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Poppin’ Tags Free Store owner extends mission with funds, new business

Sonya Dembowski remembers the moment she decided to begin her Poppin’ Tags Free Store in West Deer. She was driving through Coraopolis in the height of the pandemic shutdown. She remembers seeing piles of donations left outside a closed store. Dembowski later saw on the news that, because the donations...
Riverview life skills students raise more than $2,000 for unified bocce

Riverview’s life skills class is the home of craftsmen. Specializing in woodwork, accessories and T-shirt making, students put their skills to the test when they sold their wares at the recent Pittsburgh’s Handmade Arcade event. “We do a lot of career development stuff and financial literacy through selling different things,”...
Penn Hills entrepreneur expands to college market with beauty business

Taylor Shealey wants everyone to feel beautiful — and like a boss. The 22-year-old from Penn Hills has dedicated her life to the mission through one of her businesses, Boss Girl Collection, an LLC that umbrellas Shealey’s clothing, skin care, accessory and beauty companies. Her latest endeavor has been a...
Penn Hills, Pittsburgh leaders unveil newly paved East Hills Drive in ‘2 birds, 1 stone’ collaboration

Petra International Ministries’ Elder Jim Balthrop has been working with the church for 30 years. For those 30 years, Balthrop has listened to the worries and complaints of his parishioners about the state of East Hills Drive, a road that connects Penn Hills to Pittsburgh’s East Hills neighborhood. Since 1995,...
MicroSociety builds confidence, challenges students at Penn Hills Charter School of Entrepreneurship

Mini-city Soarmania is celebrating its fifth anniversary. Not a place found on the map, Soarmania was meticulously created and carried on by students of Penn Hills Charter School of Entrepreneurship. For one period each day, PHCSE transforms into the MicroSociety Soarmania, where students apply academics to real-life experiences. Running from...
Verona, Oakmont open student councilperson applications for Riverview students

Riverview students can have a seat at the table. Oakmont and Verona councils have opened applications for student representatives to join the conversation. The programs allow selected Riverview students to attend monthly council voting and workshop meetings, budget sessions and community events. Both boroughs encourage the student representatives to participate...
Former Leechburg police chief sees latest felony charge dropped

Former Leechburg police chief Michael Diebold’s most recent felony charge, claiming he had not reported all of the internet sites and apps he had been using, has been dismissed. After pleading guilty in December 2018 to soliciting sex online from a state trooper who was posing as a 14-year-old girl,...
Oakmont considers new requirements for police officer hires

Oakmont is considering changes to regulations that would make the hiring process quicker and more accessible for prospective borough police officers. During Tuesday night’s council meeting, David Decker of the borough’s civil service commission proposed changes to the borough’s regulations for officer hires. “We want to look at the rules...
Leechburg Bridge remains dark, work progressing

Drivers are still being kept in the dark on Leechburg Veterans Memorial Bridge. Leechburg Mayor Doreen Smeal said borough leadership has been working with PennDOT for more than a year to try to get lights on the bridge working again. “They didn’t all go out at once,” Smeal said. There...
Verona proposed budget shows 9% tax increase

Verona property owners would be looking at a 9% tax increase if the borough’s proposed 2026 budget is passed. Jason Dailey, the borough’s interim manager, presented a budget Nov. 25 that includes a 1-mill tax hike. Revenues are predicted to fall a little over $2.5 million. Expenditures are projected to...
No tax increase for property owners in Leechburg; skills game tax climbs for operators

Leechburg’s 2026 budget calls for no real estate tax increase. The budget includes more than $1.46 million in expenditures with just over $1.34 million in revenue. The gap will be filled by using a portion of a $145,000 surplus from this year’s budget. Councilman and finance chair D.J. Zelczak said...
Alleged burglary in Freeport ends in ICE taking 3 men into custody

Three men were taken into custody by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement on Monday morning after they were caught in a vacant apartment in Freeport, police said. Chris Fabec, chief of Southern Armstrong Regional Police Department, said police were called about 4:30 a.m. to a Lane Court townhouse in the...
Vaccination rates in schools cause concern for parents, medical professionals

Lucas James relies on others to be vaccinated because, for now, he can’t be. A leukemia patient and stem cell transplant recipient, Lucas, 16, of Hempfield receives intravenous antibody treatments to help him rebuild his immune system. “(Doctors) said he may never be able to be vaccinated again if his...
Pittsburgh Mills shoppers take comfort after initial road paving projects

Taylor Harris, 29, was pleasantly surprised when she arrived at the Walmart at the Pittsburgh Mills shopping complex Friday morning. “I think not ripping the bottom of my car out makes it easier to spend money,” Harris said. The New Kensington woman took an Uber to the store out of...
Morning Roundup: Pittsburgh Police investigate East Liberty shooting; icy roads lead to multiple car accidents Thanksgiving night

Here are some of the latest news items from this morning, Friday, Nov. 28: Police investigate East Liberty shooting Pittsburgh Police are investigating an early-morning shooting that took place in the city’s East Liberty neighborhood. Around 1 a.m., police, fire and EMS units reported to the 400 block of Omega...
Former Arnold police chief Eric Doutt waives hearing regarding drug charges in Armstrong County

Eric Doutt, a former Arnold police chief, is awaiting another court date after waiving his right to a preliminary hearing Wednesday in Armstrong County on several felony charges. Doutt, 56, of Arnold was arrested Nov. 13 in connection with a drug investigation by the state Attorney General’s Office. He was...

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