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Former Steelers lineman Sam Davis found dead at 75 after 14-hour search
Former Steelers lineman and four-time Super Bowl champion Sam Davis has died at 75, officials said Tuesday night. Police found Davis’ body near his home at an adult care housing complex on Versailles Avenue in McKeesport shortly before 9 p.m. — about 14 hours after Davis was reported missing by...
Duquesne man on trial for supplying fentanyl that led to fatal overdose
A Duquesne man accused of providing the drugs that resulted in the 2017 overdose death of a 28-year-old Clairton man is on trial this week in Allegheny County court. Tyree Marce Saunders, 27, is accused of providing 20 stamp bags of drugs that were sold as heroin to Jeremy Clark,...
EQT Corp. lays off nearly 25% of its workforce
EQT Corp. is laying off 196 employees, nearly one-quarter of its workforce, the Downtown Pittsburgh-based natural gas producer announced Tuesday. Company officials attributed the decision to a broader restructuring plan to “create a more efficient and nimbler organization.” Slashing the 196 positions will save about $50 million in annual costs,...
Port Authority plans to cut stops on Pittsburgh Carrick and Brighton routes
The Port Authority of Allegheny County plans to eliminate 72 stops on two bus routes servicing northern and southern Pittsburgh area neighborhoods, but wants public input before locking in the cuts. Under the proposal, the 16-Brighton route running between Downtown to Emsworth would drop from 127 stops to 94. The...
Pittsburgh appeals court ruling reinstating fired police officer
Pittsburgh has appealed an Allegheny County Court ruling that reinstated a police officer who was fired over an alleged 2017 road rage incident. This is the second time the city has appealed a decision involving former Officer Robert Kramer, who was reinstated by an arbitration panel earlier this year. Common...
Lane closure to affect Route 28 south traffic on Wednesday and Thursday
PennDOT will close one lane of Route 28 southbound between the 40th Street and 31st Street bridges from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Wednesday and Thursday for maintenance work. Work crews will remove debris to improve drainage along the roadway, according to a PennDOT release Tuesday....
Church trustee: Workers using torch on roof likely sparked Sheraden fireVideo
Workers using a torch on the roof at Sheraden United Methodist Church likely sparked a Monday afternoon fire that caused extensive damage to the 116-year-old church, the chairman of the church’s trustee board said Tuesday. They were working on the roof in the rear of the building, said Rich Lane,...
Gamma Knife, a noninvasive brain tumor treatment, offered at AGH
Allegheny Health Network Cancer Institute now offers patients a noninvasive alternative to traditional brain surgery to remove tumors. Gamma Knife, a type of radiation therapy where hundreds of precisely focused radiation beams are used to treat tumors and other abnormalities in the brain, is now available at Allegheny General Hospital....
Franco Harris, George Washington statues to return to Pittsburgh airport
Franco Harris and George Washington soon will be back where they belong. The iconic statues of Steelers star player Harris and the first U.S. president are returning to their homes inside the Pittsburgh International Airport. The statues will be unveiled during a news conference Thursday. The statues were taken to...
Peduto, Toomey meet in Washington on background-check legislation
The shooting that claimed 11 lives at the Tree of Life synagogue in Pittsburgh’s Squirrel Hill neighborhood last fall spurred more working-class people in Pittsburgh’s suburbs to rethink their views on the need for gun control bills, Pittsburgh Mayor Bill Peduto said Tuesday night on MSNBC’s Hardball with Chris Matthews....
McKeesport woman charged with stabbing 3 at East Pittsburgh apartment complex
A 21-year-old McKeesport woman is accused of stabbing an East Pittsburgh woman and her two adult daughters Monday night outside an East Pittsburgh apartment building, state police said. Kimberly Suzanna Dolan, 21, argued with the 50-year-old mother outside the Allegheny County’s Prospect Terrace apartments at about 8:45 p.m. The women...
Large collection of mummies arrives in Pittsburgh for Carnegie Science Center exhibitVideo
Step aside, zombie lovers: The mummies have arrived in Pittsburgh. But they’ll remain under wraps until Oct. 5 in their temporary home at the Carnegie Science Center on Pittsburgh’s North Side. They came to the city Tuesday in a temperature-controlled truck under heavy security for “Mummies of the World: The...
Oakdale woman rescued in Grand Teton National Park in Wyoming
MOOSE, Wyo. — National Park Service rangers rescued a 28-year-old Allegheny County woman who slipped on snow while climbing down the Middle Teton mountain in Grand Teton National Park in northwest Wyoming last weekend. Rescuers were call about 7:45 p.m. Saturday by Deidre DeSantis, of Oakdale, who reported she was...
