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Western Overlook to be dedicated at Flight 93 National Memorial
A new project at the Flight 93 National Memorial will be finished in the coming weeks. Work on the Western Overlook is being completed and a dedication ceremony is planned for Sept. 9 after the annual Heroes’ Walk, said Friends of Flight 93 executive director Donna Gibson. The renovated area...
TSA confiscates 26th gun of year at Pittsburgh airport, matching last year’s total
An Indiana County man was stopped from carrying a handgun onto a Pittsburgh International Airport flight Monday, bringing the total number of firearms confiscated there since January to 26, matching 2022’s figure, officials said. Transportation Security Administration officers detected the .380 caliber gun in the man’s backpack, TSA spokesperson Lisa...
NTSB will not investigate fatal Plum home explosion for now
The National Transportation Safety Board has opted not to investigate this month’s massive fatal explosion in Plum based on preliminary information that the source of the blast was inside the home that blew up — not in an outside pipeline. That could change, as more details emerge about the disaster...
Pennsylvania court says state police can’t hide how it monitors social media
HARRISBURG — Pennsylvania’s Supreme Court ruled Tuesday that the state police can’t hide from the public its policy on how it monitors social media. Advocates for civil liberties cheered the decision. The law enforcement agency had argued that fully disclosing its policy for using software to monitor online postings may...
Who’s in, who’s out, who’s boycotting: The 8 candidates expected on-stage for the first GOP debate
COLUMBIA, S.C. — Donald Trump won’t be on the Republican debate stage Wednesday. But the former president is driving the conversation on and off the debate stage anyway. Trump supporters including Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene will be in Milwaukee. There are questions about how many of his campaign surrogates will...
Downtown Pittsburgh to get temporary public bathrooms
Officials are working to have temporary public bathrooms installed in Downtown Pittsburgh, but it’s unclear when and where they’ll be available. “We understand the critical need,” said Maria Montaño, a spokesperson for Gainey. “Right now there are zero public bathrooms in the Downtown neighborhood, and that creates a lot of...
Large crowd voices opposition as Highlands renews superintendent’s contract
An overflow crowd turned out Monday to hear the Highlands School Board consider a contract renewal for Superintendent Monique Mawhinney, seven months before her term is set to expire. Close to 100 people crammed into the high school library, with several asking the board to consider the district’s economics, test...
Temporary Cleveland-to-Pittsburgh flight coming this winter
Though just a bit over two hours away by car, Alaska Airlines soon will be offering a flight from Cleveland to Pittsburgh this winter. The daily, afternoon flight only travels one way from Cleveland to Pittsburgh. According to the Alaska Airlines website, tickets start as low as $129. The Seattle-based...
How Trump’s attacks on prosecutors build on history of using racist language and stereotypes
NEW YORK — Donald Trump’s aggressive response to his fourth criminal indictment in five months follows a strategy he has long used against legal and political opponents: relentless attacks, often infused with language that is either overtly racist or is coded in ways that appeal to racists. The early Republican...
Man shot in Pittsburgh’s Beechview neighborhood has died
A man wounded in a shooting Thursday in the Beechview neighborhood of Pittsburgh has died. The victim, Carl J. Meyers, 21, of Pittsburgh, was taken from the scene to the UPMC Mercy emergency room and died two days later in the hospital, according to the Allegheny County Medical Examiner’s Office....
‘It’s a small number of people who are very loud’: Local libraries grapple with book challenges, bans
Over the past few years, Librarian Sharon Coronado has been tested by select patrons who oppose the presence of certain voices in books at Ligonier Valley Library, particularly the voices of people of color and LGBTQ individuals. In one instance, Coronado recalls, a group of parents came into the library...
Morning Roundup: Truck crashes into Etna house, sends person to hospital
Here are some of the latest news items from this morning, Tuesday, Aug. 22: Truck crashes into Etna house, sends 1 to hospital At least one person was taken to a hospital after a truck crashed into a house Monday evening in Etna , Tribune-Review news partner WTAE-TV reported. The...
Whistleblower lawsuit claims Pa. state police bypassed spouse of fellow officer for promotion
A state police trooper is claiming she was passed over for promotions on the force in retaliation for her husband’s role as a whistleblower. Lauren Spallone of Unity, a 14-year veteran with the Pennsylvania State Police and a sergeant since 2019, claims in a lawsuit filed in Westmoreland County court...
