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Westmoreland Manor Legionella treatment cost nears $24K
The county spent nearly $24,000 to combat Legionella bacteria since late January, after it was discovered in the water system of Westmoreland Manor. Officials said Monday a private company was hired to flush the water systems at the county-owned nursing home in Hempfield with chlorine, while additional expenses included the...
Western Pa. average home sale price tops $200,000 for 1st time
Home sales in the Greater Pittsburgh market rose in 2019 and set a record for average sale price, West Penn Multi-List Inc. said in its year-end report. “It is a great time for people that have ever considered selling to get on the market because there is a lot of...
U.S. Steel, Allegheny County finalize Clairton Coke Works emissions settlement
The Allegheny County Health Department and U.S. Steel have finalized the terms of a June 2019 settlement agreement that required improvements at the Clairton Coke Works and created a Community Benefit Trust, the health department announced Monday. The final agreement includes naming Pittsburgh-based Smithfield Trust Company as the administrator of...
Chris Archer brings positive perspective to Pirates, promises ‘better version of myself’Video
BRADENTON, Fla. — Chris Archer arrived for the start of spring training sporting a new look after cutting off his signature, shoulder-length dreadlocks. What the Pittsburgh Pirates right-hander wants, following a career-worst season, is to rediscover the pitching form that made him a two-time All-Star and staff ace in Tampa...
Drugs fail to slow decline in inherited Alzheimer’s disease
Two experimental drugs failed to prevent or slow mental decline in a study of people who are virtually destined to develop Alzheimer’s disease at a relatively young age because they inherited rare gene flaws. The results announced Monday are another disappointment for the approach that scientists have focused on for...
Ben Roethlisberger Foundation announces new K-9 grants
The Ben Roethlisberger Foundation announced Monday it will distribute eight grants to police and fire dog programs in Western Pennsylvania and Ohio. The departments receiving funding this year from the Roethlisberger Foundation include Homestead, Butler, Beaver Falls, Indiana Township, Uniontown, Connellsville, as well as the Martins Ferry and Columbiana Police...
Harrison girl raises $3,300 for New Kensington police dog
Elementary-schooler Kaley Bastine is celebrating her latest successful event to raise money for police dogs in the Alle-Kiski Valley. On Saturday night, the Harrison girl hosted a candy fundraiser at Bird Dogs Sports Bar & Grill in Harrison and raised more than $3,300, according to her mom, Jamie Bastine. The...
‘This is my fault,’ Pittsburgh man allegedly tells police after shotgun blast kills 3-year-old
A 51-year-old Beltzhoover man allegedly told Pittsburgh police he was to blame for an early Sunday morning shooting that killed a 3-year-old girl. Marlin Pritchard told police he had been sleeping with a shotgun under his pillow with the barrel pointed toward two children sleeping in the same bed as...
Police: Hempfield man punched driver for causing dog, Taco Bell food to fall
A Hempfield man is accused by state police of punching another motorist after his Taco Bell order fell to the floor when he had to stop suddenly outside the restaurant, according to court papers. Michael A. Matrone, 62, was charged Monday with strangulation, simple assault and harassment. Troopers were called...
Green Grocer open Tuesdays outside closed Shop ‘n Save in Hill District
A weekly farmers market in Pittsburgh’s Hill District is settling into its new location in the neighborhood. The Greater Pittsburgh Community Food Bank moved its Green Grocer’s Hill District stop to outside a shuttered Shop ‘n Save at Centre Heldman Plaza along Centre Avenue at the beginning of the month...
Jury deliberations to begin in 2016 Wilkinsburg mass shooting case
Jurors in the 2016 Wilkinsburg mass shooting case will begin deliberations Tuesday morning after just six days of testimony in a trial that was expected to last up to three weeks. Presented with the option of staying for a few hours Monday evening and beginning deliberations, jurors chose to elect...
Kennywood’s general manager, marketing chief step down
Two executives for Kennywood Park have resigned, according to a spokesman for the amusement park in West Mifflin. The company announced that Jerome Gibas, general manager for Kennywood Park, stepped down from the post effective Feb. 5 and will be replaced on an interim basis by Rick Stammel, vice president...
Joe Manganiello tweets epic Oscar photo of Pittsburgh trio
The Academy Awards are Hollywood’s biggest night of the year, and Pittsburghers were looking good. While they may not have been up for any gold statues, Jeff Goldblum, Michael Keaton and Joe Manganiello certainly did Pittsburgh proud. The trio took a moment for a sweet photo op of them at...
