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Pittsburgh police searching for city man suspected of shooting 2 teens in Carrick
Pittsburgh police detectives have an arrest warrant for a city man wanted in connection with the shooting of two teenagers in Carrick on Thursday. Cody Smith, 23, of Pittsburgh is wanted on charges of attempted homicide, aggravated assault, robbery in addition to other charges, police said Saturday. Anyone with information...
Allegheny County detectives injured arresting armed Hays youth in Homestead
A pistol-toting Hays youth is accused of fighting two Allegheny County police detectives before he was subdued in Homestead on Friday night. Police said Jymein Brian Chandler, 17, who was already convicted as an adult in June, was walking along 16th Avenue in Homestead where the two unidentified detectives were...
At least 2 hurt in Route 910 crash in Richland
At least two people were injured in a multi-vehicle crash along the 3800 block of Gibsonia Road in Richland on Saturday afternoon. The wreck on the road, also known as Route 910, was reported to police and Allegheny County 911 at about 2:20 p.m. Northern Regional Police are investigating. No...
Springdale family’s 50-foot tree ready to be spruced up for Pittsburgh’s Light Up Night
A 50-foot blue spruce that grew in the yard of a Springdale couple was moved to the City County Building in Pittsburgh on Saturday to be decorated for Christmas. Lindsay and Dennis Malinowski donated the tree, which, in 1987 was a 5-foot-tall Christmas tree of the property’s previous owner, who...
Welcome to ‘The Symphony Splendor Holiday Home Tour’Video
The outside of the 152-year-old farmhouse on Murdstone Road in Upper St. Clair is adorned with festive wreaths on every window, as well as the front door. The minute you see it, the holiday season has arrived. Dressed to the nines, it’s one of seven stops on the sixth annual...
Free air quality education kits available to Allegheny County middle schools
The Pittsburgh-based environmental advocacy group GASP, the Group Against Smog and Pollution, is offering free air quality education kits to Allegheny County middle schools. The kits — which include pig lungs, tools for measuring air pollution and other educational resources — can be used to teach students in grades four...
Primanti Bros. to Steelers’ suspended Pouncey: Be our bouncer, protect ‘biggest asset in The Strip’
Primanti Bros. restaurant made a playful proposal Friday afternoon to Steelers center Maurkice Pouncey: Come be our bouncer and defend our sammiches n’at. “We think protecting your biggest asset is the right thing to do,” Primanti Bros. wrote in a Twitter post shortly before 3 p.m. Friday, a few hours...
Police arrest 2 teen suspects accused of robbing Starbucks inside Pittsburgh hotel
Police arrested two teens in connection to the armed robbery of a Starbucks coffee shop inside a hotel in Pittsburgh’s Bloomfield neighborhood, officials said Friday. Malik Solomon of Pittsburgh and Nakila Spencer of Brentwood, both 19, are accused of making off with an undisclosed amount of cash from the Starbucks...
Modern mummy, its maker give glimpse into Egypt’s past at Carnegie Science Center
For his ninth-grade science fair project, Ronn Wade mummified a rat. Years before that, he used a pig’s heart — which is similar in structure, size and function to its human counterpart — to explain the circulatory system to a classroom full of stunned elementary school students. In addition to...
Memorial honoring Allegheny County’s fallen police officers dedicated
The 75 police officers whose names are etched on the panels of the Allegheny County Police Fallen Officer Memorial in McCandless did more than protect and serve. They gave all. On Friday, a new memorial was dedicated to replace one that was nearly 20 years old and had fallen into...
Sen. Toomey resolution would stop presidents from banning frackingVideo
U.S. Sen. Pat Toomey on Friday said he felt duty-bound to introduce a resolution that would prevent presidents from banning fracking on state and private land. Toomey, who outlined his resolution to media at Peoples Gas headquarters on Pittsburgh’s North Shore, said three Democratic presidential candidates have stated they would...
Road closures, delays expected as Pittsburgh Christmas tree heads from Springdale to Downtown
A Pittsburgh public works crew will be hauling the city’s annual Christmas tree from Springdale to Downtown between 8 and 9 a.m. on Saturday, and the city is warning drivers to expect rolling closures and delays along the route, according to the Mayor’s Office. The route from Garfield Street in...
