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Blawnox staple Norman Nardini still rocking as he approaches 70
It’s a Friday night at the Starlite Lounge, a cozy club and restaurant on Freeport Road in Blawnox. On a tiny stage in a tiny room packed with middle-aged patrons looking to shed their working week blues, Norman Nardini is holding court. He greets everyone who walks through the door...
Witness in New Kensington cop killer’s case transferred amid safety concerns
A key witness in the trial of convicted New Kensington cop killer Rahmael Holt has been transferred out of the Westmoreland County Prison, the District Attorney’s Office said Friday . Assistant District Attorney Jim Lazar said Tavon Harper is being held in Washington County “for his protection.” Harper, 29, was...
Week in review: Market Square fire, Pirates’ Felipe Vazquez charged, ‘A Beautiful Day’ premiereVideo
The past week in Western Pennsylvania featured a fire in Market Square, child porn charges filed against suspended Pirates’ relief pitcher Felipe Vazquez and the debut of the Mister Rogers movie. Here’s a look back at some of the top stories of the week. Hemp-drying facility reopens A hemp-drying facility...
Tesla edges into pickup truck market with electric modelVideo
Tesla is aiming for the heart of the auto industry’s profit machine with its own version of the heavy pickup truck. Rolling onstage before a wall of lasers and flame at the Los Angeles Auto Show, the introduction of Tesla’s sharp-angled, stainless-steel “cybertruck” was not a quiet one. Nor was...
5 things to do in Pittsburgh this weekend: Nov. 22-24
The unofficial start to the holiday season begins this weekend with the annual Light Up Night. It’s one of many fun choices this weekend in Pittsburgh Shining bright Friday is your chance to see national recording artist and recent Queen frontman Adam Lambert as he leads the entertainment at the...
5 things to do in Westmoreland: Nov. 22-24
It’s that time again, the weekend is here and we’re all looking for something fun to do. Options are more numerous than usual this time of year, as the holiday season quickly approaches. Looking for unique gifts? Wreaths Across America — North Huntingdon will hold its second annual craft and...
Jerry Sandusky expected in court for new sentencing in abuse case
BELLEFONTE — Former Penn State assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky is expected in a Pennsylvania courtroom to be resentenced after an appeals court said mandatory minimum sentences had been improperly applied against him. The 75-year-old Sandusky will be resentenced Friday by Judge Maureen Skerda at the county courthouse in Bellefonte....
Joanne Rogers, Pittsburgh’s ‘luckiest widow’ savors seeing, appearing in Mister Rogers movieVideo
Joanne Rogers calls herself the luckiest widow in Pittsburgh. The presence of her late husband, Fred Rogers, is everywhere. “He is just there,” she said of Mister Rogers. “I don’t have to give up all of him. And, you know, thank goodness. I’m just fortunate.” The movie “A Beautiful Day...
Body of missing Bethel Park woman identified 7 weeks after being found in Nevada desert
Authorities in Nevada have confirmed that the body of a woman found in the desert is that of a missing Bethel Park woman. Jaime Feden’s remains were identified Thursday through dental records, according to Lincoln County (Nevada) Sheriff Kerry D. Lee. Feden, 33, was found Oct. 5 in a southern...
One of four suspects charged with killing a Pittsburgh cab driver found guilty
A Pittsburgh man will spend the rest of his life in jail for his role in the 2017 fatal beating of a cab driver in the city’s Beltzhoover neighborhood. Daniel Russell, 22, was found guilty Thursday of second-degree murder, robbery and conspiracy. He was one of four charged in connection...
WPIAL championship Saturday football facts and figures, Class 5A/2A edition
Four WPIAL football championships are in the books from last week with two more set for Saturday at Norwin HS. This marks the first year since 1985 that a high school venue will host multiple WPIAL football championship games. That year, the Class AAAA and AAA championship games were played...
Pennsylvania moves to raise cigarettes, e-cigs, other tobacco products to age to 21
The General Assembly Thursday put Pennsylvania on a track to become the 19th state in America to raise the minimum age for purchase of tobacco products to age 21, effective next July 1. The bill passed both the House, 135-49, and Senate, 44-5, and now heads to Gov. Tom Wolf’s...
How a movie about Mister Rogers came togetherVideo
Marielle Heller had a daunting task. As the director of “A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood,” she had the job of bringing a story to the big screen that involved two legendary performers: children’s TV host Fred Rogers and the multi-Oscar-winning actor playing him, Tom Hanks. Her mission became a...
