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Riverview School District to move to hybrid model Nov. 5, online option still available
The Riverview School District is switching to a hybrid model with students having the option of returning to in-person classes for the second nine weeks. Classes have been taught exclusively online since the beginning of the school year on Aug. 27. District leaders spoke with teachers, parents and Allegheny County...
A Penn Hills school board member has resigned, seat could be filled next week
Penn Hills school board member Kristopher Wiegand has resigned. The board accepted his resignation at a special meeting Wednesday evening. The district plans to accept letters of interest for the vacant seat through Monday, Oct. 26with the goal of filling it at the board’s meeting Wednesday. Wiegand said via phone...
Penn Hills council OKs food trucks operating in municipality
Food trucks are now allowed to operate in Penn Hills. Council on Oct. 19 unanimously approved an ordinance that establishes rules for how a food truck should operate within the municipality. The ordinance allows food trucks to operate on property, with permission from the owner, for 30 days after applying...
Penn Hills set to fix costly sewage leak at Plum Creek Sewage Treatment Plant
Penn Hills council on Monday awarded approximately $940,000 in construction contracts that will, when finished, fix a problem that has caused sewage leaks at the Plum Creek Sewage Treatment Plant. The project involves fixing the plant’s equipment that treats sewage and monitors flow as well as upgrading its disinfection system....
Penn Hills High School to host food distribution event Thursday afternoon
Penn Hills High School will host a food distribution event through the USDA Farmers to Families Food Box program. The event is scheduled for 3:30-5:30 p.m. Thursday at 309 Collins Drive. About 50 volunteers, including members of the school’s football team, will assist in delivering goods to about 480 families...
Assault, DUI cases among those recently handled in Judge DeLuca’s Penn Hills court – Oct. 20, 2020
Penn Hills District Judge Anthony L. DeLuca handled the following cases recently. Defendants will have court dates set in Allegheny County Common Pleas Court. Charges were filed by Penn Hills police unless otherwise noted. Held for court • Raheel Asghar, 23, of Oakmont on charges of aggravated assault, simple assault...
Penn Hills Goodwill set to open, hiring event Tuesday
Goodwill officials have planned a hiring event and announced the opening date of their new Penn Hills location. The store and donation center in the Penn Hills Shopping Center off Rodi Road is set to open Oct. 30. A hiring event is scheduled for 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Tuesday...
News briefs: Penn Hills announces 14-member homecoming court
Penn Hills School District recently presented its 2020 homecoming court. Students selected include Taniya Jett, Irene Bowser, Tamaya Wolford, Saxson McKissick, Jayla Golden, Faith Crawford, Kayla Bowser, Eddie Daniels, Jonah Silverman, Noel Roach, Royce Hearn, Isaiah Williams, Alain Tamo Noche and Jesse Lomax. Donations received Penn Hills School District officials...
Penn Hills golfer learns lessons on Oakmont’s fabled greens
Every young golfer’s dream in Western Pennsylvania is to play a round of golf at Oakmont Country Club. Penn Hills sophomore Lucy Brayton had that opportunity as she competed in the WPIAL Class AAA Girls Individual Championship on Oct. 8. Brayton, who was the first Penn Hills girls golfer to...
Penn Hills basketball standout Deondre Mitchell earns starting role as 1st-year WR
For the last couple of years, senior Deondre Mitchell has been known for his success on the basketball court for Penn Hills. This fall, Mitchell added football to his resume, lining up at wide receiver for the Indians. With no basketball fall leagues this year because of covid-19, Mitchell was...
Eastern area real estate transactions for the week of Oct. 18
Churchill Wayne Chung Wei Chang sold property at 61 Holland Road to Tadd and Jonna Morris for $225,000. Estate of Doris Fabrizi sold property at 762 Margaretta St. to Edward Werner for $8,000. Edgewood Girish Chavan sold property at 322 Dewey Ave. to Jessica Becker and Jacqueline Bialostozky for $355,000....
WPIAL Class 5A roundup: Pine-Richland locks up Northeast Conference title
Cole Spencer threw for 307 yards and three touchdowns as top-ranked Pine-Richland scored 52 first-half points in its 59-13 Class 5A Northeast Conference win over North Hills (2-4, 2-2). Eli Jochem caught eight passes for 219 yards and two touchdowns for Pine-Richland (5-0, 4-0), which clinched the conference title. Chase...
