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Greenfield sister celebrates 50 years as a nun
For five decades, Sister Ann Rosalia Devlin, of the Congregation of Sisters, Servants of the Immaculate Heart of Mary, has devoted her life to God. The religious sister was recognized for that commitment on Sunday with a Roman Catholic mass at her home parish of St. Rosalia in Greenfield followed...
5 things to know about Affordable Care Act’s 2020 enrollment period
Western Pennsylvanians shopping for 2020 insurance coverage through the federal health care marketplace can expect to see a small uptick in prices over last year and more plans to choose from. Costs for 2020 individual plans increased statewide by an average of about 4%, state data show. “It’s a slight...
7-year-old boy struck by vehicle in Bloomfield
A child was struck by a vehicle in Bloomfield on Thursday night. Pittsburgh police said the 7-year-old boy was transported to a local hospital via ambulance with a leg injury as a result of an incident around 7:30 p.m. in the 200 block of Gross Street. Police said the driver...
Photos: Trick-or-treaters around the region brave rain on blustery Halloween
Halloween’s yucky forecast featuring wind and heavy rains didn’t deter the annual candy hustle for trick-or-treaters around the region Thursday evening. Beaming smiles, wide eyes and creative costumes filled neighborhood streets in anticipation for the spooky, but chilly candy grab. Some youngsters (and parents) rocked ponchos atop their outfits, while...
Home-field advantage weighs heavy in WPIAL playoffs
North Hills’ Rowdie Rooters, the team’s famed hilltop cheering section, hasn’t celebrated a home playoff game at Martorelli Stadium in almost a decade. But when the WPIAL football playoffs start Friday night, North Hills will be among the teams playing on home turf, an advantage that’s proven to be significant....
Party lines define Pennsylvania congressional delegation take on impeachment
Party lines were starkly visible Thursday as five Western Pennsylvania congressmen weighed in on the impeachment resolution that narrowly passed in the U.S. House, 232-196. Mike Kelly of Butler, John Joyce of Hollidaysburg, and Guy Reschenthaler of Peters — like 191 other House Republicans — voted against continuing the impeachment...
Endangerment charges remain against West Mifflin pair accused of taking son from hospital
The parents who took their infant from UPMC Children’s Hospital after being told they were suspected of abuse will face felony charges of child endangerment in Allegheny County court. Felony charges of obstruction against Daemon Klingensmith, 23, of West Mifflin, and his wife, Jeannette Funnen, 32, were withdrawn during a...
Body of Plum man missing in Lake Erie found by Canadian hunters
Marcy Burns said she felt relieved last Friday after learning that Canadian authorities had discovered her husband’s body in Lake Erie. “Closure,” said Marcy Burns of Plum, whose husband had been missing since Aug. 17. Raymond Burns, 58, had been fishing on Lake Erie when his 21-foot recreational fishing boat...
Daily Download: Suspicious car in Pittsburgh, Jack Rabbit hibernation, Steelers handling adversityVideo
In today’s Daily Download, staffer Matt Rosenberg discusses the suspicious vehicle outside the FBI headquarters in the South Side, the disassembling of the Jack Rabbit at Kennywood to undergo repairs and maintenance and the fact that the Steelers could find themselves just one game out of the playoff picture with...
Heavy rains on Halloween prompted flooding, mudslide, road closures across Western Pa.
Heavy rains soaking the region Thursday afternoon have caused flooding, mudslides and road closures. More than 1,000 households in Oakmont and nearly 200 in Penn Hills were without power, Duquesne Light’s power outage maps showed as of about 10 p.m. West Penn Power’s parent company, First Energy, showed small pockets...
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...
No one hurt in Harmar crash that left car sandwiched between pole, another car
No one was injured in a two-car crash Thursday morning in Harmar that left a car’s rear end propped on the side of another car and its front end smashed against a utility pole. The crash happened at Hite and Russellton roads around 8 a.m., Harmar police Chief Jason Domaratz...
