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Western Pa. unlikely to set rainfall record in 2019

This year may have been one of the wettest in Pennsylvania history, but it’s got a few more inches to go if it wants to top the list. As of Sunday around 4 p.m., the Pittsburgh area recorded 51.94 inches of rain with a likely chance to reach 52 inches...
East Deer family left homeless by fire to move into new place Monday

An East Deer family of six left homeless after a Friday morning fire is expected to move into a new place in the township Monday. The Red Cross initially assisted Aaron Ciccanti, his fiancee, Andrea Small, and Small’s four children, two boys and two girls, with a temporary place to...
Pittsburgh man shot in Homestead home invasion

A Pittsburgh man was hospitalized after being shot Sunday in a Homestead home invasion. The incident took place at an apartment building around 9:30 a.m. along the 300 block of East Ninth Avenue. Police Chief Jeff DeSimone said at least one person kicked in a steel reinforced door of a...
2 dead, 1 hurt in shooting at church near Fort Worth, Texas

WHITE SETTLEMENT, Texas — Congregants shot and killed a man who opened fire in a church near Fort Worth, Texas, on Sunday, killing the attacker, police said. A person shot by the suspect also died and a second parishioner has life-threatening injuries following the attack at the West Freeway Church...
‘Kill for Thrill’ murderer remains on death row 40 years after Western Pa. killing spree

Jim Clawson hopes that one day he will watch the last breaths of the man who killed his friend and fellow police officer 40 years ago. Clawson has been waiting for decades to be summoned as a witness to John Lesko’s final day. He wants to be seated behind a...
$9,000 in ski gear stolen near Seven Springs resort

An Upper St. Clair man lost more than $9,000 worth of skis, bindings and poles when someone broke into a locked locker inside a storage unit near the Seven Springs Mountain Resort in Somerset County, state police said. The theft of six men’s skis and bindings worth $5,400; three women’s...
Belle Voci singers in Aspinwall among new groups getting RAD tax money in 2020

When Craig Cannon’s 34 years of directing the Fox Chapel Area High School choir program were coming to an end, he wasn’t ready to quit teaching music. The Duquesne University alumnus started a nonprofit seven years ago for women who wanted to sing beyond high school, college and Sunday church...
Police interview suspects in Westmoreland Mall assault

A 22-year-old Leechburg man and two juvenile boys have been identified by state police at Greensburg as the three suspects in the strangulation and simple assault of a juvenile girl at the Westmoreland Mall in Hempfield on Friday night. Police said early Sunday morning they have interviewed the three suspects...
Man shot outside West Mifflin bar

A man was shot overnight in his leg and hip outside the Homeville Trolley Stop bar on Greensprings Avenue in West Mifflin, the Allegheny County Police said early Sunday morning. The victim, who was not identifiedwas found at UPMC Presbyterian hospital in Oakland in stable condition. Police have no suspects...
Efforts underway to preserve and reuse former Carnegie Library building in HazelwoodVideo

Steve Paulovitch has fond memories of the old Carnegie Library branch on Hazelwood’s Monongahela Street. Paulovitch, 77, of Monroeville, grew up in Hazelwood and said he started going to the library at age 5 or 6. It was one of the town’s main social and cultural centers with a large...
5 stabbed at rabbi’s house on Hanukkah; suspect arraigned

MONSEY, N.Y. — A knife-wielding man stormed into a rabbi’s home and stabbed five people as they celebrated Hanukkah in an Orthodox Jewish community north of New York City, an ambush the governor said Sunday was an act of domestic terrorism fueled by intolerance and a “cancer” of growing hatred...
New ‘smart gym’ in Mt. Lebanon gets people movingVideo

Diane Closser of Upper St. Clair received a postcard in the mail inviting her to try a new gym. After just her second workout, she’s the one sending the message about The Exercise Coach. “I love it,” she says. “The results I have seen are phenomenal. I don’t love working...
Killings of UMWA leader Jock Yablonski, his family shocked Western Pa. 50 years ago

As Joseph Albert “Jock” Yablonski began his 1969 campaign for the presidency of the United Mine Workers of America, he was confident that he had picked the right time to challenge incumbent W.A. “Tony” Boyle, who he believed was not in touch with the miners. “My dad had the power...
50 years later, wounds remain from Yablonski family killings

Half a century after the murders of his parents and sister, the emotional wounds are still raw for Joseph A. “Chip” Yablonski, the last surviving child of Jock Yablonski. Losing his family was traumatic enough. But as he sat at the dining room table of his Bethesda, Md., home this...
Officials confirm no survivors from Hawaii helicopter crash

HONOLULU — There were no survivors of a Hawaii tour helicopter crash that killed three minors and four adults, officials confirmed Saturday. A helicopter that was set to tour the rugged Na Pali Coast, the picturesque and remote northern shoreline of Kauai that was featured in the film “Jurassic Park,”...
East Deer neighbors pitch in to help family of 6 recover from fire that destroyed their home

A community is rallying in support of an East Deer family who lost everything in a Friday morning fire. The Red Cross is assisting Aaron Ciccanti, his fiancee, Andrea Small, and their four children with a temporary place to stay, clothing and food after their home at 405 Freeport Road...

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