Ryan Deto stories, Page 21
McKees Rocks man sentenced in death of woman found in a refrigerator
A man charged with homicide in a case involving a woman found dead in a refrigerator in McKees Rocks in 2020 was sentenced to voluntary manslaughter and abuse of a corpse. Daryl Jones, 44, of McKees Rocks, pleaded guilty but mentally ill to felony voluntary manslaughter and misdemeanor abuse of...
New start-ups to join Lawrenceville’s ‘Robotics Row’
Several more companies are joining the ranks of Pittsburgh’s growing robotics industry. The Robotics Factory, a consortium of start-ups, announced Monday that it will move into the Tech Forge building in Pittsburgh’s Lawrenceville neighborhood. Six start-up companies will be joining the Robotics Factory’s “Accelerate” program, which provides them with funding...
Allegheny County names new head of public defender office
Allegheny County has named a replacement for former Chief Public Defender Matt Dugan, who stepped down on July 7 as he runs for district attorney. The county said Thursday that Laura McWilliams is taking over as leader of the Office of Public Defender effective immediately. McWilliams will lead the office...
Jill Biden to visit Pittsburgh to tout Bidenomics
First Lady Jill Biden is coming to Pittsburgh next week to tout her husband’s efforts in revitalizing the economy. Biden will lead the Bidenomics tour that will go through Pittsburgh, Columbus, Ohio, and Augusta, Ga., according to Bloomberg. No details have been provided yet on when and where the Pittsburgh...
Grocery store, apartments proposed in Bloomfield at Community Market site
A local developer is eyeing a site in Bloomfield to build a complex complete with a new grocery store, public square, retail, and hundreds of apartments at the Community Market — formerly the ShurSave IGA — site at the intersection of Liberty Avenue and Main Street. O’Hara-based Echo Realty held...
Cheswick holds make-up Fourth of July parade
Cheswick had to reschedule its Fourth of July parade due to rain last week but despite clouds hovering over the borough Sunday, the storms held off and residents were able to celebrate the nation’s birthday with a small bicycle parade. Early Sunday evening, a group of more than 50 residents,...
Harrison Hi-Rise tenants recount the mayhem of shots being fired into their apartments
A loud boom echoed through the Harrison Hi-Rise building just before 5 a.m. Sunday. Several of its residents, who are all seniors, said they heard at least seven shots fired. Ruth Ann Kilgore, who lives on the eighth floor, heard a loud bang at 4:55 a.m. “I was scared. I...
Police: 18 drug arrests made in Downtown Pittsburgh in last 10 days
Pittsburgh police said they have arrested 18 people on drug charges in Downtown Pittsburgh since June 28. Officials said Narcotics & Vice detectives have been investigating multiple drug trafficking complaints stemming from Downtown, leading to the arrests. The majority of the arrests have resulted in felony charges for drug delivery...
Springdale Community Day brings out hundreds for second-year event
Lincoln Avenue in Springdale was packed with residents and people from nearby towns on Saturday for the borough’s second-ever Springdale Community Day. Hundreds attended the street festival, which shut down the 800 block of Lincoln Avenue. The street was filled with dozens of local vendors, food trucks, a face painting...
Pittsburgh man struck by arrow in California-Kirkbride neighborhood
A Pittsburgh man was struck by an arrow in his ribs and transferred to the hospital late Friday night, said Pittsburgh police. At about 11:45 p.m., police were called to the 800 block of Brightridge Street in the city’s California-Kirkbride neighborhood, where officers located a man behind a privacy fence...
Driver crashes into building near Mt. Airy Cemetery in Harrison
A driver rear-ended a vehicle at the intersection of Saxonburg and Freeport roads in Harrison on Saturday afternoon, and then careened into a nearby building, causing minor structural damage, according to Harrison police. The driver of the Chevrolet Impala was alert but taken to nearby Allegheny Valley Hospital, said Harrison...
U.S. Sen. Bob Casey’s campaign says incumbent raised $4M in second quarter
U.S. Sen. Bob Casey’s campaign raised more than $4 million during the second quarter of this year, a quarterly fundraising record for the incumbent Democrat who plans to seek reelection next year. Casey, a Democrat from Scranton, announced April 10 that he is seeking a fourth term in Washington. Casey’s...
