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Armstrong School District vows to punish student who attacked transgender teen
The Armstrong High School student involved in the attack of a transgender teen late last month will be disciplined by the district and could face criminal prosecution, according to a school board member. The Oct. 27 incident, which was videotaped and circulated on social media, shows 14-year-old Willow Andring being...
Police: Pair arrested on drug charges after Vandergrift cop spots them in stolen vehicle
Vandergrift police arrested two people on drug possession charges after officers spotted an SUV that was reported stolen in the borough on Saturday. James Daniel Higgins, 41, of Washington Township, was charged with felony counts of receiving stolen property and four drug-related offenses. He is in the Westmoreland County Prison...
Police say daughter pointed loaded gun at mom outside Pittsburgh family court
A woman from Braddock was arrested Thursday after authorities said she pointed a loaded gun at her mother during an argument outside a court building in Downtown Pittsburgh. Kerneisha McClelland, 34, was taken into custody by Allegheny County Sheriff’s deputies shortly after noon Thursday in front of the Family Division...
1 injured in Braddock fire; resident says candles may have sparked it
Firefighters in Braddock were working Friday morning to extinguish a fire at a home on Ninth Street. The fire in the two-story home was reported shortly before 3:30 a.m., Tribune-Review news partner WPXI reports. Within minutes of arriving on scene, the fire was raised to two-alarm to summon more manpower...
Apollo man charged with raping woman sheltering with him after PFA order against her husband
Apollo police arrested a borough man on charges he raped a woman staying at his house with her daughter after she split with her husband. Joshua Allen Gibbon, 20, of Woodward Avenue, was arrested on Oct. 30. The police acted after the accuser provided them with a detailed layout of...
Driver fleeing from state police in Beaver Falls hits car, 3 people injured
Three people were injured when a van fleeing from police crashed into a car in Beaver Falls on Wednesday night, according to state police. Police say John Allen, 44, of Beaver Falls fled at a high rate of speed when a state trooper on patrol along Eighth Avenue in the...
Pa. lawmaker pushing to eliminate Native American mascots, images for sports teams
A Pennsylvania lawmaker is introducing legislation that would ban schools from using Native American mascots. Rep. Chris Rabb, D-Philadelphia, said more than 60 schools and sports teams in Pennsylvania still use or refer to indigenous culture in their mascots and logos. “For far too long, Indigenous peoples have faced discrimination,...
Pittsburgh couple plead guilty in federal court to conspiring to distribute steroids
A husband and wife from Pittsburgh with ties to the fitness and bodybuilding industry have pleaded guilty to federal charges of conspiring to distribute steroids and other performance enhancers, the government announced. Thomas Mouton, 34, and Sara Mouton, 36, pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge J. Nicholas Ranjan to conspiracy...
Incumbent, 3 newcomers elected to Deer Lakes School Board
Voters in the Deer Lakes School District selected an incumbent school director and three political newcomers to fill the four open seats on the school board in Tuesday’s general election. Five candidates were vying for the four seats. Three of the four board members whose four-year terms expire at the...
4 new directors elected to Pine-Richland school board
Nearly half of Pine-Richland’s nine-member school board was replaced on Tuesday when an incumbent school director was defeated and three other political newcomers were elected to serve. In Region 1, Republican Lisa Hillman defeated Democrat Ashley Fortier to fill a vacancy created with the resignation of school director Ben Campbell...
Victim identified who was found shot dead outside the North Braddock police station
Officers from the North Braddock Police Department responding to the sound of gunshots right outside the station house on Tuesday night found a man dead in the street. The incident happened at about 11:15 p.m. near the corner of Bell Avenue and Anderson Street, according to Allegheny County homicide detectives,...
School bus strike averted as North Hills drivers reach tentative pact with company
Students in the North Hills School District will be able to ride the bus to school Wednesday after drivers who were poised to strike reached a tentative contract agreement. Union drivers for the district’s contracted bus provider, ABC Transit, reached the agreement shortly after midnight. The drivers rejected a contract...
