South Hills Record category, Page 12
Baldwin grad making name for himself in sports broadcasting
There appears to be no limit to what Austin Bechtold can accomplish in his professional career. The 2019 Baldwin graduate is already climbing the ladder in the radio broadcasting field. Bechtold, 23, is a producer and part-time host at 93.7 The Fan. He has been putting in some long days...
South Hills real estate transactions for the week of July 21, 2024
Baldwin Borough Barbara Bayerlein sold property at 5535 Brownsville Road to LLC Realty LLC for $145,000. Elizabeth Husa sold property at 3242 Churchview Ave. to Alexandra Barone and Patrick Graham for $135,000. William Merecky sold property at 314 Hamlet Ct to Beth Lynn Hayes for $165,000. D&A Investing LLC sold...
Whitehall Public Library honors Freedom House Ambulance with summer reading program
Whitehall Public Library is dedicating its summer reading program to the remarkable and largely untold story of the Freedom House Ambulance Service, a pioneering Pittsburgh initiative that revolutionized emergency medical care. John Moon, a former Freedom House emergency medical technician and retired assistant chief of Pittsburgh Emergency Medical Service, wasn’t...
Baldwin Township artist helps launch Vintage Grand Prix with painting of Paul Skenes
Today’s toast of Pittsburgh sports is about to be immortalized in art. Paul Skenes, the rookie who is the first Pirates pitcher in 49 years to start a Major League Baseball All-Star Game, will be the subject of a live acrylic painting by Baldwin Township artist Kait Schoeb at a...
Westmoreland County man’s death was a homicide, police say
The death of a Westmoreland County man following an early July arrest on public drunkenness charges is being investigated as a homicide, Allegheny County police said Monday. West Mifflin Police arrested the 31-year-old man, whom police did not identify, around 3 a.m. July 5 after they responded to a report...
Multistate forgery ring suspects head to trial in Allegheny County bank thefts
Early this year, police broke up what they said was a multistate crime ring of document forgers and identity thieves who swindled thousands of dollars from personal bank accounts in Southwestern Pennsylvania, Connecticut and Kentucky. Four thieves hailing from New York, Indiana and Delaware drove a rented car from bank...
Snapchat video leads to child sex abuse charges against Jefferson Hills teen
An 18-year-old Jefferson Hills woman is facing trial on charges that she hacked into a former friend’s social media account and disseminated a sexually explicit video and photos after their friendship soured. Rachel Kazimer is scheduled to be arraigned later this month in Allegheny County Common Pleas Court on four...
‘The Place for Smiles’: Brentwood artist’s painting helps celebrate 75 years of Eat’n Park
As an artist with a passion for painting Pittsburgh landmarks, Linda Barnicott had the idea for a 2024 project depicting an iconic restaurant chain. She remembers discussing the possibility with a young man who visited her vendor booth at a holiday market. It turned out that his grandfather had owned...
Faces of resilience: There is no ‘typical’ Latino immigrant story
A politically persecuted Venezuelan journalist reinvented himself as a Pittsburgh-based Spanish radio show host. A boy whose family was ripped apart by deportation decided to dedicate his life to helping the Latino community that supported him. A woman worked to provide immigrant children better opportunities than she had as a...
Search for borough manager continues in Jefferson Hills
Jefferson Hills officials continue their search for a new borough manager. John P. Stinner resigned as top administrator earlier this year. He had been borough manager since early July 2019. Stinner also served as Blawnox’s manager for two years prior to coming to Jefferson Hills. The manager’s salary this year...
Gen Z’s skincare craze: Balancing beauty routines and rising health concerns
Adelle Hayes, 15, of Peters Township, likes how she feels after her skin care routine. She enjoys caring for her skin and watching TikTok influencer Katie Fang’s “Get Ready With Me” multi-step skincare routines. “Her skin is incredibly clear, and I haven’t seen a pimple yet,” Hayes said. Skin care...
World FSHD Day resolution introduced on Capitol Hill
After years of advocating for a cure for the rare disease that has limited his mobility, Mark Christman has made his way to Capitol Hill. Christman, a retired attorney and board member of Trib Total Media, was diagnosed with facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy, or FSHD, in 1977 at age 16. One...
