Allegheny County News category, Page 11
2nd lawsuit filed by family of East Huntingdon man killed in Clairton Coke Works blastVideo
The wife of a Westmoreland County man killed in the Aug. 11 Clairton Coke Works explosion is suing for wrongful death. Danielle Menefee filed the complaint Friday in Allegheny County Common Pleas Court against Nippon Steel North America Inc., which took over U.S. Steel in June; MPW Industrial Services Inc.,...
Aspinwall pharmacist to appear at State of the Union address
An Aspinwall pharmacy owner who has advocated for reform in his industry to protect community pharmacies against national monopolies will attend Tuesday’s State of the Union address as a guest of U.S. Rep. Chris DeLuzio. Jonathan Akanowicz owns Towne Drugs on Commercial Avenue in Aspinwall and has worked to change...
North Hills student catches puck at U.S. women’s hockey gold medal game
The luckiest Olympians get something to take home with them. That’s apparently also true of Olympic spectators, as one North Hills High School sophomore found out. Joseph “Trip” Cillo was visiting Italy with his family for the 2026 Milano Cortina games and was in the arena as the U.S. women’s...
Jury convicts security guard of voluntary manslaughter in Penn Hills club slaying
A jury on Monday found a security guard who shot and killed a woman at a Penn Hills after-hours club guilty of voluntary manslaughter. Chaz Jackson, 43, of Pittsburgh will be sentenced by Allegheny County Common Pleas Judge Jill E. Rangos on May 20. After the verdict was read, Jackson,...
Mazzocco, Leckenby to square off in state House special election in South Hills
A special election is being held Tuesday in the South Hills to fill a vacant state House seat. The seat had been occupied by former state Rep. Dan Miller, D-Mt. Lebanon, for more than 12 years. He stepped down after being elected in November to serve as an Allegheny County...
U.S. Steel secures permit to build $100 million slag recycler
U.S. Steel announced Monday it secured permission from the Allegheny County Health Department to build a $100 million slag recycler at the Edgar Thomson Works. A critical air quality permit arrived Friday, U.S. Steel said, allowing the company to start site preparation at the facility straddling Braddock and North Braddock....
4-month project to close part of Mt. Troy Road Extension in Ross
A portion of Mt. Troy Road Extension in Ross will be closed for about four months for work related to repair of a landslide, the Allegheny County Department of Public Works announced Feb. 23. The 4500 block of Mt. Troy Road Extension will close at 9 a.m. March 9. The...
McCandless snags gold recertification for sustainable use of resources
McCandless is bringing home the gold. More specifically, that is a gold certification with the Sustainable Pennsylvania program. Sustainable Pennsylvania, managed by the Pennsylvania Municipal League and partnered with Sustainable Pittsburgh, is designed for municipalities working to save money, conserve resources and serve vibrant communities, according to an announcement from...
Summer Lee to deliver State of the Union response for progressive Working Families Party
The Working Families Party has picked U.S. Rep. Summer Lee, D-Swissvale, to deliver its response to President Donald Trump’s State of the Union Address on Tuesday night. “I’m going to elevate the voices of the people in my district and across the country who are angry, scared and fed up...
Pitcairn woman playing with gun fatally shoots girl, 17, in her room, police say
Several people were smoking marijuana and drinking tequila early Monday in a Wilkins apartment when a pistol one of them was waving around went off, fatally striking a 17-year-old girl in the head, according to investigators. Police arrested Rayohna Hexstall, 20, and charged her with involuntary manslaughter, a misdemeanor, in...
Police fatally shoot man armed with knife in Heidelberg
A man was shot and killed by police in Heidelberg after he charged officers armed with a knife and could not be stopped with a Taser, according to Allegheny County Police. According to county police, a person called 911 at midnight Sunday claiming to be armed and threatening to harm...
Security guard at Penn Hills club claims gun went off by accident in fatal shooting
Chaz Jackson told the jury he was afraid for his life. When he heard shots inside Ballers Hookah Lounge and Cigar Bar in Penn Hills around 3 a.m. on June 2, 2024, Jackson, who worked security there, said he unholstered his gun, planning to act in self-defense. His friend grabbed...
