Patrick Varine stories, Page 7

Email news briefs and event listings to pvarine@triblive.com or bpoole@triblive.com. Library mini golf The Monroeville Public Library will host a miniature golf fundraiser that will turn the library itself into the golf course on Feb. 22, with sessions for all ages and for adults. The all-ages session will take place...

Gateway school board members are mulling whether to pay $50,000 to settle a racial discrimination lawsuit filed by an alum who claims she was not hired as the district’s athletic director because she is in an interracial marriage. The lawsuit, filed in 2021 Korie Morton-Rozier claims she experienced race discrimination...

Tom Rooney remembers working at Bard’s Dairyland on Pittsburgh’s North Side in the late 1960s, with the Penguins game on in the background. “Ed Conway was the first Penguins announcer, and I’d be at Bard’s, serving customers and trying to figure out what was happening in the game at the...

Western Pennsylvania is a little healthier than last year in terms of flu, covid-19 and respiratory virus cases. While the overall figures are down, local health systems said doctors’ offices and hospitals are in the midst of a post-holiday spike in all three. “We’ve definitely seen an uptick, and that’s...

Delmont officials are considering the best way to move forward with their annual paving program, for which the 2025 goal is repaving Greensburg Street. Borough council members were hoping to also secure a state grant to repave Freeport Street, but it did not come through. Greensburg Street was last paved...

Murrysville officials are hoping a White Valley property owner demolishes a fire-damaged garage on their own, but one way or another, it’s coming down. The garage, at the rear of a property on Carolina Street, was heavily damaged in a Jan. 8 fire. Murrysville Council on Wednesday authorized the emergency...

You can already go on a “Sheetz run” in real life and earn points using the convenience chain’s rewards program. But savvy Fortnite players will soon be able to go on a virtual Sheetz run and compete for up to $10,000 in prize money through a custom map in the...

Garrett Mock was born decades after the assassination of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., but the University of Pittsburgh at Greensburg student says it’s up to people of all ages and races to carry on the civil rights leader’s legacy. “It’s up to us to carry on the...

The public will get a look at the next phase of improvements to the Highland Park Bridge on Wednesday. PennDOT officials will host a virtual meeting at 5 p.m. to discuss future work plans and traffic restrictions for the project, slated to begin in 2027. The next round of work...

A man is dead and a woman in critical condition after being shot early Monday morning in Duquesne, according to Allegheny County Police. First responders were called to the 100 block of Commonwealth Avenue just after 5 a.m., where they found a man and woman who’d been shot. The man...

Here are news items for Monday, Jan. 20, 2025: Chimney fire in Murrysville Emergency crews were called to fight a chimney fire Monday morning in Murrysville. Authorities closed a portion of Christy Road shortly after 8:15 a.m. as firefighters worked to douse a chimney fire that had made its way...

Rankin officials confirmed that a woman died of injuries in a house fire Sunday. First responders were called to a home on Miller Street around 2 p.m., according to TribLive news partner WTAE. A woman found in an upstairs bedroom was taken to a hospital where she later died of...

Jennifer Briggs and her husband struggled through their early years as parents. Their daughter, Sarah, was diagnosed with autism at 4 years old. She was nonverbal. It was a struggle to ensure she ate enough to stay healthy. “We’d tried lots of therapies, and nothing was working,” said Briggs, 47,...

A little less than a year ago, Bobbie Hineline of Latrobe was strolling through the village of Saranac Lake in upstate New York, when she realized every storefront had public-facing placards bearing poetry. “In the Adirondacks, which is a big, big area, there’s a writers’ group that sponsored this project,...

A former Monessen volunteer fire department president has been charged with stealing more than $30,000 from the department’s bank account over the past four years, according to city police. Stephen A. Gaydos III, 49, of Monessen, is charged with theft by unlawful taking, receiving stolen property, access device fraud and...

Email news briefs and event listings to pvarine@triblive.com or bpoole@triblive.com. Catholic Schools Week activities Divine Mercy Academy will kick off Catholic Schools Week Jan 27-31 with a student mass at 11 a.m. Jan. 26 at Christ the Divine Shepherd Church, 245 Azalea Drive in Monroeville. An open house will from...

Email news briefs and event listings to pvarine@triblive.com. AAUW member receives national award Murrysville American Association of University Women member Judith Johnson has been named the 2024 AAUW Named Gift Honoree Award recipient. Johnson has been a member of the Murrysville chapter for more than 50 years, including president in...

When a Salem business owner asked if his building could encroach on the township’s established front-yard setback, planning commissioners opted not to make any recommendation and allow the board of supervisors to decide. The reason? The building is already there. It is part of the Daniels Concrete business on Route...

A Westmoreland County farming collective has the best barley in the state, according to the judges at the Pennsylvania Farm Show. Allegheny Mountain Malt’s barley entry brought home a gold medal this week in the show’s grain competition. “It’s a beauty contest without the fancy question at the end,” said...

A proposal to expand the Fusting Centre business campus along Route 22 in Salem has received a preliminary recommendation from township planning commissioners. Developer Bushy Run Investments is asking to consolidate the existing Fusting Centre property — which is the corporate headquarters for medical staffing and home care firm Dedicated...

Email news briefs and event listings to pvarine@triblive.com or bpoole@triblive.com. Markosek to serve on housing committee State Rep. Brandon Markosek, D-Allegheny, has been appointed to serve as majority chair for the House Housing and Community Development Committee. The committee reviews legislation impacting the state’s cities and towns, focusing on housing,...

Email news briefs and event listings to pvarine@triblive.com. AAUW to host upcoming sale The Murrysville chapter of the American Association of University Women presented a $10,000 check to the Murrysville Community Library, proceeds from the association’s 2024 used book and puzzle sales. The AAUW and library will host a used...

A bill that lowers the threshold for detaining and deporting undocumented immigrants accused of criminal activity will head to the U.S. Senate on Friday, with support from two Western Pennsylvania Democrats. Sen. John Fetterman was the lone Senate Democrat to co-sponsor the Laken Riley Act, named for a 22-year-old Augusta...