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South Hills real estate transactions for the week of April 23, 2023
Baldwin Borough Thomas Wojtowicz sold property at 714 Baldwin Drive to Alex Nutter and Rachel Alexander for $220,000. Keilan Walls Jr. sold property at 38 Somerset St. to Keilan Walls Jr. and Chyna Walker for $1 (state deed transfer stamps indicate a value of $51,889). Jesse Wyland sold property at...
1 transported by ambulance after bus crashes into West Mifflin house
One person was transported by ambulance after a school bus crashed Thursday afternoon into a West Mifflin house, according to Allegheny County emergency officials. Emergency responders were called to the 1500 block of Homestead-Duquesne Road around 3:25 p.m. for a bus that had went off the road and crashed into...
3 Pittsburgh public schools will hold classes remotely Thursday due to air conditioning outage
Students at Pittsburgh Brashear, Pittsburgh Brashear Early Head Start, and Pittsburgh South Hills 6-8 will attend classes remotely on Thursday because of an air conditioning outage, according to an announcement from Pittsburgh Public Schools Wednesday night. Because the school on Crane Avenue is designed for air conditioning, it doesn’t have...
Peters man gets probation for death of infant son left in hot van for hours
A Peters man who left his infant in a hot van for hours in June pleaded guilty on Wednesday to involuntary manslaughter. Khang Nguyen, 33, was ordered to serve two years probation by Allegheny County Common Pleas Judge Jill E. Rangos. He also pleaded to one count of reckless endangerment....
South Hills student news for the week of April 25
Nicholas Altavilla made the dean’s list for the fall 2022 semester at Palmer College of Chiropractic. Accounting and business administration/personal financial planning major Nabin Pokhrel is among four PennWest Edinboro students who volunteered this spring to prepare and file taxes for low-to-moderate income workers in Erie County, Pa. Pokhrel trained...
5 Democratic candidates running for 3 party nods in Baldwin council race
Editor’s note: South Hills Record is publishing candidate interviews for contested municipal and school board primary races only. The Republican ticket for the Baldwin Borough council race has Rebecca Conley running uncontested — she is the only Republican on the ballot for three open spots on the November ballot according...
10 candidates seeking 6 ballot spots in Whitehall council race
There are three open spots for four-year terms on Whitehall Borough Council, and five Democrats and five Republicans are on the primary ballot. Voters can vote for three of five Democrats: Beth Lynn Eicher, Philip J. Lahr, Tristian Lucchetti, Glenn Nagy and Lacey Thomas. On the Republican ticket, voters will...
Baldwin-Whitehall school board candidates sound off
Seven candidates are vying for five party nominations on the November ballot in the race for Baldwin-Whitehall School Board. All terms are four years. According to the Allegheny County Office of Elections unofficial candidate list, all candidates are cross-filed on the ballot. Robert Achtzehn Municipality: Whitehall Borough Why...
Jefferson Hills council has 2 contested primary races
Editor’s note: South Hills Record is publishing candidate interviews for contested municipal and school board primary races only. In the race for Jefferson Hills council, four Republicans are vying for three spots on the November ballot, according to the Allegheny County of Elections unofficial candidate list. On the Democratic ticket...
Some South Hills races uncontested in primary
Two primary races in the South Hills are uncontested. According to the Allegheny County Office of Elections unofficial candidate list, in Baldwin Township, Republicans Tyrus Scott Fluharty and Nick Pellegrino are running for three open commissioner seats. There are no Democrats on the ballot. In the Pleasant Hills council race,...
No. 9 hitter sparks 7th inning rally, leads Chartiers Valley past Thomas Jefferson
The last shall be first. Senior Tyler Zallenick, the designated hitter batting in the No. 9 spot in the order, delivered a two-out RBI single in the top of the seventh inning to break a scoreless tie and spark a big inning in a big win for Chartiers Valley over...
Baldwin police seek information on suspicious series of brush fires
Baldwin Borough Police suspect that a half-dozen brush fires reported in rapid succession on Tuesday may have been intentionally set. “We responded to a total of six scenes within minutes of each other,” police said in a post to the department’s Facebook page. Police are asking residents with outdoor-facing cameras...
Students return to school at Elizabeth Forward
After two months of remote learning following a fire, students returned to Elizabeth Forward High School on Tuesday. The fire damaged the inside of the school in February. According to the school, rooms and areas adjacent to the auditorium space where the fire occurred are walled off and will not...
