Chuck Biedka stories, Page 21
Pittsburgh Police: Elderly man struck by hit-and-run driver in South Side Slopes
A pedestrian believed to be in his 70s was in critical condition after being struck by a hit-and-run driver, according to Pittsburgh police. The incident happened at about 9:40 in the 2300 block of Arlington Avenue, according to Public Safety spokeswoman Alicia George. She said that “This is an apparent...
‘Stronger than Hate’ shirt maker helping furloughed federal employees, too
Some Pittsburgh area furloughed federal workers are getting their first pay in about a month from a Robinson company that continues to produce Stronger than Hate shirts. The 123shirt.com company, a small family-owned and operated custom clothing venture, is employing some of the workers, said Larry Barasch, who co-owns it...
State AG: School threat reporting system gets hundreds of tips in its first week
A statewide school-based anonymous reporting system for threats of potential violence fielded 615 tips in its first week of operation, state Attorney General Josh Shapiro said. The Safe2Say Something Anonymous Reporting System is a program enabling students, teachers, school administrators and others to detect and report potential threats of violence...
City salt truck rolls onto side in Pittsburgh
A Pittsburgh Department of Public Works salt and plow truck rolled onto its side around 12:45 p.m. Monday in Pittsburgh’s Chartiers neighborhood, according to the Tribune-Review’s news partner, WPXI-TV. WPXI said the truck rolled over while the driver was backing up in the 700 block of Litchfield Street. The driver...
Adding hope highlights ministry of new Trinity Lutheran pastor in Freeport
A retired pastor is enjoying an interim assignment helping a Freeport church reach out to the community. Earlier this month, the Rev. Robert Keplinger, 69, started in the pulpit at Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church. Restoring hope is the focus of Keplinger’s ministry. “God is not done with my story nor...
Acmetonia Elementary reopening celebrated in Harmar
Acmetonia Elementary School is bigger, brighter and loaded with high tech enough to take the Allegheny Valley School District’s elementary students into the challenges of the future. At a grand opening Thursday evening, the expanded gym sparkled with the district’s orange and black. The renovated kitchen, cafeteria, and classrooms were...
Police say UPS driver caused multi-vehicle crash
A UPS truck driver is accused of having an open container of alcohol as well as marijuana Friday night when his truck hit three vehicles traveling southbound on Route 28 near the RIDC Park in O’Hara, state police at Kittanning said. Passengers in the vehicles hit by the UPS truck...
Man, 2 juveniles arrested in McKees Rocks shooting investigation
A McKees Rocks man and two juveniles are charged in connection with Thursday morning’s shooting in McKees Rocks, Allegheny County police said. William Davis Sr., 37, is charged with obstructing justice, tampering with evidence, having a firearm with an altered serial number, carrying a firearm without a license, and receiving...
Leechburg fire Thursday night contained to couch
Everything appeared to work out Thursday night in Leechburg. When Hannah Bauer smelled smoke in the River Avenue house she shares with Zane Walter, she called 911. Walter said he bought the house at a tax sale last June and was still working on it. Luna, the border collie, smelled...
Beny, the drug-sniffing dog, hitting the road with state police trooper to fight drugs
Beny has a nose for drugs. The 1-year-old Belgian Malinois dog from the Czech Republic — hence only one “n” in his name — and handler Trooper Jason Young are newly assigned to the Kittanning state police station. The state bought the dog for about $8,500 and paid for his...
Allegheny County sheriff: McKees Rocks man held infant daughter while trying to hold deputies at bay
Allegheny County Sheriff’s deputies on Thursday had to break into a residence in Pittsburgh’s Lincoln Place neighborhood and then into a bedroom to arrest a fugitive who had been on the run since last summer, authorities said. The Allegheny County Sheriff’s Department said Joshua Currington, 32, of McKees Rocks, held...
Trial slated next week for Manor Township woman in hatchet killing of husband
A 43-year-old Manor Township woman is scheduled to stand trial in Armstrong County Court on Monday, Jan. 7 for the 2017 hatchet attack and, ultimately, death of her husband. Melanie Sue Snyder is accused of the early morning hatchet attack on her husband, Thomas Snyder, in their small Garretts Run...
Vandergrift woman injured in crash with unloaded school bus in Allegheny Township
A Vandergrift woman was seriously injured when the small pickup she was driving crashed into a school bus in Allegheny Township on Wednesday afternoon, township police said. There were no children on the small bus when the accident occurred at 3:45 p.m. collision along Hyde Park Road near the AutoZone...
