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Trib Lunch Box: PETA vs. Punxsutawney Phil, Pittsburgh singer, Roberto Clemente coin
Here are some noon headlines from TribLive, Tuesday, Jan. 23, 2024: We’ve made it even easier to get news from TribLive delivered right to your inbox. Choose from daily news and sports newsletters to stay informed of the news that matters most to you. Sign up here: • PETA...
Gov. Josh Shapiro’s administration blames ‘human error’ for deletion of state police records
Spotlight PA is an independent, nonpartisan, and nonprofit newsroom producing investigative and public-service journalism that holds power to account and drives positive change in Pennsylvania. HARRISBURG — Thousands of records, including evidence logs from the Pennsylvania State Police’s crime labs, were accidentally deleted from state servers at the start of...
Changing stations: Val Porter moves from WDVE to 3WS radio
Those listening to 3WS Tuesday morning probably heard a familiar voice from another station. Val Porter, formerly of the WDVE Morning Show, announced Monday on X, formerly known as Twitter, that she was joining iHeart Radio’s 3WS Morning Show with Jonny Hartwell. A call to the iHeart Media office, which...
Truck smashes into New Kensington gun shop; 2 dozen firearms stolen
Federal authorities are offering a reward for information about the theft of about 25 firearms from a New Kensington gun store early Monday. A truck was used to smash through the door at RC Firearms on Freeport Street. The U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives and the National...
‘Oppenheimer’ tops all Oscar nominees with 13; ‘Barbie’ snags 8Video
NEW YORK — After a tumultuous movie year marred by strikes and work stoppages, the Academy Awards showered nominations Tuesday on Christopher Nolan’s blockbuster biopic, “Oppenheimer,” which came away with a leading 13 nominations. Nolan’s three-hour opus, viewed as the best picture frontrunner, received nods for best picture; Nolan’s direction;...
Trump wins New Hampshire primary as rematch with Biden appears increasingly likely
MANCHESTER, N.H. — Former President Donald Trump easily won New Hampshire’s primary on Tuesday, seizing command of the race for the Republican nomination and making a November rematch against President Joe Biden feel all the more inevitable. The result was a setback for former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley, who finished...
Congress considers commemorative coin honoring Roberto Clemente
Pittsburgh Pirates great Roberto Clemente may be honored on a commemorative coin if a measure currently before Congress is approved. U.S. Rep. Adriano Espaillat, D-New York, joined local Reps. Chris Deluzio and Guy Reschenthaler in introducing legislation that would require the secretary of the treasury to mint commemorative coins honoring...
PETA wants to replace Punxsutawney Phil with coin toss
The animal rights group PETA wants to replace Punxsutawney Phil, the iconic Groundhog Day weather forecaster, with a gold coin. People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals sent a letter to the Punxsutawney Groundhog Club’s president Tom Dunkel urging him to swap out Pennsylvania’s most famous groundhog for a gold...
TV Talk: Former Pittsburgher, ‘Greatest Showman’ singer competes on ‘AGT: Fantasy League’Video
Although she’s becoming known as the true singer of “Never Enough” in 2017’s movie musical hit “The Greatest Showman,” former Pittsburgher Loren Allred said, “Enough!” to a career in the public eye after her first reality show experience on NBC’s “The Voice” in 2012. It took a decade to find...
Western Pa. sets record for organ, tissue, cornea donations for 5th straight year
The Center for Organ Recovery & Education on Monday announced that the Western Pennsylvania area broke its record for the number of lives saved and healed through organ, tissue and cornea donations for a fifth consecutive year. There were 404 organ donors in 2023 in an area including Western Pennsylvania,...
Morning Roundup: Suspect arrested in connection with Homestead shooting
Here are some of the latest news items from this morning, Tuesday, Jan. 23: Suspect arrested in connection with Homestead shooting Allegheny County Police on Monday arrested Evan Hughes, 60, of Wilkinsburg in connection with a shooting in Homestead. On Jan. 17, police responded to a 911 report of a...
Annual Sprankle’s Octoberfest festival moving to permanent, rural location
A German-themed festival is moving to new permanent digs in southeastern Butler County. The annual Sprankle’s Octoberfest, in its sixth year, has grown from a fledgling festival to a full-scale three-day event filled with beer, fellowship, food, music, family fun and entertainment. “We’ve been looking for land, and the Sprankle...
