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Crash injures at least 1 on Route 8 near Etna
Route 8 between Kittanning Street and Route 28 in Etna has reopened in both directions after being closed for several hours Monday afternoon following a crash in which two men were hospitalized. Allegheny County dispatch said calls for the vehicle rollover came in about 2:30 p.m. Etna police and firefighters...
Morning Roundup: Vehicle crashes at Monroeville Turnpike toll booth
Here are some of the latest news items from this morning, Monday, Jan. 8: Vehicle crashes at Monroeville Turnpike toll booth Two vehicles sustained significant damage following a crash Monday morning at the Pennsylvania Turnpike toll booths in Monroeville. The crash occurred shortly after 5:30 a.m., said Cpl. Cameron Craig...
Upper St. Clair man killed by police after domestic incident
An Upper St. Clair man died Sunday after being shot by police who were responding to a domestic incident at his home. Police were dispatched to the residence of Christopher L. Shepherd, 48, in the 100 block of Lamar Road shortly before 3 p.m. Sunday, according to Allegheny County Police....
1 in custody after Mt. Lebanon SWAT situation
A suspect is in custody after a SWAT situation in a Mt. Lebanon residential neighborhood on Sunday. Allegheny County 911 dispatch said police were called around 3 p.m. to the 200 block of Broadmoor Avenue in the Sunset Hills. A Mt. Lebanon Police Department Facebook post said that Mt. Lebanon...
Pickup truck split in half in Pleasant Hills crash, 1 injured
According to a Pleasant Hills Volunteer Fire Company Facebook post, Station 232 was alerted of a motor vehicle crash in the 800 block of Clairton Boulevard around 8:30 p.m. Saturday. Rescue crews arrived on scene to find two pickup trucks with heavy damage, one of them split in half. All...
‘Violence can’t be the answer’: Pittsburghers with Palestinian roots reflect as war in Gaza enters 4th month
Pittsburgher Ahmed Arafat grew up in Gaza under the specter of war. Then on Dec. 24, Israel Defense Forces fatally shot his cousin while his cousin’s children watched. The man was waving a white flag at the time, trying to evacuate his home, Arafat said. But Arafat, a tech worker...
Records reveal gun arrests for suspect in Monroeville police shooting
The man accused of shooting a Monroeville police sergeant after robbing a cookie shop Wednesday night is a convicted criminal with a history of arrests on gun charges dating back nearly a decade. Jamal Brooks, who is charged with wounding the sergeant while spraying his marked police car with 16...
Pittsburgh Technical College leaders mull possible sale, merger as enrollment falls
Leaders of a nearly 80-year-old technical college in Oakdale are weighing options that include selling or merging the institution amid falling enrollment and financial strains. The issues facing Pittsburgh Technical College resemble those confronting higher education generally. But they have been complicated by recent infighting over leadership, accusations of misconduct...
Morning Roundup: Crews battle fires in Manchester and Elizabeth Borough; break-in reported at Monroeville pizza shop
Here are some of the latest news items from this morning, Friday, Jan. 5: Two-alarm fire in Elizabeth Borough Crews battled a two-alarm structure fire early Friday in Elizabeth Borough. The fire was reported at about 5:10 a.m. along South Third Avenue, according to TribLive news partner WTAE. No injuries...
Wilmerding receives funding to demolish 3 blighted properties
Wilmerding code officer and Fire Marshal Al Hussey doesn’t have any specific plans for the property at 109 Middle Ave. But he sure was glad to find out the borough would be able to tear it down in the near future. “It’s literally leaning on Angie’s Restaurant next door,” Hussey...
Zappala sworn in as Allegheny County DA for 7th term
Allegheny County District Attorney Stephen A. Zappala Jr. was sworn in Thursday to his seventh term in office. It was a notable achievement for Zappala, the Democrat who won only by running on the Republican ticket after he lost both the endorsement by his party and the primary. Pennsylvania Supreme...
Pitcairn man sentenced to at least 8 years in prison for attacking elderly neighbor with hammer
A Pitcairn man faces eight to 16 years in prison for beating his 71-year-old neighbor with a hammer last summer. Commons Pleas Judge Beth A. Lazzara imposed the sentence on William Alan Jackson, 43, on Thursday for the Aug. 10 attack, court records show. Jackson had negotiated a guilty plea...
