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Editor`s note: The charges were dismissed in April before District Judge Frank J. Pallone Jr. New Kensington police say a city man was holding an ax and a knife when he threatened to kill officers serving him with a protection-from-abuse order. A criminal complaint filed against Oleg Vivcharchyn, 32, said...

A former New Stanton man is set for a preliminary hearing Wednesday on neglect charges after state police said they seized 13 animals from deplorable conditions at his home. Mason Timothy Fronius, 25, of Connellsville, is facing 39 misdemeanor animal neglect counts along with resisting arrest and disorderly conduct. Troopers...

The family of a young woman killed in a drunken driving crash last year is suing the driver of the vehicle that struck hers head-on and the bars where the family’s attorneys said the other driver had been drinking just before the crash. Kaitlyn Marie Eckelberry, 23, was pronounced dead...

An emergency aid program opened Monday for Westmoreland County residents who are behind on their rent or unable to pay utility bills. Before noon, 40 applications had been received, said Dan Carney, executive director of Union Mission of Latrobe Inc., which is in charge of distributing $12.9 million the county...

While Pennsylvania continues to see new covid cases at higher numbers than last month, there are signs that the surge is easing a bit. In the state Department of Health’s latest two-day report of new cases released Monday, the state added 6,450 new cases — 3% fewer new cases than...

Covid-19 vaccine appointments will be available to all Pennsylvanians beginning Tuesday, nearly a week ahead of schedule, Gov. Tom Wolf said Monday. “We need to maintain acceleration of the vaccine rollout, especially as case counts and hospitalization rates have increased,” Wolf said in a statement. “Therefore, just as President Biden...

VILLA RICA, Ga. — Authorities in Georgia said three officers were wounded in a police chase that ended Monday morning with one suspect killed and another in custody. A Georgia State Patrol trooper clocked a car going 111 mph on Interstate 20 and initiated a traffic stop around 3:30 a.m.,...

Another gun was found at a security checkpoint at Pittsburgh International Airport, making it the 11th firearm found at the facility this year. Transportation Security Administration officers found a .380 handgun loaded with six bullets in a Butler County woman’s carry-on bag around 5 a.m. Monday, officials said. Allegheny County...

A 14-year-old girl was hospitalized Saturday after state police said she was hit by an SUV in Unity. The crash happened at 11:30 a.m. on Sussex Way. Troopers said a 40-year-old woman had pulled out of a driveway and was headed down the street when the girl stepped in front...

UPMC wasn’t the only multibillion-dollar U.S. health system that got hundreds of millions of dollars in pandemic-spurred federal relief, and then went on to rake in more money in 2020 than it did pre-pandemic. It’s not merely thanks to hefty bailouts and slowly rebounding hospital coffers that UPMC and other...

Pittsburgh police are investigating a fatal shooting overnight in Pittsburgh’s Brighton Heights neighborhood. Officers responded to the 1700 block of Termon Avenue shortly after 2 a.m. Monday for reported shots fired, according to public safety Spokeswoman Cara Cruz. The victim, identified as a young adult male, was found inside the...

Trib Total Media TV writer Rob Owen answers reader questions at TribLive.com in a column that also appears in the Sunday Tribune-Review. Q: It seems like three or more weeks that Mike Clark hasn’t been on WTAE-TV’s evening news. Andrew Stockey keeps saying he’s in for him, but something seems...

Some local gun owners think it could be a year or more before the current record firearm sales level out. They pointed to a larger number of people turning to firearm ownership as a means of protection amid a litany of reasons, including the coronavirus pandemic, calls for less policing,...

The number of passengers traveling through Pittsburgh International and Arnold Palmer Regional airports is on the rebound, in step with a national resurgence in air travel after a 2020 pandemic-fueled slump. “We’re seeing similar increases in passenger traffic as the rest of the industry,” said Alyson Walls, a spokeswoman for...

HARRIBURG — The Pennsylvania Game Commission has approved concurrent hunting for antlered and antlerless deer through the duration of the 2021-22 firearms deer season. LNP newspaper reports that commission members acknowledged at their spring meeting Saturday that much of the feedback received since the two-week deer season was proposed in...

LONDON — The death of Prince Philip has left a “huge void” in Queen Elizabeth II’s life, their son Prince Andrew said Sunday, as well-wishers continued to leave floral tributes outside the gates of royal residences in memory of the monarch’s husband. Andrew, the third of the couple’s four children,...

A Duquesne Light employee who was working in an underground maintenance hole Sunday was hurt after a cable failed, according to Pittsburgh police and company officials. Officers and paramedics were called to New Beaver Avenue in Marshall-Shadeland around 11 a.m. for a reported explosion. The male worker was hospitalized in...