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Export man accused of selling meth to undercover state agent
An Export man was arraigned Wednesday on charges of selling crystal methamphetamine to an undercover agent with the state attorney general’s office Sept. 30 and Oct. 9. Ryan J. Fredericks, 24, was charged with multiple criminal charges including two felony counts of manufacturing and delivery of a controlled substances by...
3 Westmoreland locations collecting prescription medication for Take Back Day
Three police departments in Westmoreland County will be participating in the Drug Enforcement Administration’s Take Back Day initiative on Saturday. The departments will be collected unused, unwanted or expired prescription medication in the nationwide effort to prevent those pills from ending up in the wrong hands. The administration holds two...
Officials investigating early-morning fire in Plum
Fire officials are investigating a fire Thursday at a home in Plum. The fire in the 500 block of Unity Center Road was put out by Plum firefighters. The fire was reported just before 6 a.m., according to an Allegheny County dispatch supervisor. Plum police Lt. Lanny Conley said no...
TRYP Hotel in Lawrenceville has dining options: Brick Shop and Over Eden
Brandon Blumenfeld is working double-time at TRYP Hotel in Lawrenceville. The chef helms the kitchen at the hotel’s two restaurants: Over Eden — a rooftop spot that opened in June — and Brick Shop, a more formal eatery on the ground floor that debuted its dinner menu Tuesday. Located in...
Carlynton considers options for outdated internet access
Connecting to the internet or sending an email is as easy as a click of a button. Joshua Jones, Carlynton’s supervisor of information technology, would like to keep it that way throughout the district. Jones informed school board members that the district’s computerized system is working well, but that it’s...
Police: Driver under the influence of cocaine in Salem crash that killed 1, injured 2
State police accuse a former New Alexandria man of being under the influence of cocaine during a fatal crash in Salem over the summer. Brian Keith Clemons, 42, of Normantown, W.Va., was arrested Wednesday in connection with the Aug. 10 crash on Route 22. He is charged with homicide by...
14 arrested during protests of President Trump’s visit to PittsburghVideo
A series of planned protests in defense of the environment and in opposition to President Donald Trump took place across Pittsburgh’s Downtown all day Wednesday as Trump spoke at an energy industry conference held at the David L. Lawrence Convention Center. The rallies and marches remained peaceful even as Trump...
Crews battle house fire in Pittsburgh’s California-Kirkbride section
A fire on the city’s North Side was doused by crews early this morning. Allegheny County officials said emergency crews responded at 5:05 a.m. to a house fire at 1322 Marvista Street in the California-Kirkbride neighborhood. No injuries were reported at the fire, which broke out in the red brick...
Tree of Life shooting has shaken Squirrel Hill, but residents insist the community will prevailVideo
Squirrel Hill, for many who grew up in Pittsburgh’s East End, conjures memories of movies at the Manor Theater and Friday night pizza in a neighborhood where diversity and acceptance have always been the norm. Those memories remain strong even after Oct. 27, 2018, when a heavily armed man tried...
Anti-Semitic action, rhetoric are pervading American public life, experts sayVideo
Bari Weiss was in Arizona when she heard about an anti-Semitic attack in her beloved Squirrel Hill. The details were sketchy at first, but it soon became apparent that a shooter had killed 11 people in the Tree of Life synagogue where she had celebrated her bat mitzvah 21 years...
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Anti-Semitic action and rhetoric are pervading American public life, experts say
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Tree of Life shooting has shaken Squirrel Hill, but residents insist the community will prevail
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Drug, theft cases among those recently handled by Judge Zucco in Plum
District Judge Linda Zucco recently handled the following cases. Charges were filed by Plum police unless otherwise noted. Held for court • Logan Sparrow, 24, of Plum on charges of terroristic threats and harassment. Charges were filed July 15. Waived preliminary hearings • Sullivan Mossburg, 23, of Plum on charges...
Bond refinancing efforts at Penn Hills School District moving forward
Efforts to refinance bonds for Penn Hills School District’s high school and elementary school, which largely contributed to its financial troubles, are moving forward. District officials have selected the law firm of Wayne Gerhold as bond counsel, Buchanan, Ingersall & Rooney as disclosure counsel and Boenning & Scattergood as bond...
