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Student charged with making threat that shut down Keystone Oaks School District
Police have charged a Keystone Oaks student with making violent, online threats that shut down the school district Tuesday, school and police officials said. The student, a juvenile who police did not identify, admitted to posting the threat in a YouTube Live Stream, according to Mt. Lebanon police Deputy Chief...
State police investigating dog shot in Butler County
State police in Butler are investigating after a dog was shot in the stomach Sunday in Concord Township. The dog, a German Shepherd Husky mix, later died, troopers said. The incident occurred between 3 and 7 p.m. in the area of 927 Hooker Road. Troopers said the dog’s owner found...
Forecast: Storm could blanket Western Pa. with 4 inches of snow by Wednesday
A storm expected to strike Tuesday night could blanket parts of Western Pennsylvania and neighboring states with more than 4 inches of snow by Wednesday, forecasters said. Snow and ice accumulation could cause dangerous travel conditions from Oklahoma to the Northeast — including Pennsylvania, Ohio, West Virginia and Maryland —...
Kindergartner brings loaded gun to Pittsburgh elementary school
A kindergarten student brought a loaded gun to Pittsburgh Faison K-5 elementary school in the city’s Homewood neighborhood on Monday, officials said. On the child’s afternoon bus ride home, another student told the bus driver about the gun, prompting the driver to search the kindergartner’s backpack and confiscate the weapon,...
Hempfield couple takes the cake on ‘Bake It Like Buddy’
A Hempfield couple dove into a baking contest on national TV — and walked away with the top prize. Gabrielle “Gigi” and Randy Thomas won Discovery Family Channel’s “Bake It Like Buddy” on Saturday. They competed against another married couple from Chester, Pa. The show is judged by television’s Cake...
Pastor: Higher fee won’t stop Easter egg hunt on Highlands property
The fee for a Brackenridge church to hold its annual Easter egg hunt on Highlands School District property has been slashed by more than half. The school district initially was going to charge Generations House of Worship $4,700 under its recently updated use-of-facilities policy. The fee included a $2,750 facility...
Century III Mall tenants instructed to vacateVideo
Shoppers wonder if Century III Mall could be closing for good after tenants received letters telling them to vacate their spaces. “It kind of breaks my heart,” said Laurel Pershing, 74, of Elizabeth Township, who has shopped at the 1.3-million-square-foot mall since its 1979 opening. “It was a beautiful mall...
New shops to open at Pittsburgh International Airport in spring
Travelers looking to do some shopping will have six new options at the Pittsburgh International Airport this spring. Fraport, which manages retail operations at the airport, announced the new additions in a statement Monday. The new stores will open in the Center Core of the airside terminal and will keep...
France’s fencing federation officially recognizes lightsaber dueling as sport
BEAUMONT-SUR-OISE, France — Master Yoda, dust off his French, he must. It’s now easier than ever in France to act out “Star Wars” fantasies, because its fencing federation has borrowed from a galaxy far, far away and officially recognized lightsaber dueling as a competitive sport, granting the iconic weapon from...
Trump handicaps 2020 Democratic contenders
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. — Kamala Harris had the best campaign roll-out. Amy Klobuchar’s snowy debut showed grit. Elizabeth Warren’s opening campaign video was a bit odd. Take it from an unlikely armchair pundit sizing up the 2020 Democratic field: President Donald Trump. In tweets, public remarks and private conversations,...
Sony reveals new image of Tom Hanks as Mister Rogers
Sony Pictures tweeted a new photo of Tom Hanks as Mister Rogers from the upcoming movie “A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood.” The movie is directed by Marielle Heller — who also directed the Oscar-nominated “Can You Ever Forgive Me?” — and based on a relationship between Latrobe-native Fred Rogers...
Popeyes in Oakland closes for good
The Popeyes restaurant in Oakland on the campus of the University of Pittsburgh permanently has closed, the Pitt News reported Monday. No reason was given for the closure of the restaurant, located at 3616 Fifth Ave., but a sign was placed on the door said another location on the South...
