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O’Hara resident to provide mobile sauna at James Sharp Landing in Sharpsburg on Saturday afternoons
One way to deal with freezing temperatures is to step into a sauna. Those courageous enough to brave the elements will have a unique opportunity to do just that throughout the next several weeks in Sharpsburg. O’Hara resident John Barbour plans to set up his mobile sauna at James Sharp...
Police from dozens of departments show up in force to support boy battling cancer at Children’s HospitalVideo
Fox Chapel, Sewickley and Plum police officers were among the cavalcade of crime fighters that came out Tuesday to support a boy battling cancer at UPMC Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh. Police from 76 departments spanning Allegheny, Beaver, Butler, Westmoreland, McKean and Washington counties rode in 87 vehicles around the facility...
Body of Washington, Pa., woman missing since mid-January found in Cecil
A 33-year-old woman who was reported missing in January was found dead Tuesday in Washington County, officials said. Rebecca Jordan Kloster, of Washington, was found in a wooded area near the 300 block of Hahn Drive in Cecil, according to the Washington County Coroner’s Office. Kloster was reported missing on...
Motorist in driveway crash that injured 3 at Derry birthday bash found not guilty of assault
A Greensburg man was found not guilty of serious felony offenses for the assaults of three people caused when he ran over them with his pickup two years ago in the driveway of a Derry Township apartment building. Police said Dominic G. Bellone, now 21, was drunk when he backed...
90-year-old woman dies in Fayette County fire
A 90-year-old woman was killed after a fire broke out in a Fayette County home Tuesday afternoon, Grindstone Fire Chief Rich Lenk confirmed. Crews responded to the 100 block of E. Second Street in Grindstone around 2:10 p.m. for reports of the fire at the duplex house. Officials believe the...
‘Love locks’ on Pittsburgh’s Clemente Bridge to find new life as 19-month closure looms
Two decades’ worth of love locks on Pittsburgh’s Roberto Clemente Bridge will not be love lost, but rather removed and donated for an art project when the bridge shuts down for planned rehab work on Valentine’s Day. The closure is part of a larger rehab of the Sister Bridges across...
East Deer merger with Allegheny Valley Regional Police moves closer to reality
East Deer is coming closer to merging its police force with the Allegheny Valley Regional Police Department after receiving two approvals for its application. The Allegheny Valley Regional Police Commission approved East Deer’s application during a special meeting Jan. 25. Then, on Friday, Jan. 28, the Springdale Township commissioners voted...
Etna rallies against swastika flag with messages of love
Legal but not acceptable — that’s how many Etna residents are describing a swastika flag hanging from a porch along Greeley Avenue. “We have been working to positively respond with love and inclusion,” said Robert Tunon, chairman of the Etna Community Organization (ECO). It was late 2021 when neighbors first...
Lawsuit filed against man who threw pumpkin at woman in Pittsburgh’s Bloomfield
A man from Pittsburgh’s Bloomfield neighborhood who threw a pumpkin in a woman’s face, giving her a concussion, is being sued in Allegheny County Common Pleas Court. Robin Faulkner filed the lawsuit against James Gazis and his wife, Melissa Gazis, on Tuesday. James Gazis, 40, was charged by Pittsburgh police...
2 charged in homicides on Parkway East, Route 28 last year
Over the course of one deadly night, Howard Milligan shot and killed two people in separate incidents on Route 28 and the Parkway East last May, according to police. Milligan, 26, of Turtle Creek faces 17 charges in connection with the May 22 shootings, including two counts of homicide and...
Murrysville vocalist will parody Pat Benatar song at Gobbler’s Knob on Groundhog DayVideo
A Pittsburgh band fronted by a Murrysville singer will play their parody of Pat Benatar’s “Hit Me With Your Best Shot” at Gobbler’s Knob on Groundhog Day. The band No More Daisies is one of two finalists selected Sunday for the “Gobbler’s Knob Got Talent” competition. They will play at...
Man charged with attempted break-ins of occupied car, Bethel Park police station
An Arkansas man was jailed after Bethel Park police say he attempted to break into an occupied car at the South Hills Village mall and later tried to break into a secured area of the police station. The mall incident occurred on Saturday, when police say Rodrick Hatten, 30, of...
