Penn Hills Progress category, Page 84
Power restored after wreck shears pole, closes road in Penn Hills
A multi-vehicle crash sheared a utility pole and brought down wires Wednesday night, closing a section of Universal Road in Penn Hills. The wreck was reported at about 8:45 p.m. and closed Universal between Stotler Road and North Joslyn Drive, according to Allegheny County officials. Penn Hills: Multi-vehicle crash with...
Penn Hills council approves 2021 spending plan with no tax hike
Penn Hills Council adopted a spending plan for the upcoming year without raising property taxes and, officials were quick to emphasize, with a surplus in leftover funds. The $34 million budget, a 6% increase from the previous year, was balanced by using $3 million in carryover funds – an identical...
News briefs: Trib journalism scholarships available, snow-removal reminder and more
Trib Total Media is now accepting applications for the Scholarship for Diversity in Media and the Jim Borden Memorial Scholarship. The Scholarship for Diversity in Media is open to high school seniors who are culturally, ethnically or racially diverse and are planning to study journalism, communication or English writing at...
Eastern area real estate transactions for the week of Dec. 20
Churchill Arlene Siegel sold property at 120 Thornberry Drive to Paul Rutherford and James Reese for $195,000. Delmont Sharon McGinnis sold property at 1114 Volek Court to Jack and Barbara Lyman for $335,000. Edgewood Dino DeFlavio sold property at 619 Greendale Ave. to Vane Investments Ltd. for $225,000. Michelle Gil...
Family, friends honor Jafar Brooks with balloon release, memorial
In Arabic, the name Jafar means “rain or water that comes from heaven.” The words came from Khalid Samad, an activist from Cleveland who came to Homewood on Friday to pay his respects during a dedication to the young Jafar Brooks, who died Dec. 15 after being gunned down in...
Port Authority driver who died from covid remembered as mentor to all
A hopeless romantic who loved to burst into song, Marlon Lucas was a mentor to all he met, friends and family eulogized Friday at a funeral service in Penn Hills. The Port Authority driver of bus 1110 died Dec. 6 after contracting covid-19. He was 57. Employees and dispatchers gave...
Family, coaches have ‘no words’ to describe pain of losing Jafar Brooks
Those who knew Jafar Brooks were lost for words in the days following the teenager’s untimely death. “There are no words, you can’t describe this feeling. When you love someone, ain’t no words to make them feel better,” said Rashad Byrdsong, grandfather of the Churchill teen who was fatally shot...
WPIAL football players sign with Division I FBS, FCS programs
Division I FBS Senior football players from the WPIAL who signed with Division I programs: Name, high school, pos., college • Evan Azzara, Plum, OL, Miami (Ohio) • Derrick Davis, Gateway, S, LSU • Khalil Dinkins, North Allegheny, TE, Penn State • Elliot Donald, Central Catholic, DT, Pitt • Trevor...
Penn Hills area coronavirus numbers among highest in eastern suburbs
As coronavirus cases continue to surge in Allegheny County and across the country, the Penn Hills area’s numbers remain among the highest in the eastern suburbs. As of Dec. 16, there have been 1,389 total cases of the novel coronavirus in Penn Hills since March, according to the latest information...
Penn Hills school board has a new member
Penn Hills school board has selected a retired state auditor as its newest member. Joseph Capozoli was appointed to the board and sworn in at Tuesday night’s meeting. He was selected out of four candidates and appointed by a 6-2 vote. Board members Elizabeth Rosemeyer and Meryl Thomas voted for...
Teen shot and killed in Penn Hills
A teenage boy was shot to death early Tuesday in Penn Hills, according to Allegheny County police. Officials identified the victim as 15-year-old Jafar Brooks of Churchill. Officers responded to a call at just about 12:45 a.m. in the 1900 block of Garden Drive and found the teen with gunshot...
Eastern area real estate transactions for the week of Dec. 13
Chalfant Mack Beall sold property at 127 Elizabeth Ave. to Bennett and Haley Shakoske for $97,000. Churchill Daniel O’Toole sold property at 1299 Rodi Road to Kati Burgess for $175,000. Edgewood Anna Mrea Csorba sold property at 120 Maple Ave. to JoJo Monaco and Tara Donofrio for $332,000. Irwin Alison...
