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Holiday decorations return to Port Authority buses after covid hiatus
It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas on some Port Authority of Allegheny County buses and trains. As part of a tradition that began over a decade ago, several Port Authority bus drivers and T operators are exhibiting their holiday spirit by festively decorating their vehicles. There are currently...
Police charge Avalon man in fatal shooting of Pittsburgh man
Officials have released the name of a man killed in a Saturday night shooting in Avalon. The Allegheny County Medical Examiner’s Office has identified the victim as Theodore Denver Parks Jr., 38, of Pittsburgh. Allegheny County police have charged Brennan Lamar Fife, 31, with criminal homicide in the death of...
Homicide ruled in death of Homestead man found shot inside car in Stowe
Allegheny County police are investigating the death of a Homestead man found shot inside a car Saturday evening in Stowe Township. The Allegheny County Medical Examiner’s Office has ruled the death of 20-year-old Sharod Lindsey a homicide, caused by gunshot wounds to the head and neck. He was pronounced dead...
Monroeville bike shop will reopen in new location following devastating fireVideo
A Monroeville bike shop, devastated by a four-alarm fire in May that destroyed more than 300 bicycles and closed the business, will host a grand reopening at a new location Dec. 10-12. Multiple fire companies responded May 25, 2021, to Pro Bike+Run on Route 22 after a utility-closet fire sparked...
Pittsburgh area domestic violence counseling center among 5 Justice Dept. grant recipients
Since 1978, the staff at Crisis Center North, a nonprofit counseling and resource center for domestic violence victims, has worked to empower its clients and help them feel safe. Through its Paws for Empowerment program, the center began to provide therapy dogs during counseling sessions with victims and during visits...
Pittsburgh tax preparer gets federal prison time for lying on tax returns
A tax preparer from Pittsburgh’s North Side has been sentenced to 4 months in federal prison for lying on tax returns he prepared for clients, including making up fake gifts to charity and phony business expenses. Jamar White, 49, also was ordered to pay nearly $70,000 in restitution to the...
Pittsburgh man gets 44 months in federal prison for ‘hijacking’ bank, credit accounts
A Pittsburgh man has been sentenced to 3 years and 8 months behind bars for using fraudulently obtained debit and credit cards to buy $250,000 worth of gift cards, clothes, jewelry and other items, U.S. Attorney Cindy K. Chung said. Sulemon Arowokoko, 32, a Nigerian native who also has ties...
Pine-Richland named in Top 64 teams in International Public Policy Forum
The Brewer Foundation and New York University has named Pine-Richland High School as one of the “Top 64” teams for the Annual International Public Policy Forum – the first and only contest that gives high school students around the world the opportunity to engage in written and oral debates on...
Police seek suspect in Munhall shooting
Police are searching for a man wanted in connection with a shooting late Thursday in Munhall. Allegheny County and Munhall police are seeking information on the whereabouts of Darnell Pearson, 53, after securing a warrant for his arrest. Police said Pearson illegally entered a home on Scotia Way shortly before...
Pittsburgh man, 58, dies following Wilkinsburg shooting
Allegheny County Police on Thursday filed homicide charges against a Pittsburgh man in connection with a deadly shooting that took place early Thursday morning in Wilkinsburg. George Edwin Booker, 52, faces homicide and firearms charges for the alleged shooting of a 58-year-old Pittsburgh man inside a Wilkinsburg home, Allegheny County...
Police: McKeesport man knew his brakes didn’t work before fatal July crash
Police say that a McKeesport man knew his 2003 Yukon had no brakes and was unsafe to drive when he left ACS Auto Repair on July 3, but he drove off anyway and crashed about a mile away, killing his female passenger. Eric Oliver, 47, faces a slew of charges...
Allegheny County police searching for man accused in McKees Rocks homicide
Allegheny County police on Wednesday filed homicide charges in connection with the midday killing of a man in McKees Rocks last month, authorities said. David Goodwine, 29, of McKees Rocks, faces homicide and firearms charges for the alleged shooting of 35-year-old Brian Irby on Oct. 7. Irby, also of McKees...
