Penn Hills Progress category, Page 53
Penn Hills’ Lucy Brayton aims for trip to PIAA golf championships
Lucy Brayton spent all summer getting ready for another shot at the PIAA Class 3A golf tournament. The Penn Hills senior was fuming after a slow start on the back nine doomed her performance at the WPIAL Class 3A championship at Hannastown Golf Club. Brayton shot a 8-over par 80...
Penn Hills boys soccer ready to build on 1st playoff appearance in 17 years
Finishing last season on a strong note has had a lasting impact on the Penn Hills boys soccer team. Energized by their first WPIAL playoff appearance in 17 years, the Indians’ players spent the offseason participating in several tournaments to build up more experience. About a month ago, Penn Hills...
New Penn Hills coach wants to ramp up aggressiveness
Penn Hills coach Charles Morris isn’t so worried about X’s and O’s for his first season in charge. The foundation for the Indians’ success on the field has been shaped over the previous few years by the players and coaching staff. Morris, a Penn Hills graduate, wants to know that...
No cellphones when Penn Hills School District students return Aug. 29
Penn Hills students will be adjusting to a no cellphone policy when they return to school on Aug. 29. Superintendent Nancy Hines said the new policy comes after an observation of increased cell phone use within schools in the last year. Hines said Linton Middle School did a test trial...
Verona Presbyterian Church sets date for its final service
Verona Presbyterian Church will soon shut its doors for good. Church leaders said its membership has dwindled over the years from more than 400 to just 31 people, and about 10 come to Sunday services religiously. The pandemic also had a tremendous impact in cutting programs and stopped in-person services...
Penn Hills School District to form its own police force
Penn Hills School District officials are in the process of creating a school police force. The board unanimously voted to authorize administrators and solicitor Bruce Dice to “take the next steps” in forming the force at a special meeting Aug. 3, according to district documents. Steps include petitioning the Allegheny...
In Brief: Seniors Resource Fair and more in Penn Hills, week of Aug. 8, 2022
Free Seniors Resource Fair Area residents are invited to attend a free Seniors Resource Fair from 10 a.m. to noon Aug. 19 at the Penn Hills Senior Center, 147 Jefferson Road. Visitors will have the opportunity to meet with more than 25 local senior care providers and gain valuable information...
Eastern Pittsburgh suburban real estate transactions for the week of Aug. 7, 2022
Chalfant Estate of John Yesko sold property at 123 Lynnwood Ave. to Irina Voytsekhova for $85,000. Edgewood Kathleen Conley sold property at 30 McKelvey Ave. to Timothy Savisky for $115,000. John Wilson sold property at 149 Pennwood Ave. to Ryan Dammerman for $475,000. Forest Hills John Michael Omalley sold property...
Penn Hills junior shows 1-on-1 skills at summer showcase
Penn Hills basketball player Hannah Pugliese was excited to participate in a one-on-one competition that was part of the NEO Summer Showcase last month. To win, all the junior had to do was navigate through a field of 30 players. No problem. “I was trying to be as confident as...
Penn Hills, Verona businesses among those selected for Comcast RISE grants
Penn Hills resident Renee Galloway opened a business in 2011, making ready-to-order treats for clients. The self-taught baker operates Sweet Inspirations at her home and locally delivers her treats but makes some exceptions to ship them to customers. She looks forward to finding a storefront for her business after being...
Penn Hills celebrates first National Night Out
Penn Hills’ first National Night Out celebration almost started with a shower. As representatives of various organizations were setting up for the Aug. 2 event at Penn Hills Community Park, Western Pennsylvania weather refused to cooperate, temporarily drenching the proceedings. But by the time guests began arriving at Penn Hills...
Verona woman sentenced to federal prison for her role with the HDS drug trafficking gang
A Verona woman authorities said was involved in drug trafficking has been sentenced in federal court to 10 months in prison after being convicted of federal drug charges. Prosecutors said Shania Wilson, 40, was involved with the Hustlas Don’t Sleep drug trafficking gang. Along with re-distributing portions of the fentanyl...
Penn Hills artist builds pirate shipwreck sculpture for underwater museum in Florida
A Penn Hills artist was able to give a unique contribution to the sea by commissioning his first large sculpture for an underwater museum in Florida. Sean Coffey, owner of the Coffey Shop, built a 10-foot-long, 9-foot-wide replica of a pirate shipwreck for the Underwater Museum of Art, the first...
