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Woodland Hills School District to offer gun buyback program
Woodland Hills School District officials announced they have secured partnerships and funding to provide a gun buyback program within its communities. “This is an idea that has been a couple of years in the making,” Superintendent James Harris said in a press release Tuesday. “Our students and staff have been...
Police testify suspected murder weapon in Arnold slaying was found in a shoe
Detectives who searched the Arnold home where police said a man was gunned down last year testified Tuesday the suspected murder weapon was found hidden inside of a shoe left behind at the home. Statepolice Detective Nick Iera said he initially didn’t see the weapon as he walked through the...
UPMC Mercy hospital’s $510M expansion on track for spring 2023 opening
Hot orange sparks rained down on freshly erected steel beams Tuesday morning as construction workers welded and hammered while harnessed to high-rise scaffolds and aerial lifts overlooking the Monongahela River in Pittsburgh. Two giant cranes rotated nonstop, hoisting building materials weighing thousands of pounds across the busy construction site of...
Pa. school mask mandate will expire Dec. 4 if state Supreme Court doesn’t issue new stay
The school mask mandate in Pennsylvania will end on Dec. 4 unless the state Supreme Court grants a stay to Gov. Tom Wolf’s administration. On Tuesday, the Pennsylvania Commonwealth Court granted a motion to lift a stay of its order from last week that found the acting secretary of health...
Bishops urged to listen as they consider Communion document
BALTIMORE — Pope Francis’ top envoy to the United States cautioned the country’s bishops on Tuesday that the church needs to listen before it teaches as they deliberated at their fall meeting on a sensitive document about Holy Communion that emerged amid debates over Catholic politicians’ support for abortion. “It...
Penguins on verge of sale to Fenway Sports Group; Mario Lemieux would stay on as minority owner
Fenway Sports Group LLC, which owns the iconic Boston Red Sox and Fenway Park, is in advanced negotiations to purchase the Pittsburgh Penguins. Sources familiar with the Penguins and Fenway Sports Group confirmed the nature of the negotiations, which were first reported by the Wall Street Journal on Tuesday afternoon....
Pittsburgh’s Roberto Clemente Drive renamed to also honor late wife Vera
Roberto Clemente Drive in Pittsburgh’s Oakland neighborhood will officially be renamed to Roberto and Vera Clemente Drive, a nod to the baseball legend’s late wife. Roberto Clemente was a Hall of Fame outfielder for the Pirates who also is remembered for his philanthropic work off the field. The beloved Pittsburgh...
Ex-Penguins minor league hockey coach charged with sexual assault
PROVIDENCE, R.I. — A former minor league coach in the Pittsburgh Penguins system who also had a brief NHL playing career has been indicted on multiple sexual assault charges in Rhode Island, the state attorney general’s office announced Tuesday. Clark Donatelli, 55, of South Kingstown was indicted by a grand...
Shadyside mansion adorned for Pittsburgh Symphony Association holiday tour
Pittsburgh Symphony Association members weren’t hopeful that they would be able to present their Symphony Splendor Holiday House Tour this year. Then, Scott Cavanaugh and Ron Graham offered their Gilded Age Shadyside mansion for the much-anticipated event. “With the current situation, you can understand that homeowners wouldn’t permit hundreds of...
$4.9M redevelopment project planned on Pittsburgh’s North Side
Pittsburgh and the city’s Urban Redevelopment Authority are partnering with the Historic Deutschtown Development Corp. to redevelop three vacant buildings on the North Side’s East Ohio Street in a proposed $4.9 million project. The URA owns properties at 624 and 628 East Ohio St., while the Historic Deutschtown Development Corp....
Jury begins deliberations at Kyle Rittenhouse murder trial
KENOSHA, Wis. — The jury has begun deliberating at the murder trial of Kyle Rittenhouse after listening to two weeks of dueling portrayals of Rittenhouse. Prosecutors say he was a “wannabe soldier” who instigated the bloodshed; the defense says he acted in self-defense after coming under attack. The 18-year-old Rittenhouse...
5 questions with Pittsburgh doctor on rethinking covid mitigation measures
Dr. Amesh Adalja, a Pittsburgh-based infectious disease expert and senior scholar at the Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security, has said it since the beginning of the pandemic — that covid-19 was a respiratory virus and we were going to be living with it for a long time. In a...
