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Paws Across Pittsburgh seeks people to adopt handicapped dogs
Diane Raible of White Oak agreed last fall to temporarily foster a small dog that was paralyzed from the waist down after being struck by a car. It didn’t take long for Raible to fall in love with the 20-pound spaniel mix Dolly, who uses a wheeled cart to get...
State rep Bob Brooks files for reelection in House’s 54th District
State representative and former Murrysville mayor Bob Brooks filed for reelection in the House’s 54th District. He will host a petition signing kick-off event from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Jan. 28 in Murrysville. “When I ran for state representative two years ago, I pledged to focus on people, not politics,...
Westmoreland County election winners sworn into officeVideo
Months of campaigning and election-night nerves were a thing of past on Thursday as Westmoreland County’s new slate of government officials were sworn into office. The former candidates and now newly elected officials, with family members and supporters by their sides, one-by-one came before the county’s Common Pleas Court judges...
Pittsburgh police: No celebratory gunfire on New Year’s Eve
Pittsburgh police are once again reminding New Year’s Eve revelers that celebratory gunfire is illegal and officers will monitor the city’s gunshot detection system to track down violators. Public Safety Director Wendell Hissrich said in a statement that police will keep an eye on ShotSpotter alerts throughout the city and...
Jeannette hemp plant fined, permitted to reopen
The owners of a shuttered hemp processing facility in Jeannette may resume limited operations under the terms of a Christmas Eve consent agreement with the state that calls for it to pay a $29,000 fine for air quality violations. The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection ordered Patriot Shield Pennsylvania to...
Hempfield owners bring KQV-AM back on the air in Pittsburgh with instrumental music
It’s not broadcasting in an all-news format, but KQV-AM is back on the air in the Pittsburgh area. The station, which had been off the air after an ownership change in 2018, has a storied history as Pittsburgh’s oldest all-news radio station. At 11:10 a.m. Dec. 19, KQV-AM 1410 returned...
Demolition project intended to spur sale of former victims shelter in TarentumVideo
A Tarentum domestic violence shelter hopes that tearing down one of its buildings will help it sell another. The dilapidation of a building that once housed the Alle-Kiski Area HOPE Center’s offices at 415 E. Sixth Ave. has hindered the center’s efforts to sell its former shelter building next to...
Waterworks carjacking suspect jailed in connection with Downtown Pittsburgh parking garage robbery
A 21-year-old Pittsburgh man in jail on charges he allegedly robbed a woman in a Downtown parking garage robbery is also suspected in Saturday’s carjacking at The Waterworks mall near Aspinwall, a police spokesman said. Michael Lipovsik III, of Perry South, was arrested later Saturday on separate charges stemming from...
This Pittsburgh nonprofit takes used bars of hotel soap and recycles them for developing countries
A research trip to Cambodia prompted a University of Pittsburgh graduate to change his career trajectory and create an international nonprofit organization aimed at helping people get soap. In a remote village where he was studying climate change, Samir Lakhani watched a woman bathing her newborn son, scrubbing his skin...
Man reported missing on Christmas Day found safe
A man missing since about 5 p.m. Wednesday was found just after 1 p.m. Thursday, Pittsburgh police said. Ian Rodgers, 29, had been missing since 5 p.m., when he was last seen in Downtown Pittsburgh. Police thanked people for sharing the information that led to Rodgers being located....
Fort Pitt Museum to take advantage of slow January to close, clean Pittsburgh diorama
The Fort Pitt Museum in Point State Park will temporary close for the month of January for annual exhibition maintenance and updates. Brady Smith, director of marketing and communications for the Senator John H. Heinz History Center, said the museum has closed for maintenance every January for the past seven...
Christmas Eve stabbing in New Stanton leads to assault charges
A couple’s fight late on Christmas Eve left a man with stab wounds and a New Stanton woman facing aggravated assault charges. State police initially responded to a 911 call from the mother of Julie L. Thomas, 21, who said she’d received text messages from Thomas that Jamel C. Miles...
