Patrick Varine stories, Page 8
Murrysville church will host blood drive
Newlonsburg Presbyterian Church in Murrysville will host a blood drive in partnership with the American Red Cross. It will be from 11:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday at the church, 4600 Old William Penn Highway in Murrysville. Donors can schedule an appointment by calling 800-733-2767 or visiting RedCrossBlood.org — enter...
Murrysville area: Blood drive, upcoming meetings, car show
Email news briefs and event listings to pvarine@triblive.com. Upcoming public meetings • Franklin Township Municipal Sanitary Authority board, 6 p.m. Aug. 21 at the authority offices, 3001 Meadowbrook Road in Murrysville. For more, see FTMSA.org. • Export council, 6:30 p.m. Sept. 2 at the borough building, 5821 Washington Avenue. An...
6 taken to hospitals after 2-vehicle crash in Youngwood
Six people were transported to local hospitals Tuesday afternoon following a two-car crash in Youngwood, according to emergency officials. First responders were called for a crash near the intersection of Burton Avenue and South Third Street (Route 119) in Youngwood. Mutual Aid Ambulance took the two adult drivers and one...
Antiques, other props from ‘Hershey’ filming hit the auction block
With a traditionally strong market for Hollywood memorabilia, the sale of props from a movie shoot is not unusual. But typically, those props are just that — recreations of items such as swords from a medieval film or fake body parts from a horror movie. In the case of “Hershey”...
Community leaders hoping to breathe new life into former Rite Aid buildings
More than 70 Rite Aid pharmacies have shuttered or are preparing to close across the Pittsburgh area as the company undergoes bankruptcy and restructuring. Customers’ prescriptions have been transferred to other pharmacies, but the empty stores will leave a large group of properties — in prime commercial locations across Western...
Monroeville artist featured at Murrysville library art gallery
Cathy Kernan’s paintings, made with pastels and watercolors, showcase the beauty of landscapes, from sweeping snow-covered mountain vistas to intimate woodlands. Kernan, 72, of Monroeville is a member of the East Suburban Artists League and joins fellow ESAL member Fred Threlfall as the featured artists in ESAL’s gallery at the...
Mt. Pleasant, state police investigating skill game machine thefts
Mt. Pleasant borough police are investigating a string of thefts from skill game machines in the area. In the most recent theft, about $20,000 — primarily in fraudulent winning tickets — was obtained from machines that were broken into at Mt. Pleasant Express on West Main Street on Wednesday. Police...
The Pennsylvania Turnpike turns 85 years oldVideo
On Oct. 1, 1940, the original version of the Pennsylvania Turnpike was completed, a 160-mile road running between Carlisle and Irwin. It marked the first long-distance, limited-access highway in the U.S. Today is the Turnpike’s 85th anniversary. It is 200 miles longer than when it began, and the tolls are...
Morning Roundup: Penn Hills police seek info on armed robber; it’s college move-in time again
Here are some of the latest news items from this morning, Thursday, Aug. 14, 2025: Penn Hills police seek pizza shop robber Penn Hills police are seeking information on a suspect who committed an armed robbery Aug. 9 at Pasquale’s Pizzeria along Saltsburg Road. Restaurant staff turned over surveillance video...
Police charge East Deer man with sexual assault of a minor
Allegheny County Police have charged an East Deer man with sexually assaulting a minor along a walking trail. Brian Ball, 40, is charged with two felony counts of aggravated indecent assault of a child, sexual abuse of a minor, indecent assault of a person less than 13 years old, indecent...
Monroeville area: Dog wash, electronics recycling, jazz festival, more
Email news briefs and event listings to pvarine@triblive.com or bkikel@triblive.com. Dog wash Squatch Brewing and Shelter’s Helpers of Pittsburgh will host an Aug. 14 dog wash from 4-9 p.m. at the brewery, 203 Townsend Drive in Monroeville. Dogs will be able to get $10 baths and $7 nail trims. Attendees...
Blue swirl in sky spurs sighting reports across Western Pa. and beyondVideo
National Weather Service staff at its Moon office got a few odd calls Tuesday night about a strange-looking blue swirl moving across the sky. “We had a couple of calls on the overnight shift,” said NWS Meteorologist Andrew Kienzle. The swirl was created by a SpaceX rocket launch, experts said....
