Western PA Local News category, Page 1836
Pittsburgh police charge woman after infant found exposed to narcotics
Pittsburgh police arrested and charged a woman after they say an infant was exposed to narcotics in Brookline. According to police, an unresponsive 5-month-old girl was taken to a city fire hall on Brookline Boulevard Tuesday. Firefighters and paramedics gave aid to the child, including giving her Narcan. The girl...
Man dies after being found shot in Clairton
A man died after being found shot in Clairton early Thursday morning, according to Allegheny County Police. The Allegheny County Medical Examiner identified him as Robert Linnen, 41, of Clairton. According to county police, a shooting in the 400 block of Saint Clair Avenue was reported to 911 shortly before...
Community meeting next week to discuss sustainable solar farm in Swisshelm Park
A community meeting scheduled for next week will discuss the possibility of developing a solar farm in Swisshelm Park. The Urban Redevelopment Authority of Pittsburgh (URA), City of Pittsburgh and city Councilman Corey O’Connor will host the meeting to share information about potentially installing a sustainable solar farm at Frick...
Somerset district attorney arrested for alleged involvement in sexual assault
The district attorney for Somerset County was arrested Wednesday for his alleged involvement in a sexual assault incident that occurred last week, state police said. Jeffrey Lynn Thomas is facing several charges including rape, indecent assault, strangulation, simple assault and criminal trespass that stem from an alleged incident Saturday, Sept....
Elizabeth Township man charged in Colorado after allegedly mistaking fellow hunter for elk
An Elizabeth Township man is charged with criminally negligent homicide in Colorado after he allegedly shot and killed another man his mistook for an elk while hunting last week. Ronald Morosko, 67, was hunting Friday in the San Juan National Forest in Dolores County when he allegedly shot 31-year-old Gregory...
Westmoreland 911: Crews respond to gas leak near Hempfield Dairy Queen
Emergency crews responded to a gas leak on Wednesday night near a Dairy Queen in Hempfield, according to a Westmoreland 911 dispatcher. Officials responded to the 7500 block of Route 30 shortly after 7:40 p.m. There were eight people in the building, and four patients, a dispatcher said Thursday morning....
No verdict Wednesday: Jury considers animal cruelty charges filed against Rostraver chiropractor
A Westmoreland County jury was sent home Wednesday night without reaching a verdict in the animal cruelty case filed against a Rostraver chiropractor charged with shooting a dog in Monessen two years ago. During the three-day trial, prosecutors said James Scirotto, 48, recklessly fired as many as seven shots from...
Man charged in killing Pittsburgh police officer seeks to suppress statement
Five days before Christian Bey was arrested in connection with the July 14, 2019, fatal shooting of off-duty Pittsburgh police Officer Calvin Hall, he was pulled over in a traffic stop. Homicide detectives had developed Bey as a suspect and put out a notice for patrol officers in the area...
Renovated 19th century Roundhouse at Hazelwood Green opens as innovation hubVideo
The $13.7 million renovation of the Roundhouse at Hazelwood Green was unveiled Wednesday with a ceremony featuring several dignitaries involved with the project. The difference between the former industrial structure built in 1888 and what was revealed on Tuesday morning could not be any more stark. The gleaming new facility,...
Neil deGrasse Tyson to meet with Pittsburgh students
One of the world’s leading astrophysicists, Neil deGrasse Tyson, will meet a group of 25 students and parents from Manchester Academic Charter School on Wednesday night. Tyson will meet for a question-and-answer session with the students following his talk at 7:30 p.m. at Carnegie Music Hall located inside the Carnegie...
Allegheny County health official: Unvaccinated residents 10 times more likely to be hospitalized with covid
Unvaccinated residents in Allegheny County are 10 times more likely to be hospitalized with covid-19 than those who are vaccinated, and they’re 20 times as likely to die from the virus, county health director Dr. Debra Bogen said Wednesday. Bogen, who has held briefings on the virus nearly every week...
Allegheny Valley School Board appoints a familiar face as its new school director
The Allegheny Valley School Board has appointed Glenna Renaldi to an open school director’s seat. The board named Renaldi to replace James Gaschler Jr., who stepped down earlier this month. In a 5-3 vote Tuesday night, the board chose Renaldi over three other candidates. Renaldi is no stranger to the...
