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Judge David Cashman resigns from Allegheny County Jail Oversight Board
Allegheny County Court of Common Pleas Judge David Cashman resigned from the Allegheny County Jail Oversight Board following two heated board meetings this week. Cashman served on the board for about seven years and was serving as its chairman. “I appreciate the accomplishments that we have achieved in reducing the...
Controller accused in $191K embezzlement scheme from Murrysville firm
A federal grand jury this week indicted the former controller of a Murrysville packaging company, accusing her of embezzling $191,000 over five years. Victoria Mazur, 51, of Plum, is accused of embezzling the money from Gateway Packaging Corp. between December 2012 and December 2017, U.S. Attorney Scott Brady said. According...
Police seek people seen near Belvedere Hotel minutes before fire broke outVideo
State police said Friday they want to talk with two people seen walking near the Belvedere Hotel in Oklahoma Borough shortly before it burned down last month. Security camera footage shared by state police briefly showed the two people walking before they disappeared from view near the hotel. The pair...
State deems large fish kill natural at Somerset County lake
What some people are calling a disaster — an extensive fish kill at Cranberry Glade Lake in Somerset County — is most likely the result of an unfortunate but natural occurrence, the Pennsylvania Fish & Boat Commission said. The state agency sent a waterways conservation officers to the lake this...
Kunco, freed of rape conviction, pleads guilty to lesser charges; to be released
John Kunco, the Allegheny County man who served more than 28 years in prison for a New Kensington rape he said he didn’t commit, pleaded guilty Friday to reduced charges. Kunco, 54, was immediately paroled and was expected to be released from jail later Friday under terms of the sentence...
Monroeville factory expansion gets $1 million boost
A construction project in Monroeville that has been in the works for years recently got a $1 million boost from state grant funding. Bechtel Plant Machinery Inc. (BPMI) was included in the latest round of grant awards from the Redevelopment Assistance Capital Program of the state’s Office of the Budget....
Police: Man threatened to set his Salem Township hotel room on fire
A Maryland man was in the Westmoreland County Prison on $100,000 bond Friday, accused of assaulting two state troopers who tried to subdue him as he threatened to set fire to his hotel room. Mikel A. Lawhorn, 62, was arraigned on aggravated assault, resisting arrest, disorderly conduct, criminal mischief and...
Murrysville’s Bach named to governor’s new Council on Reform
The hits keep coming for Mary Bach. Less than a month after being named to the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission’s Consumer Advisory Council, Bach, 74, has been appointed to Gov. Tom Wolf’s new Council on Reform. Bach, a longtime independent consumer advocate from Murrysville, was named to the body Wednesday...
Steel City Con marks 30th anniversary in Monroeville
An event three decades in the making will soon take place at the Monroeville Convention Center. Steel City Con, one of the largest pop culture and comic conventions in the nation, will mark its 30th anniversary in the municipality. It’s slated for 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. Aug. 9 and...
Monroeville celebrates 2nd Community Day
Monroeville’s 2nd annual Community Day kicked off with a 5K run/walk race followed by a daylong celebration with food and craft vendors, kids activities and live entertainment featuring “American Idol” contestant Nate Walker. The event, held July 27, was presented by The Monroeville Foundation, Forbes Hospital and Allegheny Health Network....
18-year-old critical after being shot in Braddock
An 18-year-old man was in critical condition after being shot several times in Braddock early Friday morning, according to Allegheny County police. Police and paramedics went to the 200 block of 4th Street at 1:10 a.m. for a report of a man who had been shot. The man had been...
83-year-old woman reported missing in Greene County
State police are looking for a missing 83-year-old woman in Greene County. According to state police, Haddie B. Baysinger was last seen around 2 p.m. Thursday driving a Gator side-by-side utility vehicle through fields and woods. The vehicle was recovered but Baysinger had not been located as of Friday morning....
5 things to do in Pittsburgh this weekend: Aug. 2-4
Sadly, there’s nada Three Rivers Regatta this weekend. Still, a few surviving events will go on. Here’s what’s going on this first August weekend in Pittsburgh. The show will go on After the cancellation of the regatta, Squonk Opera’s Pittsburgh premiere of “Hand to Hand” will go on as planned...
