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Summer Lee wins 12th District race, poised to become Pa.’s first Black woman in Congress
State Rep. Summer Lee defeated Plum Councilman Mike Doyle on Tuesday night in Pennsylvania’s 12th Congressional District and is poised to become the state’s first Black woman in Congress. With 97% of the district’s precincts reporting results just before midnight, the Democrat Lee had collected 55.5% of the votes counted...
7 charged with homicide in Indiana County man’s stabbing death
Seven people are charged with criminal homicide in the kidnapping and killing of an Indiana County man last month, state police and the Indiana County District Attorney’s Office said Tuesday. Six Johnstown residents were among those accused in the stabbing death of Hayden R. Garreffa, 19, of East Wheatfield, whose...
Election Day updates: Judge bars group claiming to be poll securityVideo
Election Day is upon us. Today, voters in Pennsylvania and across the country will head to polls to decide races for governor, Senate, members of the House and seats in state legislatures. The Tribune-Review will update this file throughout the day. Order issued against ‘commission security’ The Allegheny County Court...
Trib seeks applicants for scholarships in journalism, business
Trib Total Media is looking for students to apply for its popular scholarship program, which this year is adding a business, marketing and technology component. Trib Total Media’s Journalism Scholarship Program began in 2019 with the launch of the Jim Borden Memorial Scholarship in honor of Tribune-Review managing editor Jim...
Average gas prices rise in Pittsburgh region, nationally
Average gasoline prices have increased in the Pittsburgh area and across the nation in the past week, according to price-tracking service GasBuddy. Pittsburgh’s average is now $4 after a 1.3-cent increase, based on GasBuddy’s survey of 731 stations. That’s 1.9 cents per gallon more than a month ago and 45.6...
Western Pa. election officials prepare for heavy voter turnout
Expect heavy turnout on Election Day, as this year’s midterm races are likely to draw voters in numbers rivaling that of presidential contests, officials said. Election bureau workers will continue to count and tally votes until the task is completed, according to counties throughout Southwest Pennsylvania. That includes opening and...
Dispatcher: 2 injured in shooting at Beaver County shopping plaza
Two people were injured in a shooting Sunday evening at a Beaver County shopping plaza, according to a county 911 dispatcher. The shooting was reported at about 6:30 p.m. at the Center Township Walmart plaza, on Broadhead Road near Monaca. Center Township police issued a Facebook announcement shortly after 8:30...
West Virginia’s opioid crisis transcends partisan politics
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Dr. Frank Annie sees desperation in his hospital, where 30- and 40-year-olds come in with organ failure after injecting opioids with dirty needles. Joe Solomon finds it in the faces of those who line up in the church gyms and parking lots where he passes out overdose...
Candidates silent, party leaders split amid spate of political violence
With Election Day around the corner, local party leaders differ in their concerns about the safety of politicians and party members, even amid recent acts of political violence nationwide. As recently as Wednesday, a U.S. Senate candidate from New Hampshire was reported to have nearly been punched before a debate....
Man dies in off-road vehicle accident in Washington County
Investigators have identified a person killed early Sunday morning in an off-road utility vehicle accident in Washington County. The coronor’s office said 20-year-old Cole Shergi of Burgettstown was driving a side-by-side off-road utility vehicle which lost control on Joffre Cherry Valley Road in Smith Township around 2 a.m. Sunday morning....
Daycation: Smicksburg offers a rural retreat 60 miles from Pittsburgh
Unplug and unwind with a rural road trip retreat to Amish country in Indiana County. A daycation to Smicksburg offers a glimpse into a large Amish population living a simpler, agricultural lifestyle rich in their religious beliefs. More than 300 Amish families reside in the Smicksburg area, co-existing among those...
Airfare takes off this holiday season — priciest in recent years
Airline ticket prices are set to soar this holiday travel season. Domestic airfare for Thanksgiving is expected to increase by more than 17% per round-trip ticket, according to travel booking group Hopper lead economist Hayley Berg. International fares have increased 30% compared with last year, with a round-trip ticket this...
