Reward offered for info on Braddock man who fled hospital with IV still attached
Area police are seeking the public’s help to find a man accused of robbery, assault and other charges and fleeing a hospital with an IV attached before police could arrive to arrest him. Jerome Solomon, 30, of Braddock, is named in Allegheny County Police warrants for a May 11 incident...
Union Avenue, Sycamore Street eyed for new trees in Harrison
More trees could be coming to Harrison. Part of Union Avenue in the Natrona Heights neighborhood and Sycamore Street in Natrona are being considered for planting, said Tom Cajka, chairman of the township’s tree committee. A total of 50 trees are being considered. Of those, 30 would be planted along...
Nobody hurt in Monessen crash involving pregnant woman
First responders shut down part of Grand Boulevard in Monessen following a two-car crash that left a pregnant woman trapped inside her vehicle, according to Westmoreland County 911. Nobody was hurt in in the crash, which was reported around 7:30 p.m. Thursday dispatchers said. People were trapped inside both vehicles...
Colorado Sen. Michael Bennet rips Ted Cruz’s ‘crocodile tears’ over shutdown
WASHINGTON — Signs of strain from the 34-day partial government shutdown are emerging on the Senate floor. Democratic Sen. Michael Bennet of Colorado tore into Republican Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas on Thursday after Cruz backed a GOP bill to pay Coast Guard members but not reopen the government. The...
Pittsburgh Pirates spend day at Painting With a Twist, prepare for PiratesFest
Several members of the Pittsburgh Pirates put down their bats, stepped off the field and picked up a paint brush Thursday afternoon. Working with Passavant Memorial Homes children’s programs, the players and coaches helped kids with intellectual disabilities, autism and behavioral health issues paint a picture at Greensburg’s Painting With...
Mac Miller featured in Los Angeles mural
Although he’s from Pittsburgh, rapper Mac Miller now has a place on a Los Angeles store front. Venice, Calif.-based artist Gustavo Zermeno Jr. painted a mural of the singer, finishing it just in time for Miller’s Jan. 19 birthday. He would have been 27. “I really am a huge fan,”...
Trial for Arnold woman accused of helping accused police killer is delayed until April, at least
An Arnold woman’s trial on charges she helped a friend avoid apprehension after the fatal shooting of a police officer was delayed until at least April. The case against Lisa Harrington, 33, was postponed Thursday to allow for a new defense attorney to represent her. She faces charges that she...
Florida Secretary of State Michael Artel steps down after blackface photos surface
FORT LAUDERDALE — Florida Secretary of State Michael Ertel resigned Thursday when photos emerged of him wearing blackface as a Hurricane “Katrina victim” at a Halloween party in 2005. The stunning development ended the former Seminole County election supervisor’s 16-day stint as Florida’s top elections officer. The Tallahassee Democrat obtained...
Hempfield High student to face charges after allegedly issuing threat
A Hempfield Area High School student will face charges after allegedly using social media to threaten students at the school, Principal Kathleen Charlton said in a letter posted on the school’s website. According to the letter, the student sent a message Thursday to friends that threatened the safety of students...
Mt. Pleasant man convicted in cousin’s fatal overdose seeks new trial
The first man convicted in Westmoreland County of violating a 2011 law allowing prosecution of drug dealers in connection with fatal overdoses was in court Thursday to ask for a new trial. Michael Ulysses Peterson, 45, of Mt. Pleasant, is seeking to overturn a verdict against him following a 2016...
Public can see preliminary Highlands school budget beginning Tuesday
Highlands School District residents can get a look at the district’s preliminary $46 million budget for the 2019-20 school year beginning Tuesday, according to a legal notice from the district. The district will seek approval from the state Department of Education to increase property taxes by more than its state-imposed...
