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Pittsburgh police: 15-year-old boy safe following search
A 15-year-old boy reported missing Saturday evening in Pittsburgh’s Northview area has been found and is safe, according to city police. Police thanked those who spread the word Tuesday about a search that was on for La’niere Little....
3 shot in Pittsburgh’s Hill District
Three people were injured in a shooting Tuesday afternoon in Pittsburgh’s Hill District, police said. The city’s ShotSpotter notification system alerted police to 26 rounds fired near the intersection of Mahon and Watt streets in the Middle Hill around 4:40 p.m., according to police spokesman Maurice Matthews. Two men were...
Biden: Russia war a ‘genocide,’ trying to ‘wipe out’ UkraineVideo
DES MOINES, Iowa — President Joe Biden on Tuesday said Russia’s war in Ukraine amounted to genocide,” accusing President Vladimir Putin of trying to “wipe out the idea of even being a Ukrainian.” Speaking in Iowa shortly before boarding Air Force One to return to Washington, Biden said he meant...
Former PWSA supervisor pleads guilty to Clean Water Act violations in sludge releases
A former supervisor at the Aspinwall Drinking Water Treatment Plant pleaded guilty Tuesday in federal court to allegations that he and other employees dumped sludge directly into the Allegheny River in violation of the Clean Water Act. Glenn Lijewski, 71, of Brookline, pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to...
Jake Corman is staying in the Republican race for Pennsylvania governor after moving to drop out
Pennsylvania state Senate leader Jake Corman was dropping out of the Republican primary for governor. Then he changed his mind. Shortly after filing a petition in state court Tuesday to remove his name from the ballot for the primary election on May 17, Corman released a statement saying he wasn’t...
Port Authority fires 17 employees for not complying with covid-19 vaccine mandate
Seventeen Port Authority of Allegheny County employees have been fired for failing to comply with the authority’s covid-19 vaccine mandate that went into effect nearly a month ago, officials said. The mandate went into effect March 16, with Port Authority officials warning ahead of time of possible widespread service disruptions,...
Derry Township woman accused by troopers of providing 3 youths with alcohol during ATV theft
A Derry Township woman awaiting hearings on accusations of providing false information to a firearms dealer and falsely telling troopers it was stolen was jailed without bond Monday after she was accused of corruption of minors. Tina Marie Rose, 41, of the village of Brenizer, was arrested by state police...
Pirates Opening Day sights and soundsVideo
Warm temperatures. A touch of sun. Tailgates. Baseball. Opening Day has arrived in Pittsburgh. Fans made their way down to the North Shore Tuesday afternoon hours before the 4:12 p.m. scheduled first pitch against the Chicago Cubs. Some were hopeful. Some were realistic. Others hoped for a .500 record. Pitcher’s...
Westmoreland’s plan for $105 million in covid relief funds remains elusive
Nearly a year after Westmoreland County received the first half of its $105 million coronavirus relief fund allocation, there is still no consensus on how that money should be spent. Commissioners said Monday that internal discussions are continuing in an effort to craft a comprehensive blueprint to use the funds. And,...
Pa. Supreme Court to rule if life sentence appropriate in 2016 fatal N. Versailles crash
The Pennsylvania Supreme Court heard arguments Tuesday morning on whether a man convicted of killing a family of three in a fiery Thanksgiving 2016 crash in North Versailles ought to be sentenced to a mandatory term of life in prison. Demetrius Coleman, 28, of Pittsburgh’s Homewood neighborhood, was accused of...
Pittsburgh to ban plastic bags next year
Single-use plastic bags will be banned in Pittsburgh, beginning next year. City Council on Tuesday unanimously approved a measure to ban most single-use plastic bags, though there are exceptions for produce bags, meat packaging, pharmacy bags and bags used to wrap flowers or similar items. Garbage bags and pet waste...
Police searching for man accused of sexually assaulting teen during Crafton Heights break-in
Pittsburgh police issued a warrant over the weekend for a man accused of breaking into a Crafton Heights home last month and assaulting a teenage girl as she slept on a couch. Robert Huggins, 21, faces more than a dozen charges ranging from involuntary deviate sexual intercourse and corruption of...
