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Morning Roundup: Air quality advisory issued for Liberty-Clairton area
Here are some of the latest news items from this morning, Wednesday, March 22, 2023: Air quality advisory issued for Liberty-Clairton area The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection declared Wednesday a Code Orange Air Quality Action Day in the Liberty-Clairton area of Allegheny County. A temperature inversion in the morning...
Missing Crescent Township woman found dead in Ohio River
A woman whose body was found Monday in the Ohio River has been identified. The Allegheny County Medical Examiner’s Office identified the woman as Nia Sandra Rash, 25 of Crescent Township. She had been missing since December. Her body was removed from a dam along the river in Crescent, according...
Giant Eagle’s new CEO, board chair leaves chain without Shapira family in leadership
Giant Eagle has been a family run business for many decades, but the supermarket chain is changing course with the departure of longtime chief executive Laura Shapira Karet. The O’Hara-based grocer has appointed Bill Artman as interim CEO to replace Shapira Karet, who has led the chain for 11 years....
Police find drugs after man flees New Kensington traffic stop; felony charges filed
A Penn Hills man was accused of being a drug dealer after heroin, cocaine and marijuana were found in his backpack after he fled from a traffic stop, according to New Kensington police. Tristen Kelly Pierre, 26, of the 100 block of Deerfield Drive was charged with three counts of...
Fox, Dominion face off over airing of false election claimsVideo
WILMINGTON, Del. — Fox News and a voting machine company that claims the conservative network defamed it by amplifying baseless allegations of fraud following the 2020 presidential election faced off in a courtroom Tuesday during a key hearing over whether journalists have a responsibility to be cautious with explosive and...
Norfolk Southern supports some new regulations after Ohio disaster
WASHINGTON — Norfolk Southern’s CEO is offering support for some parts of a bipartisan Senate bill to put tougher safety regulations on railroads after last month’s fiery hazardous materials train derailment on the Ohio-Pennsylvania border. CEO Alan Shaw is under pressure from senators and federal safety regulators to step up...
Pitt moves ahead with $240M plan for new arena, sports performance center
University of Pittsburgh officials Tuesday provided city planners with an overview of their plans for a $240 million arena and sports performance center on the Oakland campus. The proposed Victory Heights facility would be located near Petersen Events Center on Terrace Street, on the site of the former Pitt Stadium,...
Shapiro says tax credits for new teachers needed to address shortage in Pa. schools
Pennsylvania certified more than 20,000 teachers every year a decade ago, but those numbers have dropped dramatically, Gov. Josh Shapiro said during a Tuesday visit to Pittsburgh’s Colfax K-8 school. Shapiro said the state certified only 6,100 teachers last year. At the news conference in Squirrel Hill, Shapiro said he...
Retrial begins for man accused of killing off-duty Pittsburgh police officer in 2019
For the second time in a week, the two sides in the trial of Christian Bey — the man accused of killing off-duty Pittsburgh police Officer Calvin Hall in July 2019 — gave their opening statements to a jury. The do-over resulted from a prosecution witness improperly testifying that she...
$11M loan fund aims to preserve affordable housing in Pittsburgh
A new $11 million loan fund will aim to help developers retain affordable housing options in Pittsburgh. The Henry L. Hillman Foundation and The Heinz Endowments are partnering with UPMC for You, a Medicaid-managed care plan, to create the fund. The funding will help developers buy existing multifamily housing units...
Mt. Pleasant woman’s body found on Route 119 in East Huntingdon
The body of a Mt. Pleasant woman was found early Tuesday on Route 119 in East Huntingdon, prompting the road to be closed for a few hours during the investigation. Coroner Tim Carson said Dana Marie Grzywinski, 45, was found dead just after 3:30 a.m. on Route 119 southbound near...
Biden signs bill on covid origins declassification
WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden signed a bipartisan bill Monday that directs the federal government to declassify as much intelligence as possible about the origins of covid-19 more than three years after the start of the pandemic. The legislation, which passed both the House and Senate without dissent, directs the...
