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Luke Skywalker acquitted on all charges by Pittsburgh-area ‘jury’
The force was with him. Luke Skywalker was acquitted on all charges Saturday by a jury of 15 youths in the region during a mock trial at the Dormont Public Library put on by the Allegheny County Bar Association’s Young Lawyers Division. Skywalker was portrayed by Pittsburgh attorney Matthew Feinman...
Pennsylvania hopes to hook anglers early to spur interest in fishing
Every year, Pennsylvania stocks its public waterways with millions of trout in the hopes that humans will follow. Judging from the numbers who turn out religiously for the opening day of trout season, the strategy is working. On Saturday, opening day for the 2019 season, anglers were back — stalking...
Chelsa Wagner declares partial victory in Detroit case, releases more video
Allegheny County Controller Chelsa Wagner is declaring victory in the case involving a March 6 encounter she and her husband had with Detroit police, according to a statement emailed to the Tribune-Review on Saturday by a public relations firm that’s representing the couple. The firm also released more video footage...
Greensburg march raises awareness about domestic, sexual violenceVideo
State Rep. Eric Nelson has four daughters, and he’s pretty sure all of them placed bets on when he’d take a spill during Saturday’s “Walk a Mile in Her Shoes” event, hosted by the Blackburn Center in Greensburg. “Let’s hope 10 minutes is enough to get me prepared,” Nelson said...
Capsized boat reported in Freeport, but search comes up empty
Authorities could find no sign of a capsized boat that was reported Saturday morning by a motorist crossing the Laneville Bridge in Freeport, an Armstrong County 911 dispatcher said. The report came in at 9:34 a.m. The sighting was in Buffalo Creek near its confluence with the Allegheny River, the...
Candidate night set for Murrysville, Franklin Regional primary races
The Murrysville Area American Association of University Women will host a May 10 candidates’ night for local residents running for municipal and school board seats, and they are seeking questions from the public. The forum will be at 7 p.m. at the Murrysville Municipal Building at 4100 Sardis Road. It...
Churches host National Day of Prayer event in Export
Churches in Murrysville, Export and Delmont will come together to host a National Day of Prayer event at 7 p.m., May 2 at the VFD building in Export. The Girl Scouts will present the flag and lead the Pledge of Allegiance, and pastors and laypersons from the community will offer...
Former Mafia boss talks mob, faith ahead of Greensburg prayer breakfast
Michael Franzese traded the feared title “caporegime” of New York City’s Colombo crime family for motivational speaker, husband, father and — importantly — follower of Christ. “God had a different plan and purpose for me,” Franzese told the Tribune-Review. “To say that I’m blessed is kind of an understatement.” Blessing...
Rolling Rock Hunt to host Hunter Pace in LigonierVideo
Rolling Rock Hunt plans to host a May 18 hunter pace that it hopes will become an annual event at a farm off of Route 711 in Ligonier Township. A group including huntsman Sam Clifton, Stewart Burkland and a small crew of volunteers, has been working to build a three-...
By-the-numbers look at Westmoreland County courts in 2018
Criminal and civil cases filed and closed in Westmoreland County Common Pleas Court decreased last year. Officials have published the annual comprehensive report detailing court activity in 2018. Numbers reveal that while the court remains busy, there was a drop off. In criminal court, the number of new cases dropped...
The Week: North Hills
Here are some of the news and features in the North Hills from the past week. For more details on these and other stories, follow the links below or see the North Hills section on Triblive.com: • Fire decimates McCandless apartment building • Sheetz proposes measures to address concerns about...
Child care facility looks to open in Shaler
Shaler officials recently discussed possible plans for a child care site development. Wright Childcare Solutions would purchase 904 Mount Royal Blvd., site of the long-vacant Braun School, planning commission member Chris Chirdon said at an April 9 commissioners meeting. Planning commission Chairman David Piekarski said the planning board needs to...
Model planes signal approach of Westmoreland air show
Members of the Laurel Highlands Model Airplane Club arranged a display of model planes Friday at Greensburg’s East Pittsburgh Street Shop ‘n Save supermarket. It’s the second year for the display, which promotes the Westmoreland County Airshow that the grocery chain sponsors. This year’s models are based on World War...
