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Judge denies request for change in $1M bond on woman accused in Greensburg Beverage estate theft
A 26-year-old Murrysville woman accused of participating in a scheme to defraud her aunt of a $4.4 million estate settlement will remain in the Westmoreland County Prison after she lost her bid Monday to have her $1 million bond reduced. Angela Lynne Valesky was returned to the prison after Westmoreland...
Man found dead near Indiana Township rehab facility
The body of a man was found on a grassy hillside off Guys Run Road in Indiana Township early Monday afternoon. Indiana Township Police Chief Steve Colucci said his officers were dispatched at about 1:30 p.m. for reports of three shots fired near Encompass Health and Rehabilitation Hospital of Harmarville....
Giant Eagle to use GetGo sale funds for store upgrades, CEO says
Giant Eagle will use the $1.6 billion sale of GetGo to remodel grocery stores, add new ones, reduce prices and grow its pharmacy presence. The grocer’s CEO, Bill Artman, detailed Giant Eagle’s plans to TribLive on Monday, just hours after the company announced it officially sold about 270 GetGo convenience...
Records stay public in case of released suspect now accused of killing woman
Allegheny County’s President Judge on Monday did not respond kindly to the public defender’s request to seal court records in an ongoing case of a man accused of stabbing a woman in 2023 and then allegedly killing another woman earlier this month. Isreal Moseby, 19, is charged with aggravated assault...
Allegheny County faces ‘unsustainable’ financial challenges, O’Connor warns
Allegheny County’s financial position is unsustainable, according to Controller Corey O’Connor, who said leaders must prioritize economic growth. O’Connor, who also is the Democratic candidate for Pittsburgh mayor, released financial reports Monday that show the county’s property, sales and drink tax revenue declined last year. The county spent $45.5 million...
Steelers acquire All-Pro DB Jalen Ramsey, TE Jonnu Smith from Dolphins, send Minkah Fitzpatrick to MiamiVideo
Jalen Ramsey joined the Pittsburgh Steelers on Monday, becoming the newest high-profile acquisition for the organization this offseason. Jonnu Smith also came aboard, providing the Steelers another option on an offense that is minus its top wide receiver from last season. The Steelers continued their roster reconstruction when they acquired...
Traveling for the July 4th holiday? Here’s what to expect
Looking to travel for Independence Day weekend? So is the rest of the country. The AAA travel agency estimates a record 72.2 million Americans plan on traveling for the holiday, with 9.9 million travelers in the Mid-Atlantic region (including Pennsylvania, New York and New Jersey) alone. Jim Garrity, AAA’s director...
CMU’s Tartan Driver takes autonomous driving off Pittsburgh’s beaten path
All-terrain vehicles one day may be able to venture where no human dares to go using their own artificial intelligence. It could be to fight a raging wildfire or to rescue someone trapped in a remote location. And they may do so using a successor to Carnegie Mellon University’s TartanDriver....
Dino’s Sports Lounge set to close Greensburg location
Dino’s Sports Lounge is closing its Greensburg location, according to a post on social media Sunday. The restaurant has been open on Towne Square Drive for 15 years. The post indicated the reason for the closure was out of the control of restaurant ownership. Management refused to comment to the...
Canadian Prime Minister Carney says trade talks with U.S. resume after Canada rescinded tech tax
TORONTO — Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney said late Sunday trade talks with U.S. have resumed after Canada rescinded its plan to tax U.S. technology firms. U.S. President Donald Trump said Friday that was suspending trade talks with Canada over its plans to continue with its tax on technology firms,...
‘The system failed’: How judicial maneuvering set a suspect free and led to a fatal Pittsburgh shooting
Caitlin Zack believes her mother should be alive. On June 4, Samantha Howells was shot and killed in Crafton Heights as she checked on property she owned. The man accused of killing her, 19-year-old Isreal Moseby, was previously jailed for allegedly stabbing a woman in the throat in 2023. In...
Gunman started Idaho blaze and then fatally shot 2 firefighters in ambush attack, officials say
BOISE, Idaho — A man armed with a rifle started a wildfire Sunday and then began shooting at first responders in a northern Idaho mountain community, killing two firefighters and wounding a third during a barrage of gunfire over several hours, authorities said. A shelter-in-place order was lifted Sunday night...
