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As air travel picks up in Pittsburgh, TSA reminds travelers: ‘Know what’s in your bag’
As air travel picks up again, Transportation Security Administration officials at Pittsburgh International Airport are reminding travelers to double check their carry-on bags for some of the more innocuous items that can cause headaches at security checkpoints. Across the country, TSA officers are screening between 2 and 2.3 million passengers...
Landside terminal construction underway at Pittsburgh International Airport
Cranes and construction crews are making headway at Pittsburgh International Airport, as work building a new landside terminal is well underway. Airport officials said progress for the $1.3 billion project is on schedule and the new, upgraded terminal is on track to open by 2025. In fact, Allegheny County Airport...
Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra to play Beethoven symphonies in iconic local settings
The Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra will break new ground — and cover new ground, too — with upcoming performances included in an extensive Beethoven in Your Neighborhood project. Under the baton of Music Director Manfred Honeck, the symphony will present all nine Beethoven symphonies in one week at iconic locations around...
2 guns caught in 2 days at Pittsburgh International Airport checkpoints
Security officers stopped two guns in two days this week at Pittsburgh International Airport security checkpoints, a Transportation Security Administration spokeswoman said Thursday. The first incident happened Wednesday when officers spotted a loaded .357-caliber handgun in a Munhall man’s carry-on baggage, said spokeswoman Lisa Farbstein. Then, around 1:30 p.m. Thursday,...
Police: Loaded gun found in passenger’s bag at Pittsburgh International Airport
A loaded handgun was found inside a passenger’s backpack by TSA officers at the main security checkpoint of Pittsburgh International Airport on Wednesday afternoon, Allegheny County Police reported. The incident took place shortly before 4:30 p.m. Police determined the passenger, a 49-year-old man from Munhall, did possess a concealed carry...
Spirit Airlines bringing new nonstop service from Pittsburgh to Newark
Low-cost airline carrier Spirit Airlines will start nonstop service between Pittsburgh International Airport and Newark Liberty International Airport on June 22. The company announced Wednesday that the new service will connect Pittsburgh to the New York City area with one-daily roundtrip flight between the two airports. The new Pittsburgh service...
Landside terminal construction underway at Pittsburgh International Airport
Cranes and construction crews are making headway at the Pittsburgh International Airport, as work building a new landside terminal is well underway. Airport officials said progress for the $1.3 billion project is on schedule and the new, upgraded terminal is on track to open by 2025. In fact, Allegheny County...
McKeesport in PIAA semifinals for 1st time since ’98 after defeating Moon
The McKeesport and Moon girls basketball teams had a lot of similarities ahead of their PIAA Class 5A quarterfinal matchup Wednesday night. The schools shared the same nickname, Tigers. They also had strong regular seasons and after both lost in the WPIAL semifinals they rebounded with solid runs in the...
Foundation in honor of Michael Keaton’s nephew gives $50,000 to UPMC Matilda H. Theiss Health Center
At the 28th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards on Feb. 27, actor Michael Keaton gave an emotional speech after being named best male actor in a television movie or limited series. The award recognized the Pittsburgh native’s work in Hulu’s “Dopesick” about the causes and effects of America’s opioid crisis....
Medical examiner identifies man found dead in McKees Rocks
Officials late Sunday identified a man found dead hours earlier in McKees Rocks. The medical examiner’s office identified the man as 22-year-old Anthony Lofton. Authorities learned through a 911 call at about 6:30 a.m. about a body discovered in the 300 block of Derby Alley. According to police, first responders...
Florida woman facing charges after loaded gun found at Pittsburgh International Airport
A Florida woman is facing charges after a loaded revolver was found in her backpack Sunday at Pittsburgh International Airport, according to Allegheny County Police. Transportation Security Administration officers spotted the gun just before 7 p.m. in an X-ray machine at the main security checkpoint. The 22-year-old woman, who was...
Chartiers Valley’s ‘well-oiled machine’ crushes Moon in Class 5A semifinals
It’s back to the “Pete” and the WPIAL championship game for the Chartiers Valley girls basketball team. The Petersen Events Center on the University of Pittsburgh campus is becoming a second home for the Colts. Chartiers Valley punched its ticket to the WPIAL finals for the fifth time in six...
McKees Rocks man pleads guilty to 3rd-degree murder in Robinson motel killing
A McKees Rocks man pleaded guilty Monday to killing a Beaver County man at a Robinson motel nearly two years ago. Jaquay Murray, 27, will be sentenced to 18 to 42 years in prison as part of a negotiated plea on March 29 by Allegheny County Common Pleas Judge Edward...
