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Ministry in motion: Penn Hills church helps others through clothing outreach, handmade goods
Mt. Hope Community Presbyterian Church in Penn Hills has more than just worship services going on under its roof. Downstairs, Wendy Redington leads a team of 11 faithful volunteers to stock the Clothesline Ministry. And on Thursday mornings, members of the Hearts and Hands Ministry are busy making a variety...
Canonsburg’s Coen Markets eyes sale to U.K.-based convenience store giant
Canonsburg-based Coen Markets could soon be part of a convenience store empire. Coen’s 50-plus stores in and around Southwestern Pennsylvania are being acquired by United Kingdom- based EG Group, the companies announced Thursday. EG Group owns more than 1,500 U.S. convenience stores across 10 brands, including Turkey Hill, Minit Mart and...
New hospitality group cooking up more dining, entertainment for Downtown Pittsburgh
There’s a new hospitality group ready to ramp up the Downtown Pittsburgh dining and entertainment scene this year — and beyond. The news of Legacy Hospitality Group was announced on Monday. It’s the newest business collaboration from the hospitality team of professionals behind restaurants Ritual House, Palm Palm, Shorty’s and...
Parking temporarily prohibited on East 10th Avenue in Tarentum
Parking is prohibited along East 10th Avenue in Tarentum on Monday. A. Liberoni, Inc. will be working on manholes along the stretch, from Ross Street to Prospect Cemetery. It comes on the heels of PennDOT issuing emergency repairs Saturday for the pothole-riddled, state-owned road. PennDOT spokesman Steve Cowan said last...
Jeannette parks to receive interactive signs encouraging activity
Interactive signs are expected to be installed at Jeannette parks under a Leadership Westmoreland project. Each sign will have a different activity for children that encourages them to learn about the environment around them and exercise their imaginations, said Kelli Gardner, Westmoreland County Community College director of development. City council...
Freeport Area School District prepares to shift admin roles
Freeport Area School District is preparing to shift administrators in anticipation of a planned retirement. Larry Robb, who has served as Freeport Area’s program director since 2010, will retire effective June 30, according to school board President Gary Risch Jr. To fill the vacancy, the school board promoted Timothy Walters,...
Bridgeville mulls off-street rules for large equipment
Bridgeville officials are considering rules to prohibit on-street parking and storage of large equipment. Council is considering a proposal that would prohibit on-street parking and storage of cargo trailers, boats, box trailers and storage containers, said Manager Joe Kauer. The rules, as drafted, would still allow for short-term parking of...
Coroner asks for public’s help with identifying man found in Youghiogheny River
Fayette County Coroner Dr. Bob Baker is seeking help identifying a man’s body that was found Sunday evening in the Youghiogheny River near Dawson. Baker said the white man is bald and has an athletic build at 5-feet, 11-inches tall and 182 pounds. He has a tattoo on his right...
Morning Roundup: Verona man shot several times; Butler firefighter injured in weekend windstorms
Here are some of the latest news items from this morning, Monday, March 14: Verona man shot several times A man was shot several times late Sunday in Verona, according to borough police. First responders were called around 10:20 p.m. to the 500 block of Vogels Lane, where police Chief...
College of 2nd chances: Professor who has taught at CCAC since it opened reflects on 60-year tenureVideo
Microbiology professor Francis Maxin has taught at Community College of Allegheny County since it opened its doors 60 years ago. He has no plans to retire anytime soon. “How can I retire? The college can’t afford my retirement present,” Maxin joked. “I want a BMW with a heated steering wheel.”...
Proposed Trolley Line Trail would connect Irwin, North Huntingdon
A Norwin-based trail group is seeking a feasibility study to transform a former trolley line into a 1.5-mile hiking and biking path connecting Irwin and North Huntingdon. Dan Korhnak, co-founder of the nonprofit Friends of Norwin Trails, told North Huntingdon commissioners that the group will commission an engineering firm to...
The Stroller, March 16, 2026: Events in the Alle-Kiski Valley
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Shaler Area Sustainability Club makes impact with upcycling efforts, community projects
Editor’s note: The following story was submitted for the Shaler Area Student Section, a collaboration between TribLive and The Oracle, the student newspaper of Shaler Area High School. The Shaler Area Sustainability Club and classes have been busy with several big goals and projects they have set for the next...
