Woodland Hills category, Page 7
Woodland Hills considering hybrid plans for students, sends surveys to families
Woodland Hills School District is considering several approaches to bringing students back into the classroom, Superintendent James Harris said Monday. The district, which serves about 5,000 students, sent surveys to families Monday afternoon to gauge how comfortable parents would be with in-person learning. The survey includes questions about the number...
State Rep. Summer Lee tests positive for covid-19
State Rep. Summer Lee, D-Swissvale, was absent Tuesday from Harrisburg, where she should’ve been sworn in for her second term, after a positive covid-19 test. Lee announced her positive covid-19 result on Twitter, writing that she was watching the ceremonies in Harrisburg from home while she isolates as she recovers...
High school basketball teams appreciate, take lessons from pre-shutdown games
Last Friday, 71 WPIAL and City League boys and girls basketball teams kicked off their 2020-21 seasons in the shadow of a looming shutdown that will extend through the first couple of days of the New Year. In the climate of covid uncertainties, the games were a chance for those...
Police from eastern Allegheny Co. suburbs join forces to distribute toys
Local police departments are joining forces with Toys for Pittsburgh Tikes for a toy giveaway on Sunday. Police officers from Swissvale, Edgewood, Forest Hills, Wilkins Township, Churchill, Wilkinsburg, Braddock Hills and Rankin are teaming up with the local nonprofit to provide toys for families in need this holiday season. The...
Clergy covid-19 case suspends in-person Masses at 8 East Pittsburgh churches
The Diocese of Pittsburgh has suspended in-person Masses at eight churches in East Pittsburgh neighborhoods after a member of the parish clergy team tested positive for a covid-19 infection. The suspension, which extends through Dec. 4, affects churches in the newly formed St. Joseph the Worker Parish — including St....
Forest Hills pre-kindergartner earns Shady Side Academy scholarship
A Forest Hills pre-kindergartner was awarded full tuition for his entire Shady Side Academy education, through his senior year. It is worth more than $300,000. Abram Amos-Abanyie was named the school’s newest EQT Scholar, providing a full-ride education at the school which was recently named the Best Private School in...
Family of Woodland Hills shooting victim seeks public help
The family of a Woodland Hills High School student found shot to death in a Swissvale park earlier this month is asking for the public’s help in finding his killer. Micah Graham’s body was discovered in Les Getz Memorial Park on Nov. 5. He was 16 and played on the...
Police charge Munhall man with vandalizing a district court office in Baldwin
A Munhall man is facing a preliminary hearing in January after police said he vandalized a district court office in Baldwin last week. Kevin John Kiley, 25, is charged with institutional vandalism, criminal mischief and obstruction. Baldwin police and Allegheny County chief deputy court administrator Angharad Stock said two other...
WPIAL bans Peters Township band after investigating ‘blackface’ allegations
The Peters Township marching band is prohibited from performing at any WPIAL event until the school district submits a plan to “eradicate the social and racial insensitivity displayed by the marching band and its director/supervisors,” the WPIAL announced Tuesday. The ban lasts at least six months. The discipline was the...
Woodland Hills to host food drive for needy
The Student Leadership class of Woodland Hills High School is holding a food drive this week. Collections of non-perishable food items will take place outside of the Woodland Hills High School gym on Tuesday from 12 p.m. to 2 p.m. and Thursday from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. A deposit...
Braddock Community Library to receive $750,000 for major renovations
The Carnegie Library in Braddock is so old it predates its counterpart in Oakland, which just turned 125 on Nov. 5. Braddock’s branch is 131. And in need of repair. On Thursday the Braddock community received good news: The library’s major renovation campaign has been selected to receive a $750,000...
Woodland Hills High School student killed in Swissvale park identified
The Woodland Hills High School student found shot to death in Swissvale Park was identified Friday by school officials as Micah Graham. Graham’s body was discovered in Les Getz Memorial Park Thursday morning, and homicide detectives are investigating the circumstances surrounding his death. On Friday, Woodland Hills High School Principal...
