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Police investigating death of man hit by a train in Swissvale
Authorities have released the identity of a man who died after being hit by a train in Swissvale on Monday evening. The Allegheny County Medical Examiner’s Office said Walter Gunter, 45, of Rankin died as a result of injuries he suffered after being struck by the train at around 5...
Pittsburgh City Council elects new president, newest North Side rep takes officeVideo
As she continues her third term on Pittsburgh City Council, Theresa Kail-Smith had been content in a non-leadership role. “I was comfortable being led,” Kail-Smith said. That ended Monday, when Kail-Smith, 60, of the Westwood neighborhood in the city’s West End, was unanimously elected the new council president. “It was...
Stowe man given life without parole plus 10 to 21 years in 2016 beating death
A Stowe man was sentenced Monday to serve the rest of his life in prison for the 2016 beating death of a 74-year-old man from McKees Rocks. Branden Anthony Frazier, 28, was given the life sentence for his October conviction on charges of first-degree murder in the killing of Benito...
First day of jury selection in 2016 Wilkinsburg massacre yields 2 jurors
Two jurors were seated Monday in the trial for two suspects in the 2016 Wilkinsburg mass shooting, which killed five adults and an unborn child. Attorneys interviewed nine potential jurors in the first day of jury selection for the capital case against Cheron Shelton and Robert Thomas. Counsel for defense...
T routes restored after stalled rail car causes delays
All light rail transit lines have returned to their regular routes after a rail car lost power at the entrance to the Washington Transit Tunnel this morning, according to Adam Brandolph, a spokesman for the agency. The stalled rail car caused delays across the system and forced Port Authority to...
Jury selection slated to begin in 2016 Wilkinsburg backyard massacre
Jury selection is scheduled to begin Monday morning for the trial against two men accused in the massacre of five adults and an unborn child in Wilkinsburg nearly four years ago. Cheron Shelton, 32, and Robert Thomas, 31, each face five counts of homicide, one count of homicide of an...
Part of Banksville Road in Pittsburgh down to single lane for 4-month project
A section of Banksville Road in Pittsburgh will be down to a single lane starting Monday and continuing through the end of April for reconstruction work, PennDOT announced. The restriction begins Jan. 6 and will periodically affect a southbound lane of Route 19 between Banksville and Potomac avenues between 9...
Two North Allegheny schools closed after crash knocks out power
Two North Allegheny schools that were initially on a two-hour delay Monday morning because of a power outage, have closed for the day, according to district officials. Marshall Middle and Marshall Elementary schools closed for the day, according to a alert posted on the district’s website. Crews from West Penn...
Police investigate fight, shooting at Downtown Pittsburgh nightclub
Pittsburgh police are investigating a large fight at a Downtown Pittsburgh nightclub early Sunday morning during which a man fired a gun, a public safety spokesman said. No one was struck by gunfire, spokesman Chris Togneri said. Officers were called to the nightclub in the 100 block of 7th Street...
Agreement restores WTAE to DirecTV customers
DirecTV subscribers in the Pittsburgh area will once again be able to view ABC affiliate WTAE-TV. In a joint statement Sunday, Hearst Television, parent company of WTAE, and AT&T, which owns DirecTV, announced they had entered into a new, multi-year retransmission agreement to provide Hearst-owned local broadcast stations to customers...
Pittsburgh police arrest warrant suspect wanted in connection with two assaults
Pittsburgh police on Saturday arrested a man wanted in connection with an alleged assault of a woman that began in November. Deric James Ivy, 27, no known address, turned himself into police on Saturday afternoon, police said. Ivy was wanted on an outstanding warrant in connection with the Nov. 22...
Pittsburgh’s lone graffiti cop knows the beat like no other
There may be no one in Pittsburgh who knows more about graffiti than city police Detective Alphonso Sloan. Sloan, the lone detective on the city’s Graffiti Task Force, is himself an artist. He has a deep appreciation for what he sees in the talent displayed by many of those who...
Why you can still smoke at some Pennsylvania bars
The smell gives it away before you even spot the ashtrays on the bar. In the early afternoon on a Thursday, the Squirrel Hill Café isn’t packed, but the smell of smoke still hangs in the air from the half-dozen smokers lined up at the bar. Jan Cavrak, a manager...
