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Pittsburgh coffee van seeks musicians to create original, heavy metal jingle
The pure joy felt by children as they race toward an ice cream truck has few, if any, adult parallels. Perhaps it would be different if the truck sold coffee instead of ice cream and played heavy metal instead of a played-out nursery rhyme. It’s about to become a reality...
Pittsburgh woman killed in Etna crash
A woman is dead after a crash Thursday night in Etna, according to the Allegheny County Medical Examiner’s office. Henrietta Barricella, 83, of Pittsburgh died at Allegheny General Hospital shortly after the crash, which happened around 5:10 p.m. at the corner of Crescent Avenue and Butler Street. Further details about...
Man’s shooting death in Mount Oliver ruled homicide
A 19-year-old Pittsburgh man was killed early Friday in Mount Oliver, according to Allegheny County Police. The Allegheny County Medical Examiner’s Office identified the victim as Tysere Michael Igles and has ruled the death a homicide. Police said the shooting happened around 3:10 a.m. in an apartment building on Arlington...
Millvale police seek person they say vandalized, then burned, house
Millvale police are looking for a person who they say lit a North Avenue house on fire early Wednesday morning. Firefighters and police officers were called to the scene shortly after 4 a.m. Police said witnesses said they had seen someone spray paint the home’s front steps, throw a brick...
Congressman Conor Lamb to debate Trump-backed challenger Sean Parnell on Saturday night
U.S. Rep. Conor Lamb, D-Mt. Lebanon, faces off against Trump-backed Republican challenger Sean Parnell in an in-person, televised debate airing Saturday night. Lamb, 36, and Parnell, 39, who recently moved from Cranberry to Ohio Township, have several things in common beyond vying to represent the 17th Congressional District, which includes...
Police: Man charged with assault, attempted homicide for McKees Rocks shooting
A Pittsburgh man has been charged with attempted homicide and other crimes in connection with a shooting Sunday in McKees Rocks. Allegheny County Police accuse Daemon Daleek Choat, 19, from the city’s Sheraden neighborhood, with shooting a 38-year-old man multiple times Sunday shortly before 4 p.m. along Chartiers Avenue. Police...
One Brilliant in Aspinwall can style you and your homeVideo
Customers can feel at home shopping at One Brilliant in Aspinwall. The women’s clothing and accessories boutique launched “One Brilliant Home,” a stylish line of products to spruce up an abode as well as leisure wear such as comfy bathrobes, soft pajamas and cozy slippers for those whose office is...
A BJ’s Wholesale Club has been proposed for South Fayette’s Newbury Market
A BJ’s Wholesale Club may be coming to South Fayette. The township planning commissioners unanimously voted Thursday night to accept a land development and subdivision application plan for the business proposed at the Newbury Market site. The commissioners declined to discuss the plan, moving talks and possible site plan approval...
ConnectiveRx to hire 300 in Pittsburgh area
A biopharmaceutical services provider based in Pittsburgh is looking to fill hundreds of new jobs. ConnectiveRx, a company that provides access and adherence solutions for specialty and branded medications, announced Thursday its hiring local people for 300 new full-time and temporary positions. The open positions include patient support and benefit...
Allegheny County lifts covid restrictions in favor of state mitigation orders
Allegheny County health officials lifted the county-ordered covid-19 restrictions Thursday, allowing the state’s looser restrictions on outdoor gatherings to take effect immediately. County orders had limited indoor gatherings to 25 people and outdoor crowds to no more than 100 people. The state has limited indoor gatherings to 25 people and...
Allegheny County sends out 1st batch of mail-in, absentee ballots
Allegheny County officials on Thursday announced that they have begun sending mail-in and absentee ballots for the Nov. 3 election. The first batch of ballots — approximately 20,000 of them — were delivered to the post office on Wednesday, officials said. On Thursday, an additional 50,000 ballots were delivered to...
Allegheny County reports 60 new coronavirus cases
Allegheny County on Thursday reported 60 new coronavirus cases for a total of 11,927 since March. Of the new cases, 54 are confirmed and four are listed as probable. The 7-day average for cases in the county is 60. There were 1,140 new PCR tests reported. Allegheny County coronavirus by...
