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Ohio man stopped at Pittsburgh airport with loaded gun, officials say
An Ohio man was stopped with a loaded .38-caliber gun in his carry-on bag at Pittsburgh International Airport on Thursday, according to the Transportation Security Administration. Federal workers found the gun as the man passed through a TSA security checkpoint. Allegheny County Police confiscated the firearm and detained the East...
Pittsburgh 1 of 3 cities where Walmart will deliver groceries to your fridge
Big Brother, meet Uncle Sam. As in Sam Walton, the late Walmart founder who would be astounded at the lengths the retail giant is now going to please its customers. The Arkansas-based company announced its latest endeavor Friday and it will be coming to Pittsburgh and two other cities in...
This isn’t Florida, man: Another alligator found in Pittsburgh
Welcome to the Pittsburgh Everglades. For the second time in a month, an alligator was spotted and captured in a city neighborhood. Pittsburgh public safety spokesman Chris Togneri said a man walking his dog around 10 p.m. Thursday in Beechview spotted a 5-foot-long alligator in front of a garage on...
Pittsburgh, PWSA to end 25-year financial arrangement
Pittsburgh and its water authority are poised to end a relationship that provided millions of gallons of free water to city entities each year, supplied the city with an annual payment of more than $7 million and required the authority to subsidize water rates for thousands of residents. The agreement,...
Glassport man pleads guilty to shooting pit bulls
A Glassport man pleaded guilty Friday to taking his two pit bulls to the borough dump last year and shooting them, leaving one dead and one wounded. Quincy Cowans pleaded guilty to multiple counts of cruelty to animals. Common Pleas Judge David Cashman sentenced him to five years of probation....
5 things to do in Pittsburgh this weekend: June 7-9
It’s Art Festival and Pride weekend. There is plenty do at those two annual events as well as other options of how to spend your time this weekend. Take pride Pittsburgh Pride, organized by the Delta Foundation of Pittsburgh is this weekend. Pride Rocks PGH is Friday, Pittsburgh PrideFest is...
Firefighters respond to call at Carrick apartment building
No injuries were being reported at an apartment fire in Carrick early Friday morning. The fire at the building at 2500 Brownsville Road was called in shortly after 4 a.m. Initial reports were of heavy smoke and fire in the basement and first floor of the four-story building. Crews remained...
Manhole work to close Ohio River Boulevard in Emsworth
Ohio River Boulevard’s northbound lanes will be closed in Emsworth this weekend, PennDOT announced. The road will be closed at Hazelwood Avenue from 8 p.m. Friday through 8 p.m. Sunday. Crews with Jet Jack will be working on a manhole. Southbound traffic will not be affected, PennDOT said. All northbound...
Police: Pittsburgh mom left kids at bus stop to confront boyfriend
A woman left her three children with a stranger at a bus stop along a busy road while she went to confront her boyfriend about cheating on her, police in Avalon allege. Avalon police on Tuesday charged Erin Grogan, 31, of Pittsburgh, with three counts of endangering the welfare of...
Alligator captured in Pittsburgh’s Beechview neighborhood
Pittsburgh authorities corralled an alligator found Thursday evening in the city’s Beechview neighborhood. The reptile was discovered on Rutherford Avenue, according to news partner WPXI-TV. Animal control officers captured it and took it to the Humane Rescue League in Homewood, the station reported. Further details weren’t immediately available. Runaway reptiles...
Police arrest Murrysville man in connection with 2017 homicide of his estranged wife
A Murrysville man has been arrested by Allegheny County Police, accused in the 2017 murder of his estranged wife. Antonio Vecchiola, 34, was apprehended at a Monroeville strip mall Thursday afternoon. He is charged with homicide for the death of Jessica Vecchiola, 29, of Penn Hills. Police said she was...
Pittsburgh man pleads guilty to heroin-dealing in Greenway Boy Killas street gang case
A Pittsburgh man pleaded guilty to his role in a heroin ring with ties to the Greenway Boy Killas street gang in Pittsburgh’s West End, federal prosecutors said Rashem Littleberry, 29, admitted to working with others to obtain and sell heroin from November 2017 through last June. He was among...
