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Vigil planned for Serra Catholic student killed in Dravosburg crash
Friends, classmates and others plan to gather at McKeesport’s Serra Catholic High School on Thursday night to honor the life and mourn the death of Samantha Lee Kalkbrenner. Kalkbrenner, 15, a Serra Catholic student from Dravosburg, was killed Wednesday after the school van she was riding in crashed, authorities said....
Teen killed in Pittsburgh’s Allentown linked to earlier Braddock double homicide, police say
The teen killed Tuesday in a Pittsburgh shooting was linked to an Aug. 27 shooting in Braddock that claimed the lives of two Woodland Hills High School seniors, authorities confirmed Thursday. Pittsburgh police and Allegheny County Police said the teen was present at the earlier shooting in Braddock, but stopped...
Home remodeler accused of taking deposit for work in Pine that was never completed
Northern Regional Police accused a home improvement contractor from Ohio of taking a $2,700 down payment in May to remodel a basement in Pine and never showing up to do the work. Joseph Wayne “Joey” Ward, 32, of West Manor Avenue in Youngstown was charged Sept. 6 with felony counts...
North Allegheny unable to provide transportation for students at 3 private schools
North Allegheny School District has so far this academic year been unable to provide transportation for students who live in the district and attend three private schools, a district spokesperson said Sept. 18. The school district transports about 9,500 students to and from school, district spokeswoman Brandi Smith said. Approximately...
Man shot in Coraopolis
A man who was shot on Wednesday afternoon in Corapolis was hospitalized in critical condition, Allegheny County Police said. The victim, who was not identified, was found in the 500 block of Mount Vernon Avenue suffering from gunshot wounds, police said. The shooting was reported at about 5:30 p.m.. Allegheny...
Teen shot multiple times last month in Braddock now charged in the deaths of 2 others
The lone survivor in an incident in Braddock last month in which three teenagers were shot has been arrested and charging with killing the other two teens. Jerell Rockymore, 16, was found shot multiple times in a residence on Center Street after two other teens were found shot dead in...
Innamorato, Rockey accuse each other of extreme politics
Sara Innamorato, the Democratic nominee for Allegheny County executive, is attacking her Republican opponent Joe Rockey, claiming he isn’t being upfront about his conservative support. Rockey, who has billed himself as a moderate and garnered some labor support, said Innamorato is lying and Innamorato is hiding her far left-wing history....
U.S. Steel to test technology for capturing carbon emissions at Mon Valley Works
U.S. Steel plans to test new technology to capture emissions at its Mon Valley Works in Allegheny County. The Pittsburgh steelmaker is partnering with the National Energy Technology Laboratory to use an “advanced membrane technology” to capture carbon dioxide emissions from the Edgar Thomson Plant in Braddock. The unit is...
Oakmont woman gets life in prison for starvation, torture death of 3-year-old girl
No one was there. No one sat in the courtroom gallery wearing shirts that read “Justice for Bella.” No one told the judge what a great 3-year-old that Bella Seachrist was. How she loved to dance and would eat anything. How she was a giggly, bubbly, playful and loving child....
Release of suspect in $1.6M drug case ignites political firestorm in Allegheny County
Allegheny County court officials are still trying to figure out how a man accused of carrying $1.6 million in fentanyl in Pittsburgh was released from custody this month, and now another judge is reportedly involved in the snafu. A nationwide arrest warrant was issued for Yan Carlos Pichardo Cepeda, 27,...
Serra Catholic student killed in school van crash in Dravosburg
A 15-year-old girl was killed Wednesday in a school van crash in Dravosburg, authorities said. The Allegheny County Medical Examiner’s Office identified the girl as Samantha Lee Kalkbrenner of Dravosburg. Three other juveniles, all students at Serra Catholic High School in McKeesport, were injured and taken to a hospital in...
Morning Roundup: 2 hurt in garbage truck crash in Overbrook; vandalism in Squirrel Hill; 2 shot in Mt. Oliver
Here are some of the latest news items from this morning, Wednesday, Sept. 20: 2 injured after garbage truck crashes in Overbrook Two people were reported injured when a garbage truck crashed Tuesday in Pittsburgh’s Overbrook neighborhood. Surveillance video showed the truck traveling down a hill before hitting several vehicles...
Lindsay Powell declares victory in special election race, giving Dems slim majority in state House
Democrats have declared victory in an Allegheny County special election and are poised to claim a slim majority in the Pennsylvania House of Representatives. Lindsay Powell, a Democrat from Lawrenceville, declared victory Tuesday night in the 21st District special election after receiving more than 65% of the vote with 96%...