Woodland Hills pushes back in-person classes another month
The Woodland Hills School District has pushed back the start of in-person classes for another month, district officials said this week. Superintendent James P. Harris wrote in a letter to parents on Tuesday the in-person return hinges on data from Johns Hopkins University. Students can return to school once data...
New Kensington woman sues Pittsburgh police for wrongful arrest after mistaken identity
A New Kensington woman who said she was assaulted after being wrongfully arrested last year as a result of mistaken identity is suing the Pittsburgh police and the officer who filed the charges. Desiree Pinkston, 35, said in her federal complaint that Pittsburgh officer Morgan Logan, who was investigating a...
Man charged with vehicular assault after shooting, fight in Mt. Oliver
A Pittsburgh man is accused of intentionally hitting a man with his car in Mt. Oliver on Wednesday night, shortly after a shooting that left two bullet holes in the car. It’s unclear if the shooting and the alleged vehicular assault are related, said Mt. Oliver Police Chief Matt Juzwick....
County police: Baldwin couple charged with murder of their 1-year-old boy
A Baldwin couple has been charged with homicide and other crimes in connection with the death of their 1-year-old son. Thomas Snelsire and Tracy Humphreys, both 45, were charged Wednesday by Allegheny County Police with homicide, two counts of endangering the welfare of children, four counts of possession of controlled...
Ordered to close, Brentwood’s Crack’d Egg restaurant cracks back with lawsuit
A Brentwood restaurant ordered to close for failing to follow the governor’s orders to stop the spread of covid-19 sued Allegheny County and the health department on Wednesday, alleging civil rights violations. The owners of the Crack’d Egg, which opened in 2015 on Brownsville Road, were the subject of an...
Allegheny County officials concerned about local drop in testing
Allegheny County health officials said Wednesday that they continue to be pleased with local covid-19 case numbers. “We have continued to see relatively low numbers compared to maybe what we expected as we entered September,” said County Executive Rich Fitzgerald. The county has confirmed 1,152 cases in September so far,...
Hilda’s Soul Food Kitchen in Homestead serves Southern fare
The plaque below the photo of Hilda Auburn reads: “Do small things with great love.” “My mother inspired me, because everything she did she did with love,” said her daughter Avis Williams, who opened Hilda’s Soul Food Kitchen in July in Homestead to honor her late mother. “I want this...
South Park man in prison for stealing $1.2M from church now charged with tax fraud
A man already serving five to 10 years in prison for stealing more than $1 million from an Upper St. Clair church was indicted by the federal government this week on tax fraud charges. David Reiter, 51, formerly of South Park, faces 16 counts of failing to pay taxes and...
Staff member of Gateway’s Mosside Middle School tests positive for covid-19
A staff member at Gateway School District has tested positive for covid-19. A letter addressed to parents Sept. 23 said the staff member is part of Mosside Middle School. Dennis Chakey, assistant superintendent and the district’s pandemic coordinator, said in the letter the district was notified of the positive test...
Baldwin couple wanted in connection with infant’s death turn themselves in to police
One month after a caseworker with Children, Youth and Families gave the all-clear on a Baldwin couple’s home, their 1-year-old infant was found dead from what police said Wednesday was a drug overdose. Thomas Humphreys was found dead in his parents’ Oakleaf Road home in Baldwin on Sept. 13. Investigators...
Youngstown restaurant 1 of 11 in state to have liquor license suspended for covid violations
The Tin Lizzy Tap Room and Restaurant in Youngstown is set to reopen on Friday after its liquor license was suspended for two weeks because the establishment violated restrictions meant to slow the spread of the coronavirus pandemic. Owner Buck Pawlosky said he will play by the rules, but that...
Blawnox police officer charged in alleged evidence room theft
A Blawnox police officer has been charged with stealing from his department, as well as the North Braddock police department where he was previously employed, according to state police. Joseph Andrew Lynn, 34, of McKeesport is allegedly responsible for multiple thefts from both departments. State police were investigating after cash...
Allegheny County adds 46 new coronavirus cases, 3 deaths
The Allegheny County Health Department reported 46 new coronavirus cases and three new deaths on Wednesday. Those new cases bring the county’s total to 11,867 since the first case was reported on March 14. The state is reporting 354 deaths in Allegheny County, which differs from the county health department’s...
