Norwin track teams out to defend WPIAL team titles
Norwin is eyeing WPIAL championship repeats in boys and girls track and field. The Knights pulled off a team title sweep last spring as the boys won for the first time since 1977 and the girls grabbed their first trophy since 2008. The girls also won their first PIAA title....
Norwin notebook: Knights baseball team prepares for section play
No matter how long the season, a strong start is a good sign for any baseball team at any level. Norwin won its first two games, carrying over momentum from its run to last year’s WPIAL Class 6A championship game. Norwin took the season opener, 4-3, over Fox Chapel. Jake...
Nude woman arrested after assaulting customers in White Oak Giant Eagle, police say
A North Huntingdon woman faces multiple charges after she removed all of her clothes and was fighting inside a White Oak Giant Eagle, police said. On Thursday, White Oak police officers responded to a call from a Giant Eagle on Lincoln Way for a report of a disturbance in the...
Youth football teams leave former organization to form Western Pa. Football League
When rumors began swirling about hundreds of thousands of dollars missing from the Western Pennsylvania Youth Football League account in 2025, parents and team representatives began to worry about what might happen to the league’s upcoming season. A police investigation resulted in the league’s former director being charged in January...
Norwin area: Spring fix-up, softball sign-ups, art scholarship, more
Homeowner repairs planned The nonprofit Carpenter’s Apprentice, a group of volunteers from Norwin and Harrison City area churches who help make repairs to homes of residents in need, is planning a spring fix-up weekend May 15-17. The organization is seeking volunteers to donate their time and talent toward projects for...
Former Norwin standout Carter Breen, 25, takes over boys soccer program
Carter Breen got an up-close-and-personal look at being a head coach in 2023 when Norwin penalty-kicked its way to its first WPIAL boys soccer championship. Breen, Norwin’s all-time leading goal scorer with 68 tallies, was an assistant coach that year and stepped in as interim head coach when Scott Schuchert...
Norwin softball ready to challenge Hempfield again
A fully embraced underdog, Norwin softball has become a regular contender in WPIAL 6A. The team made the WPIAL final two years ago and the semifinals last year. With seven seasoned returning starters coming back, the softball Knights are aiming for another postseason run. Norwin will try to push top-ranked...
Norwin notebook: Baseball grad steals show at Seton Hill
Some say Jack Whalen was a recruiting steal for the Seton Hill baseball program. The Norwin alum has a record to prove it. Whalen, a senior outfielder, is now the all-time leader in stolen bases in the Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference, with 118. Through 13 games this season, he had...
Norwin’s Landon Sidun leads 2026 TribLive Westmoreland County boys wrestling all-stars
Wrestler of the Year Landon Sidun Norwin, jr., 121 pounds 2025-26 record: 51-1. Career record: 124-3. When Norwin junior Landon Sidun lost in the finals of the PIAA Class 3A West Regional, he did not pout. He addressed the media and talked about what he needed to do the next...
Norwin area: Race for Grace, veterans’ lunch, cupcake decorating class, more
Race for Grace
set for March 28 The 18th annual Race for Grace, which raises money for pediatric brain cancer research, returns to the Norwin High School campus in North Huntingdon on March 28. The event includes a 5-kilometer run, a 5-kilometer walk and a fun walk. Activities, registration and...
Norwin paraprofessionals get contract, pay raise
Norwin’s paraprofessionals and teachers’ aides won their first contract with the school district, one that provides them annual raises over the next four school years. The Norwin School Board on Monday approved a four-year contract with the Norwin Paraprofessional Education Support Professionals, which provides union members with annual wage increases...
Proposed Trolley Line Trail would connect Irwin, North Huntingdon
A Norwin-based trail group is seeking a feasibility study to transform a former trolley line into a 1.5-mile hiking and biking path connecting Irwin and North Huntingdon. Dan Korhnak, co-founder of the nonprofit Friends of Norwin Trails, told North Huntingdon commissioners that the group will commission an engineering firm to...
After trip to finals, senior-led Norwin baseball ready for encore
Norwin broke through and reached the WPIAL baseball championship game last season for the first time since 2016. The Knights were edged by Seneca Valley, 1-0. Fourth-year coach Craig Spisak expects Class 6A to be ultra-competitive again and thinks the Knights should remain in the race. “Although it was a...
