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Man shot in leg during street fight in Bethel Park
A street fight in Bethel Park ended with a man being shot in the leg. Bethel Park police responded to Wallace Avenue around 8:20 p.m. Sunday following reports of two men fighting and shots being fired. They soon found the wounded man and took him to a hospital. The man’s...
Who's responsible when a driverless vehicle is in a crash? Answer still unclear
Who is liable when an autonomous vehicle is involved in a car crash? It’s a question yet to be answered, and one the Governors Highway Safety Association broached in a recently released white paper the association will present at its annual meeting Aug. 26 in Anaheim, Calif. “Finding fault and...
Traditional procession held at Bloomfield's Little Italy Days 
The tradition continued on Sunday. After an Italian Mass was celebrated at St. Maria Goretti Church in Bloomfield, the statue “The Madonna della Civita” was carried from that worship site to a sister church on Liberty Avenue. Members of the congregation formed a procession behind men carrying the statue of...
Owner of Pennsylvania Coach Lines responds to Elizabeth Forward lawsuit
The owner of a transportation company the Elizabeth Forward School District recently filed a lawsuit against for breach of contract said the district isn’t telling the whole story. The district filed an injunction on Thursday against Pennsylvania Coach Lines after, the district claims, the bus company breached their contract and...
Almost 80 displaced from West Oakland apartment building fire
People displaced by Saturday’s major apartment fire in West Oakland will continue to get temporary shelter at the David L. Lawrence Convention Center at least through Monday morning, according to the Red Cross. The fire at their apartment building at Deraud Street started just after 2 p.m and grew into...
Microburst tears through Lawrenceville, Millvale 
A microburst in Pittsburgh’s Lawrenceville neighborhood heavily damaged two buildings, uprooted trees and left hundreds without power Saturday night, according to Pittsburgh’s Department of Public Safety. The National Weather Service said the winds caused some damage in Millvale, too. No one was hurt in the storm. In Lawrenceville, the top...
Pittsburgh police disperse large crowd on South Side, 2 officers injured
A driver ran over a Pittsburgh police officer’s foot and another officer injured his knee while trying to help his colleague as police dealt with a “large and disorderly” crowd on the South Side early Sunday morning,. Police were called to handle the crowd between the 1500 and 1700 blocks...
2 firefighters injured in 5-alarm West Oakland apartment fire
Two Pittsburgh firefighters were injured while fighting a five-alarm blaze Saturday afternoon in an apartment complex in the city’s West Oakland neighborhood, according to the city Department of Public Safety. The fire on De Ruad Street started just after 2 p.m. as a two-alarm blaze, but it went to a...
Duquesne water conservation order lifted
A mandatory water conservation order in effect after more than 2 ½ hours in the city of Duquesne was lifted at 4 p.m., city police tweeted. The order was put into effect at about 11 a.m. when an electrical problem was discovered at the McKeeport Water Treatment Plant that processes...
Mars, Butler County man gets 48 months in federal prison for distributing child porn
A federal court judge in Pittsburgh has sentenced a 64-year-old Mars man to four years in prison for having and distributing a half-million photos and videos showing the sexual exploitation of a girls. U.S. Senior District Judge Nora Barry Fischer imposed the sentence on David McAnally. Prosecutors said that in...
Pittsburgh policeman charged with June hit-and-run on North Shore
A Pittsburgh police officer has been arrested and charged in a June hit-and-run crash on the city’s North Shore that left a cyclist with a concussion. Brian M. Martin, 35, of Pittsburgh’s Westwood neighborhood, was charged Friday with accidents involving death or personal injury, reckless driving and drunken driving. Police...
Police investigate shooting that burst pipe inside Hill District apartment building
Police are investigating a shooting that caused a water leak inside a Hill District apartment building early Friday. No injuries were reported, Public Safety spokeswoman Cara Cruz said. Shortly before 2 a.m., Pittsburgh police and firefighters responded to an apartment complex in the 2100 block of Centre Avenue for a...
Kennywood Log Jammer flume up for charity auction sells for $11,100
One of Kennywood’s original flumes from its defunct Log Jammer ride sold Friday morning for $11,100 via eBay. The winning bid was placed at 10:32 a.m., according to the listing. The auction opened on Aug. 6 and 53 bids were placed by more than 20 bidders. The West Mifflin amusement...
