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Police: Man who fired at Braddock officers shot himself during standoff, in grave condition
A man suspected of firing at Braddock police was taken into custody Tuesday evening after police say he shot himself in the head. The unidentified man was alive but listed in grave condition following a standoff in an abandoned house along the 500 block of Lobinger Avenue. Allegheny County Police...
Penn man accused of assaulting woman during fight about bathroom use
State police say a Penn Borough man assaulted two people during a fight about who was going to use the bathroom at an apartment Monday, according to court documents. Dakota Scheetz, 24, was arraigned Tuesday on two counts each of harassment and simple assault filed by troopers after the 5...
4th gun in 12 days caught at Pittsburgh airport
Security agents at Pittsburgh International Airport on Tuesday caught the fourth traveler in 12 days trying to bring a firearm through the security checkpoint, officials said. It’s the fifth gun caught at the security checkpoint so far this year, according to Transportation Security Administration spokeswoman Lisa Farbstein. A Wexford man...
Driver charged in Parkway West crash that killed South Park woman
A man already in jail for his third DUI conviction was charged Friday in connection with a 2019 crash that killed a South Park woman. Aaron Hutchison, 20, of Carnegie, was under the influence of marijuana and morphine at the time, state police wrote in his criminal complaint. He is...
Suspected Bethel Park shoplifters caught after dozing in car full of stolen goods
Two suspected serial shoplifters in Bethel Park were caught after one of them fell asleep in the car alongside $1,300 in stolen merchandise, authorities said. Police responded Feb. 9 to the parking lot of the Bethel Park Home Depot for a report of a woman passed out in a car,...
Allegheny County reports 1 new covid death; trend continues of low deaths reported
Allegheny County reported one additional covid-related death Tuesday, according to the county Health Department. The individual was in their 80s and died Sunday. That continues a trend in recent days where no or few covid-19 deaths have been reported. In the past four days, four deaths have been reported, with...
Crews respond to house fire in McCandless
Crews battled a house fire in McCandless early Tuesday morning, according to the Peebles District Volunteer Fire Co. The two-alarm fire on Windmill Lane near McIntyre Square and Peebles Road was reported just before 4 a.m. No injuries were reported. One firefighter was treated for dehydration, according to Tribune-Review news...
Police: McKees Rocks teen shot multiple times in the borough
A boy was shot multiple times Monday afternoon in McKees Rocks. Allegheny County police said they were called for the shooting around 2:30 p.m. along the 300 block of Russellwood Avenue. Police said the victim, a 16 year old from McKees Rocks, sustained multiple non-life threatening injuries as a result...
Pittsburgh, Allegheny County and PennDOT officials try to keep up with wintry weather
After being spoiled by a lack of snow last winter, Western Pennsylvania residents have been confronted by multiple snow events since November. The total with Monday’s 1.5 inch snowfall is now 51.2 inches, according to the National Weather Service in Moon, putting it in the Top 10 snow accumulations through...
Monroeville doctor accused of writing illegal painkiller prescriptions
A Monroeville doctor was charged last week in federal court with nearly 100 counts of writing illegal oxycodone prescriptions, as well as Medicare fraud. An indictment returned Thursday by the federal grand jury said Joseph Dicroce, 64, wrote dozens of prescriptions for oxycodone to just three people from 2016 to...
New covid cases continue to decline in Allegheny County
Allegheny County continues to see a decline in the number of new cases, hospitalizations and deaths associated with covid-19. The county added 394 new cases of coronavirus over the past two days, according to county’s Health Department. That’s more than 12% fewer new cases than a week ago (450) and...
Winter storm won’t halt plans for covid-19 vaccines at Allegheny County sites
Allegheny County Health Department planned to continue dispensing covid-19 vaccinations Monday and Tuesday, despite a winter storm that is expected to drop snow and ice across the region. Clinics are expected to be open Monday in Monroeville and Tuesday in Monroeville and Castle Shannon — although the schedule of appointments...
Watch Dooker’s Hollow Bridge implosion in North BraddockVideo
Dooker’s Hollow Bridge stood for 80 years, but it barely took a minute for 96 expertly placed explosive charges to bring it down on Saturday. Placing the explosives for the bridge’s implosion is technical work done using a large crane, Allegheny County Public Works officials said. Recent snow and windy...
