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Hundreds of bricks fall from Perry South apartment building
The Red Cross is assisting families forced out of their Perry South apartments Monday by hundreds of falling bricks, authorities said. Authorities said the Wilson Street building, which houses six apartments, is structurally sound, but the possibility of more falling bricks poses safety concerns. Police, fire crews and paramedics responded...
Air quality monitor measuring SO2 emissions installed in West Mifflin
A new air quality monitor has been installed in West Mifflin, the Allegheny County Health Department announced Monday. The monitor, which was installed at the New Emerson Elementary School on Pennsylvania Avenue, will measure sulfur dioxide, or SO2, emissions from the U.S. Steel Irvin Works facility. Residents and air quality...
Warming centers open up in region as power outages continue
Some warming centers are popping up in Allegheny County as communities continue through Tuesday without power. Below is a list of facilities that are opening up as warming centers. Check back for updates: • Monroeville Senior Citizen Center, 6000 Gateway Campus Blvd. (412-856-7825). • North Versailles Township Office, 1401 Greensburg...
Sen. Lindsey Williams relocating district office to McKnight Road on Wednesday
State Sen. Lindsey Williams announced today that starting on Wednesday, her new office will be located along McKnight Road in Ross Township. The first-term District 38 state senator has been using offices in the Shaler Municipal Building that were vacated by by former senator Randy Vulakovich, who lost his bid...
Wife of man found dead after 2017 South Park standoff sued for townhouse damage
The wife of a South Park man who killed himself and set fire to his townhouse following an hours-long standoff with police in 2017 should be liable for the damage to the neighboring townhome, the property management company alleged in a lawsuit. Daniel Wang, 37, was found dead in his...
No injuries reported at Duquesne house fire
Flames destroyed a home in Duquesne early Monday morning, authorities said. The house on Priscilla Avenue might have been abandoned, according to Tribune-Review news partner WPXI-TV Authorities called the fire suspicious, according to the TV station. UPDATE: home on Priscilla Ave now under control @WPXI pic.twitter.com/LUayaS6THn— Liz Kilmer (@LizKilmerWPXI) February...
Pittsburgh might not be as hard-working as you think
Lazy bunch of … Pittsburghers, according to a study from WalletHub, are the 103rd hardest-working group in the United States. Say it a different way: Pittsburghers don’t really work that hard. Hang on a second. Pittsburgh? Not hard-working? That has to be wrong, right? Pittsburgh is as blue-collar as it...
House guest accused of stabbing, strangling Braddock Hills woman
A Braddock Hills woman remained in critical condition Monday after she was stabbed in the neck earlier in the day, according to Allegheny County police. The incident happened about noon at an apartment in Brinton Towers on Locust Street, according to Sgt. Venerando Costa. Inside the apartment, police and EMS...
Fox Chapel driver hospitalized after tree falls on vehicle
A person was transported to the hospital by Fox Chapel police after a tree fell on the vehicle, trapping the driver inside. The tree fell on the vehicle at the intersection of Squaw Run and Dorseyville roads around 9 p.m. Sunday due to the region’s high winds, said an Allegheny...
Allegheny County fielding dozens of calls about downed trees blocking roads, downed power lines
Allegheny County’s Twitter handle fired off hundreds of tweets Sunday as the agency tried to keep up with the seemingly endless happenings around the county ranging from downed trees blocking roadways to power lines down to buildings collapsing to telephones catching fire. The National Weather Service reported winds as high...
Pittsburgh Mayor Bill Peduto plants tree in Israel for victims of Tree of Life massacre
Pittsburgh Mayor Bill Peduto, in Israel for the 33rd annual International Mayors Conference, honored victims of October massacre at Tree of Life Synagogue in Squirrel Hill. Peduto posted pictures on Twitter on Sunday morning of his visit a memorial in Jerusalem, in which he said he planted an olive tree...
Flamingos expert from Pittsburgh aviary among those who helped save South African chicks
Knowing how to hand-raise flamingos comes in handy when there are 1,800-plus orphaned flamingo chicks of a near-threatened species in South Africa. A severe drought in late January at Kamfers Dam in the Northern Cape, Cape Town, South Africa, caused one of only three breeding colonies of flamingos to abandon...