Police arrest man wanted in connection with Dormont home invasion
A man wanted in connection with an alleged violent home invasion in Dormont was arrested Tuesday, according to Allegheny County police. Police had been looking for Joel Hatfield, 28, no address, since Sunday morning. Police say that’s when Hatfield went to a man’s apartment armed with a knife and forced...
Carnegie Carnegie corner: ‘On stage’ with Melanie Paglia
From the beginning of existence, humans have been dreaming, creating and telling tales that entertain, explain the inexplicable and push our potential beyond imagination. A Jan. 25 music hall performance captures this magic. In the late 19th century, the invention of the film camera opened a new world of possibilities...
Highlands asks federal court to throw out former principal’s lawsuit
Highlands School District asked a federal court Monday to dismiss a lawsuit filed by a former principal claiming the district and its superintendent retaliated against her for taking unpaid leave and dating a former teacher. In a 29-page filing in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania,...
Lawyer accused of smuggling drugs into Allegheny County Jail charged in hit-and-run
An attorney accused of smuggling drugs into the Allegheny County Jail is facing a new charge related to an alleged hit-and-run in a Pittsburgh parking garage. Pittsburgh police on Tuesday charged Paul Gettleman, 74, of Perry Township, Lawrence County, with causing an accident involving damage to an attended vehicle, a...
Candidate who lost bid for Jefferson Hills seat selected to fill board vacancy
The past month has been a whirlwind for Melissa Girman Steffey. After losing the recent municipal election for a seat on Jefferson Hills borough council by one vote, an end-of-the-year vacancy revived Steffey’s chance to serve the community she loves in that role. She was sworn in Dec. 9 to...
Woman killed in Penn Hills shooting ID’d by medical examiner
The woman who was shot and killed early Thursday morning outside a bar in Penn Hills has been identified as Leona Eunice Dailey, 18, according to the Allegheny County Medical Examiner’s Office. The office did not say where Dailey is from. Allegheny County homicide detectives are investigating. No suspects have...
CMU researchers develop tool to pinpoint source of gunshots using smartphone videosVideo
A tool developed at Carnegie Mellon University to determine the location of gunshots correctly pinpointed where the shots came from in the 2017 mass shooting on the Las Vegas Strip, CMU researchers said. Researchers tested the value of the tool by analyzing three videos that recorded gunshots in the first...
Undecking the halls: How long do you leave your holiday decorations up?
When Shawn O’Mahony was growing up, it wasn’t unusual for his mother to let the Christmas tree stick around until Easter. That tradition didn’t carry over to her son. “When I decorated, the decorations were down before the new year,” said O’Mahony, a Penn Hills resident. “I like to start...
Big Shot Bob’s to open new Hempfield location
Big Shot Bob’s House of Wings is expanding once again, this time outside Westmoreland Mall. The wing joint will be located at the former Winghart’s spot in Westmoreland Crossing behind the mall. Owner Keith Wassel said he hopes to open the Hempfield location, which will serve over 100 flavors of...
Sloan teachers, students move into first fully renovated classroom wing
When Sloan Elementary School teacher Janine Mickel attended a meeting with VEBH, the architects spearheading the design of the Sloan “elementary campus” project, she was told they “planned to bring the outdoors into the classroom.” Standing in a freshly renovated wing of the building that is complete and occupied by...
The Stroller, Dec. 26, 2019: Events in the Alle-Kiski Valley
Volunteer tax preparers needed Allegheny Valley Association of Churches and United Way of Allegheny County are looking for people to give their time as volunteer tax preparers. Many of our neighbors don’t have access to affordable tax help, fall victim to rapid refund loans or are not aware of state...
Hoagie fundraiser part of Leechburg police surveillance camera plans
Hoagies will play a key role in Leechburg’s police security plans. Businesses and residents have donated about $4,000 since June to the plan to add surveillance cameras at some intersections. Chief Jason Schaeffer said the borough needs an additional $3,000. So Sprankle’s Neighborhood Market and its food fundraiser is stepping...
TribLIVE’s top 25 photos of the year
Captured by the Tribune-Review visuals staff, this collection of our most visually compelling images from 2019 reminds us of the most intriguing news, sports and cultural events of the year....
