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Gov. Wolf removes, replaces Port Authority board member
Gov. Tom Wolf removed and replaced a member of the Allegheny County Port Authority Board Thursday following calls from regional transit advocacy groups. In an open letter sent Thursday to Wolf and Lt. Gov. John Fetterman, Pittsburghers for Public Transit, along with a dozen other organizations and elected officials, urged...
Chelsa Wagner to stand trial in hotel fracas; prosecutors play body-cam video
Allegheny County Controller Chelsa Wagner will stand trial for her role in a confrontation with Detroit police, a judge ruled Thursday. Wagner was in Detroit on Thursday for a preliminary exam on the charges against her. The interaction Wagner and her husband, Khari Mosley, had with Detroit police was described...
‘Burden of Genius’ tells story of transplant pioneer Dr. Thomas Starzl
Six months before Dr. Christiaan Barnard conducted the world’s first highly-publicized heart transplant in December of 1967, Dr. Thomas Starzl performed the world’s first successful liver transplant. Barnard received worldwide publicity and, after hitting the talk show circuit, became a household name. Starzl did not become as well known and,...
Police: McKees Rocks man fatally shot Stowe victim during robbery
Police are looking for a McKees Rocks man in connection with a fatal shooting Wednesday evening in Stowe Township. Tomichael Sherrell, 18, is charged with homicide, robbery and weapons violations in the death of Bradley Lucier, 23, of McKees Rocks. Allegheny County detectives said Sherrell fired a gunshot while trying...
Allegheny Family Network hosting free mental health conference
Navigating child service systems will be the focus of an upcoming mental health conference in Pittsburgh. Allegheny Family Network is presenting “Parents Moving Forward Together” from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. May 10 at the Pittsburgh Marriott City Center, 112 Washington Place, Downtown. The conference is open to any family...
Man wanted in Pitcairn homicide surrenders to police
A Pitcairn man wanted in connection with the stabbing death of a woman surrendered to police Wednesday. Derrick Avant, 59, is being held in the Allegheny County Jail without bond. He is charged with homicide. Avant surrendered at the Rankin police station around 6:45 p.m., investigators said. Allegheny County police...
Man accused of child abduction after police chase through Pittsburgh
A police chase through several Pittsburgh neighborhoods early Thursday ended with a man being charged with child abduction, WPXI reported. Jake Howard is accused of taking his 4-month-old baby boy from a home along Pritchard Street in Sheraden. Police responded when the baby’s mother reported the incident just after midnight....
Pittsburgh photographer’s ‘We Are All Related’ images celebrate unityVideo
The eyes can be haunting and appear to stare back. One can feel their presence when surrounded by the towering portraits. Their faces represent a diverse group of people showcased in “We Are All Related,” a multimedia exhibit by Pittsburgh-based photographer Andrea London that celebrates the commonalities of residents in...
Pittsburgh’s own Lu-Seal the Chihuahua stops by ‘Today’
A formerly chubby pooch from Pittsburgh’s Greenfield neighborhood was featured this morning on NBC’s “Today” show in celebration of National Pet Day. Lu-Seal the Chihuahua and her “mom” Julia Morley made the announcement yesterday on Instagram. View this post on Instagram Guys!! We have such exciting news I can hardly...
2 sent to hospital after fire at Wilkinsburg apartments
Two people were sent to the hospital after a fire early Thursday at a Wilkinsburg apartment building. Pittsburgh Public Safety Information Officer Alicia George said Wood Towers was evacuated at about 5:30 a.m. after fire broke out in an apartent on the seventh floor. The cause of the fire has...
Pitt police beef up patrols after a string of incidents
University of Pittsburgh police have beefed up patrols in Oakland after three suspicious incidents were reported this week, and efforts are underway to adopt a more proactive approach to crime alerts. “We have no reason to believe that these three reported incidents are related, but investigations are still underway at...
Police: Driver in wrong-way Route 28 crash suspected of DUI
A woman driving a SUV the wrong way on Route 28 early Thursday was stopped only when an Etna officer pulled his vehicle into her path, Shaler police said. The driver, Samantha Compliment, 27, went to a hospital with minor injuries and was released, said Shaler police Lt. J. Sean...
