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I-79 restrictions begin Wednesday night in Allegheny County
Motorists regularly using Interstate 79 should prepare for slow downs overnight starting Wednesday through mid-May. Single-lane and shoulder restrictions in both directions will be in place half a mile north of the Route 60 (Crafton/Moon Run) interchange to the Neville Island Bridge nightly. Crews will begin median and shoulder widening...
West Deer firefighters respond to bedroom fire, heavy smoke at Poplar Street home
A home at 350 Poplar St. in West Deer sustained damage after a fire damaged a top-floor bedroom early Saturday. Firefighters from West Deer Volunteer Fire Company No. 3 said the fire started around 3 a.m., according to the company’s Facebook post. The cause of the fire was under investigation....
Man shot dead in McKeesport — the 4th slaying this week and 5th in a month
Another person has been shot to death in McKeesport. Allegheny County Police said the latest incident took place around 5:45 p.m. Friday along the 1200 block of Park Street. First responders found Robert Moore, 58, of McKeesport suffering from gunshot wounds. He later died at UPMC McKeesport Hospital. No information...
Medical examiner IDs man killed in McKeesport shooting
The man killed in the first of two Wednesday afternoon shootings in McKeesport was 47-year-old Robert Joyner, the Allegheny County Medical Examiner’s Office said. Joyner, who lived in Pittsburgh, was shot in the 3100 block of the city’s Versailles Avenue and died at 1:27 p.m. at an area hospital, the...
Report on Allegheny County Jail deaths finds no ‘trends or common factors’ that led to them
A report commissioned by Allegheny County Jail found “no significant trends or common factors that would show a particular weakness or gap in operations” that led to 27 inmate deaths at the jail over five years. A redacted copy of the 50-page report from the nonprofit National Commission on Correctional...
Morning Roundup: Teen found shot in Clairton
Here are some of the latest news items from this morning, Friday, March 3, 2023: Teenager shot in Clairton A 16-year-old boy was found shot in Clairton early Friday, Allegheny County Police said. The victim was shot in the leg in the 1100 block of North Sixth Street at about...
Rebranding of North Hills School District moves forward
The rebranding of North Hills School District — complete with a new advertising design — took another step forward on March 2 as the school board got their first look. The next step is voting to approve the branding. High school seniors from the A.W. Beattie Career Center, which draws...
Police seek McKees Rocks man in connection with shooting
Allegheny County Police are seeking a man known to frequent the McKees Rocks and Stowe areas in connection with a shooting early Thursday morning in McKees Rocks. McKees Rocks police and paramedics were called to the 100 block of Irwin Street just after 6 a.m. Thursday for a woman who...
Baldwin man gets 18 to 36 years in drug overdose death of infant son
Allegheny County Police Detective Greg Renko remains haunted by the scene he found inside a home on Baldwin’s Oakleaf Road 2-1/2 years ago. Renko went to the red-brick Cape Cod home on Sept. 13, 2020, to investigate the death of a 12-month-old boy. The boy, as it turned out, had...
Ross woman missing for 3 decades found in Puerto Rico, police confirm
Robert Kopta waited three decades for the news that was revealed Thursday at Ross police headquarters. His wife, Patricia, who went missing from the area in 1992, was alive in Puerto Rico. “What would you do when somebody’s gone for 30 years?” Robert Kopta asked a room full of reporters...
Police: McKeesport teen opened fire at housing complex in father’s defense
A McKeesport teen is facing weapons charges after police said he attempted to shoot a man who, during a fight Wednesday afternoon, had pulled a gun on the teen’s father. The teen survived, but two other men died as a result of the shootout. Davon Flewellen-Belton, 18, was arrested Wednesday...
Man, woman shot in McKees Rocks
Two people were shot in McKees Rocks early Thursday, Allegheny County Police said. A woman was found with gunshot wounds in the 100 block of Irwin Street, and a man walked into an area hospital with a gunshot wound to his abdomen, police said. The shooting was reported at 6:05...
Man killed in motorcycle crash in Marshall
A Pittsburgh man was killed in a motorcycle crash in Marshall on Wednesday afternoon, the Allegheny County Medical Examiner’s Office said. Jason Huntermark, 25, was fatally injured in the 400 block of Mingo Road around 1:40 p.m. He was pronounced dead by the medical examiner’s office at 2 p.m. Additional...
