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DEP gives preliminary nod to $10B Homer City plant, environmental group sounds alarm
State environmental regulators say they intend to approve an air quality plan for a proposed natural gas-fired power plant near Homer City, despite concerns from an environmental group that the facility would become the largest air polluter in Pennsylvania. The Department of Environmental Protection said the air quality plan submitted...
Police pensions suspended for 2 former Greensburg officers convicted of drug crimes
Greensburg’s police pension board voted Monday to suspend benefits paid to two former officers, both of whom are serving sentences for federal drug crimes. Notice of the suspensions will be provided to Shawn Denning, 41, of Delmont and Regina McAtee, 52, of New Kensington. They have 30 days to appeal...
Trump deploys National Guard to Memphis, calling it a ‘replica’ of his crackdown on Washington
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump signed an order Monday sending the National Guard into Memphis to combat crime, offering another major test of the limits of presidential power by using military force in American cities. With Republican Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee visiting the Oval Office, Trump said troops would be...
New ‘Stand for All’ organization created in Pittsburgh to combat hate
Community members on Monday launched a grassroots push to bridge cultural and neighborhood divides and curb hate. The announcement of Stand For All Pittsburgh came during Pittsburgh’s fifth annual Eradicate Hate Global Summit, being held through Wednesday at the David L. Lawrence Convention Center, Downtown. The introduction of the organization,...
Shapiro to speak about political violence at Pittsburgh summit
Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro is scheduled to speak about political violence at Tuesday’s Eradicate Hate Global Summit in Downtown Pittsburgh, less than a week after a gunman assassinated conservative influencer Charlie Kirk. Shapiro, a Jewish Democrat, survived a violent attack in April. He and his family had been sleeping inside...
Pittsburgh apartment robbery, shooting leads to 3 arrests
Three men face criminal charges after a robbery and shooting in Pittsburgh’s East Allegheny neighborhood Saturday morning, the Allegheny County District Attorney’s Office announced Monday. Duwayne Carey, 61, William Roberson, 61, and Raymond Paul Conti, 43, all of Pittsburgh, are being held in the Allegheny County Jail, according to online...
Kennedy’s vaccine committee plans to vote on covid-19, hepatitis B and chickenpox shots
NEW YORK — Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s new vaccine advisory committee meets this week, with votes expected on whether to change recommendations on shots against covid-19, hepatitis B and chickenpox. The exact questions to be voted on Thursday and Friday in Atlanta are unclear. Officials at the Department...
Trump says U.S. military again targeted boat allegedly carrying drugs from VenezuelaVideo
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump said the U.S. military on Monday again targeted a boat allegedly carrying drugs from Venezuela, killing three aboard the vessel, and hinted that the military targeting of cartels could be further expanded. “The Strike occurred while these confirmed narcoterrorists from Venezuela were in International Waters...
Fall foliage in Western Pa. may be less than splendid, forecaster says
First, the good news, especially if it gets windy: The season of raking/blowing/bagging leaves could start and end earlier than normal this year because of an extended dry spell that started in early August and lasted through Labor Day. But the lack of rain, coupled with an early cold snap...
CCAC reports 9% enrollment increase over last fall
The Community College of Allegheny County is seeing a larger student population — just over 9% more than last year — this fall, said President Quintin Bullock. “This is probably the largest increase we’ve experienced in the last five years,” Bullock told TribLive. While numbers will be finalized later in...
‘I just shot my girlfriend 17 times’: Homicide trial opens against Munhall man who police say confessed
A homicide trial against a Munhall man returned repeatedly Monday to a detail the prosecution claimed is undisputed: that Darion Abel told a police officer, “I just shot my girlfriend 17 times.” During opening remarks that ran 22 minutes, Allegheny County Assistant District Attorney Alexa Roberts said it’s not a...
Demolition underway at Squirrel Hill apartments after fire displaces residents
Overnight demolition of the Jefferson Apartments in Squirrel Hill officially began after a devastating fire displaced roughly 30 residents last week. Monday morning, the fenced-off area along the 5600 block of Forward Avenue had a large Schaaf Excavating Contractors crane and floodlights positioned toward what was left of the building....
Innamorato pledges voting registration aid to new citizens after feds curb nongovernment groups
Allegheny County will start deploying Elections Division staff to naturalization ceremonies to help new U.S. citizens register to vote. The move, announced Monday, comes in response to the Trump administration recently barring nongovernmental groups such as the League of Women Voters from doing so in certain cases. The U.S. Citizenship...
