Western PA Local News category, Page 2747
Trials delayed for 2 accused of helping man charged in Brian Shaw’s death
Trials for the father and a cousin of the Harrison man accused in the fatal shooting death two years ago of New Kensington police Officer Brian Shaw were postponed until December. Westmoreland County prosecutors said Tuesday a scheduling conflict made it impossible to try the case against Gregory Baucum Jr....
Son of WTAE-TV anchor Mike Clark dies in Colorado hiking accident
The son of a Pittsburgh television news anchor died in a hiking accident in Colorado over the weekend. Matthew J. Clark, 26, of Denver, is the son of WTAE-TV evening anchor Mike Clark. The television station shared their sympathies about the accident Monday afternoon. According to WTAE, Matthew Clark was...
Peduto proposes $606 million operating budget for 2020 with no real estate tax increase
Pittsburgh Mayor Bill Peduto on Tuesday released a 2020 budget proposal that increases operational spending by about $31 million and maintains the current real estate tax rate. The mayor’s spending plans include $606 million for daily operations and $109 million for capital improvements. The operating budget is up from about...
Lower Burrell man ordered to stand trial for fleeing police, reckless endangerment
A 42-year-old Lower Burrell man accused in multiple cases of fleeing police at high speed will stand trial in the latest alleged chase. Chad Ebel of Falcon Park Road is accused of leading police on a short, high-speed chase on June 7 from Shearsburg Road to Route 56, Route 356...
Assault, drug cases among those recently handled in Judge DeLuca’s Penn Hills court – Oct. 1, 2019
Penn Hills District Judge Anthony L. DeLuca handled the following cases recently. Defendants will have court dates set in Allegheny County Common Pleas Court. Charges were filed by Penn Hills police unless otherwise noted. Held for court • Brandon English-Dean, 27, of Penn Hills on charges of simple assault and...
Rivers Casino payments for PPG Paints Arena keep rolling
Rivers Casino has anted another $3.5 million toward the cost of building the PPG Paints Arena, officials announced on Tuesday. Under a 2007 agreement, the North Shore casino contributes $7.5 million a year — paid in two installments each fiscal year — toward the $321 million arena on Centre Avenue...
Kiski Area High School marching band wins regional band competition
Members of the Kiski Area High School Marching Band are once again regional champions. For the second consecutive year, the band placed first in the annual Music for All’s Bands of America Central Ohio Regional Championship. This year’s competition took place Saturday at Fortress Obetz in Obetz, Ohio. “To say...
Belvedere ruins begin to disappear in Oklahoma BoroughVideo
If you were hoping for a memento from the former Belvedere Hotel, you’re out of luck. “The borough must have received at least 50 calls from people wanting door knobs, hinges and, of course, the tin ceiling and wall tiles that famously adorned the hotel’s first floor,” said Lee Schumaker,...
New Stanton Hampton Inn to celebrate grand opening
New Stanton’s first new hotel in about 20 years will host a ribbon-cutting ceremony Wednesday. The 84-room Hampton Inn on Bair Boulevard opened in July but will officially mark the occasion with local officials and representatives from the Westmoreland County Chamber of Commerce at its 11 a.m. grand opening. The...
Daily Download: Pittsburgh’s news of the day, Oct. 1, 2019Video
Welcome to the TribLIVE Daily Download. Each day, TribLIVE reporters and editors will break down the biggest news of the day, with video highlights of the people and places making headlines. Today, assistant digital content leader Matt Rosenberg discusses the unseasonably warm temperatures that have hit Western Pennsylvania, the robots...
Westmoreland’s first hemp harvest is a bit rockyVideo
With Westmoreland County’s first industrial hemp harvest under way, the growing pains are evident. Two harvester machines that had been made available to farmers for lease were sidelined last week during a harvest near West Newton. The hemp harvest had to continue by hand. “It’s new to everybody and they’re...
FBI will retrieve records for patients of Fayette physician arrested on drug charges
Patients of a Fayette County physician who was arrested last month and charged with swapping opioids for sex found themselves at odds when they tried to retrieve their medical records from his shuttered practice. But authorities said Tuesday that they have set up a process for patients to retrieve their...
It’s October … and it’s hot in PittsburghVideo
Pittsburgh’s North Shore was blast furnace hot on Tuesday morning, but Brenda Kremer and Kelly Stolp didn’t mind. It was snowing back home in Montana. “This is kind of nice,” said Kremer, 62, of Boulder, who was in town with family for Monday night’s Steelers game. “I’m definitely not used...
