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Collier artist’s work to be featured in upcoming children’s museum exhibit
Kathleen Zimbicki’s upcoming showcase at the Children’s Museum of Pittsburgh is proof that art is for all ages. A legend in the Pittsburgh art scene, Zimbicki’s most recent work features her watercolor pieces with drawings done by her great-grandchildren and neighbor children on top of the paint. A display of...
Police investigate fatal shooting in Clairton
A 20-year-old man was shot and killed Thursday in Clairton, authorities said. Allegheny County Police homicide detectives are investigating the late-morning shooting. Marquise Jones was found in the 900 block of Toman Avenue following a call to 911 at 11:22 a.m. for a shooting. He was pronounced dead at the...
Former Leet police chief sues township, again
Former Leet police Chief Michael Molinaro has sued the township in Allegheny County Common PleasCourt and is seeking more than $404,000 for what he called a breach of contract. The suit claims his employment was “terminated without just cause” three years, one month and two days before the contract expiration....
‘Wall of Caring’ art installation comes to Forbes Hospital
Visitors to Forbes Hospital in Monroeville between now and April 3 may pass by what appears to be a wall of medical scrubs that are awaiting their turn in the laundry. It bears a message of “We See You” in its center, and it is an art installation created with...
Trib honors employees who embody company values
Trib Total Media has recognized six employees with its inaugural Core Values Awards. The awards honor employees who exemplify the Trib’s six core values of accountability, collaboration, evolution, integrity, ownership and respect. “These employees are our all-stars,” Trib Total Media President and CEO Jennifer Bertetto said. “Their values make sure...
Tarentum man facing sex assault charges arrested in another rape case
A Tarentum man awaiting trial on 2023 charges that he sexually assaulted a 6-year-old girl has been charged in an unrelated rape case. Allegheny County Police on Wednesday said Brian Lee Jefferies, 27, of Roup Street repeatedly raped and sexually assaulted a girl when she was between 10 and 13...
Stowe teen charged with shooting at undercover police officers
A teenager remained in jail Wednesday after being charged with shooting at two police officers doing an undercover drug investigation in Stowe a day earlier. Delvonte Woodson, 17, of Stowe was charged as an adult Tuesday with two counts each of attempted homicide, aggravated assault and assault of a police...
Morning Roundup: Station Square fatal shooting victim ID’d; Monroeville police officer struck by vehicle in Penn Hills
Here are some of the latest news items from this morning, Wednesday, March 6. Victim identified in fatal shooting Friday in Station Square The Allegheny County Medical Examiner has identified the 25-year-old man fatally shot Friday night in Station Square. According to Pittsburgh Public Safety, police responded to reports of...
Allegheny County Council resolution calling for a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas voted downVideo
Allegheny County Councilman Nicholas Futules summed up about five hours of public comment Tuesday night about the ongoing conflict between Israel and Hamas in Gaza. “This world sucks,” he said. The comment was made shortly before the 14 county council representatives in attendance voted 3-9-2 not to pass a resolution...
Allegheny County judge sends rapist, most ‘dangerous’ defendant he’s faced, to prison for 49 years
It was all about control. The victim said that James Byrd always wanted to control her — when they dated on and off for years while he was in and out of prison, and more than a dozen years after that when he raped her. The prosecutor, too, said that...
Judge gives Tarentum killer 15-40 years for beating, strangling, stabbing woman
Juan Hayden didn’t just fatally stab Susan Jeffries in 2019. First, he beat and strangled her. Hayden’s efforts to make the Tarentum woman suffer, along with his history of domestic violence, led prosecutors to seek the maximum penalty of 20 to 40 years in prison when he was sentenced Tuesday...
County police: 17-year-old to be charged as adult, accused of being in a gunfight with Stowe police
A 17-year-old boy faces felony charges after police say he fired gunshots at police officers in Stowe Township on Tuesday afternoon. Delvonte Woodson, 17, of Stowe Township, faces charges including criminal attempted homicide, assault of a police officer, and illegal possession of a firearm, Allegheny County Police said Tuesday night...
Monroeville Convention Center not closing after all, officials say
The Monroeville Convention Center won’t be closing after all. Monroeville officials said Tuesday afternoon the national arts and crafts retailer Hobby Lobby and Pittsburgh-based Oxford Development, which owns the convention center, have “mutually agreed to pursue termination of their lease agreement.” That agreement, announced in mid-February, would have terminated the...
