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Baldwin Borough Police suspect that a half-dozen brush fires reported in rapid succession on Tuesday may have been intentionally set. “We responded to a total of six scenes within minutes of each other,” police said in a post to the department’s Facebook page. Police are asking residents with outdoor-facing cameras...

After two months of remote learning following a fire, students returned to Elizabeth Forward High School on Tuesday. The fire damaged the inside of the school in February. According to the school, rooms and areas adjacent to the auditorium space where the fire occurred are walled off and will not...

Hempfield did not have classes Monday as Easter break wound to a close, so some baseball players arrived early for their home game against Baldwin. Carson Shuglie was among that group. The junior put the extra swings to use as the Spartans opened a three-game series against the Highlanders. Shuglie...

The West Jefferson Hills Knights of Columbus Council 11887 held its Annual Council level Basketball Free Throw Championship for boys and girls ages 9 through 14 on Feb. 7. Champions in the boy’s age groups were 9-year-old Eli Noel, 10-year-old Brandon Wasko, 11-year-old Isaac Olson, 12-year-old Alex Louver, 13-year-old Lee...

Book sale The Friends of South Park Township Library are hosting the annual Spring Book Sale at the South Park Township Community Center. The sale will be held from 6-8 p.m. April 20; 10 a.m.-7 p.m. April 21; and 10 a.m.-3 p.m. April 22. Saturday is the ever-popular “$5 a...

Addison Arndt literally dives headfirst into her winter athletic schedule at Thomas Jefferson. Arndt, a junior, competes as a diver on the TJ girls swim team and as an advanced gymnast as a member of the gymnastics team. She qualified for the PIAA finals in both sports, placing fourth in...

West Jefferson Hills announced it was starting the Hall of Fame program during the 2019-20 school year, but the first class never was recognized due to the covid-19 pandemic. The district relaunched its program last fall and re-opened the nomination process. On March 4, WJHSD inducted the members into the...

Baldwin’s Abby Rexrode has made an indelible imprint on WPIAL gymnastics. Rexrode won her second consecutive all-around title in the advanced division at the WPIAL championships Feb. 11 at Moon. By doing so, the 16-year-old sophomore held firm as the WPIAL’s top gymnast. “Abby had a strong all-around performance. She...

Baldwin Borough Gary Bench sold property at 1261 Cathell Road to LCM Developments LLC for $100,000. Michael Robert Bopp sold property at 4723 Gardenville Road to TH Property Owner LLC for $203,500. Brandon McGarvey sold property at 311 Hamlet Ct to Tonya Northington for $180,000. Joseph Bildhauser sold property at...

Katie Dudas walked into Cancer Bridges in Pittsburgh’s Strip District knowing she was getting her hair and makeup done. What she didn’t know was that she’d be invited to model for the spring Sabika Jewelry collection catalog. Cancer Bridges, formerly Our Clubhouse and Cancer Caring Center, provides free programs and...

Mt. Lebanon residents had been walking by for months, trying to catch a glimpse of what was going on inside an empty space along Washington Road. They don’t have to look from the outside any longer. The doors are now open to the newest taproom of East End Brewing Co....

Paige Crawley earned an Honorable Mention Award for the short video “The 8 Principles of Graphic Design” in the annual Flux Student Design Competition, sponsored by the American Institute of Graphic Arts. Crawley is a student at Edinboro University. Isabella Boehm was the light board operator for Albrught College Theatre’s...

Jefferson Hills police officer Anthony Perella has turned in his badge and gun after a 25-year career with the borough force. A former Drug Abuse Resistance Education, or DARE, officer, Perella was hired by Jefferson Hills in February 1998. He worked for Sewickley Police prior to coming to Jefferson Hills....

A woman was arrested and two children were taken to the hospital after a crash in Elizabeth Township on Thursday. The crash took place in the 800 block of McKeesport Road, Elizabeth Township police told Tribune-Review news partner WPXI. Police said they took the driver, Kristi Assenti, into custody on...

There will be a new PIHL Penguins Cup champion in Class 2A. Thomas Jefferson felt short in its bid for a repeat by suffering a 7-2 loss at the hands of Armstrong in the semifinal round at the RMU Island Sports Center on Tuesday. The top-seeded River Hawks (18-3-0) recorded...

An abandoned property in Pittsburgh’s Carrick neighborhood is slated to be redeveloped for either affordable or mixed-income housing. The city’s Urban Redevelopment Authority is accepting proposals from redevelopers through the end of the month. The URA said it wants to transform the Brownsville Road property known as Berg Place into...

A house fire at 3126 Southern Drive in South Park was quickly knocked down by firefighters from the South Park Township Fire Department late Sunday afternoon. The call came in at 4:22 p.m. when smoke was reported coming from the rear of the house. No injuries were reported according to...

Thirteen champions were crowned Sunday at the Pennsylvania girls wrestling state championships at Central Dauphin High School. Canon-McMillan’s Valarie Solorio and North Allegheny’s Leyna Rumpler were among those standing at the top of the awards podium. Solorio pinned South Western’s Natalie Handy in 47 seconds to win the 100-pound championship....

Route 837 in Jefferson Hills reopened Thursday afternoon after a boulder fell onto the roadway two days earlier. The road was shut to traffic between Route 51 in Jefferson Hills and St. Clair Avenue in Clairton. PennDOT spokesman Steve Cowan said the road opened to motorists around 4:30 p.m....

The man killed in a house fire Tuesday in South Park has been identified. The Allegheny County Medical Examiner’s office said Richard Perlick, 83, was the man pronounced dead inside his home in the 5800 block of Curry Road. The fire was reported at 9:44 p.m. Tuesday in the 5800...

Kurt Angle is headed back under the knife. The WWE Hall of Famer and Mt. Lebanon native made the announcement during a recent “Kurt Angle Show” podcast, according to reports. “I need surgery again so my neck is so jacked, it’s pathetic,” Angle said. “Back is on March 21st.” Angle...

After a 13-day layoff from game competition, Norwin hoped to be back in rhythm in its WPIAL girls basketball playoff opener. No issues, there. The Knights came out and played like a fine-tuned guitar. And shredded Baldwin. Sophomore guard Kendall Berger scored 21 points in her first career playoff start,...

Let’s discuss grief. Or, as tends to be the case, let’s not. “I think people feel like they’re being a burden by talking about it,” Baldwin Borough resident Amanda Filippelli said. “But it affects every single one of us, especially after covid, whether it’s a person or their job or...

Caitlin Dee, a 2013 graduate of Baldwin High School, has received a Fulbright Award to teach in Malta. Dee is working as an English Teaching Assistant (ETA) for the 2023 academic year, supporting the teaching of English at St. Benedict College Kirkop Secondary School and the University of Malta as...