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1 hurt in Turtle Creek shooting
A man was shot in the leg in Turtle Creek early Wednesday, according to Allegheny County Police. Authorities were called to Maple Avenue at 1 a.m. and found evidence that a shooting had taken place there. A short time later, the injured man arrived at a hospital, police said. He...
Man hospitalized after McKeesport shooting
A man was critically injured in a shooting late Tuesday in McKeesport. Authorities responded to a ShotSpotter alert on Sumac Street at 11:40 p.m. and reported finding evidence that a shooting happened there, according to Allegheny County Police. While they were investigating, the injured man showed up at a hospital...
Lawsuit says lack of treatment at Allegheny County Jail led to leg amputation
A man is suing Allegheny County Jail and medical officials alleging that their failure to treat a wound on his heel while he was incarcerated there led to him having his right leg amputated below the knee. Clayton McCray, 27, is suing the county, the jail’s medical director and staffers...
Lane from Highland Park Bridge to Route 28 North closed
The lane from Highland Park Bridge to northbound Route 28 closed Monday morning, part of the yearslong work on interchanges around the bridge. Construction will keep the lane closed through late June. PennDOT’s suggested detour calls for exiting the bridge at Aspinwall, taking Freeport Road to Fox Chapel Road and...
Man gets 18 to 36 years in connection with East Hills, Penn Hills robberies
A man who shot at police officers responding to an armed robbery in Pittsburgh’s East Hills will spend 18 to 36 years in state prison. Timothy Franks, 24, of Washington, D.C., pleaded guilty Monday to the Jan. 18, 2019, robbery of a Family Dollar store in East Hills. He also...
Landside terminal construction underway at Pittsburgh International Airport
Cranes and construction crews are making headway at Pittsburgh International Airport, as work building a new landside terminal is well underway. Airport officials said progress for the $1.3 billion project is on schedule and the new, upgraded terminal is on track to open by 2025. In fact, Allegheny County Airport...
70-year-old woman dead in Robinson house fire
One person died in a house fire Monday morning in Robinson, authorities said. A 911 dispatcher said the fire was reported around 7:45 a.m. at a home on Helen Street, near the interchange of Interstate 79 and Route 60. #BREAKING An elderly woman died in a house fire this morning...
Fire breaks out in Duquesne home; no injuries reported
A fire was reported on the second floor of a two-story home in Pittsburgh’s Duquesne neighborhood Sunday, according to an Allegheny County police dispatcher. Emergency crews responded at about 7 p.m. to the fire at 109 Dell St. There were no injuries, the dispatcher said. The fire is believed to...
Wedding officiant: Tom Hanks said ‘I will do it’ and performs ceremony for Bellevue couple
Krisna Poznik Stahl wrote a letter to actor Tom Hanks. She told the Academy Award-winning star a story about her and her fiancé, Tyson Stahl. They live in a 102-year-old house in Bellevue they’ve been renovating — reminiscent of the home in Hanks’ 1986 movie “The Money Pit.” The couple...
2 people hurt after 2 crashes on Route 28
State police Kittanning barracks are investigating two crashes along Route 28 that ended with two people being sent to hospitals. Allegheny County dispatchers said the first wreck occurred around 3:50 p.m. Friday in the northbound lanes at the Sharpsburg/O’Hara Township line. Dispatchers confirmed one person was transported from the scene....
Pittsburgh metro area loses population, leads nation in natural population decline
The Pittsburgh metropolitan area lost 13,755 residents between July 2020 and July 2021, according to U.S. Census estimates. The biggest factor of that loss was the region’s natural decline, which is when an area experiences more deaths than births. The Pittsburgh metro area’s natural decline of 10,383 was the largest...
‘It’s been too long’: Family of slain Wilkinsburg mother pleads for answersVideo
Latoya Gathers said her 7-year-old granddaughter sometimes cries and calls out for her mother during the night. The girl was at home in Wilkinsburg last year when two men came in, demanded money and then shot her mother, Zaviawna Gathers. Gathers, 26, was pronounced dead in a second-floor bedroom at...
Wilkinsburg man and woman arrested for Edgewood stabbing
Allegheny County Police have arrested two people allegedly responsible for the March 20 stabbing of a woman in Edgewood. Chazadee Miller, 24, and Shayron Coleman, 27, face felony and misdemeanor charges for the assault, according to court documents. At 3:25 a.m. on Sunday, the woman was stabbed in the shoulder...
