Haley Daugherty

Pittsburgh

Reporter at Pittsburgh Tribune-Review

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Articles

Storms delay work, finish date on long-awaited Oakmont parking lot

4 days ago | triblive.com | Haley Daugherty

The completion date for a long-awaited parking lot in Oakmont’s business district is being pushed back. Oakmont Community Foundation president Ray Rogers said work on the lot along Allegheny Avenue has been slowed repeatedly by weather conditions. Oakmont was hit hard by severe thunderstorms at the end of April, leaving residents and businesses in the area without power in the following days. The area saw rain again — lots of it — in May.
Oakmont, Plum look back on history as U.S. Open returns to Oakmont Country Club

6 days ago | triblive.com | Haley Daugherty |James L Engel

Oakmont and Plum have always been able to adapt. After almost 100 years since the first U.S. Open was hosted at Oakmont Country Club in 1927, TribLive looks at the many identities the neighboring boroughs have undertaken to become what they are today. Although Oakmont gave its name to the now world famous country club, more than 90% of its land actually sits in Plum. Plum remains one of the largest boroughs in the state.
Oakmont zoning board hearing is a nonstarter after series of miscommunications

1 week ago | triblive.com | Haley Daugherty

An Oakmont Zoning Hearing Board public hearing was rescheduled after officials discovered that no one had notified the central figure in the situation that the hearing was taking place. The hearing, as advertised in a published legal ad, was scheduled for Thursday at 6 p.m. The zoning hearing board was to hear a challenge to the validity of the borough’s newest parking ordinance filed by resident and local restaurant owner John Keefe.
Butler City Police investigate apparent murder-suicide

1 week ago | triblive.com | Haley Daugherty

Butler City Police are investigating an apparent murder-suicide Thursday. According to a statement released by Butler Police Chief Bob O’Neill, police found a woman and man dead inside a home on Cottage Hill Avenue just before 3:45 p.m. Wednesday when officers responded to a requested welfare check. “The detectives conducted their investigation and preliminarily believe this was a homicide and then suicide situation,” the statement said. O’Neill said the pair’s next of kin had not yet been located.
Questions remain unanswered on 12th anniversary of Trib employee's disappearance

1 week ago | triblive.com | Haley Daugherty

Dan Niehaus preferred actions over words. Despite being prone to silence with the occasional “hello” and “thank you,” Niehaus of Penn Hills was known as a reliable man and a hard worker. “Dan was a nice guy, but he didn’t talk at all,” said Todd Besh, Trib Total Media production director at the West Deer printing facility where Niehaus worked. “It was just the way he was.”Besh said Niehaus’ silence didn’t reflect any unhappiness. He was just a man of few words.
Leechburg Area students worked the polls thanks to innovative program

1 week ago | triblive.com | Haley Daugherty

Leechburg Area students Rocco Vigna, 17, and Nevin Steele, 17, spent election day serving their community. The two juniors from West Leechburg were the first students to participate in a program that allows students living in Westmoreland County to work at polling places. The boys spent half a day at the West Leechburg Fire Hall in an assembly line taking down voters names, checking registrations and assisting with voting machines.
Buffalo Twp. woman's daughter's ashes contaminated in pet cremation scam

2 weeks ago | triblive.com | Haley Daugherty

Kadyn Jack and her dog Blue were inseparable. Where the girl went, like a furry shadow the mini Australian shepherd followed. Her mother, Kristi Jack, 52, said Kadyn would find any way to include Blue — named by 10-year-old Kadyn after her favorite color — in her day. Sometimes she’d find her daughter in the yard of their Buffalo Township home making obstacle courses for Blue to run through, sometimes even running through them with the dog. That was before Kadyn got sick.
Riverview School Board results: 2 incumbents, 4 newcomers secure ballot spots

2 weeks ago | triblive.com | Haley Daugherty

A few new faces will be on the November Democratic ballot for Riverview School Board. Incumbent Bridget Seery, 45, will be joined on the Democratic ballot to compete for four available four-year terms by newcomers Adeshewa Metzger, 44, Chris Conard, 43, and Michael Smales, 41, according to unofficial results. They will be joined on the November ballot by current board president Wendy Wilton, 52, and newcomer Nick Paradise, 39, who were the only candidates to appear on the Republican ballot.
2 newcomers, 2 incumbents earn spots on November ballot for Verona Council

2 weeks ago | triblive.com | Haley Daugherty

Four members have been selected from seven Democratic candidates to run for Verona Council in November. According to unofficial election results from the Allegheny County Office of Elections, newcomers Kelli Rodriguez, 44, and Curtis Spurling, 36, will be competing against each other and incumbents Patricia “Trish” Hredzak, 41, and John Gemellas, 53, for four four-year term seats. No candidates were listed on the Republican ballot. Rodriguez secured the most votes with 211.
Refosco, Cartwright secure Democratic spots on ballot for Penn Hills Council

2 weeks ago | triblive.com | Haley Daugherty

Two members have been selected from three Democrat candidates to run for Penn Hills Council in November. According to unofficial election results from the Allegheny County Office of Elections, newcomers Kimberly “Kim” Refosco, 45, and Ian Cartwright, 47, will be in the competition for two four-year term seats. Uncontested in the primary, Stephen Zelahy will be the lone Republican on the November ballot. Refosco claimed the most votes with 3,697 while Cartwright received 2,674.