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Pittsburgh wants to pay engineering consultant up to $140K as city fights Fern Hollow Bridge lawsuit
A year ago, Pittsburgh officials said they wanted to settle litigation by victims of the Fern Hollow Bridge collapse for the maximum $500,000 allowed by law. But not only has the city not paid the victims a cent, it is seeking approval to spend up to $140,000 on a consultant...
Westmoreland County tax auction estimated to fall just shy of record sales
Murrysville resident Nathan Boyd came to Westmoreland County’s annual auction of tax-delinquent properties Monday with the hope of snagging fixer-upper homes for him and his brother to renovate. Boyd, 26, is about a year into his career as a commercial real estate attorney. He made his debut in property ownership...
Man arrested in fatal shooting in Canonsburg over weekend
A 20-year-old man is behind bars in connection with a fatal shooting in Canonsburg over the weekend. Canonsburg police charged Kristopher M. Moorehouse with criminal homicide, aggravated assault and reckless endangerment in the shooting death of Brady Paul, 25, at a home on Giffin Avenue late Saturday night. Police wrote...
Man who fell 21 feet at PNC Park: ‘I wake up with pain every day’
At the April 30 Pirates game at PNC Park, Kavan Markwood fell 21 feet from his seat above the Clemente Wall to the right field warning track, suffering serious injuries. In an interview that aired Monday night on “Inside Edition,” Markwood said he doesn’t know how he’s still alive. “I...
Health care professionals and activists protest UPMC’s restriction of gender-affirming care
The bodies of roughly 100 UPMC providers and local community activists laid sprawled outside UPMC’s Downtown headquarters Monday, as part of a nonviolent protest against the health-care network for restricting gender-affirming care. “It is about us being told that we cannot have the health care we need to survive, to...
‘The system failed us’: Family of victims in 2015 East Hills double homicide is irate over plea deal
The family of two women stabbed and bludgeoned to death in Pittsburgh a decade ago is furious over a plea deal they say the Allegheny County District Attorney’s Office cut without their knowledge that could free the accused in 20 years. Cesar Mazza, 35, is scheduled to plead guilty on...
PRT weighs whether to use money for transit projects to plug budget hole
Pittsburgh Regional Transit said Monday it hasn’t decided whether it will request permission from the state to temporarily shift money intended for capital improvements to help cover operating expenses. Gov. Josh Shapiro’s administration approved a request from the Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority to use up to $394 million earmarked for...
Reserve bank heist leads to prison for Pittsburgh man
A Pittsburgh man has been sentenced to nearly six years in prison for robbing a bank in Reserve last year. Authorities say Mark Laughner, 38, entered the Dollar Bank on Mount Troy Road on May 16, 2024, and demanded the bank’s large bills. When the teller handed him $100 and...
New Chicago immigration campaign prompts confusion as city braces for federal intervention
CHICAGO — The Department of Homeland Security trumpeted the start of a new immigration operation Monday in Chicago, stirring up fresh confusion and anxiety as the city remained on alert for a federal intervention President Donald Trump has touted for days. Blasting so-called sanctuary laws in Chicago and Illinois, the...
Trump note to Epstein that he denies signing is released by Congress
WASHINGTON — Democrats on the House Oversight Committee released on Monday a sexually suggestive letter to Jeffrey Epstein purportedly signed by President Donald Trump, which he has denied. The letter was included as part of a 50th birthday album compiled in 2003 for Epstein, a wealthy and well-connected financier who...
Supreme Court lifts restrictions on L.A. immigration stops set after agents swept up U.S. citizens
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Monday cleared the way for federal agents to conduct sweeping immigration operations for now in Los Angeles, the latest victory for President Donald Trump’s administration at the high court. The conservative majority lifted a restraining order from a judge who found that roving patrols...
‘Torture session’ leads to prison for Sewickley man’s tormentors
Jon Olson has physically healed. From the cigarette burns on his body. The superglue on his eyes and hair. The knife wound to his face. But the emotional trauma of having a gun held to his temple, being urinated on, being held captive for hours — that remains. “The physical...
Fayette girl’s death leads to additional child abuse charges
Additional child abuse charges were filed Monday against two women who are accused in the death last week of a 9-year-old Fayette County girl. Fayette County District Attorney Mike Aubele said four children were removed from the Dunbar Borough home while authorities investigated the death of Renesmay Eutsey, whose body...
