Allegheny County News category, Page 125
A heavy dose of nostalgia: Eat’n Park has been in business for 75 years
Claire “Larry” Hatch took a chance. With no restaurant experience, he got a second mortgage on his home with his wife, Gladys, to get the $75,000 needed to purchase a piece of land along Saw Mill Run Boulevard on Route 51 in Overbrook. Hatch was working for Isaly’s — a...
No tuition increase for CCAC students
Tuition and most fees will not increase for students attending Community College of Allegheny County during the upcoming academic year. The Board of Trustees on Thursday approved a budget of almost $115 million for 2024-25. It keeps tuition for Allegheny County residents at $126 per credit, or $1,890 per full-time...
John McIntire comedy talk show in Oakmont dedicated to Dr. Cyril Wecht
The world’s on fire — and John McIntire is here to make everyone laugh about it. Since 2007, McIntire has been hosting a comedy talk show with a panel of guests — often local political figures, sometimes comedians. The former host of PCNC’s “Night Talk” and KDKA radio voice has...
Want to live in a former funeral home in McKeesport? You can
When Marlene Fait-Schmalz bought her childhood home in 2011, she reclaimed a piece of McKeesport history. The unique Victorian-style residence, once the Richard L. Fait Funeral Home, boasts a parlor, chapel and grand entrance on the main level, while the upper floors offer cozy living spaces. Now on the market...
Monroeville will use state grant to add police vehicle protection
Two Monroeville Police officers have been injured in shooting incidents in recent months, and state grant funding will help increase their protection while inside their cruisers. In November 2023, Bruce Alvarado, 38, of Clairton, was arrested after firing multiple shots at a marked Monroeville police car, striking the officer in...
Man killed in shooting outside of bar in Braddock Hills
A man was shot and killed early morning on Friday in the parking lot of a bar in Braddock Hills, said Allegheny County Police. Police said a man was shot multiple times just before 2 a.m. outside of J Cats Bar on Wilkins Avenue. The man was pronounced dead at...
Innamorato wants 500 affordable housing units in 500 days
Pam Steimer was working two jobs when she was priced out of her Pittsburgh apartment 18 months ago. She moved into a hotel while she searched for a new place to live. But rent prices were “out of my reach,” she said, and often required deposits equal to about three...
Wallaby joey recently born at Pittsburgh Zoo & Aquarium
The Pittsburgh Zoo & Aquarium in Highland Park has a new resident — a wallaby joey, born to mom Ava. A wallaby is a marsupial, a pouched mammal in the kangaroo family. When they are young, they are called joeys. The animal is spending a lot of time in the...
U.S. Steel closes portion of Clairton Coke Works as part of settlement
U.S. Steel has permanently shut down one of the most prolific batteries at its Clairton Coke Works, part of a settlement reached with environmental groups and the Allegheny County Health Department earlier this year. Battery No. 15 contained around 10% of the facility’s coke ovens, according to Zach Barber, a...
Authorities ID man fatally shot by Brentwood police
Authorities on Thursday identified the man fatally shot a day earlier by a Brentwood police officer as Craig W. McGrath of Pittsburgh. McGrath, 37, was shot multiple times Wednesday in Brentwood. Investigators said that an armed McGrath rammed a police vehicle while driving a stolen car and fought with an...
Morning Roundup: Triangle Tech schools closing after 80 years in operation
Here are some of the latest news items from this morning, Thursday, June 6: Pittsburgh-based Triangle Tech school closing A school teaching technical skills across Pennsylvania is closing its doors after 80 years in operation. Pittsburgh-based Triangle Tech announced Wednesday it will shut down its six campuses located in Pittsburgh,...
Surviving veterans of D-Day invasion return to Normandy for 80th anniversary
Warren Goss watched as soldiers in front of him dropped — struck down by enemy fire — after the ramp of his Higgins boat lowered near Utah Beach in Normandy, France. Goss, then 19, climbed over the side of the boat and fought the surf to get to land. “I...
Gov. Shapiro, Pitt chancellor give vastly different takes on pro-Palestinian encampment than protest’s leaders
Gov. Josh Shapiro’s office late Wednesday called it “unfortunate” that a 30-hour pro-Palestinian encampment at the University of Pittsburgh “devolved into documented violence, vandalism, and antisemitic rhetoric.” The statement from Shapiro press secretary Manuel Bonder came hours after Pitt Divest from Apartheid, the group that organized the encampment, offered a...
