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Long-term closure of Highland Park Bridge link to Route 28 South to resume
PennDOT says the long-term closure of the ramp from the northbound Highland Park Bridge to Route 28 South (toward Pittsburgh) will continue Monday, weather permitting. Starting around 7 a.m. , the northbound ramp will close to traffic around-the-clock through mid-May. Crews will complete reconstruction work, bridge rehabilitation, and drainage improvements...
Pittsburgh man sentenced to federal prison for possession of child sexual abuse materials
A Pittsburgh man has been sentenced to more than five years in federal prison after he was convicted of possessing materials depicting sexual exploitation of a minor. U.S. District Judge Marilyn J. Horan sentenced Desair McCray, 22, Pittsburgh, after it was determined McCray knowingly possessed images and videos containing child...
Man accused of shooting at state Attorney General agents arrested in Penn Hills
A Pittsburgh man accused of shooting at state agents and a McKees Rocks police officer was apprehended in Penn Hills on Thursday. Allegheny County Police announced the arrest of 25-year-old Eric Durah Jr., who is charged with multiple crimes stemming from a shooting incident in Stowe on Feb. 27. Police...
Kennywood pits rides against each other a la March Madness
Kennywood is asking fans of the West Mifflin amusement park to pick their favorite park rides, March Madness-style. The park recently announced its bracket-driven competition on social media. Twitter users “get to help crown our fan-favorite ride” over the course of three rounds and a championship, the park wrote while...
Pittsburgh police report 12-year-old girl missing from Carrick
Pittsburgh police are looking for a missing 12-year-old girl last seen in the city’s Carrick neighborhood. Tyshaya Somerville was last seen wearing a gray hooded sweatshirt, light blue jeans, and pink tennis shoes. She is considered to be in danger due to her age. Anyone with information should call 9-1-1...
Moon Township man gets over 27 years in prison for dealing drugs, money laundering
A Moon Township man was sentenced to 27½ years in prison for dealing drugs and money laundering crimes while on federal supervised release from a previous prison sentence for drug trafficking. Noah Landfried, 38, was also ordered to serve 10 years of supervised release following his prison sentence. His sentence...
Bidding begins Friday in Project Bundle-Up Auction
Autographed Pittsburgh sports collectibles and electronics are among items that will be available for online bidding beginning Friday , during WTAE-TV’s 36th annual Project Bundle-Up Auction. The auction raises money to provide cold-weather outerwear for area children and senior citizens in need, through a partnership with the Salvation Army of...
Annual trout stocking along Pine Creek a sure sign spring is in sight
With temperatures dipping into the 20s and wind gusts sending snow swirling in the air, it’s a little hard to imagine a lazy day along the banks of a bubbling stream waiting for the fish to bite. But on March 14, more than a dozen volunteers joined members of the...
Aspinwall ramp off Highland Park Bridge to be closed Wednesday
One of the ramps off the Highland Park Bridge will be closed today. The ramp from the northbound side of the bridge to northbound Freeport Road — the Aspinwall exit — in Sharpsburg will close to traffic from 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. Wednesday, weather permitting, PennDOT said. Crews will...
Morning Roundup: Person injured in crash in North Huntington
Here are some of the latest news items from this morning, Wednesday, March 15, 2023: Person injured in crash in North Huntington An overnight car crash in North Huntington injured one person and caused a power outage in the area. The crash occurred around 11:45 p.m. at Turner Valley Road...
Not magic: Opaque AI tool may flag parents with disabilities
PITTSBURGH — For the two weeks that the Hackneys’ baby girl lay in a Pittsburgh hospital bed weak from dehydration, her parents rarely left her side, sometimes sleeping on the fold-out sofa in the room. They stayed with their daughter around the clock when she was moved to a rehab...
Residents can track rotten egg smell in Allegheny County
On certain days, residents in some Pittsburgh neighborhoods and outlying municipalities can often smell a rotten-egg odor, but they might not have known where it was coming from or how prevalent it was. The Allegheny County Health Department announced Tuesday it will now offer publicly trackable information about how much...
Sandcastle named one of top waterparks in U.S.