Owner of Penn Hills care home pleads guilty to $2M health care fraud
The owner of a Penn Hills facility that serves people with intellectual disabilities pleaded guilty in federal court Monday to health care fraud and other crimes that led to $2 million in Medicaid overpayments. Kelley Oliver-Hollis, 61, of Pittsburgh’s East Hills neighborhood, acknowledged responsibility for the crimes alleged in 39...
1 person taken to hospital in New Kensington shooting; 17-year-old in custody
An argument outside the Valley Royal Court apartment complex in New Kensington turned into gunfire, with one person taken to the hospital and a 17-year-old in custody, according to authorities. The shooting occurred about 12:35 p.m. outside of the apartment complex, which is near the New Kensington City Hall and...
Home may be total loss in Lower Burrell fire
There were no injuries reported in a two-alarm fire Monday afternoon in Lower Burrell. All occupants were already out of the home on Dakota Drive when firefighters arrived, according to Lower Burrell VFC #3 Fire Chief Brennan Sites. The fire, reported just before 1 p.m., was first thought to be...
Giant Eagle to open pharmacies at former Rite Aid stores in Mt. Washington, Sewickley
Giant Eagle will open standalone pharmacies at former Rite Aid locations in Pittsburgh’s Mt. Washington neighborhood and Sewickley, the company confirmed to TribLive on Monday. These will be similar to traditional drugstores, according to the Cranberry-based grocery chain, with a pharmacy counter as well as a wide selection of health...
Shapiro approves $394M funding shift to prevent SEPTA cuts
Gov. Josh Shapiro’s administration has approved a request from the Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority to use up to $394 million earmarked for capital improvements to help the deficit-plagued transit agency cover operating costs. Shapiro’s office said in a news release Monday that the move would prevent service cuts at the...
Baldwin-Whitehall school custodian charged with possessing child porn
Police on Monday arrested a Baldwin-Whitehall School District custodian on numerous child pornography charges after a monthslong investigation found the Whitehall man stored thousands of sexually explicit videos and images on multiple cellphones, authorities said. Michael Siar, 55, was arraigned early Monday on 22 counts of possessing child pornography and...
Appeals court upholds E. Jean Carroll’s $83.3M defamation judgment against Trump
NEW YORK — A federal appeals court on Monday upheld a civil jury’s finding that President Donald Trump must pay $83.3 million to E. Jean Carroll for his repeated social media attacks and public statements against the longtime advice columnist after she accused him of sexual assault. The 2nd U.S....
Trump asks Supreme Court for emergency order to keep billions of dollars in foreign aid frozen
WASHINGTON — The Trump administration on Monday asked the Supreme Court for an emergency order to keep billions of dollars in foreign aid frozen. The crux of the legal fight is over nearly $5 billion in congressionally approved aid that President Donald Trump last month said he would not spend,...
PNC to acquire FirstBank for $4.1B, adding branches in Ariz., Colo.
Pittsburgh-based PNC Bank is buying a competitor in Arizona and Colorado for $4.1 billion. The bank announced Monday morning it’s absorbing 95 FirstBank branches and $27 billion in assets. FirstBank has a “leading” market position in Colorado and a “substantial presence” in Arizona, according to PNC. The number of PNC...
SEPTA could get a major cash infusion to reverse cuts without legislative approval
Spotlight PA is an independent, nonpartisan, and nonprofit newsroom producing investigative and public-service journalism that holds power to account and drives positive change in Pennsylvania. Sign up for our free newsletters. HARRISBURG — SEPTA has asked the Shapiro administration to tap hundreds of millions of dollars set aside for critical...
Morning Roundup: 22 Pennsylvania residents win prizes in Powerball lottery
Here are some of the latest news items from this morning, Monday, Sept. 8: In the wake of Saturday’s drawing of the estimated $1.8 billion jackpot, numerous winners in Pennsylvania are taking home a large chunk of change. Out of 22 residents who walked away with prizes, 19 won $50,000...
Steelers vs. Jets: What they’re saying in New York after loss
With a new quarterback and new head coach, the New York Jets suffered devastating disappointment at the hands of a former quarterback. Aaron Rodgers shook off gang green as he suited up for the black-and-gold and the Pittsburgh Steelers clinched a season-opening win against the Jets at MetLife Stadium by...
