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Morning Roundup: Burglar targets West Homestead convenience store; Wible Run Road reopens in Shaler
Here are some of the latest news items from this morning, Tuesday, Dec. 5: Burglar targets West Homestead store West Homestead police said a burglary occurred early Monday at a convenience store along West Run Road in the borough. Police told TribLive news partner WTAE that a man in a...
Beaver County man pleads guilty to federal charges he abused care home residents
A Beaver County man pleaded guilty Monday to federal charges that he abused intellectually disabled residents at a care home where he worked as an aid. Tyler Smith, 33, of New Brighton, will be sentenced by U.S. District Judge J. Nicholas Ranjan on March 25. The negotiated plea agreement in...
Morning Roundup: Man injured in Mt. Oliver shooting; 2 hurt in head-on crash in Pittsburgh
Here are some of the latest news items from this morning, Monday, Dec. 4: Man injured in Mt. Oliver shooting Pittsburgh police are investigating a shooting that sent a man to the hospital Sunday evening. City police responded at about 7 p.m. to the 220 block of Brownsville Road in...
Harmony Township woman accused of strangling, suffocating her 2 children
A Beaver County woman faces criminal charges after police say she strangled her 4-month-old son and suffocated her 2-year-old son. Quanesha Lindsey, 27, of Harmony Township faces homicide, strangulation and abuse of a corpse in connection to the deaths of her two young children, according to TribLive news partner WTAE....
Nationwide youth gun-violence epidemic hitting teens, families in Pittsburgh region
Attorney Casey White has seen youth violence surge. Since the North Hills native launched his career 13 years ago as a criminal defense lawyer in Pittsburgh, he has witnessed gun violence involving children and teens grow exponentially. He said he has never had as many juvenile clients in jail awaiting...
Westmoreland farmer takes home Pennsylvania Farm Bureau’s Barnraiser Award
Westmoreland County dairy farmer Rick Ebert was presented with the Pennsylvania Farm Bureau’s highest honor — the Barnraiser Award. The award was given to former bureau president, Ebert, 63, of Derry Township, during the the group’s 73rd annual meeting at the Hershey Lodge. It recognizes his years of service advocating...
Daycation Destination: Indiana, Pa., is ‘Christmas Tree Capital of the World’
It’s the birthplace of a famous Hollywood star and a major holiday destination dubbed the “Christmas Tree Capital of the World.” Take a Daycation Destination trip to Indiana, Pa., set amid the rural, scenic foothills of the Allegheny Mountains in Indiana County, about an hour east of Pittsburgh. It’s home...
Former Brighton Rehab employee testifies that she was told to falsify records
A former employee at Brighton Rehabilitation and Wellness Center said Friday that her supervisor asked her to add names of people who had not worked to the schedule to pad their numbers to meet state staffing requirements. Susan Harrington worked at the facility, previously known as Friendship Ridge nursing home...
Reschenthaler 1 of 2 Pa. lawmakers to vote against Santos expulsion
Western Pennsylvania lawmakers were split on the vote to expel George Santos from the U.S. House on Friday. Rep. Guy Reschenthaler, R-Peters, was one of two from the Pennsylvania delegation to oppose expulsion. Santos, a New York Republican, had come under fire for a string of controversies, including lying about...
Morning Roundup: Pittsburgh police investigate synagogue threat; Orthodox priest accused of stealing $117K from parish
Here are some of the latest news items from this morning, Friday, Dec. 1: Pittsburgh police investigate reported threat against synagogue Pittsburgh police said they are investigating a reported online threat made against a synagogue. Officers checked and secured all of the city’s synagogues and will maintain a presence there,...
Murrysville consumer advocate: Don’t get scammed during your holiday shopping
Last year, during the open enrollment period for Medicare, Mary Bach of Murrysville began receiving calls morning, noon and night about how she and her husband weren’t getting all of the benefits to which they were entitled. Bach, who is a nationally recognized consumer advocate and member of the AARP...
Record 200.4 million people shopped between Thanksgiving and Cyber Monday
With many retailers closed on Thanksgiving, Black Friday sales events have been repeating how they started — with caffeine-fueled customers lining up in the early hours to snag doorbuster deals, rather than leaving the turkey and stuffing early to start their holiday shopping. At Westmoreland Mall in Greensburg, not opening...