Hard work pays off with league championship for 15U Penn Hills softball squad
Steve DeCarlo has spent seven years with Penn Hills teams of various age groups in the Eastern Fastpitch Softball League. With half of his roster on the 15U team set to age out following this season, the league is considering adding an 18U division to have a recreational summer league...
Eastern Pittsburgh suburban real estate transactions for the week of July 31, 2022
Churchill Jeremy Matthews sold property at 2309 Forest Drive to Weichert Workforce Mobility Inc. for $215,000. Weichert Workforce Mobility Inc. sold property at 2309 Forest Drive to George Mallard III and Christina Fike for $215,000. Estate of George Buerger Jr. sold property at 166 Kings Dale Road to Zachary Roda...
Penn Hills homicide suspect apprehended
A suspect in the murder of a Penn Hills man last month was arrested Friday, Allegheny County Police said. Brandin Demonde Jackson, 30, of Wilkinsburg, was arrested at about 2:15 p.m. Friday by the Allegheny County Sheriffs Fugitive Squad Sheriff’s Deputies after police received information that he might be staying...
Police: Man accused of June shooting that left 1 dead in Strip District
A Marshall-Shadeland man has been accused by Pittsburgh police of fatally shooting one man and wounding another man last month in the city’s Strip District. Jeffdyn Rushton, 33, was arrested Thursday by Penn Hills police after a traffic stop on charges of illegal possession of firearms, according to court documents....
TV Talk: Billy Gardell talks about a ‘Secret Celebrity Renovation’ for Penn Hills friend’s momVideo
On the second-season premiere of CBS’s “Secret Celebrity Renovation” (8 p.m. Friday), Swissvale native Billy Gardell (“Bob (Hearts) Abishola”) assists in a makeover to the Penn Hills home of the mother of his friend/co-worker Joe O’Connell. “After thinking about it, my best friend’s mom was just the perfect candidate,” Gardell...
Penn Hills officials appoint former councilman to vacant seat
A familiar face has returned to Penn Hills Council. Elected leaders appointed Democrat Mark Brodnicki to fill the seat vacated by James Getsy, who resigned in June due to health reasons. Getsy submitted his resignation before the June 20 council meeting, so accepting the resignation wasn’t on that night’s agenda....
‘What was that?’ Building manager, business owners describe parking lot collapse in Penn Hills
Benjamin Bair had just shown an apartment minutes before he heard a crashing sound. “I instantly stopped and was like, ‘what was that?’” said Bair, the building manager for the apartments where the parking garage collapsed on Tuesday evening in Penn Hills along Frankstown Road. “Seconds after … like boom,...
Parking lot at Penn Hills apartment complex collapses, residents displaced, no injuries reported
Penn Hills officials are investigating the cause of a parking lot collapse Tuesday at an apartment complex off of Frankstown Road. About 20 cars were damaged in the mishap but no injuries were immediately reported. The incident was reported at about 6:20 p.m.. Penn Hills Police Chief Ron Como said...
Suspect arrested in McKees Rocks double shooting in May
A Penn Hills man accused of shooting two people in McKees Rocks on May 29 was arrested Tuesday afternoon in Plum, Allegheny County Police said. The suspect, Taelaun Claybourne, 21, as taken into custody in the 500 block of Unity-Trestle Road in Plum around 3 p.m. Police are accusing Claybourne...
Penn Hills Pony League baseball team caps off strong season with championship
Mason Wade felt the Penn Hills Pony A team was in the middle of what would be a good run. By the time the championship game rolled around July 18 against Squirrel Hill, Wade was confident. “I got a good feeling in the middle of the season,” said Mason, who...
Eastern Pittsburgh suburban real estate transactions for the week of July 24, 2022
Churchill Michael Glabicki sold property at 2280 Elmhill Road to Carl and Carlanne Herzog trustee for $435,000. Louis Levine sold property at 2305 Marbury Road to Shadaya Hall for $288,000. Forest Hills Avissarim LLC sold property at 340 Avenue A to Adam Joseph Vandivier for $190,000. James Frechione trustee sold...
Man convicted in 2018 Penn Hills home invasion
A Penn Hills man charged in a violent home invasion in which he beat a man to death was found guilty Thursday of second-degree murder. Charles Pershing, 40, will be sentenced by Allegheny County Common Pleas Judge Kelly Bigley on Oct. 18. He faces a mandatory prison term of life...
