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Bridgeville VFD Bridgeville Volunteer Fire Department will host a fish fry from 4 to 7 p.m. on Feb. 19, March 5, 19 and April 2. The food will only be available for take out at the fire department’s location at 370 Commercial St. There are a la carte options and...

PennDOT has unveiled a plan to widen an I-79 bridge over Route 50 and reconfigure the Bridgeville interchange there. But PennDOT first has to come up with a way to pay for the work, and officials are considering making that bridge and others toll bridges. The I-79 widening and interchange...

Four politicians representing local communities displayed optimism for businesses and new developments in the region during the covid-19 pandemic during a recent forum hosted by the South West Communities Chamber of Commerce. Freshman lawmaker Sen. Devlin Robinson, R-Bridgeville, joined state Reps. Natalie Mihalek, R-Upper St. Clair; Jason Ortitay, R-South Fayette...

Port Authority will host a series of public meetings in the coming weeks to discuss NEXTransit, the service’s plan for improving Allegheny County transit. There will be four meetings in total: at 10 a.m. and 5 p.m. on Feb. 25, and at 11:30 a.m. and 6 p.m. on March 2....

People parking in Carnegie can now manage their meters remotely by using an app. The borough’s council recently approved a contract with Meter Feeder, a tech company based in Braddock. The app allows people to pay for parking tickets and metered spaces through their smartphones. It is available to download...

A man already in jail for his third DUI conviction was charged Friday in connection with a 2019 crash that killed a South Park woman. Aaron Hutchison, 20, of Carnegie, was under the influence of marijuana and morphine at the time, state police wrote in his criminal complaint. He is...

District judges in Bridge­ville, Scott and Carnegie handled these criminal cases recently. Defendants will have court dates set in appropriate district courts or the Allegheny County Court of Common Pleas. Judge Maureen McGraw-Desmet, Bridgeville • Adam Michael Obrien, 37, of Imperial on charges of simple assault, strangulation and public drunkenness....

Carnegie baseball/softball signups Sign-ups for Carnegie Youth Athletic Association baseball, softball and T-ball are open through Feb. 28. To sign, visit playcarnegie.com. Youth lacrosse registration open The South Fayette Lacrosse Association has opened registration for new and returning members for the Spring 2021 season. Sign up by Feb. 28 at...

It has been a challenge for all sports to find any sort of routine or normalcy during this pandemic. However, where there’s a will, there’s a way. Daily practices have been altered and new ways to train have been created as the season creeps closer to the district championships. The...

The team portion of the WPIAL wrestling season is in the books, with individuals set to take the spotlight. For Carlynton, like several teams these days, it’s all about the numbers — or lack of them. The Cougars have quality, but once again this season, lacked the quantity for success...

Bridgeville Nikita Lewis sold property at 333 Hickman St. to Tiffany Roman for $123,750. Carnegie Nicholas Kelly sold property at 508 Ridge Ave. to Charles Duffy and Andrea Tarman for $91,000. James Buehler sold property at 28 Swallow Hill Road to Subash and Rupa Maya Darjee for $245,000. Collier Maronda...

Chartiers Valley’s Brayden Reynolds says his Colts weren’t themselves last month when they hosted New Castle and maybe focused too much on the hype. They saw Friday’s rematch as a chance to show who they really are. “We wanted to come out and make a statement,” said Reynolds, who shook...

Chartiers Valley School District welcomed a brand new addition to its primary school on Feb. 1. Emily Mather, 38, of Pine Township, will serve as the school’s academic principal, a position that was recently created to help younger students transition to higher learning levels. The school district places students into...

Did you ever think about being a WPIAL promoter where you could make this team face that team in a dream matchup? That dream becomes reality Friday when defending Class 6A girls basketball champion North Allegheny battles two-time defending 5A champion Chartiers Valley. The Colts are one of the favorites...

South Fayette officials have tapped a Latrobe-based firm to provide engineering services. Commissioners voted 4-0 Wednesday to hire Gibson-Thomas Engineering. Commissioner Joe Horowitz was absent. Township Communications Director Andrea Iglar said they received 13 engineering proposals and five companies were interviewed for the position. Gibson-Thomas’ cost is estimated at $120...

The parents of a South Park college student killed two years ago in a crash are suing the driver of the car in which she was a passenger. Victoria Elizabeth Brandt, 19, who was a student at Community College of Allegheny County South Campus, majoring in general studies, was killed...

Bishop Canevin High School’s philosophy since it opened in 1959 has been that family is like the branches on a tree: We all grow in different directions, but our roots remain as one. It was never more evident than with the recent gift of a motorized wheelchair to a former...

An automatic drive-thru car wash is coming to South Fayette. The township commissioners unanimously voted Wednesday to approve land development plans for ModWash at 3101 Washington Pike, which is close to Sheetz and Colussy Chevrolet. Construction is expected to take place in late March or early April and be completed...

Bridgeville installed 20 cameras around Chartiers Park in an effort to prevent vandalism and illegal dumping on the property. Manager Joe Kauer said the $11,500 project has been something the borough has wanted to do for around 10 years but never did because of budget constraints. “We hope this keeps...

“A capacity, and taste, for reading, gives access to whatever has already been discovered by others. It is the key, or one of the keys, to the already solved problems. And not only so. It gives relish, and facility, for successfully pursuing the unsolved ones.” — Abraham Lincoln I...

When protesters seeking voting rights for Black Americans made the 54-mile trek from Selma to Montgomery, Ala., in 1965, a Pittsburgh reporter was there. It didn’t matter to KDKA radio newsman George Barbour that his boss considered it too dangerous for a news outlet to send a Black reporter to...

Classes in Keystone Oaks School District will resume Wednesday following a teachers’ strike, the district announced. The date when students and teachers must return was revised after the state Department of Education reviewed the district’s calendar. The department determined that the Keystone Oaks Education Association strike can last up to...

Youth lacrosse registration open The South Fayette Lacrosse Association has opened registration for new and returning members for the Spring 2021 season. Sign up by Feb. 28 at www.southfayettelacrosse.com. The community athletic program serves boys in kindergarten to eighth grade and girls from third to eighth grade. (For information about...

What does it mean to be coachable? Chartiers Valley hockey coach Paul Bonetti offers his definition while describing the Colts’ leading scorer, Greg Kraemer. “Generally speaking, most high school kids are difficult to coach and their attention spans are becoming shorter and shorter,” Bonetti said. “This can lead to blown...