Man wanted in New Year’s Eve triple homicide arrested in McKeesport
A man wanted in the New Year’s Eve slaying of three people — including his ex-girlfriend and her 12-year-old son — was arrested Thursday in McKeesport, about 10 miles from the scene of the Homewood homicides. Ronald Steave, 29, has been on the run since the Dec. 31 when police...
2 guns caught in 2 days at Pittsburgh International Airport checkpoints
Security officers stopped two guns in two days this week at Pittsburgh International Airport security checkpoints, a Transportation Security Administration spokeswoman said Thursday. The first incident happened Wednesday when officers spotted a loaded .357-caliber handgun in a Munhall man’s carry-on baggage, said spokeswoman Lisa Farbstein. Then, around 1:30 p.m. Thursday,...
Police acting on tip nab 2 stolen guns, drugs in Tarentum; suspect jailed
Police said they charged a Tarentum man with multiple felonies after officers got a tip he was illegally buying and selling guns. Jarrell Miller, 36, of the 200 block of Conroy Way, faces felony charges that include two counts of illegal possession of a firearm, two counts of receiving stolen...
U.S. Steel hit with $4.5M fine for alleged emissions violations
Allegheny County Health Department leveled a $4.5 million fine against U.S. Steel, alleging more than 800 emissions violations at the Clairton Coke Plant over more than two years. The health department said the fines are related to what it called uncontrolled push violations. In the coke production process, pushing is...
Food Podcast: Duquesne Light supports the Food BankVideo
On this week’s episode of the Food Podcast presented by Clearview Federal Credit Union on the TribLIVE podcast network, Greater Pittsburgh Community Food Bank learns more about Duquesne Light Company’s vision to deliver a clean energy future while supporting customer and community needs. Duquesne Light Company has been a Food...
Police: Shooting in Rankin sends man to hospital with leg wound
Allegheny County police are investigating a Thursday-morning shooting in Rankin that sent a man to an area hospital. County 911 dispatchers were notified of the shooting just before 7:30 a.m. in the 400 block of Antisbury Street. First responders found a man with a gunshot wound to a leg, police...
North Hills charity expands service to Alle-Kiski Valley with free monthly mobile food distribution
Editors note: The original version of this article contained incorrect times and dates for when the food distribution will take place. A charitable organization that has provided a range of social services to residents in the North Hills for the past 35 years is expanding its footprint to help needy...
Spirit Airlines bringing new nonstop service from Pittsburgh to Newark
Low-cost airline carrier Spirit Airlines will start nonstop service between Pittsburgh International Airport and Newark Liberty International Airport on June 22. The company announced Wednesday that the new service will connect Pittsburgh to the New York City area with one-daily roundtrip flight between the two airports. The new Pittsburgh service...
Plans announced to preserve iconic North Park water tank to serve as observation towerVideo
A casual visitor to North Park could easily mistake the 101-foot-tall, bullet-shaped structure near the Lodge pavilion as nothing more than a rusting, abandoned curiosity. Built in 1937 during the Works Progress Administration, the cylindrical steel tank along North Ridge Road — officially known as the Allegheny County North Park...
Landside terminal construction underway at Pittsburgh International Airport
Cranes and construction crews are making headway at the Pittsburgh International Airport, as work building a new landside terminal is well underway. Airport officials said progress for the $1.3 billion project is on schedule and the new, upgraded terminal is on track to open by 2025. In fact, Allegheny County...
Trial begins for jitney driver accused of killing man, dumping body in North Versailles
Using license plate reading cameras, security camera footage and a car rental agreement, Allegheny County Police detectives were able to identify Darrel Hardy Jr. as the man they believed killed Zack “Bud” Moore within hours of the 2018 shooting. Hardy, who worked as a jitney driver, is on trial this...
Indiana Township farm’s goat cheese wins top spot at World Cheese Championships in WisconsinVideo
An Indiana Township farm has partnered with local businesses to create one of the world’s best cheeses, at least according to the judges at the World Championship Cheese Contest, held March 1-3 in Wisconsin. Bamboozle cheese, created from a blend of goat and cow’s milk at Goat Rodeo Farm &...
