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8 displaced after tree crashes onto Pitcairn apartment building
Eight people escaped without injury after a tree fell early Tuesday morning onto a Pitcairn apartment building. A female tenant said she was trapped temporarily in her bed when the tree fell but was able to get out without assistance, WPXI reported. The massive tree fell onto the roof just...
Pittsburgh native David Conrad talks about coming home for ‘Legend of Georgia McBride’Video
Of all the stage and screen actors the Pittsburgh area has produced, David Conrad is one of the most successful. He has starred on Broadway and in more than 30 movies and television series including “Wedding Crashers,” “Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D,” and “Ghost Whisperer.” Conrad is back in the area appearing...
Peregrine falcons at Pitt’s Cathedral of Learning have 1st egg of season
The peregrine falcons nesting atop the University of Pittsburgh’s Cathedral of Leaning have their first egg of the season. Hope and Terzo last year raised two healthy chicks banded by the Pennsylvania Game Commission. Monitors spotted their first egg of the season Monday afternoon while watching a live web cam...
County revises enforcement order, U.S. Steel to expedite repairs at Clairton Coke Works
The Allegheny County Health Department on Tuesday announced new enforcement requirements for U.S. Steel’s Clairton Coke Works facility in the aftermath of a fire that released unusually high levels of sulfur dioxide throughout the Mon Valley. The updated order incorporates a commitment from U.S. Steel to replace and bring back...
West Mifflin Area School Board could fire superintendent at special meeting Wednesday
West Mifflin Area school board members may remove district Superintendent Daniel Castagna at a special meeting Wednesday. The meeting notice was posted on the district’s website, wmasd.org. District officials claim Castagna is guilty of multiple fireable offenses, including neglect of duties and incompetence. He has denied the charges. Castagna was...
‘Mean Girls’ opens PNC Broadway in Pittsburgh shows for 2019-20Video
The Pittsburgh Cultural Trust announced the 2019-20 PNC Broadway in Pittsburgh season on Monday. Leading the seven touring Broadway shows, which have won more than 30 Tony Awards, is “Mean Girls,” the hit musical that included book writer Tina Fey. The others are “A Bronx Tale,” “Jesus Christ Superstar,” “Miss...
‘Hamilton’ set to return to Pittsburgh in 2020-21 season
The megahit musical “Hamilton” is coming back to Pittsburgh during the 2020-21 Broadway season, the Pittsburgh Cultural Trust announced Monday. The show opened to a sold-out crowd on Jan. 1 and continued its popular run through Jan. 27, performing before an estimated 88,000 theater-goers at the Benedum Center. Hamilton was...
Allegheny County Democrats reject Pittsburgh councilwoman’s endorsement bid
Allegheny County Democrats rejected an incumbent Pittsburgh city councilwoman’s bid for an endorsement on Sunday while pledging support to 22 other primary candidates. The Democratic Committee passed over Councilwoman Deb Gross of Highland Park, who is seeking a second term, and endorsed political newcomer Deirdre Kane of Stanton Heights for...
State lawmakers to discuss Pa. budget, taxes, school safety at Thursday event in Homestead
Several state lawmakers representing Allegheny County suburbs plan to discuss issues related to schools and property taxes at a public forum Thursday night in Homestead. The Allegheny County Intermediate Unit is hosting the legislative forum on public education at its central office in The Waterfront shopping and business district. The...
Pittsburgh Zoo and aquarium to reopen
The Pittsburgh Zoo and PPG Aquarium will reopen Tuesday, a spokeswoman said. A power outage at the zoo forced it to remain closed for the entire day Monday. The closure was only expected to last for one day....
Rankin man pleads guilty to 2017 murder of his niece
A Rankin man pleaded guilty Monday to the 2017 murder of his niece. Kalvin Stewart left 29-year-old India Stewart’s body near an abandoned Braddock garage and then set fire to his Jeep on Pittsburgh’s North Side to hide the evidence. Allegheny County Court of Common Pleas Judge Thomas Flaherty sentenced...
Roman Reigns, WWE Superstars pay visit to Children’s Hospital
J.P. Coss had no idea Monday morning when he put on his favorite WWE shirt that he would get to meet his favorite WWE Superstar, Roman Reigns. This was another day brightened by WWE Superstars at UPMC Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh. Monday’s visit isn’t a first for Reigns and WWE,...
