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Allegheny County DA joining investigation into Alternative Benefit Systems
Allegheny County businesses or residents may be caught up in a theft case involving the owner of a Berks County company that administered health care savings accounts, Allegheny County District Attorney’s office spokesman Mike Manko said Wednesday. Prosecutors in both counties are investigating Alternative Benefit Systems and its owner Amy...
State Rep. Markosek charged with DUI
A state representative elected in 2018 was arrested for suspicion of drunken driving in Cumberland County in September, according to court records. Brandon J. Markosek, 26, of Monroeville represents the 25th State House District. He faces a misdemeanor DUI charge, along with summary offense for speeding, a court docket shows....
Dalai Lama’s physician to speak at Pittsburgh nonprofit ‘summit’
The personal physician to the Dalai Lama will be among the speakers at the Greater Pittsburgh Nonprofit Partnership Summit in Pittsburgh on Dec. 3. An American physician and a Buddhist monk, Dr. Barry Kerzin is one of 130 speakers scheduled to speak at the biennial event at the Wyndham Grand...
Allegheny County Controller Chelsa Wagner to miss budget hearing because of Detroit trialVideo
Allegheny County Controller Chelsa Wagner won’t be among the elected county officials Thursday presenting their office’s 2020 budgets to members of county council. Instead, Wagner will be in Detroit, where jury selection in her trial is expected to resume Thursday on charges stemming from a March 6 run-in with police...
Newborns sport cardigans to honor Mister Rogers at Pittsburgh hospitalVideo
Newborns at UPMC Magee-Womens Hospital in Pittsburgh sported crocheted cardigans and sneakers during a visit Wednesday from Joanne Rogers, wife of the late Fred Rogers. “They’re so polite,” Joanne Rogers said while greeting the newborns styled after Mister Rogers. Wednesday is being recognized as World Kindness Day. Caitlin Pechin, a...
URA to vote on $1.6 million purchase of former Hill District grocery property
The Pittsburgh Urban Redevelopment Authority is moving to acquire a former grocery store complex on Centre Avenue in the Hill District. URA directors are scheduled to vote Thursday on purchasing the 2.6-acre property from Dollar Bank for $1.6 million. The complex previously housed a Shop ’n Save. The Hill House...
Food Podcast: Moon Twp.-based band gets in Christmas spirit — and fights hunger
A Moon-based band is in tune with the Christmas season — and giving back to the Greater Pittsburgh Community Food Bank. Chip & The Charge Ups has released a new song, “Black and Gold Christmas” to celebrate Pittsburgh pride designed and T-shirt that goes along with the song. All proceeds...
Feds: Pittsburgh area brothers tried to evade immigration laws with fake marriage
Two Indian brothers living in the Pittsburgh area have been indicted by a federal grand jury on charges related to marriage fraud in order to evade immigration laws, the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Pittsburgh announced Tuesday. Makhan Singh, 53, of Monroeville paid a woman to marry his brother, Rajinder Singh,...
SWAT officers called to McKeesport
Police continue to investigate along a McKeesport street early Wednesday after SWAT officers spent five hours there Tuesday night, WPXI reported. Details of the incident were not clear but police were called at about 10:30 p.m. Tuesday to Locust Street. Neighbors reportedly heard gunshots, with one man saying he hid...
New Venture Outdoors executive director to move Kayak Pittsburgh hubVideo
Valerie Beichner, the new executive director of Venture Outdoors, said her to-do list includes moving the nonprofit’s Kayak Pittsburgh outfitter hub from beneath the Sixth Street Bridge on Pittsburgh’s North Shore to another location in 2020. Beichner promises to keep a Kayak Pittsburgh location in the Pittsburgh navigational pool, or...
Pittsburgh Pet Expo highlights competitions, adoptions, stage shows
There’s no reason to leave your best friend at home when other members of the family attend this year’s edition of the Pittsburgh Pet Expo. Pets on leashes also are welcome at the annual three-day event Nov. 15-17 at the David L. Lawrence Convention Center. Billed as the largest consumer...
Whitaker family assisted by American Red Cross after fire
Fire crews were still on the scene of a house fire in Whitaker after 11 p.m. Tuesday. The blaze at 1222 River Road was reported shortly before 9 p.m., according to Allegheny County dispatchers, who said there were no injuries reported. A family was being assisted by the American Red...
