Brian C. Rittmeyer stories, Page 55
Another Dollar General store could be on the way in Plum
Dollar General is considering opening a third store in Plum. The store would be built on vacant land along Saltsburg Road at Clements Road. The borough’s Zoning Hearing Board was scheduled to hold a hearing relating to parking spaces at 7 p.m. Wednesday at the municipal center, 2000 Old Mine...
Cold weather, refinery issues push national gas prices higher; Pa. largely unchanged
Average gasoline prices in the Pittsburgh area and across Pennsylvania are unchanged or slightly down in the last week, while the national average has seen an increase, according to AAA and price-tracking service GasBuddy. “For the first time in two months, the nation’s average price of gasoline rose sharply last...
$25M, 2-year preservation project on New Kensington Bridge to start in spring
A two-year, roughly $25 million project to preserve the nearly century-old New Kensington Bridge is scheduled to start in the spring. While drivers will encounter some traffic restrictions in 2023, the biggest inconvenience won’t come until the summer of 2024, when the bridge is scheduled to be closed for six...
Brackenridge man accused of assaulting Butler County teen, sharing nude images of her
A Brackenridge man who worked as a security guard is accused of sexually assaulting a high school girl in Butler County and distributing nude and sexually explicit images of her. Jackson Township police first charged Matthew Alan Cowan, 24, of Pacific Avenue in October in connection with the assault they...
New owner of Fat Cat’s Subs looks to build on Harmar shop’s solid foundation
Michelene Saliba sees a bit of chemistry in cooking food. “A lot of it is chemistry,” she said. “It’s following a recipe. You can experiment with it and create new things. I like sharing my food with people.” Saliba, 25, of East Deer has a full menu to experiment with...
Flooding not expected as Allegheny River ice thaws
Flooding is not anticipated along the Allegheny River as ice that formed during the recent record-setting cold snap begins to melt, a National Weather Service meteorologist said Tuesday. After setting a record low of 5 degrees below zero Friday, the high Wednesday is forecast to rise into the 40s, meteorologist...
Allegheny County Police make arrest in Mt. Oliver homicide
Allegheny County Police announced an arrest Monday in the shooting death of a man in Mt. Oliver in August. Daleron Newman, 22, of Pittsburgh, is charged with criminal homicide in the Aug. 30 shooting death of Timothy Coates, 20, at Dawes and Frederick streets in the borough, county police said....
Pittsburgh-area drivers facing higher gas prices than other parts of state, nation
Despite average gas prices falling across the state and nation, drivers in the Pittsburgh area aren’t seeing as much relief at the pump. The national average Monday was $3.10 per gallon, according to AAA. That’s down 4 cents from a week ago and about 46 cents from a month ago....
Lower Burrell Legion Riders double as ‘family’ for Christmas dinner guests
Pierogis apparently aren’t a thing out west. Or, at least, they weren’t for Roberta MacKnight, who moved to Lower Burrell from New Mexico in June. MacKnight got her first taste of the Polish delicacy at a Christmas dinner hosted Sunday by the Legion Riders at Lower Burrell American Legion Post...
Broken water line forces evacuation of North Versailles apartment building
Tenants who were forced out of their North Versailles apartment building on Christmas Day because of a water main break that shutoff the building’s electricity were hoping Monday to be able to get into their residences to get needed items even while their building remained inhabitable. Several residents living in...
PennDOT reopens Parkway North HOV lanes
The Parkway North high-occupancy vehicle lanes in Ross and Pittsburgh have reopened to traffic, PennDOT announced Saturday afternoon. The Interstate 279 HOV lanes have reopened to traffic in the outbound, or northbound, direction. The lanes were closed beginning Thursday night because of the winter storm. Drivers can check road conditions...
State police cite 16 for underage drinking in Seven Springs parking lots
State police cited more than a dozen people for underage drinking and other alcohol-related offenses in parking lot areas at Seven Springs Ski Resort. Officers from the state police Bureau of Liquor Control Enforcement conducted a minor patrol in Seven Springs between Dec. 14 and 17. A total of 16...
$50K winning New Year’s Millionaire Raffle ticket sold in Mt. Lebanon
One of two New Year’s Millionaire Raffle tickets worth $50,000 each was sold in Mt. Lebanon, the Pennsylvania Lottery announced. The prizes are part of the sixth weekly drawing in the raffle, which features eight weekly drawings that each award two prizes of $50,000 leading up to the major Jan....