Pro-Israel group floods airwaves with ads attacking congressional candidate Summer Lee
A pro-Israel political action committee is spending nearly $1 million to air ads attacking Democratic congressional candidate Summer Lee in the final stretch of the race. Some local and national Jewish groups are calling out the ads from United Democracy Project, a PAC tied to the American Israel Public Affairs...
Alumni of IUP’s century-old marching band celebrate love for music, each other
Ask Stuart Estes what instrument he played in his college marching band five-plus decades ago, and the answer gets complicated. “It’s an interesting story,” said the 75-year-old from Shippenville, a 1968 graduate of what is now Indiana University of Pennsylvania. Raised in Potter County near the New York line, the...
Comprehensive Healthcare backed out of multimillion dollar settlement in civil case
The embattled company whose executives are facing criminal charges of health care fraud agreed to settle a U.S. Department of Labor civil claim against it for $15 million before reneging on the deal in September, the federal agency said in a court filing. Before walking away from the deal, Comprehensive...
With winter approaching, PennDOT seeks snowplow drivers
On a dry, sunny day this week at PennDOT’s maintenance yard off Route 981 in Unity, several snowplow truck drivers were navigating an obstacle course through the 11-acre property. They were honing their skills for the day or night in the not too-distant future when they will be required to...
Pair of crashes shut down Pa. Turnpike in Beaver County for about 8 hours
A pair of crashes shut down the westbound lanes of the Pennsylvania Turnpike in Beaver County for about eight hours Thursday. One person was taken to a hospital, according to state police. The first crash was reported at 5:39 a.m. in New Sewickley near Tulip Drive. A truck entering the...
Ellwood City man whose wife pleaded guilty to involvement in Capitol riot now faces charges
An Ellwood City man whose wife pleaded guilty to being involved in last year’s U.S. Capitol riot has been charged with related counts. Brian Douglas Sizer, 47, surrendered to the FBI on Thursday morning. He was released on $10,000 unsecured bond after an initial court appearance Friday on charges of...
Section of Pa. Turnpike from Beaver Valley to Cranberry reopens after crash
A section of the westbound Pennsylvania Turnpike between the Beaver Valley and Cranberry interchanges was closed for much of the day Thursday after a crash, according to turnpike officials. The crash was reported at milepost 20.1 around 5 a.m. The highway reopened around 2 p.m. Traffic in the eastbound side...
‘Grabbing cats’: Small rescues run on limited resources, volunteers
Despite being a three-person volunteer organization, members of the Jeannette nonprofit Furry Felines snapped immediately into action when they were alerted to an animal hoarding case, with more than 60 cats and kittens living in unsanitary conditions. “We had no time to prepare for the situation at all. We got...
Butler County judge backs injunction against striking Post-Gazette workers; P-G contacts federal mediator
A Butler County judge on Tuesday backed an injunction against striking Pittsburgh Post-Gazette union members and their supporters, limiting how they can picket at the Butler Eagle where the newspaper has been printed during the strike. The court order, which the Butler County Prothonotary posted online Tuesday afternoon, allows only...
Fayette County House candidate assaulted amid warnings about election-related threats
A candidate running for a state House seat on Monday morning called 911 after being assaulted at his Fayette County home in what would be the third time in two weeks he has had to call police to his residence. Democrat Richard Ringer said he was bloodied and knocked unconscious...
Northeast bucks trend of falling gas prices on tight supply, analyst says
While the national average price of gasoline has come down for a third straight week, the Northeast, including the Pittsburgh region, is bucking the trend because of tight supply, an industry analyst said. The national average fell about 5 cents per gallon in the past week and was averaging $3.72...
Super-sized spookiness: Halloween displays go big for fun, and for charity
Considering how many Halloween decorations Susie and Delbert Long of Latrobe have already put up, you could forgive Delbert for thinking he could sneak a werewolf past his wife — even if it is a dozen feet tall. “That’s Zeke,” he said with a laugh, waving his arms to get...
Man killed in Washington County motorcycle crash
A Washington County man died Sunday evening after crashing the motorcycle he was driving just south of Finleyville, according to the Washington County Coroner. Frank Eckels, 54, of Carroll Township, was driving the motorcycle south just after 6:30 p.m. on Route 88 in Union Township when he crossed the center...
