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Body pulled from Monongahela River is identified
The Allegheny County Medical Examiner’s Office has identified a body found Sunday in the Monongahela River as a 56-year-old man who lived outside of the area. Elizabeth Borough’s water rescue team pulled Donald L. Wilson from the river, near the 700 block of West Elizabeth’s 1st Street, on Sunday afternoon,...
New phase of Penn Avenue reconstruction in Pittsburgh to begin with extensive detours
A new phase of the Penn Avenue reconstruction project begins this week, and with it, headaches for East End commuters and businesses straddling Penn in Bloomfield and Garfield. Gulisek Construction began detouring traffic around the project on Monday. The City of Pittsburgh said it expects the reconstruction to go on...
O’Connor unveils Pittsburgh permitting system reforms
Pittsburgh Mayor Corey O’Connor on Monday announced permitting reforms to make it quicker and easier to build in the city, following through on a campaign promise to slash red tape for new development. “My goal as mayor is to see growth across Pittsburgh and to have a transparent and efficient...
The Fresh Market sets opening date for 1st Pittsburgh store
The former Whole Foods in Pittsburgh’s Shadyside neighborhood is nearly back to being a grocery store. The Fresh Market is scheduled to open March 18 at 5880 Centre Ave., returning an upscale grocer to the site four years after Whole Foods left for new digs nearby in East Liberty. North...
Butler County Community College to launch radiologic technology program
Butler County Community College officials say a new radiologic technology program will prepare students for a high-demand career. The college plans to launch a radiologic technology program in August 2027. “We saw, across the board, a need for radiological technologists,” said Julia Carney, Butler County Community College’s dean of nursing...
Pennsylvania state police trooper shot and killed in a traffic stop, authorities say
PAOLI — A Pennsylvania State Police trooper was shot and killed by a man he had pulled over in a traffic stop Sunday night, authorities said. Cpl. Tim O’Connor was killed as he approached the car when the driver fired from inside the vehicle, the state’s acting police commissioner, Lt....
Where things stand after another weekend of war
Iran has named a son of its late supreme leader as his successor. President Donald Trump already had expressed disdain for Mojtaba Khamenei, calling him “unacceptable.” The Islamic Republic’s war strategy now has a new commander, and the powerful paramilitary Revolutionary Guard has pledged allegiance. Oil prices shot above $100...
U.S. tomahawk hit naval base beside Iranian school, video shows
A newly released video adds to the evidence that a U.S. missile likely hit an Iranian elementary school where 175 people, many of them children, were reported killed. The video, uploaded Sunday by Iran’s semiofficial Mehr News Agency and verified by The New York Times, shows a Tomahawk cruise missile...
Bethel Park man dies in crash in South Park
A man was killed in a crash early Monday morning in South Park, according to the Allegheny County Medical Examiner. Timothy George Pagliei, 55, of Bethel Park was in a vehicle that crashed on Brownsville Road at 12:35 a.m. The wreck happened near the intersection with Wallace Road. Traffic on...
Legislation would boost tech school capacity as enrollment spikes
Jason Lucia took over in late 2020 as administrative director at Central Westmoreland Career and Technology Center in New Stanton, beginning the school year with 990 students. When the doors opened last fall, that number had shot up about 50% to 1,500. Direct paths to high-demand jobs have skyrocketed enrollment...
Revenue-sharing era reshapes recruiting, strategy at Pitt, Duquesne
College coaches are cutting to the chase when courting student-athletes, centering their recruiting pitches around revenue-sharing compensation. Behind the scenes, administrators scramble to ensure their institutions are competitively positioned to pay players, while those involved with sports other than football and men’s basketball ponder their place — and existence —...
Lawsuit filed in fatal 2020 turnpike bus crash moved to Westmoreland County
A consolidated lawsuit filed in the aftermath of a 2020 bus crash on the Pennsylvania Turnpike near Mt. Pleasant that killed five people and injured about 60 will be litigated in Westmoreland County. The state Supreme Court, in an opinion issued last fall, sided with lawyers for two dozen plaintiffs...
AI is spurring a big expansion of high-voltage power lines. Landowners and locals are fighting back
SUGARLOAF, Pa. — For John Zola, the 40 acres were like a paradise: apple orchards tucked into northern Pennsylvania’s rolling hills, a barn, meadows and more than enough land for four houses: one for himself and his wife and each of his three adult children. It’s been “hell,” however, since...
