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7-mile chase ends in Youngwood Cemetery with DUI arrest
A Hempfield woman whose driver’s license already was suspended for a DUI conviction in Allegheny County is accused of leading Greensburg Police on a 7-mile pursuit through several communities early Sunday before the chase ended in Youngwood Cemetery. Officer Garret McNamara reported in court documents filed Tuesday that Kathleen D....
Homicide case against East Huntingdon woman sent to court for mobile home park fatal shootingVideo
Meghan J. West told state police that a warning shot she fired Sept. 20 didn’t stop her former boyfriend from trying to break down her East Huntingdon bedroom door, so she fired again, according to Trooper Michael Thompson. The bedroom door had what Thompson described as a crack near the...
Terrelle Pryor, girlfriend plead guilty in domestic case, get probation
Former NFL wide receiver Terrelle Pryor and his girlfriend, who were involved in a bloody domestic incident last year, pleaded guilty to reduced counts Tuesday in Allegheny County Court that left them both on probation. Pryor, 30, a former Jeannette High School football standout, pleaded guilty to a summary count...
Police: 12-year-old Allentown girl found safe
A girl reported missing Monday afternoon from Pittsburgh’s Allentown neighborhood was found safe Tuesday, police said. Jaliyah Massey was reported missing from the Allentown neighborhood Monday afternoon, police said Tuesday....
Pennsylvania sets record for largest daily increase of new covid-19 cases
Pennsylvania reported 2,751 new covid-19 cases Tuesday, per the state Department of Health. New coronavirus cases in the state represent the largest daily increase to date, according to the state. The coronavirus death toll in Pennsylvania continued to grow as 23 new deaths were reported. All 23 deaths reported Tuesday...
‘It seems like yesterday’: Pittsburgh marks 2 years since Tree of Life massacreVideo
Joyce Fienberg. Richard Gottfriend. Rose Mallinger. Jerry Rabinowitz. David and Cecil Rosenthal. Bernice and Sylvan Simon. Daniel Stein. Melvin Wax. Irving Younger. Some days, two years feels like two days. Others, it feels like two lifetimes. “Sometimes, it feels like it was just yesterday,” said Carol Sikov Gross, president of...
Mail-in ballot processing resumes after power restored at Westmoreland County Courthouse
Mary Rose McGivern and her 19-year-old daughter Madeline, who is voting for the first time this year, turned in their application for mail-in ballots with just three minutes to spare before Tuesday’s 5 p.m. deadline. The McGiverns, of Delmont, were the last of the hundreds of voters who came to...
Westmoreland County adds most new covid-19 deaths since May
Westmoreland County had the most new covid-19 deaths since May reported Tuesday, according to the Pennsylvania Department of Health. The four coronavirus-related deaths are the most since May 18, when a record six were reported. The county also had 72 new covid-19 cases Tuesday, a case count that would have...
Pitt students asked to ‘shelter-in-place’ before Thanksgiving break
University of Pittsburgh students have been asked to shelter in place for 14 days leading up to Thanksgiving break, according to an email sent Monday morning from the school’s Covid-19 Medical Response Office. “There is an increased risk of spreading and contracting the virus when traveling and interacting with people...
Allegheny County covid-19 cases pass 15,000
Allegheny County reported 106 new covid-19 cases Tuesday, according to the county Health Department. One new coronavirus-related death was reported, as well. Total cases increased to 15,101 and total deaths are now 422. Allegheny County coronavirus by dayInfogram In the county, there are currently 154 covid-19 patients hospitalized, with 22...
Pittsburgh unveils new Downtown bike lane, making complete link to GAP trail
The final piece linking the Great Allegheny Passage to Point State Park is ready for bicyclists. On Monday, the city of Pittsburgh unveiled two-way bicycle lanes in a strategic part of Downtown. Now a biker can start from the fountain at the Point and roll for more than 150 miles...
Biden goes on offense in Georgia while Trump targets Midwest
WASHINGTON — One week until Election Day, Joe Biden is going on offense, heading Tuesday to Georgia — which hasn’t backed a Democrat for president since 1992 — and pushing into other territory where President Donald Trump was once expected to easily repeat his wins from four years ago. The...
