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Ross woman pleads guilty to U.S. Capitol riot charge
A Ross woman charged with participating in rioting at the U.S. Capitol pleaded guilty Tuesday in federal court in Washington. Jennifer Heinl, 44, will be sentenced March 22 on a single count of parading, demonstrating or picketing in a Capitol building. The count is a misdemeanor and carries a maximum...
Former Hampton doctor sentenced to home detention, probation for distributing painkillers
A former doctor from Hampton who pleaded guilty in July to health care fraud and money laundering for illegally writing prescriptions for painkillers has been sentenced to home detention and probation. Andrzej Kazimierz Zielke, 66, of Hampton, who was initially arrested in 2017, operated Medical Frontiers LLC, a pain management...
Bus drivers for North Hills School District reject contract offer, set to walk off the job
Bus drivers for the North Hills School District rejected a contract offer Monday evening and have authorized a strike. Drivers for district’s contracted transportation provider, ABC Transit, are represented by Teamsters Local 249. Bus service will not be available starting Wednesday morning for district students and students from private and...
Officials in Allegheny County expect higher voter turnout, thanks to mail-in ballots
Allegheny County officials are anticipating voter participation to be higher than usual for a municipal election, thanks to an influx of mail-in ballots. As of Monday afternoon, the county said nearly 94,000 mail-ballots had been returned. Election officials expect voter turnout to reach about 28% — much less than during...
Police: 1 dead, 1 critical after motorcycles hit van that crossed center line in Elizabeth
A woman from Irwin died when the motorcycle she was driving hit a utility van that crossed the center line along McKeesport Road in Elizabeth Township on Sunday, according to police. The crash happened shortly before 5 p.m. when a utility van traveling eastbound veered into the westbound lane near...
3 arrested in assault of off-duty Pittsburgh police detective in Brookline bar
A Pittsburgh woman is charged with strangling and punching an off-duty detective at least 17 times in the face Saturday night at a South Hills bar. Angie Hindman, 44, of Beechview was arrested and booked into Allegheny County Jail following the assault that broke out at Brook-line N Sinker bar...
Police: Boy in critical condition after McKeesport shooting
A boy is in critical condition after a shooting in McKeesport early Sunday morning, Allegheny County police said. Allegheny County dispatchers were notified of a shooting in the 1400 block of Hamilton Street shortly before 5:30 a.m. On scene, first responders found the boy with a gunshot wound. He was...
Man shot in back in Stowe Township, expected to survive
A man was shot in the back Saturday afternoon in Stowe Township, police said. Allegheny County Police say the unidentified man was found shot in the 500 block of Marwood Avenue at about 4:45 p.m. Police said the man’s injuries are not life threatening. He was taken to an area...
Allegheny County Council candidate Joe Wise dies
Joe Wise, a Republican candidate for Allegheny County Council, died on Saturday. Sam DeMarco, chair of the Republican Committee of Allegheny County, confirmed the death in a statement. Wise, of Moon Township, was running for the council seat in District 1. He was facing Democrat Jack Betkowski of Ross. “Personally,...
3 seats up for grabs on Allegheny County Council; GOP candidate Joe Wise dies days before election
From sewer sludge to paid family leave to no-tax-hike pledges, a wide range of issues dominate the respective platforms of Allegheny County Council candidates facing off Tuesday. Six council races are on the general election ballot, but just three were contested in the general election. Joe Wise, a Moon Township...
Crowds come out for Mt. Lebanon’s Pumpkin Patch Parade
Crowds came out for the annual Mt. Lebanon Pumpkin Patch Parade on Saturday. The parade strolled through the township’s Uptown section on Washington Road from the public safety center to Washington elementary school. The parade featured the police color guard leading the way, several fire trucks, the Mt. Lebanon High...
Bethel Park elementary school students launch ‘pumpkins’ to learn science
Students and even adults have been figuring out ways to launch pumpkins since about the time trick-or-treating became an integral part of the Halloween scene in the late 1930s and early 40s. No doubt inspired by past flying pumpkin feats, on Oct. 26, students at Ben Franklin Elementary School in...
