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Alleged driver, car owner arrested in connection with Penn Hills hit-and-run death
The Allegheny County Sheriff’s Office Fugitive Squad has arrested the man they saw was driving the car in a fatal Penn Hills hit-and-run crash last month. Surron Burch, 21, was charged Wednesday with homicide by vehicle, involuntary manslaughter and related counts. His arrest at a Penn Hills home is the...
Editorial: Bishops right with priest suspensions, disclosures
Priests are people, too. They do good things and bad things and sometimes very bad things. They make sacrifices and they make mistakes. Priests are no more likely to lie, cheat, steal or hurt someone than a teacher or a banker, a barber or a chef. The statewide — and...
Mayor: Closure of Akers plant in Avonmore devastating for community
The upcoming closure of a rolling mill in Avonmore is heartbreaking in the borough of about 1,000 people, many of whom have ties to the plant, according to Mayor Paula Jones. “A lot of people have worked there from cradle to grave. My dad worked there. Uncles. Cousins. Everyone has...
Antonio Brown back in Pittsburgh for reckless driving hearing
Former Steeler Antonio Brown returned to Pittsburgh on Tuesday to appeal a reckless driving charge from last year when he sped down McKnight Road at more than 100 mph. “To all my fans in Pittsburgh who never got to say goodbye, I’m here today in the Downtown Pittsburgh courthouse,” Brown...
Steel Curtain roller coaster cars arrive at Kennywood
Kennywood Park took delivery of some new cars this weekend — they came in black and gold and with a familiar logo. The amusement park posted to a photo to their Instagram page of the new Steelers-themed cars for their soon-to-open Steel Curtain roller coaster, with the “A special delivery...
Averting crisis, Kennywood restores classic cheese sauce on Potato Patch fries
Some changes are welcomed at Kennywood. Take, for instance, the highly anticipated Steel Curtain roller coaster set to open this summer. Other changes aren’t. Social media began buzzing with chatter that the cheese sauce on Kennywood’s Potato Patch fries is different this year. “Heard the fries and cheese at the...
Peregrine falcon chicks banded at Pitt’s Cathedral of Learning
Two peregrine falcon chicks got a medical checkup and were fitted with U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service leg bands Tuesday morning. The chicks are less than a month old. Their parents Hope and Terzo have been nesting on the 40th floor of the University of Pittsburgh’s Cathedral of Learning for...
Comedian Tim Conway dead at age 85
Comedian Tim Conway has died at age 85, after a battle with dementia, People reports. Representative Howard Bragman confirmed to People that the comic died at 8:45 a.m. Tuesday in Los Angeles. Conway was best known for his work on CBS’ “The Carol Burnett Show,” winning four Emmy Awards for...
Police: Latrobe man raped girl, 14, after giving her alcohol
A Latrobe man serving a state prison sentence for sexually assaulting several girls in Westmoreland County was arrested Tuesday on new rape charges. Nicholas Lee Cook, 23, is accused by Greensburg and Latrobe police in connection with the rape of a then-14-year-old girl in January and February 2016. He is...
Penn Township man who restrained mother now accused of assaulting father
A Penn Township man who in 2016 pleaded guilty to restraining his mother was arrested this week on charges of assaulting his father during an argument near his home. Penn Township police charged Neal Hubish, 39, with criminal mischief, disorderly conduct, harassment and simple assault in connection with the incident...
Iconic Pittsburgh classic rock DJ Sean McDowell to retire from WDVE
Sean McDowell has been spinning records on the radio for so long that when he started, he was one of the disc jockeys who actually played vinyl records. After more than four decades of bringing classic rock ‘n’ roll to Pittsburgh radio listeners, McDowell has announced that he is retiring....
What’s Garth Brooks gonna play in Pittsburgh?Video
What’s your favorite Garth Brooks’ song? Perhaps it’s the poignant “The Dance” or the fun, rebellious “Ain’t Going Down (‘Til the Sun Comes Up)?” What you hear from Brooks in Heinz Field May 18 is anybody’s guess. His song selection varies wildly from venue to venue. According to setlist.fm, fans...