Some Pitt students remain displaced after apartment garage fire
The University of Pittsburgh is offering housing in a residence hall to students displaced Sunday after a fire in a parking garage at the SkyVue Apartments in Oakland. Pitt spokesman Kevin Zwick said the university opened a residence hall to students who have nowhere to stay and advises them to...
Airport authority to cut 16 jobs at Pittsburgh International
More than a dozen jobs are being cut at Pittsburgh International Airport, officials confirmed Thursday. “While we do not take decisions that impact jobs lightly, the aviation industry and nature of our work at Pittsburgh International Airport has changed over the past several years,” said Allegheny County Airport Authority CEO...
U.S. authorities monitoring probes into American deaths in Dominican Republic
Travel agencies and the U.S. State Department are monitoring the situation in the Dominican Republic after three Americans, including a Pennsylvania woman, died while vacationing there. The Caribbean nation is a top travel destination for Liberty Travel customers, according to Allison Wallace, a spokeswoman for Flight Centre Travel Group, Liberty’s...
Pittsburgh’s Becca Droz survives another cut in CBS’ ‘The Amazing Race’
Pittsburgh native Becca Droz and her teammate, Floyd Pierce, survived more adventures to reach another round on CBS’ “The Amazing Race.” Droz and Pierce, aka “Team Fun,” are now among six teams vying for a $1 million prize on a 25,000-plus mile journey around the world. They competed on the...
Missing Pittsburgh woman, 86, found
Pittsburgh Police say an 86-year-old woman who had been missing Thursday afternoon has been found. Mary Savage was last seen near the East End Food Co-op around 1 p.m., police said. Police announced shortly after 6 p.m. that she has been found....
D-Day Pittsburgh commemoration: ‘I served my country, so I’m proud’
The beaches of Normandy, France, during the D-Day invasion 75 years ago have been called a “killing zone.” No one perhaps understands that better than Army veteran Glenn Kempf who as a medic during the invasion helped establish the first hospital on Omaha Beach for which he received the French...
ScareHouse on hiatus for 2019 but plans to return in new location for 2020
ScareHouse announced Thursday that its flagship haunted house won’t be opening this year on Locust Street in Etna. ScareHouse spent 12 Halloweens inside a 104-year-old building that formerly was a bank and Elks lodge and is stopping because it’s found a new, as-yet-undisclosed location and has big plans for the...
Pittsburgh man wins national wine steward competition
Pittsburgh has a new champion, and it’s definitely something to wine about. Adam Knoerzer, dean of drinking and head of educational programming at Palate Partners & Dreadnought Wines in Lawrenceville, will represent the U.S. in the “Wines of South Africa Sommelier Cup 2019.” He defeated some California competitors during the...
Road closures for Pittsburgh’s Three Rivers Arts Festival
The Three Rivers Arts Festival begins Friday along with week-long road closures throughout Downtown Pittsburgh. The festival runs through June 16, and it overlaps with Pittsburgh Pride on June 7 to 9. Closures related to Pride weekend can be found here. Three Rivers Arts Festival road closures • 10 a.m....
Jeremy Piven to perform Pittsburgh Improv, visit at Tree of Life
Actor Jeremy Piven asked his mother Joyce to help him rehearse lines for his unforgettable role as Ari Gold in the hit HBO series “Entourage.” “It was a racy scene, but my mother is a professional,” said Piven. “She knew it was just a character.” Piven didn’t hesitate in asking...
UPMC preserves access to Hillman Cancer Center for all Highmark-insured patients
Days before a Commonwealth Court showdown against Pennsylvania Attorney General Josh Shapiro, UPMC announced Thursday that it will preserve access at in-network rates for Highmark-insured patients who seek oncology care from Hillman Cancer Center’s 60 locations across Western Pennsylvania and Ohio. The decision applies not only to seniors and people...
National Weather Service to lift Pittsburgh boating advisory this weekend
Boating season might begin after all. The Allegheny and Kiski rivers are expected to clear and settle down this weekend as the National Weather Service lifts a weeklong recreational boating advisory in Pittsburgh. More than 3 inches of rain soaked the region within three days last week and the significant...
Ross cops seek tips on overnight robbery at Comfort Inn on McKnight Road
Ross Township police hope a video they released of a man who robbed the Comfort Inn hotel on McKnight overnight will help identify the suspect. Police say a man dressed in all dark clothing with a mask covering his face walked into the hotel office at around 3:30 a.m. June...
