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Apollo-Ridge Elementary evacuated during bomb threat
Apollo-Ridge Elementary School was evacuated Wednesday as officers responded to a bomb threat, according to a statement from district Superintendent Matthew Curci. The threat was found in the school Wednesday morning, Curci said. Officials notified law enforcement and took students to the nearby high school while police and bomb dogs...
Cops: Pittsburgh officer shoots gunman in Crafton Heights
A Crafton Heights man fired at least 10 shots at two Pittsburgh police officers before one of the cops returned fire, critically wounding him after a domestic dispute Wednesday night at the man’s home, police said. Issa Abdus-Salaam, 31, of Crucible Street, is in critical condition at a Pittsburgh hospital,...
Another bomb threat closes Fox Chapel Area High School
Fox Chapel Area High School is closed Wednesday because of a bomb threat, the second closure in three weeks. Police are investigating, according to a district announcement. The district’s other schools will have classes as normal. The threat was received around 3 a.m. Wednesday through the state Safe2Say Something system,...
Pittsburgh polling place briefly locked down as SWAT called to apartment
Pittsburgh police briefly placed a polling place in Homewood South on lockdown Tuesday evening as they prepared for a possible standoff with a man they believed was armed. A 911 caller told police an armed, wanted man was in an apartment on the 600 block of North Braddock Avenue, according...
Saw Mill Run Boulevard reopens amid bridge replacement work
Saw Mill Run Boulevard in Pittsburgh has partially reopened now that the new Shaler Street Bridge has been transported to its new location. One lane in each direction between the West End Circle and the Parkway West opened early Wednesday morning. The road has been closed since Sunday for the...
Woman dies after 4-vehicle crash in Pittsburgh
An 89-year-old woman died in the hospital after a four-vehicle crash in Pittsburgh’s New Homestead neighborhood, according to the Allegheny County Medical Examiner’s office. Greta L. Winter, of Bethel Park, was driving on Mifflin Road around 11:30 a.m. Monday when her car struck two vehicles, one of which was pushed...
1 killed in wrong-way crash on I-79 in Washington County
One person is dead and another injured after a wrong-way crash on Interstate 79 southbound on Tuesday, according to the Washington County Coroner’s Office. The two-vehicle crash happened just before 2 a.m. between the Canonsburg and Houston exits. One of the vehicles was driving north on the southbound turnpike, hitting...
2 injured in East Huntingdon crashVideo
Medical helicopters took two people to the hospital after a Monday morning crash in East Huntingdon, according to Westmoreland County 911. The two-vehicle crash on Porter Avenue — also known as Route 819 — happened just before 7 a.m. One vehicle went over an embankment and was heavily damaged, with...
Saw Mill Run closed as PennDOT replaces Shaler Street Bridge using new techniqueVideo
The new Shaler Street Bridge was inched into place Monday afternoon over the course of several hours and the overall work to finish the bridge is expected to take about two weeks thanks to a new construction technique PennDOT is debuting. This is the first time PennDOT has used a...
Police investigate reported Downtown Pittsburgh robbery
Police are investigating a reported robbery that happened Sunday afternoon in Downtown Pittsburgh. A woman told police she was inside a business on the 400 block of Boulevard of the Allies around 1:45 p.m. when she was approached by a man who allegedly pistol whipped her and demanded her money,...
Brownsville building damaged in fire
Firefighters in Brownsville, Fayette County, spent hours early Monday morning extinguishing a blaze in a building under renovation. The fire started around 2 a.m., according to Fayette County 911. Firefighters told Tribune-Review news partner WPXI-TV that the fire started because of an electrical problem. The building was undergoing renovation, with...
7 candidates make case for Greensburg Salem School Board
The Greensburg Salem School Board will have difficult choices to make in the years ahead. Each of the seven candidates running for five seats are making their pitch for why he or she is the right person for the job. Incumbents Robin Beckadic-Savage, Frank Gazze and Stephen Thomas are running...
Greensburg woman had ‘pride and purpose’
Jemima Klingensmith was proud of her family’s legacy. Her great-grandfather, John Stouffer, fought for the Union in then Civil War. Mrs. Klingensmith was a longtime member and onetime state president of the Daughters of Union Veterans, a group of Civil War descendants dedicated to keeping the memory of their ancestors...
