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Pittsburgh man pleads guilty to distributing crack cocaine
A Pittsburgh man pleaded guilty in federal court to dealing in drugs in connection with a local street gang, the U.S. Attorney’s office in Pittsburgh announced Monday. Cecil Howard, 48, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to distribute crack cocaine, according to the office of U.S. Attorney Scott W. Brady. Authorities said...
Democratic presidential candidates coming to Pittsburgh for education forum
At least six Democratic presidential hopefuls plan to attend a nationally televised education forum in Downtown Pittsburgh next weekend, the event’s organizers said Monday. Confirmed candidates include Bernie Sanders, Elizabeth Warren, Joe Biden, Pete Buttigieg, Amy Klobuchar and Tom Steyer. Two more candidates are considering attending the forum, said Suzanne...
Pittsburgh man pleads guilty to hiding drug money in Penn Hills real estate
A Pittsburgh man pleaded guilty to selling more than a pound of cocaine and funneling his profits into real estate purchases as a form of money laundering, federal prosecutors said Monday. Anthony Bentley, 44, who goes by the nickname “Poundcake,” also agreed to forfeit $218,000 in cash that officials seized...
Pittsburgh Mayor’s Office says funding dwindling for URA projects
The Pittsburgh Urban Redevelopment Authority is facing a tough financial future with less money coming in from the city and federal government each year for such funding priorities as affordable housing and small business development, city officials said Monday. Under Mayor Bill Peduto’s $608 million proposed budget for 2020, the...
Allegheny Health Network reports 10th straight quarter of positive earnings
Allegheny Health Network is on track to achieve its third consecutive year of positive earnings as the burgeoning nonprofit health system continues to expand across and beyond Western Pennsylvania, newly filed financial records show. “Our balance sheet is in the best financial position historically than it’s ever been,” Chief Financial...
Budget hearing for Pittsburgh schools addresses mental health programs, state oversightVideo
Many residents who came to a public hearing Monday on the 2020 Pittsburgh Public Schools budget didn’t focus on the spending plan that includes a 2.3% rise in property taxes collected by the district, the first tax increase in five years. Instead, the bigger concern was the district’s spending on...
Portion of Wilmerding-Monroeville Road closing Dec. 3
A section of a road in Monroeville will close for about a week starting Dec. 3, Allegheny County Public Works announced Monday. Wilmerding-Monroeville Road, also known as Patton Street, will close between Monroeville Boulevard and the Tri-Boro Expressway starting at 7 a.m. Dec. 3. Public works will work on emergency...
Court denies new trial for man convicted of 2014 murder of East Liberty sisters
A state appeals court has denied a Pittsburgh man’s request for a new trial in the 2014 killing of two sisters who lived next door to him in East Liberty. Allen Wade, 48, is serving consecutive life sentences, one for each victim, plus three consecutive terms of 10 to 20...
Carnegie GetGo sells jackpot Cash 5 ticket worth $800,000
A customer at a GetGo in Carnegie won $800,000 on Saturday after purchasing a jackpot-winning lottery ticket. The Pennsylvania Lottery reported that someone purchased a Cash 5 ticket at the gas station that matched all five of the winning numbers 05-07-15-24-26. The odds of matching five out of five numbers...
Fans ‘bonkers’ for ‘Pittsburgh finished it’ shirts
Pittsburgh Steelers fans asked for it, so Dan Rugh delivered. He whipped up a T-shirt design boasting: “Pittsburgh finished it,” and put it up for sale after the Steelers defeated the Cleveland Browns on Sunday. “Who am I to keep them from having the shirt that they wanted?” said Rugh,...
Cranberry fire department offering free smoke detectors to senior citizens
Residents in Cranberry Township who are 65 or older can get free smoke detectors next week from the volunteer fire department. The battery-operated smoke detectors will be distributed from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Dec. 9-11 at the municipal building located at 2525 Rochester Road. The devices will be handed...
Work to replace bridge in Indiana Township completed
A more than four-month long project to replace a bridge along McClellan Road in Indiana Township has been completed, according to PennDOT. The replacement project for Deer Creek Bridge No. 9 also included drainage work, installation of guide rails and signs, paving, line painting and other safety improvements. A temporary...
Officer injured while ejecting fan from Heinz Field
An Allegheny County sheriff’s sergeant was injured while trying to eject a McKeesport man from Heinz Field on Sunday during the Pittsburgh Steelers game. Elvis Matejcic, 47, got into an argument with the officer after he was told to leave the Champions Club shortly before 2 p.m., according to a...
