Rustic Ridge News Today

The house was the only one that had to be reconstruction

Laurel: To rebuilding. Rick and Beth Napoleon lost their home with the August 2023 explosion in Plum’s Rustic Ridge neighborhood. The blaze consumed three houses across the street from the Napoleons, but they were not the only ones with damage. Many houses required extensive repair. The Napoleon home was beyond

As Rick and Beth Napoleon planned their new house in Plum’s Rustic Ridge neighborhood, they knew it had to be different. “With every decision, we’re pretty much trying to do the complete opposite of the last house,” Rick Napoleon said. “Every decision is the opposite. We want something new, different

Pennsylvania does not have “towns.” The state has a few dozen cities, most notably the bookends of Pittsburgh and Philadelphia. The rest fall into two real categories. Boroughs are what most people would identify as towns: communities that are bigger than an unincorporated village and smaller than a city. Townships

Rafal Kolankowski and his family have felt the full embrace of the Plum community since August — some of it in the form of bracelets, lemonade and yard signs. The Kolankowskis are among about a dozen families whose homes were destroyed or severely damaged when a nearby house exploded in

Allegheny County police said the man has been identified and investigators are in contact with him.

Allegheny County authorities have identified a man who was seen on the porch of a home in Plum’s Rustic Ridge neighborhood days before it exploded last year. Allegheny County Police on Monday asked for the public’s help in identifying the man, who was captured on a doorbell camera Aug. 9

Shock gripped Blanche Heidengren Tuesday morning when she learned in a group text that her prayer circle was seeking divine help for longtime friend Ann Matey. A house had exploded on Matey’s street, Riverview Road in Crescent, right next door to the log-cabin home of Matey’s parents, David Mitchell, a

The couple were coming up to their 65th wedding anniversary and lived next door to their daughter Ann who was at home with her grandchild as the blast blew out her windows.

The fatal house explosion in Crescent on Tuesday morning marks the third in Western Pennsylvania since August. Emergency crews are still on the scene at the 1400 block of Riverview Road, where a call came in before 9 a.m. The Crescent explosion is exactly seven months after the Aug. 12