Plum Creek is stocked for the borough’s annual trout fishing event
Plum Creek is filled with fish just in time for the borough’s third annual Opening Day of Trout Fishing event. Residents ages 12 and younger can catch and release Saturday from 8-11 a.m. at the stream along New Texas Road across from the borough building. On-site licensing prior to fishing...
Monroeville Mall shooting prompts evacuation; no arrests, no known injuries
Monroeville police say a shooting that prompted an evacuation of Monroeville Mall on Friday evening was a “targeted event” that involved an altercation between two groups of men. Police Chief Doug Cole said police received no reports of any injuries in the shooting at the first-floor entrance to the Macy’s...
CMU staffer accused of shooting video up students’ skirts
A Carnegie Mellon University staffer is accused of using a cell phone to shoot video up the skirts of two women waiting at a Pittsburgh bus stop. Campus police have charged Edward H. Jones Jr., 72, of Pittsburgh, with two misdemeanor counts of invasion of privacy stemming from his alleged...
Easter Egg Hunt at Plum junior high school to take place this weekend
Oblock Junior High School’s annual Easter Egg Hunt is set for Saturday. The school district’s Air Force Junior ROTC cadets will open the event at 440 Presque Isle Drive with a flag raising ceremony around 9:40 a.m. The hunt is from 10 a.m. to noon. There will be multiple hunts...
2 Pittsburgh women sentenced for their role in Medicaid fraud conspiracy
Two Pittsburgh women were sentenced in federal court for conspiracy to defraud the state Medicaid program. U.S. District Judge Cathy Bissoon sentenced Autumn Brown, 31, and Brenda Lowry Horton, 48, to five years of probation, including six months of home detention, for their roles in a years-long conspiracy. Brown and...
Brookline man who says he’s ‘addicted’ to child porn gets 10 years in prison
A man who lived with a toddler in Pittsburgh’s Brookline neighborhood has been sentenced to 10 years in prison after police found him in possession of nearly 1,000 images and videos depicting child pornography, federal prosecutors said Friday. Jeffrey Goehring, 46, was arrested after Yahoo alerted authorities on July 3,...
UPMC says state attorney general has no legal grounds to delay Highmark divorce
UPMC on Friday asked the state Supreme Court to deny Pennsylvania Attorney General Josh Shapiro’s push to delay its contractual breakup with rival Highmark this summer, when thousands of Highmark-insured patients are set to lose access to most UPMC hospitals and doctors. UPMC further derided Shapiro’s last-ditch effort to halt...
Vandergrift Public Library wins free summer program bringing educators from Carnegie Science Center
The Vandergrift Public Library won a free Science in the Summer program from GlaxoSmithKline for children to be enrolled in a four-day program at the library taught by educators from the Carnegie Science Center. The four-day program, running during the week of June 10-13, will be open to all children...
Babysitter involved in 2016 shooting death of Mt. Pleasant teen gets paroled
Mark Gustafson didn’t want to hear that the woman who gave a teen access to the gun used to kill his 13-year-old son was ready to go home after spending just more than 10 months behind bars. “The family feels that 9-1/2 to 11-1/2 months is not enough time. She...
Chelsa Wagner case raises questions about hotel guest rights
The circumstances leading up to the arrest of Allegheny County Controller Chelsa Wagner have raised questions about a person’s rights when staying at a hotel. Wagner’s attorney, Charles Longstreet, argued this week during Wagner’s preliminary examination in Detroit that there’s nothing illegal about drinking in a hotel room, and police...
Sale for Kids offers discounts on clothes and toys at Westmoreland Fairgrounds
More than 50,000 items are for sale this weekend at the Westmoreland Fairgrounds. Offering clothes for boys and girls up to size 12, along with toys, movies and nursery items, Westmoreland Sale for Kids draws crowds each year from around the region. “I was a young parent. I had two...
‘You could give life,’ Pittsburgh mayor says of organ donation month
Retired Pittsburgh Police Officer Brenda Tate said she couldn’t bear watching her brother deteriorate from kidney disease two years ago, so she became a chain organ donor allowing him to receive a new kidney. At 68, Tate of the Hill District donated her kidney to a man in Erie. The...
