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Everyone’s happy after Pitt victory, but there are issues Pat Narduzzi says he will address
Pitt’s victory against Louisville was a relief for a team that had lost four in a row. It also put the first blemish on the Cardinals’ ledger and, perhaps, will help determine what two teams reach the ACC championship game. “It’s been a while since we had a good, positive,...
Pittsburgh International Airport’s $1.5B terminal project makes big strides
Pittsburgh International Airport’s new landside terminal is taking shape. Allegheny Airport Authority CEO Christina Cassotis said all of the steel for the terminal project has been erected. The $1.57 billion project includes construction of an 811,000-square-foot terminal, a 5,000-space parking garage and a connector bridge to link the new landside...
Ellis School names Tambi Tyler as next leader, 1st Black woman to hold role
The Ellis School, an independent, all-girls school in Pittsburgh’s East End, will soon be helmed by a new leader. The school’s board of trustees last week named Tambi Tyler, a former English teacher in Iowa whose career trek included school administrator roles in Georgia and Colorado, as its 16th head...
Pittsburgh police commander faces wiretapping allegations
Allegheny County Police confirmed Monday they have launched a criminal investigation into wiretapping allegations against a Pittsburgh police zone commander who temporarily has been removed from his post. Pittsburgh police have placed Zone 2 Cmdr. Matthew Lackner on paid administrative leave “pending the completion of an internal investigation,” police spokeswoman...
LinkedIn cuts more than 600 workers, about 3% of workforce
SUNNYVALE, Calif. — LinkedIn said Monday it is laying off hundreds of employees amounting to about 3% of the social media company’s workforce. The Microsoft-owned career network is cutting about 668 roles across its engineering, product, talent and finance teams. “Talent changes are a difficult, but necessary and regular part...
Affordable housing projects in Allegheny County to receive $24M in state grants
More than a dozen affordable housing projects in Allegheny County are set to receive more than $24 million from the Pennsylvania Housing Finance Agency. The agency last week announced a total of $98 million in grants that will assist 66 housing projects across Pennsylvania. The Housing Options Grant Program was...
Woman heads to trial on charges she abandoned dog at Pittsburgh airport
An Armstrong County woman has been ordered to stand trial on charges that she abandoned her dog at Pittsburgh International Airport this summer. Allison Lyn Gaiser, 44, of East Franklin waived her preliminary hearing Monday morning in front of District Judge Leonard J. Hromyak, court records show. Gaiser, who is...
Lower Burrell supermarket sells jackpot-winning Cash 5 lottery ticket
Friday the 13th was a lucky day for a lottery player at Lower Burrell’s Community Supermarket. A jackpot-winning Cash 5 with Quick Cash ticket sold there for Friday’s drawing matched all five balls drawn — 19, 23, 30, 31, 41 — to win about $404,000, less withholding, the Pennsylvania Lottery...
Missing Bradenville woman found safe, police say
A missing Bradenville woman was found Monday and is safe, state police at Kiski Valley said. Georgetta Marshall, 63, was reported missing by family members. She was last seen about 7:30 p.m. Friday, according to police. Marshall may have been spotted early Saturday along Mission Road in the area of...
Jim Jordan’s rapid rise has been cheered by Trump and the far right. Could it soon make him speaker?
WASHINGTON — Rep. Jim Jordan has such a reputation as a political brawler that former House Speaker John Boehner once said he’d never met someone “who spent more time tearing things apart.” Now, nearly a decade after Boehner stepped down in the face of a conservative revolt, it is Jordan...
Morning Roundup: Police seek teens who escaped group home in Derry; grease fire at North Huntingdon McDonald’s
Here are some of the latest news items from this morning, Monday, Oct. 16: Police seek teens who escaped Adelphoi Village in Derry Pennsylvania State Police at Kiski Valley are searching for three males who escaped Sunday afternoon from an Adelphoi Village house in Derry Township. The three males —...
Few Republicans have confidence in elections. It’s a long road for one group trying to change that
SUAMICO, Wis. — Kim Pytleski could barely sleep the night before. She replayed the PowerPoint slides in her head, packed her notebook and took a deep breath. The clerk from a rural Wisconsin county north of Green Bay was preparing for a public meeting to explain the election process to...