Worst place, worst time: Trump faces coronavirus spike in Midwest
OSHKOSH, Wis. — Gabe Loiacono is the kind of voter President Donald Trump can ill afford to lose. He lives in a pivotal county of a swing state that is among a handful that will decide the presidency. A college history professor who last cast a ballot for a Democrat...
Police: Washington Township woman falsely claimed to be sheriff’s deputy
A Washington Township woman who police said has been repeatedly warned in the past to stop identifying herself as a sheriff’s deputy was charged with impersonating a public servant after an incident near her home. Barbara Lynne Szulc, 61, allegedly was riding a red lawnmower around Wellington Estates at 3:45...
Police: 72-year-old man dies after 1-vehicle crash in Fayette County
A 72-year-old man died after a single-vehicle crash in Fayette County, according to state police. State police said the incident happened around 5:20 a.m. Oct. 20 on Pittsburgh Road (Route 51) at Ash Road in North Union . According to state police, Abraham L. Sullivan of Uniontown was driving a...
Kiski police: Chase ensues after officers see boys smoking marijuana in store parking lot
A Kiski Township police vehicle was hit in a chase that ensued Monday night after police said they saw two juveniles smoking marijuana in the parking lot of a Dollar General store in North Apollo. Police did not identify the boys or disclose their ages or where they are from....
2 years after Tree of Life shooting, pandemic has ‘retraumatized people’
As leaders of Pittsburgh’s Jewish community mark two years since the Oct. 27, 2018, shooting at the Tree of Life synagogue, they are realizing that the second year can actually be harder than the first for survivors and relatives of those who died in the attack. “There are people who...
Philadelphia police shooting of Black man sparks unrestVideo
PHILADELPHIA —Police shot and killed a 27-year-old Black man on a Philadelphia street after yelling at him to drop his knife, sparking violent protests that police said injured 30 officers and led to dozens of arrests. The shooting occurred before 4 p.m. Monday as officers responded to a report of...
100,000 in Southern California to evacuate as blaze growsVideo
LOS ANGELES — Fast-moving wildfires forced evacuation orders for more than 100,000 people and seriously injured two firefighters in Southern California on Monday as powerful wind across the state prompted power to be cut to hundreds of thousands to prevent utility equipment from sparking new blazes. A smoky fire exploded...
Woman injured after being struck by vehicle in Pittsburgh’s Brookline neighborhood
A woman was hospitalized after being struck by a vehicle Monday night in Pittsburgh’s Brookline neighborhood. Allegheny County dispatch said the incident occurred around 8:25 p.m. along the 2000 block of West Liberty Avenue. Pittsburgh Public Safety spokesman Chris Togneri said the victim, a 20-year-old woman, was found by city...
TribLive Taste Test: Budget Halloween candyVideo
As we’re all well aware, there are many levels to the candy haul kids bring home on Halloween night. You have your first-tier candy, your Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups, your full-sized candy bars, etc. Then you have your middle-tier treats — stuff that’s not your favorite but still good, like...
Wolf’s office responds to Trump jabs at Lehigh Valley rally: ‘What the president said is inaccurate’Video
After President Trump stood before a cheering crowd Monday in Northampton County and blasted Gov. Tom Wolf repeatedly, a Wolf spokeswoman fired back, countering the Trump claims and calling one alleging interference in Trump rally planning “inaccurate.” Trump, speaking at a campaign rally outside HoverTech International in Hanover Township, several...
Allegheny County Health Department investigating tuberculosis case at Brentwood High School
The Allegheny County Health Department is investigating a case of active tuberculosis in a student at Brentwood High School, department spokesman Aaron Aupperlee reported Monday. “The student has attended school remotely from the beginning of the current school year, is receiving medication to treat the illness, and is expected to...
Democrats still hold the edge, but Pennsylvania voter registration gains favor GOPVideo
Mary Ann Hegan is part of a voter migration she never anticipated. The 72-year-old retiree from Laughlintown is among more than 486,000 Pennsylvania Democrats who have switched their registration to Republican since 2008. Moving the other way, Tim Gunter, 49, of Philipsburg is among 291,324 Republicans in the state to...
Pa. Liquor Control Board adding seasonal employees at stores
The Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board (PLCB) says it is looking for more than the usual number of people to fill seasonal jobs at its stores during the holiday season. “This year because of covid-19 and the added sanitation requirement, and just the extra work that’s involved, we want to make...