Coraopolis woman gets 3 to 6 years in prison for DUI crash that killed pedestrianVideo
Jeremia Scales always wanted to be the first, texting or calling his family at the stroke of midnight to wish them a happy birthday or happy Mother’s Day. The 25-year-old from West Mifflin loved music. He could play piano, drums, trumpet, harmonica and guitar, and served as assistant director of...
White supremacist who posted threats during synagogue trial pleads guilty in federal court
A self-proclaimed white supremacist accused of targeting witnesses, jurors and law enforcement during the Pittsburgh synagogue shooting trial pleaded guilty Tuesday in federal court in West Virginia. Hardy Lloyd, 47, of Follansbee, W.Va., was initially charged with obstruction of justice, transmitting threats over interstate and foreign commerce and witness tampering...
Fire damages Jefferson Hills pizza shop
Officials are investigating the cause of a fire that damaged a two-story commercial building late Tuesday morning in Jefferson Hills. The fire broke out just before 11 a.m. at Banana Peppers pizza shop on Gill Hall Road, Tribune-Review news partner WTAE-TV reported. No injuries were reported. Lt. Joe Kerr of...
Man struck and killed along Tri-Boro Expressway in Wilmerding
A pedestrian was struck and killed early Tuesday by a tri-axle truck along the Tri-Boro Expressway in Wilmerding, Allegheny County Police said. At 5:04 a.m., Pitcairn police were dispatched to the eastbound expressway near Maple Street for a report of a motor vehicle collision involving a pedestrian. Police said the...
Tuskegee Airmen memorial at Pittsburgh International Airport recognized with plaque dedication
Monday was a day to commemorate heroes and heroines at the 10th anniversary of the installation of the Tuskegee Airmen Memorial at the Pittsburgh International Airport. In 2013, the Tuskegee Airmen Memorial Greater Pittsburgh Region, in partnership with the Allegheny County Airport Authority, unveiled a memorial exhibit in Concourse A...
Allegheny County Jail inmate died of drug poisoning, medical examiner says
The Allegheny County Medical Examiner’s Office said Monday that drug poisoning killed the Dormont man who died at the county jail in May. Tim Manino, 60, died May 25 due to the combined poisoning of fentanyl, promethazine, hydroxyzine and para-flurofentanyl, the medical examiner’s office said. The death was ruled an...
Allegheny County special election race will determine control of Pa. state House
A special election Tuesday in Allegheny County will prove pivotal in determining who controls the state House, where both Republicans and Democrats now have 101 members. Shaler Republican Erin Connolly Autenreith will face Lawrenceville Democrat Linsday Powell in Tuesday’s special election race in the 21st House District, which includes Shaler,...
Attorneys for suspect in Uber slaying try to block use of dashcam footage, statement in court
Attorneys for the Pitcairn man accused of killing an Uber driver nearly two years ago are asking the court to suppress video evidence from a camera inside the car that captured the moments leading up to the woman’s death. Calvin Crew, 24, could face the death penalty if convicted of...
What you need to know for the former Cheswick Generating Station implosion Friday
Springdale and Allegheny County officials plan to evacuate dozens of homes and other structures for Friday’s implosion of the boiler house at the former Springdale power plant. In a message on X, formerly Twitter, county officials said all structures in the evacuation zone around the implosion site should be evacuated...
Allegheny County grand jury investigating Haunted Hills Hayride, Airbnb shootings
An Allegheny County grand jury is hearing evidence in at least two high-profile cases involving deadly shootings that both happened more than a year ago but police have yet to file charges, sources familiar with the proceedings said. The panel, which sits at the District Attorney’s Office in the Dormont...
Hempfield man run over by car; female suspect arrested in East McKeesport
An East McKeesport woman is accused of running over a man in a Hempfield driveway Saturday and leaving him there until a child asked a neighbor for help, according to court papers. Cassidy C. Colbert, 29, was being held at the Westmoreland County Prison on $150,000 bail. She is charged...
Dems, GOP choose nominees for state House District 21 special election
Another special election is coming for some Allegheny County residents. Democrats and Republicans have chosen their nominees for an upcoming special election for the 21st state House District. The seat was recently vacated by former state. Rep. Sara Innamorato, D-Lawrenceville, as she prepares her run for Allegheny County Executive. District...
