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Portion of Route 28 reopens after crash
Part of Route 28 in Pittsburgh reopened Sunday after being shut down for several hours following a crash. The inbound lanes of the highway were affected during the closure between the exits for the 31st Street Bridge and I-579, according to PennDOT. Video of the scene from Tribune-Review news partner...
Power up: Solar-power installations jump to more than 40,000 across the state
Patricia Finley Perfetti and her husband, Tom, put solar panels outside their Rostraver home four years ago. They have been reaping the benefits of homegrown electric power and lower utility bills ever since. “It’s sure nice to get a zero charge on the electric bill,” Patricia Perfetti said. The Perfettis...
Leechburg man uncovers rare find in attic
Chasing a pesky bat inside a residence Thursday led a Leechburg homeowner to discover a piece of American history. “I was in ‘dad mode,’ trying to get a bat out of the house — up in the attic,” said Shawn McGonagle, a father of four. “I realized there was an...
Editorial: Cutting support to Daily Collegian shows Penn State doesn’t value information
Every day, Penn State students hoping to go pro step onto the field of play, pick up the ball and run with it. They score big, and more than a few have gone on to win major awards as a member of amazing teams. But the university’s board of trustees...
Week 7 recap: Defense offers two dozen witnesses in effort to save synagogue shooters’ life
Over the past two months, 130 people have testified as part of the trial for the man convicted of killing 11 people at a Squirrel Hill synagogue. They have described the terror inside the Tree of Life building on Oct. 27, 2018. They have spoken lovingly of those killed. They...
Squirrel Hill holds complicated feelings about death penalty for synagogue shooter
Many in Squirrel Hill hate Pittsburgh synagogue shooter Robert Bowers. But their feelings about how to punish him as his federal trial nears a conclusion are as unique as the individuals themselves. Lori Kline grew up in this tree-shaded East End neighborhood, where roughly half the residents are Jewish and...
Unity company holds First Responders Appreciation Day to benefit local volunteers
The blue skies arrived just in time for Saturday’s annual First Responders Appreciation Day. The event outside Nickos Chimney Co. on Route 30 in Unity was started four years ago by employee Lisa Tatsch. It’s a way for workers and volunteers to give back to local first responders. All proceeds...
4 Super Bowl champion players join Steelers Hall of Honor in Class of ’23Video
If you didn’t have multiple Super Bowl rings, you weren’t a member of the Pittsburgh Steelers’ Class of 2023 for the franchise’s Hall of Honor. Four former players were selected to join the exclusive fraternity Saturday, with two representing the super Steelers from the 1970s and two from this century’s...
Allegheny Tunnel work to cause restrictions on turnpike
Motorists traveling the Pennsylvania Turnpike between the Somerset and Bedford exits beginning Monday night and nearly every other weeknight for the next four weeks will experience delays through the Allegheny Tunnel, the turnpike commission said. The traffic will be impacted Monday nights through Thursday nights with single-lane traffic patterns from...
Body of 17-year-old McKeesport boy recovered from Monongahela River
The body of a 17-year-old boy was recovered from the Monongahela River overnight, according to the Allegheny County Medical Examiner. Benjerman T.N. Coleman of McKeesport went into the water around 8:15 p.m. Friday in the area of Harrison Street in Glassport. Search and rescue boats spent several hours looking for...
Murrysville Golf Club tees up for court battle
The operator of a Murrysville golf course claims the landlord wants to take over what has become a successful business. J.K. Golf Inc., the operator of the Murrysville Golf Club, filed a lawsuit this week seeking an arbitration panel be convened to determine the future of the 18-hole course on...
Review: Pantera celebration tour pays fitting tribute to band’s legacy, 2 late members
Pantera launched its summer headlining tour Friday night at the Pavilion at Star Lake, offering an unrelenting and powerful tribute to the band’s legacy. To be sure, this was no reunion. How could it be without the band’s co-founders, brothers Dimebag Darrell (guitar) and Vinnie Paul Abbott (drums)? Dimebag was...
Brackenridge Police Department to disband, officers join Tarentum force
The Brackenridge Police Department will be no more as of Tuesday, when Tarentum formally takes over police coverage of the neighboring borough. Both borough councils unanimously voted Friday evening to approve intergovernmental agreements for public safety. The three Brackenridge officers will join the Tarentum Police Department at their current salaries...