Pitt researcher’s work featured by U.S. Patent & Trademark Office
A University of Pittsburgh researcher was featured in a U.S. Patent & Trademark Office report for patenting a robotic strong arm that can help wheelchair users grab items. Rory Cooper, who was recognized earlier this year by the office with a trading card created to honor U.S. inventors, holds more...
Overnight lane restrictions planned in Squirrel Hill Tunnel
Lane restrictions will occur in the Squirrel Hill Tunnel from 9:30 p.m. to 5:30 a.m. on Tuesday and Wednesday nights, according to PennDOT. PennDOT said crews will be doing antenna work on Tuesday night, restricting eastbound traffic in the tunnel to a single lane. Intermittent, short-term stoppages could occur, PennDOT...
Union: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette lays off over 30 Teamsters
More than 30 Teamsters were laid off from the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette on Sunday, officials from the Teamsters Local Union No. 211 said Tuesday in a news release. Union officials said the layoffs included three pressmen who were offered six weeks of severance pay. The union responded by filing a complaint...
Josh Gibson Foundation to celebrate Negro League 100th anniversary in PittsburghVideo
On Feb. 13, 1920, a group of independent black baseball team owners held a meeting at a YMCA in Kansas City, Mo. While they couldn’t have known at the time that they were about to change the course of American history, it was out of that meeting that the Negro...
Lawyer: Chelsa Wagner rejected plea deal because she wants to clear her nameVideo
Allegheny County Controller Chelsa Wagner rejected an offer to plead guilty to a charge of disturbing the peace stemming from a March 6 confrontation at a Detroit hotel with police and hotel staff, one of her attorneys said Tuesday. The plea offer came to light as jury selection began in...
Pittsburgh man pleads guilty in fatal 2016 shooting
A Pittsburgh man pleaded guilty to a fatal 2016 West Oakland shooting. Ronald Satterwhite, 29, pleaded guilty to third degree murder and aggravated assault in the Sept. 9, 2016, shooting death of Wade L. Howard. Howard, 20, of the Lower Hill District, who was shot multiple times in the trunk...
Peduto promises new police substations next year in Homewood, South SideVideo
Pittsburgh Mayor Bill Peduto on Tuesday announced the city next year would create new police substations in the South Side and Homewood and provide round-the-clock staffing in a third Downtown substation while planning a seventh police station to patrol the North Shore stadium district. Peduto, who made the announcements during...
Police: Man arrested for stealing cash drawer from Bethel Park CoGo’s
A man convicted of multiple robberies was arrested again Monday in connection with the robbery of a Bethel Park convenience store. Bethel Park Police say Sean Randy Beach, 48, no known address, stole $200 from a CoGo’s on South Park Road. Police were called to the store just after 9:45...
Mayor Peduto calls for state oversight of Pittsburgh Public Schools
Pittsburgh Mayor Bill Peduto on Tuesday called for state takeover of Pittsburgh Public School District finances, saying the district should be able to balance its annual budget within current revenue levels. The mayor was responding to a question about the district’s proposed 2.3% tax increase that Superintendent Anthony Hamlet has...
Pittsburgh attorney Heather Heidelbaugh announces run for attorney general
Former Allegheny County councilwoman and Pittsburgh attorney Heather Heidelbaugh said Tuesday she will run for Pennsylvania Attorney General in 2020. Heidelbaugh, 61, was elected to council’s at-large Republican seat in 2010 and chose not to run again after one term. She is a partner at Leech Tishman in Pittsburgh’s Downtown....
Car carrier strikes Parkway West bridge, closing westbound lanes for 1 hour
The westbound lanes of the Parkway West (I-376) were closed for about an hour Tuesday morning at the Route 22/60 bridge in Robinson Township after a car carrier hit the bridge, state police said. Inspectors from PennDOT checked the bridge and it was fine, police said. The highway reopened at...
Jury selection in Chelsa Wagner’s Detroit trial delayed due to weatherVideo
The first day of jury selection for Allegheny County Controller Chelsa Wagner’s trial in Detroit wrapped up at about 11 a.m. because wintry weather preventing many prospective jurors from showing up Tuesday. Wagner faces charges connected to a March 6 confrontation with police and hotel staff.. Detroit News reporter George...
Boil water advisory lifted in Aspinwall
A boil water advisory in Aspinwall has been lifted after two days of restricted access for some residents. A leak was detected Nov. 9 along West 8th Street and residents were told to boil their water before drinking. They were able to wash and bathe with it. The break was...
