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Most hunters welcome Saturday start of Pennsylvania’s firearms deer season
Business was brisk at Westmoreland County deer processing facilities Saturday as hunters rolled up with the fruits of their labor during the first day of Pennsylvania’s firearms deer season. Most of those who spoke with the Tribune-Review were glad this year’s season started on a Saturday and Sunday, instead of...
Small shops in Alle-Kiski Valley go big on Small Business Saturday
Debbi Young has never gone Black Friday shopping. Instead, the Leechburg resident prefers to shop locally on Small Business Saturday. “It’s our tradition — when the boys go hunting, the girls go shopping,” Young said. “I grew up shopping for my clothes and everything in downtown Leechburg and I think...
Britain tightens covid rules as world on alert over omicron
LONDON — The U.K. tightened up rules Saturday on mask-wearing and on testing of international arrivals after finding two cases of the new potentially more contagious omicron variant of the coronavirus as governments around the world sought to shore up their defenses. Amid fears that the recently identified new variant...
Bushy Run volunteer: 91 and still going strong in Penn Township
Jean Loughry started volunteering at the Bushy Run Battlefield some 30 years ago because she was interested in helping out at the historic site and was able to do it. At age 91, the Penn Township resident is still going strong as a volunteer at the Bushy Run Battlefield along...
Choose-and-cut Christmas tree farms are all ‘about creating memories’
It’s open season for Christmas trees. Most Western Pennsylvania tree farms opened for business last week — the day after Thanksgiving being the unofficial kickoff to tree season. This year, demand is expected to continue to climb, but supply could be an issue. A combination of millennials starting families and...
‘It’s a magical mailbox’: Christmas decoration becomes conduit for letters to Santa in Arnold
Christmas is Joe Lebert’s favorite holiday, but decorating for it isn’t much fun at his rural home in Fawn, where few will see it. His mom’s house on Rankin Street in Arnold, across from H.D. Berkey Elementary School, was a better place. For a while, he put a Christmas tree...
Towering musical theater master Stephen Sondheim dies at 91
NEW YORK — Stephen Sondheim, the songwriter who reshaped the American musical theater in the second half of the 20th century with his intelligent, intricately rhymed lyrics, his use of evocative melodies and his willingness to tackle unusual subjects, has died. He was 91. Sondheim’s death was announced by Rick...
Pickup smashes into Five Below in Cranberry, driver taken to hospital
A pickup truck crashed into a Five Below discount retail store Friday afternoon in Cranberry, smashing through the storefront’s glass facade, flying past the entryway cart corrals and crushing gift boxes and wrapping paper rolls beneath its wheels as it came to a rest against a shopping aisle. An ambulance...
Pittsburgh can now spend money collected through park tax to invest in city parks
The city of Pittsburgh is now able to use the money collected through the park tax, after City Council this week approved a measure that allows the money to be put to use in the city’s parks. The 0.5-mill tax, approved by city voters in 2019, is meant to increase...
Pittsburgh tax preparer gets federal prison time for lying on tax returns
A tax preparer from Pittsburgh’s North Side has been sentenced to 4 months in federal prison for lying on tax returns he prepared for clients, including making up fake gifts to charity and phony business expenses. Jamar White, 49, also was ordered to pay nearly $70,000 in restitution to the...
Pittsburgh man gets 44 months in federal prison for ‘hijacking’ bank, credit accounts
A Pittsburgh man has been sentenced to 3 years and 8 months behind bars for using fraudulently obtained debit and credit cards to buy $250,000 worth of gift cards, clothes, jewelry and other items, U.S. Attorney Cindy K. Chung said. Sulemon Arowokoko, 32, a Nigerian native who also has ties...
Klavon’s Ice Cream Parlor offering free scoops in Pittsburgh’s Strip District
Between Black Friday and Cyber Monday, Klavon’s Ice Cream Parlor is holding what could be called Free Scoop Saturday. Klavon’s, which opened in Pittsburgh’s Strip District in 1923, is offering a free scoop of ice cream while supplies last from one of its 20 flavors, including seasonal choices such as...
GOP field in Pennsylvania’s Senate race heads for reshuffle
HARRISBURG — The Republican field of candidates aiming to capture Pennsylvania’s open U.S. Senate seat in next year’s election is churning anew, with the candidate endorsed by former President Donald Trump out and intriguing new candidates possibly in. Out is Sean Parnell — a favorite of Donald Trump Jr. —...
