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Man arrested, hospitalized after woman found dead in Greenfield apartment
Pittsburgh police officers responding to a domestic dispute found a dead woman at an apartment in Greenfield Sunday afternoon. According to police, officers responded to the call in the 700 block of Montclair Street just before 2 p.m. Officers found the woman upon arriving and entering the apartment. While conducting...
Summer Lee joins protesters calling for ICE to get out of Pittsburgh
U.S. Rep. Summer Lee was among demonstrators Sunday in Pittsburgh calling for Immigration and Customs Enforcement to be abolished. “You can’t reform oppression. You can’t reform hatred. You have to abolish it. You have to extinguish it wherever it exists,” said Lee, D-Swissvale, standing in the snow at Three Rivers...
Diocese of Pittsburgh to close 7 churches next month
The Diocese of Pittsburgh will close seven of eight churches in its Saint Joseph the Worker Parish next month. During Saturday evening and Sunday morning Masses, pastor Rev. Michael Stumpf read churchgoers a letter written by Bishop Mark Eckman, outlining the closure of the seven churches — Good Shepherd in...
John Fetterman asks DHS to halt development of ICE detention centers in Pennsylvania, saying they will burden local communities
U.S. Sen. John Fetterman, D-Braddock, is calling on the Department of Homeland Security to hit the brakes on its plan to develop two Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention centers in Pennsylvania, saying they would have a negative impact on local communities. “While I have been clear in my support for...
Investigation continues a week after Savannah Guthrie mother was reported missingVideo
TUCSON, Ariz. — The urgent investigation into the apparent kidnapping of 84-year-old Nancy Guthrie continued Sunday, a week after the mother of “Today” show host Savannah Guthrie was reported missing in Arizona. Savannah Guthrie solemnly told the potential kidnappers in a social media video released Saturday that the family was...
U.S .Olympians speaking up about politics at home face online backlash — including from Trump
MILAN — U.S. President Donald Trump on Sunday said that it is hard to cheer for American Olympians who are speaking out against administration policies, calling one such critic “a real Loser” who perhaps should have stayed home. It was the latest and most prominent example of U.S. Olympians at...
Breezy Johnson wins 1st gold for U.S. at Milan Cortina Olympics after Lindsey Vonn crashes
MILAN — The crash. The gasps. The helicopter. Lindsey Vonn’s frightening fall in the women’s downhill at the Milan Cortina Olympics couldn’t help but overshadow U.S. teammate Breezy Johnson’s feat — winning her country’s first gold medal at these Games. Johnson’s victory Sunday in Cortina wasn’t the Olympic comeback story...
From Darkness to Light: The Marc Fogel Story
On Aug. 13, 2021, Marc and Jane Fogel pulled away from their white colonial-style home in Oakmont to drive to New York City. There, they boarded a plane to Moscow to begin their final year teaching at the Anglo-American School, an elite institution built for the children of western diplomats....
Early-morning fire at Ross Park Mall started in construction site
Ross Park Mall delayed its opening Sunday from 11 a.m. to noon after an early-morning fire between the mall’s floors. The call came in around 4:15 a.m., said Dillon Coleman, chief of the Berkeley Hills Fire Company. Contractors were completing renovations overnight on the first floor of the mall near...
Man dies in wrong-way crash on Parkway West
A man was killed and another was injured in a wrong-way crash Sunday on the Parkway West, police said Pennsylvania State Police said the crash occurred at 3:54 a.m. on the Parkway West near the Campbells Run Road exit. A blue Toyota Prius was traveling eastbound in the westbound lanes...
Editorial: Fixing the Sunshine Act’s notice problem
Since 1957, Pennsylvania has codified a responsibility to make public meetings accessible to the people. The state law also evolved, eventually becoming what is now known as the Sunshine Act. The earlier Open Meetings Law required only the most basic transparency. If a vote was taken, the meeting had to...
‘We will pay,’ Savannah Guthrie says in desperate video plea to potential kidnappers of her mother
TUCSON, Ariz. — Savannah Guthrie told the potential kidnappers of her mother Nancy Guthrie on Saturday that the family is prepared to pay for her safe return, as the frantic search for the 84-year-old Arizona resident has entered a seventh day. “We received your message, and we understand. We beg...
Brookline home destroyed by fire, man arrested, Pittsburgh police say
A home in Pittsburgh’s Brookline neighborhood was destroyed by a fire that was fueled by lighter fluid, police said Saturday. According to Pittsburgh Public Safety, police and firefighters responded to a reported structure fire in the 1500 block of Ballinger Street around 11:45 a.m. A relative called 911 and reported...
