After the flames: Financial, personal hurdles challenge owners reopening a local eateryVideo
The dining room is still a maze of unassembled furniture and the deck is on the back burner, but for the first time since September 2024, the ovens are hot at Ianni’s Pizzeria in Delmont. “We’re so happy to be back!” employee Sarah Barral, 46, of Delmont, said as she...
Nasty job becomes a nice social-media opportunity for Monroeville manVideo
Working in abandoned and foreclosed houses can be a dirty job. A real dirty one, depending on the hygiene or hoarding habits of former residents. It’s not a vocation for everyone. A strong stomach and equally strong sense of humor can come in handy. But Corey Heider, 38, of Monroeville,...
Youth football teams leave former organization to form Western Pa. Football League
When rumors began swirling about hundreds of thousands of dollars missing from the Western Pennsylvania Youth Football League account in 2025, parents and team representatives began to worry about what might happen to the league’s upcoming season. A police investigation resulted in the league’s former director being charged in January...
Community gathers to mourn teens killed in Sewickley Township crashVideo
Kylee Korber always had a smile on her face, according to classmate Malayna Keefer. “She was super-funny, and she was just a really happy person,” said Keefer, 17. “She liked hunting, and I always saw her with her cowgirl boots on.” Keefer was among more than 60 people who filled...
Nonprofit will host annual inclusive open-mic night at Franklin Regional in Murrysville
Band Together Pittsburgh, a nonprofit that provides music-related programming and opportunities for people on the autism spectrum, will host its third annual open mic night at Franklin Regional Senior High School on April 1. It will take place at 6 p.m. in the cafeteria at the high school, 3200 School...
Murrysville area: Wind ensemble performance, woman’s club spring event, more
Email news briefs and event listings to pvarine@triblive.com. East Suburban
Artists League The featured speaker at the April 2 meeting of the East Suburban Artists League will discuss plans to revitalize the Aluminum City Arts Building in New Kensington. Ernesto Camacho is the director and co-owner of the Manos Art...
Allegheny County reverses course on property tax exemption for Monroeville Convention Center
Monroeville officials appear to have secured a tax exemption for the Monroeville Convention Center. After the municipality purchased the convention center for just over $5 million in 2024, it requested a tax exemption that initially was denied by Allegheny County officials. Monroeville Solicitor Robert Wratcher was skeptical of the county’s...
Head Turners Pittsburgh car show and egg hunt announces change of venue
The Head Turners Pittsburgh car show and Easter egg hunt on March 28 will change venues. It now will take place from noon to 4 p.m. at Sugar Camp Park, 1418 Wall Ave. in Pitcairn. Registration will begin at 11 a.m., and the egg hunt will start at 2. Car...
Derry Township man says gallows in front yard are ‘part of history,’ not meant to invoke lynchings
Drivers traveling along Uschak Road in Derry Township pass a rather eye-catching landmark as they near the road’s northern terminus. A gallows pole — a wooden scaffold with an elevated beam and a noose hanging from it — stands in the front yard of township resident Bryan Piper. It has...
Hempfield high school renovation bids come in about $30 million lower than projectedVideo
Hempfield school board members were pleased to find out Monday night that base bids for a renovation project at the high school came in tens of millions of dollars lower than a projected price tag of nearly $150 million. At its meeting next week, the board potentially will vote to...
Mt. Pleasant, McClure roads to close for interchange reconstruction in Fayette
Sections of Mt. Pleasant Road and McClure Road in Fayette County will close on March 30 as PennDOT prepares to reconstruct the interchange. Mt. Pleasant Road will be closed between Prittstown and Airport roads. McClure Road will be closed between Route 119 and Mt. Pleasant Road. Closures are expected to...
Murrysville council focuses on specifics of stormwater-fee credit program
Murrysville officials continued to hammer out the shape of a credit program for the town’s recently imposed stormwater fees, with much of the focus on larger, commercial properties. “I think my biggest concern remains that, under the current proposal, it’s not really incentivizing nonresidential property owners all that much to...
National ballroom dance championships return to PittsburghVideo
Mary Planic has been a student of tap dance and ballet since she was 3 years old. The Greensburg native loves the grace of movement that dance offers. And when she arrived at Duquesne University for college a few years ago, it didn’t take long for her to discover the...
