Natasha Lindstrom stories, Page 18
Penn Hills man caught with 36 bricks of heroin, fentanyl pleads guilty in federal court
A Penn Hills man caught last summer with 36 bricks of heroin and fentanyl at his residence pleaded guilty this week to federal drug and guns charges, prosecutors said Thursday. Antwon Shamar Bonner, 21, admitted as part of his guilty plea to possessing with the intent to sell large amounts...
New streets, bike lanes open at Hazelwood Green as development takes shape
Three newly paved public streets, freshly painted bike lanes and innovative landscaping features are among the latest visible signs of activity taking shape at Hazelwood Green, a 178-acre development along the Monongahela River that’s been in the works for nearly two decades. The infrastructure improvements, which took two years to...
Soldiers & Sailors unveils exhibit spotlighting Western Pa. Medal of Honor recipients
Clara Burns listened intently as her younger brother’s death was recounted Wednesday night at Soldiers & Sailors Memorial Hall & Museum. Lance Cpl. William Prom, a machine gun leader in the 3rd Marines Division who grew up in Pittsburgh and Millvale, was marching alongside two platoons returning from a reconnaissance...
Pittsburgh elementary teacher quits amid probe into girl burned during class project
A Pittsburgh elementary school teacher has resigned amid the district’s investigation into why a 5-year-old girl suffered burns to her chest during a classroom project last month, officials said. The employee of Pittsburgh King, a K-8 school in the Allegheny Center section of Pittsburgh’s North Side, submitted the resignation letter...
Pittsburgh man accused of illegally selling booze at Homewood ‘speakeasy’
A Pittsburgh man is accused of running a “speakeasy” that sold liquor and beer without a license in the city’s Homewood neighborhood. Sean Reese, 34, is accused of owning and operating an illegal operation called “Club Secrets,” state police said Tuesday in a news release. Investigators filed the charges against...
2 Catholic schools to close, 4 in South Hills to merge amid dwindling student enrollment
Two Catholic schools in Allegheny County will close while four others will merge into a single school in the South Hills in efforts to confront declining enrollment and climbing debt, officials announced Friday. St. Maria Goretti School in Pittsburgh’s Bloomfield neighborhood and East Catholic School in Forest Hills will close...
Pittsburgh man pleads guilty to dealing heroin while on probation for drug trafficking
A Pittsburgh man already serving probation for a drug trafficking conviction pleaded guilty to heroin distribution charges, federal prosecutors said. Davee Ward, 29, who has ties to Mt. Oliver, admitted to possessing and intending to distribute heroin in July 2016 — when he was on supervised release from a prior...
2 Pittsburgh men plead guilty to selling heroin, fentanyl, crack cocaine
A pair of Pittsburgh men pleaded guilty to scheming to sell fentanyl and heroin in the region, federal prosecutors said Thursday. John Burton, 31, and Nico Nixon, 29, were convicted in federal court in Pittsburgh following guilty pleas to drug trafficking and firearm crimes after their trials last year, U.S....
Driver of Port Authority bus in fatal Oakland crash placed on paid leave
The driver of the Port Authority of Allegheny County bus that struck and killed a University of Pittsburgh student over the weekend was placed on paid leave while the crash is investigated, officials said Tuesday. “The operator involved in this incident will not be driving until the completion of the...
Pickup truck overturns on Pennsylvania Turnpike near I-376 in Monroeville; no one injured
A pickup truck overturned Tuesday night on the Pennsylvania Turnpike near Interstate 376 in Monroeville, spurring a traffic backlog for several miles in each direction. No one was seriously injured, a Turnpike Operations Center spokesman said. The report of the crash came in at about 5:20 p.m. in the westbound...
3-vehicle crash snarls traffic on Route 28 near Highland Park Bridge; 1 injured
One person was injured in a three-vehicle crash that snarled traffic on Route 28 near the Highland Park Bridge exit during Tuesday’s evening commute, officials said. Emergency dispatchers received a report of the crash in the highway’s southbound lanes near Aspinwall at about 5:20 p.m., an Allegheny County 911 shift...
Beaver County teen retains title of Pennsylvania’s pinball champion
Robbie Orsino backed away from the Corvette pinball machine buzzing with adrenaline, eager to see if his multi-ball runs and flipper skills racked up enough points to topple his opponent. “It’s very much a momentum game,” said Orsino, nearly out of breath between turns during Saturday’s International Flipper Pinball Association...