Registered sex offender accused of sexually assaulting teenage girl in Kittanning a decade ago
A Lawrence County man has been charged with felony counts of indecent contact with a minor and indecent assault of a person under the age of 13 for an incident that happened in Kittanning about a decade ago, according to authorities. An arrest warrant was issued for Charles James Airgood...
UPMC gives $500 bonus to 92,000 employees
UPMC announced Tuesday that its 92,000 employees will receive a $500 bonus for their dedication during the coronavirus pandemic. “Over the past 20 months, you have risen in truly exceptional ways to meet challenges we could have never anticipated,” CEO and President Leslie C. Davis wrote in an email to...
Scammers get $40K in Bitcoin from 2 Indiana County residents through Westmoreland kiosk
State police issued a warning about scammers trying to steal money from people with a scheme involving PayPal and Bitcoin cryptocurrency after two Indiana County residents were swindled out of thousands of dollars last month. Investigators at Troop A said a woman from Homer City lost about $32,000 on Oct....
Former Hampton doctor sentenced to home detention, probation for distributing painkillers
A former doctor from Hampton who pleaded guilty in July to health care fraud and money laundering for illegally writing prescriptions for painkillers has been sentenced to home detention and probation. Andrzej Kazimierz Zielke, 66, of Hampton, who was initially arrested in 2017, operated Medical Frontiers LLC, a pain management...
Bus drivers for North Hills School District reject contract offer, set to walk off the job
Bus drivers for the North Hills School District rejected a contract offer Monday evening and have authorized a strike. Drivers for district’s contracted transportation provider, ABC Transit, are represented by Teamsters Local 249. Bus service will not be available starting Wednesday morning for district students and students from private and...
Beaver County man arrested for fatal shooting in New Castle
A Beaver County man has been arrested and charged with criminal homicide in connection with the Oct. 24 shooting death of a man in New Castle. Daniel Lee Tweedlie, 19, of New Brighton, was taken into custody shortly after midnight on Tuesday after officers from the New Castle Police Department...
Sheraden man accused of dousing woman, child with lighter fluid during argument
Pittsburgh police accused a man of dousing a woman and a child with lighter fluid during an argument early Sunday morning in Sheraden. Officers from the Zone 6 station responding to a 911 for a domestic dispute at around 1 a.m. encountered a woman and a child who were sprayed...
State law requires life jackets for boaters through April to reduce cold-water deaths
A state law went into effect Monday that requires all boaters to wear a life jacket while on any watercraft that is 16 feet or shorter between Nov. 1 and April 30, the state Fish and Boat Commission announced. A U.S. Coast Guard-approved life jacket must be worn while a...
Forecast: Chilly night temps, hint of snow to the north
We likely won’t need shovels or ice melt just yet, but the first sign of the return of winter weather in Western Pennsylvania could come this week. With a low temperature of 31 degrees forecast for Thursday, moisture in the air could turn to snow flurries in some parts of...
Pedestrian taken to hospital after being hit by vehicle on Pittsburgh’s South Side
A Pittsburgh pedestrian was taken to a local hospital Monday morning after being struck by a vehicle on the city’s South Side. The incident was reported at about 5:30 a.m. at the intersection of Sarah and 10th streets, according to Allegheny County 911. No information was available about the extent...
2 men arrested on stolen gun, drug charges after traffic stop in Springdale
Springdale police charged two men on Thursday after allegedly finding a stolen gun and drugs in their vehicle during a traffic stop. Dominique William Kent, 19, and Aiden Ulrich, 18, both of New Kensington, were charged with felony counts of receiving stolen property and carrying a firearm without a license....
6 local districts partner in Consortium for Public Education program for student career readiness
A local collaborative that helps students prepare for future success has launched an initiative with six area school districts to create a pathway to that goal. The nonprofit Consortium for Public Education is partnering with the Burrell and Deer Lakes school districts in the Allegheny Valley, the Greensburg Salem and...
5 candidates vying for 4 open seats on Deer Lakes School Board
Voters in the Deer Lakes School District will choose from five candidates to fill four open school board seats in the Nov. 2 election. Four of the candidates are newcomers: Brian Brown, Jeremy L. Love, Jonathan Majernik and Traci A. Stotler. The other candidate is Kristi Minnick, who is seeking...