Travelers encounter long waits at some airports as DHS shutdown affects security checkpoints
Travelers complained of long waits Sunday — lasting hours in some cases — at security checkpoints at airports in Houston and New Orleans, which officials blamed on a government shutdown of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security. The estimated wait time at the standard security checkpoint at the William P....
Crude oil prices surpass $100 a barrel as the Iran war impedes production and shipping
CHICAGO — Oil prices eclipsed $114 per barrel for the first time since 2022 on Monday as the Iran war intensified, threatening production and shipping in the Middle East. The price for a barrel of Brent crude, the international standard, surged past $114 after trading resumed on the Chicago Mercantile...
Happy 345th birthday, Pennsylvania: Bushy Run celebrates Charter DayVideo
Henry Bowden rattled off minute details of William Penn’s life with ease. But when it came time for him to replicate the signature of the founder of Pennsylvania, he took his time. He scrawled “Wm Penn” with a flourish similar to Penn’s actual autograph, though using a modern-day ballpoint pen....
Pentagon announces 7th U.S. death in war with Iran
Another U.S. service member has died in the war with Iran, the Pentagon said Sunday, bringing the number of U.S. troops killed in the conflict to seven. The service member, who was not publicly identified while the military notifies relatives, was seriously injured March 1 when Iran struck a Saudi...
U.S. considers idea of special operation to seize Iran’s uranium
President Donald Trump is weighing the option of deploying special forces on the ground to seize Iran’s near-bomb-grade uranium, as officials grow increasingly concerned the stockpile may have been moved, according to three diplomatic officials briefed on the matter. The U.S. and Israel struck key nuclear facilities during last June’s...
Authorities identify man found dead on I-70 in Washington County
Authorities in Washington County have identified the man found dead on Interstate 70 early Sunday morning. He is Timothy F. Booker, 46, of Avella, the Washington County Coroner’s office announced Monday night. As the coroner’s office reported Sunday, a truck driver called 911 shortly after 4 a.m. Sunday and said...
Iran names Khamenei’s son to succeed him, signaling no letup in war as oil prices surge
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Iran named the hard-line Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei to succeed his late father as supreme leader on Monday, signaling no letup in the war launched by the United States and Israel. Oil prices surged as Iran attacked regional energy infrastructure and the U.S. and Israel bombed...
From gas wells to goals: How Tuffy Shallenberger saved the Pittsburgh Riverhounds
A Connellsville entrepreneur who has built a business empire of 19 companies, ranging from construction and capital to catering and concessions, has been a core player in sustaining professional soccer in Pittsburgh. Pittsburgh Riverhounds owner Terrance C. “Tuffy” Shallenberger Jr., 58, of Connellsville in Fayette County, became involved in soccer...
Big dreams: Pittsburgh Riverhounds owner remains committed to $175M Highmark Stadium expansion
As the Pittsburgh Riverhounds seek to repeat as champions of the United Soccer League Championship, the team is seeking a $7 million state grant as part of its effort to triple seating capacity at Highmark Stadium on Pittsburgh’s South Shore. Seating for 15,000 people at the facility would meet the...
Warm weather helps boost turnout for New Kensington’s 5th annual St. Patty’s Day Pub Crawl
St. Patrick’s Day came early in the Alle-Kiski Valley, with the area’s fifth annual pub crawl being held on Saturday. The record-setting warm weather before the late afternoon storms contributed to last-minute ticket buying, which helped boost participation over 300, said Michelle Thom, manager of Voodoo Brewing in New Kensington....
Thaddeus Mosley, Pittsburgh sculptor of international stature, dies at 99
Thaddeus Mosley, an internationally known sculptor who worked from a studio in Pittsburgh’s North Side, died Friday at the age of 99. An influential figure within Pittsburgh’s arts world, Mosley worked most often with salvaged wood to create monumental structures. He built a body of work over decades, while working...
Wind-related power outages clearing up as temperature record broken
Power outages related to heavy winds on Saturday afternoon were clearing up by Sunday morning as a temperature record was broken. Clear skies earlier Saturday helped the Pittsburgh area set a new record high temperature, reaching 78 degrees at about 3 p.m., meteorologist Andrew Kienzle said. The previous record of...