Police say N.J. man exposed himself, made ethnic threats at Forbes Hospital
A New Jersey man is accused of threatening and exposing himself to staff on Valentine’s Day at a Monroeville hospital and damaging equipment in an examination room. Matthew Doherty, 32, was charged with indecent assault, making terroristic and ethnic threats, disorderly conduct and criminal mischief in connection with the Feb....
Year of the Fire Horse: Colorful performances ring in Chinese Lunar New Year in Ross
It’s the Year of the Fire Horse, and a celebration of traditional Chinese dancing, dress, and drumming helped ring in the Lunar New Year at The Block Northway in Ross. This was part of the scene Feb. 14 for shoppers and diners alike who were treated to performances by the...
61st annual Sewickley Invitational Paddle Tournament to take place this month
Paddleball enthusiasts will soon gather at several predominant Quaker Valley venues for the 61st annual Sewickley Invitational Paddle Tournament. This year’s contest features 160 players to be paired off into 80 co-ed teams competing in five different divisions. Many are from the Sewickley area. Festivities begin with revels at the...
St. James Church in Sewickley to host fish fry every Friday during Lent, including Good Friday
changes are coming to the lone Catholic Diocese of Pittsburgh fish fry in the Quaker Valley area. Patrons of the Divine Redeemer Parish’s St. James Church in Sewickley will see a new express take-out line, department heads wearing headsets like NFL coaches as well as some changes to the menu....
Lawsuit claims Nippon failed to avert fatal Clairton Coke Works blast
A lawsuit filed by the sister of a man killed in an explosion at Clairton Coke Works last summer alleges that if owner Nippon Steel had addressed ongoing, known safety concerns at the facility when it took over U.S. Steel, her brother would still be alive. Trisha Lynn Quinn, the...
2004 Shaler Area graduate now walking its halls as new school resource officer
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 start of the school year was marked with many new things this year. One of the multiple new changes was the...
Egg hunt for adults to benefit North Allegheny Women’s Association, North Hills Cares
The hunt is on. Tickets are now on sale for the 2026 North Allegheny Women’s Association Adult Egg Hunt, which is planned from 6 to 8:30 p.m. March 27 at the North Park Lodge along North Ridge Drive. Each ticket costs $40, plus a $4.52 service fee, and will benefit...
Police use blue bullets to link security guard to fatal shooting at Penn Hills club
The detectives told the jury they had never seen blue bullets at a crime scene. But when they got bullet fragments back from two victims shot at Ballers Hookah Lounge & Cigar Bar in Penn Hills nearly two years ago, scientists from the Allegheny County crime lab reported they had...
Penn Hills School District officials say messages about ICE being at high school are false
Penn Hills School District officials addressed social media rumors and said no Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents were at any of its schools on Thursday. The message is in response to a TikTok video of a woman claiming ICE was at the high school. Superintendent John Mozzocio said the video...
Mt. Oliver cop rear-ends SUV with child inside on Route 51
Danielle Staub regularly takes the same left turn off southbound Route 51 when leaving her friend’s house in Pittsburgh’s Overbrook neighborhood. Staub’s usually uneventful route turned traumatic early Monday when a marked Mt. Oliver police car smashed into her SUV from behind as her 8-year-old daughter sat in the back....
Sewickley Heights police chief on administrative leave; investigation underway
Sewickley Heights police Chief James Harrison has been placed on administrative leave as the borough investigates alleged controversial communications. In a letter sent to residents earlier this month, borough officials said they received an anonymous letter containing purported copies of the communications and had been made aware that several residents...
State audit to investigate Woodland Hills School District’s finances
Tensions surrounding the Woodland Hills School District’s finances are escalating after the state Department of Education announced plans to audit the district. The announcement came Wednesday evening in a Facebook post from state Rep. Abigail Salisbury, D-Swissvale, during a packed school board meeting to select a new board president. Last...
Glen Osborne welcomes a new council member
Glen Osborne officials welcomed resident Jen Coyne as their newest council member. Council voted 5-0 Feb. 17 to appoint Coyne to fill the seat vacated by Anne Fruehauf. Councilman Gary Schurman was absent. Fruehauf, former chair of council’s finance committee, moved to nearby Edgeworth and resigned last month. Coyne’s term...
