Allegheny category, Page 189
Attorney for WPIAL, PIAA in concussion lawsuit shares vacation photos to downplay plaintiff’s alleged injuries
Photos shared in Allegheny County Common Pleas Court showed Shane Skillpa smiling with his girlfriend on a beach, posing on a jet ski and enjoying vacation. Skillpa is suing West Mifflin Area School District, the Western Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletic League and the Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletic Association, alleging that an August...
Bethel Park stabbings still under investigation
Bethel Park police said they are continuing to investigate the stabbing of a man and a woman during a domestic dispute Thursday afternoon. No arrests had been made as of lunchtime on Friday. The two were involved in a fight in the parking lot of the Crowne Plaza Hotel &...
Ross man shot at woman during assault, police say
A Ross man is in custody after police said he assaulted a woman Friday morning, pulled a pistol and attempted to shoot her. No one in the home was hit by the single round that was fired, police said. Johnathan Price, 34, surrendered to police at the scene and is...
Report: 2 stabbed in Bethel Park
A man and a woman were stabbed during an argument in the parking lot of a Bethel Park motel Thursday afternoon, according to Tribune-Review news partner WPXI-TV. The two people were fighting in the parking lot of Crowne Plaza Hotel & Suites along Fort Couch Road when the stabbing occurred...
Ex-PWSA official sentenced to probation in sludge-dumping scandal
A former Pittsburgh Water & Sewer Authority supervisor was sentenced Thursday to serve one year’s probation and pay a $500 fine as a result of pleading guilty last year to conspiring to violate the Clean Water Act. Prosecutors say James Paprocki of Ross falsified records on sludge discharges into the...
Jury trial begins in West Mifflin football concussion lawsuit
An attorney for a former West Mifflin High School football player told a jury on Thursday that the school district, WPIAL and PIAA are responsible for his client not only sustaining a concussion in 2009 during practice but also for additional symptoms he claims it caused years later. But in...
Suspect in Prospect Terrace shooting arrested by U.S. marshals
U.S. marshals have arrested a man wanted in connection with a September 2021 fatal shooting in East Pittsburgh. Cecil H. Foreman, 45, of Braddock, is alleged to have shot and killed 22-year-old Michael Kelley in the 100 block of Prospect Drive. Kelley’s mother was also wounded in the Sept. 12,...
Bond denied for McKeesport teacher accused of sexual abuse
An Allegheny County Common Pleas Judge on Thursday denied bond for a local teacher and youth sports coach charged in connection with seven separate cases of sexually assaulting children. Eric Vincent Fairman, 26, of Pleasant Hills, had a bond hearing on Wednesday before Judge Edward J. Borkowski asking that he...
Pittsburgh International Airport breaks ground on new cargo facility
The $1.3 billion upgrade to Pittsburgh International Airport is well underway, and crews broke ground Thursday on a new cargo facility that will expand the airport’s already growing cargo traffic. Crews began work on Cargo 4, a 77,000 square-foot facility that will expand the airport’s cargo capacity and introduce new...
PRT Red Line T service disrupted during Thursday morning commute
Damage from a tree that fell on the Red Line tracks at the Kelton stop in Dormont caused Pittsburgh Regional Transit (PRT) to halt Red Line service Wednesday night and Thursday morning and reroute traffic over the Blue Line. The tree fell on the tracks but also pulled down overhead...
Sign inspection work to include lane closures in Harmar, Millvale and Tarentum
PennDOT District 11 sign inspection work will involve lane closures from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Friday at several locations in the Alle-Kiski Valley:Route 366 at the northbound Route 28 ramp in Tarentum;Route 910 at the southbound Route 28 ramp in Harmar;Route 4009 (Evergreen Road) at the Millvale (Exit 3B)...
Allegheny River communities receive $805,000 for trail expansion, maintenance
River trails have become increasingly popular in Pittsburgh, as the region transitions away from using its waterways for heavy industry and instead sees them as outdoor recreation opportunities. That trend continues as several communities along the Allegheny River have received more than $805,000 in state grants to expand and maintain...