Pittsburgh Marathon CEO to step down in May
The CEO of Pittsburgh Three Rivers Marathon, Inc. (P3R), which manages the Dick’s Sporting Goods Pittsburgh Marathon, is stepping down in May. “At the end of the day, I really think that my 11 years have been so phenomenal, and I’m just looking forward to what’s next in my life,”...
Judge refuses to dismiss murder charge in crash that killed East Huntingdon pedestrian
A Westmoreland County judge on Thursday rejected a request from a New Stanton man to dismiss a charge of third-degree murder in connection with the death of a pedestrian killed when he was hit by a car on Christmas Eve 2016. Prosecutors contend Matthew Ramsay, 31, was under the influence...
‘I’m sick of him:’ McKeesport woman gets up to 15 years in fatal 2017 stabbing of boyfriend
A McKeesport woman who declared, “I’m sick of him,” after she stabbed her boyfriend to death in a South Side apartment building will spend at least 7½ years in prison, a judge ruled Thursday. Cassandra Locke, 53, faces up to 15 years in prison for the Nov. 7, 2017, death...
Police: St. Louis officer killed in accidental shooting
ST. LOUIS — A St. Louis police officer “mishandled” a gun and accidentally shot and killed a colleague early Thursday, authorities said. The shooting happened around 1 a.m. at an officer’s home, police Chief John Hayden told reporters during a news conference shortly after the shooting. Two on-duty male officers...
KDKA’s Julie Grant leaving station for ‘dream job’ at revived Court TV
Julie Grant, a reporter, legal editor and anchor at KDKA-TV, will leave the station for the relaunch of Court TV in May. Grant, 37, wrote on her Facebook Wednesday that “only a dream job like this” could make her leave and that she would be moving to Atlanta in the...
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...
Multi-week Australia heatwave is blasting through records, threatening wildlife
A multi-week heatwave in Australia has parched the landscape, triggered damaging wildfires, pushed the demand on the power grid to the brink and has toppled at least two significant records as of Thursday. The first record was broken twice in one night Jan. 18, when the low temperature in Noona,...
Confused about REAL ID? This Q&A session could help
State Sen. Lindsey Williams and Rep. Sara Innamorato have scheduled a workshop for Friday in Millvale to help constituents navigate Pennsylvania’s REAL ID program. Starting in October 2020, state residents will need federally accepted identification such as a REAL ID drivers license for domestic air travel or to enter a...
Bogus AT&T rep tried to scam Allegheny Township resident
Allegheny Township Police are warning residents of unsolicited phone calls from someone falsely claiming residents are eligible for a phone service upgrade. Police say someone claiming to be a representative of AT&T called a township resident recently and tried to scam them into releasing credit card information. The bogus caller...
High heat but no record: 2018 was 4th warmest year on Earth
WASHINGTON — While Earth was a tad cooler last year than the last couple of years, it still was the fourth warmest on record, a new analysis shows. With the partial U.S. government shutdown, federal agency calculations for last year’s temperatures are delayed. But independent scientists at Berkeley Earth calculate...
Natural gas impact fee revenue expected to be up this year, agency says
A state agency projects that natural gas impact fee collections for 2018 will exceed those from 2017 by $37.4 million. Total collections on the impact fee for 2018 are projected to be $247 million, according to the Pennsylvania Independent Fiscal Office. Should the projection hold, it will be the largest...
Fetterman to launch statewide listening tour on merits of recreational pot
Pennsylvania Lt. Gov. John Fetterman will wade into the weeds to gauge public interest in legalizing recreational marijuana during a 67-county tour of the state beginning Saturday in Pittsburgh. On Thursday, Fetterman, the former Braddock mayor who was sworn in as lieutenant governor last week, said he is planning a...
Regent Square’s Istanbul Sofra temporarily closed
Istanbul Sofra has temporarily closed as the restaurant changes ownership, an employee at the Regent Square eatery told the Tribune-Review on Thursday. The lights are off, and there are no diners. The tables outside are covered in snow. The Mediterranean-style restaurant had remained open for about eight months as its...