Get your Goth on for Valentine’s Day in KittanningVideo
Valentine’s Day is going Gothic with a vampire-themed ball in Kittanning on Feb. 15. Hosted by Radioactive Events Center, the family-friendly, all-ages ball aims to be an alternative to the traditional chocolates/flowers/dinner Valentine’s trappings. Event creator and Radioactive President Mark Gibson, a North Vandergrift native with a musical background, says...
Threats of violence prompt Ringgold School District to close Monday, too
Ringgold School District in Washington County will be closed Monday while officials investigate reported threats of violence, district officials told parents in a letter Sunday. In a letter to parents and guardians, Superintendent Megan Marie Van Fossan said that administrators and district police were alerted to potential threats to student...
Beth Shalom’s men’s club serves up sports luncheon for 250 special needs residentsVideo
Beverly Virgona loves the Pittsburgh Pirates. “Oh, yeah. I like sports,” Virgona said, clutching a stuffed Pirates’ Parrot doll and just after meeting Iceburgh, the Pittsburgh Penguins mascot. Virgona, 52, of Clairton and a client of Mainstay Life Services in Scott Township, was one of more than 250 guests who...
Lindsey Graham: DOJ has process to review Giuliani’s Ukraine infoVideo
WASHINGTON — The chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, a close ally of President Donald Trump, said Sunday that the Justice Department has established a way to review information gathered in Ukraine by Trump personal lawyer Rudy Giuliani, who has targeted Democrat Joe Biden and his son. Sen. Lindsey Graham,...
Robert Conrad, star of ‘The Wild Wild West,’ dies at 84
LOS ANGELES — Robert Conrad, the rugged, contentious actor who starred in the hugely popular 1960s television series “Hawaiian Eye” and “The Wild Wild West,” died Saturday. He was 84. The actor died of heart failure in Malibu, California, family spokesperson Jeff Ballard said. A small private service is planned...
Police: 2nd officer shot in Bronx hours after ambush
NEW YORK — A gunman walked into a police station in the Bronx and started shooting early Sunday, wounding an officer just hours after a similar unprovoked attack that injured a different officer in a patrol van, according to police officials. Sunday’s shooting happened at the headquarters of the 41st...
‘QAnon’ conspiracy theory creeps into mainstream politics
MILWAUKEE (AP) — President Donald Trump was more than halfway through his speech at a rally in Milwaukee when one of his hand gestures caught the eye of a supporter standing in the packed arena. The 51-year-old woman believed the president had traced the shape of the letter “Q” with...
Pittsburgh man charged with homicide in death of 3-year-old girl shot in neck
Police have arrested a Pittsburgh man accused of homicide in connection to the fatal shooting of a 3-year-old girl in a Beltzhoover home early Sunday. Marlin Pritchard, 51, of the city’s Beltzhoover neighborhood faces homicide, child endangerment and gun charges in connection with the death of the child, Chassity Clancy....
Police: Peacemaker killed during mom and son’s gunfight in West Mifflin
A 19-year-old West Mifflin man told police he pulled a gun out Saturday night during a fight with his mother, then during a “tussle” he shot and killed a friend who was trying to “calm the situation,” court records show. Dante Terrell King faces a homicide charge in the death...
Use of inmate funds at Allegheny County Jail questioned
The Allegheny County Jail Oversight Board has formed a subcommittee to examine how funds generated by the inmate commissary are used to support jail programs and facilities. The Inmate Welfare Fund is intended to benefit the education and welfare of inmates, but recent requests for disbursements from the fund have...
Tredway Trail placards to chronicle lives of Native Americans, pioneers such as Massey Harbison
It’s a tough balancing act to celebrate the Alle-Kiski Valley’s rich Native American history while also paying homage to a local pioneer woman who was violently abducted by a group of Delaware and other American Indians. Ren Steele said he feels uniquely qualified to contribute to efforts to do both...
Out-of-sight: Pa. anglers don’t have to wear fishing licenses
Fishing licenses no longer need to be visible on anglers’ clothing as the Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission is soon ending the longtime regulation. “With this change, we’re making things more convenient for our anglers,” Tim Schaeffer, commission executive director, said in a press release. Apparently, there have been some...