Crafton woman on road to recovery after Myrtle Beach shark attack
Karren Sites was enjoying her first full day of vacation on Myrtle Beach with her family on Aug. 15 when the unthinkable occurred. “I was in the water, maybe up to my hips,” Sites, 55, of Crafton told the Tribune-Review on Wednesday. “I felt a sharp, intense pain on my...
Man gets life in North Braddock shooting death of 85-year-old
A Swissvale man will spend the rest of his life in prison after being sentenced on Wednesday for first-degree murder in the shooting death of an 85-year-old man. Courde Day, 23, was found guilty by a jury in June for killing James Dent Jr. Day was sentenced by Allegheny County...
Shaler police investigating spectator/player incident after Hampton-Shaler game
The Shaler Township Police Department is trying to determine what led up to an alleged physical confrontation between a spectator and a Hampton Township High School football player after last Friday’s Hampton-Shaler football game at Shaler’s Titan Stadium. Shaler Police issued a statement saying that they are investigating the disturbance,...
Man convicted in 2015 Munhall homicide argues conviction should be tossed on double jeopardy grounds
The defense attorney for a man convicted of third-degree murder following a second trial argued Wednesday that the conviction should be thrown out because the prosecution either purposely caused a mistrial or was reckless in its preparation of the case. Carlos Harris, 28, of Arlington, was found guilty following his...
‘I hate me,’ Wilkinsburg man says before sentencing in stabbing death of cousin
Brandy Franklin sat on the witness stand, staring at her nephew across the room. Emmanual Jones had pleaded guilty in June to third-degree murder for killing her oldest son. As she began her victim-impact statement, Franklin spoke softly. “Eman, can you look at me?” she asked him. He did. “I...
Pittsburgh Regional Transit commits to zero-emission bus fleet
The Pittsburgh region’s largest public transit provider announced Wednesday that it wants to transition its entire fleet of buses to zero-emission vehicles in the coming two decades. Pittsburgh Regional Transit CEO Katharine Kelleman said the agency’s goal is to have the entire bus fleet be zero-emission vehicles, either electric or...
Water main break slows traffic at Route 22 in Monroeville
Crews are working to repair a large water main break that has delayed traffic along Old William Penn Highway at William Penn Highway/Route 22 in Monroeville. Traffic flows into that intersection from the Pa. Turnpike, Route 22, Route 48 and the Parkway East/I-376. The water main break happened at about...
New charges filed against youth coach arrested in connection with sexual assaults
Allegheny County Police detectives filed additional charges Tuesday night against Eric Fairman, a local teacher and youth sports coach first charged last week in connection with sexual assaults of several children ranging in age from 10 to 12. The new charges involve three more children who have come forward with...
McKeesport woman dies after being shot in Braddock
A McKeesport woman was shot and killed on Tuesday night in Braddock. Pennsylvania State Police said the woman was shot once in the chest at 9:40 p.m. Tuesday night and was taken to Forbes Hospital where she died a short time later. The woman was identified as Sade Lanise Brown,...
Police: 17-year-old with firearm in Duquesne arrested, charged as an adult
Allegheny County Police arrested a juvenile with a gun in Duquesne just days after a teen girl was killed in that city. Justice Haten, 17, of Duquesne was taken into custody Tuesday shortly before 2 p.m. after a foot chase. Police said they saw him and two other juveniles at...
Biden talks about importance of labor unions, democracy in Labor Day speech in West Mifflin
President Joe Biden spoke about the importance of labor unions and democracy in a Labor Day speech Monday outside a Mon Valley union hall, while also touting his efforts to bring more infrastructure funding to Western Pennsylvania and boost manufacturing. At a United Steelworkers hall in West Mifflin, Biden addressed...
McKeesport baby who police say was shaken by father dies at hospital
A 5-month-old infant boy who police said was injured after being violently shaken by his father has died. Michael Armstrong of McKeesport’s Harrison Village died at a hospital at 5:12 p.m. Sunday, according to the Allegheny County Medical Examiner’s Office. The office did not provide the cause or manner of...
30 rounds fired in McKeesport neighborhood, bystander hurt
Allegheny County Police are investigating after they said 30 rounds were fired in a McKeesport neighborhood Sunday, injuring a woman who was sitting on her porch. Police and paramedics responded to Craig Street at 5:30 p.m. and found that two homes and three vehicles had been damaged by gunfire. The...