Lockdown lifted at Pittsburgh Westinghouse Academy after loaded clip found
Pittsburgh Westinghouse Academy was put on brief lockdown Tuesday after a student allegedly brought a loaded magazine clip to school in a backpack, a district spokeswoman said. Spokeswoman Ebony Pugh said the clip was found when the student went through the metal detectors during morning arrival. The school was then...
Pittsburgh man pleads guilty to drug possession in raid that sickened 18 officers
A Pittsburgh man pleaded guilty Monday to conspiracy and drug possession in connection with a large amount of a fentanyl analogue that was found at his West End home two years ago, according to federal authorities. Anthony Lozito, 40, was arrested Aug. 7, 2017 during a raid that sent 18...
Man killed by car in North Versailles was on way to work at nearby Denny’s
A 60-year-old Denny’s employee died Tuesday after he was hit by a car in North Versailles, according to Allegheny County Police. Kevin Kolesar, of North Versailles, was hit at the corner of Aldi Drive and Mosside Boulevard shortly after 6 a.m. while walking to work. He was taken to Forbes...
House fire damages Homewood duplex
Nobody was hurt in a fire in Pittsburgh’s Homewood neighborhood Tuesday morning, Tribune-Review news partner WPXI reported. The fire in a two-story home on the 7500 block of Bennett Street was reported shortly before 4:45 a.m. The blaze started in an empty unit of a duplex, WPXI reported. A family...
1 in custody, 3 in hospital after stabbing in East Pittsburgh
Police took a suspect into custody after multiple people were stabbed Monday night near a public housing complex in East Pittsburgh, officials said. Medics took at least three people to the hospital in connection to the incident, an Allegheny County 911 shift commander said. The extent of their injuries were...
Police search for man who robbed Citizens Bank in Pittsburgh’s Oakland neighborhood
Police are searching for a man suspected of robbing a bank in Pittsburgh’s Oakland neighborhood on Monday afternoon, officials said. A man wearing dark ski glasses, a ball cap and dark clothing entered the Citizens Bank branch on Fifth Avenue shortly before 2 p.m., Public Safety spokeswoman Cara Cruz said....
Gateway football player charged in alleged robbery
A Gateway High School senior and football player was arrested Monday on charges that he robbed two people at gunpoint in August. Jaquan Thomas, 18, faces six felonies in connection with the Aug. 11 incident. He is being held at Allegheny County Jail on a $50,000 straight bond. According to...
Fire heavily damages church in SheradenVideo
Dozens of firefighters worked for more than two hours Monday to extinguish a fire that destroyed the roof of a church in Pittsburgh’s Sheraden neighborhood. “It just basically burnt the roof off the building,” Pittsburgh Fire Chief Darryl Jones said. One firefighter was injured while battling the four-alarm fire at...
Pittsburgh’s Armstrong Tunnels to close Tuesday after morning rush
The Armstrong Tunnels in Pittsburgh’s Uptown neighborhood will close Tuesday morning for a short period of time after rush hour, Allegheny County officials said. Pavement painting inside of and outside of the tunnels will begin at 9 a.m., requiring closure of both tunnels starting with the outbound tunnel. Each tunnel...
Teen shot, killed in Duquesne Heights was a Brashear High School student
The 16-year-old who died after a Sunday afternoon shooting in Pittsburgh’s Duquesne Heights neighborhood was a junior at Brashear High School, Pittsburgh Public Schools said in a statement. Police are still investigating, police spokeswoman Cara Cruz said. It was reported to 911 at 3:30 p.m. Sunday in the 300 block...
Peduto joins mayors at White House to pressure Senate vote on gun control bills
Pittsburgh Mayor Bill Peduto joined a group of bipartisan mayors from across the country Monday afternoon at the White House to call for a U.S. Senate vote on proposed legislation that would expand and strengthen background checks for gun buyers. Peduto and other mayors — including several from cities that...
Lucky customer at Pittsburgh convenience store hits lottery for $125,000
Friday was a fortunate day - $125,000 to be exact - for a customer of the Morningside Market in Pittsburgh’s Morningside neighborhood. The Pennsylvania Lottery reported that someone purchased a Cash 5 ticket at the market and hit Friday with the exact winning numbers 03-08-22-29-33. It will pay $125,000, minus...