Sandcastle has been named one of the top waterparks in the U.S., according to U.S. News and World Report. The publication handed the West Homestead waterpark the honor over the weekend, calling Sandcastle a “nostalgic treat.” Sandcastle was one of 36 parks nationwide and one of four in Pennsylvania to...
Morning Roundup: Penn Hills infant’s cause of death revealed
Here are some of the latest news items from this morning, Tuesday, March 14, 2023: Penn Hills infant’s cause of death revealed A 7-month-old Penn Hills girl died of acute fentanyl toxicity in January, according to the Allegheny County Medical Examiner’s Office. Zhuri Bogle died Jan. 14 in her Penn...
Fire guts Monroeville apartment complex; dozens left homeless
A large fire gutted an apartment complex early Tuesday in Monroeville. The blaze broke out just before 1 a.m. at the Cambridge Square Apartments in the 200 block of Cambridge Square Drive, according to Tribune-Review news partner WPXI. About 36 units were affected. Two people were treated on the scene,...
Pittsburgh airport getting daily flights to Austin
Two emerging tech cities are improving connections with the announcement of increased flight service between Pittsburgh and Austin, Texas. Southwest Airlines announced last week it will be increasing service between Pittsburgh International Airport and Austin-Bergstrom International Airport starting this fall. The Texas-based carrier will expand flights from weekend-only to daily...
1 man shot and killed in Clairton
A man was shot and killed Monday morning in Clairton. Allegheny County Police responded just before 7:30 a.m. to a reported shooting inside a residence in the 400 block of Miller Avenue. First responders found a man suffering from gunshot wounds. The Allegheny County Medical Examiner’s Office identified the victim...
Beaver County man assaulted ex-girlfriend, threatened to kill another person at Rivers Casino, police say
A Beaver County man was arrested late Friday after state police said he assaulted an ex-girlfriend at Rivers Casino and threatened to kill another person. Police said Edward Thomas Smorey, 53, of Hookstown, approached the 57-year-old woman around 10:40 p.m. Friday at the casino’s Drum Bar. Police said he pulled...
City Theatre unveils 2023-24 season
It’s as Pittsburgh as a Primanti sandwich and parking chairs: Tami Dixon’s “South Side Stories Revisited” will kick off the 2024 portion of the City Theatre’s 2023-24 season. The play is one of five shows on the slate the theater released late Saturday. “South Side Stories Revisited” finds itself on...
South Park house fire knocked down late Sunday afternoon
A house fire at 3126 Southern Drive in South Park was quickly knocked down by firefighters from the South Park Township Fire Department late Sunday afternoon. The call came in at 4:22 p.m. when smoke was reported coming from the rear of the house. No injuries were reported according to...
Pedestrian killed in McCandless hit-and-run identified
A pedestrian was killed Saturday night as a result of a hit-and-run crash in McCandless. Donald Gene Leach, 78, of Wexford, was identified Monday by the Allegheny County Medical Examiner as the man killed in the incident. Police said a black Honda struck Leach at 10:15 p.m. near the Pine...
Man killed in Penn Hills shooting identified
Allegheny County Police are investigating the fatal shooting of a man early Sunday morning in Penn Hills. Police said the shooting occurred in the parking lot of the Penn Towers apartment building on the 11000 block of Frankstown Road at 3:11 a.m. First responders found a man who had been...
Car crashes into PRT bus in East Liberty, passenger in critical condition
The driver and a passenger in a car were taken to UPMC Presbyterian hospital Saturday morning after crashing into a Pittsburgh Regional Transit bus in East Liberty. The crash occurred in the 6600 block of Hamilton Avenue. The passenger of the car was listed in critical condition, according to PRT...
Ride for the Fallen Officers event travels from Harrison to McKeesport
About 100 people and 93 vehicles defied a freezing mid-March Saturday morning to take part in The Ride for the Fallen Officers from the parking lot of the Walmart Supercenter in Harrison to the McKeesport Transportation Center. The fleet of vehicles was dominated by Jeeps from area clubs and tow...
Stowe arson suspect arrested in Colorado
A McKees Rocks man suspected in setting the Aug. 12, 2021 fire that destroyed a Stowe duplex and caused injuries to four firefighters was captured in Colorado this week, Allegheny County police said Saturday. Andre Quinones, 30, who had been on the run for nearly 20 months, was detained Thursday....
