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Latrobe promotes police sergeant, praises officers who helped with federal drug bustVideo
The Latrobe Police Department on Monday recognized the promotion of one of its members, to the rank of sergeant, and the contribution of several other city officers to the indictment of 25 suspects in a regional drug-trafficking bust. Ron Keslar was promoted from detective to sergeant in a pinning ceremony...
One critical after Uptown Pittsburgh shooting
Pittsburgh homicide detectives are investigating an early-morning shooting Uptown that left one man in critical condition. The city’s Shotspotter gunshot detection system alerted officers of shots fired on the 100 block of Dinwiddie Street just before 3 a.m. Tuesday, according to the Pittsburgh Department of Public Safety. Officers found a...
Man grazed by bullet in Pittsburgh’s Carrick neighborhood
Pittsburgh police are investigating a shooting that injured one man in the city’s Carrick neighborhood early Tuesday morning. Police responded to reports of a person shot on the 1900 block of Brownsville Road around 2 a.m. The victim had been grazed in the stomach. He was taken to the hospital...
Albino buck caught on camera in northern Butler CountyVideo
After an amateur photographer heard about an albino white-tailed deer in northern Butler County, he finally managed to photograph and video the animal twice, most recently in mid-August. “It was a cool sighting,” said Jake Dingel of Butler who found the buck on private property in a wooded area. To...
The Stroller, Aug. 25, 2020: Events in the Alle-Kiski Valley
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Pennsylvania hemp industry remains uncertain as harvest approaches
Justin Matson of Fairfield Township is a jack of all agricultural trades. He employs 18 people growing corn, soybeans and hay, raising beef cattle and doing construction. This year he decided to add something new to his resume — hemp. “This could be huge for us,” he said. The price...
Former Jeannette hemp processor leaves behind empty building, unpaid fine, jilted workers
It appears Patriot Shield won’t be returning to Jeannette this fall to dry and process hemp. Inspections by the state Department of Environmental Protection on July 29 and Aug. 6 showed “all equipment related to Patriot Shield’s operation had been removed” from a Thomas Avenue warehouse and there was no...
New Queen of Angels principal coming home; faces unprecedented challengesVideo
For Jennifer Filak, taking her first principal’s job at Queen of Angels School in North Huntingdon was like returning home. “When I learned of the opportunity, I really felt like I was coming back home. My heart has always stayed here,” said Filak, a Penn-Trafford High School graduate and a...
Excela hires new chief operating officer
Sixteen months after a shake-up in the top leadership at Greensburg-based Excela Health, the health care system has a new chief operating officer. Jeffrey A. Tiesi, a Bethel Park native who was the senior vice president and chief operating officer at White Plains Hospital in White Plains, N.Y., has been...
Oakmont retaining wall beautification project to be completed by OctoberVideo
A retaining wall beautification project along Allegheny River Boulevard near the Oakmont and Verona border might be completed within a few weeks. Apollo-based Santamaria Landscaping crews began their effort to restore the wall near the viaduct between the two boroughs in July. Senate Engineering Senior Inspector David Hodges was at...
Medical examiner IDs 1-year-old boy shot and killed inside Rhine Place home
A 1-year-old baby has died after being shot in Pittsburgh. The Allegheny County Medical Examiner’s office identified the boy as Zykier Young. City police responded to 911 calls and a Shotspotter alert for multiple shots fired shortly after 6 p.m. Monday along the 100 block of Rhine Place in the...
Grant will help Latrobe rehab Ligonier Street underpass; 2 others need work
Grant funding will allow Latrobe to renovate just one of three railroad underpasses that need attention. Council on Monday awarded close to $112,000 worth of contracts for rehabilitating the underpass that carries Ligonier Street beneath the Norfolk Southern Railway. City manager Mike Gray said the structure on Ligonier Street —...
Police: Man in critical condition after being shot multiple times in Mt. Oliver
A man is hospitalized after being shot multiple times in Mt. Oliver. Allegheny County police said they were called to assist borough officers with a shooting incident around 3:40 p.m. Monday along the 200 block of Anthony Street. Emergency responders found a man along the 100 block of Church Street...