Prosecution rests in rape and sexual assault trial of Allegheny Township man
Two more women told a Westmoreland County jury on Wednesday they were raped by an Allegheny Township man. Their testimony came during the third day in the trial of Eric Wright, 49, who prosecutors claim sexually assaulted and raped three juveniles and three adult women, dating back to the early...
Fox Chapel makes its mark with municipal solar energy
Fox Chapel on Monday became one of the first municipalities in the state that will power its borough buildings with solar energy, officials said. Council voted unanimously on the proposal, which begins with the installation of solar panels in the borough’s new public works buildings. Project costs are expected to...
Tull Family Theater introduces BYOB option
Those who have gone to see a film at the Tull Family Theater in the past few months might have noticed that the theater now has a BYOB option for guests over the age 0f 21. The policy became effective in June, allowing audience members of legal drinking age to...
Pennsylvania hunter kills man during hunting accident in southwest Colorado
DURANGO, Colo. — Two hunters from Pennsylvania were trying to lure an elk in southwestern Colorado when one of them mistook a bow hunter for prey and fatally shot him, according to an arrest affidavit. Gregory Gabrisch, 31, of Houston, died from a gunshot wound in the San Juan National...
Shaler Area Athletic Hall of Fame class of 2021 to be inducted Oct. 9
Shaler Area School District will recognize six athletes and one coach by inducting them into the Shaler Area School District Athletic Hall of Fame. The Shaler Area School District Athletic Hall of Fame was created in 2000 to recognize those individuals who have brought prestige and pride to the Shaler...
Woman charged with leading police on chase that ended with crash in New Kensington
A woman accused of leading police on a chase from Springdale until she crossed the New Kensington Bridge and wrecked has been charged with multiple felonies. Rachel M. Mautino, 43, of New Kensington was charged by Springdale police with felony counts of fleeing to avoid apprehension, fleeing from police and...
Pandemic caused a drinking boom in Pa. as liquor control board reports record sales, profits
Pennsylvanians bought more wine and liquor during the pandemic than ever before, according to financial numbers released Wednesday by the Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board. Sales for the fiscal year ending June 30 totaled $2.9 billion, including sales taxes. It was $349.4 million — 13.7% — higher than the 2019-20 fiscal...
Unique Growtainer grow pod at Riverview Jr./Sr. High School helps students learn life skills
When Riverview High School adopted a small hydroponics unit for inside a classroom, students were fascinated. So when the chance came in 2019 to apply for a USDA grant for $100,000 that would allow them to install a full hydroponic grow pod system right outside the school, district officials jumped...
Dr. Suzanne Coopey joins AHN Cancer Institute to direct Breast Cancer Program at AHN-Wexford Hospital
Breast surgeon Suzanne B. Coopey has joined Allegheny Health Network Cancer Institute, where she will serve as Director of the Breast Cancer Program at the new AHN Wexford Hospital. Coopey comes from Massachusetts General Hospital, where she was Breast Surgery Program Director at Mass General/North Shore Cancer Center. AHN Wexford...
Affordable housing details would be required for developers under proposed Pittsburgh legislation
Developers seeking approval from the City of Pittsburgh may have to provide affordable housing impact statements, if proposed legislation being considered by City Council is approved. The measure, introduced by Councilmembers R. Daniel Lavelle and Ricky Burgess, is meant to address concerns that affordable housing remains out of reach for...
Solicitor advises Greater Latrobe School Board to honor mask mandate as protests continue
Greater Latrobe School Board this week amended its health and safety plan to formally include a state mask mandate that has been in place since Sept. 7. Several residents called for the school board to contest it, but solicitor Ned Nakles advised the panel to honor the order while legal...
Endangered piping plover at Presque Isle nests with 3 females; 2 chicks fledge
For the fifth year in a row, the federally endangered piping plover has nested at Presque Isle State Park in Erie, the only site in the state where the sparrow-sized, white-and-tan shorebird nests, according to the Pennsylvania Game Commission. But this year was a little different. Piping plovers are known...
Police use Taser on East Vandergrift man during struggle
Police used a Taser on an East Vandergrift man charged with stealing a motorcycle after he tried to wrestle the weapon away from an officer, according to authorities. Vandergrift officers went to John William Ebner’s McKinley Avenue home around 8 p.m. on Sept. 16 to execute a warrant for his...
