Allegheny category, Page 183

A Penn Hills man pleaded guilty Monday in Allegheny County Common Pleas Court to causing a fatal crash two years ago. Kevin Morrow pleaded to homicide by vehicle while driving under the influence and reckless endangerment stemming from the June 29, 2019, crash on Saltzburg Road in Penn Hills. Morrow,...

Allegheny County’s swimming pools will be open for swimmers Tuesday. It’s just in time for the high temperatures expected — Pittsburgh’s high is forecast to be 91 degrees, with a slight chance of thunderstorms. All four pools will be open from 11:30 a.m. to 7:30 p.m., weather permitting. On Monday,...

Officials have identified a worker who fell to his death last week at the South Park fairgrounds. Frank ‘Frankie’ Scabilloni, 59, of Bethel Park, fell from the grounds’ agricultural building Wednesday morning. The incident happened about 10:13 a.m. at the fairgrounds on Brownsville Road, said Lt. Venerando Costa. The building...

A Baldwin man will serve two to four years in prison after pleading guilty Friday to killing a cyclist in a crash on Brookline Boulevard in 2019. Thomas Morton, 24, must also serve seven years of probation after pleading to homicide by vehicle, driving under the influence and other counts...

A month-long street repaving project kicked off today in Marshall Township, officials announced. Crews from Shields Paving are scheduled to resurface the following township roads: • Registry Lane • Fern Hollow Lane • Bridgebrook Lane • Valley Road • Cliff Road • Devine Drive • Carvine Court • Marshall Heights...

The North Hills School District is partnering with Giant Eagle supermarkets to hold a covid-19 vaccination clinic for anyone 12 years old and up. The first dose of the Pfizer vaccine will be administered at the high school cafeteria on Tuesday, July 20 followed by the second dose on Aug....

As of Monday morning, mask wearing in Pennsylvania is no longer a mandate. “It’s about time,” said Joe Dibattista of North Huntingdon. Dibattista, 69, and his wife, Chris, were among the many on Sunday at Westmoreland Mall who said they were ready to move forward, with the coronavirus seemingly in...

A body found in the Ohio River earlier this week was identified Friday as a man who went missing in Pittsburgh’s South Side in January. William Casale, 62, was pronounced dead at 6:35 p.m. Monday in Kilbuck, the Allegheny County Medical Examiner’s Office reports. His body was pulled from the...

A man died soon after being injured a vehicle crash Thursday in Turtle Creek, officials said. Richard H. Platt, 74, was pronounced dead at 10:30 a.m., less than 40 minutes after the incident happened near 26 McDonald Street, the Allegheny County Medical Examiner’s Office reported Friday afternoon. Platt’s cause of...

Homestead historically is noted for two things: the Homestead Strike of 1892, and the extraordinarily talented Homestead Grays baseball team of Negro League fame. And, perhaps, more recently for the Waterfront shopping mall. Now, a nonprofit organization called Doors Open Pittsburgh, dedicated to building appreciation of the area’s architectural history,...

A transgender woman is suing Extended Stay America for wrongful termination, alleging that a manager there fired her because she dressed like a woman at work. Kimberly Grinage, who was born male but identifies as a woman, filed the complaint in federal court on Thursday. In addition to the hotel...

A physical therapy agency claimed in a federal court filing this week that it is immune to a lawsuit filed by a Bethel Park couple alleging they contracted covid-19 because of a therapist’s failure to properly use personal protective equipment in November. John Boyle and Cheryl McKinney filed their complaint...

Ask most people what “pulp fiction” is and the likely reply would be that it’s a movie about two hit men played by Samuel L. Jackson and John Travolta. While that is essentially correct, it’s also true that decades before pop culture content was consumed digitally, it came in the...

Surviving family members of two men who played major-college football in the 1950s and ‘60s filed a class-action lawsuit against the NCAA on Wednesday, alleging that repeated blows to the head and concussions caused them to develop — and die from — chronic traumatic encephalopathy. One of the men, the...

Historic figures from the region and McKeesport — such as George Washington, President John F. Kennedy and the 1935 Miss America — will be portrayed by area actors in the Renzie Ramble that will be conducted from noon to 4 p.m. Saturday at Renziehausen Park. The tour will guide walkers...

The prospect of being away from the watchful eyes of their parents seems exciting to college students. That is until they realize that mom and dad are no longer around to clean up after them, make meals and do their laundry. Some students will let their laundry pile up until...

One person was killed in an early-morning crash Thursday in Penn Hills, according to Allegheny County police. Crews responded to a two-vehicle crash on Rodi Road around 12:30 a.m., authorities said. A 27-year-0ld man who was driving a Kia SUV was found dead, police said. His identity has not be...

An 18-year-old man was in critical condition Thursday following an early-morning shooting in Clairton, according to the Allegheny County Police Department. Officers responded a shooting in the 600 block of Miller Avenue shortly after midnight. At the scene, first responders learned that the man had been taken to the hospital...

Reality TV star Abby Lee Miller is suing American Airlines and Pittsburgh International Airport claiming their employees dropped her while transferring her from one wheelchair to another following a 2019 flight. Abigale Lee Miller, who now lives in Los Angeles, filed the lawsuit Wednesday in Allegheny County Common Pleas Court....

Two CSX crew members were checked for potential minor injuries after their train collided with a tractor-trailer Wednesday morning in Glassport. Glassport firefighters were dispatched at about 11:30 am. to the crash near the intersection of Ohio Avenue and Wall Street, according to Assistant Fire Chief Jonathan Petrik. The tractor-trailer....

A man died Wednesday when he fell from a roof at the South Park Fairgrounds, according to Allegheny County Police. The incident happened about 10:13 a.m. at the fairgrounds on Brownsville Road, said Lt. Venerando Costa. He said a 59-year-old man fell through a skylight in the Agricultural Building. Police...

The first cannabis dispensary in Gibsonia opened its doors on Monday. Ayr Wellness launched the new medical marijuana dispensary, which marks its third location in the state. Ayr Wellness also has locations in New Castle and Plymouth Meeting. The 8,000-square foot Gibsonia location — which includes 30 point-of-sale stations and...

Covid cases in Pennsylvania, as well as Allegheny and Westmoreland counties, have slowed to a trickle this month. June started with an average of more than 700 cases a day in the state and has fallen to averaging less than 200 a day as of Wednesday. In Allegheny County, cases...