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Allegheny County preps for winter storm, offers online info for reporting problem roads
Allegheny County plans to have 32 trucks on the road to deal with snow, ice and freezing rain that is expected to hit the region by early Thursday, the county’s Department of Public Works said Wednesday. The National Weather Service in Moon issued an advisory calling for at least 3...
Etna rallies against swastika flag with messages of love
Legal but not acceptable — that’s how many Etna residents are describing a swastika flag hanging from a porch along Greeley Avenue. “We have been working to positively respond with love and inclusion,” said Robert Tunon, chairman of the Etna Community Organization (ECO). It was late 2021 when neighbors first...
2 charged in homicides on Parkway East, Route 28 last year
Over the course of one deadly night, Howard Milligan shot and killed two people in separate incidents on Route 28 and the Parkway East last May, according to police. Milligan, 26, of Turtle Creek faces 17 charges in connection with the May 22 shootings, including two counts of homicide and...
Man charged with attempted break-ins of occupied car, Bethel Park police station
An Arkansas man was jailed after Bethel Park police say he attempted to break into an occupied car at the South Hills Village mall and later tried to break into a secured area of the police station. The mall incident occurred on Saturday, when police say Rodrick Hatten, 30, of...
2022 Allegheny County homicide victims
A look at each of the homicides that have taken place in Allegheny County so far in 2022: Jan. 1: Amariey Lei Amariey Lei, 19, was found shot to death in Wilkinsburg. LGBTQ advocacy groups have said this appears to be the nation’s first killing of a trans person in...
Congressional candidate Summer Lee picks up SEIU endorsement after unions split last year
State Rep. Summer Lee, D-Swissvale, has united two of Pennsylvania’s largest service workers unions in her bid for U.S. Congress. A year after SEIU 32BJ (Service Employees International Union) and SEIU Healthcare Pennsylvania split their endorsements in Pittsburgh’s mayoral race, the two large unions have come together to endorse Lee...
Police: Charges pending after 2 altercations at Penn Hills High School
Penn Hills police expect to file charges stemming from two altercations Monday afternoon at Penn Hills High School. Two people were involved in an altercation inside the school at about 2:30 p.m., shortly before dismissal time, according to police Chief Ronald Como. He said another altercation involving at least one...
O’Hara company adds jobs to boost microchip production in response to global shortage
While there’s been steady growth in demand for computer chips amid worldwide shortages, an O’Hara company that creates products to help produce those chips has added space and now more jobs. Aerotech Inc., headquartered in the RIDC Park in O’Hara, produces automation and motion control technologies and products. Their clients...
Holding onto hope inside a covid ICU: ‘It’s like working in a war zone’
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Holding onto hope inside a covid ICU: ‘It’s like working in a war zone’Video
Inside a room in the intensive care unit at Allegheny Health Network’s Jefferson Hospital, a covid-infected man lies prone on his stomach, hooked up to a ventilator that is breathing for him. The room is noisy, even though the man can’t speak. Chimes and beeps are accompanied by the constant,...
Fired West Mifflin Area superintendent hired by Woodland Hills
Woodland Hills School District officials have selected Daniel Castagna as their acting superintendent, district officials announced Friday. Castagna, who was fired in 2019 by West Mifflin Area School District after two DUI arrests, will serve as Woodland Hills’ top administrator until a more permanent superintendent can be found. Castagna at...
Former Alabama man pleads to sex trafficking in Pittsburgh
A man accused of bringing a woman from Alabama to Pittsburgh to prostitute her pleaded guilty in federal court on Friday to sex trafficking charges. Anthony Juskowich, 23, who was living in Oakland at the time of his arrest, faces a mandatory prison term of at least 15 years. He...
Pa. Commonwealth Court strikes down mail-in voting; State AG’s office already filed notice of appeal
Pennsylvania’s Commonwealth Court on Friday ruled that the state’s system of mail-in voting, passed in 2019, is unconstitutional and the only way to implement it is by constitutional amendment. The court’s opinion said the decision “explains how a system of no-excuse mail-in voting may be constitutionally implemented in the commonwealth...