Stabbed woman flags down passing Pittsburgh cops
A woman who had been stabbed flagged down passing Pittsburgh police officers early Friday morning. The incident happened just before 2:45 a.m. at Lincoln and Lemington avenues. The woman had a stab wound to a hand, police said. Police said the woman was alert and conscious, but was uncooperative with...
Harrison Point project awarded $1M state grant for development
A Harrison business park development is getting $1 million in state grant funding. The money for the Harrison Point business park is coming from the Redevelopment Assistance Capital Program. In Harrison, the grant money will be used for site preparation work, including stormwater mitigation, utility installation and roadwork. The proposed...
Police: Driver flees after hitting man on Fort Duquesne Boulevard
A driver fled after hitting a man on Fort Duquesne Boulevard early Friday, according to Pittsburgh police. The incident at the Seventh Street intersection was reported to 911 just before 4:30 a.m. First responders found the man lying in a crosswalk on Fort Duquesne Boulevard. He had severe head injuries...
80-year-old man dies in Greene County fire
An 80-year-old man died in a house fire in Greene County Thursday, according to the Greene County Coroner’s office. The man’s name has not been released, pending notification of family. He was found in his Morgan Township home after a fire, the coroner said. No other information was released....
Police: West Mifflin woman drove with 4-year-old on her lap
A video shared on a community Facebook page caught a West Mifflin woman driving with her young daughter on her lap Thursday night on Route 837 in Duquesne, police said. The video was shared with Duquesne police, who said they were able to identify the driver as 29-year-old Mary Ann...
Police charge Rankin man in Oakland burglary, sex assault case
Pittsburgh police have issued an arrest warrant for a Rankin man in connection with a burglary and sexual assault in Oakland on July 5. Deputies with the Allegheny County Sheriff’s Office took Robert Mitchell, 30, into custody last month on unrelated charges. The victim told police that a man she...
Festa Italiana in New Kensington serves meatballs, memories at parish
The aroma of fresh basil, rosemary and sage perfumes the Marble Hall of Mount Saint Peter Parish in New Kensington. It’s a familiar smell to parishioners and patrons of the annual Festa Italiana at 100 Freeport Road. Volunteers made more than 3,200 meatballs, 265 gallons of sauce, 60 pans of...
Firefighters free ducklings from Unity storm drain
The Lloydsville Volunteer Fire Department came to the rescue Thursday morning when some ducklings fell through a storm drain and became trapped near Wimmerton Lake in Unity Township. “All in all, nine ducklings were safely rescued and reunited with their mother … who was anxiously (and noisily) awaiting their rescue!”...
AG: Freeport man tried to arrange sex encounter with agent posing as teen boy
A Freeport man known online as “Verse Dad” was arrested Wednesday night on charges of trying to arrange a sexual encounter with who he allegedly thought was a 14-year-old boy but was actually an agent with the state Attorney General’s Office. Prosecutors say Scott Alan Speer, 54, of Main Street...
Wizards and witches fly to Plum Community Center for Harry Potter-themed fundraiser
Wizards and witches of all ages flew to the Plum Community Center for its first Harry Potter-themed extravaganza. The facility at 499 Center-New Texas Road was transformed into the fictional school Hogwarts for a major fundraiser Saturday, July 27. About 90 people participated in Quidditch, attended divination and transfiguration classes...
3-year-old girl drowns in Plum family’s swimming pool
A 3-year-old girl drowned in a backyard swimming pool Aug. 1 in Plum. The child reportedly was found at the bottom of the pool by a family member, Allegheny County Police said. The Allegheny County Medical Examiner identified the girl Friday morning as Ca-Nayah Mitchell. The incident happened at a...
Allegheny County Jail Oversight Board meeting cut short after disruption, 2 citedVideo
The Allegheny County Jail Oversight Board meeting was cut short Thursday after two people were removed by sheriff’s deputies and cited for disrupting the meeting. Ciora Thomas, executive director of the Pittsburgh-based advocacy group SisTersPGH and Christian Carter, a community organizer from East Liberty, were both led out of the...
