PennDOT secretary, Pittsburgh officials call for transit funding during budget impasseVideo
Gov. Josh Shapiro’s administration met with local officials Thursday in Downtown Pittsburgh to stress the importance of transit and infrastructure funding as the state and region looks to repair hundreds of roads and bridges. PennDOT Secretary Mike Carroll met with officials on the Smithfield Street Bridge, a 140-year-old span undergoing...
UPMC appoints physician to senior vice president role
UPMC has named Dr. Oscar Marroquin as senior vice president, UPMC, and president of UPMC Physician Services Division, including president of University of Pittsburgh Physicians. He will oversee UPP and Community Medicine, which includes more than 5,000 employed physicians and staff. Marroquin is currently UPMC’s chief health care data and...
‘We need homes, not vacant lots’: Pittsburgh council hears public land bank support
Pittsburgh City Council on Thursday heard public support for legislation that aims to make it easier for the city’s land bank to take the city’s blighted properties and bring them back to reuse. The proposed legislation deals with what city officials refer to as the tri-party agreement, which outlines how...
Expert details Pittsburgh synagogue shooter’s troubled childhood ‘laden with trauma’
Time and again, Robert Bowers’ mother was told her young son needed help. When he was an infant, both parents threatened to kill him. When he was a toddler, his speech regressed so much he stopped talking altogether. When he had a rash as a young boy, a doctor thought...
Plans being drafted for public works facility in Brackenridge
Brackenridge officials are eyeing a new public works building to replace one that dates to 1900 and has floors that are caving in. The construction is expected to cost about $750,000, all of which will be covered by grants awarded to the borough. Officials hope to move forward in the...
Cruises for causes: Car shows in Monroeville provide opportunities for philanthropy
The start of a recent Sunday looked as if it might interfere with Bob Guiliani’s plans. “When I came down here this morning at 9 o’clock, I had my wipers on,” he said. “It was raining.” But precipitation eventually gave way to sunshine, meaning that the day’s car cruise at...
Court releases family photos of Pittsburgh synagogue shooting victims
There were more than 11 victims when a gunman attacked congregants inside the Tree of Life synagogue in Squirrel Hill on Oct. 27, 2018. Families and friends of those killed. Injured congregants. Police officers and first responders. This week, as the trial entered its sentencing phase, government prosecutors told their...
Upper Burrell planners recommend approval for building addition at Alcoa
Upper Burrell planners are recommending approval for a proposed building addition at the Alcoa Technical Center. The township’s planning commission issued the recommendation at its meeting Tuesday. According to township documents, Alcoa Technical Center intends to add the approximately 5,100-square-foot building for equipment storage at the research complex at 859...
Trooper says handgun seized from 20-year-old during checkpoint stop in East Deer
State police arrested a Verona man at a traffic safety checkpoint set up on Route 28 in East Deer after he admitted to having a gun and marijuana inside the car in which he was a passenger. Matthew Howard Yots, 20, of the 400 block of Center Avenue was charged...
Medical marijuana company to close Pennsylvania operations, laying off 76
A medical marijuana company, Goodblend Pennsylvania LLC, is closing its operations in the state, affecting 76 jobs. The company has a facility on Beaver Avenue in Pittsburgh’s Chateau neighborhood, which is expected to shutter by Sept. 15. It also has dispensaries along Baum Boulevard in Friendship and one in Erie,...
Kennywood’s Raging Rapids reopens
After three long years, the Raging Rapids are running again. Kennywood Park’s water ride finally reopened Thursday. In April, the park announced the ride would return at some point this season. Crews have spent weeks working on the ride before its return, said Kennywood spokesperson Tasha Pokrzywa. “We’re really excited...
Murrysville crash shears utility pole on School Road
School Road in Murrysville remained closed late Thursday morning after a car sheared a utility pole just south of Nob Hill Road. Murrysville police said the call came in about 9:30 a.m. and noted the male driver was not hurt when his car left the road, struck a utility pole...
