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Demand for grocery delivery cools as food costs rise
Karen Raschke, a retired attorney in New York, started getting her groceries delivered early in the pandemic. Each delivery cost $30 in fees and tips, but it was worth it to avoid the store. Then earlier this spring, Raschke learned her rent was increasing by $617 per month. Delivery was...
Emergency shelter offered, donations sought for Westmoreland flooding victims
The Red Cross is teaming up with the University of Pittsburgh at Greensburg to offer shelter for those displaced by flash flooding Friday night in Westmoreland County. Meanwhile, donated items and money to help flooding victims in Unity Township, Latrobe and Derry — among the hardest-hit areas — are being...
Washington County man accused of rape in Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh police have arrested a Washington County man accused of rape and assault early Saturday in the city’s North Side. Police said they found Dillon Jolly of South Strabane on Cedar Avenue following a reported sexual assault that occurred in the 600 block of Emlin Street. According to court documents,...
Homestead man charged in McKeesport shooting
A Homestead man has been arrested on attempted homicide and other charges in a shooting Saturday morning in McKeesport. Davon Blue, 20, was arraigned early Sunday morning before District Judge Robert Paul Dzvonick and was placed in the Allegheny County Jail after failing to post $50,000 bail. He is accused...
Shooting in Stowe sends man to hospital
Allegheny County police are investigating a shooting reported just before 8 p.m. Saturday in Stowe Township. First responders to the 700 block of Overlook Place found a man with a gunshot wound to his foot. He was taken to a hospital and is expected to survive, police said. Anyone with...
4 teens wounded in Duquesne shooting
Four teens are in stable condition after being shot Saturday night in Duquesne. Allegheny County police are investigating the shooting reported at 9:40 p.m. at Allegheny County’s Orchard Park Housing Community. According to county police, responding officers from the Duquesne and County Housing Authority police forces found the four gunshot...
Plan for disc golf course in neighborhood park alarms New Kensington residents
A New Kensington man’s desire to use his neighborhood park for a disc golf course has put him at odds with some of his neighbors, who fear it will attract too many people and infringe on their privacy. Jim Jackson moved to Fairmont Drive from Arnold in January. His house...
Coffeehouse to perk up downtown Vandergrift
A new enterprise is brewing in historic Vandergrift’s business district. Virginia Lindsay and Karen Heilman, co-owners of 1833 Coffee and Tea Co. in Freeport, announced this week on social media that they’re expanding their coffee business and opening a “sister shop” along Grant Avenue. The new coffee business will be...
3 major concerts, 4 nights — Pittsburgh readies to rock
Pittsburgh baseball fans may not be satisfied with the amount of pyrotechnics provided by the Pirates at PNC Park this season, but Steel City rock and roll fans will surely be satisfied with the musical fireworks the ballpark has in store over the next week. The coming days feature the...
Concerns voiced as reenactors replay Penn Township battle of British, Native Americans
Bushy Run Battlefield is home this weekend to canvas tents, French and Indian War-era weapons and reenactors dressed in the 1760s attire of British soldiers and Native Americans. Most of those who are portraying Native Americans for battle reenactments and living history presentations at the Penn Township site can’t trace...
AHN doc on monkeypox: Don’t panic, just be aware
As the number of U.S. monkeypox cases passed over 7,000, the outbreak, declared an emergency earlier this week, evoked the ongoing covid pandemic. Monkeypox should have the feel of — “here we go,” said Dr. Brian Lamb, an Allegheny Health Network physician. “But it’s not the again like we had...
Biden tests negative for covid, isolating until 2nd negative
WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden tested negative for covid-19 on Saturday but will continue to isolate at the White House until a second negative test, his doctor said. Dr. Kevin O’Connor wrote in his latest daily update that the president, “in an abundance of caution,” will abide by the “strict...
Senate Democrats approve big Biden deal; House to vote nextVideo
WASHINGTON — Democrats pushed their election-year economic package to Senate passage Sunday, a hard-fought compromise less ambitious than President Joe Biden’s original domestic vision but one that still meets deep-rooted party goals of slowing global warming, moderating pharmaceutical costs and taxing immense corporations. The estimated $740 billion package heads next...