Pittsburgh community group sues Mayor Bill Peduto, city department director
A Pittsburgh community group is suing Mayor Bill Peduto and a city department director, alleging they have refused to enforce landscaping requirements at three North Side businesses. East Allegheny Community Council last week filed a lawsuit with the Allegheny County Court of Common Pleas naming Peduto and Maura Kennedy, director...
Open Streets Pittsburgh 2019 schedule released
Bike Pittsburgh is celebrating the fifth anniversary of its popular OpenStreetsPGH program this summer with three events planned for the last weekends of May, June and July. Sponsored by UPMC Health Plan, the free events close down city streets so people can bike, walk and run safely without worrying about...
Ex-Istanbul Sofra owner charged with sexual assault to be released from jail
A former Pittsburgh restaurant owner found not guilty of stalking last week and facing a re-trial on sexual assault charges will be released from jail and placed on home electronic monitoring, a judge ruled Monday. Adnan Pehlivan, 47, had been in the Allegheny County Jail since his $20,000 bond was...
Detroit prosecutors: No decision on charges against Chelsa Wagner
Prosecutors in Wayne County, Mich., did not decide Monday as to whether charges will be filed against Allegheny County Controller Chelsa Wagner in an altercation with police last week at a Detroit hotel. Detroit police arrested Wagner, 42, early March 6 at the Westin Book Cadillac Hotel, authorities said. Police...
PWSA erroneously warns customers their water will be shut off
The Pittsburgh Water and Sewer Authority issued a public apology for automatic calls Monday morning to customers warning that their water would be shut off within 72 hours because they hadn’t paid bills. PWSA spokesman Will Pickering said the authority has contacted the company that generates its robocalls to find...
Monroeville man caught with loaded gun at Pittsburgh airport
A Monroeville man was stopped Sunday after federal workers found a loaded .38-caliber revolver in his carry-on bag as he passed through the Transportation Security Administration checkpoint at the Pittsburgh International Airport. Allegheny County Police responded to the checkpoint, confiscated the gun and detained the man for questioning. He was...
For Western Pa. high school musicals, big crowds and big expectations
Transporting the audience with the storyline of a high school musical isn’t enough for student casts these days. It’s also got to send them to Broadway — or at least the Benedum. Like students at Belle Vernon Area High School, most of these young performers want each year’s show to...
Armed robbers make off with $600 from Turtle Creek 7-Eleven
Police suspect two men robbed a 7-Eleven and a BP gas station Monday morning. The men, one armed with a gun, got away with $600 Monday morning from the Turtle Creek convenience store. Allegheny County police believe they were involved in another heist at BP in Penn Hills a short...
Pittsburgh Zoo employee rescues nyala from frozen pond
A baby nyala at the Pittsburgh Zoo & PPG Aquarium was rescued Saturday after falling into a frozen pond. A nearby zookeeper is credited for jumping into the frigid water in the nyala’s enclosure and helping it back onto dry land, WPXI reported. Onlookers cheered as the zookeeper was able...
Allegheny County lacks resources to scrutinize tax breaks for ‘Big 4’ charities
Allegheny County says it lacks the resources to scrutinize hundreds of tax-exempt properties owned by the region’s so-called “Big 4” charities, further delaying an oversight probe that was supposed to be completed years ago, the Tribune-Review has learned. Four massive nonprofit organizations with billion-dollar portfolios control the county’s most valuable,...
With jury selection starting, a look at Michael Rosfeld, Antwon Rose and how we got here
As a 10th-grader at Woodland Hills High School, Antwon Rose II wrote a poem describing his fear of violence in his community. “I see mothers bury their sons; I want my mom to never feel that pain; I am confused and afraid,” he wrote. Two years later, on June 19,...
Jurors in Michael Rosfeld case won’t fit normal mold, experts predict
Prosecutors and defense attorneys in Michael Rosfeld’s homicide trial could seek out jurors each side would otherwise avoid, legal experts following the case told the Tribune-Review. Defense attorneys, who typically look for jurors suspicious of police, might want to pack the jury with people sympathetic to law enforcement. While prosecutors,...
1 injured in crash on Route 51 in Jefferson Hills
One person was injured in a crash Monday afternoon that temporarily shut down a section of Route 51 to northbound drivers in Jefferson Hills, officials said. Authorities received a report of the crash near High Road about 3:20 p.m., an Allegheny County 911 shift commander said. Medics took one person...
