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Prosecutors: Arnold man’s murder a robbery gone bad

Westmoreland County prosecutors said DNA evidence will prove a New Kensington man attempted to rob and kill an Arnold man in a vacant parking lot more than four years ago. “Anthone Williams was set up by the defendant to be robbed of drugs and money. At an abandoned projects, there...
Man gets 3 to 6 years in prison for stabbing two in racially motivated attack Downtown

A man accused of stabbing two Black people in downtown Pittsburgh last year in a racially motivated attack will serve at least three years in prison. Chris Boswell, 38, pleaded guilty to two counts of ethnic intimidation, two counts of aggravated assault and possession of a weapon on Tuesday stemming...
Fire at Pittsburgh homeless shelter displaces 175 people, injures 6

Nearly 200 homeless people will be housed temporarily at the David L. Lawrence Convention Center after a fire Tuesday afternoon displaced them from the Second Avenue Commons shelter in Downtown Pittsburgh. Four firefighters and two civilians were injured in the afternoon blaze at the shelter, Emily Bourne, a public safety...
Event organizers accuse Pittsburgh of sitting on federal covid relief funds

When the covid-19 pandemic struck, local event organizers like Dena Stanley were left scrambling to find ways to keep their celebrations alive. Stanley, co-founder of Pittsburgh Pride Group, said the organization couldn’t put its annual Pride parade and festival together during the pandemic because of a lack of funding. The...
Bridge rehab work set to start on Parkway East between Monroeville and Churchill

UPDATE (10:15 a.m. Saturday): PennDOT officials announced Saturday morning that this weekend’s work has been completed ahead of schedule, and the Parkway East has fully reopened to traffic in the work zone. Work on a nearly 5-mile stretch of the Parkway East will mean reducing highway traffic to a single...
Stabbing victim testifies in Rialto attempted murder trial

Joseph Williams told a Westmoreland County jury he had no memory of the seconds that preceded a violent encounter outside the former Rialto Cafe in downtown Greensburg that left him hospitalized with as many as 10 stab wounds. Williams, 24, testified Tuesday during the second day in the trial of...
Trump joins TikTok: Which other politicians are on the platform?

After attempting to ban TikTok from the White House, former President Donald Trump created an account — just days after he was found guilty on all 34 felony counts in a hush money trial. His page, @realdonaldtrump, has 5.1 million followers as of Tuesday, and his first and only video...
Police: 2 or more shooters opened fire after argument at Penn Hills hookah bar

As many as 100 people crowded inside a Penn Hills hookah bar when gunfire erupted, killing two people, police said Tuesday. Nathaniel Smiley Jr., 44, of Pittsburgh got into an altercation with an unknown man around 2:50 a.m. at Ballers Hookah Lounge and Cigar Bar, Allegheny County Police Lt. Venerando...
It will cost more than $5K to tap in to North Huntingdon’s sewage system

It will soon cost $125 more to tap-in to North Huntingdon’s sewage system. The township’s municipal authority is increasing the tap-in fee from $5,375 to $5,500, effective July 1. The fee is included in a $10.4 million budget for the authority’s fiscal year, which started May 1. Residential customers pay...
Harrison woman tells police man was trying to kill her with corkscrew, box cutter

Police officers say they found blood throughout a Harrison apartment where a woman said a man was trying to kill her Monday night. Officers heard a woman crying and screaming when they arrived at the apartment in the 1200 block of Argonne Drive shortly after 8 p.m., according to a...
Jan. 6 cops stump for Biden in Pittsburgh, warn that Trump is ‘threat to democracy’

Two former U.S. Capitol Police officers who were injured responding to the Jan. 6, 2021, riot in Washington said during a Pittsburgh campaign stop Tuesday that former President Donald Trump poses a continuing threat to democracy. The officers, Harry Dunn and Aquilino Gonell, appeared at the Fred Rogers statue on...
Pittsburgh expands deer-culling program to 5 parks

Pittsburgh’s deer-hunting program will expand this year to five parks, more archers and the possible use of professional sharpshooters. It will also cost more money. City Council on Tuesday unanimously approved a contract of up to roughly $99,000 with the U.S. Department of Agriculture to help oversee this year’s deer...
Reach Cyber graduates 1st students from its carpentry program

Simeon Chappell spent a lot of time in his childhood being handy around the house. “If my dad was fixing something, I’d try and help, or I’d take measurements for him to cut wood,” said Chappell, 19, of Ligonier Township. As the years progressed, Chappell’s interest in woodwork led him...
South Greensburg man told game warden he mistook fellow hunter for coyote when he fired shot

A South Greensburg man who authorities said shot a fellow hunter he mistook for a coyote in South Huntingdon was charged last month with two counts. Cody Ostrosky, 32, is facing a misdemeanor charge of shooting at a person while hunting and illegally having a hunting license, a summary. A...
Class of ’24 excels at Aquinas Academy of Pittsburgh in Hampton

Aquinas Academy of Pittsburgh consistently is ranked at or near the top of area Catholic schools, and a look at what the Class of 2024 accomplished helps show why. With regard to collegiate standard testing, seniors at the school in Hampton scored an average of 1250 in verbal and math...
Pittsburgh police arrest teen in Sheraden homicide

A Pittsburgh teenager was charged Monday with opening fire on a group of people at a Sheraden intersection late Friday night, killing one of them. Malachi Smith, 18, of Pittsburgh’s Fairywood neighborhood, shot Israel Walker-Young, 18, of Pittsburgh, from the tailgate of a silver Dodge pickup that Smith and six...

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