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Pittsburgh area is getting its 2nd Wahlburgers restaurant
Wahlburgers, a restaurant founded by celebrity brothers Paul, Mark and Donnie Wahlberg, will soon open its second Pittsburgh area location. The new spot will be at the cafe entrance of the Mall at Robinson, 100 Robinson Centre Drive in Robinson Township. It’s expected to open this summer. The first Wahlburgers...
The Great Backyard Bird Count set for Feb. 15-18 worldwide
The 22nd Great Backyard Bird Count is set for Feb. 15- 18. Volunteers from around the world are invited to count the birds they see for at least 15 minutes on one or more days of the count. Participating counters enter their bird checklists at birdcount.org. Anyone with internet access...
Greene County man faces attempted homicide charges in Fayette kidnapping, beating
A Greene County man is accused of attempted homicide, kidnapping and assault after police said he kept a man against his will and beat him with his fist, a belt and a gun over the course of several days, at a Fayette County residence where a murder was committed just...
Report: Ohio pipeline damaged in explosion part of same system damaged in 2016 incident
The natural gas pipeline in Noble County, Ohio, that exploded on Monday is part of the same system that had an explosion in Salem Township in 2016, the Columbus Dispatch reported. Monday’s explosion on the Texas Eastern Transmission pipeline in Noble County in eastern Ohio resulted in one injury, the...
Plummeting temperatures, gusty winds set to smack Pittsburgh region
Western Pennsylvania could see roughly an inch of snow in some places Thursday. A special weather statement issued early Thursday by the National Weather Service said temperatures have quickly dropped behind a cold front, allowing rain to transition to snow. A quick coating to near an inch of snow will...
State AG: School threat reporting system gets hundreds of tips in its first week
A statewide school-based anonymous reporting system for threats of potential violence fielded 615 tips in its first week of operation, state Attorney General Josh Shapiro said. The Safe2Say Something Anonymous Reporting System is a program enabling students, teachers, school administrators and others to detect and report potential threats of violence...
Parts of Flight 93 memorial remain open during federal government shutdown
While not all features are accessible at the Flight 93 memorial near Shanksville, visitors who want to honor the men and women who lost their lives Sept. 11, 2001, can still do so during the government shutdown. “Weather permitting, the gates were left open, so you can still come in...
Mamma bear, 4 cubs get new home in McKean County
The Pennsylvania Game Commission relocated a female bear and her four cubs spending the winter in a den located against a home in Galeton, Potter County. The bear is believed to have hibernated in a den against the same house before, according to a report from the game commission on...
Police: Uniontown woman used potted tree during assault
A Fayette County woman is accused of attacking someone with a tree over the weekend, according to state police. Ronita Lynn Calloway, 32, of Uniontown, was arguing with someone in South Union at 12:34 p.m. Saturday when she allegedly grabbed a tree by its trunk and ripped it out of...
Indiana County man charged with manufacturing methamphetamine
A 39-year-old Indiana County man was charged with operating a meth lab out of his car after a traffic stop turned up what state police said was a “one-pot” method of methamphetamine production, and faces additional drug charges filed a few days later. Police pulled over Jeremy M. Clawson, 39,...
3 West Virginia students ousted, 15 disciplined for frat house fall
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — West Virginia University says three students are no longer enrolled at the university and 15 others have agreed to other disciplinary action after a student was injured in a fall down steps at a fraternity house. The university announced the actions Tuesday in a news release. The...
8 Pittsburgh-area Walmarts to start grocery delivery
Walmart is joining the growing number of grocery retailers that are making the move to home delivery. On Thursday, eight Pittsburgh-area Walmarts will launch a grocery delivery service that will cost $7.95 to $9.95, depending on the time of delivery. The stores are as follows: ALLEGHENY COUNTY North Versailles Robinson...
No one hurt in fire that spread to 3 homes in Donora
Firefighters battled a 3-alarm fire that spread to three homes in Donora, Washington County early Tuesday. The blaze broke out shortly before 3:30 a.m. along the 900 block of Thompson Avenue. No one was hurt, a Washington County 911 dispatcher said. Madasyn Czebiniak is a Tribune-Review staff writer. You can...
