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Hampton location makes 11th Starbucks in Pittsburgh area to unionize
Starbucks baristas in Hampton voted 15-0 Thursday to join Workers United Pennsylvania Joint Board, an affiliate of Services Employees International Unit, for representation in collective bargaining. The store is located in the Hampton Shoppes strip mall at 4655 Route 8 in Hampton. The union will cover about 31 full-time and...
Pet python on the loose in Duquesne; residents urged to stay back, contact police
Duquesne police are asking residents to be on the lookout for a pet python that escaped from its owners. The white snake, which is between 5- and 7-feet long, went missing Thursday near the 800 block of State Street while its owners were out for walk, according to authorities. Police...
Fall flights increase from Pittsburgh International Airport
In a sign of recovery for the airline industry in Pittsburgh, several airlines are bringing back nonstop routes this fall. • Southwest Airlines is adding a weekly Saturday flight to Houston and regular flights to Austin. • Spirit is adding daily flights to Fort Myers and frequent trips to Orlando....
McKees Rocks woman arrested in infant grandson’s overdose
Police have arrested a McKees Rocks woman in connection with the July 31 overdose of her infant grandson. Robbie Elizabeth Boyer, 47, was taken into custody Thursday on two arrest warrants by police from Allegheny County and McKees Rocks. They say she is responsible for the 10-month-old boy’s overdose. First...
Four Heroes of World War II Dinner set for Aug. 26
Four people with extraordinary stories of heroics performed during World War II are being honored at a special dinner on Aug. 26 at 6 p.m. at the Edgeworth Club in Sewickley. Each of the four has a unique story to share. Julia Parsons is a 101-year-old former Navy WAVE codebreaker...
Former Allegheny County Jail officer pleads to federal weapons charge
A former Allegheny County correctional officer accused of taking illegal drugs into the facility to sell pleaded guilty in federal court on Thursday to possessing a sawed-off shotgun. Lewis Bagnato, 33, of Kennedy, is expected to plead to state court charges related to the drug sales on Oct. 18, said...
Mt. Oliver man accused of pistol whipping 2 people in Clairton
A Mt. Oliver man was arrested by Allegheny County police in connection with the assault of two people Monday night in Clairton. Clairton police asked the county to assist after officers responded to a report of a shooting in the 1100 block of Marion Circle shortly after 9:30 p.m. When...
Stretch of inbound Parkway West to close overnight through mid-September
Work to repair the bridge carrying traffic over the Parkway West will begin Friday evening and require a portion of the inbound lanes to be shut down overnight through the middle of September, PennDOT announced. The bridge was damaged Feb. 2 when a truck crashed into the support structure for...
Pleasant Hills mother and daughter to compete in national pageant
Minutes after Susan Fancsali was born, she was having trouble breathing. “When her color was looking so bad and her breathing was labored, the nurse wrapped her up with the blanket covering her that I didn’t even get to see her,” her mother, Kim Bennear Fancsali, said. “They told me...
Highland Park Bridge ramp to Route 28 North reopens in Aspinwall
Good news for motorists who cross the Allegheny River to get to northbound Route 28. The ramp carrying traffic from the Highland Park Bridge to Route 28 North opened to traffic at 6 p.m. Wednesday. The ramp has been closed since late March to enable crews to do reconstruction work,...
Doctor testifies about treating UPMC head of cardiothoracic surgery with suboxone
The doctor who continues to treat UPMC’s head of cardiothoracic surgery with suboxone testified Wednesday that he kept no patient records of his interactions with Dr. James Luketich. Dr. David Wilson also testified that he never reviewed Luketich’s previous treatment records or saw records from an addiction treatment facility where...
Greater Pittsburgh Arts Council maps promote neighborhood art scenes
Having a hard time keeping track of all of Pittsburgh’s art and culture opportunities? Now, there’s a map for that. The Greater Pittsburgh Arts Council has developed maps that highlight more than 145 art venues and organizations in Pittsburgh and surrounding areas — Downtown (including Lawrenceville); East End (including The...
Ukrainian refugee and her daughter find a home in Sewickley
When Russia began its war with Ukraine six months ago, Katerina Boyko thought it would be over in three days. She could not have imagined that the war would still be raging half a year later, and that she and her 13-year-old daughter Alexa would end up living half a...
