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Tree of Life shooting has shaken Squirrel Hill, but residents insist the community will prevailVideo
Squirrel Hill, for many who grew up in Pittsburgh’s East End, conjures memories of movies at the Manor Theater and Friday night pizza in a neighborhood where diversity and acceptance have always been the norm. Those memories remain strong even after Oct. 27, 2018, when a heavily armed man tried...
Anti-Semitic action, rhetoric are pervading American public life, experts sayVideo
Bari Weiss was in Arizona when she heard about an anti-Semitic attack in her beloved Squirrel Hill. The details were sketchy at first, but it soon became apparent that a shooter had killed 11 people in the Tree of Life synagogue where she had celebrated her bat mitzvah 21 years...
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Anti-Semitic action and rhetoric are pervading American public life, experts say
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Tree of Life shooting has shaken Squirrel Hill, but residents insist the community will prevail
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Drug, theft cases among those recently handled by Judge Zucco in Plum
District Judge Linda Zucco recently handled the following cases. Charges were filed by Plum police unless otherwise noted. Held for court • Logan Sparrow, 24, of Plum on charges of terroristic threats and harassment. Charges were filed July 15. Waived preliminary hearings • Sullivan Mossburg, 23, of Plum on charges...
Bond refinancing efforts at Penn Hills School District moving forward
Efforts to refinance bonds for Penn Hills School District’s high school and elementary school, which largely contributed to its financial troubles, are moving forward. District officials have selected the law firm of Wayne Gerhold as bond counsel, Buchanan, Ingersall & Rooney as disclosure counsel and Boenning & Scattergood as bond...
Baldwin-Whitehall, Char Valley, West Jefferson Hills receive Safe Schools’ Targeted Grants
A new school police officer will be hired in the Baldwin-Whitehall School District, and added cameras will be placed in buildings, all thanks to a state grant aimed at improving school safety and reducing violence. In Chartiers Valley, the school district will use the $40,000 it received from the grant...
The Stroller, Oct. 24, 2019: Events in the Alle-Kiski Valley
Tarentum church to celebrate historic landmark designation The building that houses Central Presbyterian Church, Tarentum, has received Historic Landmark status from the Pittsburgh History and Landmarks Foundation. The present building was built in 1913 and the founding congregation dates back to April 1888, when a small wood-frame chapel was constructed...
Penn Hills School District celebrates annual anti-violence weekVideo
Penn Hills School District students pledged to support peace and share messages designed to curb violence. More than 800 high-schoolers voluntarily signed a pledge and created a non-violence link displayed in the cafeteria. Elementary students created anti-violence artwork and talked with their teachers about what peace means to them. Linton...
Braddock man accused of robbing Pittsburgh sandwich shop
Editor’s note: All charges were dropped against Aaron Massengill on Thursday, Oct. 18, 2019. Read what police had to say about learning that he did not commit this crime. A Braddock man was arrested for allegedly robbing the Jimmy John’s shop near the University of Pittsburgh campus in Oakland. Pittsburgh...
DUI, drug cases among recent Monroeville police investigations – Oct. 23, 2019
Monroeville police filed the following charges Oct. 14 to Oct. 22 in District Judge Jeffrey L. Herbst’s office: • Destiny Hatten-Nelson, 20, of Pittsburgh with receiving stolen property and retail theft. Charges were filed Oct. 22 in connection with an incident along the 4100 block of William Penn Highway. •...
Lime Hollow Road in Penn Hills to close
Lime Hollow Road in Penn Hills will be closed for a few hours so PennDOT designers can review the street for future repairs. State officials said it will be closed between Springdale Drive and Coal Hollow Road from 9 a.m. to noon Thursday. Through traffic will be detoured via Frankstown...
Trump touts jobs, industry at Marcellus shale conference in PittsburghVideo
Hours after President Donald Trump announced at the White House that Turkey has agreed to a cease fire in Syria, he boarded Air Force One with seven Pennsylvania Republican House members and shifted into campaign mode as the plane headed toward a Marcellus shale conference in Downtown Pittsburgh. “Nobody does...
