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Man sentenced to 8.5 years for distributing child porn
A Pittsburgh man was ordered to serve 8 1/2 years in prison for distributing material showing the sexual exploitation of a minor. James Clay Russell, 61, also was ordered to pay $8,600 in restitution to 13 child victims. Court records list payments to the children ranging from $500 to $1,000....
Baldwin woman pleads guilty to using fraud to obtain painkillers
A Baldwin woman pleaded guilty in federal court to obtaining a pain drug through health care fraud. Prosecutors alleged that Heather Summerfield, 39, following back surgery in 2009, began to use Tramadol and became addicted. She fraudulently obtained more than 60,000 Tramadol pills, prosecutors said. Summerfield would allegedly pose as...
Allegheny County Board of Health begins search for new director
The Allegheny County Board of Health has started the search for a new health department director. Dr. Karen Hacker, 63, will step down July 31 to become director of the Centers for Disease Control National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion. She has led the county health department...
Avalon man convicted in drunken driving crash that killed McKeesport teen
A 23-year-old Avalon man who killed a McKeesport teen in a crash after drinking at a birthday party and on a party bus was found guilty on charges including homicide by vehicle while drunken driving during a non-jury trial before Allegheny County Judge Thomas Flaherty. Robert L. Darrisaw Jr., 23,...
Allegheny County Health Department to begin public health survey
The Allegheny County Health Department plans to begin surveying residents next week about public health priorities. Last conducted in 2014, the Community Health Assessment is used to help the health department identify what public health areas need more support. Access to healthcare services, chronic diseases like obesity and smoking, environmental...
$1 million scratch-off ticket sold in Pittsburgh
Someone is walking around with $1 million scratch-off winner. The lottery announced that a Max-A-Million Scratch-Off ticket winner worth $1 million was sold at Z & Z Associates at 300 Sixth Avenue in Downtown Pittsburgh. The seller gets a $5,000 bonus for selling the winning ticket. No winner was announced,...
Woodland Hills school board votes to increase taxes, furlough staff
The Woodland Hills school board voted Wednesday to accept a budget that includes a 3 percent tax increase and furloughs at least 60 staff members. The 5-3 vote increases the millage rate from 25.35 to 26.1105 mills — an increase of $65.94 per year, or about $5.50 per month, for...
Part of McFarland Road in Dormont, Mt. Lebanon closed this weekend for repairs
A portion of McFarland Road that runs through Dormont and Mt. Lebanon will be closed this weekend while repairs are made to the roadway, PennDOT announced. The road will be closed between Beverley Road and Dell Avenue between 9 a.m. Friday and 6 a.m. Monday. The project will include concrete...
Western Pennsylvania wrestles with China’s recycling restrictions
The wall that China has built around imported recyclable materials like some plastics and glass is hitting home, as communities around Southwestern Pennsylvania will see costs rise while fewer recyclable materials will be collected. “It’s a national issue. This is a market-driven issue that is affecting everyone,” said Ellen Keefe,...
Pittsburgh Symphony Pops celebrates ‘Unforgettable’ legacy
The word superstar hadn’t been coined when Nat King Cole was one. At his peak, after World War II through the 1950s, the jazz pianist and smoothly poised singer sold so many recordings that the famous Capitol Records’ round headquarters building in Hollywood was called “The House that Nat Built.”...
Glow-in-the-dark ball pit pop-up bar coming to PittsburghVideo
Get ready to have a ball in September, when a pop-up bar featuring a glow-in-the-dark adult ball pit will be in Pittsburgh. The Ball Pit Party! will be in Pittsburgh on Sept. 28 and 29. For $20 to $25 , attendees can swim through the pit as many times as...
Pittsburgh’s Becca Droz competes by bike, boat on ‘The Amazing Race’
Pittsburgh native Becca Droz and her teammate Floyd Pierce have withstood blistering competition to make it to episode 10 in Kampen, The Netherlands, on CBS’ “The Amazing Race” at 8 p.m. Wednesday. Droz and Pierce, also known as “Team Fun,” are among five teams left vying for a $1 million...
