Tony LaRussa stories, Page 54

Students at Ingomar Middle School are switching to remote instruction through the end of the week after three positive covid-19 cases were reported during a 14-day period, North Allegheny school officials announced. All other district buildings will remain open for in-person instruction. Athletics and activities at Ingomar Middle School will...

Nithin Bhandari wasn’t necessarily looking for a way to help the bluebird population in North Park thrive when he began visiting the Latodami Nature Center several years ago. However, the North Allegheny sophomore was on the search for volunteer opportunities when he discovered that his computer programming skills might help...

Ross commissioners were livid last year when the township’s waste hauler asked that residents no longer put glass to the curb for recycling. So they decided to take matters into their own hands. The township has partnered with the Pennsylvania Resource Council to set up a dumpster at the public...

Editor’s note: Neighbor Spotlight is a monthly feature that aims to let our readers learn more about the people in their communities who are working to make them a better place, who have interesting stories to tell or who the community feels deserve “15 minutes of fame.” If you would...

Whether it’s a pickup game of baseball, football or soccer or a game in an organized league, Pine-Richland fourth-grader Cooper Nindl loves all kinds of sports. So when the active 9-year-old started to experience headaches in October, his parents thought he might be suffering from a concussion. “He got a...

Ross commissioners tapped two former elected officials to fill a vacant board seat and the newly-created position as assistant township manager. The township received applications to fill the Ward 2 seat vacated last month by Steve Korbel from two residents — Chris Rand Eyster, who works as a criminal defense...

Editor’s note: This issue went to press on Feb. 4. For more recent developments in this case, visit sewickleyherald.com. Allegheny County police have issued an arrest warrant for a man wanted in connection with the Jan. 25 shooting of a pregnant 20-year-old woman in Leetsdale. Investigators charged Roderick Ferguson, 19,...

A gaggle of geese congregated in a shallow tributary of Pine Creek along Wildwood Road in Hampton on Tuesday, Feb. 2. Many of the geese were busy dipping their bills into the partially frozen stream in search of food while others were content to spend the morning bathing and splashing...

A second covid-19 vaccination clinic could be up and running at the Ross Community Center by March 1 if Allegheny County and township officials can hammer out an agreement. Brian Dunbar, a deputy county solicitor for the county, attended the board’s online meeting on Feb. 1 to outline the proposal...

A man was arrested by Pittsburgh police this morning at the scene of a shooting inside a home in the city’s East Hills section. Officers from the Zone 5 station responded to a 911 call at about 4:20 a.m. from a many who said he had been shot inside his...

Pittsburgh Police were able to safely evacuate residents from an East Liberty apartment building when an armed man threatened responding officers before barricading himself inside. Officers from the city’s Zone 5 station were dispatched to the 600 block of Collins Street shortly after 10 p.m. on Wednesday after receiving a...

Pittsburgh police responding to a Shotspotter alert in the 300 block of Flowers Avenue in Hazelwood on Wednesday night were stopped on the way by a vehicle carrying two people suffering from gunshot wounds, according to authorities. Officers from the city’s Zone 4 station were alerted to the gunfire shortly...

Firefighters battled a blaze in Pittsburgh’s Sheraden neighborhood Wednesday morning. The fire was reported at 6:40 a.m. in a two-story house in the 2700 block of Glen Mawr Street, according to authorities. Sheraden is located the city’s West End. First responders encountered heavy smoke and flames shooting through an attic...

Students who attend North Allegheny’s Marshall Middle School will temporarily switch to remote instruction after three additional positive covid cases were reported, district officials announced. The three new cases brings the total number of active cases at the school to seven during a 12-day period. As a result, students will...

Police responding to a 911 call for a shooting in Leetsdale late Monday night found the victim — a 19-year-old pregnant woman — several miles away after the car she was riding in crashed, according to authorities. The shooting was reported at 11:25 p.m. at the intersection of Route 65...

Pittsburgh police are seeking the public’s help in the search for a Beechview man who hasn’t been seen since late Saturday night. Investigators say Thomas Hughes, 25, was last seen at around 11 p.m. on Jan. 23. He is 6-feet 1-inch tall, weighs 260 pounds and has blonde hair and...

The Pittsburgh Public Schools Board is scheduled to vote this week on a measure to delay the return to partial in-person instruction until at least April 6 because of the high number of people in Allegheny County testing positive for the coronavirus, district officials announced. Delaying the planned return to...

It took two meetings and half a dozen roll call votes, but Pine’s board of supervisors have elected a chairman. Supervisor Michael Dennehy was re-elected unanimously to a one-year term in the leadership position during the Jan. 20 board meeting. Dennehy began serving on the board in 2000 and has...