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Pa. groom-to-be accused of sexually assaulting wedding guest
Pennsylvania state police say a groom-to-be sexually assaulted one of his guests two days before his wedding. Prosecutors say Daniel Carney is charged with involuntary deviate sexual intercourse of an unconscious person and indecent assault. It wasn’t known Friday if the 28-year-old Stroudsburg man has retained an attorney. Authorities say...
Monroeville congregation to honor Tree of Life victims on anniversary
As the world focuses on Pittsburgh on the first anniversary of a mass shooting at a Squirrel Hill synagogue, a Monroeville congregation will honor the victims by hosting a remembrance. “From Darkness to Light … From Embrace to Hope” will be held Oct. 26 at Temple David to remember the...
Duolingo names National Aviary owlet, announces sponsorship of owl habitatVideo
Duolingo’s green owl mascot has a friend. The Pittsburgh tech company and the National Aviary announced Thursday that a 6-month-old spectacled owl at the North Side bird sanctuary will be named Duo, after the startup that offers free web- and app-based language learning classes. Duolingo will also be the first...
Inaugural Fall Festival in Oakmont set for this month
Event organizers hope a new October celebration in Oakmont becomes an autumn tradition. Oakmont Chamber of Commerce presents its inaugural Fall Festival from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Oct. 12. Allegheny River Boulevard will be blocked off from Pennsylvania to Washington avenues for the family-friendly event, sponsored by Greater Pitt...
Effort under way to move Export veteran monument to ‘more prominent place’Video
When Gary Wuslich returned to western Pennsylvania for his uncle Brando Sachet’s funeral in December 2018, he began thinking about the veterans’ memorial stationed outside the former American Legion on Kennedy Avenue in Export. “Between my father, my aunts and uncles, I think we have four or five names on...
Local sci-fi, horror authors to participate in panel discussion in Monroeville
Visitors to the Barnes & Noble bookstore in Monroeville later this month may find themselves immersed in a world where women have leeches for arms, intergalactic mercenary werewolves fly through space beating people up and aliens wink at passers-by in bars with names like The Pickled Quasar. But it’s not...
Pittsburgh convicted felon sentenced to federal prison for weapons violations
A Pittsburgh man with a long criminal history was sentenced Thursday to seven years and six months in a federal prison for weapons violations, according to U.S. Attorney Scott Brady. Darnell James Shipman, 29, was ordered to spend three years on supervised release after the prison term. Between 2010 and...
5 things to do in Pittsburgh this weekend: Oct. 4-6
Welcome the first weekend of October. Here’s what’s going on over the next three days. Come on in Doors Open Pittsburgh will be inviting guests inside a diverse collection of buildings in Downtown and the North Side on Saturday and Sunday. Visitors will have behind-the-scenes access to explore the insides...
Officials: No one injured in Hempfield fireVideo
Nobody was injured in a Hempfield house fire early Friday morning. The fire was reported after 6 a.m. along Everglade Road, south of Route 30, a Westmoreland County 911 dispatcher said. A huge plume of smoke rose from the two-story structure as firefighters battled flames that kept rekindling throughout the...
5 Pittsburgh chicken sandwiches you must try
We get it. You can’t get your hands on the Popeye’s chicken sandwich and you’re a tad unnerved. Your belly needs a chicken sandwich, come hell or high water. We have you covered. Believe us, plenty of other Pittsburgh places serve up succulent options when it comes to chicken sandwiches....
Carnegie’s Stage 62 announces its 58th season
The coming 2020 theater season, which begins in February, will mark Stage 62’s 58th year of providing community theater and will mark its 29th season in residence at the Andrew Carnegie Free Library & Music Hall in Carnegie. The season will kick off with “Goodnight Moon: The Magical Musical” in...
Dispatch: Officials responded to early morning fire in Wilkinsburg
Crews responded to Wilkinsburg early Friday morning for a fire, according to an Allegheny County 911 emergency dispatcher. Fire crews responded to the 700 block of North Avenue around 3 a.m. The fire was under control almost an hour later, the dispatcher said. Nobody was inside at the time....
