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Kennywood’s Raging Rapids reopens
After three long years, the Raging Rapids are running again. Kennywood Park’s water ride finally reopened Thursday. In April, the park announced the ride would return at some point this season. Crews have spent weeks working on the ride before its return, said Kennywood spokesperson Tasha Pokrzywa. “We’re really excited...
Morning Roundup: Vehicle goes over hillside in West Mifflin
Here are some of the latest news items from this morning, Thursday, July 20. Vehicle goes over hillside in West Mifflin One person is in the hospital after their vehicle went over a hillside Thursday morning in West Mifflin, according to Tribune-Review news partner WTAE. The crash happened around 4...
Severe storms possible Thursday in Allegheny County
The Storm Prediction Center has upgraded the current severe weather outlook for Thursday evening to an enhanced risk. The National Weather Service in Moon says the main reason for the upgrade is to include damaging winds. It says to expect the main line/broken discrete cells to begin entering northwestern Pennsylvania...
West Nile virus found in Allegheny County mosquitoes
Mosquitoes collected by the Allegheny Health Department in Mt. Oliver Borough and in the nearby Pittsburgh neighborhoods of Beltzhoover and South Side Slopes have tested positive for West Nile virus. The infected mosquitoes were collected on July 11 as part of the department’s Vector Control Program. County health officials said...
Pittsburgh International to get additional flights to California, Florida
The expansion of flights at Pittsburgh International Airport continues as the airport announced two sets of expanded service this week. United Airlines is adding another daily round-trip flight from Pittsburgh to San Francisco International Airport starting Aug. 1, according to a release. The flight will provide daytime flight service between...
Allegheny County sheriff makes traffic stop, confiscates drugs
You can’t say he’s not a hands-on boss. Allegheny County Sheriff Kevin Kraus saw a gray Nissan Sentra traveling erratically in Pittsburgh’s North Hills Tuesday afternoon, after he left his job at the county courthouse for the day. The driver ran a red light at the intersection of Lowries Run...
Pine-Richland using summer break to focus on improvement projects
Work on an ambitious list of projects is underway in the Pine-Richland School District. More than three dozen projects totaling $12 million are being done, including major upgrades at the high school, the stadium and the middle school along with smaller improvements in all other buildings. Dana Kirk, the district’s...
Magisterial District Judge Mik Pappas resigns
The magisterial district judge for several of Pittsburgh’s East End neighborhoods has resigned, according to a letter obtained by the Tribune-Review. Mik Pappas was elected to Allegheny County’s 31st magisterial district in 2017, and announced last year that he would not seek reelection. District 31 includes the city’s Bloomfield, East...
Morning Roundup: Police say juvenile injured in Braddock shooting
Here are some of the latest news items from this morning, Wednesday, July 19: Police say juvenile injured in Braddock shooting Pennsylvania State Police said one person was injured in a shooting early Wednesday morning in Braddock. Emergency dispatchers said police were called to the 200 block of 6th Street...
Fire in McKeesport under investigation
McKeesport Fire Department officials are investigating what sparked a fire at a two-story dwelling Tuesday night. Allegheny County dispatchers confirmed firefighters, police and EMS personnel were dispatched to the 2100 block of Duquesne Avenue around 10 p.m. It was unclear if anyone was injured. Dispatchers said there were no medical...
West Mifflin Council unanimously condemns former Century III Mall
West Mifflin Council voted unanimously Tuesday to condemn the former Century III Mall. The vote was 6-0 with Councilman Anthony Topolnak absent. Attorney Nicole Nino, filling in for borough Solicitor Phil DiLucente, said the property owner, Moonbeam Capital Investments, has 30 days to appeal. She said she could not comment...
Jill Biden touts airport funding, workforce development during Western Pa. visit
Flanked by scores of cranes, first lady Jill Biden visited the Pittsburgh region Tuesday in an effort to remind the region that the Biden administration supports, and provided funding for, many of its largest infrastructure projects. In a speech just outside of Pittsburgh International Airport, she praised Western Pennsylvania for...
