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Pittsburgh police: Man flees from crash through North Side park, nearly hits officers
A man was arrested Friday evening after Pittsburgh police accused him of fleeing a crash scene and driving through a North Side park. According to a release from Pittsburgh Public Safety, officers responded around 6:50 p.m. to a report of a vehicle hitting a tree in the 300 block of...
Chairman for Pitt board of trustees, Thomas Richards, dies at 66
Thomas E. Richards, chairman of the University of Pittsburgh Board of Trustees, died Thursday night after a lengthy battle with cancer. He was 66. After graduating from Pitt and earning a master’s degree from Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Richards spent a 45-year career in the tech industry, including nearly two...
Officer Brian Shaw’s Burrell football jersey retired at memorial ceremony
Burrell High School officials have added another layer to the legacy of the late Brian Shaw. Shaw, a New Kensington police officer and a 2010 Burrell graduate, was killed after a traffic stop while on duty in New Kensington in November 2017. He was shot when he pulled over an...
Compass Inn hosts spooky storytelling, pumpkin carving contest
Knox Lipinski was having a tough time picking out his favorite pumpkin on Friday night. Knox, 7, of Latrobe was at the Compass Inn’s sixth annual Pumpkin Carving Contest, which takes place this weekend during the inn’s Halloween Hauntings Storytelling event. He finally settled on a large pumpkin that, upon...
Allegheny County Common Pleas Judges Bicket, Todd up for retention votes
In addition to 10 vacant seats on the Allegheny County Common Pleas bench, two sitting judges are up for retention in Tuesday’s election. Judge Alexander P. Bicket, 65, of Mt. Lebanon, and Judge Randal B. Todd, 66, also of Mt. Lebanon, are running for another 10-year term The Allegheny County...
Men get federal prison for helping destroy Pittsburgh police car during George Floyd protestsVideo
Two men accused of conspiring to light a Pittsburgh police car on fire during protests last year over the death of George Floyd are going to federal prison. Da’Jon Lengyel, 24, of McKees Rocks, was ordered to serve 27 months, while Christopher West, 36, will serve four years. They both...
Somerset County DA’s accuser agrees PFA not needed given bond conditions on him
The attorney for a woman seeking a protection from abuse order against embattled Somerset County District Attorney Jeffery Lynn Thomas on Friday agreed to withdraw her petition. Somerset lawyer Matt Zatko said his client filed the petition seeking the protection of the court the day after Thomas was arrested and...
How to choose your candidate for Allegheny County Common Pleas Court
The primary field of 39 candidates for Allegheny County Common Pleas Court judge has been cut by more than half as 18 people are running for 10 seats on the bench in Tuesday’s election. With that many candidates, trying to figure out who to vote for can be as much...
Westmoreland prothonotary announces extended hours for passports
The Westmoreland County Courthouse office that processes U.S. passport applications will have extended hours one day a week, officials announced. Beginning Nov. 4, the fifth floor Prothonotary Office at the courthouse will be open two additional hours every Thursday, from 8:30 a.m. to 6 p.m. to process passports. It’s a...
2 men arrested on stolen gun, drug charges after traffic stop in Springdale
Springdale police charged two men on Thursday after allegedly finding a stolen gun and drugs in their vehicle during a traffic stop. Dominique William Kent, 19, and Aiden Ulrich, 18, both of New Kensington, were charged with felony counts of receiving stolen property and carrying a firearm without a license....
North Park eagles could rebuild after nest tree collapses, game commission says
When an old dead oak holding a bald eagle nest crashed to the ground in North Park last week, a legion of photographers and watchers collectively gasped. The tree supported not just the park’s only eagles’ nest, but the only such nest in any Allegheny County park. The two bald...
2 arrested in connection with probe into 2019 shooting that killed a Jeannette man
Two Greensburg men were arrested Friday in connection with an investigation into a 2019 fatal shooting in Jeannette. Ronald Trotter, 21, and Michael E. Price, 20, are charged with hindering apprehension, obstruction and tampering with evidence. Trotter faces an additional weapons violation. County detectives accused the men of hiding guns...
