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Fox Chapel Area School District’s new superintendent to come from Franklin Regional
Fox Chapel Area School District has a new superintendent. Mary Catherine Reljac was unanimously hired Tuesday night to replace Gene Freeman as Fox Chapel Area’s top administrator. The district agreed to a four-year contract with a starting salary of $200,000. The contract is expected to be posted on the district’s...
Plum has 14 positive cases of covid-19
Plum has 14 positive cases of covid-19, according to the latest map published by Allegheny County. According to the same map, 271 tests have been conducted in the borough. In addition, a Pennsylvania Department of Health map breaks down the cases by ZIP code. That map shows 27 cases in...
Gill Hall VFC recertified as a Jefferson Hills fire company with conditions
Gill Hall Volunteer Fire Company in Jefferson Hills was reinstated on a probation basis as a certified borough company after being idle for more than a year. Council voted 5-2 in January 2019, with members Vickie Ielase and Mary Reynolds dissenting, to drop the department as a recognized company, meaning...
Former doctor’s office manager from Pittsburgh pleads guilty to federal drug crimes, health care fraud
A former office manager of a California doctor sentenced for running a “pill mill” in Western Pennsylvania has admitted guilt in federal court to her role in the conspiracy to prescribe fentanyl and opioid painkillers for cash. Marcia Ramsier Arthurs, 62, of Pittsburgh pleaded guilty to conspiracy to distribute oxycodone,...
2 people show up at hospital claiming to have been shot in Pittsburgh’s Hill District
Two men were dropped off at a hospital after claiming they had been shot in Pittsburgh, according to city Public Safety officials. City police said they responded to the hospital, which was not identified, around 3:50 p.m. Friday. Munhall EMS and Southeast Regional EMS personnel were outside the hospital and...
Another employee at Port Authority’s West Mifflin garage tests positive for covid-19
The Port Authority of Allegheny County reports that a tenth employee — the sixth worker at the same bus garage — has tested positive for covid-19. The employee works at the West Mifflin garage, transit agency spokesman Jim Ritchie announced Friday. The employee has been off work and in self-quarantine...
Sewickley borough president gets heat for photo with alleged militia group
Sewickley council President Jeff Neff has come under fire for posing in a photo with an armed militia group at a Pittsburgh rally. About 200 people gathered downtown Monday to protest Gov. Tom Wolf’s ongoing shutdown of non-life-sustaining businesses due to the covid-19 pandemic. Neff, a GOP state Senate candidate,...
Police: Boy, 17, shot in Duquesne, car he was in crashes
Allegheny County homicide detectives and Duquesne police are investigating a shooting in the city that sent a 17-year-old boy to a hospital. Officers were dispatched to the 600 block of Duquesne Boulevard around 6:10 p.m. and found a vehicle had crashed into a wall. County police said one of the...
Pittsburgh Catholic Diocese now allows weddings, funerals, confession — with restrictions — during covid-19 pandemic
The Catholic Diocese of Pittsburgh has scaled back some of its safety protocols and will allow limited public celebrations of certain sacraments during the covid-19 pandemic. Officials announced these changes Thursday: • Weddings may now be celebrated, but with no more than 10 people including the priest/deacon officiant. Couples must...
Man allegedly exposes himself at Target parking lot in Ross Township
A Pittsburgh man was arrested after allegedly exposing himself in a Target parking lot in Ross Township. Township police charged Timothy Schaffer, 55, with indecent exposure in connection with an incident Wednesday. Police said Schaffer was allegedly fully exposed while he was parked next to a woman who was leaving...
Port Authority to increase safety protocols at West Mifflin garage after 5th worker there tests positive for covid-19
Port Authority officials announced new safety protocols will be put in place at its West Mifflin garage after another employee tested positive for covid-19. Spokesman Adam Brandolph said Thursday that a fifth garage worker, who last worked on Monday and is at home in quarantine, was diagnosed with the novel...
Driver hospitalized after crash in Plum
A two-vehicle crash in Plum ended with a car on its side and a driver hospitalized. Police Chief Lanny Conley said officers responded to the wreck at about 10:30 p.m. Wednesday along the 100 block of Coxcomb Hill Road. A driver of one of the vehicles was transported to Forbes...
