Allegheny category, Page 162
Allegheny County releases partial data on swimming pool incident victims
The Allegheny County Health Department has released previously redacted information on victims involved in swimming incidents over the past three years. The Tribune-Review sought the information in a Right-to-Know request. The Pennsylvania Office of Open Records decision was a partial win for the newspaper, which sought basic information on 61...
Man in serious but stable condition after being shot in Pittsburgh
A man was hospitalized after being shot Monday afternoon in Pittsburgh’s Larimer neighborhood. City police responded to a report of a gunshot victim around 3 p.m. along the 500 block of Larimer Avenue. Officers found a man with a wound to his head. He told police he had been shot...
Stowe man convicted of first-degree murder in elderly man’s beating death
A Stowe man will spend the rest of his life in prison after being convicted Monday in Allegheny County Common Pleas Court in the 2016 beating death of an elderly McKees Rocks man. Branden A. Frazier, 28, was convicted by an Allegheny County jury of first-degree murder in the death...
Daily Download: Bald eagle euthanized; portable toilets burn; ‘Duck’ leads the SteelersVideo
Incinerated portable toilets, the Steelers’ third-string quarterback and a euthanized bald eagle top today’s Daily Download headlines. 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, reporter Nicole Bramila discusses the eagle that...
Westmoreland County trust sought to pay Pittsburgh diocese’s sex abuse claims
An Allegheny County judge will decide whether a trust bequeathed to the Roman Catholic Church to help needy boys can be used by the Catholic Diocese of Pittsburgh to help pay victims of clergy sexual abuse. Pennsylvania Attorney General Josh Shapiro’s office opposes using the 120-year-old Toner Trust — now...
Rabid raccoon found in Oakdale
A raccoon found on Spring Street in Oakdale has tested positive for rabies, according to the Allegheny County Health Department. It is the 24th rabid animal reported in Allegheny County so far this year. Rabies is a virus transmitted by an animal bite or scratch. It is almost always fatal...
Crews remove stuck garbage truck with giant crane near Birmingham BridgeVideo
Crews used a large crane Monday night to lift an 80,000-pound garbage truck that got stuck earlier in the day after falling through a concrete parking area just off Fifth Avenue near the Birmingham Bridge in Pittsburgh. The complicated preparation and lift by Allegheny Crane Rental took more than eight...
Police: Pittsburgh man set fire to 8 portable toilets on North ShoreVideo
A Pittsburgh man was arrested and accused of setting eight portable toilets on fire early Monday morning on the North Shore, public safety spokeswoman Cara Cruz said. The toilets were placed near the intersection of Tony Dorsett Drive and West General Robinson Street. Seven of them burned to the ground...
Doors Open Pittsburgh lets people into city buildings, teaches historyVideo
Chrissy and Laura Condon are always in Downtown Pittsburgh. They’ve frequently passed by Liberty Magic, a new performance space dedicated to magic, but never had the chance to go inside. Thanks to Doors Open Pittsburgh, they finally had an opportunity Sunday. They weren’t disappointed. “We’ve been walking past it for...
Fire destroys Forward Township home
A man inside a Forward Township house was able to get out when it caught fire early Sunday morning. The fire at 606 Munger Lane was reported around 5:30 a.m. The house was destroyed. Two neighboring homes were damaged, the Trib’s news partner, WPXI-TV, reported. Crews on the scene of...
Lasting legacy: 6 Pittsburgh places with ties to H.J. Heinz, familyVideo
One hundred and fifty years after what became the H.J. Heinz Co. launched in Western Pennsylvania, the family name lives on in Pittsburgh. If you want to learn about the region’s rich history, listen to classical music from a world-class symphony, cheer in the stands at a football game or...
Police charge South Hills couple after injuries to 2-month-old discovered
Police charged a South Hills couple with endangering the welfare of children after authorities allegedly discovered injuries to their 2-month-old son consistent with child abuse. Scott Township Police charged Michael Charles Koban, 34, and Ashley Koban, 32, on Thursday, a month after they and medics went to their Bower Hill...
Police: Erratic North Side driver found to be shooting victim
A man driving erratically on the North Side on Saturday afternoon had been shot, Pittsburgh police said. According to police, a police detective saw the vehicle on Western Avenue near Galveston Avenue shortly before 3 p.m. The detective pulled the vehicle over. The driver complied and then got out of...
