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Change in state police academy requirements generates burst in applications
Eliminating the requirement that Pennsylvania State Police cadets have college credits under their belts in order to apply for trooper jobs was met with a burst of applications. State officials said 137 of 297 people who applied in the two days after the announcement last week do not have college...
High-speed chase in Greensburg ends in arrest
A Pittsburgh man who led police on a morning chase in Greensburg and Hempfield is accused of trying to carjack two people at a gas station before a Westmoreland County sheriff’s deputy tased him, according to court papers. Police said the chase started when Matthew Allen Armstrong, 36, fled in...
Tri-axle truck overturns on Claypike Road
A section of Claypike Road in Mt. Pleasant Township was shut down for a couple hours Wednesday morning after a tri-axle truck overturned, spilling its load. The one-vehicle crash was reported at 9:20 a.m. in the area of Sheriff’s Lane, according to a Westmoreland 911 dispatch supervisor. A section of...
State police in region investigated 153 crashes on Labor Day weekend
State troopers in three local troops were busy during the Labor Day weekend as they investigated five fatalities in four crashes, including ones in Allegheny, Fayette and Westmoreland, according to statistics released by the agency. That amounted to half of the fatalities on the roads statewide that were investigated by...
Westmoreland City man forced off road after chase through neighborhoods
A Westmoreland City man is accused of leading state police on a chase Monday that reached 110 mph, at one point going the wrong way on Route 30, according to court papers. Ricardo S. Monteparte, 57, did not have a valid drivers license, police said. Troopers reported seeing a Jeep...
Penn Township man jailed after attempting to run from police officers
A Penn Township man was jailed without bail Friday after police said he led them on a chase when he didn’t have a valid drivers license. The driving record for Gregg L. Snyder, 59, is so voluminous that township police said they had to request a copy of it from...
Police say New Stanton Manor fire was intentionally set during argument
A Hempfield man is accused by state police of setting a fire in his apartment Sunday morning, prompting the evacuation of the building, according to court papers. Frank M. Starr, 45, is being held at the Westmoreland County Prison on $50,000 bail. Troopers were called to New Stanton Manor at...
Latrobe man killed in vehicle crash
A Latrobe man was killed late Monday when state police said the vehicle in which he was a passenger hit an embankment in Wilkinsburg. Troopers said Michael N. Zappone, 47, was a passenger in a Jeep Cherokee being driven by David A. Whitlatch, 32, of Waynesburg. The SUV was seen...
Watch Penguins’ new video scoreboard come to life
The in-game experience at Pittsburgh Penguins games is about to get bigger. A lot bigger. The team shared on social media a progress video of an enormous new video board that will hang over the ice at PPG Paints Arena, much larger than the one fans have grown accustomed to...
Morning Roundup: Fire destroys vacant Hempfield home
Here are some of the latest news items from this morning, Friday, Sept. 1: Fire destroys vacant Hempfield home A Hempfield home along Middletown Road was destroyed in a fire early Friday. Firefighters were met around 2 a.m. with heavy flames and smoke centered on the front part of the...
1 dead, 2 injured in shooting in Downtown Pittsburgh
A man was killed and two others were injured in a shooting in Downtown Pittsburgh late Thursday, according to the Allegheny County Medical Examiner and city police. Lonnie Latham III, 23, of Pittsburgh died at a hospital after the 10:30 p.m. shooting in the area of Strawberry Way and Smithfield...
Murrysville property owner accused of using bad check for tax payment
The owner of a five-bedroom home in Murrysville is accused of giving Westmoreland County authorities a bad $25,000 check in an effort to halt a tax sale of the property, according to court papers. Prasad Margabandhu, 47, of Mt. Lebanon, was charged this week with misdemeanor bad checks. County detectives...
Sentencing date set in Indiana County head-on crash that killed Jeannette man
Sentencing is scheduled for Oct. 2 in connection with a wrong-way crash on Route 119 in Indiana County that killed a Jeannette man. Elias Jimenez, 29, of Indiana, pleaded guilty earlier in August to homicide by vehicle and accidents involving death in the Jan. 26 crash near Homer City. District...