Car crashes into Longhorn Steakhouse in McCandless
A car crashed into the vestibule of the McCandless Longhorn Steakhouse on Tuesday around 1 p.m., pinning a 17-year-old female employee underneath the vehicle. First responders rescued the employee using the Jaws of Life. The driver, an 81-year-old woman, and the employee were taken to a nearby hospital with moderate...
McKees Rocks man sentenced in death of woman found in a refrigerator
A man charged with homicide in a case involving a woman found dead in a refrigerator in McKees Rocks in 2020 was sentenced to voluntary manslaughter and abuse of a corpse. Daryl Jones, 44, of McKees Rocks, pleaded guilty but mentally ill to felony voluntary manslaughter and misdemeanor abuse of...
Family members describe ‘profound’ loss of victims in Pittsburgh synagogue shooting
Dr. Jerry Rabinowitz believed it was better to be kind than right. Bernice and Sylvan Simon could have been the poster children for a happy marriage. Joyce Fienberg doted so much she reminded her son of Mary Poppins. Rose Mallinger loved to do the chicken dance. Irv Younger was so...
Woman fatally shot in Braddock during neighborhood dispute
Pennsylvania State Police are investigating after a woman was fatally shot Sunday evening in Braddock during a neighborhood dispute. Troopers said Erica Vail, 43, was shot in the abdomen around 7:30 p.m. on Corey Avenue during the dispute among residents that turned into an altercation. She was taken by ambulance...
Man shot multiple times in Wilmerding
A man was shot several times early Monday morning in Wilmerding, according to Allegheny County Police. At about 5:16 a.m., Allegheny County 911 was notified of a shooting in the 600 block of Airbrake Avenue. At the scene, first responders found a man with multiple gunshot wounds. He was transported...
Police seek help finding Bethel Park teen
Bethel Park police are seeking the public’s help to find a 15-year-old girl last seen Saturday. Armor Wilson is described as 5 feet, 7 inches tall and 150 pounds. She has short faded red hair. When she left home Saturday morning, Wilson was wearing pajama pants and a black hoodie...
Law says Pa. autopsy reports should be public. Why aren’t they?
From coast to coast, officials have tried to block Terence Keel from getting autopsy reports as he studies jail and police-custody deaths. But after clashing with recalcitrant civil servants in California, Illinois, Maryland and Texas, the UCLA professor said no state has vexed him like Pennsylvania. In his quest for...
1 dead, 3 wounded in shooting at Munhall bar
One person was killed and three others wounded early Saturday in a shooting at a bar in Munhall, according to Tribune-Review news partner WTAE. Allegheny County Police said they were called to J’s Juke Joint on Ravine Street just before 2 a.m. Police told WTAE that one man is dead...
Wexford kids set up 7 lemonade stands to help raise money for charity
If you had to pick a nice day for kids to set up a lemonade stand, it would have been hard to top the first Friday in July. Under a blue sky with white puffy clouds and temperatures in the mid-80s, children in Pine and Marshall helped a new charitable...
Wilkins Starbucks workers seek to decertify union representation
Some workers at the Penn Center East Starbucks in Wilkins Township are petitioning the National Labor Relations Board to hold a vote to decertify the union representing employees at the coffee shop. Penn Center East joined Starbucks Workers United last year. The employee who submitted the petition, Elizabeth Gulliford, is...
Police: 1-year-old child nearly drowns in Etna
A one-year-old child was hospitalized in critical condition Thursday afternoon after almost drowning in Etna, Allegheny County Police said. First responders performed life-saving measures on the child, who was reported unresponsive at about 3:40 p.m. in the 30 block of Sycamore Street, police said. The preliminary information suggests the child...
Digital divide hurts pocketbooks of Pa. residents, roundtable participants say
The digital divide leads to lost opportunities for people in underserved broadband areas, officials said Thursday as they discussed how to spend $1.16 billion expected from the federal government to help solve the problem. “People have been talking about the digital divide for decades,” said Evan Feinman, director of the...
Allegheny County names new head of public defender office
Allegheny County has named a replacement for former Chief Public Defender Matt Dugan, who stepped down on July 7 as he runs for district attorney. The county said Thursday that Laura McWilliams is taking over as leader of the Office of Public Defender effective immediately. McWilliams will lead the office...