‘Injustice system’: Fogel maps legal strategy for court, and ultimately feels Russian wrathVideo
On Aug. 13, 2021, Marc and Jane Fogel pulled away from their white colonial-style home in Oakmont to drive to New York City. There, they boarded a plane to Moscow to begin their final year teaching at the Anglo-American School, an elite institution built for the children of western diplomats....
Oakmont man released from ICE custody ‘profoundly relieved and grateful to God,’ attorney says
The Flores family is back together after Jose Flores was released from Immigration and Customs Enforcement custody Saturday. A Saturday evening Instagram post from Oakmont Bakery, where Flores works, said Flores was released and reunited with his family. The post thanks various parties, including ICE officials, “who made the decision...
Downtown New Kensington businesses cater to women with city’s new ‘Galentine’s Day’ eventVideo
Wickedly cold winds and slushy streets and sidewalks didn’t deter women from coming to downtown New Kensington on Saturday afternoon for a little gal time. Businesses on or near Fifth Avenue participated in the first Galentine’s Day event, sponsored by the New Ken Downtown Partnership. In addition to storefronts, several...
Collectors at South Hills Coin Club show weigh in on value of penny, precious metals
Monessen resident Dave Burdis still remembers the day his father, a bank teller, brought home a half dime coin from work. Burdis, now 74, was just 9 at the time. “I was amazed at it. I couldn’t believe it,” he said. “A half dime? What is that? So I researched...
Homeowner fatally stabs 83-year-old man who broke into Lincoln-Lemington-Belmar house, police say
An 83-year-old man was found dead after breaking into a house in Pittsburgh’s Lincoln-Lemington-Belmar neighborhood Saturday morning, according to Pittsburgh police. Officers went to the 7200 block of Hilliards Street around 8 a.m. According to police, a homeowner called 911 and reported that a man broke into his home around...
Verizon’s FIOS TV customers will be able to watch the Super Bowl, Olympics on WPXI
FIOS TV customers will be able to watch the Super Bowl and the Winter Olympics on Pittsburgh’s WPXI after a dispute that started in December between the Verizon television service and Cox Media Group. Cox Media is WPXI’s parent company. Verizon failed to reach an agreement on a new retransmission...
Driver charged nearly 4 months after teacher, student hit by SUV on sidewalk outside Westinghouse Academy
A woman was under the influence of alcohol when she hit a teacher and a student on a sidewalk outside of Westinghouse Academy in Homewood West in October, according to charges filed by Pittsburgh police. Nickeya C. Mitchell, 57, of Homewood West was charged Thursday with felony counts of aggravated...
Epstein revelations have toppled top figures in Europe while U.S. fallout is more muted
LONDON — A prince, an ambassador, senior diplomats, top politicians. All brought down by the Jeffrey Epstein files. And all in Europe, rather than the United States. The huge trove of Epstein documents released by the U.S. Department of Justice has sent shock waves through Europe’s political, economic and social...
Boil water advisory impacting 95K in Allegheny, Washington counties could take ‘several days’ to lift
About 95,000 Pennsylvania American Water customers, including those in select Allegheny County communities, may be boiling their water for days after an advisory was issued Saturday, a company spokesman said. A power surge early Saturday morning depleted water storage at a tank in Washington County, the water company said in...
Harmony woman dies at scene of head-on crash in Beaver County
A woman from Harmony died at the scene of a head-on crash in New Sewickley Township, Beaver County on Friday night, according to township police. Police identified the victim as Denise Babyak, 68. The crash happened around 6:15 p.m. in the 1200 block of Freedom Crider Road. According to police,...
Springdale tries to stay out of dispute over railroad crossing
Springdale Council is not budging on who should repair a railroad crossing that was the scene of a train-truck crash. That sentiment was made clear by Council President Mike Ziencik when he questioned an item on the engineer’s report referencing the need to assess what work needs to be done...
‘The love is still here’: Record search reveals Greensburg couple’s 75th anniversary is their 74th
Greensburg couple Ed and Sally Wagner have been together so long they forgot the year they were married. Ed, 95, and Sally, 92, told their children they would celebrate their 75th wedding anniversary this coming Monday. However, a recent Ancestry.com search by son-in-law Mark Aitken revealed a copy of the...