Dor Hadash, New Light leaders urge AG to accept life in prison for accused Tree of Life gunman
Members of two Pittsburgh Jewish congregations have asked federal prosecutors to seek a plea deal with accused Tree of Life synagogue shooter Robert Bowers and reject a death penalty case. The requests came from New Light and Dor Hadash, two of the congregations that used the Tree of Life building....
West Deer native remembers trip to Woodstock
West Deer native Colleen Nelson remembers the crush of cars as she and her friends drove a crammed Volkswagen Beetle toward Yasgur’s dairy farm in Bethel, N.Y., on Aug. 14, 1969. They had almost made it to the site of the Woodstock Music and Art Fair. But there was so...
Pittsburgh rehab center worker celebrates 70 years of service 
Nora Morant was ready to quit her job after the first day. Instead she stayed for 70 years. Morant has worked seven decades for the Jewish Association on Aging. She hasn’t finished the job yet. “Cheers to 70 years!” was a fitting theme on Friday at Charles Morris Nursing and...
Just Ducky tour vessels up for auction
Pittsburgh’s only amphibious tour boat company has closed and will liquidate its assets during a September auction. Just Ducky Tours has turned its vessels and equipment over to Uptown-based Harry Davis & Company for an online auction scheduled for Sept. 23-25. Stanford Davis, the company CEO, said Just Ducky owners...
Pittsburgh zoning board sacks Steelers' seat-painting plan at Heinz Field
The Pittsburgh zoning board has denied an appeal by the Steelers for permission to paint Heinz Field seats in the form of a sign, ruling that it constitutes a “roof sign” prohibited by city zoning regulations. PSSI Stadium LLC, a team affiliate, sought permission to paint seats on the north...
Police: Armed couple rob Carrick Burger King
An armed couple robbed a Burger King Friday morning in Pittsburgh’s Carrick neighborhood, police said. A store manager told police a man and woman, each armed with a gun, entered the restaurant before 7:15 a.m. and demanded cash from a safe in the back, Pittsburgh police spokeswoman Cara Cruz said....
Pittsburgh church bomb plot suspect to remain in custody, judge rules
Fatmeh Alowemer said her eldest son Mustafa was excited to come to the United States. A family of Syrian refugees, Fatmeh, Mustafa, his siblings and other family members had spent four years in Jordan after fleeing war in Syria, where her eldest could not attend school. In 2016, they came...
Cleveland man suspected in laptop thefts in Findlay, Pittsburgh burglaries
A Cleveland man charged in connection with the thefts of laptop computers from multiple businesses in Findlay is also believed to be one of two suspects in similar incidents in Pittsburgh, police said Friday. Findlay police said they identified Leroy Lummie Glass Jr., 62, from a thumbprint on a piece...
Want to lose your Pittsburgh accent? There's a course for that 
Marilyn Caye grew up in Pittsburgh’s Perry Hilltop neighborhood and graduated from University of Pittsburgh. A few years later she decided to explore the other end of the country and wound up in the San Francisco Bay area. She soon learned that while she could leave Pittsburgh, there was a...
5 things to do in Pittsburgh this weekend: Aug. 16-18
There’s still a bit of summer left in Pittsburgh. Embrace it. Mid-August means it’s time for Little Italy Days in Bloomfield. Here are some options for the weekend in the city: Italian flair Little Italy Days in Bloomfield features authentic Italian food and entertainment as well as traditional bocce competition...
Gunfire at Hill District apartment causes water leak
Pittsburgh police said gunfire Friday morning inside a Hill District apartment building struck a pipe and caused a water leak. No one was injured just before 2 a.m. at the apartment in the 2100 block of Centre Avenue, according to Cara Cruz, public safety spokeswoman. Officers responded to reports of...
Restoration of abandoned Larimer School moves forward
A long-awaited restoration of the former Larimer School in Pittsburgh could start as early as next year, but some residents are disappointed that it won’t provide housing for senior citizens. The Pittsburgh Urban Redevelopment Authority, which owns the building, is teaming with the Housing Authority of the City of Pittsburgh...


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