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Ross announces weeklong closure of municipal building, community center for paving
The Ross municipal building and community center will be closed to the public Thursday through Wednesday, Oct. 22, the township announced Tuesday. The building is being closed while its parking lot is being milled and paved. All community center programming is canceled. The township’s parks and recreation, finance, community development...
2 vie for commissioner seat in Shaler’s Ward 2
Three of seven Shaler commissioners are seeking reelection on Nov. 4, but voters will see a contested race in only one of three wards. In Ward 2, Republican incumbent David Mizgorski is challenged by Democrat Josh Fleitman. Councilman Conrad Wagner is unopposed in Ward 4, while Councilman James Boyle is...
Shaler Area residents to elect 5 school board members, with contested races for 3 seats
Voters in the Shaler Area School District’s first and second regions have choices to make for school board on Nov. 4. Five of the board’s nine seats are up for election, with contested races for three of the five — two seats in Region 1 and one seat in Region...
A hero’s homecoming: Pittsburgh WWII serviceman, unknown for 80 years, laid to rest
Christine Bodnar placed a celebratory cigar at her father’s grave in Allegheny County Memorial Park in McCandless on Sunday. After 82 years, his lost brother is home. Tech. Sgt. Paul F. Eshelman Jr., a gunner on a World War II bomber, was shot down in Europe in August 1943. His...
Man dies after being found shot in White Oak, vehicle suspected of involvement found
A man died after being found shot Sunday in White Oak, Allegheny County Police said. A shooting at Jacks Run Road and Lincoln Way was reported to Allegheny County 911 around 2:15 p.m. First responders found the man suffering from gunshot wounds, county police said. He was taken to a...
28-year-old man accused of killing woman in North Braddock
A 28-year-old man is accused of killing a woman in her North Braddock apartment Saturday morning. Allegheny County Police on Sunday said they charged Victor Ramon Estrella Cordero with criminal homicide in the death of Faith Henley, 66. According to county police, Eastern Mon Valley Regional Police responded to a...
Allegheny County 911 operators credited with saving 2 drivers from fiery crash
Multiple Allegheny County 911 dispatchers who had just ended their shifts were credited with saving two drivers from a fiery crash on eastbound Interstate 376 in Robinson early Saturday. The crash on the inbound highway, between the Summit Park Drive bridge and the interchange for Routes 22/30 and 60, Exit...
Apartment fire displaces 21 in Pittsburgh’s Banksville neighborhood
Nearly two dozen people are out of their homes after a fire Saturday morning in Pittsburgh’s Banksville neighborhood, according to Pittsburgh Public Safety. Firefighters responded around 10:50 a.m. to the fire in the 400 block of Mapleview Drive. The fire, believed to have started in an apartment bedroom, produced heavy...
Potato slingshot adds new fun for kids, adults at Leechburg’s Fall Festival
A homemade slingshot and 200 pounds of potatoes made for a good time for young and old alike at Leechburg’s Fall Festival on Saturday. “Amazing. Loved it,” said Gretchen Bailey, of Parks Township, after she fired some spuds into the Kiski River. “I never launched potatoes into a river.” This...
Hunter dies after fall from tree stand in Washington Township
A hunter died after falling from a tree stand Friday in Washington Township, authorities said. Kent David Horrell, 64, died early Friday afternoon, the Allegheny County Medical Examiner’s Office said Saturday. Horrell was a resident of Washington Township. He died at AHN Forbes Hospital in Monroeville, according to his obituary...
Pittsburgh officer hit by vehicle during police pursuit involving stolen car, 4 suspects in custody
A Pittsburgh police officer suffered head injuries Saturday after being hit by a car that had been reported stolen, according to Pittsburgh Public Safety. According to police, reports of the stolen vehicle were received around 10 a.m. A license plate reader detected it entering the department’s Zone 1, which covers...
Gnat infestation, other violations prompt consumer alert for Richland restaurant
A gnat infestation was among high-risk violations that prompted the Allegheny County Health Department to issue a consumer alert for a Richland restaurantthis week. During an inspection Monday, Oct. 6, at Scoreboard Lounge on William Flinn Highway, the health department said it found a dozen food safety violations, four considered...