Scottdale woman accused of beating, running over pedestrian
A Scottdale woman was jailed Monday night after police said she beat a woman with a wooden baseball bat and ran her over with a car before fleeing, according to court papers. Authorities said Nicole L. Moore, 25, became angry after she saw the woman video recording a 3-year-old child...
Police focus on van renter in Brooklyn subway shooting probeVideo
NEW YORK — A gunman in a gas mask and construction vest set off a smoke grenade and fired a barrage of at least 33 bullets in a rush-hour subway train, shooting at least 10 people Tuesday, authorities said. Police were scouring the city for the shooter and trying to...
Bill proposal would allow medical marijuana edibles in Pa. dispensaries
Pennsylvania medical cannabis patients currently have access to tinctures, pills, oils, topicals, and dry leaf to vaporize. A new bill will soon be introduced by state Sen. Dan Laughlin, R-Erie, to possibly expand those options and allow patients to purchase medical cannabis edibles. Launglin said that 25 other states already...
U.S. inflation jumped 8.5% in past year, highest since 1981
WASHINGTON — Inflation soared over the past year at its fastest pace in more than 40 years, with costs for food, gasoline, housing and other necessities squeezing American consumers and wiping out the pay raises that many people have received. The Labor Department said Tuesday that its consumer price index...
Proposed Lawrenceville food hall wins zoning appeal, hopes to open in 2023
Lawrence Hall, a proposed food hall on Butler Street in Lawrenceville, has been held up for about three years, unable to clear challenges to a zoning variance sought by the owners. The main issue was the hall was four off-street parking spaces short of regulations, and despite mitigation efforts —...
Here’s what you need to know if you’re attending the Bucs home opener
Getting things started in true ’Burgh fashion for the Pittsburgh Pirates’ opening day will be two of the city’s own celebrities named Joe. Recording artist Joe Grushecky will sing the national anthem and actor Joe Manganiello, a Mt. Lebanon native who attended Carnegie Mellon University, will throw out the ceremonial...
Building the Valley: Ales on 6th to bring extensive beer, entertainment options to Tarentum
A new bar and grill is set to open this spring along East Sixth Avenue in Tarentum. Ales on 6th, housed on the ground level of the Tarentum Hotel, is the venture of five cousins with ties to the Alle-Kiski Valley. “We want to bring something fun and new to...
Gilbert Gottfried, standup comic and actor, dies at 67
LOS ANGELES — Gilbert Gottfried, the actor and legendary standup comic known for his raw, scorched voice and crude jokes, has died. He was 67. Gottfried died from a rare genetic muscle disease that can trigger a dangerously abnormal heartbeat, his publicist and longtime friend Glenn Schwartz said in a...
Norwin proposes policies to handle tricky topics like critical race theory
Norwin School Board unveiled a proposed “controversial issues” policy Monday to act as a guide for teachers on matters of race and other topics. The proposed policy comes after several months of debate among board members, students and residents about whether critical race theory is being taught in some lessons....
Biden aims at ‘ghost gun’ violence with new federal ruleVideo
WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden on Monday took fresh aim at ghost guns, the privately made firearms without serial numbers that are increasingly cropping up in violent crimes, as he struggles to break past gun-control opposition to address firearm deaths. Speaking at the White House, Biden highlighted the Justice Department’s...
Former Virginia police officer convicted of storming Capitol to disrupt Congress
WASHINGTON — A federal jury on Monday convicted a former Virginia police officer of storming the U.S. Capitol with another off-duty officer to obstruct Congress from certifying President Joe Biden’s 2020 electoral victory. Jurors convicted former Rocky Mount police officer Thomas Robertson of all six counts he faced stemming from...
4th lawsuit filed against Westmoreland County over Giant Slide
A New York woman claims she was injured on the Giant Slide at Westmoreland County’s Mammoth Park when she stopped by for a ride in July 2020. Nicole Freiburger of Lockport, N.Y., near Buffalo, suffered substantial foot and leg injuries as a result of riding the 100-foot steel racing slide...
Allegheny County councilman says he’d wear censure ‘like a badge of honor’
An Allegheny County councilman facing a possible censure for verbally attacking a colleague following a meeting last month has apologized for his behavior but said he would wear the “censure like a badge of honor.” Councilman Thomas Duerr, D-Bethel Park, approached council Vice President John Palmiere, D-Pleasant Hills, following a...
