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Attorney for Pitt researcher who poisoned wife optimistic for new trial
The attorney for the former University of Pittsburgh researcher convicted in 2014 of poisoning his wife with cyanide remains optimistic about a hearing his client is seeking for a new trial, despite a recent ruling from a judge dismissing most of his arguments. Robert Ferrante has asked for a new...
Infant twins, triplets sought for Amazon film in Pittsburgh
A Pittsburgh casting company is seeking infant twins or triplets for an Amazon Studios movie filming in the area this fall. Mosser Casting is looking for identical, white, male twins and triplets who will be between 3 and 9 months old by the start of filming on Oct. 23. The...
Pittsburgh Army Corps teams in Puerto Rico, Florida ahead of Dorian’s mainland arrival
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers in Pittsburgh sent its emergency power team to Florida and Puerto Rico before Tropical Storm Dorian became a hurricane hurling 80 mph winds and heavy rains near the U.S. Virgin Islands on Wednesday afternoon. Dorian is expected to become a dangerous hurricane as it...
Duquesne man charged in connection with Homestead shooting
Allegheny County police have charged an 18-year-old man in connection to a report of a shooting Tuesday night in Homestead. Police are looking for tips about a second suspect seen with him. The motive for the shooting is not known, according to police. It is also not know if anything...
Pittsburgh Knights esports franchise adds Mexico-based investors
The Pittsburgh Knights announced this week that the Esports MX LATAM Fund, a Mexico-based group of investors, has invested and partnered with the esports franchise to jointly set up an affiliate esports team organization in Mexico. The affiliate will be based on the Knights’ organizational and operational model. “Mexico has...
South Fayette eyed as site of self-driving vehicle test track
The future of self-driving vehicles may start in South Fayette Township. Developers have announced plans to construct a track for an autonomous-vehicle testing site at the former Campbells Airport site between Cecil-Sturgeon and Mohawk roads. They made their pitch to township commissioners at a public hearing Aug. 21, as part...
Wall road closure takes motorists through Monroeville, Pitcairn
The closure of an intersection in Wall Borough will detour traffic through parts of Pitcairn and Monroeville, Allegheny County Department of Public Works announced Wednesday. The intersection at Wall and Valley avenues will close starting at 9 a.m. Sept. 9. The work is expected to last until November, public works...
Winning $650K Cash 5 ticket sold in O’Hara
A jackpot-winning Cash 5 ticket for Tuesday’s drawing was sold in O’Hara. The ticket matched all five balls drawn, 01-03-18-24-29 to win $650,000. It was sold at the Rite Aid on Freeport Road. The store will earn a $5,000 bonus for selling the winning ticket. Cash 5 prizes expire one...
Pittsburgh man charged in Wood Street T station knife attack
A Pittsburgh man has been charged with aggravated assault in connection with a knife attack at the Wood Street transit station Downtown late Tuesday night. Shortly before 11 p.m. a Port Authority of Allegheny County police officer was flagged down at the station for a report of a knife attack,...
Monroeville woman charged with stealing money from 2 Gateway organizations
The former president of two family-teacher organizations in the Gateway School District has been charged with stealing nearly $11,000 from fundraisers and debit card purchases made for her personal use. Jennifer Murawski, 38, of Monroeville was president of the FTO at Mosside Middle School from 2017 to 2019 and the...
Squeeze celebrates 45 years with ‘Songbook’ tour stop in Pittsburgh area
The year was 1973 and Chris Difford stole 50 pounds from his mother’s purse to put an ad in a local shop window for a guitarist to join his band. It mattered little that Difford didn’t actually have a band and that only one person responded. That’s because the person...
UPMC doctors ready to meet ‘pent-up demand’ after inking 10-year contract with Highmark
UPMC facilities are preparing to meet the “pent-up demand” among Highmark-insured patients who now can choose to go to UPMC doctors and hospitals, particularly when it comes to specialty care, UPMC’s chief financial officer said Tuesday. “We’re seeing (patient) volume increases,” said Robert DeMichiei, CFO of UPMC, a nonprofit health...