Cause of fire that destroyed Tarentum garage, damaged neighboring house on Christmas Eve under investigation
The Allegheny County Fire Marshal’s Office is investigating a blaze that destroyed a garage and damaged a neighboring home in Tarentum on Saturday morning. Summit Hose Chief Josh Fox said the fire behind a home in the 200 block of West Ninth Avenue, along Sefts Way, in West Tarentum was...
Faces of the Valley: Plum Community Center’s new activities coordinator well-suited for job
Diana Kelly’s father says she can strike up a conversation and make friends with anyone, anywhere. “My father says I’m a people person because I love to talk with people,” she said. So Kelly’s father, Paul Nye, 82, thought it was great when she took a job as the activities...
2 suffer injuries in Christmas Eve house fire in Freeport
Two people suffered minor injuries in a fire that damaged a Freeport house Saturday morning, Freeport’s fire chief said. A mail carrier reported a porch on fire in the 500 block of Franklin Street around 8:30 a.m., Chief Ryan Sweeny said. When firefighters arrived, Sweeny said the home’s residents and...
PPG to drop naming rights to Pittsburgh aquarium
The Pittsburgh Zoo will start the new year with a new, but not unfamiliar, name. PPG and the PPG Foundation will relinquish their naming rights to the aquarium at the zoo, the Zoological Society of Pittsburgh and PPG announced. Beginning Jan. 1, the name will return to Pittsburgh Zoo &...
South Side church among buildings hit by graffiti vandal
Pittsburgh police said they are working to identify a graffiti tagger whose recent targets include a South Side church. A custodian discovered graffiti on the front and back of Holy Assumption of St. Mary Orthodox Church, Tribune-Review news partner WPXI-TV reported. Pittsburgh police detectives are asking for the public’s help...
Jackpot-winning Match 6 lotto ticket sold in Monroeville
A jackpot-winning Match 6 Lotto ticket worth $770,000 was sold in Monroeville, the Pennsylvania Lottery announced. The ticket was the only one to match all six winning numbers — 3, 18, 20, 26, 39, 48 — in the Wednesday drawing. The ticket was sold at the Giant Eagle store at...
Plum’s annual telethon for Make-A-Wish returning after reaching $1M goal in 2021
After shooting for, reaching and exceeding a $1 million lifetime goal last year, Plum School District’s annual telethon for Make-A-Wish is going into its 22nd year without such a milestone in mind. The telethon, started in 1999, was held annually until missing 2020 because of the pandemic. It returned in...
Memorial planned for Indiana County man killed volunteering in Ukraine
A memorial gathering will be held Friday for an Indiana County man killed in Ukraine. Trent Braxton Davis, 21, of Indiana, Pa. was a U.S. Army veteran who had volunteered to fight in Ukraine. He was shot and killed Nov. 8 while trying to save civilians, according to Tribune-Review news...
Sewickley building condemned after basement explosion
A building in the 500 block of Beaver Street in Sewickley was condemned after an explosion in its basement Thursday. The explosion of the boiler in the building’s basement sent shrapnel everywhere and caused extensive damage, Tribune-Review news partner WPXI reported. The cause was not immediately known. No one was...
Caution advised as freezing rain slicks roads north, east of Pittsburgh
Commuters in the Pittsburgh metro area should be seeing mostly wet roads Thursday morning, but icy conditions could be encountered north and east of the city, a National Weather Service meteorologist said. Temperatures in most of the Pittsburgh area were above freezing as of about 5:30 a.m. with just rain...
2 suffer smoke inhalation at West Mifflin house fire
One person was taken to a hospital from a house fire in West Mifflin early Thursday morning, an Allegheny County 911 dispatcher said. The two-alarm fire in the 4700 block of Eliza Street was reported shortly before 3:30 a.m., the dispatcher said. Smoke was seen coming from the house and...
Washington Township police investigating crash that killed resident
Washington Township police don’t know what caused a man to lose control of his car, resulting in a crash that claimed his life Sunday. Nolan E. Young, 39, of Washington Township died after a one-vehicle crash on Route 366 at Francis Drive. Police Chief Scott Slagle said the crash happened...
