Allegheny County News category, Page 183
Federal judge asked to halt probation holds in Allegheny County unless constitutional protections put in place
Tate Stanford, 23, was serving two years of probation after pleading guilty to reckless endangerment in March 2022. Six months later, he was arrested for carrying a gun without a license, possession of marijuana and receiving stolen property. Although bail was set on the new charges, Stanford was held in...
Allegheny County executive candidates offer strategies to boost economy, hospitality industry
Five candidates for Allegheny County’s top elected office shared their plans to boost the economy and the county’s $7 billion hospitality industry during a forum hosted by the tourism agency VisitPittsburgh. The forum, held Thursday, featured four of the race’s six Democratic candidates for Allegheny County executive: state Rep. Sara...
Driver charged with DUI in wrong-way crash on I-279
A Canonsburg man has been charged with driving under the influence after a wrong way crash in March. According to a Pennsylvania State Police report, Jacob Alauzen, 27, was driving north in the southbound lanes near the Camp Horne Road Exit in Ohio Township around 2:30 a.m. March 24. According...
28-year-old man, a registered sex offender, had sex with teen he met on Snapchat, police say
A registered sex offender is behind bars after Allegheny County Police said he used a popular social media app to interact with a 13-year-old girl, according to Tribune-Review news partner WPXI-TV. A criminal complaint filed in the case said Jerrell Carson, 28, posed as a 15-year-old on Snapchat and began...
Cincinnati man suspected of dumping body in Scott Township in custody, police say
Allegheny County Police have tracked down a Cincinnati man who they say abused a corpse in May 2022 by dumping the body in Scott. County police are still searching for a second suspect they say also was involved. Police said Tuesday that Abdullah Faheem, 52, is in custody. He is...
North Carolina woman accused in Chalfant stabbing
A North Carolina woman has been arrested in connection with a stabbing in Chalfant over the weekend. Alisa Turner, 50, of Charlotte, faces one charge of aggravated assault, court records show. She was taken to Allegheny County, but was released after posting $5,000 bail on Saturday. Allegheny County 911 was...
Recent Penn Hills grad to combat gun violence by opening community center
Kahlil Darden calls it “turning pain into purpose.” As with many in his community, the 2019 Penn Hills High School graduate is no stranger to the heartbreak of gun violence, having lost friends and family who were killed in area shootings. But now, Darden, 22, a senior majoring in business...
Lane restrictions planned for Route 28 southbound in Aspinwall, O’Hara
A single-lane restriction on southbound Route 28 in Aspinwall and O’Hara will take place Monday through Friday, April 21, PennDOT officials announced . Officials said it will be from the Virginia Avenue on-ramp to the Highland Park Bridge interchange, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. each day, weather permitting. The...
Man charged in fentanyl death of 7-month-old Penn Hills girl
A man from Pittsburgh’s Elliott neighborhood faces charges in connection with the fentanyl-poisoning death of a 7-month-old Penn Hills girl. Allegheny County Police on Friday charged David Dwayne Poindexter, 58, with involuntary manslaughter and reckless endangerment. Police said Poindexter, a boyfriend of the baby’s grandmother, was being held in Allegheny...
Shooting near Edgewood Towne Center sent bullet through school bus
Swissvale police said no one was injured in a shooting incident that sent a bullet through a school bus Friday afternoon. Around 3 p.m., two vehicles exchanged gunfire in an incident that started in the Edgewood Towne Center, Swissvale police said. The incident then extended into Swissvale, police said, where...
Doven launches attacks against Hallam in Allegheny County Council race
The mudslinging continued Wednesday in the Democratic primary race for Allegheny County’s at-large council seat. Challenger Joanna Doven held a news conference in Pittsburgh’s Schenley Park to launch a series of personal attacks against incumbent Allegheny County Councilwoman Bethany Hallam, D-North Side. Doven, who runs a public relations firm and...
New acoustic music series coming to Allegheny County parks
A new summer concert series is coming to the area. Allegheny County Executive Rich Fitzgerald announced on Tuesday a six-show Acoustic Series that will be held throughout the county parks. “I’m excited to see this series take off. We tried out the idea of an acoustics show in The Cascades...