County council votes down Allegheny police review board, supporters vow to keep pushingVideo
The Gold Room of the Allegheny County Courthouse erupted into chants of “vote them out” and “we’ll be back” following a vote by Allegheny County Council on Tuesday against establishing a countywide police review board. Council voted 9-6 against the ordinance, which was co-sponsored by District 10 Councilman DeWitt Walton,...
Penn Hills official faces removal over background check policy
Penn Hills Council is expected to vote Thursday to remove a longstanding appointed official from the municipality’s planning commission for refusing to comply with a rule requiring him to undergo a criminal background check. The planning commissioner, Jerry Chiappinelli, said he didn’t submit to a background check because he did...
East Liberty fire station to close for repairs, firefighters and vehicles moved to other stations
Pittsburgh Bureau of Fire is shifting manpower and resources to other parts of the city while its East Liberty fire station undergoes repairs. Authorities said the station at 161 N. Euclid Ave. will be temporarily closed starting Thursday so crews can address a structural issue in its hose tower. No...
Survivors celebrated on International Overdose Awareness Day in PittsburghVideo
People struggling with opioid addiction sometimes need more than a second chance, treatment advocates say. “If we give people one more chance. Every day,” said Dana Gold, chief operating officer of Jewish Family and Community Services. “Sometimes multiple times a day, then they have the opportunity to make their dreams...
Liberty Tunnel closures begin Tuesday night
An overnight outbound closure of the Liberty Tunnel begins Tuesday night and continues through Thursday night, weather permitting, according to PennDOT. The outbound Liberty Tunnel will close to traffic from 8 p.m. to 5 a.m. each night as crews perform ceiling repair work. The inbound tunnel will not be impacted....
ScareHouse to create Scream District in Strip District
Pittsburgh’s popular haunted attraction ScareHouse is transforming. The creators of ScareHouse, formerly housed on Locust Street in Etna, will present a new attraction called “The Scream District” in a new temporary home in the Strip District. An exact location has not been revealed. The new iteration of the ScareHouse will...
Pitt researchers develop marijuana breathalyzer
With more and more states legalizing medical and recreational marijuana, sooner or later some bright scientist had to invent a marijuana breathalyzer. Now it appears researchers at the University of Pittsburgh may have just walked to the head of the class. A Pitt spokesman said a team from the university’s...
Sen. Bob Casey, seniors look to stem crisis facing many older Americans
The opioid crisis has led to a crisis of grandparents, and even great-grandparents, raising young children — something U.S. Sen. Bob Casey, D-Scranton, wants the federal government to take a more active role in addressing. “It’s a challenge, the likes of which I don’t think our country has ever seen...
No one injured in Wilkins Township fire
No one was injured after police and fire officials blocked off a portion of Greensburg Pike in Wilkins Township while responding to a house fire there Tuesday morning. The road was closed between Lenox and Perry avenues as crews worked to put out the fire located on the 4200 block...
Pitt suspends Chinese language program in wake of visa issues for foreign scholars
The University of Pittsburgh has suspended a language program sponsored by the Chinese government in the wake of visa issues for 15 Chinese scholars previously scheduled to oversee the program. The school suspended its Confucius Institute language programs after the U.S. State Department issued “unwelcome and unexpected” guidance regarding the...
Bernie Sanders picks up union endorsement in visit to Pittsburgh
Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders picked up the endorsement of a Pittsburgh-based union Monday after a Downtown stop. The United Electrical, Radio and Machine Workers of America endorsed Sanders, a Vermont senator who is among those leading a crowded field seeking the Democratic nomination to challenge President Donald Trump in...
DA drops charges against North Hills teacher accused of improperly touching student
The Allegheny County District Attorney has dropped charges against a North Hills School District elementary teacher accused of inappropriately touching a student. The DA’s office on Tuesday declined to comment on the specific reasons why the charges were dropped against Nathan Buttenfield, 42, of Gibsonia. “The only reason we gave...
DA will seek death penalty for man accused of killing Pittsburgh Officer Calvin Hall
Prosecutors will seek the death penalty for the man accused of killing Pittsburgh police Officer Calvin Hall. Allegheny County District Attorney Stephen A. Zappala announced Tuesday his office charged Christian Bey, 30, of Wilkinsburg with homicide and three firearms violations in connection with the July shooting. Bey has been in...
