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Man killed in Homestead after answering knock at front door, police say
A 20-year-old man was shot and killed Thursday morning when he answered a knock at the door of a house in Homestead, Allegheny County police said. Police said he was at home with family members when he answered the knock at about 9 a.m. and was shot several times by...
Council delays vote on Monroeville pool sale
Monroeville Council delayed a vote that would put the municipality’s public pool up for sale, giving a committee time to get answers for concerned residents. The Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission (PTC) has said it will purchase Monroeville Community Pool along Abers Creek Road for $956,000 when pool season ends in September....
Heinz History Center to commemorate 50th anniversary of Apollo 11
The Senator John Heinz History Center will commemorate the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 moon landing by opening a new exhibit and screening a Smithsonian Channel documentary film. The July 20 events complement the center’s Google Arts & Culture online exhibition, “Pittsburgh Goes to the Moon.” On July 20,...
Torrential rain leads to widespread flooding across Western Pa.
Traffic on several roads remained affected in Allegheny County Friday morning after heavy rains pounded Western Pennsylvania Thursday, causing widespread flooding and hazards that shut down major thoroughfares throughout the region. PennDOT spokesman Steve Cowan said those roads spanned from Frazer Township to Crescent Township: • A bridge on Kittanning...
KC and the Sunshine Band will light up Rivers CasinoVideo
In the 1970s, one artist who surely seemed to have his finger on the pulse of what type of songs would be hits at top 40 radio was Harry Wayne Casey. The man who would become known to millions as KC of KC and the Sunshine Band enjoyed some minor...
FBI asks for help to ID man who robbed Downtown Pittsburgh bank
Authorities are asking for help to identify the man who robbed a bank in Pittsburgh’s Downtown last month. The FBI and Pittsburgh police released a surveillance photo of the man Thursday. He is believed to be in his late 40s or early 50s and about 6 feet tall. He was...
List of poor-performing nursing homes still not public a month after promised release
A month after federal regulators pledged to release its secret list of poor-performing nursing homes, officials echoed what the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Chief Medical Officer Kate Goodrich said five weeks ago — that the report would be coming “soon.” Lawmakers said CMS has not provided them...
West Mifflin shooting sends man, 27, to hospital
A 27-year-old man was taken to an area hospital after a shooting Wednesday evening in West Mifflin, according to Allegheny County police. County police are investigating the incident reported at about 10:50 p.m. at the Mon-View Heights housing complex on Midway Drive, a county 911 dispatch supervisor said. Additional details...
Driver rescued in Schenley Park after truck overturns
Pittsburgh emergency responders rescued a truck driver Wednesday after his tri-axle truck overturned onto a hillside in Schenley Park. Police, firefighters and EMS were dispatched to Serpentine Drive near Bartlett Street around 10:45 a.m. Wednesday for a report of a large truck on its side with the driver still inside,...
Detroit trial for Khari Mosley, husband of Allegheny County controller, to start Thursday
The trial on disorderly conduct charges for the husband of Allegheny County Controller Chelsa Wagner will start Thursday morning in Detroit, according to Wayne County Assistant Prosecutor Maria Miller. Khari Mosley, 53, of Point Breeze, Pittsburgh is facing two misdemeanor counts of disorderly conduct and disturbing the peace stemming from...
Woman accused in fake coupon scheme that bilked Kmarts in 25 states of $100K
A West Virginia woman is accused of using a fake coupon scheme to bilk Kmart stores in 25 states out of more than $100,000 in six months, federal prosecutors said Wednesday. Tanya Thompson, who also goes by Tanya Whetzel, 37, of Martinsburg, W.Va., faces seven counts related to wire fraud,...
Inspection of Smithfield Street Bridge in Pittsburgh starts Thursday
Inspection of the busy Smithfield Bridge will slow traffic starting Thursday and continuing through Saturday. Single-lane, alternating traffic will occur on the bridge from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Thursday and Friday to allow for routine inspection work by Mackin Engineering Co. and the Sofis Rigging Co. There will...
Police: Penn Hills man was drunk in crash that killed Verona man
A Penn Hills man was drunk on June 29 when the SUV he was driving crossed the center line of Saltsburg Road and crashed into a car driven by a Verona man, who was killed, Allegheny County police said. Kevin Michael Morrow, 24, had a blood alcohol content of 0.18%,...
