Single-lane traffic coming to Harmar, Indiana Township and Fox Chapel
Motorists in Harmar, Indiana Township and Fox Chapel should allow extra travel time to account for traffic restrictions. PennDOT announced work will continue through mid-December on Saxonburg Boulevard, Harts Run Road, Dorseyville Road, Fox Chapel Road and Guys Run Road as part of an $11.8 million paving group project. Work...
Morning Roundup: Shooting wounds man in Pittsburgh’s Homewood North
Here are some of the latest news items from this morning, Wednesday, Nov. 19: Shooting wounds man in Pittsburgh’s Homewood North neighborhood A man was in stable condition after he was wounded in a shooting Tuesday evening in Pittsburgh’s Homewood North neighborhood. Pittsburgh police found a man suffering from a...
So far, so good for new Pittsburgh airport terminal, but Thanksgiving test awaits
Pittsburgh International Airport’s new landside terminal mostly cruised through its first day of operations Tuesday. Perhaps the most notable snag was a technical issue at the Transportation Security Administration checkpoint in the early morning hours, temporarily snarling lines. Besides that, passengers and airport officials had little negative to report about...
Pittsburgh Public Schools preliminary budget includes 4% millage hike, $12.2M deficit
Pittsburgh Public Schools’ preliminary 2026 budget calls for a 4% increase in the district’s property tax millage rate as it projects an operating deficit of $12.2 million in the coming year. That deficit represents a $15.9 million reduction from the current year’s deficit of $28.1 million, the district noted in...
The Stroller, Nov. 20, 2025: Events in the Alle-Kiski Valley
Publicize your non-profit’s community events, fundraisers and club meetings for free in The Stroller. Send information at least two weeks in advance to vndnews@triblive.com or The Stroller, 210 Wood St., Tarentum PA 15084. Please include a daytime telephone number. Follow the Stroller on X at @VNDStroller. Christmas for Vets event...
The Stroller, Nov. 19, 2025: Events in the Alle-Kiski Valley
Publicize your non-profit’s community events, fundraisers and club meetings for free in The Stroller. Send information at least two weeks in advance to vndnews@triblive.com or The Stroller, 210 Wood St., Tarentum PA 15084. Please include a daytime telephone number. Follow the Stroller on X at @VNDStroller. NK Salvation Army accepting...
Norwin Works! program: preparing students for life’s work
Autumn Serembo, a Norwin High School senior, was busy Tuesday afternoon scraping off stickers that would identify books as being from Norwin Public Library, in preparation for the books to be sold at an upcoming book sale. She was one of about six students at the library who are in...
Survivor of 1999 Columbine shooting discusses life-altering trauma, coping: ‘It gets better. I wouldn’t say it gets easier’
Editor’s note: The following story was submitted for the Shaler Area Student Section, a collaboration between TribLive and The Oracle, the student newspaper of Shaler Area High School. Heather Martin is a 1999 graduate of Columbine High School in Colorado. She was a 17-year-old senior on April 20, 1999, during...
Millvale’s Small Business Saturday event offers chance to discover ‘eclectic’ businesses
Since American Express started Small Business Saturday in 2010, Black Friday has typically been associated with hitting the malls and big-box retailers for after-Thanksgiving deals, while that Saturday is the day to support local businesses. But for Alec Munson, owner of B-Sides Vintage in Millvale since 2020, Black Friday had...
Man in critical condition following East McKeesport shooting
A man is in critical condition after being shot Tuesday night in East McKeesport, according to Allegheny County Police. First responders were called to the 500 block of Woodmont Avenue around 4:45 p.m. and arrived to find a man who’d been shot in the abdomen. He was taken to the...
Point Park to acquire vacant YWCA building in Downtown Pittsburgh
In a few years, the former YWCA building along Wood Street in Downtown Pittsburgh will be a hub of activity for both the Point Park University and Downtown communities, university officials say. Point Park announced Tuesday it is moving forward with plans to acquire the vacant YWCA property, 305 Wood...
Allegheny County Council approves increases to air-quality permit fees
Allegheny County Council on Tuesday moved forward with an air quality permit fee schedule that, officials say, will promote public health and relieve financial pressure on the county health department’s air quality program. The fee changes include raising a range of permit and maintenance costs for industrial facilities starting Jan....