Allegheny County Sheriff’s Office spent $500,000 prepping for Rosfeld trial
The Allegheny County Sheriff’s Office spent nearly $500,000 on crowd control training, overtime and preparing for violent protests and riots that never happened in the aftermath of the trial of former East Pittsburgh Police Officer Michael Rosfeld. The trial, related training and overtime cost the county sheriff’s office, police department...
Tailgate with Trisha Yearwood before the Pittsburgh Garth Brooks show
One of the superstar couples in country music — Garth Brooks and Trisha Yearwood — met long before either one of them was famous. In the 1980s, both were demo singers, people who perform a song for those hoping to get the tune they wrote get noticed. “We sounded so...
Pittsburgh 2nd best U.S. city to launch your career
There’s something to be said for being second best. That’s where Pittsburgh landed in a new study of the nation’s best cities for graduates preparing to launch a career. That’s right, the city that gained national headlines when it was profiled in Forbes as the worst place for young singles...
Vinyl Remains record store moving to Mt. Lebanon
Vinyl Remains is moving a few miles south on Route 19 to a new location in Mt. Lebanon, the store announced on social media. The record store, opened by Greg and Jennifer Anderson, transplants from New York City, set up shop on Glenmore Avenue in Dormont in 2017. The Dormont...
Homestead Grays Bridge down to 2 lanes during overnight construction
The Homestead Grays Bridge will be down to two lanes overnight this week as work continues on a $2.5 million project. The bridge will have one lane open in each direction from 7 p.m. and 6 a.m. Work is expected to end Sunday. Police will be directing traffic. The will...
Trees slide into Kittanning Pike homes in O’Hara
Trees slid down a hillside and struck two homes Tuesday morning along Kittanning Pike in O’Hara, officials said. Emergency crews responded to the scene just before 6 a.m., according to an Allegheny County 911 supervisor. No one was injured. The trees hit two homes on Kittanning Pike, Township Supervisor Julie...
Police: Roaming cows in Murrysville spotted on Trefoil Drive
Several black Angus cows that have been spotted roaming Murrysville during the past few weeks were seen Tuesday morning in a Trefoil Drive front yard, according to police. Four of the animals were seen at 6 a.m. in the residential neighborhood off School Road South, according to a post on...
Montana Gov. Steve Bullock joins 2020 Democratic presidential race
HELENA, Mont. — Montana Gov. Steve Bullock announced Tuesday that he is seeking the Democratic presidential nomination, distinguishing himself among nearly two dozen candidates as the field’s only statewide elected official to win a state that President Donald Trump carried in 2016. The 53-year-old governor is running as a centrist...
Police: Bullet fired in Hazelwood drive-by hits school, no one hurtVideo
A bullet fired during an apparent drive-by shooting in Hazelwood on Monday afternoon went through the side door of an unoccupied school, according to police. Pittsburgh police from the Zone 4 station responded to a ShotSpotter report near the intersection of East Elizabeth and Gertrude streets around 4:10 pm., according...
Firefighters prevent blaze from spreading to nearby homes in Wilkinsburg
Firefighters were able to prevent fire from spreading to nearby homes after a blaze broke out in an abandoned building in Wilkinsburg late Monday night. The fire at the home in the 8000 block of Susquehanna Street was reported at around 10:15 p.m., according to a department of public safety...
1 dead in crash on Fort Duquesne Bridge rampVideo
A man died early Tuesday morning after losing control of his car and crashing on the ramp to the Fort Duquesne Bridge, according to police. At about 1:30 a.m., Pittsburgh police, fire and EMS crews responding to a report of a single-vehicle crash on the bridge ramp near the intersection...
Kennametal in talks with union about closing its Carbidie plant in Hempfield
Kennametal Inc. could close its Carbidie manufacturing operations in Hempfield, potentially shuttering yet another of the industrial toolmaker’s Westmoreland County plants. “No final decisions have been made at this time, and we are currently in discussions with (United Steelworkers) … about this plan,” Kennametal spokeswoman Christina Sutter said in an...
3 dead, 3 missing after small tour planes collide in Alaska
ANCHORAGE — Three people were killed after two sightseeing airplanes carrying cruise ship tourists collided in midair Monday near a southeast Alaska town, the Coast Guard said. Three others remaining missing after the collision near Ketchikan, Coast Guard Lt. Brian Dykens said. The floatplanes collided under unknown circumstances, Federal Aviation...