Pittsburgh plans to equip police with $10M in new body cams, Tasers
Pittsburgh is poised to equip police officers with $10 million worth of high-tech Tasers and body cameras that will begin recording immediately after an officer pulls his or her gun or Taser. City Council is set for a final vote Tuesday on the purchase of 950 cameras and 950 Tasers...
Pitt staffer gives big scares in Halloween videoVideo
The great thing about Halloween is everyone can get involved. Pitt coach Pat Narduzzi tweeted a video Thursday showing assistant director of player personnel Karlo Zovko getting into the haunted holiday spirit. In the video from Pitt Football, Zovko donned a Pitt uniform and helmet and stood on a platform,...
Collinwood Mansion in Pine hits the market for $3.5M
It turns out you don’t have to leave Pine Township in order to live in Collinwood Mansion, a Gilded Age summer home or a French chateau. With the 12-bedroom, 23,247-square-foot estate at 724 Bristlecone Drive that just hit the market, you get all that and more in one property. You...
Cops: New York City man arrested in Hempfield after returning to crime scene
Returning to the scene of a crime was not a good idea for a New York City man charged with trying to use a man’s stolen identity to buy computers. Vaughn L. Lawhorn, 46, of Brooklyn, was arrested at Best Buy in Hempfield Wednesday as he attempted to purchase two...
Democrats push impeachment rules package through House
WASHINGTON — Democrats rammed a package of ground rules for their impeachment inquiry of President Donald Trump through a sharply divided House Thursday, the chamber’s first formal vote in a fight that could stretch into the 2020 election year. The vote was 232-196, with all Republicans against the resolution and...
Kennywood’s Jack Rabbit goes into winter hibernationVideo
The Jack Rabbit won’t be hopping again ’til spring. Kennywood maintenance workers disconnected the roller coaster’s cars, removed them from the wooden track with a crane and took off the wheels so the bearings can be replaced. The cars were then taken to a workshop, where carpenters will replace any...
Pennsylvania’s Sunday hunting bill clears last big hurdle
There was a moment of doubt, for sure. But it looks as if expanded Sunday hunting is coming to Pennsylvania in 2020. On Wednesday, members of the House of Representatives approved Senate Bill 147 by a vote of 144-54. That was one day later than expected. Supporters expected things to...
HGTV star Leanne Ford’s Sewickley Heights home for sale for $1.3M
Leanne Ford, a Pittsburgh native and star of HGTV’s “Restored by the Fords” and “Rock the Block,” has put the Sewickley Heights home that she shares with her husband on the market for $1.3 million. The property, located at 227 Merriman Road, sits on more than five acres of land...
Police investigate robberies of 2 Pittsburgh pharmacies
Pittsburgh police are investigating robberies Wednesday at two pharmacies — one in Morningside and the other in the North Side. Officers from the Zone 5 station responded to the Rite Aide pharmacy in the 1800 block of Morningside Avenue at 7:45 p.m. Oct. 30, according to a city police spokeswoman....
Stable costs but more uninsured as ‘Obamacare’ sign-ups open
WASHINGTON — More Americans are going without health insurance, and stable premiums plus greater choice next year under the Obama health law aren’t likely to reverse that. As sign-up season starts on Friday, the Affordable Care Act has shown remarkable resiliency, but it has also fallen short of expectations. Even...
Trump to welcome military working dog Conan to White HouseVideo
WASHINGTON — Every dog has his day, just not at the White House. President Donald Trump tweets that the military working dog injured in the raid last weekend that killed the Islamic State leader will leave the Middle East for the White House sometime next week. And the president appears...
Police respond to suspicious car parked outside FBI’s South Side office
Authorities say a suspicious car found parked outside the FBI headquarters in Pittsburgh’s South Side neighborhood early Thursday did not pose a threat to the public. FBI spokeswoman Catherine Policicchio said that car had non-threatening “gibberish-type language” written in spray paint on driver’s side door. A tweet from Tribune-Review news...
Occupants flee burning home in Peters Township
The occupants of a Washington County home were able to escape unharmed after a fire broke out early Thursday morning, according to authorities. Multiple fire departments responded to the blaze along Windermere Court in Peters Township shortly before 4 a.m., according to a 911 dispatcher. The home that caught fire...