Morning Roundup: No injuries in Upper St. Clair house fire; Pittsburgh Marathon block party
Here are some of the latest news items from this morning, Wednesday, Aug. 13, 2025: No injuries reported in Upper St. Clair house fire Firefighters from two counties were dispatched to a house fire early Wednesday morning in Upper St. Clair. Crews from Allegheny and Washington counties responded to a...
97 years ago today, Disney copyrighted the Mickey Mouse characterVideo
On Aug. 12, 1928, an ambitious young man named Walt Disney filed a copyright application for Mickey Mouse, a new animated character he’d created alongside animator Ub Iwerks. That turned out to be a successful business move for Disney, who would go on to build his character into an international...
Pittsburgh region sees driest start to an August since late 1800s
After a spring and early summer that saw several damaging storms and floods, the precipitation well has run dry in August. The last time the Pittsburgh region saw no rain in the first 10 days of August, Grover Cleveland was serving his first term as president in 1887, according to...
Morning Roundup: 1 arrested following SWAT standoff in Bedford Dwellings; cooling centers open
Here are some of the latest news items from this morning — Tuesday, Aug. 12, 2025: SWAT situation resolved in Pittsburgh A man was taken into custody Monday night in Pittsburgh’s Bedford Dwellings neighborhood after reports of a gunshot fired during a domestic altercation. Police were called to a home...
Westbound Route 380 partially closed after truck overturns in Washington Township
The westbound side of Route 380 is down to one lane and both on-ramps from Route 66 are closed after a truck overturned early Monday morning in Washington Township. First responders were called to the scene shorty before 7:15 a.m. for a report of an overturned tri-axle truck and possible...
Morning Roundup: Missing Greensburg man’s car found in Acme
Here are some of the latest news items from this morning, Monday, Aug. 11: Man wanted for attempted homicide Pittsburgh police are seeking a city man wanted in connection with an aggravated assault this spring. Police said Bryant Garrett, 62, was charged with criminal attempted homicide, aggravated assault, robbery and...
Parkway East fully reopens after weekend work closure
After a weekend closure, the Parkway East is fully reopen on both the eastbound and westbound lanes, PennDOT officials announced early Monday morning. Officials said work replacing an overhead sign structure between the Squirrel Hill Tunnel and Edgewood/Swissvale interchange was completed early, with the roadway opening back up a little...
Pittsburgh man fatally shot, struck by vehicle in Lincoln-Lemington-Belmar, police say
Pittsburgh police said a Pittsburgh man was pronounced dead late Sunday after being shot twice and then allegedly struck by a vehicle in the city’s East End. First responders were called to the 6900 block of Wiltsie Street in the city’s Lincoln-Lemington-Belmar neighborhood around 10:30 Sunday night, according to Pittsburgh...
Murrysville moves ahead with disc golf course at community park
Murrysville officials will move ahead with plans to add a disc golf trail at Murrysville Community Park that can also be used as a walking trail. Council voted unanimously at its Aug. 6 meeting to work with Dan Flanigan, a course designer with the Professional Disc Golf Association, on a...
Ackermann preserve in North Huntingdon to join Old-Growth Forest Network
Old-growth trees are much more than just an imposing sight to encounter in the forest, though many of them most certainly fit that bill, rising high into the sky and boasting massive trunks that would require at least two people to fully encircle. They provide shade for the forest under-story,...
Murrysville Area: Export summer festival, Fairview Park Old Fashioned Picnic and more
Email news briefs and event listings to pvarine@triblive.com. Export summer festival The annual Export Ethnic Food & Music Festival will be from 12-9 p.m. Aug. 16 along Washington Avenue. Borough officials announced that there will be no parking on Washington Avenue after 11 a.m. on Aug. 15, through Sunday morning,...
Traffic signal replacement by Monroeville municipal building to start in mid-AugustVideo
Monroeville drivers will have to wait just a little longer for the four-way stop at Monroeville Boulevard and Northern Pike to revert back to a traffic signal. Municipal officials said a state grant they received in 2023 was about to be put to use this past April to replace half...
Victim identified in fatal crash on Route 51 in Brentwood
A portion of Route 51 in Brentwood has reopened following a fatal crash Tuesday night. Borough police said the multi-vehicle crash happened on Route 51 between Marylea Avenue and Towne Square Way just after 7:15 p.m. The road was closed for about five hours late Tuesday as police reconstructed the...