Morning Roundup: Police say Butler County woman arrested in fatal shooting
Here are some of the latest news items from this morning, Tuesday, March 21, 2023: Police say Butler County woman arrested in fatal shooting Pennsylvania State Police said they arrested a Butler County woman in the case of a fatal shooting Monday at a home near the North Washington Rodeo...
Trump waits out grand jury as New York braces for protests
NEW YORK — Facing the possibility of criminal charges, Donald Trump waited it out in Florida on Tuesday as New York braced for disruptions that could follow an indictment. Republican contenders in the 2024 race sized up the impact a prosecution could have on a campaign in which the former...
Editorial: What is the value of tradition in deer hunting?
The start of deer season is not just a date on the calendar. It is a lot more complicated than that. It involves the science behind how deer move and feed, where they live and when they breed. It is part of a management process that looks to keep a...
Mothers embrace as Export man pleads guilty to Vandergrift woman’s murder
Two mothers embraced as they shared a moment of grief and understanding Monday morning in a Westmoreland County courtroom. Lisa Rodgers offered an apology for her son, who had just pleaded guilty for his role in the violent murder of Beverly Richason’s daughter nearly six years ago. “I know you...
Fox Chapel to update borough code to remove derogatory term for Native Americans
An outdated and derogatory term for a Native American woman will be removed from Fox Chapel’s borough code where it appeared as part of names for some streets, geographical fixtures and other items. Fox Chapel Council approved the change Monday March 20. About 15 sections of the borough code will...
Woman killed, several injured in Fayette County crash involving school van
A Dunbar woman was killed and school van driver seriously injured Monday afternoon during a three-vehicle crash in Fayette County, according to state police. Trooper Kalee A. Barnhart said Brenda Dewitt, 56, was traveling west on Furnace Hill Road in Dunbar around 3:30 p.m. when she tried to pass a...
In Trump probe, grand jury hears from potential last witnessVideo
NEW YORK — A grand jury heard from a potential final witness Monday in the investigation into Donald Trump as law enforcement officials accelerated security preparations in advance of a possible indictment and as fellow Republicans staked out positions in a criminal probe expected to shake up the 2024 presidential...
Trump’s lawyers move to quash Georgia special grand jury report
ATLANTA — Lawyers for Donald Trump launched a broad attack on a Fulton County criminal probe into election interference in Georgia, arguing in a court filing Monday that the conduct of the prosecutor, the judge and a special purpose grand jury tainted the investigation. The former president’s legal team asked...
Olshan nominated to be U.S. Attorney for Western Pa.
President Joe Biden has nominated a longtime assistant U.S. Attorney to become the top prosecutor in the Western District of Pennsylvania. Eric G. Olshan has served as an assistant U.S. Attorney in the Western District of Pennsylvania for more than six years. The district covers 25 counties in the western...
Highmark reports loss in 2022, citing investment losses, supply chain and staffing woes
As with many health care systems, inflation, supply chain woes and staffing challenges took a bite out of Highmark Health’s finances during 2022. Highmark reported a net loss of $346 million on $26 billion in revenue. Excluding investment losses, the organization reported net earnings of about $47 million. Meanwhile, the...
Pa. legislators frustrated with Norfolk Southern CEO’s appearance before Senate committee
Norfolk Southern President and CEO Alan Shaw’s appearance before a state Senate committee on Monday focused heavily on the decision to purposely burn the leaking chemicals, which sent a plume of ash and smoke into Pennsylvania. Shaw’s repeated insistence that a “unified command” group of government and agency officials, led...
Candidate for Allegheny County’s top elected office calls for stricter campaign finance laws
Allegheny County has no campaign finance limitation, but one candidate for county executive is proposing a change. Former Allegheny County Councilman Dave Fawcett, a Democrat from Oakmont who is seeking the county’s top elected office, said Friday that he would support more stringent and rigorous campaign finance regulations if elected....
TSA finds 2 handguns at Pittsburgh airport checkpoint
Transportation Security Administration officers stopped two Pennsylvania residents — one of them an employee — from bringing guns through the security checkpoint at Pittsburgh International Airport over the weekend. On Saturday, the airport employee, whom the TSA did not name, was caught with a 9 mm handgun loaded with 10...
