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State Rep. Summer Lee, a former ‘insurgent,’ faces Democratic challenger backed by establishment
It’s been nearly two years since Summer Lee surprised Allegheny County Democrats by beating longtime incumbent Paul Costa for the District 34 state House seat. A member of the Democratic Socialists of America, Lee built her campaign on a platform of progressive issues: advocating for a $15 minimum wage, opposing...
Proposed fee on Allegheny County real estate filings could help fight blight
Allegheny County could adopt a program to help flight blight and demolish vacant buildings around the county. An ordinance scheduled to be introduced Tuesday by District 9 Councilman Bob Macey, D-West Mifflin, would create a $15 fee to be applied to deed and mortgage recording transactions. Revenue generated from that...
Mon Wharf parking lot shut down due to flooding
The Mon Wharf parking area in Downtown will be closed Tuesday because of a flood advisory issued by the National Weather Service. Because of recent rainfall, the Ohio River at Pittsburgh is expected to rise above 18 feet. The advisory will remain in effect until Saturday morning, according to the...
Police say West Mifflin man stabbed Whitaker shop owner
Police have charged a West Mifflin man with attempted homicide after they say he stabbed a Whitaker convenience store owner during an argument Monday. Allegheny County police said the victim, whose name was not released, suffered a deep slash to the neck around 11 a.m. at the Lizzie’s Dairy store...
Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra goes big for 125th anniversary season
The Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra has gone all-out in planning its 125th anniversary season in 2020-21. The 20 weekends of Mellon Grand Classics concerts will feature many world premieres and 10 artist debuts, complementing exploration of the standard repertoire, and many returning popular guest soloists. Among these is cellist Yo-Yo Ma,...
2 injured in Route 28 crash near Highland Park Bridge, road reopened
At least two people were injured Monday in a crash involving multiple vehicles on Route 28 near the Highland Park Bridge, officials said. The crash prompted officials to shut down the southbound lanes of Route 28 between Aspinwall and Fox Chapel, snarling traffic from Etna through Blawnox for more than...
Tree of Life seeks information about objects left at Pittsburgh memorial
The scene is indelibly etched into the minds of Pittsburghers. In the aftermath of the Oct. 27, 2018, attack on the Tree of Life synagogue, people left a steady stream of items anonymously at a makeshift memorial along the sidewalk at Wilkins and Shady in Squirrel Hill. The immediate and...
Notice of execution signed for Allegheny County man convicted of 2012 slaying
In the absence of gubernatorial action, Pennsylvania Secretary of Corrections John Wetzel on Monday signed a notice of execution for an Allegheny County man convicted of capital murder in the Jan. 2012 slaying of his estranged girlfriend, Karissa Kunco. Jordan Alexander Clemons, 31, formerly of Mt. Washington, was convicted of...
Allegheny County man sentenced to 15 years for running fentanyl trafficking organization
An Allegheny County man was sentenced to 15 years in federal prison for running a fentanyl trafficking organization two years ago, prosecutors said. Cameron Basking, 28, who had addresses in Wilkinsburg and Pittsburgh, was convicted of multiple federal drug and firearm offenses after a weeklong jury trial, U.S. Attorney Scott...
Man hospitalized after Wilkinsburg shooting
A man was hospitalized after being shot Monday afternoon in Wilkinsburg, police said. Allegheny County Police said the 18-year-old was conscious and alert when found at Ross Avenue and Coal Street around 3:30 p.m. The victim was taken to an area hospital. No further information about the victim or possible...
Western Pa. average home sale price tops $200,000 for 1st time
Home sales in the Greater Pittsburgh market rose in 2019 and set a record for average sale price, West Penn Multi-List Inc. said in its year-end report. “It is a great time for people that have ever considered selling to get on the market because there is a lot of...
Primanti Bros, East End Brewing team up for a Valentine’s beer
Primanti Bros. and East End Brewing are pairing for another beer just in time for Valentine’s Day. The new brew, “Almost in Love,” is to be released Tuesday morning at the Primanti Bros. restaurant in Market Square. Diners will be able to crack open cans of the chocolate-cherry stout flavored...
Pittsburgh-filmed episode of ‘Cops’ to premiere tonightVideo
When the television show “Cops” calls, police listen and cooperate. “They show the daily realities of what being a cop is,” Pittsburgh Public Safety spokesman Chris Togneri said. “They know how to not get in the way, how to let police do their job.” The department didn’t hesitate when “Cops”...