Rite Aid seeks Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection as it deals with lawsuits and losses
PHILADELPHIA — Rite Aid has filed for bankruptcy protection and plans to sell part of its business as it attempts to restructure while dealing with losses and opioid-related lawsuits. The company said Rite Aid stores will continue to fill prescriptions, and customers will still be able to visit its locations...
Madden Monday: Of the 4 games after the bye, Steelers ‘might lose every game, but they won’t win every game’
The Pittsburgh Steelers (3-2) are coming out of the bye with a game in Los Angeles against the Rams, then home games versus Jacksonville, Tennessee, and Green Bay. Not exactly daunting stuff. The combined record of those teams is 11-12. Yet given the offensive struggles of the team over the...
Eagles’ ‘Long Goodbye’ concert delivers nostalgia, classic hits for fans
Legendary American rockers the Eagles needed no introduction Sunday night as they presented “The Long Goodbye,” their final tour, at PPG Paints Arena. “Thanks for coming out on a Sunday night. It’s a beautiful time of the year in Western Pennsylvania,” said original Eagles band member Don Henley to more...
Greensburg police win armored vehicle; unit will be used by Westmoreland SWAT team
Greensburg’s police department is adding some heavy-duty wheels to its fleet that will beef up the mobile assets of the Westmoreland County SWAT Team. The department is poised to receive a BearCat G1 armored police vehicle it won through a national sweepstakes giveaway offer from manufacturer Lenco Industries of Pittsfield,...
House bill takes aim at Pennsylvania’s ‘ghost poles’
For a borough of fewer than 900 people, Export has a lot of utility poles. And quite a few of them are right next to each another. Known as ghost poles, the side-by-side poles number in the thousands across Southwestern Pennsylvania. In areas where the poles are a problem, the...
Columbia Gas shuts off service to 4,000 Beaver County residents because of gas ‘issue’
Columbia Gas of Pennsylvania says about 4,000 of its customers in Beaver County will be without natural gas for several days, the utility announced Sunday. The affected areas are in and around Baden, Conway, Economy Borough and Freedom. A list of streets impacted is available online. Columbia Gas said it...
Biden considering trip to Israel in the coming days, but travel isn’t final
WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden is considering a trip to Israel in the coming days but no travel has been finalized, a senior administration official said Sunday. Biden has staunchly proclaimed his support for Israel, and a trip there would be the firmest signal yet but would come amid heightening...
DeSantis says U.S. shouldn’t take in Palestinian refugees from Gaza because they’re ‘all antisemitic’Video
WASHINGTON — Republican presidential candidate Ron DeSantis said the United States should not take in any Palestinian refugees if they flee the Gaza Strip because they “are all antisemitic” and he dismissed international entreaties for Israel to provide clean running water and utilities to the 2.3 million civilians in the...
Actress Suzanne Somers, ‘Three’s Company’ star, dies at 76
Suzanne Somers, the effervescent blonde actor known for playing Chrissy Snow on the television show “Three’s Company” as well as her business endeavors, has died. She was 76. Somers had breast cancer for over 23 years and died Sunday morning, her family said in a statement provided by her longtime...
Sutlers Row, history takes center stage at Fort Ligonier Days
Fort Ligonier Days is all about the history. Sure there’s plenty of food, drink, crafts and live music for the thousands of visitors who flocked to Ligonier this weekend for the three-day festival that has marked the start of the fall season for more than six decades. But, it’s the...
Knoch Middle School student, 12, died in crash with grandfather in Butler County
A 12-year-old boy who died in a crash Friday night in Butler County was a student at Knoch Middle School. Zane D. Rupert was killed in the crash in Winfield Township along with his grandfather, David A. Faulx, 65, of Cabot. The crash happened shortly before 10 p.m. Friday on...
Drug used in diabetes treatment Mounjaro helped dieters shed 60 pounds, study finds
The medicine in the diabetes drug Mounjaro helped people with obesity or who are overweight lose at least a quarter of their body weight, or about 60 pounds on average, when combined with intensive diet and exercise, a new study shows. By comparison, a group of people who also dieted...
Realtor team suggests courthouse-centered revitalization for downtown Greensburg
The Westmoreland County Courthouse is the focal point of downtown Greensburg, and an outside group suggested redeveloping a cluster of buildings around the courthouse to create a sense of place there. “It would be an excellent branding initiative to give the downtown an identity,” Greensburg resident Tracy Miscik said of...