McKeesport man going to prison for driving drunk, hitting PennDOT worker in construction zone
A McKeesport man is headed to prison for up to seven years for drinking an alcoholic slushee and smoking marijuana in his car shortly before he struck a PennDOT worker in a construction zone and dragged her 30 feet on the city’s Jerome Street Bridge. Common Pleas Judge Kelly Bigley...
North Hills horse-riding community mourns decorated teen killed in Christmas weekend crash
At 18, Taylor Orlowski stood just 5 feet tall and weighed no more than 98 pounds, her sandy blonde hair falling on petite shoulders. Those who survive her in the tight-knit horse-riding community of Pittsburgh’s North Hills, however, remember the Beaver County teen as a giant in their extended family....
Suspect named in shooting of Monroeville police sergeant
The armed robbery suspect who sprayed a Monroeville police sergeant with gunfire Wednesday night has been identified as 32-year-old Jamal Brooks. Brooks has been charged with striking the officer three times as he sat inside his marked car, according to a criminal complaint. The sergeant — who was not identified...
Monroeville police officer shot, listed in stable condition; suspect in custody
A Monroeville police officer was shot “multiple times” Wednesday night as he approached an armed robbery suspect, according to Allegheny County Police. The officer was listed in stable condition at an area hospital late Wednesday. Allegheny County Police said in a news release that Monroeville’s emergency dispatching center was notified...
Code Blue shelter plan set for Allegheny County with frigid weather forecast
Frigid temperatures are forecast in Allegheny County beginning Thursday night, prompting a Code Blue Action to provide shelter for the homeless. County and Pittsburgh officials said the Code Blue will go into effect throughout the county at 7 p.m. Thursday and is expected to continue through Friday night, depending on...
New Year’s Eve celebration on North Side ends with fight, fatal stabbing
A small New Year’s Eve gathering in Pittsburgh ended in tragedy late Sunday when a North Side man fatally stabbed his roommate during a fight that escalated after several hours of drinking, authorities said. The victim, Luis Soto, 35, was identified Wednesday by the Allegheny County Medical Examiner’s Office. Martin...
Innamorato boosts base pay for hundreds of non-union Allegheny County workers, Councilman DeMarco criticizes plan
Allegheny County Executive Sara Innamorato announced Wednesday that hundreds of full-time county employees will receive immediate wage increases, the first step to raising their base pay to at least $22 an hour by 2027. The increase, which affects a fraction of the county’s roughly 6,000 workers, will cover nonunionized employees,...
1-year-old Wall girl nearly died ingesting ‘tranq’; 9 months later, police arrest her father
A convicted drug dealer was arraigned Tuesday on charges that he nearly killed his 1-year-old daughter last spring when the girl ingested “tranq,” a powerful sedative mixed with fentanyl that authorities said he was using in her Wall home. Jeffrey Lee Carter, 36, of Clairton was visiting the mother of...
Allegheny County Council reelects Pat Catena president
Allegheny County Council on Tuesday reelected Pat Catena as its president. Catena, D-Carnegie, secured an overwhelming, and bipartisan, victory. The vote was 13-2, with 12 Democrats supporting him along with Republican Councilwoman Suzanne Filiaggi, of Franklin Park. Democratic Councilman DeWitt Walton of Pittsburgh’s Hill District nominated himself and also received...
Pittsburgh homicides plunged in 2023, mirroring drops in Allegheny County, nation
It was an ominous start to 2023: Gunmen murdered police officers in Brackenridge and McKeesport during the first six weeks. While the two high-profile shootings heralded a lawless and violent year ahead, Allegheny County and Pittsburgh actually saw a drop in homicides, reflecting similar decreases across the country. And as...
Brentwood Council president resigns after alleged fight, slur
The president of Brentwood Council has stepped down from his post amid criticism over a homophobic slur he is alleged to have made. Dennis Troy issued a letter of resignation saying his passion for the role has waned, at the same time criticism mounted over the comments he was reportedly...
Charges withdrawn against former Leet police chief who had been accused of assaulting his father
Former Leet police Chief Michael Molinaro will not stand trial for allegedly assaulting his father. Beaver County District Attorney’s Office withdrew charges of simple assault and harassment Tuesday, a county court clerk confirmed. Online court documents indicated a preliminary hearing was scheduled that morning before District Judge Steven N. Necaster....
County police: 1 in custody following McKees Rocks shooting
Allegheny County Police detectives have charged a McKees Rocks man with a shooting that took place Tuesday night in the borough. Police were called to the 700 block of Mary Street at 8:16 p.m., and found a man who had been shot twice, once in the shoulder and again in...
