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Overdose deaths in Pittsburgh region decline sharply
After several years of slow-but-steady increases and two years of sharp climbs, drug overdose deaths in Southwestern Pennsylvania declined by more than 40 percent last year. Preliminary reports from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention for the first quarter of 2018 suggest it is a trend that has spread...
Pittsburgh’s Kolb brothers ‘brought the world to the Grand Canyon’
Ellsworth Kolb left Pittsburgh in 1900 with $2 in his pocket. He nearly ended up in China. After working his way across the country to San Francisco, he signed on with the crew of a freighter headed across the Pacific. But before he shipped out, something swayed him to go...
2 injured in 3-car crash on West Carson Street
Two women were injured in a three-car crash on West Carson Street near Telford Street on Saturday. One car rolled over and the driver was trapped inside. She was extricated by the EMS rescue crew. Pittsburgh’s Zone 6 officers and EMS responded to the crash around 4:50 p.m., Pittsburgh Public...
2 Sacramento cops who shot Stephon Clark won’t face charges
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — The two Sacramento police officers whose fatal shooting of an unarmed black man last year prompted nationwide protests will not face criminal charges, prosecutors announced Saturday. Sacramento County District Attorney Anne Marie Schubert said Officers Terrance Mercadal and Jared Robinet used lethal force lawfully. The officers have...
Several inches of snow expected for Pittsburgh region
The winter storm expected to blanket much of Southwestern Pennsylvania with 4 to 6 inches of snow was downgraded Sunday to 1 to 3 inches of snow during the day and an additional 1 to 2 inches between midnight and 2 a.m. Monday, the National Weather Service in Moon said...
Antonio Brown takes on Steelers in lengthy ESPN interviewVideo
INDIANAPOLIS — Mr. Big Chest had a lot to get off his, and he did it by opening up to ESPN in an interview televised Saturday morning. Antonio Brown spoke at length about his drama-filled season with the Pittsburgh Steelers during an eight-and-a-half minute segment that aired on SportsCenter as...
America’s newest crew capsule rockets toward space station
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — America’s newest capsule for astronauts rocketed Saturday toward the International Space Station on a high-stakes test flight by SpaceX. The only passenger was a life-size test dummy, named Ripley after the lead character in the “Alien” movies. SpaceX needs to nail the debut of its crew...
Man identified in fatal Derry Twp. crash
A 77-year-old Blairsville man was killed Friday afternoon in a head-on collision along Route 217 in Derry Township, state police at Greensburg said. Robert L. Cochran of Indiana Avenue was killed when his southbound sport-utility vehicle was hit by a northbound vehicle as it approached the area of Curnow Drive...
WPIAL basketball, wrestling championships conclude Saturday on Trib HSSN
A wild week of WPIAL championships will come to a close with more thrilling action Saturday on the TribLive High School Sports Network. Here is where you can follow along. The WPIAL basketball championships will wrap up with Day 3 contests at Pitt’s Petersen Events Center. At 11 a.m., the...
Antonio Brown further dumps on Ben Roethlisberger, Steelers in HBO broadcastVideo
Speaking to an empathetic audience of seven others in addition to an HBO film crew, Antonio Brown once again lashed out at Ben Roethlisberger and the Pittsburgh Steelers by way of telling his side of the story that’s led to his pending divorce from the organization. Brown was a guest...
Neo-Nazi group’s leader is black man who vows to dissolve it
One of the nation’s largest neo-Nazi groups appears to have an unlikely new leader: a black activist who has vowed to dismantle it. Court documents filed Thursday suggest James Hart Stern wants to use his new position as director and president of the National Socialist Movement to undermine the Detroit-based...
Trial begins for man accused of killing family in Thanksgiving Day crash
Testimony began this week in the trial of man charged with killing a family of three Thanksgiving Day in 2016 as he tried to flee police near Route 30 in North Versailles. David Bianco, his fiancée, Kaylie Meininger and her young daughter Annika died when their Ford Taurus burst into...