Smithfield Street Bridge reopens after barge hits span overnight
The Smithfield Street Bridge was closed for several hours overnight after a barge slammed into the structure, according to authorities. The incident was reported around midnight, according to Allegheny County officials, who said there were no injuries or obvious damage to the structure. The bridge between Downtown and the...
Pittsburgh firefighters navigate tricky terrain to get to 3 houses ablaze in Spring Hill
Dozens of firefighters navigated tough terrain to get to three vacant houses engulfed in flames late Sunday night in Pittsburgh’s Spring Hill neighborhood. No one was injured. The three-alarm fire began about 10 p.m. in one vacant house at the top of Luella Street, a winding road overlooking Interstate 279....
Fans go crazy — peaceably — during Steelers-Browns rematch
There was an intensity on the field and in the crowd for the grudge match between the Pittsburgh Steelers and Cleveland Browns on Sunday at Heinz Field in Pittsburgh. But just as the players kept the action clean on the field, there were no reports of serious trouble among the...
With Steelers win, ‘Pittsburgh finished it’ T-shirts already a thing
That’s some seriously fast turn around. The game wasn’t even over — although a Pittsburgh Steelers victory over the Cleveland Browns was assured by a Joe Haden interception — and T-shirt companies in Pittsburgh jumped into action. Two — Commonwealth Press and Steel City Brand — delivered what Pittsburghers were...
Severe thunderstorm warning in effect for Allegheny, Beaver, Butler counties
A severe thunderstorm warning was in effect for much of Allegheny, Beaver and Butler counties Sunday evening, the National Weather Service said. A fast-moving series of storms posed a risk of bringing 60 mph wind gusts and quarter-size hail to areas such as the Aliquippa, Beaver Falls, Monaca and Economy,...
Police: Man shot at Carnegie elementary school football field
A 21-year-old man was treated and released from a hospital after he was shot at an elementary school football field in Carnegie early Sunday, according to Allegheny County Police. The shooting was reported just after midnight, when Carnegie police were called to the 600 block of Ross Avenue for an...
Twists, turns, bridges, tunnels could complicate Western Pa. hyperloop projects
Hyperloop technology promises to zip passengers from Pittsburgh to Chicago in less than an hour, but Western Pennsylvania’s mountains, valleys and rivers could slow it down. Two potential hyperloop proposals plan to connect Pittsburgh to Chicago via cities in Ohio in the coming decades but both recognize that tunnels and...
Man leads state police on 100 mph chase through Squirrel Hill Tunnel; Jeep crashes, burns
A driver led state police on a 100 mph car chase early Saturday through the Squirrel Hill Tunnel that ended with the man’s Jeep crashing into trees and catching on fire in Monroeville, officials said. Officials arrested the driver, Dean Jarreaun Marbury, 39, of Pittsburgh and booked him into Allegheny...
Fans anxious for ‘a hot mess’ in Steelers-Browns rematch 2 weeks after on-field meleeVideo
Latrobe’s Brian Noel is out for revenge. Shamyra Edwards of Aspinwall just wants to watch good football. New Kensington’s Nikala Tallerico hopes that Browns and Steelers players — as well as their fans — behave during Sunday’s game in Pittsburgh — barely two weeks after an on-field melee in Cleveland...
Police: Bullet strikes Homewood home, lodges in fireplace; no one reported injured
A bullet came ripping through the front window and into the living room fireplace of a home in Pittsburgh’s Homewood neighborhood early Saturday, officials said. No one was at home at the house on Bennett Street, Public Safety spokeswoman Cara Cruz said. Police found the bullet lodged into the home’s...
Police: Man shot with BB gun after fight between East Liberty neighbors
A man was hurt after being shot with a BB gun Saturday afternoon during a dispute between neighbors in East Liberty, police said. Pittsburgh Public Safety spokeswoman Cara Cruz said police were called at about 12:45 p.m. to the 500 block of North Negley Avenue and the found a man...
Ex-Jeannette, Ohio State star Terrelle Pryor stabbed in Pittsburgh, faces charges
An alleged physical fight between Terrelle Pryor and his girlfriend ended with the former NFL player stabbed in the chest and both facing charges, according to the criminal complaints filed against the pair. Pryor underwent surgery Saturday and is expected to survive, according to a family friend. He is charged...