Westmoreland Recorder of Deeds candidates ready for rematch
Voters might experience déjà vu Tuesday when choosing the Westmoreland County Recorder of Deeds. Incumbent Democrat Tom Murphy and Republican Frank Schiefer are familiar opponents. In 2011, Schiefer ousted Murphy, who was then a three-term incumbent. Four years later, they faced off again, with Murphy prevailing. Now they’re going for...
4th gun found at Arnold Palmer airport checkpoint in 2019
Federal security officials at Arnold Palmer Regional Airport near Latrobe stopped a Connellsville man who tried to travel with a loaded handgun in his carry-on bag Thursday, according to the agency. Westmoreland County Park Police, which assigns officers to the Unity airport, detained the man for questioning, eventually allowing him...
2 incumbents, 2 challengers lay out plans for Greensburg Council
The four candidates for Greensburg council agree the city is moving in the right direction. They disagree over whether it is doing so quickly enough — and on who should lead the city for the next four years. Republicans Sindy Diaz and Colin Johnson are challenging Democratic incumbents Randy Finfrock...
Wind advisory in effect for Westmoreland, other parts of region for Halloween night
Wind and rain might be scarier than ghosts and ghouls for Halloween tricks-or-treaters. Westmoreland, along with Fayette and Indiana counties, are under a wind advisory until midnight Thursday. Wind gusts up to 55 mph are possible, according to the National Weather Service. The agency downgraded those areas from a tornado...
Elderly pedestrian struck by car in Shaler
A man in his 70s was taken to the hospital after he was struck by a car in Shaler Township, according to township police. The traffic accident happened shortly after 8 p.m. in the 100 block of Parker Street, according to an Allegheny County 911 dispatcher. The car remained at...
Penn-Trafford business class raises nearly $100,000 for charity
Students in a business class at Penn-Trafford High School raised almost $100,000 for charity since the class started 14 years ago, and they expect to pass the six-figure mark this year. Students in the “Introduction to Administration and Management” class sell T-shirts of their own design, with the profits going...
USDA unveils new federal hemp regulations
Almost a year after lifting a ban on commercial hemp production, the federal government unveiled rules that will regulate the crop. “We said we would get it done in time for producers to make planning decisions for 2020, and we followed through,” U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue said in...
Auditor General announces extra money for municipal pensions across Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania municipalities are getting $328.2 million in state funding to cover pension costs this year — an increase of about $30 million from 2018. Auditor General Eugene DePasquale announced the allocations at a meeting of the Pennsylvania Professional Firefighters Association. “You’re putting lives on the line every single day …...
Two former Greensburg officials file age discrimination lawsuits against city
Two former Greensburg officials have sued the city in federal court, saying they were forced out of their jobs because of age discrimination. Barbara Ciampini and Frank Lehman, who respectively worked as planning director and recreation director, filed their suits simultaneously Wednesday. Both lost their jobs with the city in...
Witch Bike Brigade takes over Ligonier with dance partyVideo
The witches traveled by bike, bus and broom to take over the streets of Ligonier Sunday. About 1,200 women, most of them in witch attire, turned out for the 4th annual Ligonier Witches Bike Brigade. The event is a cross between a women-only pub crawl, costume party and bike fundraiser,...
Police: Driver hit elderly man while fleeing crash in Downtown Pittsburgh
One man was arrested for DUI and another taken to the hospital Saturday after a hit-and-run crash on 7th Avenue in downtown Pittsburgh, according to the city department of public safety. Two vehicles crashed near the intersection of 7th Avenue and Penn Avenue around 3:20 p.m., police said. One of...
Staycation Destination: West Newton to Ohiopyle on the Great Allegheny PassageVideo
As bicyclists pedal south, away from Pittsburgh on the Great Allegheny Passage, the towns get farther apart, the woods get deeper and the views get even more impressive. Last month’s guide to the GAP focused on the 148-mile biking and walking trail’s most urban stretch — the 26 miles between...