2 former Westmoreland coroners back on the county payroll
Westmoreland County’s last two elected coroners are back on the payroll. Former Coroner Tim Carson started this month in a newly created human services position to serve as coordinator of the county’s opioid prevention program. Meanwhile, current Coroner John Ackerman — who ousted Carson in last year’s Republican primary and...
New Kensington Restaurant Ramble returns with new options
A night of crab rangoon, pizza, baked goods and various other treats is on the horizon in downtown New Kensington. The city’s fifth annual Restaurant Ramble will return March 28, with three new participating eateries: Ash Taphouse, Begonia Bistro and Lucky Duck Candy Co. For $35 a ticket, participants can...
More damaging wind gusts possible ahead of 1-day cold snap
After being buffeted by winds that knocked out power for thousands this weekend, the Pittsburgh area is expected to get blasted again Monday followed by a one-day cold snap this week. A wind advisory began at midnight and is expected to end at 11 a.m. Monday for Western Pennsylvania. Winds...
In brief: Happenings across the North Allegheny Journal area
Franklin Park site of shredding event March 21 State Rep. Arvind Venkat, D-McCandless, is hosting a free paper-shredding event for the community from 10 to 11:30 a.m. March 21 at the Franklin Park Municipal Building, 2344 W. Ingomar Road. Two trucks will be on-site for shredding. Only paper items will...
St. Patrick’s Day is 1 of several times when sobriety checkpoints, roving DUI patrols are activated
If Castle Shannon police don’t make any arrests during a sobriety checkpoint, Chief Ken Truver won’t be upset. “We don’t want to do the enforcement. We will, but we don’t want to,” he said. “This campaign is all about educating the public and doing the safe and responsible thing.” Greensburg...
1 dog dies, another rescued from Greensburg house fire
One dog died and a second was hurt in a fire that caused substantial damage Sunday to a Greensburg home. The fire at 208 Peterinelli Way, an alley between West Third and West Fourth streets, was reported shortly after 6 p.m. No one was at home at the time of...
Resignation comes from Pittsburgh Episcopal priest accused of stealing baseball cards at WalmartVideo
The head priest of a Pittsburgh Episcopal church accused of stealing baseball cards from a Walmart has resigned. The Right Rev. Ketlen Solak, the Episcopal bishop of Pittsburgh, announced she accepted the resignation of the Very Rev. Aidan Everett Smith, dean of Trinity Episcopal Cathedral in Downtown Pittsburgh, in a...
6 arrested, officer hurt after confrontation at West Mifflin protest
Six people were arrested Sunday after a confrontation broke out at a protest near Kennywood Park in West Mifflin. Friends and family of Terrel “TJ” Byars Jr. were holding a protest that began at the Duquesne Police Department on South Second Street shortly after 1 p.m. and was planned to...
Butler woman found after running away from 3-vehicle, wrong-way crash on Fort Duquesne Bridge, state police say
A woman ran away after being involved in a wrong-way crash Saturday morning on the Fort Duquesne Bridge in Pittsburgh, according to state police. State police said Pittsburgh officers found Lindsay K. Kleeman, 41, of Butler near the 31st Street Bridge six to seven hours after the 6:30 a.m. crash....
Wind gusts to continue today; cold front approaches
Strong winds will continue in the Pittsburgh area on Sunday, the National Weather Service in Pittsburgh said, with gusts reaching around 40 mph by the evening. Areas north of city, including Cranberry, could see gusts of around 45 mph. The NWS issued a wind advisory for Pennsylvania ridges and the...
1 hurt in shooting on PRT bus near Homewood Station
A person was shot while inside a Pittsburgh Regional Transit bus on Saturday evening. The shooting took place just before 5 p.m. in a P1 bus near the Homewood Station on the East Busway, as reported by TribLive news partner WTAE. The victim was transported to the hospital and was...
Duquesne Light, West Penn Power report progress in restoring electric service
Duquesne Light and West Penn Power crews were continuing to make progress Sunday night on restoring electric service to customers who have lost power because of damaging wind since Friday night. As of about 11 p.m. Sunday, about 23,250 households in the Pittsburgh area had power outages. That was down...
