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Dr. Freddie Fu remembered as ‘a pioneer and visionary in our field’
Sympathy, condolences and tributes echoed from all corners of the sports and medicine world following Friday’s news of the death of Dr. Freddie H. Fu, a renowned orthopaedic surgeon who created the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center’s sports medicine program. Fu was 70. He also was Pitt’s sports teams physician...
Steller’s sea eagle, Kodiak, escapes from National Aviary habitat in Pittsburgh
Officials from the National Aviary are searching for a Steller’s sea eagle that escaped its habitat on Saturday morning in Pittsburgh’s North Side neighborhood. “It looks a bit like a bald eagle, but it’s larger,” said National Aviary Communication Director Carly Morgan. “A team of experts are working to safely...
Robert Morris University receives $1 million donation
A donation of $1 million from Alba Tull and the First Light Capital Group will help Robert Morris University launch the RMU Century Initiatives and Innovation Fund as part of the university’s 100th-year anniversary celebration. The RMU Century Initiatives and Innovation Fund provides resources to launch and reboot programs critical...
La Roche University introduces Center for Lifelong Learning to encourage continued education for students of all ages
Students of any age can continue learning through La Roche University’s Center for Lifelong Learning, with courses ranging from art and history, to fitness and philosophy. The McCandless school established the Center for Lifelong Learning this year, touting the initiative as a way to allow adults of all ages and...
Carnegie Mellon University robotics team earns 4th place in search-and-rescue competition
Carnegie Mellon University’s team of students, faculty, staff and robots placed fourth in a major competition testing how well their robots could navigate an underground course simulating a search-and-rescue mission. Called Team Explorer, the university’s team traveled this week to the Defense Advanced Research Project Agency (DARPA) challenge in Louisville,...
Election code violation filed against treasurer of Pittsburgh political action committee
Allegheny County police on Thursday charged the treasurer of African Americans for Good Government, a political action committee active in Pittsburgh, with a single count for failing to properly file a campaign finance report. The misdemeanor Election Code violation was filed against Leeretta Payne, 64, of Crawford-Roberts, via summons. Under...
Greater Pittsburgh Food Bank announces coalition to deal with childhood hunger
Childhood hunger is becoming a bigger problem in Southwestern Pennsylvania than perhaps anyone could have anticipated. Roughly 96,000 children in the Greater Pittsburgh Community Food Bank’s 11-county service area don’t have access to enough food, or food of an adequate quality to meet basic needs, according to Feeding America. Now...
Suspect in Millvale, Reserve burglaries arrested
A 62-year-old man suspected of committing burglaries in Millvale and Reserve has been arrested. Elwood Bartrug was arraigned early Friday morning and being held in the Allegheny County Jail after being unable to post a $5,000 bail, according to court records. Millvale police charged Bartrug with theft, burglary and criminal...
Florida man, 32, dies after being struck on Route 22 in Monroeville
A Florida man was hit and killed by an SUV on Route 22 in Monroeville Thursday night, Allegheny County Police said. The collision happened at Route 22 and Elliot Road around 9 p.m. According to county police, first responders found Kenneth Allan Kissell Jr., 32, of Nokomis, Fla. He was...
5th person this month with handgun stopped at Pittsburgh International Airport
For the fifth time in September, someone trying to bring a handgun onto a flight at Pittsburgh International Airport was caught at the checkpoint. Transportation Security Administration (TSA) officers stopped a Homer City man from bringing his unloaded .380-caliber handgun onto a flight at Pittsburgh International Airport. When TSA officers...
Boil water advisory issued for much of Penn Hills after mouse discovered in Oakmont Water Authority tank
The Oakmont Water Authority has issued a boil water advisory for much of the Penn Hills water supply region. On Wednesday, a small mouse was discovered in one of the water tanks during a routine inspection, meaning that disease-causing organisms might have entered the water. Before drinking water, the water...
‘It was also her unborn child’: Friends, family plead for information in Karli Short homicideVideo
Under gray skies and spotty rain, family and friends of Karli Short gathered Thursday to ask — plead — for justice in the killing of the young mother-to-be. “She was my only niece in the world. A senseless act took her from us,” said Karri Petty, Short’s aunt. “If you...
