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Here are some of the latest news items from this morning, Wednesday, Jan. 29, 2025: Vehicle takes out utility pole in Shaler A vehicle crashed into a utility pole along Mt. Royal Boulevard early Wednesday morning, Shaler Township Police said. No injuries were reported in the crash, which occurred at...

A young child is being helped by social services after a Clairton man was arrested on drug crimes and firearms violations following a raid at his home earlier this month, law enforcement officials announced Tuesday. Ismail A. Hamlin, 28, was denied bail and remains lodged in the Allegheny County Jail,...

A West Mifflin man prohibited from having guns because of a past aggravated assault conviction will serve at least 16 years in federal prison. Giante Hilliard, 32, was sentenced Monday by U.S. District Judge J. Nicholas Ranjan on drug and gun counts from three incidents in spring 2023. He pleaded...

McCandless Council unanimously approved the construction of the Carey Lane Apartments at its meeting Jan. 27, marking the final active project in the McCandless Crossing development. The apartments, which will go up on Carey Lane, just off McKnight Road, will sit adjacent to the Remington senior center in a currently...

Gateway school board members voted unanimously Monday to approve a $50,000 settlement in a racial discrimination lawsuit filed by an alum who claims she was not hired as the district’s athletic director because she is in an interracial marriage. The vote for the settlement was 8-0; board President Leslie McBride...

A video taken on April 22, 2020, showed one of Bella Seachrist’s stepbrothers smacking her. Another taken less than a month later, showed the girl, nearly 4, sitting facing a corner as two other children in the Oakmont house hit her. A photograph taken five days after that showed one...

The abridged version of this year’s Three Rivers Arts Festival will take place in the Strip District, officials announced Monday. The festival will be take place at the riverfront lots at the 15th Street Plaza along Waterfront Place, said Derek Scalzott, a spokesman for the Pittsburgh Cultural Trust. Festival dates...

A Jefferson Hills home is heavily damaged after an early morning house fire. According to a social media post from the Pleasant Hills Volunteer Fire Company, the company was called to a home on Hunters Field Circle just before 3:30 a.m. Firefighters encountered flames in the back of the home....

A woman died at the scene of a house fire in Braddock on Friday afternoon. The Allegheny County Medical Examiner’s Office reported that the victim was Natalie Stecki, 77. The fire occurred around 2:30 p.m. along the 400 block of Mills Avenue. State police and a fire marshal are investigating....

“I made her nose bleed,” one message read. “Good. I’m going to beat her,” came the response. Those were just two of hundreds of text messages between Alexis Herrera and her sister, Laura Ramriez, in early 2020 in the months leading up to their arrest for criminal homicide. According to...

Located on First Street in Aspinwall, a family-owned pizza shop has been cooking pies in the original ovens since 1979 when Bob Cozza first opened the place. There is nothing fancy about Casa Del Sole, which is part of its charm. “Our ovens are seasoned,” said Nick Lombardi of O’Hara,...

A Wilkinsburg man who Allegheny County Police said shot at two officers in October in Penn Hills was arrested Thursday in Fort Pierce, Florida. Pittsburgh detectives — who had a court order to conduct surveillance on Darrell Barham’s vehicle — were investigating early Oct. 17 when police said Barham, 40,...

Wooden signs throughout the Oakmont house and decorative pillows in the entryway featured words like “home,” “family” and “happy.” The kitchen pantry was stacked with snacks like peanut M&Ms, Kraft macaroni and cheese, Bugles and cake mix. The refrigerator was stocked with frozen meats. And yet, police said, nearly 4-year-old...

The Allegheny County District Attorney’s Office is offering immunity to a school van driver injured in a high-speed, fatal crash that killed one of his passengers to ensure his testimony against the two men accused of causing it. According to medical records in the case, van driver Richard Maleski tested...

Gateway school board members are mulling whether to pay $50,000 to settle a racial discrimination lawsuit filed by an alum who claims she was not hired as the district’s athletic director because she is in an interracial marriage. The lawsuit, filed in 2021 Korie Morton-Rozier claims she experienced race discrimination...

Classical composer Ludwig van Beethoven and singer-songwriter Stevie Wonder are among those being celebrated for their talents and overcoming their disabilities at Unlimited Sound, a free concert set for Feb. 2 at Temple Ohav Shalom in Allison Park. The event from 2 to 3 p.m. is part of the Azure...

Tom Rooney remembers working at Bard’s Dairyland on Pittsburgh’s North Side in the late 1960s, with the Penguins game on in the background. “Ed Conway was the first Penguins announcer, and I’d be at Bard’s, serving customers and trying to figure out what was happening in the game at the...

Local law enforcement attended a presentation at Carson Middle School on Jan. 20 on how to best interact with those who may be on the autism spectrum or have intellectual and developmental disabilities. The event was presented by Scott Bailey, an officer for the Fox Chapel Area School District and...

Here are some of the latest news items from this morning, Thursday, Jan. 23: Car smashes into Ross home No one was reported injured after a vehicle crashed into a Ross home on Wednesday. Emergency crews were called to Jacks Run Road at about 3:30 p.m. The Seville Volunteer Fire...

A Pine-Richland 11th grader has gathered nearly 1,900 signatures for an online petition against the Pine-Richland School Board’s controversial library policy revisions. Elise Duckworth said she created the change.org petition on Jan. 12 as an outlet for those in opposition to the board’s proposed policy changes and to insist the...

A more than 2-mile stretch of rail line passing through Penn Hills and Verona is set to quiet down. In the coming months, Allegheny Valley Railroad will pull up track from its soon-to-be abandoned Brilliant Branch and use it along part of the Allegheny Subdivision, which follows the south bank...

Auberle in McKeesport will provide youth more opportunities for employment and to build wealth when its YouthBuild program launches in February. The initiative will allow Auberle to serve more than 65 unemployed or underemployed individuals from across Allegheny County from the ages of 16 to 24. Participants will be able...

A lottery player is $75,000 richer after buying a ticket Sunday in Crafton. The winning ticket was sold at the Giant Eagle along Walsh Road, according to the Pennsylvania Lottery. It was a Cash 5 ticket with Quick Cash that matched all five winning numbers — 7, 8, 19, 31...