Penn Hills Progress category, Page 96
Penn Hills designated a Tree City USA
Penn Hills has been designated as a Tree City USA by the Arbor Foundation, according to the municipality’s shade tree commission. Penn Hills shares the designation with Forest Hills, Mt. Lebanon, Swissvale and Wilkinsburg. The municipality is in line to receive a flag, two road signs and a plaque, which...
Steelers’ T.J. Watt, Rams’ Aaron Donald among favorites to win defensive player of yearVideo
Four Pittsburgh Steelers are among the more than six dozen names that a prominent betting site have named as potential candidates for 2020 NFL defensive player of the year. The list of more than six dozen names is headed by a Pitt alumnus. Penn Hills High School graduate Aaron Donald...
Lime Hollow Road work taking place Tuesday morning
A portion of Lime Hollow Road will be restricted to one lane for four hours on Tuesday, PennDOT announced. The road will be restricted to one lane with alternating traffic from 8 a.m. to noon between Mt. Carmel Road and Route 130. PennDOT crews will work on utilities along the...
Verona man jailed in string of Fayette County convenience store robberies
An Allegheny County man is being held in the Fayette County Prison Saturday on multiple charges of committing a string of convenience store holdups in the Uniontown area late Thursday, state police said. Michael A. Priester, 34, of Verona, was arrested Friday by state police on multiple charges of robbery,...
Penn Hills School District meal distribution dates changed; alum Aaron Donald donates items
Penn Hills School District’s food distribution is about to get a boost from a powerful alum. The district began serving children to-go meals a few weeks ago at Linton Middle School due to the statewide school closure. Aaron Donald, a 2010 Penn Hills graduate and Los Angeles Rams All-Pro defensive...
Teen hospitalized after shooting in Penn Hills
A teenage boy who was walking from Pittsburgh was taken to a local hospital with non-life-threatening injuries after being shot Friday in Penn Hills, police said. The boy was shot once in the buttocks with a small-caliber weapon at about 5:30 p.m. while he was walking in the 200 block...
Penn Hills to open football season against West Virginia power
Penn Hills announced the opening game on its 2020 football schedule Wednesday night, and it’s a headline-grabber for a variety of reasons. The Indians will meet West Virginia power Martinsburg at 5 p.m., Saturday, Aug. 29 as part of the WPIAL vs. Everyone season-opening event at Woodland Hills’ Wolvarena. The...
Coal Hollow Road in Penn Hills closed due to landslide
A landslide in Penn Hills has caused a road to close, PennDOT announced Wednesday. Coal Hollow Road, or Route 130, is closed between Frankstown and Lime Hollow roads. Traffic is being detoured by using Verona or Lime Hollow roads. PennDOT said the road will remain closed until geotechnical engineers evaluate...
Penn Hills distributes Chromebooks to students for online learning
As Gov. Tom Wolf ordered Monday that Pennsylvania schools remain closed indefinitely to slow the spread of covid-19, students at Penn Hills School District came to grab their school-issued laptops to start online lessons. The approximately 1,500 Chromebooks were available to seniors and students with IEPs in grades K-12. Lisa...
Murrysville Boy Scout creates ‘scent wall’ for search-and-rescue dog groupVideo
Eagle Scout projects fall into a wide variety of categories, but many are aimed at beautifying the towns in which they take place, or fixing up a feature that has fallen into disrepair. Liam Rhea of Murrysville jumped at the chance to take on a project that could potentially help...
Police: Penn Hills man wanted on warrants sold drugs to undercover cop
A Penn Hills man wanted for allegedly possessing thousands of bags of heroin in October was taken into custody Saturday during an undercover drug buy, according to Pittsburgh police. City police said an arrest warrant was issued for Herbert Lee Walker III, 25, in October after Allegheny County Police found...
Covid-19 spreads to Penn Hills, Monroeville, other Allegheny suburbs
As covid-19 spreads to Allegheny County’s suburbs, officials in those areas are encouraging residents to adhere to the governor’s stay-at-home order and practice social distancing. A map that displays where the virus has spread shows cases now have touched Penn Hills, Monroeville, Plum, Oakmont, Churchill and Wilkinsburg, among others. Of...