Baldwin native will perform with Navy jazz ensemble in HempfieldVideo
As part of the Navy’s signature outreach program, Baldwin native Shawn Purcell will have a chance to perform in the Pittsburgh area for the second time as a member of the U.S. Navy Band Commodores Jazz Ensemble. The group will play an Oct. 23 concert at Hempfield Area High School....
3 Jeannette suspects accused in drug distribution network
Three Jeannette residents are being held in the Westmoreland County Prison without bail, with state agents accusing them of involvement in a local drug distribution network. Nathan C. Woods, 34, Kathleen Marie Monahan, 30, and Brandon J. Brown, 29, are charged with corrupt organizations, drug possession, conspiracy and criminal use...
Penn Hills Anti-Litter Group participated in Pittsburgh Garbage Olympics
Penn Hills volunteers collected 85 bags of trash, a bicycle tire, a hula hoop and a handgun during the 2019 Pittsburgh Garbage Olympics last month. The Penn Hills Anti-Litter Group dispatched 29 volunteers to Verona, Frankstown, Coal Hollow and Lincoln roads. Faith Milazzo, the group’s founder, said the day’s litter...
Carnegie’s Trail of Terror returnsVideo
As volunteers for Carnegie’s annual Trail of Terror worked on art pieces for one of the haunted attraction’s rooms, a large limb from a tree crashed to the ground nearby. The irony of this odd occurrence at the scene of a Halloween haunt might have been enough to scare away...
Cops: North Belle Vernon man forwarded woman child pornography involving infant
A North Belle Vernon man was ordered held in the Westmoreland County Prison on $200,000 bail on charges of possession and distribution of child pornography. Gabriel J. Gamble, 34, was arrested by borough police Friday on those charges and criminal use of a communication device after a week-long investigation by...
When in Rome, do as Pittsburghers do and visit this Steelers bar
A large white banner welcomes patrons to the dark tavern nestled in the heart of Rome. “You’re In Steelers Country,” it reads — a sign that Steelers country has no borders. Despite being just a few blocks from the Vatican and among Rome’s attractions like the Colosseum, Trevi Fountain and...
Woman counted 102 bedbug bites after trip on Duquesne Incline
The nonprofit that runs the Duquesne Incline will start regularly spraying for bedbugs and other insects after an infestation was found in one of the cars. Mark McNally, executive director of the Society for the Preservation of the Duquesne Heights Incline, said the bedbug infestation in one of the cars...
$1 million Cash 5 lottery ticket sold in Fayette County
Tina Harris, owner of the Chalk Hill Market in rural Fayette County, said a $1 million jackpot-winning Pennsylvania Lottery Cash 5 ticket purchased Monday at the store is the largest winning ticket ever sold there. “Oh my God! That’s awesome it was sold here, and good for whoever bought it...
Strike a skeleton pose at yoga studio in Pittsburgh’s AllentownVideo
When anxiety starts to overwhelm Kimee Massie, she turns on a little doom jazz, throws down a mat and drops into child’s pose. Massie and her husband, Scott Massie, both 42, are the founders of BLACK YO)))GA, Vinyasa-style yoga that replaces wind chimes and rippling streams with drone, noise, ambient,...
Hempfield man killed in Ligonier Township bicycle-vehicle crash
The Westmoreland County Coroner’s Office said a Hempfield man was killed in a crash along Route 30 in Ligonier Township Tuesday morning. Jason R. Zollinger, 38, died when the bicycle he was riding eastbound on Route 30 was struck by car at about 9:15 a.m. The coroner’s office did not...
Principal: Bomb threat made to Highlands Middle School not credible
A bomb threat made Tuesday morning to Highlands Middle School was not a credible, the school’s principal said in a statement. Middle School Principal Kimberly Price said in a statement that police swept the school after the call was received and found no dangers. “Police escorted students back to the...
Tractor-trailer crashes into vehicles, building in Youngwood, no one hurtVideo
A tractor-trailer hit two parked vehicles and an occupied minivan before slamming into a Youngwood home Tuesday morning, pulling down a stop light and causing traffic backups on one of the town’s main thoroughfares. No one was hurt in the 7:30 a.m. crash, Youngwood assistant fire Chief Bob Coletta said....