Orangutan bites Toledo Zoo volunteer, detaches her thumb
TOLEDO, Ohio — A zoo in Ohio says one of its volunteer’s thumbs became detached when an orangutan reached through a barrier and bit her arm. The Toledo zoo says the volunteer’s injuries were not life-threatening and that she was treated at a hospital. Zoo officials tell The Blade that...
How did Western Pa. meme the winter storm that wasn’t?Video
We went out and bought bread. And milk. And all the street salt. And then … not so much. But at least Western Pennsylvania residents got some humor out of the fizzled-out forecast for last weekend’s winter storm. Once the local forecast became rain for good, the memes started coming...
Beaver County driver dies after crashing into Pennsylvania Turnpike building
A Beaver County woman died Monday after her SUV crashed into a Pennsylvania Turnpike building near a toll plaza in Lawrence County, officials said. The crash, which happened just after 10 p.m., caused traffic delays and temporarily blocked the right lanes of the Turnpike near mile-marker 18.6 between the Moravia...
Western Pennsylvania school districts schedule two-hour delays ahead of frigid Tuesday
Freezing temperatures spurred many Western Pennsylvania school districts to call for two-hour delays Tuesday morning. The temperature in the Pittsburgh area was negative one degree just before 5 a.m., National Weather Service meteorologist Jason Frazier said. With the wind chill, it may feel like negative 3 to 5 degrees. “Winds...
Tower of Voices named No. 8 Best New Attraction in USA Today vote
The Tower of Voices at the Flight 93 National Memorial in Somerset County has been named the No. 8 Best New Attraction in the nation by USA Today’s 10Best.com. The Laurel Highlands memorial was selected from an initial list of 20 nominees, which was then pared down to 10 by...
Irwin rescue group captures, gets help for injured stray dog in Connellsville
A rescued dog will rest and recuperate in a new home after months of living on its own and finally being corralled by workers from an Irwin rescue organization. “It’s took a village to save this dog,” Lisa Duffy, founder of Cross Your Paws, said of the white-furred German Shepherd...
Gas prices holding steady nationally as transition to summer fuel approaches
While the Pittsburgh area was enduring its coldest day of the winter season so far, the change to summer is just on the horizon — to summer gasoline, that is. “The transition to summer gasoline, a three-month process, will begin in the weeks ahead, so the current period is still...
Pennsylvania colleges receive funds to fight sexual assault
Almost $1 million was given to Pennsylvania colleges to help end sexual assault on campuses, including ones in Westmoreland County and Western Pennsylvania. Originally started by President Obama as a national movement, “It’s On Us PA,” headed by Gov. Tom Wolf, has donated almost $3 million in grants to colleges...
Green Book helped African-Americans find welcoming places in Western Pa.
“Carry your Green Book with you … you may need it!” That was not an empty advertising slogan in the decades from the 1930s to ’60s in the United States, where Jim Crow laws reigned in the South and de facto segregation was observed in the North. In many cases,...
Arctic blast, dangerous wind chills hit southwest Pennsylvania on Monday
Snowmageddon bypassed the region, but the Arctic cold didn’t. The region is in for a deep freeze over the next few days, with dangerous wind chills and temperatures expected to hit single digits and continue through Monday. The National Weather Service issued a wind chill advisory Sunday evening through 1...
Police bust suspected meth lab in Indiana County
State police busted a suspected meth lab in Ernest, Indiana County on Friday. Investigators suspected that a home on Main Street was being used to make methamphetamine. They went to the house around 5:30 p.m. Friday and got permission to search, finding “several items that were found to be consistent...
Winter storm mostly bypasses Southwestern Pa., but hazards remain
Snowpocalypse it wasn’t. Local meteorologists tracking last week’s ever-shifting forecasts knew the weekend’s weather would be tricky to predict, and in the end the weekend’s snowfall totals were far smaller than expected — about 2 inches in most of the region. That’s not to say there’s no weather-related dangers, said...
