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Jeannette police cars to have ‘In God We Trust’ decals
Jeannette police cars soon will be adorned with new decals that read “In God We Trust.” City council unanimously approved the measure. Fejes Signs in Jeannette is working on a design. “It is our country’s motto,” said Mayor Curtis Antoniak. “I’m very proud of our country.” Antoniak came up with...
Highlands hires appraiser to determine value of Fawn school eyed for closure
The Highlands School District is going to find out how much its former elementary school in Fawn is worth. The school board has hired Integra Realty Resources to prepare an appraisal of the Highlands Support Center, formerly Fawn Primary Center. The district will pay the Pittsburgh firm $2,400 for its...
North Side man set for April sentencing in drug overdose death
A North Side man pleaded no contest this week to a drug delivery resulting in death charge in connection with a fatal overdose two years ago. Darnell Stephens, 23, is set for sentencing April 26. The case was the first in which Pittsburgh police charged an alleged dealer in connection...
4 DUI arrests on St. Patrick’s Day weekend reported by Laurel Highlands task force
Members of the Laurel Highlands DUI Task Force made four driving under the influence arrests during St. Patrick’s Day weekend, according to a post on Latrobe Police Department’s Facebook page. The task force did roving patrols from Friday to Sunday and stopped 92 vehicles. They issued five citations for underage...
Multi-car crash snarls Parkway West in Carnegie
A multi-vehicle crash briefly closed one lane of the Parkway West in Carnegie Wednesday morning. ACCIDENT: Parkway West Outbound at Carnegie. Left lane blocked. LIVE look at @WPXI at 6:09 AM. @JenniferTomazic pic.twitter.com/xExJoc15cn— WPXI Traffic (@WPXITraffic) March 20, 2019 It is unknown if there were any injuries in the crash,...
Cops: Burglars break into Hempfield convenience store
State police are looking for two burglars who in broke into a Hempfield convenience store through the front window. According to police, the unknown men broke through the window of the Speedy Mart on West Point Drive around 11 p.m. March 2. The men made off with unspecified merchandise. Anyone...
One injured in Carrick crash
One person was injured when an SUV crashed into a pole on Valeria Avenue in Pittsburgh’s Carrick neighborhood early Wednesday morning, according to Tribune-Review news partner WPXI. The driver was taken to the hospital after the one-vehicle crash., WPXI reported. The road has reopened. It was closed for several hours...
FR Panther Foundation preps for annual Festival of the Arts
Last year, patrons at Franklin Regional’s annual Festival of the Arts helped raise $52,000 for the FR Panther Foundation, money that was used for education program grants within the district. On April 4, foundation officials are hoping to boost that number even higher. About 300 people attended last year’s festival,...
Trib’s Bonus Strip winner revealed for March 14
The first winner of the Trib’s Bonus Strip program has been selected, and the lucky reader will walk away with a 50-inch TV. The person with the winning number — A06631 — should call 800-724-8746 to claim the prize. The Bonus Strip kicked off last week to provide readers of...
Testimony concludes on Day 2 of Rosfeld trial; prosecution could rest Thursday
The homicide trial of former East Pittsburgh police officer Michael Rosfeld is continuing Wednesday. Proceedings got underway around 9 a.m. in Room 313 of the Allegheny County Courthouse. Rosfeld is accused of shooting Antwon Rose II three times as he ran from a June 19 traffic stop in East Pittsburgh....
Bridge project will close East Huntingdon road
A section of Chaintown Road (Route 3002) in East Huntingdon will be closed, between Catalina Farm and Loucks roads, while PennDOT crews replace a bridge with a precast box culvert. Work on the project is set to begin April 1 and is expected to wrap up by mid-June. A marked...
Rockwood woman ejected, killed in Somerset crash
A Rockwood woman died of blunt force trauma after being thrown from a pickup truck Monday evening in Somerset County, state police said. Authorities on Tuesday didn’t release the name of the 32-year-old victim, who was pronounced dead at the scene in Northampton Township. According to police, the crash occurred...
Police in Penn Hills detain man in connection with East Hills shooting
Police have detained a man in Penn Hills in connection with the shooting of a man in Pittsburgh’s East Hills neighborhood Wednesday afternoon. Shortly after 4 p.m., police responded to a report of a shooting in a residential area on Wilner Drive north of Robinson Boulevard, Department of Public Safety...