Morning Roundup: Feds say 3 Panama residents scammed $1.5M from Pittsburgh, U.S. residents
Here are some of the latest news items from this morning, Thursday, Aug. 31: Feds say 3 Panama residents scammed $1.5M from Pittsburgh, U.S. residents Three men were extradited from Panama and had initial appearances in Pittsburgh federal court Wednesday on police accusations that they took part in orchestrating a...
Mural adorns wall overlooking amphitheater in Jeannette
Earthy tones and a Bible verse have replaced a blank brick wall on the side of the J&J Jewelers building in Jeannette. The mural was completed last week by about 15 Cornerstone Ministries volunteers as part of the Murrysville church’s “Uncommon” community service weekend, Pastor Brandon Vieth said. The volunteers...
Morgan Wallen concerts: What to know before you head to PNC Park
Pittsburgh’s North Shore will be busy Wednesday and Thursday as country music fans descend on PNC Park for a two-night stop of Morgan Wallen’s tour. Both shows appear to be close to selling out, according to Ticketmaster, so that means parking lots packed with cowboy boot-wearing fans as gates open...
Rare ‘blue super moon’ will appear between the clouds this evening
If you’ve referred to something rare happening “once in a blue moon,” that time is now. The moon won’t be blue when it rises into the skies Wednesday evening, but the blue moon refers to the second full moon in a calendar month, according to NASA. A blue moon happens...
Morning Roundup: Peters Township High tops ranking of Pittsburgh schools
Here are some of the latest news items from this morning, Wednesday, Aug. 30: Peters Township High tops ranking of Pittsburgh schools Peters Township High School has been ranked the best high school in the Pittsburgh region by U.S. News and World Report. The annual rankings were released Tuesday evaluating...
South Side’s Carson City Saloon set to reopen
A popular Pittsburgh nightspot is reopening next week after closing in July because of concerns over safety and violence in the South Side. Carson City Saloon announced on its Facebook page that it will “see you soon” on Sept. 7 when doors open at 7 p.m. The sports bar temporarily...
1 dead in Penn Hills attempted murder-suicide
A woman was hospitalized in critical condition Tuesday night after Allegheny County Police said she was shot in an attempted murder-suicide. Authorities said they were notified of the shooting on Thon Drive around 9:30 p.m. They reported finding a 41-year-old woman with multiple gunshot wounds and a 50-year-old man with...
2 charged with drug offenses in Yukon after several months of neighborhood disruption
The constant traffic that disrupted a Yukon neighborhood for months is now gone, a day after state police arrested two men and confiscated seven marijuana plants they said were growing in an empty swimming pool. Two neighbors, declined to provide their names to a reporter because of safety concerns, said...
Another alligator on the loose — this time in New Jersey
Less than a month after an alligator was pulled out of the Kiski River, authorities in New Jersey are searching waterways there after confirmed reports of an alligator of their own. Police in Middlesex, about 40 miles southwest of New York City, reported Monday that an officer shot at the...
Roundup: 2nd tornado confirmed in Fayette County
Here are some of the latest news items from this morning, Tuesday, Aug. 29: 2nd tornado confirmed in Fayette County A second tornado in Fayette County during Friday’s storms has been confirmed by the National Weather Service. The two tornadoes struck around 2:30 a.m. in the Mill Run area and...
Minor Ohio earthquake felt in some parts of Western Pa.
Some Western Pennsylvanians may have felt trembles from a Sunday night earthquake in the Cleveland area, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. The quake was reported near Madison, Ohio, not far from Lake Erie, at 10:43 p.m. Monitors in Avella, Moraine and Keystone state parks and Penn State Dubois all...
Morning roundup: Washington County man killed in wrong-way crash
Here are some of the latest news items from this morning, Monday, Aug. 28: Washington County man killed in wrong-way crash A Roscoe man was killed in a wrong-way crash on Toll Route 43 in Washington County, according to the coroner. A vehicle driven by Tyler Smith, 24, was traveling...