Exposure Sewickley moves into Rodeo Lounge
A popular Sewickley art gallery has relocated. Exposure Sewickley’s new home is inside The Rodeo Lounge, at 507 Beaver St. It’s next to The Hotel & Rosa’s Cantina. Edgeworth resident Ann Fernandez, who founded Exposure in February 2020, said she decided to move there instead of signing a new three-year...
3 dead, 2 injured in separate McKeesport shootings, police say
Three men were killed and two others injured in a pair of afternoon shootings in McKeesport that police say are not related. Allegheny County Medical Examiner’s Office identified two of the three deceased late Wednesday night. The first shooting was reported at 12:08 p.m. in the 3100 block of the...
Sewickley councilman featured in Super Bowl adVideo
Sewickley councilman Todd Hamar had the tough challenge of following Rihanna’s Super Bowl halftime show. The elected leader could be seen on the East Coast chatting with a rising star declared by Pennsylvania Super Lawyers sometime after her performance during the NFL championship game between the Kansas City Chiefs and...
Morning Roundup: State gives $272K to Allegheny County for ‘clean’ vehicles
Here are some of the latest news items from this morning, Wednesday, March 1, 2023: State’s $272K grants target electric vehicles Pittsburgh Public Works and other city employees could soon be driving electric vehicles to do the city’s work, thanks to a $272,152 state grant. The state Department of Environmental...
Death of Penn Hills couple treated as murder-suicide, police say
The identities of the Penn Hills couple who were found dead Tuesday in what police are calling a murder-suicide were released Wednesday by the Allegheny County Medical Examiner. Thomas Washington Sr., 63, and Rosemary Washington, 62, were found inside their home in the 100 block of Conestoga Road when Penn...
2nd man arrested in killing of Dravosburg man in Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh police have arrested a second person in connection with the January murder of a man in the city’s Elliott section. Deonte Kidd, 28, of Perry South, is charged with hindering apprehension, destroying or concealing evidence, abuse of a corpse, tampering with or destroying physical evidence and two counts of...
Man gets 1 to 2 years for fatal 2019 crash on Tri-Boro Expressway
The night William Guyaux was killed, he had been grieving the death of a friend. Both he and Edward Wharton, 60, were out drinking the evening of Oct. 20, 2019, in Wilmerding and Monroeville. Both men were drunk, said defense attorney Patrick Thomassey, and it was Guyaux who asked Wharton...
Missing Clairton teen was shot to death, medical examiner says
A Clairton teenager missing and last seen in June was shot and killed, the Allegheny County Medical Examiner’s Office said Tuesday. Dorian Serrano, 18, died of a gunshot wound, the medical examiner’s office said. The manner of death was ruled a homicide. Police said Serrano was last seen June 14,...
McKeesport gives police $3K bonuses in aftermath of Sean Sluganski’s death
McKeesport issued $3,000 bonuses to city police officers Friday, nearly three weeks after the shooting death of city Officer Sean Sluganski. McKeesport solicitor Jason Elash said Mayor Michael Cherepko authorized the payments to compensate officers for lost overtime and court pay while the department was shut down for two weeks...
Weinstein calls on officials to ‘reimagine’ juvenile detention center in Pittsburgh area
A candidate for Allegheny County executive called Tuesday for officials to speed up the process of reopening the Shuman Juvenile Detention Center. At about the same, the county’s sitting executive, Rich Fitzgerald, said he was in the process of addressing the issue. The now-closed Shuman Center closed in September 2021...
Pittsburgh City Councilman Anthony Coghill announces bid for Allegheny County treasurer
Pittsburgh City Councilman Anthony Coghill is launching a campaign for Allegheny County treasurer. Coghill, a Beechview Democrat in his second term on council, said his experience as a city councilman, business owner and Sports & Exhibition Authority treasurer has prepared him for the role of county treasurer. “I feel like...
Viatris names new CEO
Cecil-based pharmaceutical company Viatris Inc. has named a new chief executive officer. Scott A. Smith will be taking the role of chief executive officer, effective April 1. Current CEO Michael Goettler will be working closely with Smith to support a transition, the company said. Smith has been a member of...