Woodland Hills High School student found shot to death in Swissvale park
Allegheny County Police are investigating after the body of a teenage boy was found Wednesday in a Swissvale park. Woodland Hills High School revealed in a letter that the student was a junior. He has not been identified. Police said he was 16. “We are deeply saddened by the loss...
Peters Township School District apologizes for ‘insensitive’ costumes at Woodland Hills game
Peters Township School District officials formally apologized to their counterparts at Woodland Hills for an “insensitive” choice of costumes by two drum majors during an Oct. 30 football game between the schools. The two students wore black, full-body spandex suits that appeared to some as if they were in blackface...
Peters Township school district investigating allegations of ‘blackface’ by band before football game
When the Peters Township marching band took the field Friday night for a pregame performance before a high school playoff football game against Woodland Hills, two drum majors marched at the front wearing a full-body black spandex suit. Some perceived the suits as the modern-day equivalent of blackface. The incident...
Petrarca, Peters Township defense blitz Woodland Hills
Peters Township’s offense put enough points on the board to top Woodland Hills. As a matter of fact, so did the Indians’ defense. The third-seeded Indians got a pair of defensive touchdowns from junior linebacker Luke Petrarca and recorded two safeties on the way to a 39-6 win over visiting...
Woodland Hills School District extends online-only instruction
Woodland Hills School District announced Wednesday that online schooling will be extended for at least another 30 days. The district cited statistics from the Pennsylvania Department of Health showing that the number of covid-19 cases in Allegheny County have not been trending downward over the last two weeks. Per the...
Forest Hills man claims Allegheny County denied him job over medical marijuana
A Forest Hills man claims in a lawsuit that he was rejected for a job as a corrections officer at the Allegheny County Jail because he is prescribed medical marijuana. Andrew Reed filed the complaint against the county under the Americans with Disabilities Act in federal court, alleging that the...
Trick or treat schedules for Woodland Hills communities
Forest Hills will hold trick or treating on Oct. 31 from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. Churchill will hold trick or treating on Oct. 31 from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. Braddock Hills will hold trick or treating on Oct. 31 from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. East Pittsburgh will...
Woodland Hills area real estate transactions for the week of Oct. 18
Churchill Wayne Chung Wei Chang sold property at 61 Holland Road to Tadd and Jonna Morris for $225,000. Forest Hills Nimbus LLC sold property at 1916 Ardmore Blvd. to Brett Russell and Melissa Brown for $220,000. Richard Claypool sold property at 323 Barclay Ave. to Sydney Glace for $128,000. Rebecca...
Gateway shakes off rust, holds off Woodland Hills
After not playing for 28 days, the Gateway Gators returned to action Saturday night and had to hold off a late effort by neighboring Woodland Hills. The No. 2-rated Gators saw their lead reduced to five points with 1 minute, 54 seconds left to play and virtually ran out the...
Trib HSSN football players to watch in Week 6
Here are four WPIAL football players to watch for during Week 6: Joey Daniels Mt. Lebanon, jr., QB/FS Daniels (5-10, 175) threw for 343 yards and four touchdowns in leading the Blue Devils past Central Catholic, 37-30, in a Class 6A clash last week. The junior signal-caller has thrown for...
Woodland Hills regroups, thumps Franklin Regional
Franklin Regional opened Friday’s WPIAL Class 5A Big East Conference game against Woodland Hills with a trick play. It caught Woodland Hills’ defense by surprise. The end-around pass from wide receiver Mario Sarnic to fellow wide receiver Jeffrey Downs had the Woodland Hills defense fooled. It was designed to be...
Penn-Trafford shuts down Woodland Hills, makes case for elite status in Class 5A
Penn-Trafford players and coaches say they aren’t necessarily playing with a chip on their shoulder because they have not been ranked all season. They know how deep Class 5A is, but at the same time, think they at least belong in the conversation. The Warriors played like a top-tier team...
Police: Man fatally shot by girlfriend during hours-long domestic altercation in Turtle Creek
A 24-year-old man was fatally shot by his girlfriend after he reportedly assaulted her for hours early Saturday in Turtle Creek, according to Allegheny County Police. The Allegheny County Medical Examiner’s Office identified the slain man as Nigel Broadus but did not list his home address. The county’s homicide unit...
