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Four years ago, Kwaku Botwe-Asamoah was in the prime of his life. He worked as a software developer, played basketball and enjoyed traveling. But that all changed on July 31, 2021, while he was out celebrating his 30th birthday on Pittsburgh’s South Side. As he headed home that night, Botwe-Asamoah...

Police said a Harrison man drank 12 beers before getting behind the wheel of a Jeep that struck and killed an 11-year-old girl in Natrona last summer. Allegheny County Police on Wednesday charged Jeffrey Glowatski, 65, with three counts of DUI and two counts of careless driving in connection with...

Mochi is a Japanese-style dessert made of sweet rice flour. It is described as light and airy and will be available at the newest spot in Bellevue — Moochi & You, which is set to open on Friday. The shop, located in the heart of the neighborhood, will feature donuts...

Giant Eagle says some of its customers who swiped a credit card at the New Kensington store in June might have fallen victim to a card skimmer. A legal notice, published by Giant Eagle this week, states a payment card skimmer was installed on a checkout lane’s PIN pad between...

Five volunteer firefighters in Shaler are accused of responding to a call under the influence of alcohol, officials with the township and Undercliff Volunteer Fire Company confirmed. The fire department suspended the five members on Aug. 8, Undercliff President John Klocko Sr. said. The department is accelerating its internal review...

After the All-American Rejects performed a surprise pop-up concert Friday at Sheetz in Robinson, the chain said more collaborative concerts are on the way — including appearances by the Jonas Brothers. Sheetz said Wednesday it was named the official convenience partner for the JONAS20: Greetings From Your Hometown Tour, featuring...

Point Park University has signed a contract with Wyndham Grand hotel in Downtown that will place up to 90 freshmen in off-campus housing at the start of the upcoming semester. “The location of the Wyndham is really advantageous for us, as it’s only a 5- to 6-minute walk to campus,”...

Highlands Elementary School has put kindness into the curriculum. It launched the Be the Kind Kid Club in 2023-24 to promote courtesy, teamwork and friendliness. It has grown 200%, from about 90 students to more than 270 who meet weekly. In an effort to keep the motto front and center,...

A new shoe store in Allegheny Township will have a grand opening celebration next month. Shoe Sensation, located in the Hyde Park Plaza, 451 Hyde Park Road, will hold the celebration Sept. 12 to 14, according to the Indiana-based company. “We’re bringing so much more than just your favorite name...

A long-vacant Millvale house is a step closer to a new life as a short-term rental property. Council voted 5-1 at its meeting Aug. 12 to approve rezoning 127 Howard St. from residential to commercial. Councilman William Stout, who opposed the proposal as a member of the borough’s planning commission,...

Bids for a proposed heating and cooling project at Burrell High School came in about $1 million more than what school district officials were expecting. Superintendent Shannon Wagner told the school board this week that bids for general construction, HVAC and electrical improvements at the high school came in at...

A familiar face is taking over as Shaler manager, but she doesn’t plan to keep the job for very long. At their Aug. 12 meeting, Shaler commissioners promoted Assistant Manager Judith Kording to manager, effective that day. Her salary was set at $155,000, up from $126,000. Kording, 64, of McCandless...

Carol Huff feels like she has seen far-flung parts of the world without ever leaving her O’Hara home. An AFS-USA volunteer, Huff has hosted international students for the past 25 years, including those from Germany, Iceland, Italy, Kuwait and Pakistan. “I’ve learned so much as a person from my students,”...

Who you gonna call? A ghost is haunting the streets of Sharpsburg, just in time for the third annual Great Heinz Caper. The live-action community scavenger hunt invites people to canvas the borough, from the James Sharp Landing to the property where the iconic Heinz condiment company was born in...

Here are some of the latest news items from this morning, Wednesday, Aug. 13, 2025: No injuries reported in Upper St. Clair house fire Firefighters from two counties were dispatched to a house fire early Wednesday morning in Upper St. Clair. Crews from Allegheny and Washington counties responded to a...

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Allegheny Township will use revenue from the township’s fire tax to pay workers’ compensation insurance premiums for volunteer firefighters. The township supervisors on Monday did not take up a motion by Supervisor Michael Korns that, according to the motion, would “return the fire tax funds removed from the (Allegheny Township...

Tony Aquilio is all in favor of using technology as an educational tool. But even Aquilio, Penn-Trafford High School’s principal, admits access to personal cellphones can be bad for learning while in school. This year, Penn-Trafford School District heads into the academic year with a new cellphone policy in place,...

United Bocce at North Allegheny is upping its game this year. Two new bocce courts, located at the senior high campus off Perry Highway in McCandless, were built this past summer, complete with the official bocce regulations, even down to crushed oyster powder at its base. This will be the...

First responders recovered the body of a woman from the Monongahela River on Tuesday evening near Pittsburgh’s South Side Marina. According to a spokesperson for Pittsburgh Public Safety, city police, firefighters, medics and River Rescue crews were dispatched to the 2600 block of South Water Street at about 6:30 p.m....

A man was taken to a hospital after he was riding his e-bike and was hit by a Jeep in Arnold on Tuesday night, police said. At around 9 p.m., first responders from Arnold and New Kensington responded to the intersection of Constitution Boulevard and Drey Street in Arnold, near...

Richard Tikey stood by anxiously until every last one of his colleagues was accounted for after a deadly blast Monday morning at the Clairton Coke Works. He felt it was his duty as vice president of the plant’s union local to stay on scene, assist emergency responders and field concerns...

It’s hard not to notice the bright yellow signs in nearly every yard while driving down Milbell Road in Yukon, South Huntingdon. “SAY NO TO MAX. NO HAZARDOUS WASTE LANDFILL EXPANSION,” they read. Past the Dzubak residence at the end of the rural road, long after pavement switches to gravel,...

The 1960 novel “To Kill a Mockingbird” will be available for Pine-Richland High School’s English teachers to use in ninth grade classes, but they won’t be assured of reading it. After lengthy discussions over multiple meetings, the school board voted 6-2 on Aug. 11 to approve curriculum for academic English...

Richland celebrated its 31st annual Community Day on Aug. 9. The Pine-Richland Marching Band kicked off the event at 4 p.m., providing the accompaniment for the national anthem sung by Claire and Raegan Dosch. Capping the affair was Zambelli fireworks at 10 p.m. The day was packed with food, games,...