Morning crash on Route 28 at Highland Park Bridge brings traffic to standstill
Traffic has resumed on Route 28 southbound, after a crash caused a standstill Friday morning. PennDot confirmed on Twitter that the incident had cleared. There were still residual delays. All lanes of traffic on Route 28 southbound were stopped around 8 a.m., after a crash involving five vehicles, state police...
Washington Boulevard reopens after crash involving Pittsburgh Public Works truckVideo
Washington Boulevard has reopened following a three-vehicle crash involving a Pittsburgh Public Works truck early Friday. The crash happened at about 6:50 a.m. and left two people injured but in stable condition, Maurice Matthews, public safety spokesman, said. It closed all but one lane of the road for several hours...
5 things to do in Pittsburgh this weekend: Nov. 15-17
The Steelers are off, but there’s still plenty going on this weekend. Animal magnetism The Pittsburgh Pet Expo is Friday through Sunday at the David L. Lawrence Convention Center, Downtown. There will be a diving dog competition and pet costume contest, as well as chicken races, hermit crab races, stunt...
Students return to Linton Middle School following evacuation
A smell of smoke caused a temporary evacuation early Friday at Linton Middle School in the Penn Hills School District, but students and staff returned to the building later in the morning. Penn Hills Fire Marshal Chuck Miller said the odor was a smoke smell that came from an empty...
Steel Valley cancels some classes for alarm system repairs
Some students in the Steel Valley School District in Homestead don’t have to report to class Friday. A problem with the fire alarm system has closed the high school, middle school and the Steel Center. Repairs are expected to be made today. The district posted on its website that students...
Arrest made in connection to missing Bethel Park woman
Bethel Park police have made an arrest but are still looking for a woman missing for two months from Bethel Park. Jaime Rae Feden, 33, was last seen on Sept. 15, 2019, according to a Facebook post by police. Feden stands just over 4 feet tall and weighs 75 pounds....
Home invasion leaves 1 dead in Wilkinsburg
One person was killed during a home invasion Thursday in Wilkinsburg , authorities said. Police and paramedics responded just before 10:30 p.m. to Woodlawn Avenue for reports of a man shot and several others held at gunpoint after two people barged into a home. Officers found a 42-year-old man suffering...
Pittsburgh police welcome 34 new cadets to the ranks
Cody Karaman smiled wide and looked down at his shiny new badge as his mom pinned it to his uniform Thursday night. Karaman, 24, a Pleasant Valley High School graduate from Saylorsburg who now lives in Pittsburgh, has long wanted to pursue a career in law enforcement. His straightforward purpose:...
Attorney shortage, technology upgrades highlight Allegheny County budget hearings
A shortage of attorneys in the District Attorney’s office and out-of-date technology in the Court of Common Pleas were among the issues raised Thursday as Allegheny County Council held a second round of 2020 budget hearings. “We have to take a hard look at that,” Council member Paul Klein, D-Point...
Pittsburgh’s Omni William Penn Hotel shines bright after yearly cleaning of chandeliersVideo
The lobby inside the Omni William Penn Hotel in Downtown Pittsburgh shined a little brighter Thursday. The annual cleaning of the three $250,000 chandeliers took place. It’s a ritual to get them extra sparkly for the city’s annual Light Up Night. The event, held this year on Nov. 22, kicks...
Pittsburgh man pays off $40K in student loans by winning trivia game
When 27-year-old Beechview resident Dustin Gabler was a child, he watched a lot of game shows and frequently played Trivial Pursuit with his mother. Little did he know that those childhood experiences would pay off in the form of a run of wins in an online trivia game called Givling....
Magic word is ‘persevere,’ Super Soaker inventor tells Pittsburgh studentsVideo
There’s something satisfying about shooting a high-powered stream of water. Aside from firefighters, that feeling wasn’t readily available until Lonnie Johnson invented the Super Soaker toy water gun in the 1980s. Johnson, now 70, of Atlanta, invented the Cadillac of water guns accidentally, he said Thursday. He was at home...
Sewickley woman pleads guilty to embezzling $8.7 million from Warrendale company
A Sewickley woman pleaded guilty to charges related to embezzling around $8.7 million from a Warrendale construction company, federal prosecutors said Thursday. Sue O’Neill, 55, admitted to wire fraud and filing false income tax returns charges that related to the embezzlement scheme while she was employed at Marco Contractors Inc....
