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Greensburg woman convicted in torture death to get another psych evaluation
Nearly a decade after Angela Marinucci and five other Greensburg roommates were arrested and charged with the torture slaying of a mentally challenged woman, Westmoreland County taxpayers continue to pay their legal bills. Common Pleas Court Judge Rita Hathaway this week approved the payment of another $1,150 to a private...
New recycling website unveiled by Allegheny County Controller’s OfficeVideo
Rhea Homa is a recycling advocate. But as she’s lived in three places in Allegheny County — Monroeville, Verona and the Pittsburgh neighborhood of Squirrel Hill — she’s encountered three different rules about recycling. “It’s not easy to determine what those rules are,” Homa, now of Verona, said Friday at...
Let it snow! Seven Springs making snow for season
Music to the ears of some: Seven Springs has snow. In a Facebook video, the Champion resort said it had fired up the snow-making equipment Thursday night and posted pictures of the powder. There is an inch of natural and 3 inches of machine snow, according to Seven Springs’ website....
3 trains derail in Hempfield; 50 railroad cars jump tracks; no injuries reported
Three Norfolk Southern Corp. mixed-freight trains were involved in a derailment about three miles east of Greensburg on Friday that derailed 50 shipping containers, blocking both rail lines that carry freight and passenger traffic on the heavily-traveled route between Pittsburgh and Philadelphia, the railroad said. No one was reported injured...
Daily Download: Chelsa Wagner, Designer Days and WPIAL football playoffsVideo
Reporter Paul Guggenheimer discusses the Allegheny County Controller Chelsa Wagner heading to trial in Detroit next week, the 49th annual Designer Days this weekend in Lawrenceville and the second week of the WPIAL football playoffs....
PNC Park stair climb to honor fallen firefighters
First responders and members of the public will climb 2,200 steps at PNC Park on Pittsburgh’s North Shore on Saturday to honor firefighters who died in the line of duty. The Fallen Firefighter Memorial Stair Climb was organized by the National Fallen Firefighters Foundation and the Pittsburgh Pirates. The event...
Day 5: DNA, bullets take spotlight in Rahmael Holt murder trialVideo
No DNA or fingerprints place Rahmael Holt at the scene of New Kensington police Officer Brian Shaw’s murder, according to testimony Friday in Holt’s ongoing capital murder case in Westmoreland County Court. Testimony from another expert witness called into question the ability of a witness to identify the type of...
Unidentified man robs Bloomfield drug store
An unidentified man robbed a Bloomfield drug store Thursday evening, Pittsburgh police said. Police said the suspect walked into the store in the 4400 block of Howley Street around 8:30 p.m., made a motion to indicate he had a gun and snatched cash from a register. The suspect never displayed...
Allegheny County Controller Chelsa Wagner looking forward to her trial in DetroitVideo
Allegheny County Controller Chelsa Wagner said Friday she is looking forward to going to trial next week on criminal charges stemming from a March 6 confrontation in Detroit with employees of a hotel and police officers. “Basically we’re looking forward to having everything be fully revealed,” Wagner said. “I certainly...
Charges dismissed against fired Ross cop accused of illegally using computers
All charges have been dismissed against a Ross Township police officer accused of illegally using department computers to search internal files. District Judge Daniel Butler on Thursday dismissed the two felony counts of unlawful use of a computer filed July 22 against Mark Sullivan by agents from the State Attorney...
Spruce planted in New York in 1959 becomes Rockefeller Center Christmas treeVideo
Carol Schultz of Florida, N.Y., planted a 4 foot Norway spruce in her yard in spring 1959. She wasn’t sure it would survive. Sixty years later, she watched as the tree was cut down in her yard, lifted by a crane and hauled to New York City, where it will...
New Monroeville spot, Big Rig’s BBQ, serves up ribs, brisket, pulled pork
An Anthony Bourdain quote painted on the wall at Big Rig’s BBQ in Monroeville reads, “Barbecue may not be the road to world peace, but it’s a start.” Owners Josh and Susan Toney, along with Chef Eric Delliquadri, hope diners will reach similar culinary enlightenment at their new restaurant. They’re...
