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Walmart to allow more time for greeters with disabilities to adjust to new demands
Walmart’s decision to change the job requirements for its greeters has caused a national controversy as some believe it targets people with disabilities. But some disabled worker advocates say they haven’t seen any issues locally yet. Lisa Razza, spokeswoman with ACHIEVA, which works with people with disabilities in Allegheny and...
Generators protect Municipal Authority of Westmoreland County from disruptions during power outages
Water continued to flow to the more than 120,000 Municipal Authority of Westmoreland County customers, even as thousands of residents continued to deal with power outages caused by recent wind storms. Authority officials said Wednesday the water system is relying on generators at nine pump stations where power has been...
Pittsburgh poised to spend nearly $1M on water safety training, new rescue boat
Pittsburgh is poised to spend nearly $1 million on a new River Rescue boat and water safety training for firefighters, paramedics and police officers who staff River Rescue crafts and the city fire boat. City Council on Wednesday gave preliminary approval for a three-year, $360,000 contract with Lexington, Ky.-based National...
U.S. Attorney will not charge Pittsburgh police officers in Kopy’s brawl
The U.S. Attorney’s Office on Wednesday announced it will not file charges against the undercover Pittsburgh police officers involved in a brawl with members of the Pagans motorcycle club at a South Side bar last year. The FBI was investigating whether there were any civil rights violations by the officers....
Larry Richert to host KDKA history program at McCandless museum
The McCandless/Northern Allegheny Heritage Center will play host to a program featuring TV personality Larry Richert at 6 p.m. on March 13. Richert’s program will focus on the history of KDKA-TV, which is one of the nation’s pioneering commercial television stations. Richert is a native of the North Hills and...
Penn Hills residents warned to avoid contaminating recyclables
Penn Hills’ contracted waste service company is cracking down on contaminated recyclables. Republic Services sent a letter to the municipality saying it will be paying close attention to what residents are putting in their bins. “Residents may have service delayed or not occur if unacceptable levels of contamination are inside...
Loyalhanna Watershed Association farm preserved by state agriculture board
Bluebirds and foxes can call a Ligonier Township farm home for good now that the 120-acre tract has been preserved by the state. “It’s a huge thing for us and for, I think, our neighbors to know that” the farm was safeguarded, said Susan Huba, director of the Loyalhanna Watershed...
Shiras Street in Pittsburgh’s Beechview neighborhood to close for 5 days
Pittsburgh will close Shiras Avenue in Beechview for about five days starting Monday during a repair project, the Mayor’s Office announced Wednesday. The street running from Candace Street to Palm Beach Avenue will be closed while a Department of Public Works crew builds a retaining wall along the street. The...
Bridgeville driver license center temporarily closed
The driver license and photo center in Bridgeville is temporarily closed while state transportation officials relocate the office for a Friday opening. The PennDOT announced the closure Wednesday. The Department of Motor Vehicle site at the Chartiers Valley Shopping Center at 1025 Washington Pike, Route 50, in Bridgeville closed Tuesday...
Police say DNA, debit card, receipt all point to Penn Hills man charged with fatal 2017 crash
A Penn Hills man has been charged with causing the death of a woman driver in a 2017 head-on crash in Pittsburgh’s East Hills neighborhood. Pittsburgh police charged Taariq Tyler, 22, with homicide by vehicle, reckless endangerment and other related charges on Feb. 22, after determining his rental pick-up truck...
Nearly 4,000 PWSA customers remain under boil water advisory
About 3,800 Pittsburgh households remained under a boil water advisory Wednesday, a day after a contractor broke a water line while working on Shaler Street in Duquesne Heights. Nearly 1,000 of those households had no water service. The Pittsburgh Water and Sewer Authority issued an advisory for residents of Crafton...
New chronic wasting disease cases prompt steps to prevent spread of deer infections
New cases of chronic wasting disease among deer in three Pennsylvania counties have prompted state officials to take action against the spread of new infections. The Pennsylvania Game Commission and the state Department of Agriculture will contact landowners in Clearfield, Jefferson and Franklin counties about “targeted removals” of deer within...
‘Paint with a Purpose’ in Murrysville to provide art scholarships for the developmentally disabled
Gabi Nastuck, director of Miss Gabi’s Art is Good Studio in Latrobe, will mark a year of working with East Suburban Citizen Advocacy in April, and it has been one of the most rewarding years of her artistic career. Nastuck, 40, of Latrobe will host an all-inclusive art class, “Painting...
