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Wilkinsburg man found guilty of federal gun and drug crimes
A Wilkinsburg man accused of running a fentanyl trafficking conspiracy and federal firearms violations has been found guilty in federal court. Cameron Basking, 28, was convicted of conspiracy and possession with intent to distribute more than 40 grams of fentanyl, possession of firearms in furtherance of drug trafficking and possession...
Alle-Kiski Pavilion halfway house for state inmates closes in Arnold
The Alle-Kiski Pavilion, a halfway house along Fourth Avenue in Arnold, has closed because of budget cuts at the state Department of Corrections. As a result, 35 inmates have been relocated to other facilities. Alle-Kiski Pavilion, owned by the GEO Group Inc. of Boca Raton, Fla., serves as a halfway...
Traffic alert: Road work to continue next week on I-579 and Parkway East
Roadwork will continue next week in Allegheny County on Crosstown Boulevard and the Parkway East. PennDOT said the right lane and shoulder of Interstate 579, also known as Crosstown Boulevard, will be closed to northbound motorists from 8 p.m. to 6 a.m. on Monday through Friday nights while contractors remove...
Police: East Pittsburgh man fled scene of head-on crash
An East Pittsburgh man was arrested Friday after police said he fled from a head-on crash in Plum. The crash happened just before 10 a.m. along New Texas Road. Police said a car driven by Sean Tally, 20, crashed into an oncoming vehicle containing an Upper Burrell couple, ages 50...
Plum teen writes series of novelsVideo
A Plum teen has written and published two young-adult thrillers and is working on a third in the saga. Bonnie Synclaire Nickles, 17, of Plum began writing at a young age but it wasn’t until recently that she self published her first novel, “Rogue.” The 124-page book was published in...
Pittsburgh International Airport plans to generate its own electric powerVideo
Pittsburgh International Airport officials say they won’t be dependent on the traditional electric power grid come 2021. That’s when a microgrid is expected to go online. Instead of depending on power from the national electric grid that supplies most everyone else, the airport will get its power from generators fueled...
Daily Download: Plans for Tree of Life, gifts to Children’s Hospital and high school footballVideo
Each day, TribLIVE reporters and editors will break down the biggest news of the day, with video highlights of the people and places making headlines. Today, reporter Paul Guggenheimer discusses plans for the Tree of Life synagogue, an elementary school that presented gifts to Children’s Hospital and Week 8 in...
2 suspects in deadly Penn Hills home invasion caught in California
Two suspects in the Oct. 9 killing of a Penn Hills man were arrested Friday in California, police said. Laron Howard, 19, and Laquon Perkins, 18, who are brothers, were arrested at 2:30 p.m. by Los Angeles County sheriff’s deputies in Lancaster, Calif., according to Allegheny County police. Both men...
Cornel West returning to Western Pa. for Penn State speaker series
Princeton University professor emeritus and celebrated liberal author Dr. Cornel West will return to Western Pennsylvania on Oct. 25, a week after giving the Threshold Lecture at Saint Vincent College. West, a noted philosopher, political activist and social critic, will speak at the Penn State Greater Allegheny campus in McKeesport...
Donuts with Dads event focuses on fatherly relationshipsVideo
Fatherly relationship was the topic of discussion in a Penn Hills Charter School of Entrepreneurship’s gym Friday as dads, uncles and grandfathers joined their children for some donuts and coffee. “I think this is cool,” said Gavin Bowen as he sat with his 6-year-old son, Mosiah. “It’s just dad being...
World-renowned violinist, daughter to perform at Tarentum churchVideo
Violinist Andres Cardenes has performed all over the world with talented musicians. But he said the 16-year-old girl with whom he will perform Sunday in Tarentum tops them all. “Getting to perform with my daughter is number one,” Cardenes, the distinguished professor of violin studies at Carnegie Mellon University’s School...
Irwin to hold townhall meeting Nov. 13
Irwin residents who want to voice their opinions on the state of the borough and what they want to see happen in the future, will have that chance at a town hall meeting scheduled for 7 p.m. Nov. 13 in The Lamp Theatre, 222 Main St. “We want to get...