Here’s how Pa. senators voted on the procedural step for Trump’s budget bill
Pennsylvania’s two senators added to each side of the ledger as the votes were counted late Saturday night to move President Donald Trump’s “big, beautiful bill” past a key procedural step. The package of tax breaks, spending cuts and bolstered deportation funds barely passed amid a strong push by the...
Activists, elected officials rail against UPMC’s decision to end gender-affirming care for minors
Dozens of LGBTQ+ advocates, elected officials and supporters gathered outside UPMC’s Downtown Pittsburgh headquarters Sunday to rally against the health care giant’s decision to stop providing gender-affirming care to transgender youth. UPMC has confirmed it will end gender-affirming care for patients under age 19 in response to an order from...
Republican Senate tax bill would add $3.3 trillion to the U.S. debt load, CBO says
WASHINGTON — The changes made to President Donald Trump’s big tax bill in the Senate would pile trillions onto the nation’s debt load while resulting in even steeper losses in health care coverage, the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office said in a new analysis, adding to the challenges for Republicans as...
Republican Sen. Thom Tillis of North Carolina won’t run in 2026 after opposing Trump’s billVideo
WASHINGTON — Republican Sen. Thom Tillis of North Carolina said Sunday he will not seek reelection next year, an abrupt announcement that came one day after he staked out his opposition to President Donald Trump’s tax breaks and spending cuts package because of its reductions to health care programs. His...
Woman, 39, dies after golf cart crash in Bell Township
A 39-year-old woman died after a golf cart crash Saturday night in Westmoreland County, according to authorities. The Allegheny County Medical Examiner identified the woman as Nicole L. Brooke. Her place of residence was not provided. The crash happened in Bell Township, a Westmoreland County 911 dispatcher said. It happened...
Driver taken into custody after breaching barricades, striking pedestrian during OpenStreetsPGH event
Allegheny County sheriff’s deputies took a woman from Duquesne into custody after she plowed her car through barricades at Sunday’s OpenStreetsPGH, an event that allows pedestrians and bicyclists free rein on certain roads. The sheriff’s office filed charges, including first-degree aggravated assault and assault of a law enforcement officer, against...
It took 16 hours to read Trump’s 940-page, foot-high bill aloud. Now the long debate beginsVideo
WASHINGTON — Hours before a tumultuous nearing-midnight vote on President Donald Trump’s package of tax breaks, spending cuts and increased deportation money, a Republican senator stood on the chamber floor and implored the plan’s critics, “Read the bill.” After the dramatic 51-49 roll call late Saturday, Senate Democrats did exactly...
Property’s future scrutinized as Pittsburgh Mills mall is up for sale
News that the Pittsburgh Mills mall in Frazer could be for sale was met with reactions ranging from resignation to optimism, but all with a common question: What’s next for the Mills? The news comes in the midst of legal woes, including hundreds of township-issued citations, criminal charges and a...
Editorial: Public participation shouldn’t just happen when convenient for government
We talk a lot about transparency. The free flow of information is important. We want government to be accountable to the people for their actions, their spending and their process. When government does things without telling people what’s happening is when things go wrong. We have critiqued municipalities, school districts,...
Pa. lawmakers to miss budget deadline, but don’t expect lengthy impasse
Pennsylvania’s state government is expected to start the new fiscal year Tuesday without a spending plan in place. That’s not unusual. The state budget has been adopted by the statutory June 30 deadline just eight times in the past 21 years. Legislative leaders say they are confident this budget impasse...
Route 30 crash hot spots a concern for motorists, property owners, police, PennDOT
A note left on the door of their new Hempfield home 21 years ago was the first sign of trouble for Kristie Harvey’s family. It was from a young driver, admitting to having hit a perimeter wall on Harvey’s lot just off the Cedar Street exit of Route 30. It...
Upper Burrell man, 74, dies in utility tractor accident
A 74-year-old Upper Burrell man died Saturday in an accident involving a farm tractor, Westmoreland County Coroner Tim Carson said. Dennis A. Praniewicz was pronounced dead at the scene about 3:35 p.m., Carson said. The incident happened shortly after 2 p.m. on Fawn Hill Lane, a Westmoreland County 911 dispatcher...
Homestead man arrested after high speed chase that ended with wreck of stolen car, Shaler police say
An 18-year-old Homestead man was arrested after a police pursuit in Shaler that began after a township officer identified the car he was driving as stolen, according to a criminal complaint. Sehven Rule was apprehended along with four others in the car after officers used spike strips and one used...