Greater Latrobe superintendent to retire in JulyVideo
Judith Swigart, after seeing Greater Latrobe School District through its first new school construction project in more than four decades, is preparing to retire as the district superintendent this summer. The school board Tuesday accepted Swigart’s resignation, for retirement, effective July 31. Swigart, 61, of Unity, said it’s time for...
An old, vacant gas station in Oakmont may become a borough parking lot
The Oakmont Community Foundation wants to turn an old, vacant gas station into a parking lot. The foundation is a nonprofit formed by the Oakmont Chamber of Commerce. Chamber member Dan Monaco, owner of Hoffstot’s Cafe Monaco and Chelsea Grille, presented the project to borough officials at a recent council...
Frazer woman confronted with inconsistencies during second day of murder trial
A Frazer woman accused of the 2017 homicide of her husband was confronted Tuesday by angry words from Allegheny County detectives. The accusations and terse words were on a videotape shown on the second day of Teresa Drum’s trial on charges of murdering her husband. Prosecutors said the tapes show...
Pittsburgh man pleads guilty to buying thousands of Xanax pills via ‘Darknet’
A Pittsburgh man admitted to buying more than 10,000 doses of Xanax on the so-called “dark web” and plotting to sell the drug to addicts for a $10,000 profit, federal prosecutors said Tuesday. James Robert Czachowski, 22, faces a maximum sentence of 30 years in prison and a fine up...
Day 1 of Rosfeld trial concludes with testimony from witnesses to Rose shooting
It was Michael Rosfeld’s tone that caught Lashaun Livingston’s attention. She said it was difficult to hear what then-Officer Rosfeld said to the driver and two passengers of the 2014 gold Chevy Cruise he’d stopped on East Pittsburgh’s Grandview Avenue, but the tone rang through. It was harsh and angry,...
New turn restrictions in effect near Riverview High School, Oakmont Bakery
Oakmont police and Riverview School District officials said new turning restrictions along Hulton Road by the high school are making a positive impact on traffic. “It’s been much better,” police Chief Michael Ford said Tuesday. “The school is happy with all enforcement efforts.” Westbound motorists on Hulton Road who are...
Former JPMorgan Chase Bank analyst guilty of stealing account holders’ personal info
An Ohio woman, a former analyst for JPMorgan Chase Bank, pleaded guilty in federal court to illegally accessing account holders’ personal information. Sarah Wiley, 35, of Columbus plead guilty to conspiracy and aggravated identity theft charges before U.S. District Judge Nora Barry Fischer, federal authorities announced Tuesday. She was an...
Pittsburgh man sentenced for heroin, fentanyl sales
A Pittsburgh man was sentenced to one year and three months in federal prison for conspiring to distribute heroin and fentanyl last year. U.S. District Judge Cathy Bissoon imposed the sentence against Daroy Murphy, 27, and ordered him to serve six years of probation following his prison sentence, federal authorities...
Maryland man admits to stealing lawn tractors, UTVs from Western Pa. dealerships
A Maryland man admitted to stealing riding lawn mowers and utility terrain vehicles from dealerships in Western Pennsylvania, then returning to his home state to sell them, federal prosecutors said Tuesday. Harvey Leemore, 53, pleaded guilty to plotting with others to raid the dealers and transport the stolen vehicles across...
North Huntingdon doctor charged in connection with overdose deaths will be evaluated
A North Huntingdon family doctor charged with over-prescribing drugs to two patients who died from overdoses in 2016 may not be competent to stand trial, his lawyer said in court documents filed Tuesday. Dr. Michel Toret, 72, of Jeannette is awaiting trial on two charges of drug delivery resulting in...
Route 28 lane restrictions in O’Hara, Sharpsburg, Aspinwall begin Wednesday
A single-lane restriction will happen on southbound Route 28 from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. weekdays in O’Hara, Sharpsburg and Aspinwall beginning Wednesday and continuing through Friday, March 29. Crews are conducting geotechnical drilling operations for the future Highland Park Interchange project. The lane restriction will take place between the...
Residents of Vandergrift high-rise report ‘sewage-cicles,’ other plumbing problems
Residents of McMurtry Towers in Vandergrift sent a petition to the Westmoreland County Housing Authority demanding that it do a better job of cleaning up a sewage-line break last month that reportedly formed “sewage-cicles” on the building’s front porch. The sewage break in a second-floor apartment Feb. 8 caused raw...