U.S. senators request State Department declare Oakmont man jailed in Russia ‘wrongfully detained’
A bipartisan group of 10 U.S. senators, including both of Pennsylvania’s, signed on to a letter Tuesday requesting Secretary of State Antony Blinken designate Oakmont native Marc Fogel as being “wrongfully detained” under federal law. The Robert Levinson Hostage Recovery and Hostage-Taking Accountability Act is named in honor of former...
Ex-Shaler substitute teacher convicted in Capitol riots
The former Shaler substitute teacher accused of attacking a police line during the Jan. 6 Capitol insurrection was convicted by a federal judge Tuesday on several felony charges. Robert Morss, 29, of Glenshaw; Geoffrey William Sills, 31, of Mechanicsville, Va.; and David Lee Judd, 36, of Carrollton, Texas — were...
Man gets 3 to 6 years for fatal shooting over marijuana in Stowe
Peyton Wiser’s defense attorney described his client as a kind, gentle teen who took in injured animals and homeless friends when they needed help. But the prosecution said Wiser also sold marijuana and, when confronted for selling bad product, chose to shoot a man twice in the head instead of...
Parkway East billboard features faces of people killed by fentanyl to raise awareness about drug’s danger
A billboard along the Parkway East a few miles east of Pittsburgh shows the faces of 92 people with a tragic connection. All of them died of fentanyl poisoning. “The fentanyl crisis is only getting worse in our country, and it’s not getting the coverage it needs to educate people,...
Moon Area school officials say cyber ‘incident’ won’t delay return to classes
Officials in the Moon Area School District say they are investigating what’s being described as a cyber “incident” affecting some of its computer systems. The computer problems are not expected to cause disruptions when students return to classes from summer break on Wednesday. “We recently began experiencing a cyber incident...
Top UPMC surgeon testifies about suboxone use
A secretly recorded conversation between the head of UPMC’s department of cardiothoracic surgery and the doctor treating him with suboxone for a previous problem with prescription narcotics is at the center of a hearing in Allegheny County Common Pleas Court. Dr. James Luketich, who is the subject of a federal...
Person hurt in Penn Hills crash
A person was flown to a local trauma center after being injured in a crash in Penn Hills. Allegheny County dispatch reported there was a two-vehicle crash around 5:10 p.m. near the intersection of Hulton and Milltown roads. It was unclear if there were any other injuries, and no further...
Allegheny County Councilman Tom Duerr not seeking reelection
The youngest Allegheny County councilman said Monday that he will not seek reelection next year. Councilman Tom Duerr, D-Bethel Park, became the youngest elected official in Allegheny County government history when he was elected in 2019 at 24. In a tweet, Duerr said he would not seek reelection because he...
West Nile virus found in Westmoreland, Allegheny, Armstrong; mosquito spraying slated
Mosquitoes sampled in Westmoreland County have tested positive for West Nile virus — joining Allegheny County, where spraying to control the insects is set to resume. One positive human case has been reported in neighboring Armstrong County, though the disease was not found in any mosquitoes there, according to the...
Police: Driver shoots at car after sideswiping it near Parkway East ramp
A driver sideswiped a vehicle Sunday morning on Ardmore Boulevard in Wilkinsburg then shot at the car, striking its hood, state police said. According to a release from the Pittsburgh office, a gray sedan drove alongside a red Toyota Avalon at 11:35 a.m. and sideswiped the Toyota. The driver of...
Glenshaw man dies in Butler County car accident
One man died and another was injured in a Butler County car accident Friday night. Norman Jacaszek of Glenshaw was driving on West Sunbury Road in Clay Township when he struck a car driving in the opposite direction about 11:30 p.m., according to state police. Jacaszek, 92, died at the...
Woman dies after crash with Pittsburgh Regional Transit bus in Kennedy Township
A woman died after a collision with a Pittsburgh Regional Transit bus on Friday. At around 4:15 p.m., a car struck a PRT bus that was traveling inbound on McCoy Road at Neville Avenue in Kennedy Township, according to Port Authority spokesman Adam Brandolph. The passenger of the car, Helen...
