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Schedule set for demolition of Homer City power plant towers
Preparations are underway for the expected demolition Saturday morning of the stacks and towers at the former Homer City Generating Station. The operation will be weather dependent. It could be delayed for hours or days if weather conditions including wind speed and barometric pressure are not favorable. The old coal-fired...
Trump has ordered the dismantling of the Education Department. Here’s what it does
WASHINGTON (AP) — Moving to fulfill a campaign promise, President Donald Trump signed an executive order Thursday calling for the dismantling of the Education Department, an agency Republicans have talked about closing for decades. The order says Education Secretary Linda McMahon will, “to the maximum extent appropriate and permitted by...
Trump orders a plan to dismantle the Education Department while keeping some core functions
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump signed an executive order Thursday calling for the dismantling of the U.S. Education Department, advancing a campaign promise to take apart an agency that’s been a longtime target of conservatives. Trump has derided the Education Department as wasteful and polluted by liberal ideology. However, completing...
Here are 5 things to do in Pittsburgh this weekend: March 21-23
Spring is officially here, but the weather is still fickle. So, while we’re waiting for March to go out like a lamb, here are some fun (and mostly indoor) events to pass the weekend around the Pittsburgh region. NatureFest On Saturday, the Carnegie Museum of Natural History in Oakland will...
Shapiro touts AI program for state employees during visit to Carnegie Mellon
Gov. Josh Shapiro unveiled the results of the first-ever generative artificial intelligence pilot program for state employees during a visit Friday to Carnegie Mellon University. Partnered with CMU and OpenAI, an artificial intelligence research organization, Shapiro signed an executive order in September 2023 to expand and govern the use of...
Aspinwall police ID man sought in connection with harassment, trespassing incidents
Aspinwall police announced they have identified a man wanted in connection with two separate incidents of reported harassment and trespassing in the borough. Police said earlier this week that the man targeted homeowners that display banners and flags with President Donald Trump’s name. Police Chief Dave Nemec declined on Thursday...
Memorial observance honors 5 victims of Jeannette house fire 1 year ago
Miranda John has found ways to honor the memories of her four children and fiancee over the past year. There have been balloon releases on each of their birthdays. She has donated baskets of items to Westmoreland Hospital for newborns who share the birthdays of Kyson, 7; Kinzleigh, 6; Keagan,...
Alle-Kiski Valley could lose much of its bus service to Pittsburgh under proposed cuts
Amanda Lorent and Zachary Buchleitner weren’t aware of the proposed Pittsburgh Regional Transit cuts while waiting for a bus outside Springdale Manor on Thursday afternoon. But they did know that any alterations to the service would greatly impact their day-to-day lives. “We use it daily,” said Lorent, of Springdale. “We...
Government cannot deport Georgetown scholar until court rules, judge orders
ALEXANDRIA, Va. — A federal judge on Thursday ordered immigration officials not to deport a Georgetown scholar that the government detained until the court has had a chance to rule. U.S. District Judge Patricia Tolliver Giles in Alexandria, Virginia, ordered that Badar Khan Suri “shall not be removed from the...
Ross resident scammed for more than $8,000 by caller claiming to be from Sheriff’s Office
Ross police are investigating a scam that snatched more than $8,000 from a township resident who thought they were sending the money to the county sheriff. The victim received a call with a caller ID reading “Allegheny Cnty Sheriffs Dept,” during which they were told that an arrest warrant had...
Pittsburgh leaders push back as possible HUD field office closure threatens low-income housing
As a single mother of five, Jala Rucker has depended on low-income housing to help to support her family. But with the federal government reportedly poised to close numerous U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development field offices — including Pittsburgh’s — through reorganization, the future of low-income housing hangs...
Allegheny Health Network to move workers into North Side’s Nova Place
Allegheny Health Network is preparing to move into Nova Place on Pittsburgh’s North Side. The Nova location will house 200 of the medical system’s remote clinical workforce and other employees beginning in 2026. The new lease is 20 years. Employees on that team include digital nurses, teleICU clinicians and virtual...