William Shatner highlights upcoming Steel City Con
Science fiction icon William Shatner, best known as Capt. James T. Kirk on the original “Star Trek” series, is the keynote celebrity appearing this weekend at the pop-culture memorabilia show, Steel City Con. Fellow Star Trek crewmate Walter Koenig (Pavel Chekov) will also be on hand. For fans of the...
Number of emergency room patients on rise at UPMC East, AHN Forbes
Hospitals in Pittsburgh’s eastern communities are seeing an increased need for emergency care as the numbers of patients seen each year continue to rise. Between UPMC East and AHN Forbes Hospital, more than 90,000 people are being treated in emergency services a year, said Dr. Mark Rubino, president of Forbes....
The Flying Karamazov Brothers dazzle with wild theatricsVideo
Anyone that knows a person – or may themselves be – so uncoordinated they “can’t chew gum and walk at the same time” can appreciate the talents of The Flying Karamazov Brothers, who are just the opposite. The entertainers that started out as street performers in Santa Cruz, Calif., have...
House destroyed in 2-alarm fire in Robinson
A home was destroyed after a two-alarm blaze late Wednesday in Robinson, Police chief Tim Westwood said. Firefighters from Robinson and Kennedy townships responded at 10:04 p.m. to the fire along the 100 block of Field Club Drive. “From what we could see, the roof was completely destroyed,” Westwood said....
Pittsburgh Technical College officials select 30-year veteran as its president
Pittsburgh Technical College officials tapped a Baltimore native as their president. Alicia B. Harvey-Smith, executive vice chancellor of Lone Star College in Houston, was named the new head of the technical school in Oakdale. She has 30 years of experience in leadership, strategic planning, enrollment management, government and corporate partnerships...
Stowe Township shooting victim identified
A man shot multiple times in Stowe Township on Wednesday has died, according to the Allegheny County medical examiner’s office. Bradley Lucier, 23, of McKees Rocks, was shot shortly before 6:30 p.m. in the 1000 block of Dohrman Street. The county homicide unit was called to investigate the incident during...
Co-defendant in McKeesport slayings pleads guilty to third-degree murder
A McKeesport man was sentenced to 10 to 40 years in prison Wednesday in connection with the shooting deaths of two women in 2017. Miras Moortell Kelly II, 21, pleaded guilty to one count of third-degree murder, conspiracy to commit murder, attempted homicide, aggravated assault, burglary and a firearms violation,...
Lawsuits against Pittsburgh mounting following passage of gun legislation
Second Amendment advocates filed two more lawsuits contending Pittsburgh’s gun ban violates the Pennsylvania Constitution and are seeking to have Mayor Bill Peduto and six city council members held in contempt. The suits were filed Tuesday in Allegheny County Common Pleas Court by attorney Joshua Prince on behalf of multiple...
Statewide ‘Stronger Than Hate Day’ established for Tree of Life synagogue victims
An official “Stronger Than Hate Day” was established in Pennsylvania during a joint legislative session that honored the victims of the Tree of Life shooting in Pittsburgh’s Squirrel Hill neighborhood. It’s just the third joint legislative session held in the last 78 years. The last time the two chambers of...
Brother of Penn Hills woman killed in 1973 calls cold case arrest ‘bittersweet’
Michael Pietropola was 11 when his sister Janice was killed while vacationing in Virginia Beach. Her death hit the family hard, Pietropola, now 57, told the Tribune-Review in a telephone interview Wednesday from his home in the Atlanta suburb of Johns Creek, Ga. “It was beyond words to describe the...
‘Bar of Thrones’ pops up in Downtown Pittsburgh
Bob Wolfinger never watched “Game of Thrones.” But that hasn’t stopped him from making the popular HBO series the theme of his latest pop-up bar at the space he owns on Forbes Avenue. After creating several holiday pop-ups at the former Pizzuvio space, including Jingle Bar, Lover Bar and Clover...
McKeesport students file civil rights lawsuit against district
High school students in the McKeesport Area School District filed a federal civil rights lawsuit Wednesday demanding the right to form a club called the Black Student Union. The lawsuit, filed by 11 students against the district with the help of the American Civil Liberties Union of Pennsylvania, contends that...
Fox Chapel Area junior among 2 in world to earn perfect score on AP exam
A local student is one of only two across the globe to earn a perfect score on the Advanced Placement (AP) Statistics Exam. Fox Chapel Area High School junior Rajeev Godse received a top score of 5 — exams are scored on a scale of 1 to 5 — and...
