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Armed man killed after trying to breach Ohio FBI office, standoffVideo
CINCINNATI — An armed man clad in body armor who tried to breach the FBI’s Cincinnati office on Thursday was shot and killed by police after he fled the scene and engaged in an hourslong standoff in a rural part of the state, the Ohio State Highway Patrol said. The...
Brackenridge looks to address complaints about street sports
Anyone putting up basketball hoops, soccer or hockey goals on Brackenridge streets could find it to be a costly move. A proposed ordinance would prohibit items like these from encroaching on public rights of way after multiple residents complained about property damage from errant basketballs and street hockey balls. “The...
Pirates owner Bob Nutting to buy Wigle Whiskey, Threadbare Cider & Mead
Pittsburgh-based craft distillery Wigle Whiskey announced Thursday that it will be selling its operation to Pittsburgh Pirates owner and multi-millionaire Bob Nutting. Wigle operates a distillery in the Strip District that produces whiskey, gin and other spirits. The company also runs a facility in Spring Garden that produces hard cider...
PNC Bank says it will eliminate insufficient funds fees
PNC Bank personal checking account customers will no longer have to pay non-sufficient fund fees. The bank said today that “it will no longer charge any consumer deposit account customers non-sufficient fund (NSF) fees. This marks the company’s latest effort to enhance the financial well-being of its customers and extends...
Police investigating after pickup found submerged near Bridgeport Dam in Mt. Pleasant Township
Westmoreland County Park Police are investigating after an abandoned mid-1990s Chevy truck was found submerged at the Bridgeport Dam in Mt. Pleasant Township Thursday afternoon. The truck was found around 9 a.m. by two men magnet fishing, park police said. It was located in the reservoir of the dam —...
Peters man charged in death of infant son left in hot van for hours
A father who told police he forgot his infant son in a hot van for hours in Upper St. Clair in June has been charged with involuntary manslaughter, according to police. Khang Nguyen, 33, said he’d left 3-month-old Kayden in his 2022 Toyota Sienna shortly before 11 a.m. on June...
Trump’s bond with GOP deepens after primary wins, FBI search
NEW YORK — Donald Trump ‘s pick for governor in the swing state of Wisconsin easily defeated a favorite of the Republican establishment. In Connecticut, the state that launched the Bush family and its brand of compassionate conservatism, a fiery Senate contender who promoted Trump’s election lies upset the state...
Gas prices dip just below $4 for 1st time in 5 months
Gasoline prices have dipped under $4 for the first time in more than five months — good news for consumers who are struggling with high prices for many other essentials. AAA said the national average for a gallon of regular was $3.99 on Thursday, down from the mid-June record of...
Work moves ahead for Route 981 roundabout, realignment in Mt. Pleasant TownshipVideo
People who live and work along Route 981 in Mt. Pleasant Township have mixed feelings about a PennDOT project that is underway to reshape sections of the road as part of the Laurel Valley Transportation Improvement Project. The overall project is meant to improve safety and traffic flow in the...
Deputy sheriff helps nab fugitive at Ross Park Mall who officials say evaded arrest several other times
An off-duty Allegheny County deputy sheriff who was shopping with his family Wednesday at Ross Park Mall helped to nab a fugitive wanted for firearm violations and a penchant for fleeing from police and evading capture, the sheriff’s department said. The deputy sheriff, who was not identified, spotted Dejon Fuller,...
Penn Hills School District to form its own police force
Penn Hills School District officials are in the process of creating a school police force. The board unanimously voted to authorize administrators and solicitor Bruce Dice to “take the next steps” in forming the force at a special meeting Aug. 3, according to district documents. Steps include petitioning the Allegheny...
McKees Rocks man sentenced to nearly 6 years in federal prison for drug crimes
A McKees Rocks man, who is serving a state prison sentence of more than 16 years for a third-degree murder conviction, was sentenced to nearly six years in federal prison for violating federal narcotics laws, authorities announced Wednesday. Omarr Harris, 39, was found guilty of possession with intent to distribute...
Turnpike drug suspect sentenced to 9 years in prison for transporting 400 ‘bricks’ of heroin
A former Philadelphia man was sentenced Wednesday to nine years in federal prison for transporting about 20,000 packets of heroin three years ago when state police stopped him along the Pennsylvania Turnpike in Mt. Pleasant Township. Cristobal Rosa-Robles, 51, was sentenced in U.S. District Court in Pittsburgh by a federal...