Carson Shuglie’s grand slam powers Hempfield past Baldwin
Hempfield did not have classes Monday as Easter break wound to a close, so some baseball players arrived early for their home game against Baldwin. Carson Shuglie was among that group. The junior put the extra swings to use as the Spartans opened a three-game series against the Highlanders. Shuglie...
West Jefferson Hills Knights of Columbus basketball free throw championship results
The West Jefferson Hills Knights of Columbus Council 11887 held its Annual Council level Basketball Free Throw Championship for boys and girls ages 9 through 14 on Feb. 7. Champions in the boy’s age groups were 9-year-old Eli Noel, 10-year-old Brandon Wasko, 11-year-old Isaac Olson, 12-year-old Alex Louver, 13-year-old Lee...
In brief: Book sale, spaghetti dinner and more in the South Hills
Book sale The Friends of South Park Township Library are hosting the annual Spring Book Sale at the South Park Township Community Center. The sale will be held from 6-8 p.m. April 20; 10 a.m.-7 p.m. April 21; and 10 a.m.-3 p.m. April 22. Saturday is the ever-popular “$5 a...
Thomas Jefferson junior dives headfirst into 2-sport winter schedule
Addison Arndt literally dives headfirst into her winter athletic schedule at Thomas Jefferson. Arndt, a junior, competes as a diver on the TJ girls swim team and as an advanced gymnast as a member of the gymnastics team. She qualified for the PIAA finals in both sports, placing fourth in...
Sports luminaries highlight long-awaited West Jefferson Hills Hall of Fame inductions
West Jefferson Hills announced it was starting the Hall of Fame program during the 2019-20 school year, but the first class never was recognized due to the covid-19 pandemic. The district relaunched its program last fall and re-opened the nomination process. On March 4, WJHSD inducted the members into the...
Baldwin’s Abby Rexrode remains 2nd to none in WPIAL gymnastics
Baldwin’s Abby Rexrode has made an indelible imprint on WPIAL gymnastics. Rexrode won her second consecutive all-around title in the advanced division at the WPIAL championships Feb. 11 at Moon. By doing so, the 16-year-old sophomore held firm as the WPIAL’s top gymnast. “Abby had a strong all-around performance. She...
South Hills real estate transactions for the week of March 26, 2023
Baldwin Borough Gary Bench sold property at 1261 Cathell Road to LCM Developments LLC for $100,000. Michael Robert Bopp sold property at 4723 Gardenville Road to TH Property Owner LLC for $203,500. Brandon McGarvey sold property at 311 Hamlet Ct to Tonya Northington for $180,000. Joseph Bildhauser sold property at...
Shining through: Sabika Jewelry strives to make women feel beautiful inside and out
Katie Dudas walked into Cancer Bridges in Pittsburgh’s Strip District knowing she was getting her hair and makeup done. What she didn’t know was that she’d be invited to model for the spring Sabika Jewelry collection catalog. Cancer Bridges, formerly Our Clubhouse and Cancer Caring Center, provides free programs and...
East End Brewing Co. opens taproom in Mt. Lebanon
Mt. Lebanon residents had been walking by for months, trying to catch a glimpse of what was going on inside an empty space along Washington Road. They don’t have to look from the outside any longer. The doors are now open to the newest taproom of East End Brewing Co....
South Hills student news for the week of March 21, 2023
Paige Crawley earned an Honorable Mention Award for the short video “The 8 Principles of Graphic Design” in the annual Flux Student Design Competition, sponsored by the American Institute of Graphic Arts. Crawley is a student at Edinboro University. Isabella Boehm was the light board operator for Albrught College Theatre’s...
Perella retires from Jefferson Hills police force
Jefferson Hills police officer Anthony Perella has turned in his badge and gun after a 25-year career with the borough force. A former Drug Abuse Resistance Education, or DARE, officer, Perella was hired by Jefferson Hills in February 1998. He worked for Sewickley Police prior to coming to Jefferson Hills....
Woman arrested after kids injured in car crash in Elizabeth Township
A woman was arrested and two children were taken to the hospital after a crash in Elizabeth Township on Thursday. The crash took place in the 800 block of McKeesport Road, Elizabeth Township police told Tribune-Review news partner WPXI. Police said they took the driver, Kristi Assenti, into custody on...
