Penn Hills Progress category, Page 90

The closure of a portion of Nadine Road in Penn Hills has been delayed for the second time in eight days, the Allegheny County Department of Public Works announced Friday. Work along a stretch of Nadine near Lincoln Road will now begin Aug. 10 at 7 a.m. The delay is...

Penn Hills School District officials plan to welcome students back to school with a hybrid in-person learning model, as well as a continued online learning option for families who might not be comfortable sending children back into the buildings. Administrators are expected to officially present the two options during a...

Shawn O’Mahony of Penn Hills ordered a bunch of seeds online to jump-start his 2020 garden. So, when a couple of packets he didn’t recognize showed up in the spring, it didn’t seem like a big deal. “I received two of them a couple months ago,” O’Mahony said. “They were...

A Fox Chapel man accused of killing another man and leaving his body near the Settlers Ridge Road home he shared with his parents has been deemed “legally incompetent” to stand trial, his attorney said Tuesday. Adam Rosenberg, 22, is charged with homicide and other offenses in connection with the...

Jeff Capel’s quest to rebuild the Pitt basketball program hit what he hopes is a temporary roadblock Monday when four-star guard and Penn Hills native Jalen Hood-Schifino re-opened his recruitment. Hood-Schifino, 6-foot-4, verbally committed to Pitt last year as a sophomore. Schifino is ranked as the 33rd overall prospect by...

Penn Hills R. Eugene Malek sold property at an unknown address to Three Suns Property Solutions LLC for $53,000. Leonard Baklarz sold property at 11666 Althea Drive to Ashley Marie Jones for $90,500. Estate of Marie Hoey sold property at 321 Auburn St. to Peter Katz for $32,125. Wells Fargo...

For De’netta Benjamin-Miller, the new executive director of Sojourner House, it wasn’t until life hit her with its ugliness that she was able to find the beauty in a calling she gets to answer every day. “It was through therapy where I found myself,” she said. Benjamin-Miller, 45, of Homewood...

The closure of Nadine Road in Penn Hills will now begin in August, Allegheny County public works announced Thursday. The road closure, originally scheduled to begin July 28, will now begin at 7 a.m. Aug. 3 because of ongoing nearby utility work, officials said. The closure is expected to last...

The Western PA Bruins girls basketball program is known for producing Division I college recruits. Girls receiving scholarship offers and committing to top-level teams seems like an almost daily occurrence during the summer months. The outfit is like a factory when it comes to connecting talent to the next level....

Penn Hills Council narrowly approved a contract July 20 with the municipality’s police chief, a role that has remained unchanged since 1999. Council voted 3-2 to approve the agreement, which runs through the end of 2021, with Police Chief Howard Burton. Mayor Pauline Calabrese and Councilman Frank Pecora dissented. In...

Penn Hills Karmen Pugh sold property at 2600 Blackridge Ave. to Alexis Jackson for $170,000. Jean Coates sold property at 126 Charleston Drive to RS Holdings 201 LLC for $20,600. James Cox Jr. sold property at 308 Fielding Drive to Tammera Townes for $168,900. James Zerfoss sold property at 23...

An Allegheny County man serving a life prison term for first-degree murder claims the jury got it wrong when they didn’t believe that his dead identical twin brother was the killer. In an appeal filed in Westmoreland County, Darrelle Tolbert-McGhee, 31, of Penn Hills, contends his conviction should be overturned...

Penn Hills will receive $2.5 million for transportation-related projects in the state’s latest round of Multimodal Transportation Fund money. Gov. Tom Wolf announced in a news release on July 16 that Allegheny County will receive $5.5 million for transportation and other infrastructure projects in Penn Hills Municipality and Harrison Township....

A Penn Hills man was arrested after allegedly driving through a group of protesters Wednesday afternoon. Police Chief Howard Burton said several people were gathered near the intersection of Saltsburg and Stotler roads when a man drove his vehicle through the crowd. No injuries were reported. Burton said officers spoke...

Widespread mask mandates are meant to slow the spread of covid-19. But they’re also stopping the spread of smiles. To remind people that behind every mask is a person with a story — and a smile — Pittsburgh-based photographer Beth Kukucka launched a photography project titled “Behind the Mask.” The...

The Penn Hills Service Association is reminding people its food pantry is still operational. Kathy Lynch, the PHSA’s food pantry coordinator, said Thursday the pantry has fewer people signing up to receive food. “Maybe it’s the stimulus checks or unemployment checks,” Lynch said. “Maybe some of our clients just aren’t...

Penn Hills Council is in the process of selling the municipality’s old headquarters along Frankstown Road. According to a sale agreement, Narinder Singh and Kulwant Kaur will buy the building in a cash deal for $175,000. The prospective owners were not available for comment. Michael Pirollo, the property’s real estate...

Penn Hills High School seniors will not be able to graduate in their traditional setting at the football field due to Allegheny County’s covid-19 safety restrictions. County officials have limited outdoor gatherings to no more than 50 people through at least July 24. Penn Hills’ graduation was set for Friday...

Izabel Bruno of Verona, a political science major, was named to the Plymouth State University president’s list for the spring 2020 semester. To be named to the president’s list, a student must achieve a grade-point average of 3.7 or better and must have attempted at least 12 credit hours during...

Nadine Road in Penn Hills will be closed for two weeks or more starting July 28 and again in August so crews can build support walls along the road, officials announced Tuesday. The July 28 closure will start at 7 a.m. and is expected to last “at least two weeks,”...

Penn Hills Council will continue to meet virtually for its July meeting as Allegheny County sees an increase in coronavirus cases. The format of July 20’s meeting was left tentative, with hopes Council Chambers could once again be used, said Mayor Pauline Calabrese. The last time council met in person...

A Shop ‘n Save store in Penn Hills has reopened with updated hours after closing for six days when four of its employees tested positive for coronavirus. The store, located at 2820 Universal Road, reopened with shortened hours from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. on July 11, according to an...

A person who fell off a Jet Ski in the Allegheny River near Arch Street in Verona on Sunday, July 12, was transported to an area hospital, an Allegheny County 911 shift commander said. Verona police and fire departments were dispatched at about 7 p.m. They could not be reached...

Penn Hills Estate of James Binnix sold property at 225 Cypress Hill Drive to Justin Devaughn Hefflin and Diandrea Jalynn Flewellen for $139,900. Anthony Pope sold property at 123 Golden Gate Drive to LSF9 Master Participation Trust for $76,000. Robert Vogtsberger sold property at 115 Halliford Drive to Devon and...