Airport Authority partners with Carlow University to improve customer service
The Allegheny County Airport Authority is teaming up with Carlow University to improve customer service at Pittsburgh International Airport. Four Carlow graduates will be working shifts at the airport, looking for people who may need help navigating the terminal. They started making rounds in the terminal June 8 and will...
7 domesticated ducks rescued from Highland Park
Pittsburgh Animal Care and Control officers on Tuesday rescued seven ducks in need of a helping hand in Highland Park. Officers Jeff Ley and Steve Costa, acting on photos posted to Facebook, spent roughly half an hour gathering the ducks, which were let loose illegally in the park, said Cara...
Avalon man on trial for 2018 crash that killed McKeesport teen
A non-jury trial started Wednesday for an Avalon man accused of causing a 2018 crash that killed a McKeesport teen. Robert L. Darrisaw Jr., 23, of Avalon, is facing charges including homicide by vehicle while drunken driving, according to a criminal complaint. Darrisaw told police he didn’t remember the early...
Richland man relishes opportunity to work at U.S. Open in Pebble Beach
A Richland man who traveled to Pebble Beach, Calif., last week to serve on the wellness team serving athletes and others during the U.S. Open said it was “pretty fantastic.” Brent Shealer, 41, a chiropractor with a practice in Wilkins, said he worked on caddies and athletes. Citing HIPAA rules,...
Clairton officials ask Allegheny County for help in fighting air pollution
Clairton city officials showed up at an Allegheny County Council meeting Tuesday evening to ask council members to help them improve public health in their city. “We need your help: There are a lot of people in Clairton who have respiratory illnesses, and there’s some people who have cancer, like...
Extras wanted for Denzel Washington movie filming in Pittsburgh
The only August Wilson play in his Pittsburgh Cycle that isn’t set in Pittsburgh will begin filming in Pittsburgh next month and background actors are needed. Mosser Casting is looking for people of all ages to appear as extras during filming for Netflix’s “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom.” An open casting...
PWSA finishes year-long Lanpher Reservoir improvement project
A nearly $9 million improvement project to the Lanpher Reservoir is complete after a year of repairs by the Pittsburgh Water and Sewer Authority. The project began last spring after the state Department of Environmental Protection issued an administrative order requiring PWSA to expedite three water system improvement projects, including...
More drama surfaces as Greensburg woman’s lease of ‘Dance Moms’ studio ends
Filming for season 8 of Lifetime channel’s “Dance Moms” has concluded, but a different drama is unfolding behind the scenes at the Penn Hills dance studio where Abby Lee Miller became a reality TV star. A rift has developed between Miller and a former dance student who has leased the...
Police arrest suspect in Wilkinsburg homicide
A man wanted by police turned himself in early Wednesday in connection with a fatal shooting earlier this month in Wilkinsburg that police said might have been spurred by jealousy. Alonzo Terrel Glen, 27, is charged with homicide in connection with the June 11 death of 49-year-old Marion White. A...
Drunk, unruly passenger on flight from Pittsburgh forces emergency landing
A jetliner traveling from Pittsburgh to Dallas on Sunday night made an emergency landing in Oklahoma City after a man acted aggressively toward passengers and crew members, according to authorities. The Oklahoma City Police Department released body camera video showing Brandon Cordell Ganus, 32, of Weatherford, Texas, being escorted off...
Penn Hills man faces 10 child porn charges
A Penn Hills man faces charges of child pornography after detectives found 10 downloaded videos of children between the ages of 10- and 16-years-old performing sexual acts on his computer. Anthony Palandro, 42, will face an Allegheny County Court judge for 10 counts of child pornography and the use of...
East Pittsburgh woman found dead after Cambria inmate tips off police
A man jailed in Cambria County for a probation violation is accused of killing a woman in his East Pittsburgh basement earlier this month and taking off with her cellphone and credit card before confessing to a therapist two days ago, state police said Wednesday. Delrico Trevo McClinton, 28, is...
Fort Pitt Bridge celebrates 60 years as part of Pittsburgh’s grand entranceVideo
In a place that has more bridges than any other city in the world, it’s hard to pick one that stands out from the other 445. The ornate Smithfield Street Bridge, built in 1881, is the oldest through-truss bridge in the United States. The Sixth Street Bridge, now called the...
