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Landslide shuts down part of Route 168 in Beaver County
Route 168 in Midland, Beaver County, will stay closed for the next few days after a landslide early Wednesday. Mud, rock and debris slid down a hillside and covered the roadway, according to PennDOT. The road is closed in both directions between Woodlane and Summit and Columbus avenues. The slide...
Flash flood watch issued for Western Pa. through Thursday evening
The National Weather Service has issued a flash flood watch for the western Pennsylvania region. Repeated periods of heavy rainfall are possible through 8 p.m. Thursday, according to the weather service in Moon Township. The flood watch covers Allegheny, Armstrong, Butler, Beaver, Fayette, Lawrence, Washington and Westmoreland counties as well...
Fort Pitt Bridge celebrates 60 years as part of Pittsburgh’s grand entranceVideo
In a place that has more bridges than any other city in the world, it’s hard to pick one that stands out from the other 445. The ornate Smithfield Street Bridge, built in 1881, is the oldest through-truss bridge in the United States. The Sixth Street Bridge, now called the...
Man wounded by gunfire overnight in Carrick
Pittsburgh police are searching for suspects after a man was shot overnight in Carrick. Officers from Zone 3 and city emergency medical services responded to a call for shots fired in the 100 block of Birmingham Avenue at about 1:45 a.m., according to a police spokeswoman. Police say the victim,...
McCandless nursing home employees charged after patient injured during disputeVideo
Two McCandless nursing home employees have been arrested after a 75-year-old patient was injured during an argument, according to police. McCandless police charged laundry attendant Lily Asubonteng, 19, of Pittsburgh with aggravated assault for allegedly pushing the patient to the ground during an argument at about 2 a.m. on June...
Greensburg police warn of ransomware attack on businesses
Greensburg police are advising area businesses and residents not to open unfamiliar or suspicious emails after reporting that several local businesses were subjected to ransomware attacks on Tuesday. One business in the city was among those that had files corrupted and encrypted in the attack, police said. Hackers requested that...
Vehicle rollover shuts down Route 28 south near Tarentum
A pickup truck rolled over while trying to get onto Route 28 at Exit 14 Tuesday night, causing traffic to be rerouted. Fawn Township police responded to the incident around 10:30 p.m. Officials said the pickup truck was attempting to get on the ramp heading southbound when it rolled over....
Blessed Trinity Academy wins soccer title
Blessed Trinity Academy’s JV soccer team won the Diocesan Championship on June 9 at La Roche University. It was a hard-fought game that saw Blessed Trinity Academy grind out a 1-0 win against Holy Trinity....
1 year after Antwon Rose’s death, a look at where things stand
A year after Antwon Rose II’s death, a look at the status of his family’s civil cases, policing in East Pittsburgh and legislative actions on standards for police use of deadly force. Federal lawsuit The federal lawsuit filed by Rose’s parents, Michelle Kenney and Antwon Rose Sr., against Michael Rosfeld...
The death of Antwon Rose: 1 year later
Three gunshots on a late-spring evening in 2018 continue to echo throughout the region a year after they left Antwon Rose II dying in a grassy East Pittsburgh lot. Wednesday marks one year since the 17-year-old and another teen, Zaijuan Hester, ran from the traffic stop conducted by then-East Pittsburgh...
Lower Burrell man, friends chronicle bad parking in Alle-Kiski Valley
If you’ve done a poor job of parking in the Alle-Kiski Valley, odds are good that Tom Moses or one of his followers on Facebook has photographed your handiwork. “For years, I’ve been posting pictures of bad park jobs,” Moses said. “I tend to notice it. Nobody escapes me taking...
Syrian refugee charged with plotting to bomb Pittsburgh church
Federal investigators arrested a Syrian refugee living in Pittsburgh on charges of plotting to bomb a church in the city’s North Side next month to support the terrorist group ISIS, the U.S. Department of Justice said Wednesday. Mustafa Mousab Alowemer, 21, who resided in a Northview Heights housing complex and...
Greater Latrobe OKs 1-mill tax hike, $57M budget
Greater Latrobe School District property owners will pay an additional 1 mill of taxes to help support a 2019-20 district budget of $57 million. The board this week adopted a final version of the spending plan by a 7-1 vote, with Merle Musick absent. Board member Michael O’Barto cast the...
