Allegheny category, Page 64

A woman was killed and three other adults were injured in a two-vehicle crash late Saturday night in Monroeville, Allegheny County Police said. The victim, who was not identified, was fatally injured while riding in a Nissan Pathfinder that hit the rear of a Toyota Rav 4 at about midnight...

A man was fatally shot in Stowe early Sunday morning, the Allegheny County Police said. Carlo Hose Stanford, 39, of Pittsburgh, was found dead at the scene inside a residence in the unit block of McKinnie Avenue. The shooting was reported at 4:37 a.m., police said. County police charged Curtis...

A Hampton construction company owner who engaged in “frequent and risky” trading in Dick’s Sporting Goods securities, earning more than $800,000, in profits will serve a year in federal prison for insider trading. Frank T. Poerio Jr., 63, pleaded guilty in July to four counts of security fraud. He was...

Don’t send that mail-in ballot if you want your vote to count. It’s too late. If you haven’t already mailed your mail-in or absentee ballot as of Thursday, then Allegheny County officials are warning voters it likely won’t arrive on time to the count if sent through traditional mail. County...

Republican Rob Mercuri, a Pennsylvania state representative, is looking to unseat Democratic U.S. Rep Chris Deluzio in a pivotal congressional district that could be crucial in determining which party controls the U.S. House of Representatives. Fox Chapel’s Deluzio, a voting rights attorney and Iraq War veteran, defeated former Ross commissioner...

The residents of pivotal Pennsylvania State Senate District 37 will cast their votes on Nov. 5, choosing one of two major party candidates to represent their interests in Harrisburg. Republican Devlin Robinson is the incumbent, a first-term state senator elected to the position in 2020. Democrat Nicole Ruscitto is challenging...

The fight for Pennsylvania’s District 44 State House seat is on, and a winner will be chosen by voters Nov. 5. Republican Rep. Valerie Gaydos — who has served as the district’s House representative in Harrisburg since 2018 — is facing Democratic challenger Hadley Haas in a race Democrats hope to...

When loved ones need to transition from their longtime residence, it can be stressful and challenging to know how to seamlessly handle all of the moving parts, including selling their property. A local Pittsburgh resident, Vance, recently took on the responsibility of helping his father-in-law navigate the sale of his...

Former Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley told a packed crowd at a northern Allegheny County music venue that former President Donald Trump will need to be re-elected in order for Dave McCormick to be successful in his bid to unseat Pennsylvania’s veteran U.S. Sen. Bob Casey. Haley spoke in support...

The Mt. Lebanon School District has agreed to pay $350,000 in legal fees to end a lawsuit that accused a teacher of violating parents’ constitutional rights when she gave a lesson on transgender identity to first-grade students. A federal judge in September ruled in favor of three mothers in the...

A video circulating online of voters at a satellite election office in South Park last weekend has gone viral in conservative circles, with some suggesting that a group of “non-English-speaking ‘citizens’ ” supporting Kamala Harris inappropriately jumped a long line of people waiting to cast a ballot. Allegheny County issued...

Woodland Hills School District Board of Directors voted Tuesday to approve the censure of board member Darnika Reed during a special meeting. The vote was 5-4. The school district in a statement said that Reed had “made a series of social media posts in which she shared internal district email...

U.S. Senate candidate Dave McCormick is scheduled to host a rally Wednesday in Marshall — with a special guest. The rally is set to start at 7 p.m. at Jergel’s Rhythm Grille, located along Slade Lane in Marshall’s Warrendale neighborhood. Plans are to have McCormick joined by former U.N. ambassador...

A man was killed Tuesday in Stowe when an excavator tipped over and its bucket struck him, according to Allegheny County police. Police were dispatched to the 2200 block of Robinson Boulevard around 11:20 a.m. Tuesday. Detectives determined a 52-year-old man was struck by the bucket of the excavator that...

A Turtle Creek man already charged with shooting a Monroeville police officer multiple times in January was indicted in federal court on Tuesday, charged with robbing seven businesses at gunpoint over the course of a year. Jamal Brooks, 32, is named in an 18-count indictment handed up in U.S. District...

Republican Senate candidate Dave McCormick joined a group of Republican lawmakers in calling for the ouster of Pittsburgh District Judge Xander Orenstein as he lamented progressive policies and their impact on crime. McCormick held a news conference Tuesday in Moon with police union members, local Republicans and conservative commentator Ben...

When Edward Michael “Mike” Fincke was 3, someone asked him what he wanted to be when he grew up. “An astronaut,” Fincke replied. Fifty-four years later, that dream continues to be a reality for Fincke, a National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) astronaut and retired U.S. Air Force colonel. The...

Help was as close as a phone call, an internet search or just stopping by a police station or hospital. But, the judge told James Kraft, he chose none of those. Instead, Kraft remained trapped in his addiction, living in a Munhall apartment strewn with thousands of empty stamp bags...

A 37-year-old McKees Rocks man was fatally shot and three others were wounded inMcKees Rocks on Saturday, Allegheny County Police said. The victim, Shaylon Williams, was shot at the intersection of Meyers Street and the 800 block Ridge Way around 5:30 p.m. and died about an hour later at Allegheny...

A yearslong fight over the fate of historic Herbst House in Sewickley soon could come to a head when officials from the borough and Catholic Diocese of Pittsburgh meet over the latest proposal for the former school and convent. “A closed meeting of a few key individuals on both sides...

Each of the candidates vying to represent Pennsylvania’s 12th District in Washington, D.C., have different priorities. Incumbent Democrat Summer Lee wants to focus on infrastructure along with environmental and economic justice. Republican challenger James Hayes honed in on supporting the energy industry, supporting law enforcement to create safer communities and...

Chartiers Valley School District has appointed a new superintendent with a base salary of $250,000. The school board Thursday evening voted 6-3 to appoint Dan Castagna, who is currently superintendent of the Woodland Hills School District, as its leader for the next five years. His contract will run from Jan....

Behind a door on Walnut Street sits a metal staircase. A walk up the steps is the only thing between shoppers and Heat Check, an oasis of vintage clothing and specialty coffee. The space above Lululemon is the embodiment of years of work by co-owners Brendan Kelly, 26, Ricky Daley,...