Allegheny Land Trust gets $1M boost for project at Churchill Valley Country Club site
Allegheny Land Trust announced Wednesday it received a $1 million boost from the state toward its effort to preserve the now-vacant 148 acres at the defunct Churchill Valley Country Club. The grant is coming from the state Department of Conservation and Natural Resources. “This is an enormous boost for the...
Police investigating abduction of 2 girls from Penn Hills, juveniles safely returned
The two teenaged girls abducted at gunpoint in Penn Hills on Oct. 14 and found later that evening were not targeted randomly, Allegheny County police said. After the girls, both age 17, were found unharmed in Brighton Heights around 5 p.m., a car was found in Oakland by University of...
Police: Man shot in Penn Hills in ‘drug deal gone bad’
A man is recovering in a hospital after being shot three times in Penn Hills on Tuesday. Police Chief Howard Burton said the victim, a white man in his 20s, made his way to the GetGo gas station near Frankstown and Coal Hollow roads around 3 p.m. He was shot...
Redeemer Lutheran cross country teams making a name for themselves
Redeemer Lutheran might not be a household name when it comes to cross country, but they are no longer just showing up for cross country meets. They are showing up to win now. Most recently, Redeemer Lutheran’s boys cross country team finished in fifth place with 126 points at the...
Midseason winning streak gets Penn Hills girls soccer back on the right foot
After getting off to a slow start, the Penn Hills girls soccer team righted the ship with four consecutive wins to get back into the WPIAL playoff race. The Indians outscored their opponents 18-3 during the four game-winning streak. Most importantly, three of the wins came in Section 3-AAA action...
Eastern area real estate transactions for the week of Oct. 11
Churchill Darrell Williams sold property at 1900 Brushcliff Road to Ranada Tamara Almond McCoy for $117,000. Estate of Theresa Morgan sold property at 2400 Collins Road to Mary Truschel for $118,000. Delmont Mark Watkins sold property at 209 Apple Hill Drive to William and April Champion for $259,900. RA Snoznik...
Penn Hills grinds out tough victory over conference foe North Hills
North Hills was looking to stay atop the Class 5A Northeast Conference when it met Penn Hills on Friday night. Penn Hills, meanwhile, was hoping to bounce back after being shut out the previous week. In a defensive struggle, Penn Hills (2-3, 2-1) outlasted North Hills (2-3, 2-1), 14-7. “We...
More technology becoming available for Penn Hills students
Penn Hills School District has computers available for students. About 2,900 computers have made it to the district’s estimated 3,180 students’ hands so far this year, district technology director Russ Seibert said. The district ordered electronic devices in May, June and July. However, delivery was delayed due to many other...
Penn Hills School District receives state grant to pay for security
Penn Hills School District received a $650,000 state grant to help pay for security. District business manager Eileen Navish said the grant, which came through the state Department of Community & Economic Development, was part of $3.3 million in state funds accounted for last year in lieu of a tax...
Child endangerment, theft cases among those recently handled in Judge DeLuca’s Penn Hills court
Penn Hills District Judge Anthony L. DeLuca handled the following cases recently. Defendants will have court dates set in Allegheny County Common Pleas Court. Charges were filed by Penn Hills police unless otherwise noted. Waived preliminary hearings • Oto Lawrence, 55, of Penn Hills on charges of endangering the welfare...
Labriola’s Italian Store in Penn Hills to remain closed; site will be used as kitchen for other locations
The Penn Hills landmark Labriola’s Italian Store will stay closed to the public and instead be used as a storage facility and kitchen, the owner announced on social media Oct. 5. “We explored renovated space and new services, but in the end, we decided that the store will remain closed...
Penn Hills schools to be election day polling places, students to learn online
Penn Hills School District schools will be used as polling places on election day while students learn online. Superintendent Nancy Hines said staffers will use the opportunity as a test for flexible instruction days, an option for school districts to continue education in lieu of cancellations like snow days. The...
Penn Hills School District considering moving kindergarten students from 2 to 4 days in school
Penn Hills School District officials want to hear from kindergarten parents about sending their little learners to school four days a week. The district began the 2020-21 school year Sept. 8 in a hybrid model due to the coronavirus pandemic. Students at the elementary, middle and high school were placed...