U.S., China reach a framework deal for the ownership of TikTok
A framework deal has been reached between China and the U.S. for the ownership of popular social video platform TikTok, U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said after trade talks this weekend in Spain. Bessent said in a press conference after the latest round of trade talks between the world’s two...
Allegheny County announces satellite voting, ballot return options for November election
Allegheny County voters will have four satellite voting locations and 10 ballot-return options for the November general election. The county’s Board of Elections on Monday voted 3-0 on the sites, which allow voters to return ballots before Election Day on Nov. 4. The ballot-return locations let people submit a mail-in...
Mark Madden: Patience wears thin after Steelers’ inexcusable struggles continue
The excuses, okey-dokeys and empty platitudes are piling up in the wake of the Steelers’ odious 31-17 home loss to Seattle. “It’s only two games! Be patient!” We’ve been patient for eight years, each without a playoff win. “Broderick Jones needs time to adjust to left tackle.” That time should...
Pittsburgh spars with couple over value of Schenley Farms home caught in landslide
When the street began pulling away from their house in Pittsburgh’s historic Schenley Farms neighborhood in March 2022, Brian and Donna Albert reported it to the city. Over the following weeks, Pittsburgh officials determined a landslide was causing Andover Terrace to collapse and a retaining wall to fail. The city...
Building the Valley: Fawn’s Eddy Woodworking a family rite of passage
Woodworking isn’t easy. But 78-year-old Larry Eddy makes it look that way. He — and his family — have been turning flat pieces of plywood into 3D art walls at his woodworking shop off Route 908 in Fawn. The interactive, tactile walls are ordered by West Deer-based TFH Sensory Needs...
‘Trash wheel’ could soon be installed to remove litter from Pittsburgh river
Stewards of Western Pennsylvania waterways are hoping a machine being used to prevent litter from polluting the Baltimore harbor could help keep the Steel City’s rivers clean. Two nonprofit organizations, Allegheny CleanWays and Three Rivers Waterkeeper, are working on bringing a “trash wheel” to the Monongahela River near Hazelwood. Powered...
Sen. Fetterman says Dems need to be nicer to Trump: ‘This is not an autocrat’
U.S. Sen. John Fetterman has some advice for Democrats: Stop being so mean to Donald Trump. In an interview with CNN’s Manu Raju on “Inside Politics Sunday,” the Democratic senator from Braddock said his party needs to stop focusing on progressive issues and pull back on some of the criticism...
Updated contract would lower starting salary for new Jeannette police officers
An arbitration decision calls for wages for new Jeannette police officers to decrease in an updated contract, a change that concerns union representatives. Under the pact that expired Dec. 31, new officers hired in 2024 earned a percentage of the $78,502 base rate their first year, based on experience, and...
Ohio woman arrested after her 7-year-old son, the subject of an Amber Alert, located in Ross
An Ohio woman was arrested Sunday after Ross police said they found her 7-year-old son — who was the subject of an Amber Alert — injured and in the back of her car along William Street in the township. Ross police said officers arrested Tiarika Baymon, 32, of Brunswick, Ohio....
Steelers vs. Seahawks: What they’re saying in Seattle after win
The Seattle Seahawks and their fans returned to the West Coast pleased after spoiling the Pittsburgh Steelers’ home opener Sunday. The Seahawks took over in the second half of the game and defeated the Steelers 31-17 at Acrisure Stadium. Reporter Bob Condotta of the Seattle Times wrote “there were a...
Ford City woman charged after 3 dead infants found in rental home
Police have charged an Armstrong County woman after they discovered three dead babies inside the house she had been renting, they said. The investigation into Jessica Marie Mauthe, 39, of Ford City began when the landlord of a property in the 100 block of Oak Lane, Cadogan Township, was cleaning...
Airing of Grievances: Kaleb Johnson’s big mistake, defensive deficiencies ruin Steelers home opener
Sunday’s festivities for the Pittsburgh Steelers’ home opener against the Seattle Seahawks began with 1980s metal star Bruce Dickinson singing the national anthem. After that, though, as Dickinson once sang with his band Iron Maiden, the Steelers endured “Hell on Earth.” The Steelers gave up a touchdown on the opening...