Elizabeth Street in Dravosburg to close Monday for landslide repairs
A road in Dravosburg will close Monday and remain closed until mid-May to build a retaining wall after a 2018 landslide, the Allegheny County Department of Public Works said. Elizabeth Street will also be paved as part of the $506,133 project. Traffic will be detoured using Elizabeth Road, Maple Avenue,...
Ex-Istanbul Sofra owner accused of sexual assault is a predator, prosecutors argue
Prosecutors on Wednesday laid out their sexual assault case against former restaurant owner Adnan Pehlivan, calling him a restaurateur by day and sexual predator by night, while defense counsel set out to prove the case is a hook-up gone wrong. The jury of eight men and four women heard opening...
Penn Hills Library moves two chess players to final tournament
Two children from the area will proceed to the final round of an Allegheny County chess tournament after their wins at the Penn Hills Library Feb. 23. Adam Alaali, 10, of Penn Hills and Brayden Wong, 6, of Upper St. Clair won in the library’s senior and junior division, respectively....
Sharpsburg’s Ketchup City offering bike maintenance class
Spring weather is just around the corner and Ketchup City Creative in Sharpsburg is helping people get ready with a hands-on bicycle maintenance class for all skill levels. The session will cover flat tires and clean chains – topics all bikers should be familiar with, owner Nanci Goldberg said. “We...
Zoey the sea lion dies after battling cancer at Pittsburgh Zoo
Pittsburgh Zoo & PPG Aquarium officials are mourning the death of one of their sea lions. Officials announced Wednesday that a 24-year-old sea lion named Zoey died from cancer after being diagnosed last year. “Zoey was diagnosed with oral squamous cell carcinoma in 2018 and was the first sea lion...
Community College of Beaver County names Roger Davis as president
Community College of Beaver County named Roger W. Davis as its ninth president. Davis had been interim president since May 2018, when Christopher Reber left the Center Township-based community college for a similar post in New Jersey. Davis also served as an executive vice president and provost of CCBC, a...
Bond revoked for men charged in $10M cocaine bust in North Braddock
A judge on Wednesday revoked bond for two men charged in an alleged large-scale cocaine trafficking operation, calling the men flight risks and a danger to the community. Jermaine Clark and Terry Suggs Jr. were arrested Monday in North Braddock, the culmination of a months-long investigation into the pair. The...
Pittsburgh riverfront trail renamed in honor of former Mayor Tom Murphy
The North Side section of Pittsburgh’s Three Rivers Heritage Trail has a new name. Pittsburgh City Council on Tuesday unanimously approved renaming the trail in honor of former Mayor Tom Murphy, a longtime North Side resident, who is recognized as the “architect” of the city’s riverfront trail system. The trail...
Steelers fan who headbutted man in viral video pleads guilty to disorderly conduct
A Pittsburgh Steelers fan who headbutted another fan during a brawl at a Steelers game in December pleaded guilty to disorderly conduct. Chad Ferguson, 44, of Ben Avon, was required to pay a $100 fine for the summary offense. A simple assault charge police had filed against Ferguson was dismissed....
Cops: 2 men accused in South Huntingdon convenience store robbery fled with $33K
Two men accused by state police of robbing a South Huntingdon Township convenience store-gas station May 6 fled with more than $33,000 from the store’s safe, according to court documents. Curtis T. Everett, 26, who lists his address as the Westmoreland County Prison, and Dylan J. Kurucz, 26, of Glassport,...
Video: Duquesne University Choirs at Fox Chapel Presbyterian ChurchVideo
As part of its special music event series, Fox Chapel Presbyterian Church hosted a concert of the Duquesne University Choirs that included the Voices of Spirit, directed by Caron Daley, and the University Singers, directed by Joseph Stuligross. The choirs regularly perform around Pittsburgh and the region....
Sewickley Academy girls basketball clinches spot in state playoffs
The Sewickley Academy girls basketball team is going to the PIAA playoffs under the WPIAL’s follow-the-leader format for determining some state qualifiers. West Greene, which defeated the Panthers in the 1A quarterfinals, advanced to the championship game with Tuesday’s victory over Vincentian. Six teams qualify for the PIAA tournament from...
