Megan Guza stories, Page 11

The collapse of Pittsburgh’s Fern Hollow Bridge likely started on the west, or Squirrel Hill, side of the span, according to a preliminary report from the National Transportation Safety Board released Monday. The brief report notes only facts surrounding the collapse and the bridge itself. It does not draw any...

A week after the Fern Hollow Bridge collapsed into Frick Park, cleanup is underway and plans to rebuild are in motion. For the Pittsburgh police officers who first arrived at the bridge on Jan. 28, the sights, sounds and overwhelming magnitude of the scene remain crystal clear. “I don’t think...

Emergency services scanner traffic indicates a chaotic scene in the first moments after the Fern Hollow Bridge collapsed Jan. 28 in Pittsburgh’s Frick Park. “Female screaming on the phone, possible vehicle over the bridge, stating the bridge gave out. Unknown injuries,” a dispatcher says at 6:41 a.m. Moments later, another...

Pittsburgh EMS District Chief Antwain Carter said he found the emergency dispatch hard to believe at first. A dispatcher came over the radio and said a woman had called screaming, reporting that Pittsburgh’s Fern Hollow Bridge had collapsed at Forbes and South Braddock avenues. Carter looked at the other district...

Allegheny County saw 236 covid-19-related deaths in January, the third deadliest month since the pandemic began and the deadliest since vaccines became widely available, county health officials said. Ninety were among those ages 80 and older, 18 were in their 50s and 13 were under the age of 50, the...

The observation platform meant to satisfy curious onlookers of the Fern Hollow Bridge collapse site was short-lived, as Pittsburgh officials shut it down indefinitely Wednesday morning as crews prepare to rebuild the well-traveled span. The public viewing area, opened Monday on the Squirrel Hill side of the Fern Hollow Bridge,...

Two decades’ worth of love locks on Pittsburgh’s Roberto Clemente Bridge will not be love lost, but rather removed and donated for an art project when the bridge shuts down for planned rehab work on Valentine’s Day. The closure is part of a larger rehab of the Sister Bridges across...

Over the course of one deadly night, Howard Milligan shot and killed two people in separate incidents on Route 28 and the Parkway East last May, according to police. Milligan, 26, of Turtle Creek faces 17 charges in connection with the May 22 shootings, including two counts of homicide and...

The morning after it was hoisted hundreds of feet into the air and out of a ravine in Frick Park, Port Authority bus 3309 was towed from the scene Tuesday morning. Before the bus could be freed from the Fern Hollow Bridge wreckage Monday evening, HazMat crews had to drain...

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The stress of a two-year pandemic combined with an aging workforce and shortage of teachers has led to a critical staffing shortage among nurses. Joy Peters, chief nursing officer for Allegheny Health Network’s Jefferson Hospital, said staffing levels in almost every department at Jefferson are down 30% to 40% from...

Two teenagers face charges stemming from a fight involving pepper spray at a Pittsburgh high school, district officials said. The incident happened Thursday at Allderdice High School in the city’s Squirrel Hill neighborhood. An 18-year-old was allegedly involved in a fight with five other students, during which the 18-year-old discharged...

A Pittsburgh man said he blacked out on the way home from a South Hills bar before he crashed into a family’s home in Baldwin, according to the charges against him. Michael Deery, 53, faces two counts of driving under the influence and a half-dozen summary citations in connection with...

An 18-year-old Brashear High School student accused of throwing another student to the ground and stomping on his head during a fight in school last week has been charged with assault. Quincey Garland, 18, faces one count of aggravated assault in connection with the incident that left the other student...

The principal of a Pittsburgh high school is on administrative leave while the district reviews a fight last week that left one student hospitalized, according to a statement from the district. Spokeswoman Ebony Pugh said the principal at Brashear High School, Kimberly Safran, is on a “non-disciplinary paid administrative leave”...

A fight Friday at Brashear High School sent one student to the hospital, according to a school spokeswoman. The student’s condition was not immediately available. Brashear High School is on Crane Avenue in the city’s Beechview neighborhood, and it serves just under 1,100 students. Video of the incident appears to...

The Pittsburgh Racial Summit will be held virtually for the second year this year with the theme of “Equity in Action: Navigating intersections of Racial Justice.” The program, in its 24th year, was born out of the aftermath of the police killing of Jonny Gammage in suburban Pittsburgh in 1995....

Last month, covid-19 hospitalizations among young children jumped to the highest level since the start of the pandemic, increasing more than 14-fold from mid-December to the end of the month, according to data collected by the Allegheny County Health Department. The numbers look at hospital admissions by week. The week...

Accused synagogue gunman Robert Bowers and his attorneys want his trial moved out of Western Pennsylvania, alleging years of publicity have left him with no chance of a fair trial. Defense attorneys filed a nearly 3,900-page change-of-venue motion Monday in federal court. In their argument against a Pittsburgh-area trial, attorneys...

A federal judge on Monday issued a temporary restraining order sought by pro-mask parents in North Allegheny School District, meaning all students, staffers and visitors in district buildings must wear masks when classes resume Tuesday. The restraining order was requested last week by parents seeking to overturn the district’s mask-optional...