Grapeville latest station to come under wing of Hempfield fire department
Grapeville Volunteer Fire Company is ready to take the plunge. Hempfield supervisors are set to vote Monday on a declaration of intent with the fire station. If approved, it will start a process for the station to become “nonchartered” that will end with Grapeville’s finances being managed and paid by...
OnePA, politicians vow to address deplorable public housing conditions
Syreeta Milligan, a resident of the Mon View Heights housing complex, had to choose between buying food or repairing her apartment’s heater. “I have been dealing with this for so long. I am dealing with the same issues…they are not really coming to fix them and have been retaliating against...
Pine-Richland School Board candidate pulls out of race amid accusation of falsifying petition signatures
A lawyer from Pine has withdrawn her candidacy in both primary races after a legal objection to her Democratic election petition alleged that several signatures were falsified. The objection, filed on March 17, questioned the authenticity of five signatures — 10 are required to run— on the petition of Kathleen...
Harness driver’s death at The Meadows sends shock waves through horse racing community
An experienced harness racer was killed this week in a large accident at The Meadows racetrack in Washington County in what a racing representative said was a rare occurrence. The harness racing community on Thursday mourned the death of Ohio native Hunter Myers, 27, who was severely injured Wednesday afternoon...
Trump’s 200% tariff threat would be ‘a real disaster’ for Europe’s wine industry
CHAMPAGNE, France — Across wine country in France, Italy and Spain one number is top of mind: 200%. That’s because last week U.S. President Donald Trump threatened a tariff of that amount on European wine, Champagne and other spirits if the European Union went ahead with retaliatory tariffs on some...
Struggling Pittsburgh Regional Transit proposes fare hike, ‘brutal’ service cuts
Pittsburgh Regional Transit is recommending drastic changes — a 25-cent fare hike and steep, widespread service cuts — to address what it said is a huge budget deficit and insufficient state aid. If ultimately approved by the transit agency’s board, the fare hike would take effect next year. Single-ride fares...
Morning Roundup: House fire in Monessen; Pittsburgh police reveal success rate
Here are some of the latest news items from this morning, Thursday, March 20: House fire in Monessen Fire crews were called to the scene of a house fire Thursday morning in Monessen. According to TribLive news partner WTAE, the fire was reported a little after 3 a.m. at a...
‘It was home’: Pittsburgh-area Ukrainian family hopes to someday return to Kyiv
Natalia Rusyn can still recall the terror she felt at the sound of air raid sirens and explosions shortly before she fled Ukraine in late 2022. “It was so stressful,” she said, quietly mourning her home country, under assault from Russia. “I was so scared.” Rusyn, 52, a pastry chef...
Trump orders a plan to dismantle the Education Department while keeping some core functions
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump signed an executive order Thursday calling for the dismantling of the U.S. Education Department, advancing a campaign promise to take apart an agency that’s been a longtime target of conservatives. Trump has derided the Education Department as wasteful and polluted by liberal ideology. However, completing...
Monroeville mayor optimistic about mall’s future
In his eighth and final year as mayor of Monroeville, Nick Gresock is optimistic about the changes in store for the community’s retail corridor. Gresock discussed some of the recent developments at March’s Monroeville Rotary meeting, held at the community library. Community members praised Gresock for helping to save the...
Police searching for driver who struck a man in North Versailles
Police are looking for the driver of an SUV who struck a pedestrian Wednesday night in North Versailles and didn’t stop. The unidentified victim was struck in the intersection of Greensburg Pike and Hyer Avenue, where first responders were summoned at about 8:40 p.m. The man was taken to an...
Trump will order a plan to dismantle the Education Department, advancing a campaign promise
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump plans to sign an executive order Thursday calling for the dismantling of the U.S. Education Department, advancing a campaign promise to eliminate an agency that’s been a longtime target of conservatives. Trump has derided the Education Department as wasteful and polluted by liberal ideology. However,...
American believed to be last person to see missing Pitt student has left Dominican Republic
SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic — Joshua Riibe, a senior at St. Cloud University in Minnesota who is believed to be the last person to see missing University of Pittsburgh student Sudiksha Konanki in the Dominican Republic, left the Caribbean country on Wednesday, his lawyers said. Following a trial exceeding five...
