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Missing woman, 81, found dead in overturned vehicle in Jefferson Hills
A woman reported missing to North Versailles police on Monday was found dead Tuesday morning in her overturned car in a creek in Jefferson Hills, police said. Georgeanne Faison, 81, was found at 11:21 a.m. by family members who were searching for her, police said. The car was overturned and...
Man, 27, shot and killed while walking home in Munhall
A 27-year-old man was shot and killed while walking home Monday night in Munhall, according to police. Munhall police and paramedics were called to the area of Maple Street and Ridge Way shortly before midnight. When officers arrived, they found a man who had been shot multiple times. He was...
Allegheny County Council to consider another conversion therapy proposalVideo
Republicans on Allegheny County Council introduced an ordinance Tuesday that would ban certain conversion therapy treatments, but not the widely discredited practice itself. The measure is a response to legislation proposed earlier this year by Paul Klein, D-Point Breeze, and council President John DeFazio, D-Shaler, that would prohibit mental health...
Penn Hills School District officials to hire Oakmont councilwoman as PR consultant
Carrie DelRosso, Oakmont councilwoman and Riverview School District public relations consultant, could add Penn Hills School District as her next client. Penn Hills officials met at a finance committee meeting Sept. 23 and discussed hiring her company to launch a public relations campaign. Superintendent Nancy Hines said the district received...
Penn Hills School District to save millions through bond refinancing
Penn Hills School District officials hope to save millions through bond refinancing. Five firms submitted about a dozen options for school directors to consider. Daniel Matsook, the district’s state-appointed financial recovery officer, said more than $100 million in bonds could be restructured to save Penn Hills between $15 million and...
Penn Hills school officials say misunderstanding led to ‘no confidence’ letter
Miscommunication and misunderstandings led Penn Hills School District officials to try and oust their state-appointed recovery officer Daniel Matsook, according to both parties involved. “Had I been here when they wrote the letter, we probably would have worked it all out and there wouldn’t have been a letter,” Matsook said....
Woman accused of using box cutter to threaten two people in Pittsburgh
A 46-year-old Pittsburgh woman is accused of trying to slash two people with a box cutter Sunday afternoon in the city’s Uptown neighborhood, threatening to kill them, according to a criminal complaint filed by Pittsburgh police. Police responded to the call at 1:30 p.m. Sunday in the 1800 block of...
‘Smoketown’ author Mark Whitaker to speak at Neighborhood Academy event
The history of Pittsburgh is a complex tapestry that includes August Wilson’s plays about working-class residents of the Hill District and an era’s most widely read black newspaper, with an impact that rivaled far larger African-American communities in Chicago and Harlem. Author and journalist Mark Whitaker captured the latter in...
Bob Marley estate remembers the legend’s last show, in Pittsburgh 39 years ago
On Sept. 23, 1980, reggae superstar Bob Marley and his band, the Wailers, played a sold-out show at the Stanley Theater in downtown Pittsburgh. No one knew then that it would be his last concert. Almost eight months later, he was dead. On Monday, the official Twitter account of the...
Carrick residents worry that insurance won’t cover damages from water main breakVideo
Rose Gitzen and several of her neighbors anxiously awaited word Monday on whether insurance would cover extensive damages to their homes and a nearby business caused by last week’s water main break on East Agnew Avenue in Carrick. The Pennsylvania American Water Co., which owns the water main, has promised...
3 men charged in connection with North Side gas station assaultVideo
Three men face charges in connection with an assault Friday at a gas station in Pittsburgh’s Marshall-Shadeland neighborhood that was caught on cellphone video, prosecutors announced Monday. The assault spurred three consecutive days of protests at the Exxon station at Brighton Road and Marshall Avenue on the North Side. “Under...
Beto O’Rourke set to campaign in Pittsburgh
Beto O’Rourke will bring his campaign for the Democratic presidential nomination to Western Pennsylvania this week, with stops scheduled for Pittsburgh and Erie. O’Rourke, a former U.S. congressman from Texas, will hold a town hall event Wednesday, Sept. 25 at 11:30 a.m. at Schenley Plaza in Pittsburgh’s Oakland neighborhood before...
California man charged in deadly South Side overdoses, tainted cocaine suspected
Tainted cocaine served by a California man at an after-party led to the overdose deaths of three men at a South Side Flats apartment early Sunday morning, according to city and federal authorities. Peter Rene Sanchez Montalvo, who also goes by Carlos, faces federal charges of distributing a controlled substance...