Morning Roundup: 1 injured in South Park crash; motorcyclist hospitalized in hit-and-run in Duquesne
Here are some of the latest news items from this morning, Tuesday, March 5: 1 injured in crash in South Park One person was taken to the hospital Monday night after a crash involving a motorcycle and a vehicle in South Park Township, according to TribLive news partner WTAE. The...
Springdale woman named Miss Smiling Irish Eyes for Pittsburgh
A Springdale High School graduate is Pittsburgh’s Miss Smiling Irish Eyes for 2024. Madalyn Byrnes, 21, of Springdale will be featured in the March 16 St. Patrick’s Day parade, which starts at 10 a.m. “I was overjoyed,” Byrnes said. “This has been something I have been working toward for a...
Voting is Power Pittsburgh coalition launches in the city’s Hill DistrictVideo
Representatives from about 20 organizations, churches and community groups gathered in Pittsburgh’s Hill District Monday to encourage people to vote in the upcoming primary and general elections. The occasion was the launch of the Voting Is Power Pittsburgh Regional Coalition. About a dozen or so people spoke at the event....
1 dead after exchange of gunfire in McKees Rocks
A man is dead Monday evening after an exchange of gunfire in McKees Rocks, according to Allegheny County Police. The shooting in the area of 3rd and Boquet streets was reported to Allegheny County 911 around 5:15 p.m. There, first responders found a 19-year-old who had been shot multiple times....
Ex-home health aide pleads guilty to sexually assaulting Pittsburgh client
A former home health aide pleaded guilty Monday to institutional sexual assault for abusing a Pittsburgh woman for whom she worked. Vanessa C. Callender, 31, of Dormont will be sentenced May 29 by Allegheny County Common Pleas Judge Elliot Howsie. The victim uses a motorized wheelchair and requires in-home care...
New drive-thru concept coming to North Park Lounge
A drive-thru is becoming the lane to be in. North Park Lounge is joining restaurant chains such as McDonald’s, Taco Bell, Starbucks and Dunkin in creating more easily accessible food and drink options. Chillin’ drive-thru is slated to open early next month. “I’ve been noticing more and more of these...
Morning Roundup: Vehicle slams into Braddock building
Here are some of the latest news items from this morning, Monday, March 4: Vehicle slams into urgent care building in Braddock A vehicle struck an urgent care building Sunday night in Braddock, according to TribLive news partner WTAE. Emergency responders were called to the scene around 11:30 p.m. at...
‘Such a gift:’ Bishop Zubik leads special Sunday Mass at Plum retirement community
At first glance, the Mass that Catholic Diocese of Pittsburgh Bishop David Zubik led Sunday morning at a Plum-based retirement community followed a familiar pattern. Worshippers, seated in a ballroom in pastel-green chairs about 12 rows deep, read from the Old and New Testaments. After Zubik offered a prayer for...
Indiana Township woman to star in feature film ‘The Haunting of Prince Dom Pedro’
A moral of “The Haunting of Prince Dom Pedro” is to learn from history. Those behind the feature film, produced in Western Pennsylvania, are hoping the production makes some history as well. “It encompasses multiple genres, but it’s like a history, supernatural, comedic Scooby Doo, in a way,” actor Madeline...
Shaler woman writes sequel to book about abduction as an Allegheny Township child
Laura Mason Lockard says she had “what some people would call a near-death experience” when she was a girl in Allegheny Township. In 1981, when she was 11, she was abducted and assaulted by a man police thought could have been a serial killer. Lockard, now 54 and living in...
Police seeking public’s help finding suspect after a man shot in Coraopolis
A man was critically injured Saturday afternoon after being shot in Coraopolis, authorities said. The man, who Allegheny County Police did not name, was shot in the 900 block of Pennsylvania Avenue at about noon, spokesman James Madalinsky said. He was taken to a local hospital in critical but stable...
Laptop fire diverts Pittsburgh-bound flight
A laptop fire on Friday afternoon diverted a Pittsburgh-bound Breeze Airways flight from Los Angeles to Albuquerque, N.M., according to the Federal Aviation Authority. Breeze Airways Flight 555 — an Airbus A220-300 plane carrying 88 passengers — landed safely at Albuquerque International Sunport at about 3:30 p.m. Mountain time on...