Nonprofit aims to restore Allegheny County’s tree canopyVideo
If it seems you can see more of the sky in Allegheny County these days, you’re right. And that’s not necessarily a good thing. Allegheny County lost 10,000 acres of tree canopy between 2010 and 2015, according to a survey released last year by Tree Pittsburgh, a nonprofit group aiming...
Harvest Festival coming up at Harrison’s Burtner House
Homemade soups, an Abraham Lincoln impersonator and alpacas are among the features of the annual Harvest Festival coming up at the Burtner House in Harrison. The one-day festival will run from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Oct. 12 at the nearly 200-year-old stone house just off Exit 15 of Route...
Jurassic World visits Pittsburgh elementary schoolVideo
Pittsburgh is offering discounted tickets for the Jurassic World Live Tour show at PPG Paints Arena this month and Mayor Bill Peduto joined show staff for an announcement Thursday at Westwood Elementary, where students got to meet Olive the Baby Stegosaurus. Kids were a little wary when Olive — actually...
Multi-vehicle crash shuts down part of Route 28 near Aspinwall
The northbound lanes of Route 28 by the Highland Park Bridge were closed due to a multi-vehicle crash Thursday night. The lanes were shut down near Exit 6 around 9:45 p.m., according to PennDOT officials. It was unclear if there were any injuries or when lanes would be reopened. UPDATE:...
Coroner called to scene of shooting in West DerryVideo
Westmoreland County Coroner Kenneth Bacha confirmed his office was called to the scene of a shooting Thursday night in the West Derry section of Derry Township. A Westmoreland County 911 dispatcher said state police were called to an incident on West Fourth Avenue (Route 217) just before 8 p.m. Additional...
Westmoreland woman’s suit links Juul use to seizures
A Westmoreland County woman is suing the makers of Juul electronic cigarettes, claiming she suffered two seizures and impairment after using the device earlier this year. The complaint, filed Wednesday in U.S. District Court in Pittsburgh, states that Kimberly Mays, a mother of two, suffered “catastrophic personal injuries” and is...
Indiana to welcome Vietnam memorial replica
“The Wall That Heals,” a three-quarter-sized replica of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, D.C., will be displayed next week in Indiana County. Located on the outskirts of Indiana at Mack Park, site of the Indiana County Fair, the display will be open to the public around the clock from...
Pittsburgh man gets 15 years in federal prison on drug, gun charges
A Pittsburgh man has been sentenced to serve 15 years in federal prison for drug and firearms offenses, according to U.S. Attorney Scott W. Brady. Prosecutors told the court that on March 30, 2016, Pittsburgh narcotics detectives and SWAT operators and federal Drug Enforcement Administration agents searched Denver Sangster’s home...
Trial starts for man accused in 2016 beating death of elderly McKees Rocks man
A 28-year-old man is on trial this week in Allegheny County Common Pleas Court in connection with the 2016 beating death of a 74-year-old man in McKees Rocks. Branden Anthony Frazier is accused of killing Benito Nicoletti, whose body was found June 1, 2016, on a couch in his Vine...
Assault, 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. Waived preliminary hearings • Jontay Bush, 34, of Wilkinsburg on four counts of theft by deception and six counts of retail theft. Oakmont police filed the charges Aug. 10. • Andrew Sloma,...
Mars man accused of having handgun at Pittsburgh airport
A Butler County man was stopped by Transportation Security Administration officers at the Pittsburgh International Airport security checkpoint Wednesday with a loaded 9 mm handgun, officials said. The TSA said it was the 29th gun found at the Pittsburgh airport checkpoint this year. Last year 34 guns were found. Allegheny...
Route 51 reopens after tractor trailer cargo spill
A portion of Route 51 in the South Hills that was closed Thursday evening due a cargo spill from a tractor trailer has reopened. Allegheny County dispatchers said the vehicle carrying sheets of steel at Saw Mill Run Boulevard and Wabash Street lost some of its cargo shortly after 5...
$100K upgrade to Avonmore riverfront park includes gazebo, fishing pierVideo
Avonmore is close to completing a $100,000 upgrade at the Pasternak Recreation Area along the Kiski River and Railroad Avenue. A longtime canoe launch in the Kiski River, the Pasternak Recreation Area now has a trail along its pond — a formerly grown-over, somewhat hidden borough reservoir — along with...