South Hills student achievements for the week of June 25, 2024
Thomas Jefferson High School students won first place at the Allegheny County Envirothon on April 26 and went on to compete in the statewide environmental competition in Mifflinburg . Allegheny County Conservation District hosted 135 high school students representing 11 school districts at the annual competition at North Park. The...
Mt. Lebanon native, other local swimmers to dive into Mon to fight pancreatic cancer
The covid pandemic put an end to many athletic competitions and uprooted the lives of most everyone around the world. For 63-year-old Judy Caves of Mt. Lebanon, it was the start of something special. “During covid, when all of us couldn’t swim in pools, we started swimming in rivers,” Caves...
Thomas Jefferson’s state softball title capped special season in memory of former coach
The 2024 season is one players and coaches on the Thomas Jefferson softball team will never forget. For the first time in the 65-year history of the high school, there is a state champion at TJ in a girls team sport. Thomas Jefferson ended an improbable postseason run June 13...
Thomas Jefferson baseball team reflects on 2024 season
Thomas Jefferson’s baseball team started out 12-0 this year and ended the regular season with a 17-2 overall record. The Jaguars were ranked No. 2 in Class 4A and received the No. 2 seed for the WPIAL playoffs. After defeating No. 15 Ringgold, 11-3, and No. 7 Chartiers Valley, 4-3,...
Zach Wuenschell, Mia March earn Brentwood’s top senior athletes awards
Zach Wuenschell and Mia March have at least two things in common. The recent high school graduates received top billing at Brentwood after being recognized as the leading senior athletes for the Spartans in 2023-24. Oh yes, both also are 18 years old. Wuenschell was named as the Mark Reider...
Wrapping up the Thomas Jefferson, Baldwin boys volleyball seasons
The Thomas Jefferson boys volleyball team had high expectations and an elevated enthusiasm around the program for the 2024 season. Then, one of the Jaguars’ key starters, 6-foot-7 senior outside hitter William “Will” Stewart, suffered a wrist injury that sent the team scurrying to a lineup change on the eve...
South Hills real estate transactions for the week of June 23, 2024
Baldwin Borough Alfred Kozak sold property at 5221 Blossom Road to William and Blanche Palmer for $217,000. Patrick LaFrankie sold property at 5161 Colewood Drive to Aaron Waner for $215,000. Topaze L.P. sold property at 9 Susquehanna St. to Ultrarix Co. for $15,000. Christine Mehrenberg sold property at 617 Elaine...
Trib HSSN softball player of the week for June 18, 2024Video
Trib HSSN softball player of the week: Zoe Krizan School: Thomas Jefferson Class: Senior Position: Center field #Earned: One of the more amazing postseason runs by a district softball team in history continued in likely fashion this past week. WPIAL runner-up Thomas Jefferson fell behind District 6 champion Central Mountain,...
Thomas Jefferson captures 1st softball state title with walk-off win
STATE COLLEGE – Taylor Karpac’s bases-loaded single in the bottom of the eighth inning gave Thomas Jefferson a 2-1 victory over Pittston Area in the PIAA Class 5A softball championship game Thursday evening at Penn State’s Beard Field. Karpac’s hit through the left side of the infield with no outs...
Pittsburgh theater companies keep busy through summer
Some of Pittsburgh’s cultural institutions may be taking a break for the summer, but theater is still all around in the city. Many local companies know that “the show must go on” — and have planned a variety of exciting productions for the next couple of months. Here are a...
Baldwin High School graduates 337
Baldwin High School’s class of 2024 graduated on June 5. During a ceremony at Baldwin High School Stadium, senior class president Mwango Kasuba welcomed those in attendance. Speakers included distinguished graduates Julianna Lang and Haley Nieman, as well as members of the school board. Senior members of Baldwin High School...
South Hills native crafts video at center of Pittsburgh’s NFL Draft pitch
Tim Oxenreiter needed just five days to craft a video that packs a whole lot of Pittsburgh into 63 seconds. Book-ended by Acrisure Stadium and the picturesque Point State Park, Oxenreiter’s latest ode to his hometown laid on the local mythology thick as part of the region’s pitch to host...
Police: Woman, 10-year-old girl found dead in vehicle in South Park
Allegheny County Police are investigating the deaths of a woman and a 10-year-old girl found dead Friday evening in a vehicle in South Park. County police said released a statement saying Mt. Lebanon police were contacted by a male Friday afternoon requesting a welfare check on the 43-year-old woman and...