Oakmont looks to control vacation rentals in town
Oakmont officials want to adopt some new regulations so borough property owners think twice before turning their homes into hotels. Council approved advertising a short-term rental ordinance June 17 and could vote on it next month. According to the proposed ordinance, a property being rented out must be the permanent...
River Road in Gilpin Township re-opened after landslides closed it
River Road reopened Wednesday after landslides had closed the road Tuesday, according to PennDOT. The road was open before 2:30 p.m., a PennDOT spokeswoman said. The road had been closed at the Leechburg and Parks Township borders, from the the intersection of Main Street in Leechburg and to Airport Road...
Fatal Penn Hills pedestrian accident victim not ID’d, no relatives found
The identity of a man who died after being hit by a car in Penn Hills last week has not be released because authorities can’t find any relatives to notify. The Allegheny County Medical Examiner’s Office said the 66-year-old Penn Hills resident was struck and killed while crossing Saltsburg Road...
Beaver County man confessed to robbing 4 Western Pa. banks of more than $26K
A Beaver County man confessed to robbing four banks across Western Pennsylvania of more than $26,000, federal prosecutors said. Patrick Acierno, 34, of Freedom pleaded guilty to four counts of bank robbery. The banks were robbed between September 2018 and March of this year, U.S. Attorney Scott W. Brady said....
Assault, drug cases among those recently handled in Judge DeLuca’s Penn Hills court – Jun. 18, 2019
Penn Hills District Judge Anthony L. DeLuca handled the following cases recently. Defendants will have court dates set in Allegheny County Common Pleas Court. Charges were filed by Penn Hills police unless otherwise noted. Held for courtEdward Palmer, 23, of McKees Rocks on charges of terrorristic threats, unlawful dissemination of...
Murrysville Medic One will demonstrate dive team skills at swim club
The Murrysville Medic One dive team has searched for missing people, evidence and even for severed fingers. They’ve searched ponds, creeks and quarries. But they’ve never searched a swimming pool. Searching is just one of the things Medic One divers will demonstrate June 28 at the Murrysville Swim Club in...
Driver of rig that struck Westmoreland County Transit bus on Route 22 cited
A tractor-trailer driver who allegedly caused a crash Thursday at the intersection of Routes 22 and 819 in Salem, sending six people to area hospitals, was issued three traffic citations by state police at Kiski — including one accusing him of running a red light. Ibrahim Mulder, 49, of Lyndhurst,...
County Council selects Pittsburgh attorney Paul Zavarella to fill District 8 seat
Allegheny County Council voted 11-1 Tuesday to select Pittsburgh attorney Paul Zavarella to fill the vacant District 8 seat. “I thank county council for showing confidence in me,” Zavarella said by phone Wednesday, adding that he’s looking forward to working with council and other county officials. Councilman DeWitt Walton, of...
3 killed in Fayette County crash
A man, a woman and a 4-year-old child were killed Tuesday afternoon when their pickup truck collided with a tri-axle truck along Route 21 in Fayette County, state police said. Officials weren’t able yet to identify the victims, but Fayette County Coroner Phillip Reilly indicated they were related, including an...
Highmark-insured seniors who use UPMC could get another chance to switch plans
Highmark-insured seniors and people with disabilities who use UPMC hospitals and doctors may get another chance to decide which insurance plan they want to have for the remainder of 2019. U.S. Health Secretary Alex Azar informed U.S. Sen. Bob Casey by phone that the Centers for Medicaid & Medicare Services...
Greensburg woman serving life sentence claims she can’t leave prison for appeal hearing
Westmoreland County prosecutors argue a former Greensburg woman serving a life prison sentence for her role in the murder of a former boyfriend in 2006 should appear in person for her upcoming appeal hearing. Jennifer Vinsek, 37, contends she should receive a new trial based on allegations that her former...
Lawyer: Latrobe vet with PTSD wants to withdraw attempted murder plea for attack on wife, others
A Latrobe man told a Westmoreland County judge Tuesday he wants to withdraw a guilty plea to charges he attempted to kill three women in 2017. Scott A. Matuszky, 47, said he received bad legal advice from his former lawyer when he pleaded guilty last year to attempted murder, aggravated...