McKeesport man shot while driving in Penn Hills dies
A McKeesport man shot in the leg Friday night while driving along Bon Air Road in Penn Hills has died. The Allegheny County Medical Examiner’s Office identified the victim as Chasae Swindle, 42. Penn Hills Police responded around 11 p.m. Friday night to the 100 block of Evaline Street for...
Changes made to Plum trash removal
A trash pick-up company serving Plum has said it will no longer take trash or yard waste that isn’t bagged and placed in containers as a precaution to its workers amid the covid-19 pandemic. Republic Services has made the changes to “try to limit exposure to their drivers during this...
Alcohol stolen from bar, liquor store in Penn Hills
A state-owned liquor store and a bar in Penn Hills were robbed within the last week, according to Penn Hills police. The first burglary happened Saturday night around 10:30 p.m. at the Fine Wine and Good Spirits store at 1103 Milltown Road, according to police Chief Howard Burton. “They broke...
Penn Hills lays off 57 municipal employees
Penn Hills announced Wednesday it would lay off 57 full- and part-time employees – including school crossing guards, library staff and senior center workers – in response to pressures experienced during the coronavirus pandemic. “Having to place dedicated personnel onto layoff status was not a good day for Penn Hills,”...
What Italy’s lockdown looks like 17 days in from a Penn Hills expat
A former professional baseball player from Penn Hills who has lived in Italy for nearly 40 years says life has totally changed there since the country moved to a state of total lockdown amid the covid-19 pandemic. Tony Lonero, 60, has been in quarantine with his wife, Mimma, for 17...
Allegheny River Boulevard to go down to single lane
Allegheny River Boulevard will be closed to a single lane through March 27, PennDOT announced Monday. The road will be reduced to a single lane from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. as crews from Pittsburgh Water and Sewer Authority clean inlets along the road between Washington Boulevard and Nadine Road....
Penn Hills native describes situation in Italy as ‘tragic, depressing and emotional’
Italy is in complete lockdown with residents confined to their towns and prohibited from venturing farther than 200 meters (about 650 feet) from their homes, according to a Penn Hills native who has lived in the country for more than 10 years. James Zanella, who lives in the northern Italian...
Western Pa. teachers posting motivational, inspirational selfies for studentsVideo
Teachers in the region have taken to self-portraiture to let their students – or “kids” – know they care for them through the coronavirus pandemic. The teachers’ selfies have appeared in compilation videos made by staff at Deer Lakes and Mars Area school districts, and Penn Hills School District is...
Emergency medical providers fear information gap in local cases of coronavirus
As covid-19 cases continue to rise in Allegheny County, so do worries among some emergency personnel who fear being exposed to the virus without knowing it. “Basically, it is frustrating at this time that the Allegheny County Health Department has no system in place to provide municipalities with a confirmed...
Some Allegheny County roads closed due to flooding
Sections of Allegheny River Boulevard and Nadine Road have been closed because of flooding, Allegheny County announced Friday. Allegheny River Boulevard closed between Washington Boulevard and Nadine Road around 10 a.m. Traffic is being re-routed up Nadine Road to avoid a flood along Allegheny River Boulevard. You can take Lincoln...
Labriola’s offering pickup at its regional stores
Labriola’s Italian Market, an Aspinwall staple since 1984, is amending its operations and switching primarily to curbside pick-up during the coronavirus outbreak. “In order to protect the community and our employees, Labriola’s will be adopting new interim policies,” owners said. Shoppers, at least temporarily, will no longer be encouraged to...
Local governments face transparency challenges during coronavirus
As large governing entities like Allegheny County Council and Pittsburgh City Council hold virtual or teleconference meetings to vote on legislation in order to curb the spread of covid-19, smaller communities face a challenge. How do these councils and boards avoid meeting in groups larger than 10 while simultaneously following...
Penn Hills man sentenced to state prison for 7th DUI
A Penn Hills man was sentenced to two to seven years in state prison Monday after his seventh drunken driving conviction since 2011. Pittsburgh police charged John C. Davis with his latest DUI on April 7, 2019, after he crashed into a telephone pole and a parked SUV in the...