Penn Hills football standouts rack up postseason honors
Even though the Penn Hills football season didn’t finish the way the team hoped, the Indians had 13 players recognized for their play this season as they received all-conference honors. The Indians (4-4, 4-1) had six players receive first-team honors in the Northeast Conference from the Western Pennsylvania Big 56...
Busy Frankstown Road intersection in Penn Hills to get facelift using more than $300K grant
A busy intersection along Frankstown Road in Penn Hills will get a facelift soon thanks to a recently issued state grant. Penn Hills received a $328,803 grant from PennDOT’s Automated Red Light Enforcement (ARLE) program to modernize traffic and pedestrian lights at the intersection of Frankstown Road, Spring Grove Road...
Penn Hills area coronavirus numbers highest among eastern suburbs
As coronavirus cases continue to surge in Allegheny County and across the country, the Penn Hills area’s numbers remain the highest in the eastern suburbs. As of Dec. 8, there have been 1,137 total cases of the novel coronavirus in Penn Hills since March, according to the latest information provided...
Penn Township, Penn Hills will use state grants to update key traffic signals
State grants will help to upgrade traffic signals at intersections in Penn Township and in Penn Hills. PennDOT’s Automated Red Light Enforcement program has awarded $325,000 to Penn Township, to replace an obsolete traffic light at Route 130 and Route 993 (Walnut Street). Penn Hills will use its grant of...
Drugs, traffic charges among those recently handled by Penn Hills District Judge Anthony L. DeLuca
Penn Hills District Judge Anthony L. DeLuca handled the following cases recently. Defendants will have court dates set in Allegheny County Common Pleas Court. Charges were filed by Penn Hills police unless otherwise noted: Waived preliminary hearings • Jason Melton, 49, of Penn Hills on charges of possession of drug...
News briefs: Penn Hills reminds residents to park off-street to assist snow-removal crews
Penn Hills is asking residents to refrain from parking on streets during snow events. Keeping the streets cleard of parked cars will allow plow trucks and emergency vehicles to safely and efficiently make their way through residential streets. Trib journalism scholarships available Trib Total Media is now accepting applications for...
Trib HSSN 2020-21 WPIAL Class 5A boys basketball preseason breakdown
This will surely be a boys basketball season like no other. WPIAL teams are set to tip off Friday and embark on a masked journey through a schedule likely to change many times as the year progresses. Teams all have hopes of hoisting a WPIAL championship trophy in March, much...
Pair of WPIAL qualifiers return to lead Penn Hills wrestling
In a normal year, turnout for Penn Hills wrestling is low. This season is no different, but the pandemic has caused a couple of more wrestlers to sit out the year. The Indians return only two lettermen from last year, and they couldn’t be more important for a young and...
Penn Hills swimmers alter training for unique season
The Penn Hills swim team returns one WPIAL qualifier this season, and a couple of others are seeing an opportunity to qualify. Senior Michael Lintelman is looking to improve on a top-10 finish in the 200-yard individual medley at the WPIAL Class 3A championships last season. At WPIALs, Lintelman finished...
Eastern area real estate transactions for the week of Dec. 6
Churchill Daniel Seaman sold property at 1909 Beulah Road to Bryan Weiss for $140,000. Robert Nicholas Willocks sold property at 15 Churchill Road to Jason Spider and Leena Ahmad Matthews for $492,000. Lowell Mark Mate trustee sold property at 27 Churchill Road to David Andrew Marr and Lauren Ashley Pawling...
Drive-thru Holiday Light Festival in Penn Hills spreads cheerVideo
Children young and old marveled at the light display in the parking lot of the Penn Hills municipal building Dec. 3 — from their cars. The traditional Holiday Light Festival was redesigned this year to help prevent the spread of the coronavirus. Typically, about 100 families show up to usher...
Collaborative efforts in Penn Hills help prevent burnout in volunteer fire departments
As one of nature’s elements, fire will never burn out. But the ones who volunteer to fight it might. It’s a problem that in recent decades has only grown. In Penn Hills, the number of volunteer firefighters has dwindled for years. The municipality closed one of its seven fire stations...
Penn Hills school board retains its current president, appoints new vice president
Erin Vecchio and Jackie Blakey-Tate were named Penn Hills school board president and vice president, respectively. The board unanimously voted at its Nov. 1 reorganization meeting to keep Vecchio in her leadership role for the fifth straight year. She is in her fifth nonconsecutive term on the board. She was...