Man shot in Stowe Township, in critical condition
A man shot was hospitalized in critical but stable condition Wednesday after being shot in the chest in Stowe Township, Allegheny County Police said. The victim was shot in the 400 block of Hemlock Drive, around 5:40 p.m., county police said. Allegheny County Police Department’s Homicide Unit assisted Stowe Township...
County, nonprofits collaborate to serve those displaced by Downtown Pittsburgh shelter fire
Storm clouds gathered above the shuttered Second Avenue Commons homeless shelter as Ronald McGinnis literally planned his next steps. On Tuesday, the 59-year-old homeless man, who entered the Downtown shelter six weeks ago, watched people pour out of the building as flames shot off its roof and smoke filled the...
Authorities: Brentwood police fatally shoot suspect during pursuit
An armed man who fought with Brentwood police as they tried to arrest him Wednesday afternoon was fatally shot by a police officer, Allegheny County Police said. The victim, who was not immediately identified, died in a hospital after being shot multiple times by an unidentified Brentwood police officer, Allegheny...
U.S. Senate calls on Russia to release Oakmont teacher Marc Fogel
The U.S. Senate is officially calling for the release of Marc Fogel, an Oakmont teacher arrested nearly three years ago by Russian authorities for possessing medical marijuana. The Senate unanimously passed a resolution June 4 calling for Fogel’s release and declaring that the Russian government gave him a disproportionate criminal...
Penn Hills mayor links hookah bar killings to love triangle
A weekend shooting at a Penn Hills hookah bar that killed two people and wounded seven others is believed to be a case of targeted violence that might have stemmed from a love triangle, its mayor told TribLive Wednesday. Police have disclosed little about their ongoing investigation. But Penn Hills...
U.S. Senate calls on Russia to release Oakmont teacher Marc Fogel
The U.S. Senate is officially calling for the release of Marc Fogel, an Oakmont teacher arrested nearly three years ago by Russian authorities for possessing medical marijuana. The Senate unanimously passed a resolution Tuesday calling for Fogel’s release and declaring that the Russian government gave him a disproportionate criminal sentence....
Fire levels McKeesport house
A Grover Street house in McKeeport was burned to the ground by a fast-moving fire on Tuesday evening. Fire crews were called to the 2700 block of Grover Street just before 7 p.m., according to an Allegheny County 911 supervisor. McKeesport firefighters said no one was injured....
Bridge rehab work set to start on Parkway East between Monroeville and Churchill
UPDATE (10:15 a.m. Saturday): PennDOT officials announced Saturday morning that this weekend’s work has been completed ahead of schedule, and the Parkway East has fully reopened to traffic in the work zone. Work on a nearly 5-mile stretch of the Parkway East will mean reducing highway traffic to a single...
Police: 2 or more shooters opened fire after argument at Penn Hills hookah bar
As many as 100 people crowded inside a Penn Hills hookah bar when gunfire erupted, killing two people, police said Tuesday. Nathaniel Smiley Jr., 44, of Pittsburgh got into an altercation with an unknown man around 2:50 a.m. at Ballers Hookah Lounge and Cigar Bar, Allegheny County Police Lt. Venerando...
Mom asks judge to imprison ‘monster’ who killed her daughter in Stowe
Kelly Cody was described as kind, funny, genuine and caring. She had a 6-year-old son who adored her. But she also had a drug addiction, the prosecution said, and she welcomed Lauren Brown, another drug addict, into her life and gave him shelter. That would be her undoing. On Jan....
Penn Hills hookah bar where 9 were shot lacks liquor license
A Penn Hills hookah bar where nine people were shot over the weekend, two fatally, was operating without a liquor license, authorities said Monday. Allegheny County Police, who are investigating the shooting early Sunday at Ballers Hookah Lounge and Cigar Bar, said they will consult with the District Attorney’s Office...
Tu y Yo Cafe serves up authentic Latin American flavor in Indiana Township
An authentic Latin American eatery is serving up more than sandwiches and specialty items at Tu y Yo Cafe in Indiana Township. “I make it all with love,” said co-owner Grace Betancourt-Jones, the friendly force behind the five-year success of the casual all-day cafe that’s tucked away in a small...