Westmoreland County shop owners have high hopes for Small Business Saturday
Tracy Alaia has seen firsthand the kindness expressed to small businesses during the covid-19 pandemic. As owner of Feathers Artist Market and Gifts in Irwin, Alaia predicts that kindness to continue during this weekend’s Small Business Saturday, when crowds are expected at locally owned shops to kick off holiday shopping....
World races to contain omicron variant — the new covid threat
Nearly two years into the covid-19 pandemic, the world raced Friday to contain a new coronavirus variant potentially more dangerous than the one that has fueled relentless waves of infection on nearly every continent. A World Health Organization panel named the variant “omicron” and classified it as a highly transmissible...
Police seek suspect in Munhall shooting
Police are searching for a man wanted in connection with a shooting late Thursday in Munhall. Allegheny County and Munhall police are seeking information on the whereabouts of Darnell Pearson, 53, after securing a warrant for his arrest. Police said Pearson illegally entered a home on Scotia Way shortly before...
Light dusting leads the way for weekend of spotty snow flurries
Western Pennsylvania residents waking up from a tryptophan-induced turkey coma likely saw a light dusting of snow on the lawn Friday. That was the first of several small patches of snow expected to move through the region over the weekend. “Across northwest Pennsylvania, more toward Erie and Crawford counties, they’re...
Explainer: What is this new covid variant in South Africa?
LONDON — South African scientists have identified a new version of the coronavirus this week that they say is behind a recent spike in covid-19 infections in Gauteng, the country’s most populous province. It’s unclear from where the new variant actually arose, but it was first detected by scientists in...
Man in critical condition following double shooting on Pittsburgh’s South Side
One person was in critical condition following a double shooting early Friday on Pittsburgh’s South Side. Police from Zone 3 responded to a ShotSpotter notification at 1:40 a.m. in the area of East Carson and South 17th streets but found only shell casings. Later, police said two people arrived by...
Not your father’s opening of deer season: Full weekend of buck and doe statewide starts Saturday
For the first time, the Pennsylvania Game Commission will offer buck and doe hunting concurrently statewide for two weeks starting Saturday. It’s not even called the opening of buck season anymore, but the opening of firearms deer season. The regular firearms deer season begins Saturday and includes Sunday , one...
5 things to do in Pittsburgh this weekend: Nov. 26-28
Now that Thanksgiving is over, it’s time to get out and do something after you are done shopping on Black Friday. Here are some choices. Light ‘em up The Pittsburgh Zoo & PPG Aquarium’s Zoo Lights Drive-Thru in Highland Park opens Friday. Guests stay in their cars as they make...
Staffing crisis at Pa. child care centers is upending family routines and slowing the economic recovery
Spotlight PA is an independent, nonpartisan newsroom powered by The Philadelphia Inquirer in partnership with PennLive/The Patriot-News, TribLIVE/Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, and WITF Public Media. Sign up for our free newsletters. HARRISBURG — Baby giggles and occasional cries are supposed to spill from the infant room at The Willow School, where lyrics...
As Hempfield casino marks a year in business, local leaders say it provides more than a place to gamble
Westmoreland County leaders are touting Live! Casino Pittsburgh as an “incredible economic engine” after the facility pumped millions of dollars into the economy during its first year of operation. Located in Hempfield’s Westmoreland Mall, the casino has seen economic impact investments totaling almost $135 million since opening last November, officials...
Feast of friendship served across Alle-Kiski Valley on Thanksgiving
This Thanksgiving, Freeport native Jean Urik kept her kitchen clean. She and Don Hines of Butler enjoyed a free holiday turkey meal with all of the trimmings at St. Mary’s Parish on High Street in Freeport. “It’s hard to cook Thanksgiving for just two people without having a ton of...
Officials, volunteers help serve meals at Light of Life Rescue Mission in Pittsburgh’s North Side
Elected officials from Allegheny County and Pittsburgh, along with staff and volunteers helped serve Thanksgiving meals Thursday afternoon at the Voeghtly Street Mission operated by Light of Life Rescue Mission in Pittsburgh’s North Side. Pittsburgh Mayor-elect Ed Gainey, as well as current Mayor Bill Peduto, were there to help serve...
