Tony LaRussa stories, Page 10

Here are some of the latest news items from this morning, Monday, June 26: Man shot in face in Duquesne, suspect sought An arrest warrant has been issued for a man accused of shooting a man in the face in Duquesne on Sunday. At the request of Duquesne police, Allegheny...

A man died Sunday afternoon after his vehicle went over a hillside in Pittsburgh’s Lincoln-Lemington-Belmar neighborhood. Pittsburgh police, EMS and fire units responded to the crash at 3:20 p.m. at Chaucer Street and Lincoln Avenue, according to a Pittsburgh Public Safety spokeswoman. William Boulware, 75, of Pittsburgh was pronounced dead...

There’s always a chance that winning an award one time could be a fluke. But when the honors start piling up, there’s an even better chance that there’s something worthy of recognition. The district’s efforts to create a sustainable, healthy learning environment during the past several years has caught the...

A man accused of fleeing from police twice in two days and then feigning suicide to avoid capture has been ordered to stand trial. Frank Dean Shaner, 23, of the 700 block of Stewart Drive in Washington Township was charged June 12 with felony counts of criminal trespass and flight...

New Kensington police accused a Pittsburgh man of reaching for a loaded gun when the car he was riding in was pulled over for a traffic stop and of trying to flee when officers tried to arrest him. The New Kensington woman who was driving the car, who had an...

Eric Sinclair never gave a career in law enforcement much thought while growing up in Harrison. But as he reflects on his four decades as a deputy for the Westmoreland County Sheriff’s Office, he has no regrets about his decision to skip college and enter the police academy. At 2...

Springdale police accused a man of interpreting what it means to live next to a strip mall a little too far. John J. Schillinger Jr., 64, of the 400 block of Lincoln Avenue was charged with indecent exposure, open lewdness and disorderly conduct after police said they found him lounging...

A Brackenridge man is accused of injuring two people when he opened fire on them early Monday in Tarentum after a woman he knew got into an argument with the pair along Corbet Street. Allegheny County Police identified the alleged shooter as Steven Jermain Prezzie, 44. Prezzie faces two counts...

A man accused of stalking a Tarentum police officer and then slapping him across the face has been ordered to stand trial. Bryaunt C. Williams, 38, of the 200 block of West Eighth Avenue in Tarentum was arrested May 19 and charged with a felony count of aggravated assault, along...

Pine-Richland School Board adopted a $106.3 million spending plan for 2023-2024 that includes no increase in property taxes for the fourth straight year. Board members voted June 12 to adopt the spending plan, which is about $5 million larger than this year’s budget. The measure passed on an 8-0 vote,...

Allegheny County Police detectives accused a man of using his former Fawn neighbor’s banking information to open a dozen credit cards and steal nearly $26,000 after she cosigned a car loan in 2018 so he could drive to work. Jonathon Theron Sam Fry, 42, of the 3800 block of Riverview...

A teenager has been arrested in connection with a man’s fatal shooting in Uniontown on Tuesday. State police charged Antonyo Owens, 14, with felony counts of criminal homicide, possession of a firearm, carrying a firearm without a license and possession of a firearm by a minor, along with a count...

A local Catholic church’s decades-old tradition of celebrating the Feast of Corpus Christi by creating temporary visual expressions of faith using a rainbow of colored sawdust marked its 80th year on Sunday at a new location. While the venue has changed, the cooperative weather did not. Nobody on site could...

A remodeling contractor from Harrison is accused of taking more than $50,000 up front from a woman for new kitchen cabinets that he never installed. A detective with the Allegheny County District Attorney’s Office accused Dylan Seelnacht, 30, of the 300 block of Primrose Lane with two felony theft counts...

Vandergrift police accused a man of threatening his neighbor with a gun after police found the man outside his home leaning against a pole with a pistol tucked into his waistband. Jeffery M. Rutledge, 68, of the 800 block of Holland Street was charged with a felony count of aggravated...

Pine-Richland senior Kendal Chilcoat knew she had a pretty good shot at getting some help to pay for college when she began sending out scholarship applications at the beginning of the school year. Chilcoat, 18, of Pine, was this year’s senior class president, a member of National Honor Society, made...

Arnold police accused a man of threatening to cut another man’s head off with hedge clippers before pulling a gun on him and his daughter after they had asked him to stop taking video of them with a cellphone. Vincent G. Mazziotti, 30, of the 1800 block of Freeport Road...

An Arnold man who previously was convicted for assault and carrying a gun without a license was ordered to stand trial on charges he punched a woman in the face, pushed her to the ground and stomped on her head. Malachi Supreme Hayes, 25, of the 1200 block of Kenneth...

A woman is accused of stealing more than $34,000 from the Washington Township man she lived with in 2021 by using his debit card and Social Security numbers to pay for online purchases. Rebecca Lynn Hubert, 55, who previously lived in Apollo and Vandergrift, faces seven felony charges. They include...

A Springdale woman’s former boyfriend is accused of breaking into her home while she was in Florida and stealing $1,000 in personal items and cash, according to authorities. Coleman Walsh, 24, of Freeport Street in Etna, got caught after she saw him on a security camera inside the house, police...

A New Kensington woman was accused of dealing drugs after police said she had bags of crack and heroin stuffed down her pants when the car she was riding in got pulled over. Emily Grace Hock, 39, of the 200 block of Glenview Drive was charged with two felony counts...

A New Kensington woman is accused of trying to run over a pedestrian crossing the street before intentionally crashing her Range Rover into a pickup driven by a man she thought was stalking her, according to authorities. Jody L. Horner Glenberg, 69, of the 100 block of Argonne Drive was...

A woman accused of embezzling more than $21,000 from a New Kensington church while serving as treasurer has been ordered to stand trial. Cheryl M. Garnett, 74, of the 900 block of Freeport Road in East Deer was charged May 17 with a felony count of theft after, New Kensington...

An Arnold woman is accused of trying to strangle her boyfriend after a drunken argument they were having turned physical, according to authorities. Moniekia D. Erdley, 37, of the 2000 block of Constitution Boulevard was charged with a felony count of strangulation along with counts of simple assault, harassment and...

With an evergreen tree as part of the district’s name and school colors to match, it only stands to reason that Pine-Richland’s students and staff have an affinity for finding ways to preserve the natural beauty of the environment. The Pine-Richland School District recently began the testing phase of a...