Jeannette’s Clay Avenue ripe for redevelopment as city ups code enforcement
The contrasts are stark on Clay Avenue in Jeannette. Thriving businesses and eateries between the 200 and 600 blocks of the town’s business district are interspersed among abandoned or vacant buildings, many of which are ripe for redevelopment. “Those places have been there through the good and the bad …...
Hempfield superintendent Wolicki resigns after extended leave of absence
Hempfield Area Superintendent Tammy Wolicki is officially retiring instead of returning to her job after an extended leave of absence. Wolicki was appointed as Hempfield’s superintendent in 2017. Her contract was renewed in 2021 and was set to run through June 2027. According to board solicitor Krisha DiMascio, Wolicki’s contract...
AI-generated robocall impersonates Biden in an apparent attempt to suppress votes in New HampshireVideo
The New Hampshire attorney general’s office on Monday said it was investigating reports of an apparent robocall that used artificial intelligence to mimic President Joe Biden’s voice and discourage voters in the state from coming to the polls during Tuesday’s primary election. Attorney General John Formella said the recorded message,...
Norwin superintendent to leave district, catching school board off guard
Norwin Superintendent Jeff Taylor is leaving the district when his contract expires at the end of the school year, he said Monday. Taylor notified district faculty and staff in an email sent at 4:30 a.m. and at Monday night’s board meeting. He wouldn’t detail plans after his contract expires June...
Hempfield’s High Park firefighters have to decide from 3 options, chief says
After responding to one of 53 emergency calls in the last quarter of 2023, members of the High Park Volunteer Fire Department in Hempfield have a month to decide their fate. The fire department can go under township management, merge with a neighboring station or dissolve, fire Chief Anthony Kovacic...
U.S., British militaries team up again to bomb sites in Yemen used by Iran-backed Houthis
WASHINGTON — The United States and British militaries bombed multiple sites used by the Iranian-backed Houthis in Yemen on Monday night, the second time the two allies have conducted coordinated retaliatory strikes on an array of the rebels’ missile-launching capabilities, several U.S. officials said. According to officials, the U.S. and...
Supreme Court allows federal agents to cut razor wire Texas installed on U.S.-Mexico border
WASHINGTON — A divided Supreme Court on Monday allowed Border Patrol agents to resume cutting for now razor wire that Texas installed along a stretch of the U.S.-Mexico border that is at the center of an escalating standoff between the Biden administration and the state over immigration enforcement. The 5-4...
Innamorato, Lee, Benham stump for abortion rights on Roe v. Wade anniversaryVideo
Eight years ago, Kelsey Leigh of Mt. Lebanon was 20 weeks pregnant when she learned that the son she was carrying would not be able to swallow or breathe. His limbs and neck were deformed. His bones would have broken during delivery, she said, no matter the method. “It was...
20 people rescued from ice floe in Lake Erie, Coast Guard says
PORT CLINTON, Ohio — Twenty people were rescued from an ice floe in Lake Erie, the Coast Guard said Monday. The Coast Guard’s Ninth District Great Lakes station said it received a report about 10:20 a.m. that the people were stuck on a mile-long floe about a half-mile off Catawba...
Dexter Scott King, son of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., dies of cancer at 62
ATLANTA — Dexter Scott King, who dedicated much of his life to shepherding the civil rights legacy of his parents, the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. and Coretta Scott King, died Monday after battling prostate cancer. He was 62. The King Center in Atlanta, which Dexter King served as chairman,...
Firefighters injured in Homestead blaze leave hospital
All five firefighters injured Saturday battling a Homestead blaze that heavily damaged three residences are back home and recuperating, Allegheny County officials said Monday. Two received minor to moderate burns and injuries from falling through the first floor to the basement of one of the damaged homes, said Abigail Gardner,...
Innamorato appoints public defender, nominates solicitor
For the first time, two of the top lawyers in Allegheny County government are Black women. On Monday, Allegheny County Executive Sara Innamorato appointed Lena Bryan-Henderson as the county’s chief public defender. She also nominated Rosalyn Guy-McCorkle for county solicitor. Bryan-Henderson, who joined the public defender’s office in 1991, starts...
PWSA to hike residential rates by nearly $14 per month
The Pittsburgh Water and Sewer Authority will soon raise average residential rates by nearly $14 per month. A typical residential bill is expected to jump next month to $100.27 from about $86.43 for 3,000 gallons of water, according to the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission. That’s a 16% increase. The hike...