Latrobe Presbyterian, the church of Mr. Rogers, celebrates 150 yearsVideo
To review the history of Latrobe Presbyterian Church is to review the history of Latrobe itself. The church formed as a Presbyterian mission two years before Latrobe was incorporated as a borough. As the borough grew, so did the church — from the original 110 members to more than twice...
Swinburne Street in South Oakland to close for 5 months
Swinburne Street in Pittsburgh’s South Oakland neighborhood will be closed for about five months as the city conducts repairs related to landslides, the Department of Mobility and Infrastructure announced Friday. The $630,000 project will begin Oct. 21. Traffic will be closed in both directions between Greenfield Avenue and Edgehill Street/Childs...
Attorney: Monroeville pool sale potentially violated state Sunshine Act, but it’s a moot point
An attorney with expertise in municipal law said Monroeville council’s decision to hire a firm to appraise the municipality’s sole public pool property should have been made in public. The criticism comes after Monroeville council voted unanimously Oct. 8 to sell the Monroeville Community Pool along Abers Creek Road to...
Westmoreland County mulls operating its own bus routes
The Westmoreland County Transit Authority is expected to decide by month’s end if it will take over its own fixed-route bus and paratransit services. The transit agency this week received proposals from two companies to run both services starting in January, but officials said the high cost of those offers...
Upper Burrell’s Oak Lake Golf Course to close
After a failed sealed-bid auction to sell Oak Lake Golf Course in Upper Burrell last year, the owners will close the 18-hole course Thursday, Oct. 24 and hold a public auction two days later. All of Oak Lake’s assets will be for sale at the Saturday auction, including the land,...
Police release photos of men wanted in fatal McKeesport Family Dollar shooting
Authorities need help identifying the two men suspected in a fatal shooting Thursday at a Family Dollar in McKeesport. Allegheny County Police released images from the store’s surveillance cameras that show the men, who entered the store shortly after 11 a.m., fought with and robbed Dwayne Fuller, 24, of Homestead....
Greenway Boy Killas member sentenced to 18 months in federal prison
A Greenway Boy Killas (GBK) gang member was sentenced in U.S. District Court in Pittsburgh to serve 18 months in federal prison for heroin distribution conspiracy. Senior U.S. District Judge Arthur J. Schwab imposed the sentence on Rashem Littleberry, 29, of Pittsburgh. According to prosecutors, in 2017, the FBI and...
Murrysville hires attorney to help develop ordinance addressing 5G antennas
Murrysville will hire a Pittsburgh attorney to help develop an ordinance regulating small wireless towers in the municipality. “Some municipalities have looked at it as a money grab, charging exorbitant permit fees,” Chief Administrator Jim Morrison told council members. “Others have chosen not to regulate it, which I do not...
Greensburg doctor found guilty of illegally dispensing opioids
A federal jury deliberated for eight hours Thursday before convicting a Westmoreland County family practice doctor of illegally dispensing opioids. Dr. Milad Shaker, 50, was found guilty of 14 counts of illegal dispensing of opioids, U.S. Attorney Scott W. Brady said. The original 54-count indictment in October 2018 said Shaker...
5 Riverview seats up for grabs
Voters in the Riverview School District who go to the polls Nov. 5 to elect candidates for five school board seats will see some familiar names on the ballot. Three of the seven candidates won enough votes in the May Primary to be on both the Democrat and Republican ticket....
8 compete for 4 Oakmont council seats
Voters in Oakmont who go to the polls will see eight names on the ballots for four seats on borough council. Three of the seats are for four-year terms; the other is for a two-year term. Following is information submitted by the candidates as well as their response to questions...
Shaler man waives drug charges to Armstrong County court
A Shaler man agreed Tuesday to stand trial for having about six bricks of suspected heroin when he was pulled over last month along Route 28 in South Buffalo. Anthony Donell Rue, 40, of Center Street, waived charges to court in the courtroom of District Judge J. Gary Decomo. He...
Nadine Road in Penn Hills reopening pushed to December
Nadine Road in Penn Hills will continue to be closed until the end of December, the Allegheny County Department of Public Works announced Friday. The section of the road between Allegheny River Boulevard and Lincoln Road has been closed since July 12 following storms that overturned the wall and caused...