Sewickley Council denies request to demolish historic Herbst House
An old convent and private residence in Sewickley that also once was used as a Catholic school will remain standing as borough leaders have rejected a demolition request. Council voted 6-0 Tuesday night to stand by its historic review commission’s recommendation and not allow what is colloquially called the Herbst...
Baldwin police seek information on suspicious series of brush fires
Baldwin Borough Police suspect that a half-dozen brush fires reported in rapid succession on Tuesday may have been intentionally set. “We responded to a total of six scenes within minutes of each other,” police said in a post to the department’s Facebook page. Police are asking residents with outdoor-facing cameras...
Penn Hills man accused in Rodi Road plaza shooting arrested
A Penn Hills man who police say opened fire on a family member in a Giant Eagle parking lot has been arrested, Allegheny County Sheriff Kevin M. Kraus said Tuesday. Norman Vire, 49, was arrested by sheriff’s detectives in connection with the Dec. 5, 2021, shooting and taken to Allegheny...
Southbound Route 28 restricted to 1 lane in Aspinwall, O’Hara
The single lane restriction along Route 28 southbound in Aspinwall and O’Hara will continue through Thursday, PennDOT announced. A single-lane restriction will occur on southbound Route 28 from the Virginia Avenue on-ramp to the Highland Park Bridge interchange from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. each day. Crews will conduct sound...
Kennywood to open on time following security meeting with DA’s office, law enforcement
Kennywood says it will open for its 125th season as scheduled on April 22 after amusement park officials met with the Allegheny County District Attorney’s office last week to address security concerns. “The intent of the meeting and future steps is to demonstrate the shared commitment the park, law enforcement...
Code Orange air quality warning declared for Mon Valley
An air quality action day has been issued for Allegheny County’s Mon Valley because of a spike in particulate matter pollution. The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection declared a Code Orange Air Quality Action Day on Tuesday, which was caused by a strong temperature inversion in the morning and light...
Students return to school at Elizabeth Forward
After two months of remote learning following a fire, students returned to Elizabeth Forward High School on Tuesday. The fire damaged the inside of the school in February. According to the school, rooms and areas adjacent to the auditorium space where the fire occurred are walled off and will not...
Electric buses headed to Mon Valley as part of $10M clean air grant
Pittsburgh Regional Transit will replace diesel buses with electric models to serve the Mon Valley thanks to a $10 million federal grant meant to improve air quality. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agencyselected Allegheny County on Monday for the grant to replace four, 40-foot diesel buses with zero-emission, electric buses and...
Fire out inside Century III Mall, cause not yet clear
West Mifflin fire crews responded early Tuesday to a fire at the site of the former Century III Mall. An Allegheny County alert sent at 7:10 a.m. said the fire was in the walls above the food court area on the third floor. West Mifflin borough police chief Gregory McCulloch...
Tractor-trailer crash spills chemicals near Monongahela River
A tractor-trailer that crashed into a creek early Monday morning along Bellbridge Road in Lincoln Borough has not yet spilled chemicals into the Monongahela River, officials said. The truck, which was hauling about 80 drums (each 55-gallons) of a two-part epoxy chemical, drove into the stream just after 1 a.m.,...
Duquesne man arrested after fleeing traffic stop, crashing into another driver
A Duquesne man faces a host of charges after police say he fled a traffic stop Thursday night and crashed into another driver, sending his car off the ground and spinning in the air. Shortly after 10:30 p.m. Thursday, Duquesne police pulled over a driver they said was switching lanes...
Pioneering Black journalist George Barbour left indelible mark on Pittsburgh
Not only was George Edward Barbour a pioneering Black journalist, he also was a civil rights activist, involved community member, stalwart church member and dedicated family man. After stints at the Pittsburgh Courier and other Black newspapers, Barbour was hired in 1964 as the first Black reporter at NewsRadio KDKA...
Pine-Richland senior wins auto skills competition
Mark Wolfe doesn’t remember exactly when he began thinking about studying to become an auto repair tech. But every now and then his parents Mark Sr. and Bonnie pull out a snapshot of the Pine-Richland senior as a toddler with his Power Wheel riding toy up on jack stands ready...