Pittsburgh attorney confirmed as federal judge
The U.S. Senate on Wednesday confirmed a K&L Gates attorney from Pittsburgh as a U.S. District Court judge in Pennsylvania’s Western District. J. Nicholas Ranjan, a managing partner with the firm, was nominated by President Trump in July 2018, according to a release from the firm. His term will begin...
Pittsburgh International ranks 7th on Travel & Leisure list of best U.S. airports
Readers of Travel & Leisure magazine rated Pittsburgh International Airport as the nation’s seventh-best airport, according to a survey published Wednesday. The Findlay Township airport dropped two spots from 2018, when it ranked fifth in the annual rankings, according to the magazine. Airports were rated in terms of access, check-in/security,...
Squirrel Hill chess grandmaster stays sharp before U.S. Senior Championship
Alex Shabalov prepares his mind and body for chess matches the way some elite athletes train for competition. Once a week for the past few weeks, the 51-year-old chess grandmaster has spent 90 minutes in the morning immersed in the salty, body-temperature water of a sensory deprivation tank. He takes...
Local magisterial courts to hear complaints filed by Pittsburgh’s DOMI
All civil complaints filed by Pittsburgh’s Department of Mobility and Infrastructure will be heard by district judges with jurisdiction over the neighborhood where an alleged violation occurred, according to a recent Allegheny County court order. DOMI sought a change because it found that judges familiar with a neighborhood had a...
$10.6M settlement awarded to truck driver who lost legs in accident at Duquesne pipe yard
A Mercer man who had portions of both legs amputated six years ago after they were crushed in a Christmas Eve accident at a Duquesne pipe yard will receive a nearly $10.6 million settlement, attorneys announced Wednesday. Robert R. Ryder, 59, was a truck driver dropping off a load of...
Presidential hopeful Kirsten Gillibrand to campaign in Pittsburgh
U.S. Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand will bring her presidential campaign to Pittsburgh on Thursday. Gillibrand, a Democrat from New York who has served in the U.S. Senate since 2009, is scheduled to meet with health care workers to discuss the rising cost of prescription drugs, according to a statement from the...
Man involved in Ross SWAT incident won’t face charges
Ross Township police say a man who refused orders to come out of his house Tuesday morning when officers checking on him smelled a strong odor of natural gas will not face criminal charges. The man, whose name is not being released, was involved in a domestic dispute at the...
Pittsburgh zoo mourns death of African lion
The Pittsburgh Zoo & PPG Aquarium reported Wednesday that its 10-year-old African lion Razi died after suffering a grand mal seizure Sunday. Zoo officials said the seizure caused Razi to fall in his exhibit and fracture his jaw. The lion had suffered from idiopathic epilepsy for more than six years....
Pittsburgh police investigating Spring Hill shooting
A man was shot in the leg early Wednesday in Pittsburgh’s Spring Hill neighborhood, city police said. The shooting was reported shortly before 3 a.m. in the 2100 block of Rhine Street, said Chris Togneri, a public safety spokesman. Togneri said officers arrived and found the man with a gunshot...
Former Clairton man gets 9 years for distributing fentanyl
A former Clairton man was sentenced to nine years in a federal prison Tuesday for distributing fentanyl, U.S. Attorney Scott W. Brady said in an announcement. Elliot Page, 38, was ordered to spend 10 years on supervised release after the prison term on his conviction of conspiring to distribute narcotics...
Pittsburgh police officer taken to hospital after Homewood crash
A Pittsburgh police officer was taken to a hospital Monday after a truck rear-ended a police cruiser in the city’s Homewood section. The incident was reported just after 3 p.m. on Frankstown Avenue near North Homewood Avenue, according to Cara Cruz, a public safety spokeswoman. When officers arrived, they found...
Pittsburgh Cultural Trust to host Summer Gallery Crawl
Experience Pittsburgh’s Cultural District during the Summer Gallery Crawl from 5:30 to 10 p.m. on July 12. Sponsored by the Pittsburgh Cultural Trust, the evening features stops at indoor and outdoor locations and public art places. There is also a “Crawl After Dark” event which begins at 9 p.m. and...