Baldwin-Whitehall, Char Valley, West Jefferson Hills receive Safe Schools’ Targeted Grants
A new school police officer will be hired in the Baldwin-Whitehall School District, and added cameras will be placed in buildings, all thanks to a state grant aimed at improving school safety and reducing violence. In Chartiers Valley, the school district will use the $40,000 it received from the grant...
The Stroller, Oct. 24, 2019: Events in the Alle-Kiski Valley
Tarentum church to celebrate historic landmark designation The building that houses Central Presbyterian Church, Tarentum, has received Historic Landmark status from the Pittsburgh History and Landmarks Foundation. The present building was built in 1913 and the founding congregation dates back to April 1888, when a small wood-frame chapel was constructed...
Penn Hills School District celebrates annual anti-violence weekVideo
Penn Hills School District students pledged to support peace and share messages designed to curb violence. More than 800 high-schoolers voluntarily signed a pledge and created a non-violence link displayed in the cafeteria. Elementary students created anti-violence artwork and talked with their teachers about what peace means to them. Linton...
Braddock man accused of robbing Pittsburgh sandwich shop
Editor’s note: All charges were dropped against Aaron Massengill on Thursday, Oct. 18, 2019. Read what police had to say about learning that he did not commit this crime. A Braddock man was arrested for allegedly robbing the Jimmy John’s shop near the University of Pittsburgh campus in Oakland. Pittsburgh...
DUI, drug cases among recent Monroeville police investigations – Oct. 23, 2019
Monroeville police filed the following charges Oct. 14 to Oct. 22 in District Judge Jeffrey L. Herbst’s office: • Destiny Hatten-Nelson, 20, of Pittsburgh with receiving stolen property and retail theft. Charges were filed Oct. 22 in connection with an incident along the 4100 block of William Penn Highway. •...
Lime Hollow Road in Penn Hills to close
Lime Hollow Road in Penn Hills will be closed for a few hours so PennDOT designers can review the street for future repairs. State officials said it will be closed between Springdale Drive and Coal Hollow Road from 9 a.m. to noon Thursday. Through traffic will be detoured via Frankstown...
Trump touts jobs, industry at Marcellus shale conference in PittsburghVideo
Hours after President Donald Trump announced at the White House that Turkey has agreed to a cease fire in Syria, he boarded Air Force One with seven Pennsylvania Republican House members and shifted into campaign mode as the plane headed toward a Marcellus shale conference in Downtown Pittsburgh. “Nobody does...
Police seek Jefferson Hills man charged with trying to rape boy
Authorities are searching for a registered sex offender from Jefferson Hills who is charged with attempted rape of a teen last month in Washington County. Russell Marycz, 43, is charged with attempted rape; kidnapping, unlawful restraint, false imprisonment and corruption of minors; criminal solicitation; simple assault; and interference with custody...
Greensburg honors Offutt Field icon ‘Huddie’ Kaufman
For a few minutes before Wednesday’s middle school football game in Greensburg, the attention turned from the field to the press box. All eyes were on Howard “Huddie” Kaufman, sitting in his usual perch as team timekeeper. Mayor Robert Bell was there to declare it “Huddie Kaufman Day.” “He’s been...
Apollo man pleads to federal marijuana charges
An Apollo man has pleaded guilty in federal court in Pittsburgh to conspiring to sell more than 50 kilograms of marijuana that he had shipped from Colorado, the U.S. Attorney’s Office said Wednesday. Prosecutors said Stephen Michael Lerch, 27, received numerous parcels of marijuana and vaping cartridges containing THC from...
Bellevue man sentenced to 4 years in federal prison for child porn
A Bellevue man was ordered by a federal judge in Pittsburgh to serve four years in federal prison for having child porn, the U.S. Attorney’s Office said Wednesday. On Monday, U.S. District Judge Arthur J. Schwab also sentenced Christopher Morrison, 26, of Bellevue, to serve 10 years of supervised release...