Pittsburgh police arrest, charge 19-year-old in Homewood shooting
Pittsburgh police have made an arrest in a Friday afternoon shooting in Homewood that left a man in critical condition. Police charged Langston Nelms, 19, of Braddock with two counts of attempted homicide, four counts of aggravated assault, carrying a firearm with a license, terroristic threats, reckless endangerment and tampering...
Drew’s Family Restaurant in Forest Hills has new ownershipVideo
Andrew Countouris is forever 21. But his legacy has lived on through Drew’s Family Restaurant on Ardmore Boulevard in Forest Hills. The young man died of a coronary embolism at age 21 in 1982. His three surviving brothers — Louis, Peter and Jerry — renamed the place after their late...
Allderdice student builds ‘Keeping Up With Kindness’ program at Colfax ElementaryVideo
At the close of her one-hour program, Lauren Haffner asked Mrs. Grujich’s second-grade class at Colfax Elementary in the Squirrel Hill neighborhood of Pittsburgh, “Are you going to stand up to bullies?” Nineteen students – in unison – responded enthusiastically, “Yes!” That was the answer Haffner, a 17-year-old senior at...
Poetry project celebrates Pittsburgh’s public stairways
To Paola Corso, Pittsburgh’s iconic steps are more than concrete blocks piled on top of one another. They can take people places, connecting the past to the present and into the future. Made by immigrants and used by them, their children and others who will come after them, Corso wanted...
Police seize almost $27,000 in cash, drugs, in Braddock raid
Two men were arrested Friday when narcotics detectives seized $26,650 in cash, 10 pounds of marijuana, ecstasy tablets and a stolen .45-caliber handgun during a raid at a Braddock residence, Allegheny County police said. Dontae Jackson, 35, of Braddock and Melvin McCane, 36, of Swissvale, were arrested Friday morning at...
Pittsburgh police: Possible child abduction attempt outside North Side elementary school
Police are investigating a possible attempt to abduct a child outside John Morrow Elementary School in Pittsburgh’s North Side. Officers responded to a call about the incident at Pittsburgh Public Schools’ Morrow K-8 campus on Davis Avenue in the city’s Brighton Heights neighborhood shortly after 4 p.m., Public Safety spokeswoman...
First of more than 100 dogs rescued from North Hills hoarder gets new home
Three weeks ago, Coconut was living in filth. The bright-eyed, bushy-tailed border collie was among 117 dogs stuck inside a Ross house in which the smell of urine, feces and ammonia was so strong that fire and animal rescue officials couldn’t enter it without wearing breathing masks. Many of the...
Las Vegas man pleads guilty to $380k device fraud at 5 area Sam’s Clubs, elsewhere
A Las Vegas man pleaded guilty in federal court in Pittsburgh to a charge of conspiracy to commit access device fraud, U.S. Attorney Scott W. Brady announced Friday. Yoandy Pou Torres, 38, pleaded guilty Thursday to one count before U.S. District Judge Cathy Bissoon. Prosecutors told the court that Pou...
Police investigate incident involving ‘disheveled’ South Park girl
Police are investigating why medics found a 12-year-old girl in a “disoriented and disheveled state” at a homecoming bonfire in South Park, officials said. It’s unclear what may have happened. Allegheny County 911 dispatchers sent South Park police to Evans Park about 8:30 p.m. Thursday, Allegheny County police Lt. Mike...
Police investigate gunshots fired in Penn Hills residential neighborhood
Police are investigating a shooting Friday afternoon on a residential street in Penn Hills, officials said. No one was reported injured, Penn Hills police Chief Howard Burton said. Residents called 911 and told police they heard a series of gunshots fired shortly after 3 p.m. near Mark Drive and Grove...
Daily Download: Top Pittsburgh news for Oct. 4, 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 suspicious package that prompted the closure of the Roberto Clemente...
Best Buy in the Waterfront in Homestead to close
There will be no Black Friday commotion at the Best Buy in the Waterfront in Homestead. The store is scheduled to close before the biggest shopping day of the year. “We had anticipated Best Buy’s announcement that they are leaving our center with an expected close date of November 2,”...
