South Hills Record category, Page 12

Just minutes after Hampartsoum “Henry” Nazarian pleaded guilty to striking their son on the side of the road and killing him, David and Heidi Drake were in the courthouse hallway hugging him. “The accident was not an intentional thing to try to hurt us or Tyler,” Heidi Drake said in...

In 2009, the nonprofit assistance organization then known as South Hills Interfaith Ministries moved into its Bethel Park center on South Park Road. “We knew then there were issues with the building that we wanted to address at some point going forward,” executive director Jim Guffey recalled. Improvements such as...

Mindful Brewing Company in Castle Shannon will soon have a new name: Chimera Brewing. Galley Group announced on Mindful Brewing’s Facebook page Friday that it is the new owner of the brewing company located on Library Road. The Facebook post garnered more than 370 likes and hearts within the first...

A yearslong dispute over whether the state has the right to regulate a Mt. Lebanon Catholic school’s before- and after-school program has landed in federal court amid allegations that the school is being subjected to a religious and politically motivated attack. South Hills Catholic Academy on Tuesday filed a lawsuit...

Baldwin track coach Ed Helbig has a favorite saying that he offers up as motivation to athletes on his team: “Get one day better, every day.” With tears in his eyes Friday at the Baldwin Invitational, Helbig shared a story about how the cross country team took a detour to...

Cassette tapes brought Veronika Cloutier to Pittsburgh. Vinyl LPs have kept her here. Before moving to Pittsburgh from North Carolina in 2021, the former vocalist and guitarist for the band Attack Cat measured the city’s livability by connecting with a local indie label that releases cassettes. “The fact that there...

A two-time Grammy winner, the last surviving member of The Monkees and a singer whose song became ubiquitous with a 1990s TV show are some of the biggest names in this year’s Allegheny County Summer Concert Series, announced Wednesday. The concert series, with shows at South Park Amphitheater and Hartwood...

The one thing that the section series does in WPIAL baseball is test the mettle of the team that loses the first game, especially late in the season when the stakes are high. Following his team’s first loss of the season Monday, Thomas Jefferson coach Tim Vickers learned something about...

Nicholas Altavilla has been named to the 2023 fall trimester dean’s list at Palmer College of Chiropractic’s Main Campus in Davenport, Iowa. David Keller was inducted into the Baldwin Wallace University Honors Program during the spring 2024 semester. Keller, a graduate of Westinghouse Arts Academy Charter School majoring in acting,...

Bingo benefit West Jefferson Hills School District Foundation for Education will hold a bingo event on May 4. There will be 15 games of bingo and other games of chance and activities at the Triumph of the Holy Cross Parish — St. Elizabeth Gym (1 Grove Place; off Route 51)....

The Thomas Jefferson baseball team began the season with three wins and a 29-run outburst at the Ripken Experience in Myrtle Beach. The Jaguars returned home and continued their winning ways. TJ rang up a 10-0 record through the first month of the season, outscoring the opposition by an 82-12...

Baldwin coach Ed Helbig has been battling serious health issues since June. But he received great news away from the hospital setting this past winter. Helbig was selected for induction into the Baldwin Athletic Hall of Fame. “I was totally surprised,” Helbig said. “When I found out the group that...

Youth is being served this season in the Brentwood track and field program. Brentwood’s Daysaun Spencer and Meghan Schruben were a triple medalists April 13 at the Chartiers-Houston track invitational. Spencer won both the boys long jump and triple jump events with distances of 21 feet, 1.5 inches and 41-4,...

Baldwin Borough Irene Mena Lora sold property at 615 Agnew Road to Bruce and Eric Politowski for $167,000. Alice Sommer Varney trustee sold property at 1281 Brooklawn Drive to Liam Varney for $140,000. Kevin Schultis sold property at 1520 Cathell Road to Michael and Shannon Collura for $406,000. Kathryn Guenther...

A fire at Kennywood was quickly put out Wednesday evening. Allegheny County dispatchers said the call for the fire at the West Mifflin area amusement park came in around 9:20 p.m. Emergency responders began clearing the scene around 9:45 p.m. Lynsey Winters, a spokesperson for Kennywood, told news partners WTAE...

The last creature on Earth travels through time in order to try and change history in “Apis,” the final production in the New Hazlett Theater’s 11th season of Community Supported Art productions. And who is that last creature? He’s a little blue bee named Bob. And he’s one of several...

Central Catholic graduate Neal Shipley stepped onto the tee box at the first hole at Augusta National — a 445-yard par-4 named “Tea Olive” — about to embark on the most high-profile round of his golfing career Thursday afternoon. He promptly launched his drive deep into the woods to the...

An Upper St. Clair man who was killed by police officers responding to his mental health crisis in January was shot eight times in the back, a federal lawsuit alleges. Filed on Monday, the lawsuit claims that Christopher Shepherd, who was armed with a kitchen knife, was running away from...

A classic John Philip Sousa march. Variations on the “Scarborough Fair” theme. Music inspired by the “Lord of the Rings” books. Musicians from all over the Pittsburgh area will perform music from all over the map at the 18th annual Three Rivers Community Band Festival, set for April 6 in...

An Ingram man was arrested Wednesday after he intentionally struck his friend with an SUV after they argued the night before outside a Castle Shannon bar, police said. Shortly before 9 p.m. Tuesday, Castle Shannon police were dispatched to the Coal Mine, a bar and restaurant at 3160 Library Road,...

Becca Murray, a sociology major at Grove City College, has been named to the dean’s list with distinction for the fall 2023 semester. She is a 2020 graduate of Baldwin High School and is the daughter of Dean and Amy Murray. Anthony Barry, Madison Fiorentini, Alexys Wagner and Madeleine White...

Eclipse family night In partnership with the Whitehall Recreation Board, join Whitehall Public Library on April 1 for an eclipse themed Family Night to learn about the upcoming solar eclipse and get free eclipse glasses. The program will start in Snyder Park with up-close viewing of the sun using solar...

His statistics are not gaudy. Thomas Jefferson’s Vinnie Heller caught five passes for 79 yards in 2023, averaging 15.8 yards per reception. But it’s approach to the game and dedication to the TJ football program that caught the attention of players and coaches. A senior wide receiver/hybrid linebacker, Heller was...

It ranks as one of the best basketball seasons in school history. Thomas Jefferson’s boys basketball team rolled to a 21-3 record before having the wind knocked out of its sails in the WPIAL Class 5A semifinals. “Our kids did everything I asked,” coach Dom DeCicco said. “We came up...

A two-time WPIAL champion, Thomas Jefferson’s Maddox Shaw advanced to the PIAA Class 3A tournament in Hershey again this year where he took first place in the 139-pound weight division. Shaw became TJ’s second state champion in the past three years and second under coach Michael Ladick. “For 730 days...