U.S. Steel, Allegheny County finalize Clairton Coke Works emissions settlement
The Allegheny County Health Department and U.S. Steel have finalized the terms of a June 2019 settlement agreement that required improvements at the Clairton Coke Works and created a Community Benefit Trust, the health department announced Monday. The final agreement includes naming Pittsburgh-based Smithfield Trust Company as the administrator of...
PWSA ups income eligibility for free lead water line replacement
The Pittsburgh Water and Sewer Authority on Monday announced that it is increasing its income eligibility limit for customers to qualify for free replacement of lead water lines. PWSA customers with lead water lines who earn no more than 300% of federal poverty level each year — $78,600 for a...
Ben Roethlisberger Foundation announces new K-9 grants
The Ben Roethlisberger Foundation announced Monday it will distribute eight grants to police and fire dog programs in Western Pennsylvania and Ohio. The departments receiving funding this year from the Roethlisberger Foundation include Homestead, Butler, Beaver Falls, Indiana Township, Uniontown, Connellsville, as well as the Martins Ferry and Columbiana Police...
‘This is my fault,’ Pittsburgh man allegedly tells police after shotgun blast kills 3-year-old
A 51-year-old Beltzhoover man allegedly told Pittsburgh police he was to blame for an early Sunday morning shooting that killed a 3-year-old girl. Marlin Pritchard told police he had been sleeping with a shotgun under his pillow with the barrel pointed toward two children sleeping in the same bed as...
Green Grocer open Tuesdays outside closed Shop ‘n Save in Hill District
A weekly farmers market in Pittsburgh’s Hill District is settling into its new location in the neighborhood. The Greater Pittsburgh Community Food Bank moved its Green Grocer’s Hill District stop to outside a shuttered Shop ‘n Save at Centre Heldman Plaza along Centre Avenue at the beginning of the month...
Jury deliberations to begin in 2016 Wilkinsburg mass shooting case
Jurors in the 2016 Wilkinsburg mass shooting case will begin deliberations Tuesday morning after just six days of testimony in a trial that was expected to last up to three weeks. Presented with the option of staying for a few hours Monday evening and beginning deliberations, jurors chose to elect...
New album by Peters musician Tom Breiding focuses on coal miners’ lives
If not for a theme-oriented album he released in 2008, Tom Breiding’s life would have been less complicated. He was then content being a schoolteacher and releasing albums that cast him as a storyteller with a rocker’s heart. He was happily married with a young son. Then art interceded, and...
Joe Manganiello tweets epic Oscar photo of Pittsburgh trio
The Academy Awards are Hollywood’s biggest night of the year, and Pittsburghers were looking good. While they may not have been up for any gold statues, Jeff Goldblum, Michael Keaton and Joe Manganiello certainly did Pittsburgh proud. The trio took a moment for a sweet photo op of them at...
Road closed in city’s West End due to landslide, bus stops affected
An active landslide has shut down a section of roadway in Pittsburgh’s West End. Noblestown Road between Weaver and Walbridge streets is closed in both directions as a result of the landslide above the roadway that is still moving, according to post on social media by Allegheny County shortly after...
Beth Shalom’s men’s club serves up sports luncheon for 250 special needs residentsVideo
Beverly Virgona loves the Pittsburgh Pirates. “Oh, yeah. I like sports,” Virgona said, clutching a stuffed Pirates’ Parrot doll and just after meeting Iceburgh, the Pittsburgh Penguins mascot. Virgona, 52, of Clairton and a client of Mainstay Life Services in Scott Township, was one of more than 250 guests who...
Pittsburgh man charged with homicide in death of 3-year-old girl shot in neck
Police have arrested a Pittsburgh man accused of homicide in connection to the fatal shooting of a 3-year-old girl in a Beltzhoover home early Sunday. Marlin Pritchard, 51, of the city’s Beltzhoover neighborhood faces homicide, child endangerment and gun charges in connection with the death of the child, Chassity Clancy....
Police: Peacemaker killed during mom and son’s gunfight in West Mifflin
A 19-year-old West Mifflin man told police he pulled a gun out Saturday night during a fight with his mother, then during a “tussle” he shot and killed a friend who was trying to “calm the situation,” court records show. Dante Terrell King faces a homicide charge in the death...