Pittsburgh WWII serviceman, unknown for 80 years, coming home to rest
A Pittsburgh-area World War II serviceman whose remains were unidentified for 80 years will be laid to rest back home on Sunday, Oct. 12. Paul F. Eshleman Jr., 21, was a technical sergeant in the U.S. Army Air Forces. He was a radio operator on a B-24 Liberator that was...
Cuts in special education not expected as Pine-Richland grapples with $4.9M deficit
While Pine-Richland School District administrators are saying a mix of a spending cuts and a property tax increase will be needed to close a $4.9 million deficit, more cuts are not expected to be possible in special education, where the district is serving more students with fewer staff. In fact,...
Blessings offered to pets as Alle-Kiski Valley churches mark the feast day of St. Francis of Assisi
Alle-Kiski Valley churches were among those celebrating the Feast of St. Francis this weekend with pet blessings. St. Barnabas Episcopal Church in Brackenridge held its blessing service Saturday, while Christ Our Hope Anglican Church in Harrison offered blessings for pets Sunday. The ceremony is held annually, often Oct. 4, the...
Fire damages East Allegheny stadium concession stand; cause under investigation
A fire caused heavy damage to the concession stand at East Allegheny’s Churchman Stadium in North Versailles Sunday, said the North Versailles fire department. The fire happened prior to a youth football game, the East Allegheny School District said in a statement. Images of the fire showed flames inside the...
Man in critical condition after being shot in Waterworks parking lot, police say
A man was in critical condition after being shot in a parking lot at The Waterworks shopping center near Aspinwall late Saturday night, according to police. According to authorities, the victim walked into the emergency room at UPMC St. Margaret Hospital, which is adjacent to the Waterworks, around 11:30 p.m....
Takeout chicken wing box helps state police identify suspect in Beaver County pursuit
A takeout box of chicken wings helped state police identify a man who fled from a traffic stop in Beaver County earlier this year. State police on Thursday filed nearly two dozen charges against Michael Richard Doran, 43, of Beaver Falls. According to state police, a trooper tried to stop...
Death of woman shot in head by Pittsburgh police during chase 12 years ago ruled a homicide
A woman who was shot by Pittsburgh police at the end of a car chase more than a dozen years ago died this week, and her death has been ruled a homicide. Lena Davenport, 61, was taken to the emergency room at UPMC Mercy hospital after being found unresponsive at...
Woman’s body recovered from Mon River in West Homestead
A woman’s body was recovered Saturday from the Monongahela River in West Homestead, according to the Allegheny County Police. The sighting was reported to Allegheny County 911 shortly after noon, police said. First responders found the body and recovered it. There were no obvious signs of trauma to the woman,...
Suspect in Hampton hit-and-run found submerged in creek after crash, police say
A man accused of fleeing after hitting a vehicle in Hampton on Friday was arrested after crashing behind a business in Shaler and submerging himself in a creek, police said in court paperwork. Police said James Whorley, 46, of Ohio hit two other vehicles as he tried to elude officers....
‘I didn’t have to shoot her,’ suspect in South Side barbershop killing says
A Baldwin woman charged in a fatal shooting at a barber shop Saturday in Pittsburgh’s South Side turned herself in, and later told police she didn’t need to shoot the woman she had been in a two-year dispute with, according to court records. Myairah Carter, 25, was being held in...
Sentimental value often bests cash for treasures brought to Tarentum museum appraisal event
Teddy bears well-loved by a woman’s grandfather, a hand-painted plate found at a thrift store and a typewriter with a Ukrainian keyboard were among the treasures people brought to the Allegheny-Kiski Valley Heritage Museum in Tarentum on Saturday in hopes of discovering their worth. In some cases, sentimental value outweighed...
Golf simulator business, comedy club opening soon in Ross
A golf simulation business and a stand-up comedy club are opening this Friday in Ross. At The Block Northway, 9 Yards Golf will have a soft opening Friday morning for its new location on the upper level of the south corridor. At Remo’s Event Center on Babcock Boulevard, The Comedy...
Chase Bank ATM firebombed along McKnight Road in Ross
Within hours of a shootout late Tuesday night at Ross Park Mall, an ATM was firebombed along McKnight Road, according to township police. A nearby witness reported the firebombing shortly after midnight, Ross Deputy Chief Brian Kohlhelpp said. The drive-thru ATM is located under a canopy in the parking lot...
