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Suspect captured after stealing police car and leading officers on chase through Beaver area
A man who stole an Ambridge police vehicle and led officers on a chase before eluding capture for hours was taken into custody Tuesday, according to Tribune-Review news partner WPXI. BREAKING: Neighbors say this man is in their backyard and police are narrowing in @WPXI Amy Hudak (@amy_hudak) August...
Lower Burrell man accused of sexually assaulting 14-year-old girl
A Lower Burrell man is accused of sexually assaulting a 14-year-old girl last summer behind a Sheetz store on the city’s Craigdell Road. Samuel Glendon Feroce, 21, faces charges including involuntary deviate sexual intercourse with a person under 16 and statutory sexual assault in connection with the July 2020 incident....
Western Pa. groups prep for fleeing Afghans seeking to resettle in Pittsburgh
At least one Afghan family granted a special U.S. visa to flee their Taliban-toppled homeland is expected to resettle in Western Pennsylvania in the coming weeks. “We are ready for their arrival,” said Ivonne Smith-Tapia, director of refugee and immigrant services for the Jewish Family and Community Services (JFCS), a...
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott tests positive for covid-19, in ‘good health’
AUSTIN — Texas Gov. Greg Abbott tested positive for covid-19 on Tuesday, according to his office, who said the Republican is in good health and experiencing no symptoms. Abbott, who was vaccinated in December and has refused calls to reinstate mask mandates as the highly contagious delta variant surges in...
U.S. appeals court revives lawsuit over Western Pa. gun club restrictions
HARRISBURG — A federal judge should not have thrown out a legal challenge to township zoning rules that restricted operations at a gun range in Western Pennsylvania and limited “sportsman’s clubs” to nonprofit entities, an appeals court ruled Tuesday. The 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals reinstated the case and...
George Bush watches Afghan pullout with ‘deep sadness’ after warning of ‘unbelievably bad’ consequences
WASHINGTON — George W. Bush, who ordered the 2001 invasion of Afghanistan to dislodge the Taliban and hunt down al-Qaida terrorists behind the Sept. 11 attacks, has watched the religious fundamentalists’ abrupt return to power with “deep sadness.” And with the Taliban back in control, he wistfully lauded a generation...
Piece of Kennywood’s Phantom’s Revenge up for auction
For a few thousand dollars, you can own a piece of Kennywood’s Phantom’s Revenge steel roller coaster. A retired lead car from the Phantom’s Revenge is up for auction to benefit Florida-based Give Kids the World nonprofit. “Yesterday, we asked you to tell us your favorite Kennywood coaster,” read a...
Death toll from Haiti’s weekend earthquake rises to 1,941Video
LES CAYES, Haiti — Haitian officials raised the death toll from a deadly weekend earthquake by more than 500 on Tuesday after Tropical Storm Grace forced a temporary halt to search and rescue efforts, a delay that fed growing anger and frustration among thousands who were left homeless. Grace battered...
Artists to chalk portraits of passengers, crew of Flight 93 as part of 9/11 20th anniversary events
Ambassadors and park rangers tell visitors to the Flight 93 National Memorial repeatedly, “It’s all about the heroes of Flight 93.” Those would be the men and women aboard the United jetliner who made America’s first stand in the war on terror in the skies above Somerset County on Sept....
Pandemic pushed people to buy groceries online. How many will still get them delivered?
Jon Roesser, the general manager of Weavers Way Co-op, usually works with banks and suppliers to keep the grocery running, puts together the $34 million budget, or plans marketing promotions, like an upcoming sale on frozen shrimp. But as the demand for home deliveries exploded during the pandemic, Roesser became...
Tropical Storm Fred to bring steady rainfall to Western Pa.
Southwestern Pennsylvania should brace for rain and potential flooding as the remnants of Tropical Storm Fred are anticipated to bring heavy rainfall to the region Wednesday. The National Weather Service has issued a flash flood watch for much of the region — including Allegheny, Armstrong, Washington and Westmoreland counties —...
Greater Latrobe School District, former wrestling coaches sued in federal court over hazing allegations
A student and his parents sued the Greater Latrobe School District, two former wrestling coaches and two students, alleging that the boy was assaulted during practice. It is, at least, the second lawsuit filed stemming from allegations of hazing by members of the wrestling team that came to light in...
