Madasyn Lee stories, Page 4

A Parks Township man who was riding in a pickup pulled over for a suspended registration in Kiski Township on Tuesday was charged after police say he admitted to having a smorgasbord of drugs in the truck. Kiski Township police said Thomas William Brydon III, 37, was in possession of...

A Pittsburgh nonprofit community health and wellness provider plans to open two shelters for homeless people in Allegheny County this winter. Pittsburgh Mercy’s award-winning outreach program, Operation Safety Net, will open the shelters on Sunday, Nov. 15. They will be open from 7 p.m. to 7 a.m. seven days a...

An Arnold assistant fire chief and his teenage son are accused of kidnapping the son’s pregnant girlfriend and holding her against her will for over a month, according to court records. Brian James Gouza, who has been suspended from Arnold Citizens Volunteer Fire Company No. 1, said the allegations are...

A New Kensington man who was reported missing in Butler County more than two weeks ago has been found safe in San Diego, Calif., officials said. Trooper Jim Long with the Butler barracks said Gregory Jones, 21, was found by officers with the San Diego Community College District Police Department...

Two additional teachers at North Hills High School have tested positive for covid-19, but the high school still plans to return to hybrid learning on Monday. The teachers were last in school on Friday, Oct. 30, district officials said in a statement. Though the cases were announced at the same...

West Deer’s Parks and Recreation Board has a new member. Supervisors unanimously appointed April Gentile to fill the seat previously occupied by Tracy Harrington, who resigned. The appointment was made during the supervisors October meeting. Gentile was the only person who applied. “This would be a great position to hold...

Wesley Reagle wants to learn as much as he can about animals to help better protect them. That’s one of the reasons why the Deer Lakes seventh grader applied for the KidScience Program at the Pittsburgh Zoo & PPG Aquarium. “I was very excited to get a chance to go...

West Deer police have seen the bad in people, but they’ve also seen the good. Especially during the holiday season. They’re hoping residents will continue to bring Christmas cheer and joy to those less fortunate by donating to the police department’s annual toy collection drive. Now in its 24th year,...

A Harrison woman who left her house to attend church and run some errands Sunday morning came back to find her laundry room on fire, a fire chief said. No one was injured in the blaze at 127 Elbrook Drive, but the cause remained a mystery late Sunday afternoon. “It...

A Hampton-based nonprofit and church have opened a food bank in West Deer to help low-income families. Network of Hope Food Bank-Deer Lakes is run by Allison Park Church and Network of Hope, a nonprofit organization founded by church members. It opened over the summer at 810 Little Deer Creek...

After not raising property taxes for at least 25 years, Frazer supervisors are proposing to raise the township’s tax rate by 76%. Supervisors on Tuesday unanimously passed a $1.3 million preliminary budget for 2021 that includes a 1.08-mill real estate tax increase. The increase could generate an additional $133,000 next...

The commonwealth has dimissed a felony aggravated assault charge filed against a Wilkinsburg man accused of beating up a woman in a Frazer hotel room last month, according to online court records. Michael Joseph Battaglia, 44, was ordered to stand trial on felony and misdemeanor drug charges and misdemeanor charges...

The Rachel Carson Trails Conservancy acquired 43 acres of wooded land to make a stretch of the trail that goes through the Alle-Kiski Valley safer and more enjoyable. The conservancy paid $145,000 for the property, located on Murray Hill Road in East Deer. The purchase is part of a yearslong...

Pittsburgh police used surveillance video to identify a man they say shot two men during an altercation in the city’s South Side Flats last month, according to a criminal complaint. Jeffrey Ali Knox Jr., 28, of Penn Hills is charged with attempted homicide, aggravated assault, reckless endangerment and firearms violations,...

A message invoking revolution was spray-painted this weekend on the glass office windows of an incumbent Democratic congressman and the garage door of the home of a Republican running for Congress. Red paint was used in both cases to write, “Elections No, Revolution Yes.” The punctuation varied in each case,...

West Deer property owners who make less than $35,000 a year won’t have to pay for increases in township real estate taxes until they sell or transfer their properties to someone else thanks to a new township program. The real estate tax deferral program would instead add any township real...

Julia Cresta has what it takes to be “The Greatest Baker of 2020.” She just needs a little help getting there. The 24-year-old Richland resident is a contestant in “The Greatest Baker” online competition, which pits bakers from around the world against one another for a chance to win $10,000...

Deer Lakes School District still plans to reinstate full-time in-person learning beginning next week even though another person in the district has tested positive for covid-19. Superintendent Janell Logue-Belden said a student at Deer Lakes High School informed the district they had tested positive for covid-19 on Saturday, Oct. 31....

Eight blighted buildings in East Deer will soon be torn down. The township hired Lutterman Excavating of Salem Township for $93,100 to do the job. The houses to be razed are at 911 Bellview St., 329 Crawford Run Road, 607-609 Edna St., 915 Freeport Road, 445 Marion St., 531 Marion...

Another Deer Lakes School District staff member has tested positive for covid-19, but the district as of now still plans to return to in-person instruction five days a week starting next month. A staff member at Deer Lakes Middle School tested positive for covid-19, according to Superintendent Janell Logue-Belden. This...

The West Deer Supervisors have approved a plan that will allow a developer to build 77 single-family homes in the township. The homes will be built in the already existing Oakwood Heights development off Bairdford Road, where there are now 47 single-family homes. The planned additions will bring the total...

West Deer residents and businesses will now have to pay $100 each time their alarms accidentally go off three or more times per year. Supervisors at their October meeting approved updating the township’s existing false alarm ordinance to help out West Deer’s police and volunteer fire companies, who have been...

A staffer at Leechburg Middle/Senior High School has tested positive for coronavirus, according to Superintendent Tiffany Nix. The district notified families of the positive case in a letter dated Thursday. The letter did not identify the infected individual. Nix said the district has followed recommendations by the state’s health and...