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Gateway runners turn focus to postseason invitational success
The Gateway boys and girls cross country teams are in the stretch run to the WPIAL championships in two weeks, and the Gators hope to take advantage of both practices and competition to sharpen their focus. “The kids have the potential to do well,” an optimistic Gateway coach Tom LaBuff...
Eastern area real estate transactions for the week of Oct. 11
Churchill Darrell Williams sold property at 1900 Brushcliff Road to Ranada Tamara Almond McCoy for $117,000. Estate of Theresa Morgan sold property at 2400 Collins Road to Mary Truschel for $118,000. Delmont Mark Watkins sold property at 209 Apple Hill Drive to William and April Champion for $259,900. RA Snoznik...
Virtual 5K draws awareness for World Mental Health DayVideo
Every year the National Alliance on Mental Illness’ Keystone Pennsylvania chapter raises awareness about mental health issues and raises money to address them through its NAMIWalks 5K. This year, the event will be virtual, with participants choosing their own activities, rather than the traditional 5K walk at Monroeville Community Park....
Gateway, Plum athletic directors adapt to covid-19 roller coaster
Athletic directors have had it rough this year. Planners at heart, many of those plans have been scrapped, reworked, canceled and reworked again, said Josh Shoop, the Athletic Director at Plum Borough School District. “It’s been very, very hard,” Shoop said. “I think I’ve lost a couple years during these...
Covid cases force Penn-Trafford to cancel game with Gateway
It doesn’t seem like Penn-Trafford and Gateway are meant to play football against each other this season. Their Class 5A Big East Conference first-place showdown, which was rescheduled to be played Sunday night in Monroeville, has been canceled because Penn-Trafford has shut down over covid-19 cases. The game will not...
5 things to watch in Week 5: Gateway returns to ‘normal’
After a two-week coronavirus hiatus, Gateway’s football team is getting back to normal. Or as close to normal as possible in a week that starts on Wednesday and ends with a game Sunday night. “It’s not normal but nothing’s been normal, right?” Gateway coach Don Holl said. “We’re just going...
Monroeville businessman inducted into Space Technology Hall of Fame
A technology developed by a Monroeville businessman was inducted Thursday into the Space Technology Hall of Fame. Giorgio Coraluppi, 87, of Pittsburgh accepted the honor during a pre-recorded conference for his company’s invention of the technology behind the digital teleconference call. Coraluppi is the founder and president of Compunetix, Compunetics...
Gateway covid cases rise by 10, parents respond to the virus’ spread
Gateway School District now has a total of 23 confirmed cases of covid-19 among staff and students at two buildings, according to its latest communication with parents. The new cases were announced Tuesday by the district’s pandemic coordinator, Dennis Chakey, in a letter addressed to parents. The letter was also...
Local mountain bike team experiences growth during covid-19 uncertainty
The covid-19 pandemic has wreaked havoc on many areas of life — but it has served as a boon for the Pittsburgh East Composite Mountain Bike Team, according to head coach Jim Pottinger. “We’ve almost doubled our athletes and coaches,” said Pottinger of Murrysville, who works as a teacher at...
Chick’s Picks: Basking in fantasy football glory, prognosticator gives out winning predictions
It was the week Chick’s Picks had been waiting for — the week when she faced off against The Boss in a friendly game of fantasy football. Chick’s Picks did her usual due diligence in preparation for the week, studying player potential and keeping abreast of this season’s ever-changing player...
Police investigating fatal shooting at Monroeville Mall, victim identified
A 20-year-old man was shot and killed Wednesday after an argument outside of the Monroeville Mall, police said. Monroeville Police Chief Doug Cole said the shooting occurred at 1:24 p.m. in a mall parking lot near the entrance of Party City and JCPenney. A suspect remains at large. The man,...
Westmoreland, Monroeville mall daily hours to increase by an hourVideo
Westmoreland and Monroeville malls soon will extend their hours, which were reduced over the summer to help mitigate the spread of the coronavirus pandemic. Shoppers will have an extra hour Monday through Saturday starting Oct. 16, said Stacey Keating, spokeswoman for Chattanooga, Tenn.-based CBL Properties, which owns both malls. Hours...
Monroeville police log: Oct. 1-2
Monroeville police filed the following charges Oct. 1 and 2 in District Judge Jeffrey L. Herbst’s office. Charges were filed by Monroeville police unless otherwise noted: • Julius L. Carrington, 45, of Pitcairn with disorderly conduct and defiant trespassing. Charges were filed Oct. 2 by Pitcairn police in connection with...