Women’s March rallies for 4th year in Downtown Pittsburgh, with anti-war, anti-Trump focus
Flanked by a giant inflatable chicken with orange-gold hair, Tracy Baton urged hundreds of people gathered Saturday in Downtown Pittsburgh’s Market Square to sustain momentum for the national Women’s March movement — an effort she says aims to confront the challenges that hit families closest to home. The director of...
Storm to bring 1 to 5 inches of snow, dangerous travel conditions to Western Pa.
A storm set to strike early Saturday is expected to slather Western Pennsylvania’s roads with a mix of ice and rain and dump 1 to 5 inches of snow, prompting officials to warn of potentially dangerous travel conditions. A winter weather advisory is in effect for much of the region...
Police seize 13,000 packets of heroin in Troy Hill house drug bust
Police arrested a North Side man after seizing more than 13,000 small packets of heroin, ecstasy pills and a large amount of cash from a house in Pittsburgh’s Troy Hill neighborhood, officials said Friday. Detectives from the bureau’s drug trafficking squad served a search warrant at about 11 a.m. Thursday...
Police: Pittsburgh woman accused of arson in Greenfield apartment fire case
A Pittsburgh woman is accused of deliberately setting fire to a Greenfield home last month, officials said Thursday. Detectives arrested Victoria Parker, 28, and booked her into Allegheny County Jail on arson charges in connection to the Dec. 16 fire on Murray Avenue, Pittsburgh Public Safety spokeswoman Cara Cruz said....
Larry Jock, former Valley News Dispatch publisher, dies while hunting at 58
Standing 5 feet 7 inches tall, Larry Jock had such a big personality that he proved he didn’t need to be the tallest one in the room to command its attention, his former colleagues, friends and family recalled. “He was a smaller guy, bulky and short, but he was a...
3 injured in Route 380 crash in Washington Township; 2 rescued from smashed vehicle
Three people were injured Tuesday night in a two-vehicle crash that uprooted the center guardrail on Route 380 in Washington Township and snarled traffic on a stretch of the highway for more than an hour. None of the injuries appeared life-threatening, but all three victims were flown by medical helicopters...
UPMC, Pitt test out wireless eyeball implant in hopes of restoring lost sightVideo
A surgeon at UPMC Mercy hospital implanted a wireless chip designed to act like a small, artificial retina in the eye of an Ohio woman last week in the first trial of the technology in the United States. The treatment could offer a novel way to restore the sight of...
Elizabeth man pleads guilty to sabotaging railroad signals in Braddock, McKeesport
An Elizabeth man pleaded guilty to sabotaging railroad signals at multiple locations in Allegheny County, federal prosecutors said Monday. William Curry Brown, 26, admitted to removing and vandalizing equipment along CSX Transportation railroads in November 2017, U.S. Attorney Scott W. Brady said. Brown’s guilty plea acknowledged the acts resulted in...
2 injured in crash on northbound Route 28 near Harrison
Two people were injured in a crash on Route 28 near Harrison during Monday’s afternoon commute, initial reports indicate. Emergency dispatchers received a report of the crash involving multiple vehicles in the highway’s northbound lanes about 2:50 p.m., an Allegheny County 911 shift commander said. Medics and police responded. Two...
One person hospitalized after Penn Hills crash
Police are investigating a crash in Penn Hills that sent one person to the hospital Monday night. Emergency dispatchers received a report of the vehicle crash on Leechburg Road about 6:30 p.m., an Allegheny County 911 shift commander said. Medics took one injured person to a nearby hospital, the shift...
Port Authority buses use lasers to track bus crowding, shares data with riders
Port Authority of Allegheny County just made it easier for riders to know exactly how packed a bus is at any given minute, day or night — and it’s using invisible sensors to do so. The real-time bus crowding data is accessible through Port Authority’s TrueTime data service available online...
Giant Eagle, Dollar General scramble to alert customers under 21 they can’t buy cigarettes, chew, vapes
Western Pennsylvania shoppers soon will spot signs popping up inside Giant Eagle grocery stores and GetGo gas stations alerting everyone to a new federal rule: People under 21 are barred from buying any tobacco products or vapes with liquid nicotine. “As a responsible retailer, Giant Eagle, Inc. takes seriously its...
Turtle Creek suspect arrested in double shooting that left Duquesne man dead
A Turtle Creek man has been arrested and charged with homicide in connection to last week’s shooting in Pittsburgh’s North Side that left one man dead and a woman wounded, police said Friday. Maurice Demond King, 26, was taken into custody the day after Christmas at his mother’s home in...
