Penn Hills Progress category, Page 92

Penn Hills Estate of Frank Vilsack sold property at 801 Eighth St. to Brandon Michael Rodgers and Benjamin James Hampton for $115,000. Terri Heisler sold property at 123 Austin St. to Danielle Treloar for $74,200. Gerald Ricci trustee sold property at 20 Camera Pl to Henrico Jones and Laura Owens...

A former Penn Hills resident has been sentenced to seven years in prison for federal narcotics and firearms offenses, federal prosecutors announced Thursday. Antwon Shamar Bonner, 21, formerly of Penn Hills, pleaded guilty in January to a two-count indictment charging him with possessing heroin with the intent to distribute and...

Officials closed a residential road in Penn Hills on Thursday morning after a water main broke and caused damage to the street and a house, according to a tweet from Allegheny County. Aber Road remains closed from Harvest Drive to Grove Road. The road is located within the municipality’s Nadine...

Riverview High School’s graduation ceremony was held at Riverside Drive-in Theatre in Parks Township Tuesday night. Seniors in attendance each had their moment on the big screen along with a photo and their future plans. A parade took place through Verona and Oakmont prior to commencement. The Riverview class of...

Riverview High School seniors saw their names and faces on the big screen, with some students blowing kisses to their fans in the audience. It was not the premiere of a Hollywood production, but the conclusion of their time in the district, and the first time they’ve been able to...

A driver was charged with driving under the influence after striking a parked car and an apartment building in Penn Hills Monday afternoon. Police Chief Howard Burton said the driver, described as a 42-year-old woman, was driving along Lindberg Avenue toward Nelbon Avenue around 3:15 p.m. when she lost control...

The Penn Hills Midget Football Association has set registration dates and times for the 2020 season. Signups for each football and cheerleading division will be June 18 and 19, from 6 to 8 p.m. both evenings, and June 20, from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m., at the William McKinley Citizens...

When a handful of elderly residents living at a Penn Hills assisted living facility heard about local high school seniors’ troubles brought on by covid-19, they decided to offer some encouragement through the lens of decades of experience. “I think it’s making them realize that life is hard right now...

UERD Inc. sold property at 6827 Alcoma Drive to VB One LLC for $58,333. UERD Inc. sold property at 337 Augusta Ave. to VB One LLC for $58,333. UERD Inc. sold property at 700 Beulah Road to VB One LLC for $58,333. Bank New York Mellon Trust Co. sold property...

Gyms and fitness centers in Allegheny County can reopen under strict guidelines now that the area was moved into the green phase of the state’s economic reopening plan. However, Snap Fitness franchises in Plum and Verona appear to have closed their doors for good. Franchisee Mike Mettee took to Facebook...

Abby Lee Miller has apologized on social media for racially insensitive “words.” The former Penn Hills reality star put up a statement Thursday on Instagram. “I genuinely understand and deeply regret how my words have effected and hurt those around me in the past, particularly those in the Black...

A Penn Hills council meeting originally scheduled for June 15 has been canceled. Mayor Pauline Calabrese said canceling meetings during the summer months is common, when agendas are light and there are no ordinances up for a vote. “There’s just not a lot of issues and items,” she said. “And...

Penn Hills School Board President Erin Vecchio appeared to come up short in her bid to oust longtime state Rep. Tony DeLuca, according to unofficial election returns. It was the second attempt by Vecchio, 61, to toss DeLuca, 83, from the office he’s held nearly four decades. He defeated her...

Jennifer Bruce Scott began her AAU and high school girls basketball coaching career more than two decades ago, hoping to pass along the same passion and dedication to the game that drove her to four standout seasons at Pitt in the early 1980s. The Monroeville resident started in high school...

Build it and they will come. Fortunately for patrons using Webb’s World of Fitness in Penn Hills, the gym is already built. All its owners had to do was open its doors. Earlier in May, that’s what owners Linda and Monty Webb did. And their members, and more, came. “I’m...

The Penn Hills Arts Council is looking for art supplies to donate to an organization that helps women recover from addiction. Catherine Meara, director of Penn Hills Arts Council, said she has already received donated supplies like coloring pencils, crayons, coloring books for children and adults, markers and paper. But...

Penn Hills Daniel Babuscio sold property at 11412 Azalea Drive to UCG Forty LLC for $44,500. Robert Adams sold property at 2604 Blackridge Ave. to Sarah L Tafel for $103,000. Joy Bowser sold property at 243 Bramble St. to Bank New York Mellon trustee for $15,000. Pennsylvania Housing Finance Agency...

Gym co-owner Monty Webb of Plum said he’s had enough. He and his wife, Linda, own and operate Webb’s World of Fitness in Penn Hills. And he’s open for business. “I opened because it’s essential. Your heath is essential,” Webb said. “I got tired of the gyms getting thrown under...

Penn Hills is slated to receive a $51,000 grant through a federal Department of Justice coronavirus emergency supplemental fund, announced U.S. Attorney Scott Brady’s office Wednesday. The DOJ funded its Coronavirus Emergency Supplemental Funding program with $850 million in early April, shortly after President Trump signed a $2 trillion stimulus...

A Penn Hills woman was arrested Friday by Allegheny County police after an unloaded revolver was found in her carry-on bag at Pittsburgh International Airport. A Transportation Security Administration officer spotted the gun when the woman was going through a checkpoint at the airport. Allegheny County Police charged Kierra Allen,...

Two private pools in Penn Hills plan on opening – but not this month. Rosedale Beach Club, at 5407 Third St. in Verona, originally scheduled opening over Memorial Day weekend. That date has been pushed to a tentative nonspecific date in June, said Dani Scott, the club’s secretary. If that...

Lured to his friend’s house to play video games and smoke marijuana, Christian Moore-Rouse didn’t even make it up the long driveway leading to Adam Rosenberg’s place in Fox Chapel. Instead, he was shot in the back of his head and dragged into a ditch, lifeless — and left to...

A Penn Hills man was arrested Wednesday morning on charges of stealing $19,500 on Dec. 30 in Kennedy from a vehicle parked by an automated teller machine, police said. Luis Carde, 48, is accused of smashing a window of the vehicle and stealing the cash. The vehicle belonged to a...

Penn Hills Council is expected to vote next week on whether to demolish five homes in the Lincoln Park neighborhood. The five houses slated for demolition are on Columbia and Blackadore avenues: • 1280 Blackadore Ave. • 246 Columbia Ave. • 248 Columbia Ave. • 7513 Columbia Ave. • 7515...