Westmoreland to break 200 election ties with draws from a jar
More than 200 races in this month’s municipal election in Westmoreland County ended in ties. The county election board Tuesday issued a precertification of the results of the hundreds of races that appeared on the Nov. 4 ballot after tallying more than 22,000 write-in votes, said Election Bureau Director Scott...
Monroeville author offers spicy and ‘delightfully cuckoo anthology’ for first book
On July 3, Heather Mohan and her childhood friend, Lisa Purdue, were chatting about life’s funniest moments. Mohan surprised Purdue — lovingly referred to as Quags, due to her maiden name Quaglieri — with a story her friend never heard before. The friends — who both graduated from Gateway and...
Jeannette man charged in hit-and-run that killed e-bike rider
A Jeannette man is now charged in connection with a hit-and-run that killed a man who was riding an e-bike in Hempfield. State police accused William Edward Sever, 37, of being behind the wheel of a borrowed Kia car when it collided with Jayden Lynch, 19, of Jeannette, late on...
Westmoreland officials refute claims of backdoor salary deal for former purchasing director
Westmoreland County Commissioner Ted Kopas on Tuesday refuted defense claims that the criminal prosecution of the county’s former purchasing director was an effort to cover up actions taken outside of official channels. Kopas, Controller Jeffrey Balzer and county finance director Meghan McCandless testified under defense subpoenas as part of an...
Seneca Hills Village Singers present Veterans Day concert
The Seneca Hills Village Singers at the Senior Seneca Living Facility in Penn Hills presented an hourlong concert on Veterans Day to remember those who served our country as members of the Army, Navy, Marines, Air Force and Coast Guard. Under the direction of Joseph Hajdu, the 13-member chorus sang...
Harrison man indicted after officials say he threatened to shoot postal carrier and shoot up post office
A federal grand jury has indicted a Harrison man on 11 charges after he was arrested in a raid on his home late last month. The grand jury indictment against Thomas Dorn, 39, of Harrison’s Natrona neighborhood adds eight counts of interstate threats and a single count of threatening to...
Police offer details on Derry Township fatal shooting
State police had been called to a Derry Township home that was the scene of a fatal shooting Saturday four times in less than a year for domestic-related complaints. None of them resulted in any criminal charges, said Trooper Steve Limani. “It’s not uncommon for us to go to a...
Proposed Penn Hills budget includes no tax increase; first hearing coming up
Penn Hills will hold its first hearing on its proposed 2026 budget at 7 p.m. Nov. 24. The public is welcome to ask questions about the $78.9 million spending plan — which includes no tax increase — and provide feedback on what the township’s goals and financial priorities should be...
Hunter dies after fall in South Huntingdon
A hunter in Westmoreland County died after falling on Tuesday. A county 911 supervisor said first responders were called to South Huntingdon’s Mendon neighborhood just after 12:30 p.m. Westmoreland County Coroner Tim Carson said Michael Hinerman, 50, was found on his property in a wooded area along McCune Road in...
Pittsburgh Mills property owners ordered to pay another $17.6 million in fines
Property owners for the Pittsburgh Mills mall in Frazer were ordered to pay more than $17 million in response to poor road, sidewalk and door conditions at the mall complex, an Allegheny County judge ruled Tuesday. In sum, Judge Thomas Flaherty handed down $17,634,080 worth of fines against the four...
Local news festival Newsapalooza set to return this week
Newsapalooza, a two-day local news festival in Pittsburgh, will return for another year on Thursday and Friday. The event will take place at Point Park University and its Pittsburgh Playhouse theater. Presented by Point Park’s Center for Media Innovation, Newsapalooza saw its first edition last year. Attendees can expect numerous...
‘I was paranoid’: Severe psychosis drove fatal stabbing of liquor control officer on Montour Trail
By the time Antonia Quesen fatally stabbed a man running on the Montour Trail last year, she was profoundly paranoid. Since her junior year in college studying art, her mom told a judge on Tuesday, Quesen believed people were poisoning her; that there were 5G chips in the covid-19 vaccine;...
Tarentum taxes to remain steady under proposed budget; utilities to increase slightly
Property taxes were held steady in Tarentum, although residents will likely see a slight increase in some utility costs. The proposed $5.7 million general fund budget was passed Tuesday. It maintains a property tax rate of 5.98 mills. If approved, the owner of a home assessed at the borough’s median...
