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Greensburg doctor pleads guilty to taking kickbacks over fentanyl spray
A Greensburg doctor pleaded guilty in federal court Thursday to taking kickbacks, health care fraud and conspiring to distribute controlled substances. Thomas Whitten, 71, will be sentenced by U.S. District Judge William S. Stickman IV on Dec. 7. According to prosecutors, Whitten received kickbacks from Arizona-based Insys Therapeutics from May...
Man pleads guilty to Homewood double homicide, gets 15 to 30 years in prison
A man from Pittsburgh’s Homewood North section will serve 15 to 30 years in state prison for the shooting deaths of a couple during a fight over a custody dispute two years ago. Darryl Barnett, 28, pleaded guilty to two counts of voluntary manslaughter and two firearms counts Thursday before...
Pittsburgh man pleads guilty to trafficking endangered, invasive fish
A Pittsburgh man pleaded guilty in federal court on Tuesday to trafficking one endangered and one invasive species of fish. Anthony Nguyen, 49, entered guilty pleas to 2020 charges of interstate trafficking in illegally possessed or transported fish and creating a false record. Nguyen is charged with violating the federal...
Pittsburgh police seek help finding boy, 12, who’s missing again
Police asked for the public’s help Wednesday to find a 12-year-old boy who has gone missing for the second time in two weeks. Kirill Matveev was last seen 2½ days ago — about noon on Monday in the city’s Arlington neighborhood, according to Pittsburgh police. Police seek the public's assistance...
‘You will always remember what you did in Miami’: Pittsburgh firefighters honored for work at condo collapseVideo
For more than 10 days, Pittsburgh Bureau of Fire Capt. Joseph Janosko and Lt. Joseph Garrison worked with everything from heavy machinery and shovels to garden trowels, spoons and their bare hands, holding out hope that they might find a survivor amidst the rubble of Champlain Towers. They arrived six...
Police: Argument over pizza sparked weekend shooting on Pittsburgh’s South Side
An argument over pizza led to the weekend shooting on Pittsburgh’s South Side that left a man in critical condition, according to charges filed in the case. Rafik White, 22, is charged with attempted homicide in the shooting, which happened shortly before 2 a.m. Saturday. Police said they responded to...
Beltzhoover native Angelique Bradford appointed new associate pastor at Sharpsburg’s Roots of Faith
The new associate pastor at Roots of Faith in Sharpsburg lives by the motto, “Say yes to God and great things will happen.” “I am not fully aware of the possibilities that God has in store for me,” said the Rev. Angelique Bradford, a Beltzhoover native who celebrated her installation...
Pittsburgh cracks down on abandoned vehicles during 3-day blitz
Pittsburgh Police towed nearly two dozen vehicles during a three-day blitz to get abandoned cars and trucks off city streets. Police said the blitz — the third conducted this year — was focused in the city’s Manchester, Marshall-Shadeland, Woods Run, Troy Hill, Lower Perrysville and Upper Perrysville neighborhoods. Police investigated...
Pittsburgh police arrest man on sex-related charges involving minors
Pittsburgh police issued an alert for the public in connection with the arrest of Pittsburgh man on multiple counts of sex offenses involving minors. Donald Sickler, 39, of the city’s Greenfield neighborhood, was arrested July 15 and charged with more than a dozen counts including rape, unlawful contact with a...
Pa. agriculture secretary tours 4 Pittsburgh urban farms
Pennsylvania’s Urban Agriculture Week featured four farms and gardens across Pittsburgh, and Secretary of Agriculture Russell Redding toured each on Tuesday as part of his statewide tour. “At the end of the day, (Urban Agriculture Week) gives us a chance to tell a story about food, about agriculture and sharing...
Bike and pedestrian path in Pittsburgh’s Lawrenceville completed
The Hatfield Connector, the final portion of the Central Lawrenceville Neighborway, has been completed in under three months. City officials announced Tuesday that the shared-use pedestrian and bike path closes a gap between 50th and 51st streets. Neighborways are low-traffic streets built for walkers, cyclists and other non-vehicular traffic, according...
Former Shaler teacher to be detained in Capitol riot case pending trial
Calling him a leader and instigator who went to Washington, D.C., ready for a fight, a federal magistrate judge ordered a Shaler substitute teacher who participated in the Jan. 6 Capitol insurrection to be held in custody pending trial. U.S. Magistrate Judge G. Michael Harvey said on Tuesday that Robert...