Pittsburgh sinkhole that swallowed a bus could take months to repair
City officials believe it will take several more months to repair utility lines on Pittsburgh’s 10th Street that were damaged when a sinkhole opened up in October and swallowed a bus. Karina Ricks, director of the city’s Department of Mobility and Infrastructure, said the mishap damaged multiple utility lines that...
Greensburg, Pittsburgh hospitals sued over baby’s death
A Youngwood couple sued two local hospitals and medical personnel, claiming doctors and nurses failed to properly identify and treat a prenatal condition blamed for their son’s death in late 2017. In a 20-count wrongful death lawsuit, Joanie and Samuel Adams contend an ultrasound performed at UPMC Magee Womens Hospital...
Pennsylvanians to get more time on sex abuse charges, suits
HARRISBURG — The state where a grand jury’s groundbreaking report set off a new wave of reckoning over sexual abuse in the Roman Catholic Church passed legislation Thursday giving victims more time to sue and police more time to file charges. The Pennsylvania House sent the statute-of-limitations bill to Democratic...
DNA match leads to child sex assault charges against Greensburg man
A Greensburg man was arrested Thursday on charges of sexually assaulting a 6-year-old girl last spring after a forensic test revealed his DNA was on her clothing, police said. Michael T. Walker, 37, was arraigned on charges of involuntary deviate sexual intercourse, aggravated indecent assault, indecent assault on a person...
Firefighter hurt in 4-alarm blaze at Market Square restaurantVideo
A four-alarm fire during lunchtime Thursday heavily damaged a popular restaurant in Downtown Pittsburgh’s Market Square. Authorities were still investigating the cause of the blaze in the floors above Winghart’s Restaurant at 5 Market Square. The fire was reported shortly before noon and was upgraded to a four-alarm blaze by...
Judge temporarily stops 1st federal executions since 2003
WASHINGTON — A judge has temporarily halted the first federal executions in 16 years as a lawsuit on how the government intends to carry them out continues. U.S. District Judge Tanya S. Chutkan said in a Wednesday evening ruling that the public is not served by “short-circuiting” legitimate judicial process....
Ineligible Avonworth football player drops lawsuit against WPIAL, PIAA
Attorneys for ineligible Avonworth football player Kyros Thorpe withdrew his lawsuit against the WPIAL and PIAA on Thursday, ending his legal battle to play in the WPIAL football championship. Thorpe and his mother Anna Hollis had asked the Allegheny County Common Pleas Court to issue a preliminary injunction that would’ve...
North Huntingdon rejects liquor license transfer for Winghart’s
North Huntingdon officials rejected a request to transfer an expired liquor license from the former Winghart’s Burger Beer & Whiskey Bar in Hempfield to a closed tavern in North Huntingdon. The township commissioners on Wednesday unanimously rejected a request from Prasad Margabandhu and his brother, Sivram Bandhu, both of Pittsburgh,...
Police: Export man seriously hurt in motorcycle crash
An Export man was seriously injured Tuesday after being thrown from a motorcycle during a crash, state police said Thursday. Daniel H. Loughner, 35, was taken to AHN Forbes Hospital in Monroeville after the crash on Kennedy Avenue at 1:16 a.m. Troopers said Loughner was traveling at 45 mph near...
Westmoreland County Prison inmates charged with hiding drugs in peanut butter jar
Two inmates at the Westmoreland County Prison were arrested this week after county detectives said they hid paper containing synthetic marijuana inside a jar of peanut butter, according to court papers. Jail guards found the paper inside a cell occupied by Dameon Jerod Hill, 30, and Allen Coker III, 25,...
Monroeville home heavily damaged in fireVideo
A Monroeville home was heavily damaged by fire early Thursday morning. No one was hurt in the 5:30 a.m. blaze along Center Road. Police Chief Doug Cole said the home is being renovated and no one was inside when the fire started. Nora Nkonde, who lives across the street, said...
Cleveland company selling ‘Pittsburgh started it’ shirts after Steelers-Browns melee
They don’t necessarily like what Myles Garrett did, but one Cleveland-based company is pinning the blame for Garrett’s actions elsewhere. GV Art + Design is selling “Pittsburgh started it” shirts on its website a week after the Browns defensive end ripped the helmet off Steelers quarterback Mason Rudolph and struck...