Ross woman expected to plead in Capitol riot case
A Ross woman charged in the Jan. 6 Capitol riot is expected to plead guilty next month. Jennifer Heinl appeared via video at a status conference on Thursday at which both the prosecution and defense said they were working on a plea agreement. “We are very close to reaching a...
North Allegheny School District may still mask beyond state mandate
North Allegheny School Board voted 5-4 on Sept. 22 to require masks for students, staff and visitors indoors if Allegheny County is at a high or substantial rate, even if the state’s health department order is lifted. The motion was presented by school board director Kevin Mahler at the board’s...
Man dies after being found shot in Clairton
A man died after being found shot in Clairton early Thursday morning, according to Allegheny County Police. The Allegheny County Medical Examiner identified him as Robert Linnen, 41, of Clairton. According to county police, a shooting in the 400 block of Saint Clair Avenue was reported to 911 shortly before...
Elizabeth Township man charged in Colorado after allegedly mistaking fellow hunter for elk
An Elizabeth Township man is charged with criminally negligent homicide in Colorado after he allegedly shot and killed another man his mistook for an elk while hunting last week. Ronald Morosko, 67, was hunting Friday in the San Juan National Forest in Dolores County when he allegedly shot 31-year-old Gregory...
Man charged in killing Pittsburgh police officer seeks to suppress statement
Five days before Christian Bey was arrested in connection with the July 14, 2019, fatal shooting of off-duty Pittsburgh police Officer Calvin Hall, he was pulled over in a traffic stop. Homicide detectives had developed Bey as a suspect and put out a notice for patrol officers in the area...
Allegheny County health official: Unvaccinated residents 10 times more likely to be hospitalized with covid
Unvaccinated residents in Allegheny County are 10 times more likely to be hospitalized with covid-19 than those who are vaccinated, and they’re 20 times as likely to die from the virus, county health director Dr. Debra Bogen said Wednesday. Bogen, who has held briefings on the virus nearly every week...
Lawsuit alleges Bethel Park McDonald’s hired sex offender who raped teen employee
A teenage girl and her parents sued McDonald’s and a Bethel Park franchise operator Tuesday, alleging that she was harassed and raped by a shift manager with whom she worked, that the defendants knew about it and did nothing to stop it. The complaint, filed in Allegheny County Common Pleas...
Food Podcast: Acting Secretary of Pa. DHS highlights increase in SNAP benefitsVideo
On the latest episode of the Food Podcast presented by Clearview Federal Credit Union on the TribLIVE podcast network, Greater Pittsburgh Community Food Bank talks to Megan Snead, Acting Secretary of the Pennsylvania Department of Human Services. Snead has been visiting food banks across Pennsylvania for hunger action month, and...
Warden pauses militaristic training at Allegheny County Jail after board voteVideo
Allegheny County Jail Warden Orlando Harper on Tuesday said that he has “paused” controversial militaristic training at the facility being offered by Joseph Garcia and his company, Corrections Special Applications Unit — a day after the Jail Oversight Board voted to cancel a no-bid contract with them. Harper said at...
Steelers’ JuJu Smith-Schuster learns to sign during school for deaf visitVideo
Steelers wide receiver JuJu Smith-Schuster learned something at The Western Pennsylvania School for the Deaf in Edgewood on Tuesday. Students in one of the classrooms showed him how to sign the words “defense,” “special teams” and, of course, “offense.” During his surprise visit to the school, he interacted with elementary,...
Gateway School Board adjourns meeting after confrontation among audience members over masks
Gateway School Board members walked off stage before their scheduled meeting Monday night when several people in the audience argued over a mask mandate. Before the meeting, the crowd was reminded of the state mandate to wear a mask in Pennsylvania school buildings. A few in attendance pushed back, with...
No injuries reported in Scott Township house fire
A Scott Township home is uninhabitable after a fire early Tuesday morning. The fire at 2048 Spring Valley Road was reported shortly after 4:30 a.m., an Allegheny County emergency dispatcher said. The family that lives in the home, and their pets, got out unhurt, Tribune-Review news partner WPXI-TV reported. According...
Allegheny County Jail Oversight Board votes to end contract with controversial training company
The Allegheny County Jail Oversight Board on Monday night voted to cancel a controversial contract with a corrections special operations group whose founder’s background raised significant questions about his history and qualifications. The vote was 4-3 with one abstention to cancel a $347,000 contract for training and weaponry with Corrections...