Thanks for the franks: Hampton celebrates National Hot Dog Day
Perhaps no other food invokes such a love/hate relationship like a hot dog: We love eating them, but we often hate the way they make us feel afterward. Despite all the back-and-forth contemplation we usually indulge and for one day out of the year that’s OK. July 19 was National...
Morning Roundup: Vehicle goes over hillside in West Mifflin
Here are some of the latest news items from this morning, Thursday, July 20. Vehicle goes over hillside in West Mifflin One person is in the hospital after their vehicle went over a hillside Thursday morning in West Mifflin, according to Tribune-Review news partner WTAE. The crash happened around 4...
Murrysville moves injection well ordinance forward for possible vote next month
Murrysville leaders will likely vote on an ordinance to regulate fracking injection wells at next month’s council session. Injection wells accept the wastewater, brine and byproducts of unconventional drilling operations, releasing the fluid into porous underground rock formations. Similar to the fracking ordinance Murrysville put in place several years ago,...
Quench your thirst: Picklesburgh has plenty of ‘dill-icious’ drink options
Pickle-flavored juice, beer, iced tea, lemonade and alcoholic drinks will be some of the liquids flowing starting at noon Friday when Picklesburgh opens. Pickles are commonly used in food, but the festival pours on the drink options, as well. The annual event produced by the Pittsburgh Downtown Partnership will have...
Deadline to get Real ID in Pennsylvania is pushed back again
If you vaguely recall hearing something about Real ID requirements, you haven’t imagined it. It’s still happening. The new deadline is May 7, 2025. Previously, the deadline to get your Real ID, identification that will be necessary to fly or access some federal facilities, was in 2020. The covid-19 pandemic...
Springdale takes 1st step on zoning overlay; power plant owner threatens legal action
Despite opposition — and even a threat of legal action — from the property owner, Springdale officials took the first step in creating a zoning overlay district around the former power generating station property. Council members unanimously decided to refer an ordinance providing for various zoning amendments and changes within...
Art enthusiasts and sleuths can conspire for The Great Heinz Caper in Sharpsburg
A Sharpsburg scavenger hunt has the potential to be a really big ‘dill.’ The Great Heinz Caper – a live, Clue-like game on borough streets – is scheduled Sept. 9. It combines the punch of live gaming with the perk of learning about the borough’s most famous son, ketchup magnate...
Summer brings community festivities to Marshall Township
Summer is sizzling in Marshall Township with two upcoming concerts, an outdoor movie, and its annual community day. The 56 East Band with Special Guest “The Hex” of Waddell’s Rock School will be in concert July 28, from 7 to 10 p.m., at the Elias Fry Barn in Knob Hill...
The Stroller, July 20, 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. Concert to raise funds for local police departments and scholarships The...
‘It’s always there’: Families of synagogue shooting victims reflect on what’s lost
There’s a weed growing in a bucket on Pittsburgh police SWAT Officer Tim Matson’s porch. It saved his life. Months after he was shot multiple times responding to an active shooter at the Tree of Life synagogue building in Squirrel Hill, Matson said Wednesday, he remained in a dark place....
Kecksburg UFO Festival returns with out-of-this-world activities
Many Pennsylvania towns have summer festivals that serve as a community gathering and homecoming for native sons and daughters. None of them is quite like
Kecksburg’s. The tiny Mt. Pleasant Township village will have its 18th annual celebration — the Kecksburg UFO Festival — Friday, Saturday and Sunday. There will...
Severe storms possible Thursday in Allegheny County
The Storm Prediction Center has upgraded the current severe weather outlook for Thursday evening to an enhanced risk. The National Weather Service in Moon says the main reason for the upgrade is to include damaging winds. It says to expect the main line/broken discrete cells to begin entering northwestern Pennsylvania...
Getting your goat: Oakmont event celebrates everyone’s favorite ruminant
If anyone can get your goat, she’s Monica Shields. She can get you a goat — or for better effect, at least half a dozen — from her Beaver County farm to take care of unwanted vegetation. And she can get your goat knowledge up to a point where you’ll...
