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Ex-US Sen Ernest ‘Fritz’ Hollings of South Carolina dead

COLUMBIA, S.C. — Ernest F. “Fritz” Hollings, the silver-haired Democrat who helped shepherd South Carolina through desegregation as governor and went on to serve six terms in the U.S. Senate, has died. He was 97. Family spokesman Andy Brack, who also served at times for Hollings as spokesman during his...
Harmar bald eagles suspected to have hatched an eaglet

The Harmar bald eagles reportedly welcomed a newly hatched eaglet early Friday in their nest on a hillside above Route 28. Confirmation was still pending Saturday morning from the Audubon Society of Western Pennsylvania. Without the benefit of a live webcam, observers including a photographer documented the birds likely feeding...
Pittsburgh man accused of attacking woman in McCandless parking lot

A Pittsburgh man is accused of attacking a woman in a McCandless parking lot this week and trying to steal her wallet, according to court papers. Taylor Dale Wible, 18, of the Terrace Village neighborhood, was being held in the Allegheny County Jail on $100,000 bail. He is charged with...
Wrong-way driver killed, other driver hurt in crash on I-79 in Washington County

A wrong-way driver died early Saturday in a two-vehicle crash on Interstate 79 in Washington County, according to investigators. Amanda Sue Towns, 25, of Morgantown, W.Va., was traveling north in the southbound lanes at 3:50 a.m. in North Strabane Township, just north of the Canonsburg exit, according to a news...
Police: Vandergrift man robbed by 3 others — including an armed boy, 15

Two Vandergrift men and a teen are charged with armed robbery and other counts in the holdup of another resident. Officer Bill Moore said the incident took place Friday afternoon along the 100 block of Custer Avenue. He said the victim, a man in his early 30s, went to visit...
Attempted child luring in Monroeville park under investigation

Monroeville police are investigating a child luring attempt made April 12 at Garden Park in the municipality’s Garden City neighborhood. A teenage babysitter of a 5-year-old said a man tried to grab the child in the park about 4:30 p.m., according to police Chief Doug Cole. The alleged assailant was...
Think you can lie about hitting a deer? 25 charged in Western Pa. insurance fraud sweep

Pennsylvania Attorney General Josh Shapiro sent a message Friday to anyone who thinks they can get away with lying to pocket an insurance check: We’re going to catch you. State prosecutors from the Western Regional Office have charged 25 people in a far-reaching insurance fraud sweep during February and March,...
Pirates make ‘bun’ of themselves in Instagram post

The Pittsburgh Pirates PR team had a bun time on social media explaining the mystery of why they appeared to run out of hot dog buns on Wednesday. They’ve tackled the problem head-on and aren’t being weenies about it. In a Friday evening Instagram post, the Pirate Parrot, one of...
Mayor Bill Peduto meets with Parkland, Fla., survivorsVideo

Pittsburgh Mayor Bill Peduto and survivors of the Parkland, Fla. mass shooting vowed Friday to join forces in efforts to end gun violence in America. Peduto said the three-hour meeting in his City Hall conference room included members of Pittsburgh’s Jewish community and students from Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School...
Parkland survivors visit Tree of Life to help community find voice

The message from Parkland to Pittsburgh on Friday was simple: You matter — and you have a voice. Students from Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Fla. visited Pittsburgh to start three days of talking and sharing with students at Allderdice High School in Squirrel Hill and others in...
Kiski Township’s Staff Sgt. Stevon Booker receives military’s second-highest honor

Thirty-one soldiers who participated in the Thunder Run mission near Baghdad on April 5, 2003, received the Silver Star for valor. Only one of them — Army Staff Sgt. Stevon Booker of Kiski Township — has had that award upgraded to a Distinguished Service Cross, the military’s second-highest honor, according...
Feeling Graeter’s in Castle Shannon as shop opensVideo

When Andy Webster heard Graeter’s Ice Cream was opening a Castle Shannon shop Friday, he hurried down for his two favorite scoops– black raspberry chocolate chip and coconut chocolate chip. “I am so happy it’s here,” said Webster, of Mt. Lebanon, who knew the company from his time in Columbus,...
ATI lands $45M pipeline contract, plans to hire workers in Harrison

Allegheny Technologies Inc. secured a $45 million contract for a pipeline project in South America, and it comes at a time when the company is hiring new workers in the Alle-Kiski Valley. The specialty steelmaker’s $1.1 billion hot rolling mill and processing facility in Harrison played a key role in...
Parkland survivors visit Tree of Life to help community find voice

The message from Parkland to Pittsburgh on Friday was simple: You matter — and you have a voice. Students from Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Fla. visited Pittsburgh to start three days of talking and sharing with students at Allderdice High School in Squirrel Hill and others in...
Excela’s top 2 executives are out, effective immediately

Excela Health System’s two top executives, CEO Robert Rogalski and COO Mike Busch, will step down immediately as the Westmoreland County hospital system seeks “fresh perspectives,” board chair Teresa Petrick said Friday. Petrick announced the unexpected personnel changes in an email. “We have been privileged to have Bob and Mike...
Canonsburg mother donates kidney to honor her late sonVideo

Laura Gillum of Canonsburg wanted to keep the memory of her son alive. In 2015, Gillum and her husband, Paul, lost their 2-year-old, Dean, in a swimming pool drowning accident. The couple donated Dean’s organs to help people in need. A few weeks ago, Laura Gillum, 46, became an altruistic...

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