Slice it up: Italian Village Pizza near Aspinwall serves pieces of the pie
It all started in 1980 with one slice of homemade dough with fresh tomato sauce and melted cheese cut into a triangle. Now, 43 years later, the 16 Italian Village Pizza shops in Western Pennsylvania have hit the 100 million mark — a 100 million slices of pizza sold. “That’s...
Morning Roundup: Woman scammed out of $54,000; police arrest man they say was involved in hit-and-run
Here are some of the latest news items from this morning, Thursday, Nov. 30: Lawrence County woman scammed out of $54,000 A Lawrence County woman lost $54,206 to a scammer pretending to be with Publishers Clearing House. According to TribLive news partner WTAE, the scammer told the woman she had...
Beaver County man to serve at least 36 years in prison for shooting Pennsylvania State Police trooper
A Beaver County man convicted of shooting Pennsylvania State Police Trooper Jonnie Schooley in 2022 was sentenced to at least 36 years in prison. Damian Bradford was sentenced Wednesday. His maximum sentence is 73 years, TribLive news partner WTAE reported. Bradford was convicted on multiple charges, including attempted criminal homicide,...
Stores, police work to combat retail theft as holidays approach
Holiday shopping in some local stores will look a little different this year. With reports of retail theft on the rise, some retailers are placing some inventory under lock and key, requiring customers to contact a store employee to access certain merchandise. The measures are aimed at reining in what...
Washington County DA conducts raid on coroner’s office over inquest records
A dispute between Washington County District Attorney Jason Walsh and Coroner Timothy Warco over a fatal police shooting in the spring led to a raid on the coroner’s office Tuesday morning. Warco, who this month was reelected to a ninth term, said four detectives from the DA’s office and four...
Highmark reports profit as post-covid health care system steadies
A growing insurance business and rising patient volumes at Allegheny Health Network helped boost Highmark Health’s first nine months. Highmark Health, the parent company of the 14-hospital Allegheny Health Network, reported a profit of $431 million on $20.3 billion in revenue. That’s an increase over the same period last year,...
Municipal Water Authority of Aliquippa falls victim to cyberattack, feds say
Federal and state security officials said a poor or even default password could be the weak link that enabled hackers to break into a Pittsburgh-area water system. The Municipal Water Authority of Aliquippa suffered the cyberattack on Saturday, with several media outlets displaying images of a screen from the authority...
Morning Roundup: Fire destroys former alpaca farm in West Deer
Here are some of the latest news items from this morning, Wednesday, Nov. 29: Fire destroys former alpaca farm in West Deer A former alpaca farm in West Deer was destroyed in a fire Tuesday night. West Deer fire Chief Anthony Creaturo told TribLive news partner WTAE that the homeowner...
Vandergrift-area, Pittsburgh companies get millions in federal funding for clean energy expansion
Two companies in Southwestern Pennsylvania will get millions of dollars in federal funding to expand the manufacturing of clean energy technologies in the region. In Parks Township, Colorado- based Alpen High Performance will partner with Kensington HPP to retrofit KHPP’s facility on Industrial Park Road to make high-performance, energy-efficient glass for...
Southwestern Pennsylvania jobless rate remains at record low
The unemployment rate in Southwestern Pennsylvania held steady at a nearly 50-year record low in October, according to state data. The seasonally adjusted unemployment rate in the seven-county Pittsburgh region was unchanged last month at 3.5%, the lowest since records dating back to January 1976, according to the state Department...
Snowstorm slams Erie region, shuts down PennWest Edinboro
Sure, El Niño may be poised to deliver Greater Pittsburgh another warmer-than-usual winter with less precipitation. Up north, the lake effect still rules. An intense snowstorm Tuesday off Lake Erie that is forecast to dump up to 20 inches in Erie County and surrounding areas prompted PennWest University’s Edinboro campus...
Pittsburgh region expected to see milder winter than usual
Some people in the Pittsburgh region woke up Tuesday morning to a light dusting of snow, but the region is behind on its annual average for the white stuff — and it might see less of it this winter, according to the National Weather Service in Moon. NWS meteorologist Lee...
Morning Roundup: Woman faces charges in Marshall-Shadeland stabbing; Pittsburgh warming center opens
Here are some of the latest news items from this morning, Tuesday, Nov. 28: Police: Woman to be charged in Marshall-Shadeland stabbing One person was arrested Monday after police said they responded to a domestic violence incident in Pittsburgh’s Marshall-Shadeland. Pittsburgh police said they were dispatched to the 2800 block...