High wind watch remains in effect for Sunday in Pittsburgh area
Tropical storm force winds could hit western Pennsylvania Sunday afternoon and evening, according to the National Weather Service in Moon. Meteorologist Lee Kendricks said Sunday morning that sustained winds of 20 to 30 mph are expected to begin around lunchtime today and last through Monday morning. The region could see...
Police seek information regarding stabbing in Carrick
Pittsburgh police are searching for the man who stabbed another in Carrick early Saturday morning. The unidentified victim was taken to a hospital where he was reported to be in critical condition. Police responded to a call about a stabbing on the 200 block of Sprucewood Street around 12:45 a.m....
Catholic Diocese of Pittsburgh to close 2 schools, merge 2 others next school year
Bishop David Zubik announced Saturday that two Catholic schools will close next school year, while another two will merge to form a new school. St. John Bosco Academy in Pittsburgh’s Brookline neighborhood and St. Agnes School in West Mifflin will close, the Catholic Diocese of Pittsburgh announced Saturday. St. Malachy...
Police say DNA, debit card, receipt all point to Penn Hills man charged with fatal 2017 crash
A Penn Hills man has been charged with causing the death of a woman driver in a 2017 head-on crash in Pittsburgh’s East Hills neighborhood. Pittsburgh police charged Taariq Tyler, 22, with homicide by vehicle, reckless endangerment and other related charges on Friday, Feb. 22 after determining his rental pick-up...
Man shot in the back taken to Pittsburgh hospital in bullet riddled car
Allegheny County police are investigating after a man who had been shot in the back was dropped off in a bullet-riddled car to a Pittsburgh hospital early Saturday morning. Swissvale and county police responded to a shooting in the 2300 block of South Braddock Avenue around 2 a.m., where they...
Fire displaces Hampton townhouse residents
Residents a Hampton townhouse were evacuated after emergency crews responded to a fire Saturday morning. Tribune-Review news partner WPXI reported the fire happened on Red Oak Court and that there were no injuries reported. Calls to fire and police officials were not immediately returned....
Justin Severino reflects on closing Pittsburgh’s Cure restaurant
Justin Severino will deeply miss his employees at Cure in Lawrenceville when it closes on March 23. “One of my goals when I opened Cure was to build a team and to treat my employees the way I wanted to be treated, because that translates into an excellent guest experience...
Goodwill names board officers, welcomes 2 new directors
Goodwill of Southwestern Pennsylvania’s board recently elected board officers and two new directors. Shawn Hanlon, partner at PricewaterhouseCoopers, was elected for his second, two-year term as chairman of the Goodwill board. A member of Goodwill’s board since 2009, Hanlon lives in Gibsonia. Newly elected board officers include: David Lund, vice...
Turtle Creek man out on parole for manslaughter sentenced to federal prison for gun violations
A Turtle Creek man was sentenced in federal court to nearly four years in prison for having firearms while on parole. U.S. District Judge Cathy Bissoon imposed the sentence on Hashim Rashad, 28, for his conviction of federal firearms violations, authorities announced Friday. Rashad’s imprisonment of three years and 10...
Pedestrian struck by vehicle in Scott Township, condition unknown
A pedestrian was hospitalized after being struck by a vehicle in Scott Township on Friday evening. Allegheny County officials said the accident occurred around 6:35 p.m. near the intersection of Washington and Carothers avenues. The pedestian’s condition was not released. No other injuries were reported. Washington Avenue was closed for...
Retired cop on Garfield skeleton discovery: ‘This is the end of the story.’
Retired Pittsburgh police Assistant Chief Therese Rocco knew Albert and Mary Arcuri intimately. She was godmother to their daughter. Her family and the Arcuri’s were neighbors when Rocco lived in the Lower Hill District. She described the couple as loving parents and great people. But unsettled details started to add...
Investigators unsure if Pittsburgh school director’s name was forged on Amazon letter
A handwriting expert was unable to determine whether a Pittsburgh school board member signed a letter last year in support of the region’s bid for Amazon’s second headquarters, according to a report released Friday. Director Kevin Carter said he felt justified by the findings. “I’m sad that we spent so...
U.S. Steel Tower earns LEED distinction
Pittsburgh’s tallest building is also now among the most environmentally-friendly. The U.S. Steel Tower is now LEED Silver O+M certified. LEED stands for Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design and O+M means the building earned for its operations and maintenance. The certification measures how existing buildings perform in the areas...