Rustic Ridge families organize 2-day back-to-school event for neighborhood kids
In her 20 years as a resident of Plum’s Rustic Ridge neighborhood, Jennifer Corson, a mother of three, had never seen an event like she saw Monday. Another resident, Kristie Keller, organized a two-day back-to-school affair to help the area’s children prepare for their return to the classroom Wednesday while...
Pa. trooper charged with vehicular manslaughter in crash that killed teacher
Prosecutors charged an off-duty Pennsylvania state trooper with homicide by vehicle for causing a fiery head-on crash that killed a woman earlier this year. Attorney General Michelle Henry announced the charges Monday in connection with the Feb. 11 crash in Sullivan Township in Tioga County. Tioga County is in northern...
DEP examining ‘pinhole leak’ in gas line as part of Rustic Ridge house explosion probe
Officials with the state Department of Environmental Protection gave an update Monday on the agency’s investigation in Plum’s Rustic Ridge neighborhood following a fatal house explosion Aug. 12. It came a week after Gov. Josh Shapiro directed the agency to start a stray gas investigation. DEP Secretary Rich Negrin dispatched...
Man facing more charges in kidnapping case and Pennsylvania prison escape that led to manhunt
WARREN — A man who was the subject of a manhunt in two states last month after his escape from a northern Pennsylvania jail is facing more charges in the escape and in the original case alleging he kidnapped a couple and forced them to accompany him on his cross-country...
Biden sees devastation wrought by Hawaii wildfire during visit to LahainaVideo
LAHAINA, Hawaii — President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden on Monday viewed the devastation wrought by the flames that ripped through the western part of the Hawaiian island, seeing for themselves the hollowed homes, structures and singed trees left behind by the deadliest U.S. wildfire in more than...
University Line construction to alter several Pittsburgh bus routes
Some Pittsburgh bus riders will see altered service because of upcoming construction beginning for the University Line bus-rapid transit project, the region’s first major public transit operation in years. Four bus routes that currently cut though Oakland on their way to Downtown Pittsburgh will be shortened in order to make...
Another tiki boat captain saves person from drowning in Pittsburgh river
A tiki boat captain saved a woman from drowning in the Monongahela River near Point State Park on Saturday, just one month after another tiki boat captain fished a drowning boy out of the Allegheny. Captain Robb Rusiewicz, who saved the unidentified woman shortly after 10 a.m., was modest in...
Trump says he will surrender Thursday on Georgia charges tied to efforts to overturn 2020 election
ATLANTA — Former President Donald Trump says he will surrender to authorities in Georgia on Thursday to face charges in the case accusing him of illegally scheming to overturn his 2020 election loss. “Can you believe it? I’ll be going to Atlanta, Georgia, on Thursday to be ARRESTED,” Trump wrote...
Lawsuit contends Allegheny County Jail Oversight Board violates transparency laws
Two women who regularly attend Allegheny County Jail Oversight Board meetings are suing the board claiming it violates Sunshine Act laws on transparency. Rachel C. Radke and Tanisha Long are being represented, in part, by the ACLU of Pennsylvania. They filed an amended complaint on Friday. Previously, Radke was the...
Planned helicopter exercise to take place over Pittsburgh
The Pittsburgh Bureau of Fire announced Monday that approximately four helicopters will fly over the city on Tuesday morning as part of a planned exercise with the Pennsylvania Helicopter Aquatic Rescue Team. Team members will be picked up by Black Hawk helicopters from the vicinity of the former Veterans Affairs...
Pittsburgh police avert nightclub shooting during patrol
A group of quick-thinking Pittsburgh police officers thwarted a nightclub shooting Sunday at a Lincoln-Lemington-Belmar intersection. Two officers were on surveillance around 5 a.m. outside the nightclub known as Batcave, or just The Cave, near the intersection of Lincoln and Lemington avenues. They said that they spotted a man, later...
Penn Hills woman accused of animal cruelty after pets left behind in Jeannette home
A former Jeannette woman relinquished her rights to seven dogs, four cats, five cockatiels and a gecko that police said she left behind in a condemned home after moving out of town, according to court papers. Paula Kessler-Nock, 45, of Penn Hills, is free on $30,000 unsecured bail after being...