After fire in her cell, police add arson charges to Greensburg DUI suspect
A Greensburg woman charged with DUI early Tuesday now is charged with arson and risking a catastrophe after city police allege she set fire to toilet paper in a cell block. Elisha M. Darnell, 42, was ordered held in the county jail on $10,000 bond following her arraignment on charges...
Former Pirates pitcher Felipe Vazquez sentenced to up to 4 years in prison for sex assaultVideo
Former Pittsburgh Pirates pitcher Felipe Vazquez was sentenced Tuesday to serve up to four years in prison for the sexual assault of a 13-year-old girl. Vazquez, 30, was convicted in May by a Westmoreland County jury of 15 offenses in connection with a sexual relationship he had with a Scottdale...
Harrison police charge woman with driving drunk, nearly hitting 2 while fleeing
Harrison police charged a 19-year-old woman with driving drunk, speeding through neighborhood streets and nearly hitting two people playing basketball in an alley Monday evening. Township police charged Nakeela T. Johnson, of Harrison, with a felony count of fleeing or eluding police, two misdemeanor counts of recklessly endangering another person,...
Trib honored with national Edward R. Murrow Award for journalism excellence
Trib Total Media has received one of the most prestigious honors in the news business — a national Edward R. Murrow Award — for a project chronicling a reporter’s heartwarming journey while quarantined with her 93-year-old mother in a local nursing home in the early days of the coronavirus pandemic....
Opening act: 2 decades ago ‘NSync was 1st headliner at Heinz Field
Bill Viola Jr. knows exactly where he was the night of Aug. 18, 2001. “I was at Heinz Field for the ’NSync concert,” said Viola of North Huntingdon, who attended with wife Jenn and some friends. “That was the place to be. Everyone wanted to be at that concert.” It...
Police say man found shot to death in Marshall-Shadeland
A Pittsburgh man was found shot to death Tuesday morning in the Marshall-Shadeland neighborhood of Pittsburgh, according to authorities. Police responded to a ShotSpotter alert just after 5 a.m. near a home in the 1300 block of Malden Street. Cara Cruz, public safety spokeswoman, said units located evidence that a...
4 people arrested for drugs, guns at Pittsburgh hotel
Six guns, 12 bricks of heroin and $900 were recovered by Pittsburgh police during a raid on Friday at the Double Tree Hotel at Bigelow Square. Just after 1 a.m., officers executed a search warrant at a room on the 10th floor of the Downtown hotel after “an ongoing investigation...
Pitt volunteers slammed with requests from panic-stricken Afghans seeking escape from Taliban rule
Nearly 7,000 miles from the chaos embroiling Taliban-controlled Kabul, volunteers at the University of Pittsburgh are working around the clock to assist Afghan civilians who fear they’re in danger because of their work for the United States. Tens to hundreds of thousands of Afghans now are desperately seeking help, from...
Sources: U.S. to recommend covid vaccine boosters at 8 months
WASHINGTON — U.S. health experts are expected to recommend covid-19 vaccine boosters for all Americans, regardless of age, eight months after they received their second dose of the shot, to ensure lasting protection against the coronavirus as the delta variant spreads across the country. Federal health officials have been actively...
Masks to remain optional in Highlands School District
Face masks will remain optional when Highlands School District students return to classes next week. After hearing from residents for and against requiring students to wear masks Monday night, Kristie Babinsack was the only school board member wanting to reverse the board’s 5-4 decision in July that makes wearing masks...
Fred drenches U.S. Southeast; Grace again a tropical stormVideo
Fred weakened from a tropical storm to a depression early Tuesday as it trekked inland, spreading heavy rains over the U.S. Southeast. The National Weather Service said it spawned several tornadoes in Georgia, and flash flooding and mudslides were possible in mountainous areas as it moves toward the mid-Atlantic states....
Officer Brian Shaw motorcycle run expected to be biggest one yet, organizers say
Organizers of Saturday’s fourth annual Officer Brian Shaw motorcycle run expect this year’s event to be the biggest yet, attracting more than 700 riders. “It’s probably going to be the largest charitable motorcycle ride in Western Pennsylvania this summer,” said Eric Felack, a spokesman for the event. Proceeds from ShawRide...
CDC: Allegheny, Westmoreland counties now considered to have high spread of covid-19
Allegheny, Westmoreland and several surrounding counties now have a high level of covid-19 transmission, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The CDC defines a “high” covid-19 transmission level as more than 100 cases per 100,000 people or a 10% positivity rate in a particular county over seven...