DUIs, drug charges among cases recently handled by Judge Herbst in Monroeville
Monroeville District Court Judge Jeffrey Herbst handled these cases recently. Defendants will have court dates set in the Allegheny County Court of Common Pleas. Charges were filed by Monroeville police unless otherwise noted. Held for court • Jeffery Ali Knox, 28, of Columbia, Md. on a charge of simple assault....
Labriola’s Italian Store in Penn Hills to remain closed; site will be used as kitchen for other locations
The Penn Hills landmark Labriola’s Italian Store will stay closed to the public and instead be used as a storage facility and kitchen, the owner announced on social media Oct. 5. “We explored renovated space and new services, but in the end, we decided that the store will remain closed...
Gateway, Penn-Trafford choose Sunday night kickoff for football game
Sunday night football is coming to the WPIAL. Conference rivals Gateway and Penn-Trafford agreed to move this week’s game to 7 p.m. Sunday to give the Gators time to recover from their covid-19 shutdown. The game is at Gateway’s Antimarino Stadium. The Gators were forced to cancel last week’s game...
News briefs: AVETS breaks ground on new facility; recycling event scheduled
Allegheny Veterinary Emergency, Trauma, and Specialty broke ground on its new, 19,000-square-foot veterinary hospital Sept. 24. The building will be located at 2674 Monroeville Blvd., less than two miles from the existing site on Northern Pike. Officials expect the new pet hospital to be operational by early summer 2021. It...
4 WPIAL football teams maintain long conference streaks as Penn Hills’ ends
One of WPIAL football’s longest active conference winning streaks ended Saturday, leaving four double-digit streaks intact. Penn Hills had won 15 consecutive conference games before Saturday night’s 43-0 loss to Pine-Richland in the Class 5A Northeast. It was the first time the team lost to a conference foe since joining...
CCAC Boyce baseball team looks forward to spring season
Austin Long is optimistic. The head baseball coach at the Community College of Allegheny County Boyce Campus in Monroeville hopes the team can return to game action in the spring after last spring’s season was wiped out at the onset of the coronavirus pandemic. Ongoing issues with the pandemic also...
Eastern-area real estate transactions for the week of Oct. 4
Churchill David Buehner sold property at 764 Beulah Road to Lauren Friday and Nicolette Corey for $95,000. Evan Frazier sold property at 1912 Garrick Drive to Andrew Michael Bell for $210,000. Delmont John Swartz sold property at 215 Valley Stream Drive to Kimberly Daugherty for $165,000. Edgewood David Cinciripini sold...
Michael Lynch’s family will remember Monroeville’s ‘first mayor’ as a great father
Monroeville’s “first mayor” was actually first and foremost a father and a husband. Michael Lynch served as the first mayor for Monroeville as a Home Rule charter municipality, having succeeded Ronald Droske in 1978, according to the Monroeville Historical Society. “He wasn’t always around, but he was there for us...
Gateway’s covid-19 cases climb to 13; 2 schools closed through Oct. 9
Gateway School District now has a total of 13 cases of covid-19, which has moved officials to shut down two school buildings through Oct. 9. In a letter addressed to parents Tuesday, the district’s pandemic coordinator, Dennis Chakey, said there were seven more cases at Gateway High School and two...
Super Bowl MVP Santonio Holmes to deliver Caliente pizzas
Imagine ordering a pizza, driving to pick it up and having a Super Bowl MVP run it out to your car. It could happen. October is National Pizza Month and Super Bowl XLIII MVP and former Steelers wide receiver Santonio Holmes is partnering with Caliente Pizza & Draft House. The...
3 Pittsburgh-area football players named semifinalists for Campbell Trophy
Three players with local ties have been named semifinalists for the 2020 William V. Campbell Trophy, emblematic of the nation’s top football scholar-athlete, the National Football Foundation and College Hall of Fame announced Thursday. They are Pitt center Jimmy Morrissey, Notre Dame right tackle Robert Hainsey, formerly of Gateway High...
Monroeville native honored in W.Va. college’s first-ever ‘graduation tour’
Almost everything about a Monroeville native’s graduation ceremony from a West Virginia college was non-traditional this year. The date, the place and the size were different. But the in-person aspect was intact. Julia Hancock, who now lives in Wooster, Ohio, graduated from Davis & Elkins College during its first-time “graduation...