Flash flooding forces residents from homes; cleanup underway
Kevin McCurdy returned to his mobile home early Saturday and took stock of the aftermath from flooding the night before. “It’s the worst I’ve ever seen,” said McCurdy, who has lived on Forest Avenue in the village of Dorothy, just south of Latrobe, for 17 years. “The water was up...
Here’s what used to occupy some large Pittsburgh construction sites
It’s tradition for Pittsburghers to give directions to landmarks that no longer exist. “Turn right where Schenley High School used to be.” It is a quirk that showcases the region’s love for nostalgia and respect for its history. Dozens of construction projects are happening in the city. Buildings that housed...
Pittsburgh development is (mostly) booming. What to know now and what to expect next
Pittsburgh is experiencing a building boom worth billions. About 80 large construction projects are in the works or have been proposed in the city, according to Tribune-Review research and data from construction analyst firm Tall Timber Group. About half are under construction. The projects range from office space and multi-use...
Festa Italiana shines through the rain in New Kensington
Everybody is Italian, and everybody is family at Festa Italiana at Mount St. Peter Roman Catholic Church in New Kensington. That’s what parishioner Donna Muto of Arnold said at its kickoff Friday evening. “It’s nice to see people coming out after covid, everybody being here,” Muto said. She was among...
Fans enjoy Latrobe’s Steelers Fest before storms call off Friday Night Lights
Kimberly Bennett might live in Cleveland, but make no mistake: She’s a die-hard Pittsburgh Steelers fan. “Some people hide it; I don’t care,” Bennett said. “We’ve been told to go back to Pittsburgh because we like (the Steelers) so much.” Bennett was one of hundreds of Steelers fans who attended...
Storms, flooding hit hard in central Westmoreland County
Heavy rains flooded roads in Pittsburgh’s East End, the North Hills area and sections of central Westmoreland County as the National Weather Service issued a flash flood warning Friday night for areas of Pittsburgh, the North Hills, central Westmoreland County and Butler County. Westmoreland County 911 was receiving numerous calls...
Alex Jones ordered to pay $49.3M total over Sandy Hook lies
AUSTIN, Texas — A Texas jury on Friday ordered Infowars’ Alex Jones to pay $49.3 million in total damages to the parents of a first-grader killed in the 2012 Sandy Hook Elementary School massacre, which the conspiracy theorist falsely called a hoax orchestrated by the government in order to tighten...
Fan’s ‘Sell the Team’ shirt draws double take from Pirates owner Bob Nutting in photo-opVideo
Things couldn’t have worked out much better Wednesday for a frustrated 18-year-old Pirates fan named Colin Witte who happened to wear his “Sell the Team” shirt under a Barry Bonds Pirates jersey when he and his brother went to PNC Park. It helped Witte make his point when he had...
Blaze kills Pa. firefighter’s 10 relatives, 3 of them children; criminal probe underway
NESCOPECK, Pa. — Fire tore quickly through a house in northeastern Pennsylvania early Friday morning, killing seven adults and three children and horrifying a volunteer firefighter who arrived to battle the blaze only to discover the victims were his own family, authorities said. The children who died were ages 5,...
2 teens charged in New Kensington homicide appear before judge for welfare hearings
Two of the five teens in custody and charged as adults in the July homicide of a man in New Kensington appeared before District Judge Frank J. Pallone Jr. on Friday. The hearings for Amir Kennedy, 14, and Avian Molter, 15, were held to check on their welfare as required...
Indiana Legislature 1st to approve abortion bans post Roe
INDIANAPOLIS — Indiana’s Legislature became the first in the nation Friday to pass new legislation restricting access to abortions since the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade. The measure now goes to Republican Gov. Eric Holcomb, who has not indicated whether he will sign it. Indiana was among the...
PennDOT bridge inspections will change traffic near 4 Allegheny County bridges
PennDOT bridge inspections will affect drivers throughout Allegheny County through the end of the month, officials said Friday. Work begins Monday on four bridges, said spokesman Steve Cowan. The inspection work will be 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday – Friday. The work includes the following bridges:The overhead Union Railroad...
