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3 dead, 2 injured in separate McKeesport shootings, police say
Three men were killed and two others injured in a pair of afternoon shootings in McKeesport that police say are not related. Allegheny County Medical Examiner’s Office identified two of the three deceased late Wednesday night. The first shooting was reported at 12:08 p.m. in the 3100 block of the...
‘We’re back’: Bushy Run’s 2023 battle reenactment will be held
HARRISBURG — This year’s Battle of Bushy Run reenactment is back on after Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission members unanimously voted to allow the Penn Township site to hold the event this August. The fate of future reenactments has yet to be determined. The commission plans to conduct a study...
Pirates among 17 teams possibly on MLB’s local media broadcast lineup
NEW YORK — Major League Baseball added three executives to its new local media department as it prepares for a possible takeover of local broadcasts for 17 teams amid the financial deterioration of the Bally and AT&T SportsNet regional sports networks. Doug Johnson was hired as senior vice president and...
Norwin grad Colleen Shogan, Biden’s pick for U.S. archivist, questioned over social media posts
WASHINGTON — The nominee for archivist of the United States made her second appearance before the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs committee Tuesday, after the panel blocked her last Congress following a high-profile probe into records at former President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago estate. Colleen Shogan, an executive for the...
Greensburg man burned in fire that destroyed mobile home
A Greensburg man who was burned early Wednesday in a fire that destroyed his mobile home was flown to a Pittsburgh hospital, the city fire chief said. Greensburg Fire Chief Tom Bell said the mobile home was fully engulfed in flames when firefighters arrived shortly after receiving the alarm at...
Ohio senators ready rail safety bill after fiery crash in East Palestine
COLUMBUS, Ohio — Railroads like the one involved in last month’s fiery crash and toxic chemical release in Ohio would be subject to a series of new federal safety regulations and financial consequences under legislation being introduced Wednesday by the state’s two U.S. senators. An early copy of the Railway...
Morning Roundup: State gives $272K to Allegheny County for ‘clean’ vehicles
Here are some of the latest news items from this morning, Wednesday, March 1, 2023: State’s $272K grants target electric vehicles Pittsburgh Public Works and other city employees could soon be driving electric vehicles to do the city’s work, thanks to a $272,152 state grant. The state Department of Environmental...
Suspect charged with threatening to kill New Kensington victims if they testified against him
Police say Jerry Lavelle Hardy didn’t want the victims of his alleged crimes to testify against him in court, so he threatened to kill them. Hardy, 48, of Stratford Avenue in Pittsburgh’s Friendship neighborhood was scheduled for a hearing before New Kensington District Judge Frank J. Pallone Jr. on Thursday...
Stabbing victim files lawsuit against Greensburg Rialto owner
The now shuttered Rialto Bar and Bistro in Greensburg violated state liquor laws, had insufficient security and improperly trained staff prior to a near-fatal stabbing that left one man injured in November, a new lawsuit alleges. The court filing in Westmoreland County claims the Rialto on Otterman Street had an...
‘Westmoreland Night of the Stars’ gets encore with new producers
Less than two weeks after founder John Noble announced the demise of Westmoreland Night of the Stars, the annual showcase of county school musicals is getting an encore. Tony Marino, founder of Westmoreland Performing Arts, said his organization will take over producing the show, to be staged May 3 at...
U.S. agencies sow confusion over ‘lab leak’ theory of covid origins
A report from the Wall Street Journal on Monday said sources inside the U.S. Department of Energy now believe with “low confidence” that the global spread of covid-19 was “most likely” the result of a laboratory leak in China. The report contradicts four other U.S. agencies that have investigated how...
Death of Penn Hills couple treated as murder-suicide, police say
The identities of the Penn Hills couple who were found dead Tuesday in what police are calling a murder-suicide were released Wednesday by the Allegheny County Medical Examiner. Thomas Washington Sr., 63, and Rosemary Washington, 62, were found inside their home in the 100 block of Conestoga Road when Penn...
Greek stationmaster arrested in head-on train crash; 36 deadVideo
TEMPE, Greece — Rescuers searched for survivors Wednesday in the mangled, burned-out wreckage of two trains that slammed into each other in northern Greece, killing at least 43 people and crumpling carriages into twisted steel knots in the country’s worst-ever rail crash. The impact just before midnight Tuesday threw some...