No one hurt in Wilkinsburg apartment building fire
No one was hurt in a fire at a Wilkinsburg apartment building Thursday night, according to Pittsburgh police. Police could not say when the fire was first reported. The second alarm came in just after 10:45 p.m., and the third alarm was right before 11 p.m. Firefighters were at the...
District court in Pittsburgh split on school masking, issue likely to be decided by appellate court
The underlying facts in each case are the same. The North Allegheny and Upper Saint Clair school boards voted recently to reverse mandatory masking policies. Medically vulnerable students argued that the reversal put them at risk of contracting covid-19 and the decision violated their rights under the Americans with Disabilities...
Man pleads guilty in 2019 McKees Rocks Bridge crash that killed woman
A McKees Rocks man pleaded guilty Thursday to causing a crash that killed a woman in 2019 on the McKees Rocks Bridge. Christopher Vuckovich, 42, pleaded guilty to homicide by vehicle and related counts stemming from the Feb. 15, 2019 crash. In exchange for the plea, the Allegheny County District...
Pittsburgh man charged with DUI in crash that damaged Baldwin home
A Pittsburgh man said he blacked out on the way home from a South Hills bar before he crashed into a family’s home in Baldwin, according to the charges against him. Michael Deery, 53, faces two counts of driving under the influence and a half-dozen summary citations in connection with...
Protesters demand accused Penn Hills officer stay off the street
LaTasha Talley, mother of the late Romir Talley, and activists attended the Jan. 24 Penn Hills council meeting with the intention of keeping officer Robert Gowans on desk duty until the investigation into the death of Talley concludes. Gowans is under investigation in the Dec. 22, 2019, shooting death of...
Food Podcast: How is domestic violence tied to food insecurity?Video
On this week’s episode of the Food Podcast presented by Clearview Federal Credit Union on the TribLIVE podcast network, Greater Pittsburgh Community Food Bank learns more about the connection between domestic violence and food insecurity. “Domestic violence is a pattern that one person uses in a relationship over the other...
Momentum builds for East Busway expansion into Mon Valley
Port Authority of Allegheny County has received a federal grant to put toward planning work for a possible extension of the East Busway from Swissvale to the East Pittsburgh area, another sign of momentum building for extending the busway into the Mon Valley. Allegheny County and Port Authority officials acknowledged...
Sheriff’s office says telephone scam nets $18K from Allegheny County woman
A 33-year-old woman from Allegheny County was taken for $18,000 by scammers masquerading as members of the county sheriff’s office and FBI, the sheriff’s office said. The woman lost $8,000 through gift cards and another $10,000 through Apple Pay on Monday, prompting the sheriff to issue a warning Tuesday. The...
Former student in Jeannette sues school district over sexual abuse
A former student is suing the Jeannette City School District alleging that administrators there were aware that he was being sexually abused by a teacher. The teacher, Maria Chappell, was charged by the Westmoreland County District Attorney’s Office in 2016 with having sex with a student. She pleaded guilty on...
Bishop Zubik joins Pope in calling for prayers for peace for Ukraine
With more and more signs indicating that Russia is on the verge of invading Ukraine, Catholic Diocese of Pittsburgh Bishop David Zubik has joined Pope Francis in setting aside Wednesday as a day to pray for peace. “I ask that prayers for peace be included in all Masses on Jan....
Southbound Route 28 reopens in Harmar following crash
Southbound Route 28 is open again after being closed for about two hours because of a crash. A multi-vehicle crash was reported around 7:50 a.m., an Allegheny County 911 dispatcher said. The number of vehicles involved was not immediately known. The crash location was just after the southbound on-ramp from...
Police seek tips on hit-and-run in Munhall that left man in serious condition
Allegheny County police are seeking the public’s help identifying the driver of a vehicle that struck a man Sunday evening in Munhall on and fled. The county’s homicide and collision reconstruction units responded to the 800 block of East 8th Avenue shortly before 7:30 p.m. First responders said they found...