Franklin Regional teen’s suicide leaves family seeking answers and raising awareness
When Jeremy Foltz opened his front door and saw the police chief and county coroner, his mind began to race. There were plenty of reasons the chief might be there. There was only one reason the coroner would be. On the morning of Sept. 14, 2025, the Foltz family’s world...
Penn-Trafford hockey team gets championship send-off from classmates, familyVideo
The Penguins Cup champion Penn-Trafford High School hockey team is headed east to compete against North Penn in the Class 2A state finals, and their classmates cheered the players on Friday afternoon as they boarded the bus for West Chester. The Warriors won their first Pens Cup title on Monday...
EPA to conduct water testing around South Huntingdon landfill siteVideo
When U.S. Rep. Summer Lee visited South Huntingdon’s Yukon neighborhood last summer, she sat with families to hear their concerns about decades of potentially toxic pollution from the nearby Max Environmental Technologies landfill. On March 19, Lee, D-Swissvale, announced that the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency would begin sampling residential drinking...
Murrysville burglary suspects charged with additional attempt in Penn TownshipVideo
Two men charged with attempted burglaries in Murrysville this month are facing additional charges related to a third attempted burglary the same day in neighboring Penn Township. Sebastian M. Montano 24, of Chicago, and Kevin D. Piza-Alzate, 24, of Reading, were initially both charged with burglary and criminal conspiracy for...
New Castle man sentenced in connection with Detroit-Western Pennsylvania drug ring
A New Castle man who was among a large group arrested in a 2024 federal drug investigation has been sentenced to more than six years in prison for his part in a drug ring connecting Detroit and Western Pennsylvania. Jauan Searcy, 44, was one of 19 suspects — 10 of...
Clearfield men behind fatal 2019 bombing both found guilty
The second of two men charged in the 2019 bombing of a Clearfield County house — which left a woman dead — was found guilty by a federal jury this week. Clint Addleman, 49, of Clearfield was found guilty of possessing an unregistered destructive device, conspiracy to maliciously destroy property...
Murrysville area: Delmont tax payments, bingo benefit, veterans’ luncheon, more
Email news briefs and event listings to pvarine@triblive.com. Delmont tax payments Delmont residents are now able to drop off tax payments to the borough office at 77 Greensburg St. Payments can be dropped off on Wednesdays and Thursdays from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. There also will be a drop...
From 70 degrees to snowfall: Pittsburgh region gets weather whiplash with high winds, snow
March madness took on a literal meaning across southwestern Pennsylvania early this week as a sudden burst of winter weather disrupted a string of springlike days. While the snowfall didn’t reach historic proportions, the region saw a wild temperature swing, dropping from a high of 70 degrees Sunday to 24...
Rare lock of Abraham Lincoln’s hair up for auction in Dallas
A rare lock of Abraham Lincoln’s hair, removed by surgeons following his 1865 assassination, is expected to draw thousands of dollars when it hits the auction block Wednesday. The hair is part of the sprawling Dan Madsen collection, which also features rare Mark Twain first editions and Revolutionary War-era documents....
Pizzaiolo Primo opens largest location yet at former Atria’s in Murrysville
Regional restaurant Pizzaiolo Primo opened the doors of its newest location this week in the former Atria’s on Route 22 in Murrysville. Restaurant officials noted that they had been waiting for their authentic pizza oven to arrive from Italy to join an array of fresh ingredients also imported from the...
Playing it safe: Chimney sweeps say annual cleanings are a necessityVideo
It’s a dirty job. But if you don’t want to risk a chimney fire, someone’s got to do it. For anyone over the age of 40, the phrase “chimney sweep” probably conjures up memories of Dick Van Dyke’s sooty face, derby cap and famously terrible Cockney accent in “Mary Poppins.”...
Acme pair charged with murder after toddler dies of methamphetamine overdose
Two Acme residents are facing third-degree murder charges after a 15-month-old child died from a methamphetamine overdose in a home investigators found was freezing and filled with waste. Michael Blasser, 34, and Ashley Makarsky, 31, were arraigned Monday on charges of murder, involuntary manslaughter and child endangerment. The charges stem...
