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Allegheny County police investigating deaths of 3 people found in Carnegie home
Allegheny County police are investigating three deaths reported at a home in Carnegie on Saturday. The two men and a woman were pronounced dead at the scene in the 500 block of Main Street at 7:10 a.m., according to the Allegheny County Medical Examiners’s office. The victims were identified as...
Pair of road repair projects in Richland, North Park impacting motorists
Two road repair projects in the North Hills will result in disruptions for motorists. PennDOT announced that emergency work started this morning along Route 910/Gibsonia Road in Richland Township. The project, which is expected to last until 5 p.m. on June 20, will require the road to be shut down...
Another former PWSA supervisor charged with violating Clean Water Act
A former supervisor with the Pittsburgh Water and Sewer Authority is charged in federal court with violating the Clean Water Act. The case against James Paprocki, 51, of Ross is the third federal criminal case to be filed relative to the release of sludge into the Allegheny River over a...
RE2 Robotics prototype splashes into Rosedale Beach Club as part of naval research
Rosedale Beach Club near the Penn Hills/Verona border has another use besides recreation — naval research. Teams from Lawrenceville-based RE2 Robotics were at the facility off Third Street for a few weeks in May testing a prototype device for mine countermeasure missions. They combined VideoRay’s Defender robot with RE2’s dual-arm...
‘M*A*S*H’ reunion brings Swit, Farr and hundreds of fans to MonroevilleVideo
Loretta Swit was so excited to get out in front of “M*A*S*H” fans Sunday morning at Steel City Con that she showed up 10 minutes early for an event that wasn’t scheduled to begin until 11 a.m. A crowd of about 750 fans of the legendary TV show came to...
3 dead, others injured, after vehicle crashes into plasma clinic in Pittsburgh
Three people are dead after a vehicle crashed into a plasma clinic in Pittsburgh’s Manchester neighborhood Saturday morning. Pittsburgh Public Safety Director Wendell Hissrich confirmed three people died, including one person in the vehicle. Another person was transported in critical condition to a nearby hospital and another was treated at...
Water main break repaired in Aspinwall, residents advised to boil their water
Repairs to a water main break have been made and the water is back on in Aspinwall, according to a post on the borough’s Facebook page. However, residents in the 200 block of Delafield, including the Lexington Ave. condos and 415 Delafield, are under a water boil advisory. All affected...
PennDOT: Man killed crossing Parkway West to catch Uber
A 32-year-old Forest County man was killed Friday afternoon when he was hit by a vehicle as he attempted to cross the eastbound lanes of the Parkway West near the Fort Pitt Tunnels, Pennsylvania State Police told Tribune-Review partner WPXI. Joshua A. Knowlton of Clarington, was pronounced dead at the...
Troopers charge Allegheny County pair after $1 million cocaine, heroin bust in New Stanton
Something seemed suspicious as a special Pennsylvania State Police drug unit on Thursday watched a woman tuck a red suitcase into the trunk of a waiting white Chevrolet Malibu moments after it arrived outside a New Stanton motel. Troopers had the property under routine surveillance as the car pulled away...
Fan picks up breakfast tab for The Clarks’ Scott Blasey at Eat’n Park
Scott Blasey, lead vocalist for the Pittsburgh-based rock band The Clarks, was having the Breakfast Smile and an orange juice in a booth at the Eat’n Park in Kirwan Heights on Wednesday. “It’s my favorite meal at Eat’n Park,” said Blasey, who lives in Peters. As he finished his meal,...
Part of Pitcairn Road, Stroschein Road closing to film Showtime series ‘American Rust’
Part of Pitcairn Road and Stroschein Road will be closed to film the Showtime series “American Rust.” Fidelis Productions, LLC was granted a permit to film on June 18 from 7 p.m. to 4 a.m. John Adkins, location manager for Fidelis Productions, said the show has filmed on the road...
Bethel Park veteran has sounded taps more than 1,200 timesVideo
The final farewell is about to be sounded. Tom Beaver opens the black case slowly. He slides white gloves on his hands. Then he lifts the silver-plated brass instrument. Taking a few steps, he moves toward the shelter. The sun is shining. Wind is blowing through the nearby trees. Thousands...