Food trucks featuring worldwide fare invade Monroeville Convention CenterVideo
Food lovers had an opportunity to sample tastes from around the world at the fourth annual Food Truck a Palooza at the Monroeville Convention Center. At least a thousand people turned out for Saturday’s event presented by Good Taste! Pittsburgh. It featured a more open layout with a greater food...
Fight breaks out at Iran anti-war protest in Pittsburgh
An anti-war protest in Pittsburgh was peaceful on Saturday until a fight broke out. More than 100 people were taking part in the protest at Schenely Plaza in Oakland, the Trib’s news partner, WPXI-TV, reported. The protest started around 12:30 p.m. and was over by 2 p.m., a Pittsburgh police...
WPXI restored to Verizon Fios customers; WTAE still off for DirecTV subscribers
An agreement has restored one Pittsburgh television station to customers of Verizon’s Fios service while a dispute continues to keep another off for DirecTV subscribers. Verizon announced to its customers Saturday night that it was able to reach an agreement with Cox Media Group that allows it to restore is...
Most recently called KeyBank Pavilion, Western Pa. concert venue is now S&T Bank Music Park
A Washington County concert venue known as much for its traffic snarls as well as its music acts will take on another new name as it enters its 30th year. S&T Bank announced Saturday that it is the new name sponsor for the Live Nation outdoor amphitheater near Burgettstown, formerly...
Police: Squirrel Hill man chased home invaders in car
An unidentified Pittsburgh man told police he got in his car and chased four home invaders to Monroeville before they got away, according to the Pittsburgh Department of Public Safety. The man said four unknown men kicked down the door of his Beechwood Boulevard home in Squirrel Hill and robbed...
Man shot while driving in McKeesport
Two suspects shot a man who was driving in McKeesport on Friday night, according to Allegheny County Police. A bullet grazed the unidentified 23-year-old victim in the head. He is in the hospital with non life-threatening injuries. He was driving on Soles Street around 11 p.m. when two unknown people...
Ringing in New Year at Kevin Sousa’s Arlington Beverage Club
I rang in the new year by visiting the past. Chef Kevin Sousa hosted a party Dec. 31 at Arlington Beverage Club, a new bar in Allentown that’s actually an old church social hall. St. George Lyceum was a place for the congregation to shoot some pool and the breeze...
Bus rapid transit system is top priority for local officials
Allegheny County’s top transportation priority in the new decade is completion within the next four years of a $225 million express bus system linking Pittsburgh’s Downtown with Oakland and points east, officials say. Construction of the Port Authority’s Bus Rapid Transit system is scheduled to begin in 2021. Officials had...
Longtime Fiori’s pizza maker hangs up apron after 40 years
Legendary Pittsburgh pizza maker Giuseppe “Joe” Pepe has called it a career after 40 years at Fiori’s Pizzaria in Pittsburgh’s Brookline neighborhood. A craftsman of the oven-baked crust, Pepe helped found Fiori’s along Capital Avenue in 1979. The Brookline Connection Facebook page posted a tribute to him with a photo...
Man questioned by police in Penn Hills woman’s murder found dead in Mt. Oliver
A man questioned by police in the shooting death of a Pittsburgh woman was found dead Friday in a Mt. Oliver home. The Allegheny County Medical Examiner’s Office identified the man as George Daniel, 58. The medical examiner late Friday ruled his death a suicide. The ME’s office said he...
Dive Bar & Grille in Regent Square opens in former Ryan’s PubVideo
This dive bar sells “elevated bar food.” The newest Dive Bar & Grille opened in Regent Square on South Braddock Avenue, near Forbes, in December. It joins locations in the South Side, Lawrenceville and Pine. Located in the former spot of Ryan’s Pub – a town staple for decades –...
Lane restrictions planned for Boulevard of the Allies
Drivers on the Boulevard of the Allies in Pittsburgh next week should expect daylight lane restrictions necessary for construction work, according to PennDOT. Single-lane closures in both directions between Bates and Halket streets will occur as needed while Swank Construction Co. works on signs and installs traffic signals and light...
