you soon” on Sept. 7 when doors open at 7 p.m. The sports bar temporarily...
Westmoreland Commissioner Kopas calls for cap on raises for elected county officials
Westmoreland Commissioner Ted Kopas on Tuesday proposed capping annual raises awarded to county elected officials. Kopas, a Democrat who took office at the beginning of August, pitched a revision to a county ordinance approved nearly two decades ago that guarantees yearly cost-of-living pay hikes to commissioners and row officers based...
Covid cases up slightly as health care providers prep for respiratory illness season
As students return to school and residents of Western Pennsylvania head inside for the fall, covid-19 cases are on the rise, local health care providers say. The increase in cases is modest compared with the past three years of larger pandemic waves, but it’s still representative of a seasonal uptick...
The Stroller, Aug. 30, 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. Tails on the Trails walk fundraiser welcomes canine participants The 14th...
Vandergrift steel processing company for sale for nearly $10M
A longstanding specialty steel processing business is for sale in Vandergrift. MSI Corp., at 210 First St., is listed for $9.9 million by listing agent Scott Lewis of Edward Lewis Inc., based in Youngstown, Ohio. Owners Henry “Duke” and Gisela McLaughlin of Allegheny County, both in their 70s, are looking...
1 dead in Penn Hills attempted murder-suicide
A woman was hospitalized in critical condition Tuesday night after Allegheny County Police said she was shot in an attempted murder-suicide. Authorities said they were notified of the shooting on Thon Drive around 9:30 p.m. They reported finding a 41-year-old woman with multiple gunshot wounds and a 50-year-old man with...
Westmoreland 250: 10 unique things in Penn Township area
(Editor’s note: To mark Westmoreland County’s 250th birthday this year, we’ve come up with a list of 250 things — 10 things in 25 communities — that we consider to be important to the makeup of our area. This series will appear each week through December. If you have a...
Standout Monessen basketball player charged with marijuana possession, criminal trespass
A standout player on Monessen High School’s basketball team is charged with drug possession after police said he and two juveniles were found smoking marijuana in an abandoned house. Police were called to the 600 block of Reed Avenue in the city just before 1:15 p.m. Sunday. The building’s owner...
Allegheny County to draft climate action plan
Western Pennsylvania’s largest county will develop a climate action plan to lay out its goals to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Allegheny County Council voted 15-0 on Tuesday to pass an ordinance compelling the county’s Department of Sustainability to draft a climate action plan by next July 1. Allegheny County Executive...
Pittsburgh area jobless rate hits record low, but workforce levels remain down
The seven-county Pittsburgh region’s unemployment rate fell in July to its lowest level in 47 years, but the labor force has yet to regain the 46,000 workers it had before the pandemic wreaked havoc on the economy. The unemployment rate fell by 0.2 of a percentage point to 3.7% in...
New Kensington man sentenced for child sex assault
A New Kensington man was ordered to serve up to 13 years in prison for the sexual assault of a child. Chester Elmer Green Jr. 63, was convicted in June by a Westmoreland County jury of molesting a 9-year-old girl in 2013 and 2014. Green was found guilty aggravated indecent...
McCandless bank robbed Tuesday afternoon
McCandless police and the FBI are investigating a robbery at Huntington Bank on Tuesday afternoon. Officers were dispatched to the business in McIntyre Square along the 8000 block of McKnight Road shortly before 4 p.m., according to Allegheny County 911 dispatch. No injuries were reported. FBI Pittsburgh spokeswoman Catherine Policicchio...
Rib Fest gets earlier start this year on North ShoreVideo
Country music star Morgan Wallen will be performing on Wednesday and Thursday at PNC Park, but his reach will extend to Acrisure Stadium. The annual Miller Lite Kickoff and Rib Festival on Pittsburgh’s North Shore is opening Wednesday — a day earlier than usual — to accommodate the thousands of...
Apollo-Ridge officials condemn racist social media posts ahead of game against Valley
Apollo-Ridge School District officials Tuesday condemned racist images targeting Valley High School’s football team ahead of the schools’ scheduled game Friday in New Kensington. In a statement, Apollo-Ridge Superintendent Matt Curci said the racist material posted to social media was brought to officials’ attention Monday night. One image was a...
Trafford’s Theatre Factory to debut play this weekend at Pittsburgh New Works FestivalVideo
When Josette Kurey realized she would be directing actors Ron and Mary Ferrara of Vandergrift as part the world premiere of a new play about a married Italian-American couple from Queens, N.Y., she knew things were on the right track. “They’re almost playing themselves, married Italian grandparents. It’s very funny,...
Highmark Health to bring more remote workers back to the office
Highmark Health plans to bring more of its remote workforce back into the office in September. While about 20,000 of the Pittsburgh-based health care giant’s clinical workers at Allegheny Health Network have been on-site during the pandemic, other employees worked remotely where possible. Highmark estimates about half of its 12,000...
Pittsburgh Regional Transit drops covid vaccine requirement
Pittsburgh Regional Transit is ending its covid-vaccine requirements for existing and future employees this week after implementing the policy for over a year and a half. The policy change comes after a protracted battle with the transit-worker union, which opposed the vaccine mandate and filed an unsuccessful injunction and more...
North Allegheny Schools trying to resolve bus issues after contractor transporting private and parochial students ceases operations
Families living in the North Allegheny School District who have children attending private and parochial schools experienced abrupt cancellation of bus transportation last week. Busing since has been provided to Holy Cross Academy in Ross Township, but not Aquinas Academy in Hampton as of Aug. 29. NA officials said a...