Allegheny County Common Pleas Judges Bicket, Todd up for retention votes
In addition to 10 vacant seats on the Allegheny County Common Pleas bench, two sitting judges are up for retention in Tuesday’s election. Judge Alexander P. Bicket, 65, of Mt. Lebanon, and Judge Randal B. Todd, 66, also of Mt. Lebanon, are running for another 10-year term The Allegheny County...
Men get federal prison for helping destroy Pittsburgh police car during George Floyd protestsVideo
Two men accused of conspiring to light a Pittsburgh police car on fire during protests last year over the death of George Floyd are going to federal prison. Da’Jon Lengyel, 24, of McKees Rocks, was ordered to serve 27 months, while Christopher West, 36, will serve four years. They both...
How to choose your candidate for Allegheny County Common Pleas Court
The primary field of 39 candidates for Allegheny County Common Pleas Court judge has been cut by more than half as 18 people are running for 10 seats on the bench in Tuesday’s election. With that many candidates, trying to figure out who to vote for can be as much...
North Park eagles could rebuild after nest tree collapses, game commission says
When an old dead oak holding a bald eagle nest crashed to the ground in North Park last week, a legion of photographers and watchers collectively gasped. The tree supported not just the park’s only eagles’ nest, but the only such nest in any Allegheny County park. The two bald...
Man faces charges after shooting at vehicle in Sharpsburg
A man turned himself into police Thursday after Sharpsburg surveillance video showed him firing two gunshots along Main Street, one hitting a passing car. Justin Craig faces charges of aggravated assault and reckless endangerment stemming from the Oct. 17 incident, according to Tribune-Review news partner WPXI-TV. Police said Craig left...
18 candidates seek 10 seats on Allegheny County Common Pleas bench
Eighteen people, including 12 men and six women, are vying for 10 seats on the Allegheny County Common Pleas bench in Tuesday’s election. Following is information on each of the candidates, listed in the order that they will appear on the ballot, which includes their Allegheny County Bar Association ratings...
Officials identify truck driver killed in crash with train in Jefferson Hills
The Allegheny County Medical Examiner’s Office has identified the man killed in a Jefferson Hills truck-train crash Monday as a West Virginia resident. Michael Peters, 64, of Rock Cave, was dead at the scene along Route 51, after his dump truck collided with a Wheeling and Lake Erie train. The...
Police investigate swastika taped inside Mt. Lebanon classroom
A handmade swastika found inside a classroom at Mt. Lebanon School District’s Jefferson Middle School on the third anniversary of the Tree of Life synagogue shooting has prompted Mt. Lebanon police to investigate. An unknown vandal or vandals made a swastika out of masking tape and affixed it to a...
Northbound Route 28 weekend crossover scheduled in O’Hara Township
A busy last few months of road construction work on Route 28 continues this weekend. PennDOT District 11 has announced work requiring a weekend crossover on Route 28 North will begin at 8 p.m. Friday and continue through 5 a.m. Monday, weather permitting. Northbound traffic will be crossed over into...
North Allegheny School Board meets in empty auditorium after some in audience fail to mask up
North Allegheny School Board met in an empty auditorium Wednesday, Oct. 27 after some in the audience failed to comply with the district’s mask mandate, and the board asked everyone in the audience to leave. The board meeting, which was being held at the high school auditorium, was delayed by...
Chartiers Valley student’s death at basketball practice triggers grief, donations
A 12-year-old student from Chartiers Valley School District died Wednesday after collapsing at basketball practice, according to the Allegheny County Medical Examiner’s Office. Jayson Kidd, of Bridgeville, collapsed during warm-ups at about 5 p.m. and was taken to a local hospital where he died. Kidd was a student at the...
North Allegheny’s Carson Middle School boosts security after unclear, online threat
Students at Carson Middle School in North Allegheny School District saw extra security when they arrived to class Thursday after someone posted an online threat that was vague but still concerning to district officials. Officials were notified Wednesday of an online threat against a “CMS student,” Superintendent Melissa Friez told...
No one injured in fire that spread to several homes in Pittsburgh’s Perry South
Some residents of Kennedy Avenue in Pittsburgh’s Perry South section had to jump to safety after their homes caught fire early Thursday, according to Pittsburgh Public Safety officials. No one was injured in the fire that spread to at least three homes. The fire, which started in a two-story home...
