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Pennsylvania offers hunting, fishing, boating licenses via new website
The Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission and the state Game Commission have teamed up to offer one website for residents to buy hunting and fishing licenses. HuntFishPA replaces the previous Pennsylvania Automatic Licensing System (PALS) platform known as The Outdoor Shop. It’s accessible on all mobile devices. Previously, licenses for...
ATI reports $1.12B loss in last 3 months of 2020; advances layoff, cost-cutting plans
Allegheny Technologies Inc. took a $1.12 billion hit in the last three months of 2020 and is moving forward with previously announced layoffs and cost-cutting measures by the end of this year, company officials said Thursday. Despite the steep losses, the global metals company’s fourth-quarter results weren’t as bad as...
Former Gilpin man extradited from Texas to face child sex charges
A former Gilpin man accused of sex crimes against a young girl has been extradited from Texas to face the charges. Michael Henry Brucker, 31, of Montgomery, Texas was brought back from Texas early this month, according to Gilpin police. Gilpin police Chief Chris Fabec said police began an investigation...
Southmoreland School District investigating teacher in connection with racist post
Southmoreland School District officials confirmed Thursday they are investigating a racist Facebook message purportedly made through a middle school teacher’s account. Superintendent Vincent Mascia confirmed that the district and its solicitor, David Petonic, are investigating the post allegedly made Wednesday by teacher Richard Love. The message appeared as a comment...
ScareHouse to welcome visitors on Valentine’s weekend
People can swap sweet for scary at the ScareHouse haunted attraction during Valentine’s Day weekend. ScareHouse in Frazer’s Galleria at Pittsburgh Mills is hosting a “twisted tale of holiday horror,” dubbed “Creepy Christmas,” for the holiday weekend. The Creepy Christmas event will run from Feb. 12-14. Since ScareHouse couldn’t host...
Crack’d Egg restaurant owner tells judge she will never require masks
Kimberly Waigand told a judge Thursday that she would “never” require masks in her Brentwood restaurant. Waigand, who owns the Crack’d Egg on Brownsville Road, reiterated that answer twice to Common Pleas Judge John McVay during a hearing over the county’s shutdown of her restaurant for failing to follow covid-19...
City cancels 2021 Pittsburgh Marathon; smaller regional races still on
The City of Pittsburgh has announced it will not grant a permit for the 2021 Dick’s Sporting Goods Pittsburgh Marathon, effectively canceling this year’s event. Officials decided that May, when the marathon has traditionally been held, was too early to host such an event in a year with an ongoing...
Kline to resign as Clerk of Courts on Feb. 19, begin new job as jail wardenVideo
When Bryan Kline became the Westmoreland County Clerk of Courts more than a decade ago, he was the first Republican elected to a courthouse row office job in more than a half-century. After serving 11 years, Kline will step down Feb. 19 to become warden at the Westmoreland County Prison....
Allegheny County inks 35-year deal to use hydropower generated in Emsworth for government buildings
The power used by the Allegheny County Courthouse, jail and other government buildings will be generated by hydroelectric energy harnessed from the Emsworth Lock and Dam, county Executive Rich Fitzgerald said Thursday. Fitzgerald was joined by Paul Jacob, CEO of Boston-based Rye Development, which has an office in Downtown Pittsburgh,...
Pitt sues former wrestling coach, claims he manufactured discrimination lawsuit
A former University of Pittsburgh wrestling coach who lost his racial discrimination lawsuit against the school is now being sued by the university, which is seeking to recoup attorneys’ fees and other damages allegedly caused by the “frivolous” claims. Jason Peters served as the university’s head wrestling coach from 2013-17....
Westmoreland Sheriff’s Office, Park Police receive covid vaccines at courthouse clinic
About 40 members of the Westmoreland County Sheriff’s Office and a dozen Park Police officers received their first covid-19 vaccine doses Thursday at the courthouse. “We looked and looked and looked for doses, and finally we heard about this pharmacy in Washington County that had some,” Sheriff James Albert said....
Pittsburgh leaders encouraged by Biden memo to correct Black housing inequities
When Pittsburgh’s Lower Hill District was redeveloped to make way for the Civic Arena more than 60 years ago, thousands of people and hundreds of businesses were displaced. More recently, people have been displaced by upscale development in the city’s East Liberty and Lawrenceville neighborhoods, partially spurred by demand from...