Police seek Jefferson Hills man charged with trying to rape boy
Authorities are searching for a registered sex offender from Jefferson Hills who is charged with attempted rape of a teen last month in Washington County. Russell Marycz, 43, is charged with attempted rape; kidnapping, unlawful restraint, false imprisonment and corruption of minors; criminal solicitation; simple assault; and interference with custody...
Greensburg honors Offutt Field icon ‘Huddie’ Kaufman
For a few minutes before Wednesday’s middle school football game in Greensburg, the attention turned from the field to the press box. All eyes were on Howard “Huddie” Kaufman, sitting in his usual perch as team timekeeper. Mayor Robert Bell was there to declare it “Huddie Kaufman Day.” “He’s been...
Apollo man pleads to federal marijuana charges
An Apollo man has pleaded guilty in federal court in Pittsburgh to conspiring to sell more than 50 kilograms of marijuana that he had shipped from Colorado, the U.S. Attorney’s Office said Wednesday. Prosecutors said Stephen Michael Lerch, 27, received numerous parcels of marijuana and vaping cartridges containing THC from...
Bellevue man sentenced to 4 years in federal prison for child porn
A Bellevue man was ordered by a federal judge in Pittsburgh to serve four years in federal prison for having child porn, the U.S. Attorney’s Office said Wednesday. On Monday, U.S. District Judge Arthur J. Schwab also sentenced Christopher Morrison, 26, of Bellevue, to serve 10 years of supervised release...
Undaunted by Tree of Life attack, HIAS continues its mission
The gunman who killed 11 Jewish worshippers in Squirrel Hill last year targeted the synagogue based on a congregation’s October 2018 participation in a Shabbat service for refugees. The national organizer of those special services — HIAS, founded as the Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society — continues to forge ahead in...
Highlands disputes claims made by former principal who sued school district
Highlands School District on Wednesday disputed claims made by former Principal Heather Bigney in a federal lawsuit filed against the district this week, alleging officials retaliated against her for taking unpaid leave and dating a former teacher. “The district and its solicitor … have received and reviewed the complaint Dr....
Suspect who blamed Jeannette murder on his twin now says he was in Florida at time of killing
An Allegheny County man awaiting trial for a 2017 Jeannette murder now claims he was in another state at the time of the fatal shooting. The lawyer for Darrelle Tolbert-McGhee filed court documents Wednesday in which he said he will pursue an alibi defense at trial, which is scheduled to...
Alex Hribal’s appeal rejected in Franklin Regional rampage
A Pennsylvania appeals court on Wednesday upheld the 60-year prison sentence for Alex Hribal, the Murrysville teen convicted of wounding of 20 teens and a security guard during a 2014 knife rampage at Franklin Regional High School. A three-judge panel rejected the appeal from Hribal, 22, who claimed the sentencing...
Vandergrift police make big meth, heroin haul
An Armstrong County man arrested Tuesday in Vandergrift is accused of having more than $11,000 of crystal methamphetamine and almost three “bricks” of heroin. Monty Gene Smith II, 35, of West Lebanon Road, South Bend Township, was arrested without incident in a residence along the 300 block of Emerson Street...
Harmar supervisors say public needs to be prepared for tougher stormwater runoff rules
Harmar supervisors are pondering how to increase community awareness on the demands of the federal Municipal Separate Storm Sewer System Program. Supervisor Harry Lenhart discussed the need for such an effort after attending a Pennsylvania State Association of Township Supervisors conference last week about the program, also known as MS4....
Stewart Copeland discusses The Police, working with Pittsburgh’s Mendelssohn ChoirVideo
World-renowned drummer Stewart Copeland, founder of the rock band The Police, has spent more than three decades at the forefront of contemporary music as a rock star and an acclaimed film composer. Copeland is a Grammy winner and Rock and Roll Hall of Famer. He’s in Pittsburgh this week to...
Judge: Prosecutors can say suspect in killing of Brian Shaw had gun conviction
A Westmoreland County judge on Wednesday ruled against a defense request to remove gun charges from the upcoming capital murder trial of the man accused in the slaying of New Kensington police officer Brian Shaw. Judge Rita Hathaway said that doing so would limit the prosecution’s effort to present motive...