Cooper-Siegel Community Library in Fox Chapel to host comedy fundraiser
People could use a little more love and laughter with the way things are going on in the world. Officials at Cooper-Siegel Community Library in Fox Chapel think so, which why it is hosting a stand up comedy fundraiser Feb. 12. John Evans of NBC’s “Last Comic Standing” headlines the...
$25.3M in federal funding set aside to replace Pittsburgh’s collapsed Fern Hollow Bridge
PennDOT said $25.3 million in federal funding has been allocated to replace the collapsed Fern Hollow Bridge, and the state transportation agency will assist in design and construction. Ten people were injured Friday when the bridge in Pittsburgh’s Frick Park collapsed, sending a Port Authority bus and several other vehicles...
Crews rescue equipment operator who went over steep hillside off Route 30 in North Huntingdon
The operator of a skid loader suffered non life-threatening injuries Tuesday afternoon when the equipment went over a 150-foot hillside behind the Norwin Commerce Center along Route 30 in North Huntingdon, Hartford Heights Deputy Fire Chief Mark Gibas said. Gibas said he did not know the identity of the operator...
2022 Allegheny County homicide victims
A look at each of the homicides that have taken place in Allegheny County so far in 2022: Jan. 1: Amariey Lei Amariey Lei, 19, was found shot to death in Wilkinsburg. LGBTQ advocacy groups have said this appears to be the nation’s first killing of a trans person in...
5 charged with riot in Jeannette incident
Five men are facing charges in connection with a January incident that started in Jeannette and involved members of the group vandalizing a car and taunting its driver, according to court papers. Arrest warrants were issued for Colby E. Doak, 20, of New Stanton and Jeannette residents Erick T. Reusser,...
Man accused of threatening Westmoreland sheriff arraigned on new charge, pleads guilty to DUI
A 55-year-old man accused of making social media threats to harm Westmoreland County Sheriff James Albert and his family could soon be released from the county jail to begin a DUI sentence on electronic home monitoring, according to court documents. Matthew A. Betts was taken into custody Saturday after sheriff’s...
Pittsburgh considers proposal to buy, rent additional snow plows
Pittsburgh City Council is considering a measure that would allow the city to buy and rent additional snow plows this year. Legislation sponsored by Councilman Anthony Coghill would reallocate more than $470,000 from the capital budget to buy six new snow plow trucks and rent six more. The funding was...
Special election date set to fill seat vacated by former state Rep. Jake Wheatley
Pennsylvania House Speaker Bryan Cutler on Tuesday ordered a special election to fill the state House seat vacated by Jake Wheatley, who stepped down to become Pittsburgh Mayor Ed Gainey’s chief of staff. The special election to fill his seat in the 19th State House District will be held April...
On hold with Excela? A Pittsburgh man wrote that songVideo
Most telephone callers waiting on hold with the Excela health system are likely preoccupied with something other than the music they hear. Even so, they may find themselves lightly tapping their feet to the plaintive acoustic guitar and plucky overtones of “Excela Theme,” a song written specifically for the Westmoreland-based...
West Deer’s Annie Rieg twirls her way to the topVideo
Ask 18-year-old Annie Rieg what she does for fun and she’ll answer with a coy smile. “I dance around under flying metal,” said Rieg, a Deer Lakes graduate and resident of West Deer. In her freshman year at the University of Pittsburgh, Rieg is a member of the school’s Golden...
Tarentum crews work to repair 2 waterline breaks
Tarentum residents in two separate areas of the borough were without water Tuesday. Manager Michael Nestico said crews worked to repair waterline breaks in the area of West Ninth Avenue and Center Street and at East Seventh Avenue and Ormand Street. “Each break has interrupted water service for roughly one...
Here is the latest on the Frick Park bridge collapse
The morning after it was hoisted hundreds of feet into the air and out of a ravine in Frick Park, Port Authority bus 3309 was towed from the scene Tuesday morning. Before the bus could be freed from the Fern Hollow Bridge wreckage Monday evening, HazMat crews had to drain...
Pittsburgh looks to create infrastructure commission in wake of Fern Hollow Bridge collapse
Pittsburgh City Councilman Corey O’Connor introduced legislation Tuesday to create an infrastructure commission that he hopes would prevent an event like Friday’s Fern Hollow Bridge collapse from happening again. O’Connor’s proposals would create a commission on infrastructure asset reporting and investment and require regular reports on the city’s infrastructure. They...