Kevin McCarthy defends giving Tucker Carlson Jan. 6 trove accessVideo
WASHINGTON — House Speaker Kevin McCarthy is defending his decision to give Fox News’ Tucker Carlson “exclusive” access to Jan. 6 security footage of the Capitol attack, despite the conservative commentator’s own work raising false claims and conspiracy theories about the 2021 riot over Joe Biden’s election. McCarthy vowed Tuesday...
2nd man arrested in killing of Dravosburg man in Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh police have arrested a second person in connection with the January murder of a man in the city’s Elliott section. Deonte Kidd, 28, of Perry South, is charged with hindering apprehension, destroying or concealing evidence, abuse of a corpse, tampering with or destroying physical evidence and two counts of...
Bushy Run reenactment debate headed to Harrisburg
The battle over Bushy Run’s annual reenactment is coming to a head Wednesday morning in Harrisburg. There, Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission members plan to vote on the future of force-on-force reenactments at PHMC sites, including Bushy Run Battlefield in Penn Township. PHMC’s staff previously decided to halt such reenactments,...
Man gets 1 to 2 years for fatal 2019 crash on Tri-Boro Expressway
The night William Guyaux was killed, he had been grieving the death of a friend. Both he and Edward Wharton, 60, were out drinking the evening of Oct. 20, 2019, in Wilmerding and Monroeville. Both men were drunk, said defense attorney Patrick Thomassey, and it was Guyaux who asked Wharton...
Missing Clairton teen was shot to death, medical examiner says
A Clairton teenager missing and last seen in June was shot and killed, the Allegheny County Medical Examiner’s Office said Tuesday. Dorian Serrano, 18, died of a gunshot wound, the medical examiner’s office said. The manner of death was ruled a homicide. Police said Serrano was last seen June 14,...
District classes to be canceled or held virtually as Belle Vernon hosts young student’s funeral
Classes at Belle Vernon Area’s Marion Elementary School will not be in session Wednesday, as the community gathers to bid farewell to one of the school’s young students. Instruction will be provided remotely that day for students at other district schools — including the high school, where a funeral service...
McKeesport gives police $3K bonuses in aftermath of Sean Sluganski’s death
McKeesport issued $3,000 bonuses to city police officers Friday, nearly three weeks after the shooting death of city Officer Sean Sluganski. McKeesport solicitor Jason Elash said Mayor Michael Cherepko authorized the payments to compensate officers for lost overtime and court pay while the department was shut down for two weeks...
Pennsylvania unseals search warrant in Idaho killings
STROUDSBURG, Pa. — Law enforcement officials seized dark clothing, medical gloves, a flashlight and other items from a Pennsylvania home where they arrested a graduate student charged with stabbing four University of Idaho students to death, according to newly unsealed court documents. The records were made public Tuesday, two months...
Historically mild February leaves Pittsburgh region with barely a trace of snow
February did not make Pittsburgh shiver. Generally, February is the region’s second snowiest month of the year. Not this year. Just 0.2 inches of snow accumulated over February in the Pittsburgh region. With highs reaching above 50 degrees Tuesday, the month ended as the least snowy February in Pittsburgh history,...
‘So blessed to be alive’: A week after collapsing at Pirate City, Ernie Withers throws 1st pitch
BRADENTON, Fla. — One week after going into cardiac arrest and requiring CPR at Pirate City, Ernie Withers threw the ceremonial first pitch to the doctor who saved his life. Wearing a black Pittsburgh Pirates jersey, Withers tossed the ball Tuesday at LECOM Park to Pirates medical director Dr. Patrick...
EPA opens office near site of Ohio toxic train derailment
EAST PALESTINE, Ohio — The head of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency said Tuesday he doesn’t want any stigmas attached to the Ohio community where a train derailed and spewed toxic gases three weeks ago and that he’s pushing the railroad to clean up the mess as fast as possible....
McClinton voted Pa. speaker; first Black woman to win post
Philadelphia state Rep. Joanna McClinton on Tuesday became the first woman to serve as speaker of the Pennsylvania House, ascending to the chamber’s top position on the strength of a fresh one-vote Democratic majority. The leadership reshuffling came nearly two months after Rep. Mark Rozzi, a Berks County Democrat, became...
