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Whitehall Public Library offering themed teacher subscription bundles
Whitehall Public Library has launched a new initiative, the Teacher Classroom Book Bundle, to provide teachers with themed content for their classrooms at no charge to the teacher or the school district. Teachers may register for a subscription with a library card. The resource also is available to parents who...
West Jefferson Hills School District partners with South Hills Aquatics
A new and exciting partnership between the West Jefferson Hills School District and South Hills Aquatics began last month. The partnership was approved by the WJHSD School Board at its Oct. 26 meeting and at the beginning of November, South Hills Aquatics began calling the Thomas Jefferson High School Natatorium...
Holiday decorations return to Port Authority buses after covid hiatus
It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas on some Port Authority of Allegheny County buses and trains. As part of a tradition that began over a decade ago, several Port Authority bus drivers and T operators are exhibiting their holiday spirit by festively decorating their vehicles. There are currently...
3 injured in Jefferson Hills bar shooting
One man was shot in the back and two others were injured from bullet fragments early Wednesday morning during a fight inside a Jefferson Hills bar, Allegheny County police said. The man shot in the back at the Rum Monkeys Pizza & Pub Bar on State Street at about 1:30...
Homicide charges filed in deadly Baldwin bar fight
A man’s death following a bar fight at the Loose Moose Saloon in Baldwin earlier this year has been ruled a homicide, and the Peters man accused of punching him is charged with homicide. Zachary Blake, 22, is charged with homicide in connection with the July death of Mark Thompson,...
Pleasant Hills author Leckenby publishes Thanksgiving children’s book
For Pleasant Hills mother-daughter duo Nicole Leckenby and Mary Dunn, there is something new to be thankful for this holiday season. As of Nov. 1, Leckenby has been celebrating the Thanksgiving season with the release of her and Dunn’s newest book, “It’s Turkey Lurkey Time.” Here, Leckenby has continued to...
Strong season for Thomas Jefferson boys soccer gets milestone win for veteran coach
He is one of the esteemed deans among WPIAL soccer coaches. Michael Kulish, affectionately known as “Doc,” has enjoyed a legendary coaching career at Thomas Jefferson. At age 74, Kulish is one of the oldest soccer coaches in Western Pennylsvania, and he recently completed his 29th season in style, attaining...
South Hills real estate transactions for the week of Nov. 21, 2021
Baldwin Borough Callie Freynik sold property at 118 Bickar St. to Robert Allen and Lori Ann Annonson for $199,000. Robert Szemanski sold property at 5047 Debra Drive to Robert Szemanski and Tamara Bilski for $54,606. Michael Gumby sold property at 3404 Hazelhurst Ave. to Kevin and Allison Hyland for $239,900....
Star-studded lineup leads Belle Vernon past rival Thomas Jefferson into WPIAL title game
Devin Whitlock, Quinton Martin, Cole Weightman, Tommy Kovatch and the boys in green are heading to Heinz Field in search of a WPIAL championship. Belle Vernon will play for the WPIAL Class 4A title after knocking off No. 5 seed and rival Thomas Jefferson, 21-7, on Friday at West Mifflin....
Thomas Jefferson High School hosts children’s covid-19 vaccination clinic
With sleepy eyes and his blue puffer coat, 5-year-old Greyson Coleman held his father, Brandon’s hand as they strode into the gym of Thomas Jefferson High School early the morning of Nov. 13. After months of uncertainty and anticipation, the big day had finally arrived: Greyson was about to receive...
Election results for South Hills races
Baldwin Borough Baldwin’s Mayor David Depretis ran uncontested for another four-year term. The council race saw six candidates vying for four seats. The top vote-getters were Democrats Erin Brown (2,231) and Marianne Conley (2,222) and Raymond Dee (2,169) and E. John Egger (2,052), who were both cross-filed. Baldwin Township Democrats...
Thomas Jefferson returns to WPIAL semifinals with dominant win over HamptonVideo
Hampton’s offense had posted extraordinary rushing numbers all season, but Thomas Jefferson knows a little about running the football, too. The Jaguars proved it Friday night. Thomas Jefferson rushed for more than 300 yards, quarterback Joe Lekse scored five times and the Jaguars defeated host Hampton, 42-14, in a run-heavy...