Allegheny Conference charts recovery after pandemic year, announces first female chair
Despite challenges that included a 17% unemployment rate and loss of more than 200,000 jobs at the height of the coronavirus pandemic last year, the leaders of the Pittsburgh region’s primary development agency are optimistic for a rebound and excited for the future. “This has been a deep human tragedy,”...
Murrysville-area criminal charges filed, Jan. 28, 2021
The following charges are filed with Export District Judge Charles Conway. All persons charged have the right to a preliminary hearing and are innocent until proven guilty or pleading guilty before a judge in the Westmoreland County Court of Common Pleas. • Jessica L. Cochran, 45, of Jeannette with possession...
New Kensington faces deadline on grant funding for demolitions
New Kensington has a May deadline to get half of the 10 houses on its current demolition list torn down, according to city Clerk Dennis Scarpiniti. New Kensington’s redevelopment authority is now seeking bids for the demolition of 10 dilapidated residential properties across the city. The city is using federal...
Pennsylvania proposes more species for Sunday hunting in November
The Pennsylvania Game Commission proposed three Sundays in November when licensed hunters will be able to harvest permitted game, repeating the Sunday hunting schedule introduced last fall. New this year, the commission plans to expand the species that hunters can target on two of those dates. During its January meeting,...
Penn-Trafford-area criminal charges filed, Jan. 28, 2021
The following charges are filed with Penn Township District Judge Helen Kistler. All persons charged have the right to a preliminary hearing and are innocent until proven guilty or pleading guilty before a judge in the Westmoreland County Court of Common Pleas. • James S. Kaylor Jr., 28, of McKeesport,...
Feds: Bridgeville man accused in Capitol riot said he would do it again
A Bridgeville man who is charged with participating in the U.S. Capitol riot said in messages recovered on his cell phone that he felt the need to kill people, including President Joe Biden, an FBI agent said Thursday. FBI Special Agent Mark Brundage also testified during a detention hearing that...
Covid cases in Westmoreland County continue to decline
Westmoreland County on Thursday added 88 additional covid cases and 7 deaths, the Pennsylvania Department of Health reported. The newly-reported deaths now bring the county’s death toll to 586. Of the 88 new cases reported, 58 are confirmed and 30 are probable. The total number of cases in Westmoreland County...
Pitt, Carnegie Mellon join global network to expedite research
Carnegie Mellon and the University of Pittsburgh are joining 19 other leading research institutions around the world in an effort to accelerate research in the next five to 10 years on global health issues such as cancer and infectious disease. Spokesmen for Wellcome Leap, a U.S.-based nonprofit organization armed with...
2019 Monroeville Mall shooter apologizes, sentenced to up to 5 years
A man who pleaded guilty last year to firing more than a dozen shots into a Monroeville Mall entrance during a fight told an Allegheny County judge on Thursday he regretted his actions and he would do whatever he could to turn his life around. Brandon Noel, now 23, was...
Allegheny County reports 135 new covid deaths, points to state backlog for large increase
Allegheny County on Thursday reported 135 new coronavirus deaths, the highest number of deaths reported on a single day since the pandemic began last spring. The previous highest number was 74 deaths reported on Jan. 13. The county said in a release that a backlog at the state resulted in...
Monroeville Council appointments: Conflict of interest or symptom of widespread lack of civic duty?
Three Monroeville Council members now have spouses serving in paid and unpaid positions on boards, and though it might appear as a potential conflict, many say it simply isn’t and instead point to a larger issue of a waning sense of civic duty. Michael Gaydos – councilwoman Linda Gaydos’ husband...
Stamp honoring August Wilson will be dedicated through virtual ceremony
A Forever stamp honoring award-winning playwright August Wilson will be dedicated today by the U.S. Postal Service. The virtual ceremony can be viewed starting at 11:30 a.m. on the postal service’s Facebook and Twitter pages. “August Wilson was an American trailblazer and literary genius who richly deserves this recognition as...
Penn Hills Library eyeing switch to nonprofit status
The Penn Hills Library might become its own organization, the municipality announced Jan. 25. The library, currently a municipal department, has worked with the Allegheny County Library Association since March to explore the option of becoming a nonprofit. The move, said Kim Dawson, the Library Advisory Board’s president, could mean...