Parkway West bridge reopens in Rosslyn Farms after being struck
The bridge carrying traffic from Rosslyn Road to the inbound side of the Parkway West has reopened after a vehicle struck it on Wednesday afternoon. PennDOT officials announced via their Twitter feed that the structure carrying traffic from Rosslyn Road to eastbound I-376 was closed shortly after 6 p.m. while...
With heavy hearts, OLSH ties WPIAL record for longest winning streakVideo
As Our Lady of the Sacred Heart made WPIAL history Monday night, the boys basketball team wasn’t focused on what it was playing for, but rather who. Jake DiMichele scored 31 points, Dawson Summers had a triple-double and the Chargers tied for the longest winning streak in WPIAL history —...
2nd handgun found in just over a week at Pittsburgh International Airport
Allegheny County police confiscated a loaded handgun found in a passenger’s possession Saturday morning at Pittsburgh International Airport’s main security checkpoint. Transportation Security Administration officers spotted the 9mm handgun just before 6 a.m. in a backpack belonging to a 23-year-old man, according to police. The man had a valid concealed...
Allegheny County Airport Authority CEO gets raise, $184K bonus
The Allegheny County Airport Authority board on Friday granted a major pay raise and bonus for CEO Christina Cassotis. The board unanimously voted to give Cassotis a 23% salary increase over what she was expected to earn in 2022, bringing her annual salary this year to $534,000. She also was...
Meet Junior Achievement of Western PA’s inaugural class of 18 Under Eighteen
The kids are more than alright — just take a look at Junior Achievement of Western Pennsylvania’s inaugural class for 18 Under Eighteen, which showcases the talents and achievements of 18 of the region’s most incredible young people. “These amazing kids are entrepreneurs, social activists, scientists, entertainers and so much...
Loaded gun found in knapsack at Pittsburgh International Airport
A Ligonier woman was found carrying a loaded gun in her knapsack Friday at the Pittsburgh International Airport, officials said. According to the Transportation Security Administration, the loaded .380 caliber handgun was located after the bag went through a checkpoint X-ray machine. The woman told officers that she forgot she...
No. 1 Chartiers Valley holds off No. 2 Moon in Class 5A showdown
The big Section 1-5A girls basketball showdown between undefeated Moon and three-time defending champion Chartiers Valley became a game of runs. Or, it turned into a game of droughts. The host Colts took over sole possession of first place with a 49-45 victory over the Tigers. The win came despite...
Primanti Bros. celebrates Steelers win with free sandwiches to anyone named ‘Chris’ or ‘Boswell’
Chris Boswell kept the Pittsburgh Steelers’ playoffs hopes alive Sunday with an overtime-winning field goal against the Baltimore Ravens. To celebrate that, Steel City sandwich slinger Primanti Bros. announced it will give free classic sandwiches to anyone named Chris or Boswell on Monday. The offer is good at all Primanti...
Coraopolis man charged with attempted bus stop kidnapping
Police have charged a 40-year-old Coraopolis man with attempting to kidnap a 9-year-old Cornell Elementary student on Thursday morning. William Goring, 40, is charged with attempted kidnapping, attempting to interfere with custody of a child, unlawful restraint, false imprisonment and aggravated assault. Police said Goring approached a young girl at...
Texas man charged after Pittsburgh International Airport security agents catch loaded handgun
A Texas man faces charges after police said they caught him Tuesday with a revolver inside a purse at Pittsburgh International Airport. Court records identified the man as Mazzio Akins, 51, of Houston. Transportation Security Administration agents spotted the loaded .22-caliber handgun inside an older-style purse as it went through...
3 convicted of scheme to smuggle drugs into federal prisons
Three Pittsburgh-area residents were convicted Wednesday by a federal jury on drug distribution and money-laundering charges in connection with a drug ring operating within the federal prison system, according to U.S. Attorney Cindy Chung. Noah Landfried, 37, of Moon Township; Michel Cercone, 48, of Sewickley; and Anthony Smith, 30, of...
Nonstop flights from Pittsburgh to London return in 2022 via British Airways
British Airways will return to Pittsburgh International Airport next year, after the covid-19 pandemic grounded the transnational flights in 2020, officials said Monday. Tickets for flights to London’s Heathrow Airport, which resume June 3, are available now. The airline re-upped service in Pittsburgh in 2019 after a two-decade hiatus. British...
