South Hills Record category, Page 49

An Allegheny County Common Pleas Court judge said he will rule next week whether the Crack’d Egg restaurant in Brentwood ought to be shut down for failing to follow the state-mandated covid-19 mitigation orders requiring masks and social distancing. Judge John McVay heard three days worth of testimony, followed by...

Kimberly Waigand told a judge Thursday that she would “never” require masks in her Brentwood restaurant. Waigand, who owns the Crack’d Egg on Brownsville Road, reiterated that answer twice to Common Pleas Judge John McVay during a hearing over the county’s shutdown of her restaurant for failing to follow covid-19...

A Bridgeville man who is charged with participating in the U.S. Capitol riot said in messages recovered on his cell phone that he felt the need to kill people, including President Joe Biden, an FBI agent said Thursday. FBI Special Agent Mark Brundage also testified during a detention hearing that...

Allegheny County’s chief epidemiologist testified Wednesday that restaurants operating at full capacity and without mask requirements during the covid-19 pandemic “absolutely” pose a risk to the community. LuAnn Brink, who also serves as deputy director of the county health department, was the first witness called in a hearing involving the...

Students at Penn-Trafford High School got a little celebrity business advice this week thanks to a video chat visit with Mark Cuban. The Mt. Lebanon native, Dallas Mavericks owner and “Shark Tank” investor met virtually with students Tuesday in the school’s administration and management class. “It’s the chatter of the...

As the rise of coronavirus cases slows in Allegheny County and across the country, the communities within the South Hills are following the trend. As of Jan. 27, there have been 1,951 total cases of the novel coronavirus in Baldwin Borough since March, according to the latest information provided by...

Baldwin-Whitehall School District Superintendent Randal Lutz has been given a new five-year contract. The school board recently unanimously approved a new five-year deal with Lutz even though there are two years remaining on his current contract. District business manager Mark Cherpak said Lutz’s current contract runs from July 1, 2018,...

President Joe Biden is expected to name Baldwin native Susan Orsega as the nation’s acting surgeon general, according to a report from the Washington Post. Rear Adm. Orsega will hold down the position until Biden’s nominee, Dr. Vivek Murthy, can be confirmed by the Senate. Murthy served in the role...

Jefferson Hills council recently appointed residents to various boards and commissions. Pervaiz Alvi, Derek Reckard and Christopher Hynes were reappointed to the planning commission with terms ending Dec. 31, 2024. Jeffrey Dean and Kerry Ripley were appointed to the planning commission with terms ending Dec. 31, 2022. Daniel Chiacchia was...

Pittsburgh police are seeking the public’s help in the search for a Beechview man who hasn’t been seen since late Saturday night. Investigators say Thomas Hughes, 25, was last seen at around 11 p.m. on Jan. 23. He is 6-feet 1-inch tall, weighs 260 pounds and has blonde hair and...

Months of painstaking preparation and grueling practice proved beneficial for Thomas Jefferson junior Brian Finnerty. The 172-pound grappler took first place in his weight division Jan. 9 at the season-opening North Allegheny Invitational. “Brian had a great start, winning the tournament and really opening up his offense,” TJ coach Michael...

The rivalry continues. No two girls basketball teams in the WPIAL have met as many times over the past two seasons as Chartiers Valley and Thomas Jefferson. The Colts have won seven in a row against the TJ girls, including a 64-48 victory in 2019 at the WPIAL Class 5A...

Baldwin Borough Mary Zandier sold property at 3463 Bench Drive to Matthew Conley for $175,000. Modern Edge Ventures LLC sold property at 5106 Colewood Drive to Brian Maceil Jr. and Rebecca Nicole Hermann for $195,000. Estate of Margaret McClukse sold property at 449 Elaine Drive to Willard and Patricia Rockwell...

Virtual production of ‘Spring Awakening’ Nick Cortazzo, a graduate of Baldwin High School majoring in music theatre, played the part of Hanschen in “Spring Awakening” at Baldwin Wallace University. Under the direction of Victoria Bussert, students created the first collegiate virtual production of the powerful Broadway rock musical. The groundbreaking...

An Allegheny County judge on Friday ordered an evidentiary hearing in the county health department’s request for an immediate injunction against a Brentwood restaurant continuing to operate despite closure orders issued more than five months ago. Attorneys for the Allegheny County Health Department asked Judge John McVay to enforce an...

As the rise of coronavirus cases slows in Allegheny County and across the country, the communities within the South Hills are following the trend. As of Jan. 20, there have been 1,890 total cases of the novel coronavirus in Baldwin Borough since March, according to the latest information provided by...

Baldwin-Whitehall School District is moving to a learning schedule that is reminiscent of pre-pandemic days. Students there in kindergarten through fifth grade now have the option to receive four days of in-person instruction. Wednesday will be set aside for remote instruction. Those students’ first day under the new model was...

An old PNC Bank in Pleasant Hills may be transformed into a medical marijuana dispensary. Ethos Cannabis, a Philadelphia-based firm with two production centers and about a dozen retail locations in the country including six in Pennsylvania, wants to open its next shop at 560 Clairton Blvd. Council listened to...

A group of friends have created a lot of beer behind one of their homes. That location inspired a business. Back Alley Brewing Co. is planned to open in late spring/early summer. It will be the first brewery in Dormont. Four of the five owners live there and a fifth...

The Crack’d Egg restaurant on Tuesday lost another round of a legal battle in federal bankruptcy court. A decision by U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Jeffery A. Deller allows the Allegheny County Health Department to continue proceedings against the Brentwood restaurant. It has repeatedly defied state-mandated mitigation orders requiring the wearing of...

Freshman state lawmaker Devlin Robinson has been appointed to a leadership position on a Senate committee and seats on five others. Robinson, who won election as the 37th District representative in November, will serve as the vice-chairman of the Senate Law and Justice Committee, which oversees the Liquor Control Board,...

Pleasant Hills council reappointed a familiar face as its leader and newer one as its second in command. Cheryl Freedman and Andrew Codelka were named president and vice president, respectively. It was a unanimous vote Monday night with no other nominations to the positions. This will be Freedman’s second year...

At Thomas Jefferson, football is king. It is also the prince, duke, count and baron in Jaguars country. However, now starting his 16th season as TJ boys basketball coach, Dom DeCicco has learned to feed off the success of the football team instead of competing against it. “I think people...

Get something to-go at Max & Erma’s. The restaurant chain is auctioning items from its closed North Fayette location along Parkway West. The locations in Cranberry and Monroeville remain open. People can bid on everything from signs to equipment to a wooden bench at the entrance. A large wooden pirate...