5 nominees, failed primary candidate vie for 4 Greater Latrobe School Board seats
Five nominated candidates are vying for four seats on the Greater Latrobe School Board. A sixth hopeful, who fell short in primary voting, is seeking a second chance through a write-in campaign. Listed on Tuesday’s ballot are three incumbents — Republican nominee Bill Palmer, Democratic nominee Cathy Sarraf and Heidi...
6 local districts partner in Consortium for Public Education program for student career readiness
A local collaborative that helps students prepare for future success has launched an initiative with six area school districts to create a pathway to that goal. The nonprofit Consortium for Public Education is partnering with the Burrell and Deer Lakes school districts in the Allegheny Valley, the Greensburg Salem and...
Soldiers & Sailors screening ‘Silence of the Lambs’
Most people remember the “cage scene” from the movie “Silence of the Lambs.” It’s that moment when Anthony Hopkins as Hannibal Lecter bites the face of one of the policemen who brought him dinner. The iconic image can be seen once again Friday when the Soldiers & Sailors Memorial Hall...
Tickets nearly sold out for dinner, comedy show benefiting New Kensington’s Knead Cafe
Tickets for a dinner and comedy show in downtown New Kensington are nearly sold out — and that’s no joke. The Nov. 12 event, with musical comedian Mark Eddie headlining, will benefit Knead Community Cafe and will be held in its banquet room. Only about 25 of 250 tickets were...
Hofbrauhaus Pittsburgh reinstates manager after racism allegations during Barrel and Flow Fest
Hofbrauhaus Pittsburgh has decided to provisionally reinstate a general manager who had been accused of racism during a Black craft beer festival. The employee was previously suspended after organizers of Barrel and Flow Fest, a September event celebrating Black brewers and artists, accused the general manager of harassment and racism....
Newcomer challenges longtime Brackenridge mayor
A Brackenridge resident with a master’s degree in public health is challenging the borough’s longtime mayor in Tuesday’s election. Lindsay Fraser, 37, is challenging Mayor Thomas Kish, who is seeking his fourth term. Both candidates have ideas on what is needed in the borough and how, as mayor, they can...
5 candidates vying for 4 open seats on Deer Lakes School Board
Voters in the Deer Lakes School District will choose from five candidates to fill four open school board seats in the Nov. 2 election. Four of the candidates are newcomers: Brian Brown, Jeremy L. Love, Jonathan Majernik and Traci A. Stotler. The other candidate is Kristi Minnick, who is seeking...
‘The Pumpkin Guy’: Aspinwall man carves oversized gourds for charity
A giant gourd is helping one man give back. Joel Keefer, 70, of Aspinwall began decorating oversized pumpkins for the public’s enjoyment 25 years ago. “I’m known as The Pumpkin Guy,” Keefer said. Keefer initially began his Halloween tradition of carving gourds weighing more than 1,000 pounds in an effort...
Joel Murray brings family comedy legacy to ‘Whose Live?’ in Greensburg
How funny is “Whose Live Anyway?” Some of that depends on the audience in the city where the cast lands on any given night. “You do a little bit of research to find out what’s going on and get a feel for the place before you get there, but it’s...
Seton Hill to launch coed esports program
Seton Hill University is joining the growing field of colleges and universities with esports programs, as it plans to field a team next fall for video gaming competitions. “The popularity of esports on high school and college campuses — as well as on the professional level — cannot be understated,”...
Pitt Greensburg to host public vaccine clinics in November
The University of Pittsburgh at Greensburg and Mainline Pharmacy will sponsor five covid-19 vaccine clinics on Tuesdays through November. The clinics are free and open to the public as well as the campus community. The clinics will provide the Moderna vaccine for those 12 and older. Both initial shots and...
Tour the haunted Cooper Station caboose on the Butler-Freeport Trail in Winfield
The public can tour the caboose once part of Cooper Station Restaurant, bedecked in creepy decorations, along the Butler-Freeport Trail in Cabot, Winfield Township on Saturday. Open from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., the tour of the 1940s caboose includes samples of Eat‘n Park smiley cookies, Soergel’s apple cider, hot...
Bus driver fired after Pittsburgh student slept through stop, was found at bus garage
A bus driver with W.L. Roenigk Inc. was fired Thursday after a Pittsburgh Public Schools student was found at the company’s bus garage in McKees Rocks after sleeping through her stop. Parents of the child, a student at Pittsburgh Beechwood PreK-5, reported her missing when she didn’t get off the...