Eastern Pittsburgh suburban real estate transactions for the week of March 15, 2026
ALLEGHENY COUNTY Forest Hills Diana Renee Hoffer sold property at 290 Barclay Ave. to Katherine Kearns for $229,000. John Worsing sold property at 116 Cara Lin Drive to Clifford and Clare Perteete for $25,000. Monroeville Lance Ross sold property at 1244 Catalina Drive to Tyler Evan Anderson and Jessica Lee...
Irwin approves detour study for closed Colony Drive Bridge
Irwin officials approved a study Wednesday to find a detour around the closed Colony Drive Bridge, even as they face a $1 million price tag to replace the structure. While council members seek a path for traffic, they have learned there may be no way to detour around the high...
Norwin area: Pysanky class, cupcake decorating, Meals on Wheels open house, more
Ukrainian egg decorating class slated for March 15 Learn the ancient art of pysanky — Ukrainian egg decorating — during a class from 1 to 3:30 p.m. March 15 at Feathers Artist Market & Gifts, 102 Fourth St., Irwin. Connie Chadrick Capar of Darragh will instruct the course. A prepaid...
Irwin group petitions to rename church alley after the late Rev. John Moineau
A group of Irwin-area Catholics is petitioning the borough to rename an alley behind Immaculate Conception Church in honor of a priest who served the parish for nearly two decades. The group asked Irwin Council to rename Church Alley as “Father John Way” to memorialize the late Rev. John Moineau....
2026 WPIAL Class 6A softball preseason breakdown
Hempfield returned to the top of the Class 6A softball mountain last spring when the Spartans won their ninth WPIAL championship. Now they will try to tie Baldwin and Sto-Rox for the most championships in district history. Standing in the way could be 2022 and ‘24 champion Seneca Valley, last...
Norwin sports notebook: Knights girls wrestlers advance to state tournament
Three Norwin girls qualified for the PIAA girls wrestling championships March 5-7 at the Giant Center in Hershey. Josephine Dollman, a 142-pounder, advanced with a second-place finish at the West Regional tournament at Mt. Lebanon. Dollman lost to Kiski Area’s Ava Golding, 2-0, as Goulding scored a third-period reversal. Two...
Eastern Pittsburgh suburban real estate transactions for the week of March 8, 2026
ALLEGHENY COUNTY Churchill Rachel Morse sold property at 42 Barton Drive to Ms Capital Group Pittsburgh LLC for $190,000. Mark Naas sold property at 2000 Beulah Road to NK Construction Services LLC for $88,000. Edward Strauss sold property at 3822 Burnaby Drive to JCMR Properties LLC for $149,200. Brian Warner...
North Huntingdon police welcome new Belgian Malinois K-9
The North Huntingdon Police Department has a new K-9, one that loves to work ferreting out crime, according to its handler. “He loves to find drugs and bad guys. We do a lot of drug searches,” said Sgt. Kari Bauer of her newest police dog, a 2-year-old Belgian Malinois/German shepherd...
Despite Ava Christopher’s heroics, Norwin falls to Altoona in OT in PIAA 6A 1st round
ALTOONA — With four seconds left in regulation and her team down three, Norwin’s Ava Christopher banked in a 3-pointer to take the game to overtime against Altoona in the first round of the PIAA Class 6A tournament Friday night. It gave the Knights new hope, and another four minutes...
Norwin area: Safe driving course, ‘Egg My Yard’ fundraiser, art league scholarship, more
Area communities receive grants from casino revenue Local municipalities will receive nearly $1.8 million from the state’s Local Share Account, which is funded by Pennsylvania casino gambling revenue. The grants, distributed to help local communities with infrastructure and equipment, include: Irwin: The borough was awarded $151,512 to rehabilitate the Fourth...
Irwin still seeking solution to replacing closed bridge
Irwin officials Tuesday once again were faced with the reality that there will be no easy solution to reopening the closed Colony Drive Bridge, which is the closest connection between a 226-unit apartment complex and Route 30. Colony Drive Bridge was closed Jan. 15 because of a hole in the...
Eastern Pittsburgh suburban real estate transactions for the week of March 1, 2026
ALLEGHENY COUNTY Chalfant Peachtree Associates LLC sold property at 218 Fairview Ave. to Thompson 1 Properties LLC for $637,000. Forest Hills Daniel Tal sold property at 638 Cascade Road to Glenconon Properties LLC for $175,000. Christine Walls sold property at 1987 Centurion Drive Apt 202 to James Frechione trustee for...