Pfizer asks U.S. officials to OK promising covid-19 pill
WASHINGTON — Pfizer asked U.S. regulators Tuesday to authorize its experimental pill for covid-19, setting the stage for a likely launch this winter of a promising treatment that can be taken at home. The company’s filing comes as new infections are rising once again in the United States, driven mainly...
State police say missing Indiana County woman found safe in Allegheny County
A 79-year-old Indiana County woman who was reported missing Monday evening was found Tuesday in Allegheny County and is safe, state police said. Relatives reported Nancy C. Smith, 79, of Dilltown, missing when she did not return home from a shopping trip Monday evening, state police said. Trooper Cliff Greenfield...
Heights Plaza wreaths a sign of the holidays, nod to the past
Passersby at Heights Plaza in Harrison likely will notice the 28 oversized pine wreaths hung Saturday by Harrison Commissioner Chuck Dizard and a group of fellow holiday elves. The 4-foot wreaths are illuminated with tiny white lights and appointed with a large red bow. Dizard said the sight might evoke...
Point State Park holiday tree will be lit once again
The Christmas tree in Point State Park, Downtown, will illuminate once again. After last year’s announcement that 2020 would be the final time for the holiday season, a group of citizens started a petition for its return. They got more than 10,000 signatures. Duquesne Light confirmed via email: “Duquesne Light...
Peduto proposes legislation to require e-signatures, ‘socially responsible’ procurement practices
Mayor Bill Peduto’s administration has proposed an ordinance to require the use of electronic signatures across all city departments, as well as one that it said would ensure the city is engaging in “sustainable and socially responsible” procurement practices. During the pandemic, the use of electronic signatures on contracts and...
Local officials celebrate construction of newest USS Pittsburgh, Navy Day in the city
Pittsburgh City Controller Michael Lamb held a reception Monday for Navy Rear Admiral Thomas J. Anderson as local officials celebrated the newest ship being named after Pittsburgh while designating Nov. 15 as Navy Day in the city. Anderson, the Navy’s program executive for ships, spoke at the reception about the...
Biden signs infrastructure bill into law at rare bipartisan gatheringVideo
WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden signed his hard-fought $1 trillion infrastructure deal into law Monday before a bipartisan, celebratory crowd on the White House lawn, declaring that the new infusion of cash for roads, bridges, ports and more is going to make life “change for the better” for the American...
6 teens injured in drive-by shooting near Denver area school
AURORA, Colo. — Six teenagers were shot in a drive-by shooting Monday in a park near a high school in suburban Denver, but all were expected to survive, police said. The victims, who range in age from 14 to 18, are all students at Aurora Central High School, Aurora police...
Carnegie man gets 4 to 8 years in prison in son’s fentanyl overdose
Avant Redding ate a chicken nugget Happy Meal at a living-room coffee table in his Carnegie home on the night of May 6. A short time later, the 4-year-old boy threw up and had trouble walking. The next morning, he was dead. Detectives say that Avant’s father, Van Marcus Redding,...
Kiski Area grad died in wrong-way collision in Washington Township
A Kiski Area High School graduate studying to become a welder died Sunday in a wrong-way crash in Washington Township. Zeth Reber, 22, of Washington Township died when his 2014 Honda Civic was hit head-on by a 2012 Dodge Caravan traveling the wrong direction on Route 380 in Washington Township....
More new stores coming to Westmoreland Mall, with 2 set to reopen
A slew of new stores are set to open at Westmoreland Mall, including two that previously shuttered at the Hempfield site. Charlotte Russe and Christopher & Banks, which previously occupied storefronts at the mall, will be joined by locally owned Neecs Sneaks and Rock Bottom jewelry store. The announcements come...
Pittsburgh woman pleads guilty to fatal Route 51 crash that killed her cousin
A Pittsburgh woman who had been driving more than 100 mph pleaded guilty Monday to homicide by vehicle for killing her cousin in a crash on Route 51 in February. Allison Matthew, 27, of the North Side, will appear before Allegheny County Common Pleas Judge Jill E. Rangos on Feb....
Sandcastle to debut new Bombs Away slide in summer 2022
Imagine the floor disappearing beneath you and falling into a tube, traveling at 26 feet per second. That will be the experience inside Sandcastle water park’s newest water slide. Bombs Away is scheduled to open in the summer of 2022. The attraction was originally planned for the 2020 season, but...