Pitcairn man, 21, dies following Parkway off-ramp crash in Wilkins
A Pitcairn man was killed in the early hours of Sunday morning when he crashed after driving off the side of a Parkway East off-ramp in Wilkins Township, county officials said. The Allegheny County Medical Examiner’s office said Willie Rozier, 21, of Pitcairn, died of injuries sustained when his car...
ATV/snowmobile fever: Westmoreland, Allegheny lead Pennsylvania in registrations
As the U.S. Forest Service has opened up ATV and off-road vehicle permits for the Allegheny National Forest, the state reports that its licenses for these sports vehicles continue to trend upwards. The U.S. Forest Service offers permits for off-road vehicles to use federal forests, including the region’s closest federal...
Allison Park attorney seeks to become Allegheny County judge
An attorney with Allegheny County Child Protection Services (CPS) is seeking to become an Allegheny County judge. Alyssa Cowan, an Allison Park resident and assistant county solicitor for CPS, made the announcement Saturday. “I’ve decided to throw my name in this race, not to chase political fame or boost my...
Clairton man killed in Dravosburg crash
A Clairton man was killed in a vehicle crash late Friday in Dravosburg, authorities said. The victim was identified as Alex Keith Anthony Brown Jr., 41, according to the Allegheny County Medical Examiner’s Office. The crash happened along Washington Avenue just before midnight. Brown was transported to a hospital where...
Bethel Park teen located safely
Bethel Park police said a teen they were searching for has been found safe. Police issued an alert on its Facebook page Saturday that sought help looking for Maria Musciano, 16. According to an alert on the police Facebook page, Musciano was located early Sunday....
Allegheny County adds 306 new coronavirus cases, 3 deaths
Allegheny County on Saturday recorded 306 new coronavirus cases, a relative bump up as cases had been on the decline in recent weeks. Reports haven’t reached 500 cases in nearly four weeks and the county hasn’t reported any 1,000-case days in the past six weeks, according to data from the...
Appointments for covid vaccine at new Allegheny County site filled within minutes
Those who were looking to book an appointment to receive part of the state’s limited supply of the covid-19 vaccination at Allegheny County’s second dispensary will have to wait. Online registration for the new site began at 9 a.m. Saturday, and appointments were filled within 10 minutes, according to county...
Pittsburgh man accused of sex trafficking, faces 15 years to life in prison if convicted
A federal grand jury has accused a Pittsburgh man of sex trafficking an adult woman, prosecutors said Friday. Anthony Juskowich, 22, of the city’s Oakland neighborhood was named as the sole defendant in a one-count indictment returned by the grand jury on Thursday, according to U.S. Attorney Scott W. Brady....
Pittsburgh bald eagles lay 1st egg of 2021; marks 9th year nesting on Hays hillsideVideo
The Pittsburgh Hays female bald eagle laid her first egg of the season Friday evening. A live nest cam captured the egg for the first time shortly before 6 p.m. The female eagle returned to the nest just before 5 p.m., then ate “a food gift brought by the Hays...
Wolf signed commutations for 13 people, including 3 from Allegheny County
Gov. Tom Wolf on Friday signed 13 commutations, including three people from Allegheny County who were convicted of murder. Eric I. Eisen, 52, who served 26 years; Charlie J. Goldblum, 71, who served 42 years; and Avis Lee, 59, who served 40 years are among those who will soon be...
Man held for trial in connection with shooting of McKeesport officerVideo
The McKeesport police officer shot in December by a man he was transporting recounted the incident during a hearing Friday. Geriasimo Athans testified that one bullet that struck him the afternoon of Dec. 20 went straight through his neck, and another, still lodged in his body because it’s too dangerous...
Allegheny County to open 2nd covid vaccine dispensary
Castle Shannon will be the site of the Allegheny County Health Department’s second covid-19 vaccine dispensary. It will be staffed by members of Allegheny County Emergency Services who have been trained in storage, handling and administration of the vaccine, according to the county. Beginning Tuesday, the Castle Shannon dispensary will...