Police seek ID of Swissvale sex assault suspect
Allegheny County and Swissvale police are seeking assistance with identifying on man suspected of sexually assaulting a woman on a Swissvale sidewalk in broad daylight, county police said. The suspect is accused of assaulting the woman at about 6:10 p.m. Aug. 4, near the intersection of Monongahela and Duquesne avenues,...
Allegheny County election officials debate future of ballot drop boxes, satellite voting centers
Allegheny County took several steps to address high voter turnout anticipated in the 2020 election, launching mail-in ballot information campaigns, satellite voting offices and ballot drop boxes, but those methods haven’t been brought back. At Wednesday’s Allegheny County Election Board meeting in Downtown Pittsburgh, Department of Administrative Services Director Jessica...
Delivery of 7 remaining Fern Hollow Bridge beams begins Thursday
Delivery of the last of the beams needed to rebuild the Fern Hollow Bridge will begin Thursday, shutting down a Parkway East ramp and several Regent Square side streets during delivery times. Fourteen beams have already been delivered to the Squirrel Hill side of the bridge. The bridge, part of...
Western Pa. animal shelters take in beagles rescued from Virginia mass-breeding facilityVideo
More than two dozen beagles removed from a Virginia breeding facility last month will wait for their forever homes at six Western Pennsylvania rescue facilities, according to the rescue groups. Twenty-one of the dogs were brought to the area through a joint effort involving Pittsburgh’s Humane Animal Rescue, Animal Friends,...
Man who paralyzed Latrobe woman in Parkway East crash sentenced to 2 to 4 years
A Wilkinsburg man who was in the throes of mental illness last year when he went on a 75-minute crime spree, including stealing two cars, striking pedestrians and causing a crash that led to a Latrobe woman’s paralysis, will serve two to four years’ incarceration. Derek Deleon Brown, 30, pleaded...
Sex abuse case against retired priest dropped by Allegheny County DA’s office
The Allegheny County District Attorney’s Office on Tuesday withdrew charges against a Catholic priest accused of sexually abusing an 11-year-old boy in 2001. The paperwork dismissing the case against the Rev. Hugh Lang, 92, said it was being done in the best interest of the alleged victim. Lang was a...
Frazer man charged with sexual assault of young girl
Allegheny County Police detectives arrested a Frazer man after, they said, a pre-teen girl told investigators he forced her to have sexual contact with him. Zachary Chicko, 37, of New Orchard Road was charged with felony counts of corruption of a minor and unlawful contact with a minor along with...
New Penn Brewery owner will keep the classic brews, expand the small batches
Ownership of Penn Brewery has changed hands, but the new owner vows to continue its tradition of producing classic lagers and German beer styles in the 16th-century Bavarian tradition, along with experimental, small-batch brews. A Monday post on the brewery’s Facebook page said, “Penn Brewery’s owners — Sandy Cindrich, Corey...
Frazer police accuse woman of using nursing home’s credit card for $42K spending spree
Frazer police arrested a woman they say confessed to using a company credit card to steal more than $42,400 from the nursing home where she worked because, she said, they reneged on a promise to pay her bonuses for recruiting new employees. Jennifer L. Ward, 48, of the 900 block...
New Whole Foods opens in East Liberty, old store closes
Whole Foods Market replaced its grocery store in Pittsburgh’s East End with a new, larger space in East Liberty. The new grocery store opened Wednesday morning at the Liberty East development at 5700 Penn Ave. The new location will add more than 20,000 square feet of floor space compared to...
Sewickley piercing shop owner accused of offering teen girl money for sex
Editor’s note: Watson was acquitted of all charges following a jury trial in October before Allegheny County Common Pleas Judge Bruce Beemer. The charges have since been expunged from Watson’s record. The owner of a Sewickley piercing shop faces charges after police say he offered a 17-year-old girl money to...
Donald Trump ‘took the Fifth.’ What does it actually mean?
NEW YORK — Former President Donald Trump showed up Wednesday for questioning under oath in New York’s civil investigation into his business practices. But he quickly made clear he wouldn’t be answering. The ex-president issued a statement saying he had done nothing wrong but was invoking the Fifth Amendment’s protection...