5 facts: James Buchanan, not the best president, but Pennsylvania’s only
Despite Pennsylvania’s prominent role in the American Revolution and the founding of the United States — it even had the nation’s capital for a time — the Keystone State has produced only one U.S. president. Meet James Buchanan. Buchanan served as the 15th president of the United States from 1857...
McCandless police chief returns to duty after suspension
McCandless police Chief David DiSanti returned to work Feb. 18 after agreeing to a corrective action plan developed after he was suspended from duty when a female officer accused him of engaging in inappropriate behavior toward her, officials said. DiSanti was placed on paid administrative leave Oct. 29 while town...
All lanes on I-279 open after truck crash causes traffic restrictions
Both lanes of Interstate 279 southbound are open as police have cleared an earlier crash. The highway had been restricted to one lane of traffic between the Interstate 79 split and Camp Horne Road Exit (Exit 8) because of the crash. The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation reported that emergency personnel...
Police: 3 dogs abandoned at Latrobe home after owners move out
Three dogs were rescued last week after apparently being abandoned in a Latrobe home that had been vacant for several weeks, according to police. A neighbor who heard the animals barking inside reported the situation to police Wednesday. Sgt. Joe Angus said officers found feces and urine throughout the Loyalhanna...
Police: Jeannette man involved in chase faces 10 new charges
A 37-year-old man who Greensburg police say led multiple Westmoreland County police departments on a chase between Jeannette and Penn Township, eventually crashing into a utility pole, has been charged with 10 more criminal and traffic complaints. Thomas Campbell, of Jeannette, is being held in the county jail on $75,000...
PWSA lifts ‘flush and boil’ advisory for 3 neighborhoods
The Pittsburgh Water and Sewer Authority has lifted a precautionary flush and boil water advisory for some 2,000 households in Hazelwood, Swisshelm Park and Greenfield. In a statement Monday, the PWSA said that two rounds of water quality testing did not show any evidence of contamination and that the water...
Police: Vandals slash tires, seats, scratch and dent cars at Pittsburgh auto show
Multiple cars showcased at the annual Pittsburgh International Auto Show were vandalized over the weekend, Pittsburgh police said . The vandals slashed tires and seats and made small dents and scratches to at least nine cars of varying makes and models, police said. According to a police, show organizers said...
Police: Allegheny Township woman climbed through window to evade arrest
Authorities were searching for a woman who they say climbed out of a window and knocked on her neighbors’ doors to avoid arrest Sunday night in Allegheny Township. When no neighbors let Cally Jade Mills, 26, inside their residence, she continued to run. “We believe that she’s hiding somewhere with...
Man burns to death after using portable toilet outside Baltimore Ravens stadium
A man is dead after apparently catching fire inside a portable toilet in a parking lot outside M&T Bank Stadium in Baltimore. The Baltimore City Fire Department reported on social media that three of the bathrooms units were engulfed in flames. BCFD on scene in the 1100blk of Russell St....
Pa. school threat system fields thousands of tips in first month
HARRISBURG, Pa. — A threat reporting system now required for all Pennsylvania schools fielded more than 4,900 tips in its first month, about a third of them considered serious enough to pass along to local police and school officials. The goal of the Safe 2 Say Something program, which funnels...
Officials: Centralia sinkhole unrelated to underground fire
CENTRALIA, Pa. — State environmental authorities say a 100-foot sinkhole found in a central Pennsylvania town almost completely emptied by a decades-long underground fire is unrelated to the blaze. The (Bloomsburg) Press Enterprise reports that a Department of Environmental Protection crew started work Friday to fill the sinkhole near Route...
D.C.’s many prankster activists turn anger into street theater
WASHINGTON — In the nation’s capital, it can be hard for protesters to stand out. Fifty people — or even 500 — holding signs and shouting hardly merits a second glance in this city of protests. That’s why Washington activists have to get creative. There’s an ethos of performative prankster-style...
Police: Cow found speared to death in Hempfield TownshipVideo
State police in Greensburg are trying to determine who impaled an Angus cow with a piece of farm machinery and left it to die at a Hempfield farm this month. “We have no leads, but I can tell you that whoever did this was extremely cruel,” Trooper Stephen Limani said...