How a Plum tobacco shop is able to stay open during Gov. Wolf’s ‘non-life-sustaining’ business shutdown
While Gov. Tom Wolf plans to gradually reopen the state’s economy starting May 8, the only businesses currently operating are those deemed “life-sustaining.” Puff Discount Tobacco is one such business. Owner Bob Busche of Murrysville has 13 stores in Western Pennsylvania, including Plum and Monroeville, and has 80 employees. Busche,...
Fire badly damages Yinzers sports store in Pittsburgh’s Strip DistrictVideo
A major fire Wednesday night in Pittsburgh’s Strip District left a city firefighter injured and a business badly damaged. Flames and heavy smoke could be seen coming from Yinzers In The Burgh along the 1700 block of Penn Avenue. City Fire Chief Darryl Jones said crews responded to a fire...
Another Port Authority worker tests positive for covid-19
Port Authority officials reported another employee who worked at the agency’s West Mifflin garage tested positive for covid-19. Spokesman Adam Brandolph said Wednesday the maintenance person last worked on April 10 and has been in self-quarantine at home since then. It’s the fourth worker from the garage and eighth Port...
2 men hospitalized after being shot in Pittsburgh, 1 critical
Two people were hospitalized, one in critical condition, after a shooting in Pittsburgh’s Homewood neighborhood Wednesday morning. Authorities said officers responded to a ShotSpotter alert of gunfire at about 8:30 a.m. along the 7300 block of Bennett Street. Police found a man who had been shot in his right hand....
Emergency food distribution at Pittsburgh International Airport set for Wednesday
The Greater Pittsburgh Community Food Bank will host an emergency food distribution at Pittsburgh International Airport on Wednesday afternoon. Organizers plan to serve about 1,500 vehicles 1-3 p.m. in the airport parking lots. “The airport is an ideal location,” said Lisa Scales, food bank president and CEO. “It will be...
Wilkinsburg police chief says officers stopped armed robbery of a boy, suspect arrested
A Wilkinsburg man was arrested for allegedly robbing a boy in the borough. Shawn Michael Perry, 23, is charged with robbery and other charges in connection with the incident. Police say the robbery Tuesday occurred around 2:15 p.m. along the 800 block of Walnut Street. “Officers arrived almost immediately and...
Harrison fire causes stir but little damage in Natrona row house
Residents of a Harrison row house can remain in place after an electrical fire caused a stir in one of the four units. Hilltop Hose Fire Chief Mike Krzeminski said no one was displaced or injured in connection with the incident around 6:15 p.m. Friday at 78 Pond St. in...
Fire leaves 6 New Kensington residents, their pets homeless
A lit candle knocked over by cats is being blamed for a fire that left six New Kensington residents and their pets homeless Friday afternoon. Fire Chief Ed Saliba said three of the six people living in the house were inside at the time of the blaze at 638 Fifth...
Clairton man accused of fatally shooting San Jose man in Pittsburgh
A Clairton man wanted in connection with a fatal shooting in the Oakland section of Pittsburgh early this month has turned himself in to authorities. Devlin Clifford Jr., 20, allegedly killed Esam Tanzim Hossain, 23, of San Jose on April 1, according to Pittsburgh police. Hossain was found shot in...
Man dies after truck crashes in East End, passenger steered vehicle away from traffic
A driver died after he lost control of a box truck, which crashed into a pole in Pittsburgh’s East End on Thursday morning. A spokeswoman for Pittsburgh Public Safety said a passenger in the truck said they managed to steer the truck into a pole and out of the path...
Police: Boy, 16, shot in arm in Pitcairn
A 16-year-old boy was reported in stable condition after being shot Wednesday in Pitcairn. Allegheny County Police said borough officers responded to a call for shots fired around 7:10 p.m. at the intersection of Fourth Street and Highland Avenue. Authorities said police found evidence of a shooting along the 500...
Duquesne man, 18, charged in Pittsburgh shooting last month
A Duquesne man is charged with attempted homicide and other crimes for allegedly shooting a man in Pittsburgh’s Marshall-Shadeland neighborhood. Tyrone Jackson, 18, was arrested Thursday and remains lodged in the Allegheny County Jail unable to post $10,000 bond, according to online court documents. He’s charged with criminal attempt-homicide, carrying...
Giant Eagle to have one-way aisles to combat coronavirus
Be sure to follow the traffic patterns the next time you’re in Giant Eagle. In an effort to step up the company’s fight to slow the spread of coronavirus, the supermarket chain is implementing one-way aisles. One-way signs will be added to the floors of each aisle to direct shoppers...