Sean Parnell, GOP challenger to Conor Lamb, gets high-profile speaking slot at RNCVideo
Murrysville native and former Army Ranger Sean Parnell, the GOP challenger seeking to unseat U.S. Rep. Conor Lamb, scored a primetime speaking slot on the first night of the Republican National Convention. Parnell, 39, a former platoon leader in Afghanistan who recently moved from Cranberry to Ohio Township, said he’s...
Pennsylvania to jobless: $300 checks from feds could be weeks away
Pennsylvanians who lost their jobs when covid-19 slammed the economy probably will have to wait weeks before they see a weekly $300 check the Trump administration promised as a replacement for the extra $600 a week they had been receiving until late July, state officials said Monday. The state has...
Father of convicted cop killer gets time served in witness intimidation case
The father of the Allegheny County man sentenced to death for the 2017 murder of a New Kensington police officer was paroled Monday after being sentenced for the intimidation of a witness who was to testify against his son. Westmoreland County Common Pleas Judge Scott Mears ordered Gregory Baucum Jr....
Monroeville woman accused of burning 7-year-old with cigarette lighter
A Monroeville woman will face trial on charges that she abused a 7-year-old boy by beating and burning him with a cigarette lighter. Jennifer Dale O’Keefe, 31, is being held in the Allegheny County Jail on $25,000 bail, charged with aggravated assault, endangering the welfare of children and reckless endangerment....
Pittsburgh Parks Conservancy gourmet picnics to replace hat luncheon
The PNC Pittsburgh Parks Conservancy Spring Hat Luncheon, originally scheduled for May 2, has been reimagined and rescheduled for Sept. 26 as a Picnic in Your Park. Patrons are invited to pre-order gourmet picnic baskets and enjoy them at the central pickup location in Frick Park, at home or in...
Southwest Greensburg man accused of 3 road rage collisions on Route 30
A Southwest Greensburg man awaiting a preliminary hearing for a March stabbing was arrested Friday after three alleged road rage incidents along Route 30 near Adamsburg. Jason M. Walters, 37, was arrested by state police on three counts of aggravated assault and single counts of illegal possession of a firearm...
Judge rejects appeal from man convicted of killing New Kensington cop
A Westmoreland County judge rejected the appeal of the man sentenced to death for the murder of New Kensington police Officer Brian Shaw. In a 42-page opinion made public Monday, Judge Rita Hathaway said jurors had sufficient evidence to convict Rahmael Sal Holt, 32, of Harrison, Allegheny County, of first-degree...
Pittsburgh councilman to introduce bill that restricts facial recognition use
Pittsburgh City Councilman Corey O’Connor intends to introduce legislation Tuesday that would regulate the usage of facial recognition and predictive policing technology in the city. “This technology has harmed more people than it has helped,” O’Connor said. Under O’Connor’s legislation, council approval would be needed for the police to use...
Cops: Attacker told 3 victims in Derry Township apartment, ‘You’re all going to die tonight’
Cathy Tarr grimaced Monday inside the still-blood spattered kitchen and living room of a Derry Township apartment where her sister, niece and a family friend were brutally attacked by an intruder early Sunday. Her sister, Karen Short; niece, Amber Short, 18; and friend Adam Rousson of Montreal, Canada, all remained...
ScareHouse moving to Pittsburgh Mills mallVideo
The ScareHouse is moving to the Pittsburgh Mills mall in Frazer. “You know that Pittsburgh Zombies love shopping malls,” the haunted attraction said in announcing the move with a cheeky homage to George A. Romero’s “Dawn of the Dead,” filmed primarily at the Monroeville Mall. “We think you will love...
Upper St. Clair couple killed in apparent murder-suicide identified
An Upper St. Clair man called police Monday morning, saying he had killed his wife and that he was going to kill himself, police said. When authorities arrived at the home in the 100 block of Thousand Oaks Drive they found the couple dead. The Allegheny County Medical Examiner identified...
Pittsburgh LGBTQ Coalition announces continued activism, will organize Pride 2021Video
A group of Black LGBTQ activists announced Monday they are taking the lead in organizing a Pittsburgh Pride festival next year. They also reaffirmed their commitment to regularly protesting in the city to call attention to racial inequity and outlined demands they have for leaders in the region to address....