Allegheny County municipalities sue PennDOT over proposed I-79 bridge tolling project
Three Allegheny County municipalities have sued PennDOT to halt a bridge project along Interstate 79 that could result in tolls being imposed there to help pay for the work. The bridge, which borders Collier and is located in Bridgeville and South Fayette, goes over Route 50. It has been targeted...
South Hills student and school news for November 2021
PTC Richard S. Caliguiri Award Samuel Seiple of Jefferson Hills was recently honored with the Pittsburgh Technical College Richard S. Caliguiri Award, given to the top students in a graduating class. Seiple, a 2013 graduate of Thomas Jefferson High School, was presented the Caliguiri award at PTC’s fall 2021 commencement...
Hampton hopes to make noise vs. defending WPIAL champ Thomas Jefferson
The sound of a train horn punctuates Hampton home games, thanks to an ardent Talbots fan at a nearby home. It’s one of the WPIAL’s loudest touchdown traditions. “I didn’t know about it my first year and it scared the hell out of me,” said coach Jacque DeMatteo, who’s in...
Global Minds club at Baldwin High School gives back
The Global Minds student club at Baldwin High School teamed up with Baldwin Township to make Halloween goodie bags for children in the community. The BHS club students worked together for several days after school to assemble 200 goodie bags total for Baldwin Township’s Reverse Halloween parade on Oct. 23....
Person taken to hospital after Baldwin fire
One person was taken to the hospital after a fire early Wednesday in Baldwin, according to an Allegheny County 911 shift commander. Crews responded to the fire on Curry Hollow Road around 12:30 a.m. The person escaped from the home but was hospitalized with unspecified injuries, according to Tribune-Review news...
South Hills pastor named auxiliary bishop for Pittsburgh diocese by Pope Francis
Pope Francis has named a longtime South Hills pastor an auxiliary bishop of Pittsburgh, the Diocese of Pittsburgh announced Friday. The Rev. Mark Eckman was appointed Friday by Archbishop Cristophe Pierre in Washington, D.C. His ordination is scheduled for Jan. 11 at St. Paul Cathedral in Pittsburgh’s Oakland neighborhood. Eckman,...
Have a beer, help the hungry during Hops for Hunger campaign in Pennsylvania
Breweries across Pennsylvania are offering patrons a way to help feed the hungry through the inaugural Hops for Hunger campaign taking place during November. “Pennsylvania is one of the preeminent brewing states in the nation, boasting over 400 breweries — and the number is growing. But just as our brewery...
Republicans win big in Jefferson Hills; Gill Hall fire department remains an issue
It is a clean sweep by Republicans in the Jefferson Hills Council and mayoral races, according to complete but unofficial returns from the Allegheny County Elections Division. Newcomer Keith Polick was the top vote-getter in a race for four four-year council seats. He earned 1,692 votes followed by incumbents David...
All schools in South Park School District going to online learning after Snapchat threat
All schools in the South Park School District will move to online classes Wednesday after Snapchat posts threatened gun violence at South Park Middle School. The district initially announced Tuesday evening that the middle school would turn to virtual learning but then later announced that all of the district’s schools...
Crowds come out for Mt. Lebanon’s Pumpkin Patch Parade
Crowds came out for the annual Mt. Lebanon Pumpkin Patch Parade on Saturday. The parade strolled through the township’s Uptown section on Washington Road from the public safety center to Washington elementary school. The parade featured the police color guard leading the way, several fire trucks, the Mt. Lebanon High...
Bethel Park elementary school students launch ‘pumpkins’ to learn science
Students and even adults have been figuring out ways to launch pumpkins since about the time trick-or-treating became an integral part of the Halloween scene in the late 1930s and early 40s. No doubt inspired by past flying pumpkin feats, on Oct. 26, students at Ben Franklin Elementary School in...
Officials identify truck driver killed in crash with train in Jefferson Hills
The Allegheny County Medical Examiner’s Office has identified the man killed in a Jefferson Hills truck-train crash Monday as a West Virginia resident. Michael Peters, 64, of Rock Cave, was dead at the scene along Route 51, after his dump truck collided with a Wheeling and Lake Erie train. The...
Police investigate swastika taped inside Mt. Lebanon classroom
A handmade swastika found inside a classroom at Mt. Lebanon School District’s Jefferson Middle School on the third anniversary of the Tree of Life synagogue shooting has prompted Mt. Lebanon police to investigate. An unknown vandal or vandals made a swastika out of masking tape and affixed it to a...