Carnegie Science Center to open ‘Our Destiny in Space’ exhibit next year
A new exhibition at the Carnegie Science Center, set to open late next year, will focus on the future of space travel. An outgrowth of the space science activity in the Pittsburgh region, the exhibit has the working title of “Our Destiny in Space.” At an announcement event Wednesday evening,...
Glenshaw man charged in Jan. 6 Capitol attack
A Shaler Area substitute teacher, who the FBI said tried to organize other rioters, is accused of fighting with Capitol police officers and breaking into the building during the Jan. 6 insurrection in Washington, D.C. Robert Morss, who witnesses said previously served in the military and attended Penn State University,...
Forest Hills man cycling for MS Society fundraising milestone after serious crash
Bicyclist Larry Sachs knows his strength isn’t in climbing hills. His forte is making up time on the downhill. During a training ride with members of his bicycling group, he began a descent on Greenleaf Street from Mt. Washington to Route 51. His friends warned him to watch his speed....
Police seek help finding missing teen
Cranberry Police need help finding a 14-year-old teen who was last seen June 7. Isabella “Bella” Kaechele is about 5”4” tall with brown hair. Police said she left her house and hasn’t returned all week. Anyone with information is asked to call police at 724-7765180, ext. 5 or email tips@cranberrytownship.org....
Violent night with rash of shootings, 2 involving kids, across Pittsburgh region
A 15-year-old boy was shot in Edgewood late Thursday, police said, in one of four shootings that happened across the region. He was taken to a local hospital with non-life-threatening injuries, according to Allegheny County police. Officers responded to a call at about 9:40 p.m. for a shooting in the...
Strawberry festivals bring camaraderie, sweet treats to locals during pandemic
A few late options remain in Western Pennsylvania’s popular strawberry festival season, usually a staple for locals craving sweet treats — though the coronavirus pandemic continued to have an impact this year, even with restrictions being lifted. Redeemer Lutheran Church in Oakmont will host its annual festival from 6-8 p.m....
Pittsburgh Passport makes pitch to keep college students in region
A bevy of organizations and businesses made their initial pitch Thursday to college students in the Pittsburgh region to encourage them to stay here. The pitch was part of the kickoff the third year of the Pittsburgh Passport program, led by the Allegheny Conference on Community Development. The program provides...
Western Pennsylvania School for the Deaf in Edgewood celebrates 2021 graduatesVideo
Western Pennsylvania School for the Deaf in Edgewood celebrated their 2021 graduates on Thursday. Graduates began their morning with a class photo and a graduation walk through the campus prior to a commencement ceremony scheduled for 7 p.m. in the school’s auditorium. Students, faculty and staff lined the halls to...
171-year-old Edgeworth home available for $1.55M
Willa Cather wrote about this historic home in Edgeworth. The celebrated novelist used the elegant home — known as “Braeface,” Gaelic for “the brow of the hill” — as a setting for her 1925 story “Uncle Valentine.” She was a frequent guest there of the Slack family when she lived...
Attorney Milton Raiford apologizes for leaving client’s case during Zappala dispute; seeks to be restored
A day after Milton Raiford, who is embroiled in a public dispute with Allegheny County District Attorney Stephen A. Zappala Jr., refused to represent his client in court, the defense attorney changed his mind. On Thursday, Raiford asked the court if he could return to Vanessa Williams’ case — telling...
Pine-Richland OKs 2021-22 budget with no tax hike, program or staff cuts
The Pine-Richland School Board has approved a budget for the 2021-22 school year that keeps property taxes at their current rate without the need to trim programs or staff. The nearly $96 million spending plan was approved by the board at its June 7 meeting. The district anticipates revenues of...
Judge orders primary ballot recount for tied commissioner race in Ross Township
An Allegheny County judge has ordered a recount of the ballots cast in the May 18 primary for two candidates seeking the Democratic nomination to run for the Ward 8 commissioner’s seat in Ross Township. Democrats Lauren Hergert and Denise Rickenbrode each received 235 votes, according to an unofficial tally...
Bethel Park woman charged with endangering the welfare of children, DUI
A Bethel Park woman faces multiple charges for allegedly trying to run over juveniles in a middle school parking lot. Haley Jankowski, 18, is charged with endangering the welfare of children, ethnic intimidation, driving under the influence, criminal mischief, reckless driving, corruption of minors, drivers required to be licensed and...