Woman shot in parking lot of Collier shopping center
A woman is in police custody after allegedly shooting another woman in the parking lot of a Collier Township shopping plaza Friday, according to Tribune-Review news partner WTAE-TV. The shooting victim was reported hospitalized in stable condition, police told WTAE-TV. The shooting occurred at 3:50 p.m., an Allegheny County 911...
Pittsburgh council debates program to cut sidewalk repair costs
Pittsburgh residents and business owners are responsible for repairing the city sidewalks at their properties, but a pilot program proposed by city officials looks to make the process easier and more affordable. Legislation before City Council would create a pilot program that would see Department of Public Works crews performing...
Dormont home health aide sexually assaulted Pittsburgh woman with physical disabilities, police say
A Pittsburgh woman with physical disabilities was sexually assaulted by her aide, according to city police. Police have charged the aide, Vanessa C. Callender, 30, of Dormont, with one felony count of institutional sexual assault, court records show. Callender was arraigned Friday and District Judge Anthony M. Ceoffe set her...
Pittsburgh synagogue shooter’s relatives describe a joyless, withdrawn child
Patricia Fine wishes she could have understood what it meant. She recognized that her 4-year-old nephew was quiet and withdrawn. That he was sad. “He didn’t get excited and giggly. He didn’t get mad,” she testified Friday. “He was always the same. He didn’t have joy.” But Fine, who is...
Paying it forward: ‘The Give Back Kid’ spreads positivity
Jamal Woodson recalled a time he had $2 for the week for food. “I bought a $1 loaf of bread and a $1 bottle of hot sauce and made sandwiches for the week,” the Murrysville resident said. “I added water and toasted the bread. It was a feeling I don’t...
‘The Confluence’ news program on WESA radio to end production
WESA’s flagship daily morning news show “The Confluence” will end next week, according to a statement from the station’s management. Pittsburgh Community Broadcasting President and CEO Terry O’Reilly announced Friday that the show would air for the last time Aug. 4. PCBC owns WESA-FM, the local NPR affiliate, and WYEP....
Some Squirrel Hill business owners miffed over newly painted purple curbs — here’s why
John Mineo hadn’t heard about Pittsburgh’s smart loading zone pilot program until he saw crews painting the curbs purple outside of his Squirrel Hill pizza shop. He said he’s upset city officials didn’t work with business owners before implementing a new system that he says is hurting businesses. City officials...
Police crackdown in Downtown Pittsburgh results in more arrests for drugs, prostitution
To passersby, it might have appeared innocent — just a group of Pittsburghers smoking Downtown. But Pittsburgh police suspected otherwise. Myriah Morris, a 22-year-old Penn Hills woman with dyed-blue hair, was sitting with several people on a Mellon Square Park wall Saturday night. Though she didn’t smoke, she kept taking...
TacoMania festival happening at SouthSide Works
Tacos, tacos and more tacos will be on the menu Sunday with TacoMania Super Fest at SouthSide Works. A dozen food trucks will be shelling out the popular food item. “People love tacos because they are a hand held food, and there are so many variations infusing so much flavor,”...
Southwestern Pa. under heat advisory with high temps set to scorch region
Southwestern Pennsylvania is in for a scorching hot Friday, with a heat index forecast of 104 degrees in the afternoon. The National Weather Service has issued a heat advisory in the region from 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. Temperatures will be hottest — around 95 degrees — between 1 and...
Delmont boy’s fatal injuries were ‘diagnostic of torture,’ doctors say
A 5-year-old Delmont boy who liked to sing country music and play with monster trucks died a torturous death at the hands of his adoptive parents, authorities said Friday. Lauren E. Maloberti, 34, and Jacob N. Maloberti, 33, of Delmont are being held without bail on homicide charges in the...
5 things to do in Pittsburgh this weekend: July 28-30
We’ve reached the final weekend of July. It’s going to be a hot one. Here are some ways to spend it. Party on the submarine The USS Requin Steel Beach Picnic is Saturday on the submarine behind the Carnegie Science Center on the North Shore. A Steel Beach Picnic is...