Feds press Pittsburgh-based Poopsenders.com to find client harassing postal employee
Officials from the U.S. Office of the Inspector General were in federal court in Pittsburgh Tuesday trying to determine who has been harassing a U.S. Postal Service employee by mailing multiple, anonymous packages of fake poop. The OIG issued a subpoena in November 2019 to a company called Poopsenders.com, located...
Pittsburgh police officer charged with DUI and rear-ending car driven by WPXI reporter
A Pittsburgh police officer is on unpaid administrative leave after he was charged with rear-ending a car while intoxicated in Plum earlier this month. The driver of the car he hit, according to police, is WPXI-TV reporter Amy Hudak. Tariq Jamal-Francis is charged with driving under the influence, endangering the...
Health official: Breakthrough cases make up 38% of Allegheny County’s cases
Vaccinated residents made up about 38% of Allegheny County’s roughly 20,000 covid-19 cases in October and November, a health official said Wednesday. That’s around 7,700 cases among the vaccinated, said Dr. LuAnn Brink, chief epidemiologist for the county health department. Brink filled in for Dr. Debra Bogen, the county’s health...
UPMC, Maxim Healthcare Services spar over millions in hepatitis C settlements
UPMC and the staffing agency that placed with them a radiology technician who infected dozens of patients with hepatitis C continue to battle over who should bear the cost of millions of dollars in court settlements. Court documents show UPMC has paid more than $4 million to settle litigation over...
Plum School Board puts mask decision in hands of students, regardless of vaccination status
The Plum School Board on Nov. 23 passed a new mask policy that will allow all students, regardless of vaccination status, to decide whether or not they want to wear a mask at school. Additionally, seating restrictions in lunch areas will be rescinded, certain guest restrictions would be lifted, field...
Hampton police get scruffy in No Shave November for Mrs. Claus Club
Some Hampton Police officers are getting a little furry overe for the next couple months to raise awareness and money for a charitable cause. Half of the department is participating in No Shave November, a month-long journey to help support cancer prevention, research and education. Hampton police officers will be...
Food podcast: Why you should make your holiday dinner plate colorfulVideo
On the latest episode of the food podcast presented by Clearview Federal Credit Union on the TribLIVE Podcast Network, the Greater Pittsburgh Community Food Bank explains some great ways to guarantee your holiday meals are delicious and nutritious. It’s the Food Bank’s mission to not only provide food, but healthy...
3 injured in Jefferson Hills bar shooting
One man was shot in the back and two others were injured from bullet fragments early Wednesday morning during a fight inside a Jefferson Hills bar, Allegheny County police said. The man shot in the back at the Rum Monkeys Pizza & Pub Bar on State Street at about 1:30...
Hit the Monroeville library after hours during inaugural Winter Walk
Just in time for the holidays, The Friends of the Monroeville Public Library will hold a Winter Walk event for adults over the age of 21 Dec. 4. The walk will be part of the Blanket the Library PLUS fundraising event, which began Nov. 15 and will run through Dec....
Fire extinguished at West Mifflin scrap metal plant
A fire that broke out in machinery at an industrial scrap metal plant in West Mifflin early Wednesday was extinguished by mid-morning, Tribune-Review news partner WPXI-TV reported. The fire was reported around 3:30 a.m. at the TMS International plant on Delwar Road. Firefighters extinguished the fire by 5:30 a.m. No...
Port Authority driver files race discrimination suit over Black Lives Matter masks
A Port Authority of Allegheny County bus driver already involved in a lawsuit filed by union members over Black Lives Matter masks at the agency filed his own federal lawsuit Tuesday alleging race discrimination. James Hanna, of Penn Hills, has worked for Port Authority since 1988. He said in the...
Homicide charges filed in deadly Baldwin bar fight
A man’s death following a bar fight at the Loose Moose Saloon in Baldwin earlier this year has been ruled a homicide, and the Peters man accused of punching him is charged with homicide. Zachary Blake, 22, is charged with homicide in connection with the July death of Mark Thompson,...
UPMC on pace for record-breaking revenue in 2021, health giant took in $18B through September
UPMC is poised to log another record year of billion-dollar revenue growth in 2021, records made public Tuesday show. The health giant headquartered in Downtown Pittsburgh’s U.S. Steel Tower raked in $18 billion between January and September — about $1 billion more than it made by this time last year,...