Pittsburgh Council approves plan to spend $335M in federal covid relief money
It wasn’t necessary for Pittsburgh City Council to approve a plan Tuesday that allocates the city’s $335 million in federal covid relief money, Councilwoman Deb Gross said. “We cannot be confident that we are addressing the harm done to our most vulnerable citizens,” Gross said during a council meeting. She...
Police: Man stabbed in Mt. Washington, suspect shot by neighbor as he fled scene
Officers responding to ShotSpotter gunshot alert in Mt. Washington on Monday found a man suffering from stab wounds before tracking down a suspect who was shot by a witness as he fled the scene, according to Pittsburgh police. Police from the city’s Zone 3 station responding to the gunshot alert...
All Star Craft Beer, Wine & Cocktail Festival returns to PNC Park
Here’s a chance to sit in the Pirates dugout. Or take a walk along the warning track in the outfield. Maybe take a trip around the bases. The annual All Star Craft Beer, Wine & Cocktail Festival returns to PNC Park on Pittsburgh’s North Shore after being canceled last year...
Pittsburgh zoo goes ahead with Asian Lantern Festival after judge denies restraining order sought by Cleveland zoo
A federal judge in Ohio has denied the Cleveland zoo’s request for a temporary restraining order against the Pittsburgh zoo over alleged trademark infringement related to the Pittsburgh zoo’s upcoming Asian Lantern Festival. U.S. District Judge James Gwin denied the motion late last week, something attorneys for Pittsburgh Zoo &...
2 young amateur Pittsburgh boxers receive champions’ welcome upon return from National Junior OlympicsVideo
A pair of young Pittsburgh boxers received a champion’s welcome Sunday night when they returned from the 2021 National Junior Olympics in Texas. Delbert ‘Sonny’ Taylor, 19, and Michael ‘Spoonie’ James, 15, represented 412 Boxing and Third Avenue Boxing Gym in the 10-day championships in Lubbock. Tailor and James both...
Jane’s Room at UPMC Magee is a solemn hospital space for grieving parents, families
Berkley Wellstein felt the silence. Her baby wasn’t moving. “I was 32½ weeks pregnant, and it was a normal pregnancy,” Wellstein said, as she stood with her husband, Bob, on July 8 inside UPMC Magee-Womens Hospital in Oakland. “There was a lack of movement. I went to see my doctor....
Legalizing marijuana could stem opioid abuse, Pitt study suggests
Legalizing marijuana for recreational use could lead to fewer opioid-spurred health emergencies and overdose deaths, a University of Pittsburgh study has found. Opioid-related emergency department visits dropped by 7.6% within a year of cannabis legalization for adult residents in four states — California, Nevada, Maine and Massachusetts — according to...
Police: Missing Pittsburgh woman and son found safe
Update: Toni Baker and her son have been found safe, according to Pittsburgh Police. Pittsburgh police are looking for a woman and child they considering endangered and vulnerable. Toni Baker, 41, and her son, 12-year-old Najeh Taylor, were reported missing from Wind Gap Avenue in the West End. Anyone with...
Pittsburgh Public Schools renew mask mandate in proposed safety plan
People may be putting their masks away as covid mandates are lifted, but students and teachers at Pittsburgh Public Schools will need to take them back out for the upcoming school year if a health and safety plan proposed by district officials passes on July 28. Not only will masks...
Police: Man in critical condition after shooting in Pittsburgh’s South Side
One person is in critical condition after a shooting in Pittsburgh’s South Side neighborhood early Saturday morning, police said. Officers responded to a ShotSpotter alert and 911 calls for shots fired in the 1200 block of Bingham Street in South Side Flats shortly before 2 a.m., according to Pittsburgh Public...
Astrobotic’s MoonRanger rover a step closer to lunar mission
On the 52nd anniversary of the day Apollo 11 blasted off and headed for its historic moon landing, Astrobotic has taken a “giant leap” toward its own moon landing. The Pittsburgh-based aerospace company has announced the autonomous rover MoonRanger it partnered with Carnegie Mellon University to create, has passed another...
Pitt faculty unionization vote slated, Pitt says
The University of Pittsburgh’s faculty members will be able to vote starting next month on whether they want the United Steelworkers to represent them in contract negotiations. The Pennsylvania Labor Relations Board decided the secret-ballot vote for about 3,000 employees will be conducted from Aug. 27 to Oct. 12, the...
Man who shot at Pittsburgh officers said he wanted them to kill him, gets 15 to 30 years
Issa Abdus-Salaam had a difficult childhood, including being moved from his home in Philadelphia at age 7 to live with strangers in Senegal, West Africa. Although his parents eventually joined him four years later, it wasn’t before he had lived in filth, saw a man beaten to death in the...