Police: Woman suffers burns in Carnegie apartment fire
A woman was taken to a Pittsburgh hospital with burns after a fire started in her Carnegie apartment early Monday, officials said. The fire was reported at 12:30 a.m. at the Honus Wagner Apartments on Third Avenue. People were evacuated from the building, and Port Authority buses were brought in...
‘Rick and Morty’ fans — Real Ricks — pop up for meet-and-greet with Pickle Rick in PittsburghVideo
The Rickmobile isn’t just a merch truck. For “Rick and Morty” fans, it’s an experience. About 400 Real Ricks circled through in the first 45 minutes of opening the popup event Friday outside East End Brewing Co. in Pittsburgh’s Larimer neighborhood. In all, roughly 800 die-hards braved the line for...
Experts: ‘No body’ murder cases — like recent ones in Allegheny, Westmoreland — can be wonVideo
The families of Elizabeth Wiesenfeld and Cassandra Gross want closure. Both women are missing and presumed dead. Wiesenfeld, 67, of Baldwin was reported missing April 30. Gross, 51, of Unity was last seen April 7, 2018. Authorities believe both women were killed, and suspects have been identified in both cases....
Allison Park man dies in crash on I-79 in Butler County
An Allison Park man was killed in an early morning crash Friday on Interstate 79 in Butler County. According to state police, Joshua P. Travis, 22, was traveling northbound on I-79 in Muddy Creek Township when he lost control of his Dodge Ram 1500 at about 6 a.m. After over-correcting,...
Police search North Side gas station after assault as protesters vow to continueVideo
Protesters who camped for a second day outside of the Exxon gas station on Pittsburgh’s North Side where two sisters were beaten over a $17 dispute, expressed concern Sunday that the owners and an employee who allegedly assaulted their customers will only be charged with a misdemeanor. The Friday assault...
Overdose victims identified in Pittsburgh’s South Side Flats
The medical examiner’s office has identified three men killed in a suspected drug overdose that sent four others to the hospital Sunday in the South Side Flats. The three men were pronounced dead at the scene and identified as: Rubiel Clemente-Martinez, 32, of Columbus, Ohio; Joel Pecina, 32, of Coraopolis,...
Protest forms at North Side gas station after police charge workers with assaulting customersVideo
A $17 dispute Friday night at an Exxon gas station on Pittsburgh’s North Side that led to the assault of two sisters was captured on video and shared on social media. The community reaction was swift. By 6 a.m. angered residents had gathered outside the gas station, vowing to stay...
Boil water advisory for South Hills lifted; Becks Run Road to reopen
Officials at Pennsylvania American Water Company say residents in the South Hills no longer need to boil their water before use or take any additional precautions. The advisory was lifted Sunday morning. Meanwhile, work crews continue to work to reopen Becks Run Road following last week’s water line break on...
Carlow University in Pittsburgh celebrates 90 years with Broadway hit play ‘Abie’s Irish Rose’Video
Travel back in time at Carlow University in Oakland beginning on Tuesday. The school is celebrating its 90th anniversary with weeklong events as part of “Time Capsule 1929.” There will be historical displays that include newspaper stories, photos, maps, and memorabilia from the school’s founding year eight decades ago. One...
A flowing river of painkillers, all perfectly legal, cuts through Allegheny County
Along with produce and the deli bar, Fuel Perks and meat sales, Giant Eagle pharmacies across the region distributed millions of opioid painkillers as the epidemic ballooned and morphed, according to a Drug Enforcement Administration database. At the Brentwood Towne Square store, 3.4 million opioid pain pills were distributed over...
Local U.S. Attorney Scott Brady appointed to federal advisory committee
U.S. Attorney Scott Brady of the Western District of Pennsylvania has been named to the Attorney General’s Advisory Committee, one of nine U.S. attorneys to be appointed by U.S. Attorney General William Barr. “The U.S. Attorneys who comprise the Attorney General’s Advisory Committee play a critical role in carrying out...
Oakmont’s Nick Futules nominated for reappointment to Allegheny County sports, exhibition authority
Nick Futules of Oakmont is being considered for reappointment to the Allegheny County Sports and Exhibition Authority. County Executive Rich Fitzgerald has submitted Futules for reappointment. Allegheny County Council must approve the move. Futules is county council vice president serves on numerous committees. He is co-owner of Futules Harmar House,...