Debating how best to confront chronic wasting disease in Pennsylvania
It always has been a matter of when, not if, given the events of the last few years. It’s when. Chronic wasting disease, or CWD, is in Pennsylvania’s elk range. To be clear, no one has detected yet the always fatal ailment that affects deer, elk, moose and other cervids...
Mark Madden: Portraying Steelers’ Antonio Brown as a victim is laughable
ESPN will broadcast a lengthy interview with Antonio Brown. Get out your shovels and a clothespin for your nose. The horse flop will be deep. Samples of Brown’s long-awaited revelations have been broadcast. Steelers general manager Kevin Colbert provided a hole, and Brown drove a semi right through it. Colbert...
1 dead in Derry Twp. crash on Route 217
At least one person has died following a two-car crash Friday that closed a stretch of Route 217 in Derry Township. The crash happened just before 5 p.m. near the intersection of Route 217 and Curnow Road, according to Westmoreland County emergency dispatchers. Route 217 was closed for about four-and-a-half...
Luxury movie theater planned for closed Bally’s fitness in Pittsburgh’s Downtown
The Pittsburgh Cultural Trust is planning a six-screen movie theater in a Downtown building that had a long history as a cinema before it was turned into a health club. Kevin McMahon, who heads the cultural trust, said the organization is renovating the building at 115 Sixth St. with plans...
2 arrested after Monessen police seize ‘significant amount’ of suspected heroin, 4 guns
Monessen police arrested two people Friday after seizing a “significant amount” of suspected heroin and four handguns during a raid at an address where a man was fatally shot in June. Authorities served a search warrant at a Summit Avenue apartment just after 6 a.m. in connection with a drug...
Hempfield’s Bovard neighborhood to be checked for mine subsidence
Several homes in the Bovard neighborhood of Hempfield could be prone to mine subsidence, according to the Department of Environmental Protection. Officials believe between 60 and 80 homes in the Bovard area could be located in a subsidence prone area, according to agency spokeswoman Lauren Fraley. Mine subsidence occurs when...
2 charged in Monroeville kidnapping plead not guiltyVideo
Two men pleaded not guilty at a preliminary hearing March 1 after being charged in the February kidnapping of a Monroeville woman and demanding $50,000 and four pounds of marijuana from her son. All charges against Justice J. McCallum, 24, of Penn Hills and Derrick D. Duke, 25, of Swissvale...
Text messages’ meaning debated in sex assault trial of Pittsburgh restaurateurVideo
The attorney for a former Pittsburgh restaurant owner charged with sexual assault had only one question after the jury watched surveillance footage Friday that prosecutors say shows the man slowly, but surely, following the alleged victim and her friends to their cars six blocks away. He wanted to know if...
Bail set for Hempfield man accused of marijuana dealing
A Hempfield man accused by police of having more than 50 of pounds of marijuana at his home could get out of jail to await trial — if he comes up with half a million dollars. District Judge Mark Mansour set bond at a total of $500,000 in two cases...
EBay rethinking future of StubHub and classified business
NEW YORK — EBay said Friday that it is considering the sale or spin-off its ticket-reselling site StubHub and its classified ads business after a push from an activist investor. Back in January, Elliott Management said in a letter to the company in that it believed the e-commerce company would...
Police seize $20K in heroin, stolen gun in Rankin bust
Authorities seized close to 40 bricks of heroin and a stolen gun while serving a search warrant early Friday morning in Rankin. Police arrested Mychael Reid, 33, and Brandon Coleman, 21, after executing the search warrant at an apartment in the Hawkins Village housing complex. Authorities said they seized 38...
5 bakeries you may not have heard of but need to try
There’s something sweet about a trip to a bakery. The parking woes at the new Oakmont Bakery are a testament to that, as people flock to the new location in search of the fresh-baked goodness that’s made there. But Oakmont’s not the only shop in the region that’s worthy of...
Westmoreland County coroner reports highest caseload in department history in 2018
The Westmoreland County Coroner’s office responded to the highest caseload in the department’s history last year, according to Deputy Coroner Joshua Zappone. The coroner’s 2018 annual report — officially released Friday — shows about a 50-case increase since 2017, marking a gradual increase in cases since 2008. Of the 2,875...