5 things to do in Pittsburgh this weekend: Nov. 8-10
This Veterans Day weekend includes the 100th anniversary of the city’s parade as well as other happenings. Veterans Day Parade The 100th anniversary of the Pittsburgh Veterans Day Parade is Saturday in Downtown. The event kicks off at Liberty Avenue and 10th Streets. Vietnam Veteran and Purple Heart recipient Jack...
5 things to do in Westmoreland: Nov. 8-10Video
With Election Day in the rear-view mirror, it’s a good time to cast off the weight of the world (or at least, the weight of local politics) and find something fun to do. Here are a few events promising a good time this weekend in Westmoreland County: Step back in...
Get in the spirit with ‘Very Merry Pittsburgh’ at the Heinz History Center
There’s no place like Western Pennsylvania for the holidays. The region’s rich heritage and family traditions during the winter months will be celebrated in a new exhibition, “A Very Merry Pittsburgh,” opening Nov. 16 at the Senator John Heinz History Center in the city’s Strip District. Anne Madarasz, chief historian...
McKnight Road reopens after water main break
The northbound lanes of McKnight Road in Ross Township have reopened after a major water main break, according to Ross Township police. The break happened around 5:30 a.m. on the corner of McKnight and Nelson Run Road. With temperatures below freezing, officials were concerned the flooded road could turn icy....
Car lands on top of 2 others in Pittsburgh crash
One car landed on top of two others after a crash in Pittsburgh’s Crawford-Roberts neighborhood, according to Tribune-Review news partner WPXI. The crash happened just before 12:30 a.m. Friday on Dinwiddie Street. Nobody was hurt, officials told WPXI. Other details about the crash were not immediately available. The vehicles were...
Pittsburgh man faces 13 charges after arrest for alleged string of attacks
A Pittsburgh man is facing 13 charges after performing a string of attacks on family members and intimate partners in Pittsburgh and Mt. Oliver Borough, according to police. Devin Montgomery, 23, was arrested just before 5:15 a.m. Thursday in the 300 block of Birmingham Avenue in Carrick. His charges include...
Judge fines Trump $2 million for misusing charity foundationVideo
NEW YORK — A judge Thursday ordered President Donald Trump to pay $2 million to an array of charities as a fine for misusing his own charitable foundation to further his political and business interests. New York state Judge Saliann Scarpulla imposed the penalty after the president admitted to a...
Western Pennsylvania sees first snow flakes of the seasonVideo
Let it snow? Yep, it’s here. It might only be a week into November, but the first snowflakes of the season started to fall in Western Pennsylvania on Thursday night and into Friday morning. According to the National Weather Service in Pittsburgh, light snow will continue with little or no...
Pittsburgh police: Woman critical after being hit by vehicle in Lawrenceville
A 71-year-old woman was hospitalized in critical condition Thursday afternoon after being struck by a vehicle in Lawrenceville. Pittsburgh Public Safety officials said police responded to a pedestrian accident around 1:50 p.m. Thursday at 51st and Butler streets. The woman was found unconscious on the street and taken to UPMC...
Walmart sells beer, wine in state for 1st time; Westmoreland sales coming
Walmart is now selling beer and wine in Pennsylvania. On Thursday, the retail giant celebrated the grand opening of a former McDonald’s-turned-beer and wine cafe inside the Walmart Supercenter in Uniontown, the first of several planned statewide. Officials announced at the event that Walmart recently purchased five more restaurant liquor...
Pennsylvania tax revenues for 1st quarter at 6.1% above pre-recession peak
At least we’re not Ohio. A new report by the Pew Charitable Trusts that looks at state tax revenues at the end of the first quarter of 2019 found they were up 13 percent across the nation since their pre-recession peak in 2008. “The results mean that states collectively had...
Pro athletes, players’ unions seek to halt Pittsburgh ‘jock tax’
Two professional hockey players, a former baseball player and players unions are challenging Pittsburgh’s so-named “jock tax” and seeking a court injunction that would prevent the city from collecting it. The plaintiffs are former Penguin Scott Wilson, now in the Buffalo Sabres’ minor league system, Kyle Palmieri, a right winger...
Western Pa. salt trucks ready for ice, slick roads as temps dropVideo
There’s isn’t much snow predicted for the Pittsburgh region over the next week, but the chance that temperatures will dip into the upper teens next week has kicked preparations for dealing with any accumulation or ice into high gear. The weather forecast for tonight through Friday afternoon calls for a...
