Morning Roundup: No injuries reported in Ross fire; landslide in Moon
Here are some of the latest news items from this morning, Monday, Jan. 29:
No injuries reported in Ross fire
No one was reported injured after a fire broke out early Monday morning at a house in Ross Township, according to TribLive news partner WTAE.
First responders were alerted a little before 3:30 a.m. to the fire at a house on Crider Hill Road.
No information was available as of early Monday morning on how the fire started.
Armed robbery in Lincoln Place
Officials said a man brandished a gun and robbed a Dollar General in Pittsburgh’s Lincoln Place neighborhood Sunday night.
Police were alerted to reports of an armed robbery around 9 p.m. in the 5800 block of Buttermilk Hollow Road. A store employee told them that a man had showed his gun before stealing “undisclosed products.”
No injuries were reported.
Police are using surveillance footage in their investigation.
Landslide shuts down road in Moon
A road in Moon Township was closed Sunday because of a landslide that brought down trees and electrical wires, according to Moon police.
Purdy Road between McGovern Boulevard and Laurel Ridge Drive was shut down Sunday after the slide. Police said there was not a timetable on when it would reopen.
It’s the second Moon area road to be impacted by landslides in the past week. Beaver Grade Road closed down Friday morning between Duckhorn Road and Montour Run Road.
Julia Maruca is a TribLive reporter covering health and the Greensburg and Hempfield areas. She joined the Trib in 2022 after working at the Butler Eagle covering southwestern Butler County. She can be reached at jmaruca@triblive.com.
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