Shake Shack to open restaurant in Pittsburgh’s Strip District
The popular burger chain Shake Shack is finally making its way to Western Pennsylvania. New York-based Shake Shack will debut its first Pittsburgh restaurant at The Terminal in the Strip District sometime in 2024, according to a news release from the development company McCaffery. “Pittsburgh friends, we know it’s taken...
Bob Howard secures Republican nomination for Allegheny County Controller
Allegheny County will have a competitive General Election for the county’s top fiscal watchdog, thanks to a successful write-in effort by a Marshall Republican. Former PPG controller and accountant Bob Howard secured 10,097 write-in votes during the Republican primary election and has accepted the GOP nomination. He will face Corey...
Allegheny County Council overrides Fitzgerald veto, enacts county-worker minimum wage
Allegheny County employees will have a new minimum wage starting next year and that wage will eventually increase to $20 an hour. The law will set $20 an hour as the minimum wage for county workers by 2026. There would be incremental increases to $18 an hour next year and...
I-95 will open this weekend in Philadelphia, Shapiro says
About two weeks after a section of Interstate 95 collapsed in Philadelphia, the heavily trafficked freeway should reopen to traffic. Gov. Josh Shapiro said at a news conference Tuesday that three lanes in each direction will reopen this weekend, about a week ahead of the originally projected timeline, and well...
Carnegie Mellon gets $3 million to advance decarbonization efforts of steel industry
A new federal grant is hoping to create a new future for Pittsburgh, one that contrasts with the region’s past as a “smoky city” caused by pollution from the heyday of the steel industry. U.S. Rep. Summer Lee, D-Swissvale, announced last week that Carnegie Mellon University has received a $3...
5 years later, some grapple with Antwon Rose’s death coinciding with Juneteenth
For Antwon Rose’s mother, Juneteenth brings sadness instead of celebration. Rose, a Black teenager and Woodland Hills High School student just weeks shy of his 18th birthday, was shot and killed by an East Pittsburgh police officer on June 19, 2018, five years ago today. June 19 is also Juneteenth,...
Groups oppose housing proposal at former Irish Centre site in Pittsburgh’s Squirrel Hill
A proposed apartment development at the former Irish Centre site in Pittsburgh has drawn the ire of two community groups. The Squirrel Hill complex, a former community center near Frick Park’s Nine Mile Run trail, was put on the market a few years ago. A recent proposal calls for constructing...
House resolution supports Marc Fogel, calls his Russian prison sentence ‘politicized, excessive’
Oakmont resident and teacher Marc Fogel has been detained in Russia for nearly two years after he was arrested at the Moscow airport for having 17 grams of medical marijuana, which he had been prescribed to treat chronic pain from a spinal condition. On Tuesday, the U.S. House unanimously passed...
Old Western Penitentiary site in Pittsburgh up for sale
The state is looking for a buyer to transform the large site of a former prison in Pittsburgh into a mixed-use development on the banks of the Ohio River. The former State Correctional Institution-Pittsburgh site covers more than 21 acres in Pittsburgh’s Marshall-Shadeland neighborhood. It includes 42 buildings. SCI-Pittsburgh, historically...
Fitzgerald vetoes $20 minimum wage proposal for Allegheny County employees
Allegheny County Executive Rich Fitzgerald on Tuesday vetoed a bill passed by county council to establish a $20 minimum wage for county workers. The executive said his veto message shouldn’t be taken as disagreement with the need to pay county employees a living wage, noting his commitment to increase wages...
$291M project to boost transit from Downtown Pittsburgh to Oakland to begin in fall
Pittsburgh Regional Transit said Tuesday it has secured the final piece of funding needed to complete a nearly $300 million project intended to shorten travel times and improve bus service between Oakland and Downtown. Southwestern Pennsylvania’s largest public transit agency said it has received $150 million from the Federal Transit...
Pittsburgh population stable, outlying suburbs growing, per new census estimates
The greater Pittsburgh region is still declining, with suburbs closest to the city limits and the Mon Valley shrinking the most, according to U.S. Census Bureau estimates. Still, new data breakdowns show a number of municipalities saw impressive growth and other surprises. The city of Pittsburgh’s population has remained stable...
2 men arrested following McKees Rocks shooting, police pursuit
Two men are facing several felony charges after police said they were involved in a shooting in McKees Rock and then led police on a car chase that ended in Robinson. Police identified the suspects as Steven Bryant Jr., 28, of Pasadena, Md., and Gaj Walker, 32, of Pittsburgh. Officers...
