Dillon Carr stories, Page 18

An employee at the Sheetz store on Plum’s Hulton Road has tested positive for covid-19, the company announced Friday. A store manager reached by phone Friday morning said the store and gas station at 2175 Hulton Road were closed. She deferred questions to the company’s corporate office. Sheetz spokesman Nick...

A trash pick-up company serving Plum has said it will no longer take trash or yard waste that isn’t bagged and placed in containers as a precaution to its workers amid the covid-19 pandemic. Republic Services has made the changes to “try to limit exposure to their drivers during this...

A state-owned liquor store and a bar in Penn Hills were robbed within the last week, according to Penn Hills police. The first burglary happened Saturday night around 10:30 p.m. at the Fine Wine and Good Spirits store at 1103 Milltown Road, according to police Chief Howard Burton. “They broke...

Penn Hills announced Wednesday it would lay off 57 full- and part-time employees – including school crossing guards, library staff and senior center workers – in response to pressures experienced during the coronavirus pandemic. “Having to place dedicated personnel onto layoff status was not a good day for Penn Hills,”...

A former professional baseball player from Penn Hills who has lived in Italy for nearly 40 years says life has totally changed there since the country moved to a state of total lockdown amid the covid-19 pandemic. Tony Lonero, 60, has been in quarantine with his wife, Mimma, for 17...

Monroeville council will open its chambers to the public for a combined voting and citizens meeting April 14, the municipality announced Tuesday. The “Citizens’ Night” meeting is typically held the Thursday before council’s monthly voting meetings. It a time for residents to voice concerns, questions, grievances and any other discussion...

Allegheny River Boulevard will be closed to a single lane through March 27, PennDOT announced Monday. The road will be reduced to a single lane from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. as crews from Pittsburgh Water and Sewer Authority clean inlets along the road between Washington Boulevard and Nadine Road....

As covid-19 cases continue to rise in Allegheny County, so do worries among some emergency personnel who fear being exposed to the virus without knowing it. “Basically, it is frustrating at this time that the Allegheny County Health Department has no system in place to provide municipalities with a confirmed...

The Gateway Board of School Directors voted to float a bond of up to $40 million in order to pay for capital projects around the district and to renovate Gateway Middle School as part of a district-reconfiguration plan. The resolution passed 7-2 during the board’s March 17 meeting. Board members...

When you ask Skip Davis what inspires him, at age 87, to keep performing as a stand-up comedian at small, local venues, he’ll tell you “life is funny.” “I’m thankful for every day,” Davis said in his Wilkins Township house, the same he’s lived in since the 1960s. “That’s why...

Sections of Allegheny River Boulevard and Nadine Road have been closed because of flooding, Allegheny County announced Friday. Allegheny River Boulevard closed between Washington Boulevard and Nadine Road around 10 a.m. Traffic is being re-routed up Nadine Road to avoid a flood along Allegheny River Boulevard. You can take Lincoln...

As large governing entities like Allegheny County Council and Pittsburgh City Council hold virtual or teleconference meetings to vote on legislation in order to curb the spread of covid-19, smaller communities face a challenge. How do these councils and boards avoid meeting in groups larger than 10 while simultaneously following...

Three men charged with animal cruelty after an alleged incident while filming in Monroeville for the television series “Manhunt: Deadly Games” were found not guilty. According to court records, the three were initially charged with two misdemeanors each of animal cruelty. Those charges were withdrawn and moved over to a...

Sometimes bad things happen to good people. The phrase never rang more true for Patyn McCune than Tuesday morning when the young owner of Lelulo’s Pizzeria walked up to her shop and found it had been burglarized. Her shop at 311 Unity Trestle Road in Plum has been offering free...

Plum Mayor Harry Schlegel urged the borough’s residents to take “common-sense precautions” during the coronavirus pandemic while being interviewed by Plum Borough TV for an informational video series production on Tuesday. The police chief, EMS director, YMCA director, the manager and the mayor all spent time on-camera addressing how the...

Unprecedented. That’s the word food workers and volunteers at Gateway School District kept using Monday, the first day of closing the schools following Gov. Tom Wolf’s directive to shut down Pennsylvania education for 10 days starting March 16 amid worldwide covid-19 uncertainty. “This has never been done before,” said Martin...

In accordance with Governor Tom Wolf’s order to shut all Pennsylvania schools down for 10 days, the Plum Borough School District will be closed from March 16-27. In addition, the district announced a list of precautionary measures in response to growing fears surrounding covid-19 on Friday. The following directives will...

Indiana Road in Penn Hills is expected to close for two months starting next week, PennDOT announced Friday. The road will be closed between Hulton and Hamil roads starting around 7 a.m. March 16. Plum Contracting Inc. will complete slide remediation and other work on the road for nearly $2...

As confirmed and presumed positive coronavirus cases continue to rise in Pennsylvania, organizations in Monroeville are taking precautions to keep residents safe. The number of positive cases in the state rose to 33 by Friday morning, up from 28 earlier that day. There are no positive cases in Allegheny County....

The following free activities are scheduled to take place at Monroeville Public Library: Children aged 18 months to 3 years-old are invited for Tot Time from 10 to 10:30 a.m. March 17. Storytime will be from 11 a.m. to noon March 17. There will be a combination of stories, songs,...