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4th gun found at Arnold Palmer airport checkpoint in 2019
Federal security officials at Arnold Palmer Regional Airport near Latrobe stopped a Connellsville man who tried to travel with a loaded handgun in his carry-on bag Thursday, according to the agency. Westmoreland County Park Police, which assigns officers to the Unity airport, detained the man for questioning, eventually allowing him...
Rocky Bleier doc included at Pittsburgh Shorts Film Festival
Film Pittsburgh’s Pittsburgh Shorts Film Festival at SouthSide Works Cinema opens Friday with the documentary about former Pittsburgh Steeler Rocky Bleier’s return to Vietnam. “The Return” chronicles the journey of Bleier, who was wounded in Vietnam and told he would never play football again. Bleier proved everyone wrong. The running...
Woman identified who died in head-on crash on Saw Mill Run Boulevard in Carrick
A Pittsburgh woman was killed and another woman was seriously hurt in a head-on car crash Friday morning in Carrick, police said. Wendy Eberle, 60, died at UPMC Mercy hospital shortly after 9:30 a.m., about a half-hour after the two-vehicle crash on Saw Mill Run Boulevard near Moredale Street, the...
Cops: Man arrested for assault of 5-year-old girl outside Westmoreland prison
A 45-year-old Latrobe man was arrested for physically assaulting a 5-year-old girl he was watching in the parking lot of the Westmoreland County Prison while her mother visited an inmate Thursday, according to park police. John M. Truxal was arraigned before District Judge Mark Mansour on charges of endangering the...
Pines Tavern closing after 4 decades
After 40 years of serving the community, the Pines Tavern is closing its doors for good on Nov. 2 according to a post on Access McCandless. The longtime eatery is offering special deals Nov. 1 and 2 with select items being rolled back to 1978 prices. Located on Bakerstown Road,...
Man who left car at FBI gate turns himself in, receiving help
A man who left a car painted with “gibberish” at the gate of the FBI’s Pittsburgh offices on the South Side turned himself in Friday, a spokeswoman said. The man won’t be identified, FBI spokeswoman Catherine Policicchio said. He appears to suffer from mental illness, she said, and he is...
4 dead in Halloween party shooting in Northern California
ORINDA, Calif. — Four people were killed and four others wounded in a shooting at a Halloween night party at a large rental home in a wealthy San Francisco Bay Area community, police said Friday. The shooting in Orinda, a community of about 20,000 just east of Oakland, happened at...
Officials: Suspected fentanyl bust in Ohio large enough to kill state’s entire population
DAYTON, Ohio — Authorities say a joint task force in Ohio has seized a quantity of suspected fentanyl large enough to kill the state’s population “many times over.” A Montgomery County sheriff’s news release says law enforcement recently confiscated over 20 kilograms, or more than 40 pounds, of suspected fentanyl....
Google parent Alphabet buying Fitbit for $2.1 billionVideo
SAN FRANCISCO — Fitbit is being acquired by Google’s parent company for about $2.1 billion. With the deal announced Friday, Alphabet wades into a very crowded field. Fitbit is a pioneer in wearable fitness technology, but it’s been under pressure from other device makers. Speculation swirled at the beginning of...
6 cars damaged, destroyed by fire in Harmar hotel parking lotVideo
High winds contributed to several cars being damaged or destroyed when one caught fire in a Harmar hotel parking lot Friday morning. The fire at the Hampton Inn on Freeport Road was reported around 6:30 a.m., according to Allegheny County 911. The fire was not far from the front entrance...
Pittsburgh sinkhole bus was a hot Halloween costumeVideo
The timing was perfect: A Pittsburgh bus falls into a sinkhole in totally dramatic fashion just days before tons of people in Western Pennsylvania need to come up with a cool costume for parties. We knew what would happen next. And it did. If you went dressed as the Pittsburgh...
5 things to do in Pittsburgh this weekend: Nov. 1-3
Happy November. There’s lots going on this weekend in Pittsburgh. Here are a few suggestions. On the run The seventh annual EQT Pittsburgh 10 Miler is Saturday morning. New this year, the race will take runners through 10 miles of Pittsburgh’s history, fandom and quirkiest traditions. There will be a...
5 things to do in Westmoreland this weekend: Nov. 1-3Video
Oct. 31 may have come and gone, but seasonal celebrations continue. And if you enjoy music, your weekend options include both big brass and big hair. One brewery will celebrate the Day of the Dead, while a winery plans to drown your sorrows with laughs — and maybe a little...
Hundreds in Western Pa. remain without power after heavy winds, rain
Record rainfall and damaging winds Thursday night into Friday morning have left nearly 8,000 homes and businesses in the Pittsburgh region without power. The 1.97 inches of rain that drenched the region set a daily record, according to the National Weather Service. The previous record for Oct. 31 was set...
U.S. Steel reports $84 million third-quarter loss
United States Steel Corp. on Thursday reported a third-quarter loss of $84 million, after reporting a profit in the same period a year earlier. On a per-share basis, the Pittsburgh-based company said it had a loss of 49 cents. Losses, adjusted for restructuring costs and non-recurring costs, were 21 cents...
Greenfield sister celebrates 50 years as a nun
For five decades, Sister Ann Rosalia Devlin, of the Congregation of Sisters, Servants of the Immaculate Heart of Mary, has devoted her life to God. The religious sister was recognized for that commitment on Sunday with a Roman Catholic mass at her home parish of St. Rosalia in Greenfield followed...
5 things to know about Affordable Care Act’s 2020 enrollment period
Western Pennsylvanians shopping for 2020 insurance coverage through the federal health care marketplace can expect to see a small uptick in prices over last year and more plans to choose from. Costs for 2020 individual plans increased statewide by an average of about 4%, state data show. “It’s a slight...
7-year-old boy struck by vehicle in Bloomfield
A child was struck by a vehicle in Bloomfield on Thursday night. Pittsburgh police said the 7-year-old boy was transported to a local hospital via ambulance with a leg injury as a result of an incident around 7:30 p.m. in the 200 block of Gross Street. Police said the driver...
Photos: Trick-or-treaters around the region brave rain on blustery Halloween
Halloween’s yucky forecast featuring wind and heavy rains didn’t deter the annual candy hustle for trick-or-treaters around the region Thursday evening. Beaming smiles, wide eyes and creative costumes filled neighborhood streets in anticipation for the spooky, but chilly candy grab. Some youngsters (and parents) rocked ponchos atop their outfits, while...
Home-field advantage weighs heavy in WPIAL playoffs
North Hills’ Rowdie Rooters, the team’s famed hilltop cheering section, hasn’t celebrated a home playoff game at Martorelli Stadium in almost a decade. But when the WPIAL football playoffs start Friday night, North Hills will be among the teams playing on home turf, an advantage that’s proven to be significant....
Party lines define Pennsylvania congressional delegation take on impeachment
Party lines were starkly visible Thursday as five Western Pennsylvania congressmen weighed in on the impeachment resolution that narrowly passed in the U.S. House, 232-196. Mike Kelly of Butler, John Joyce of Hollidaysburg, and Guy Reschenthaler of Peters — like 191 other House Republicans — voted against continuing the impeachment...
Endangerment charges remain against West Mifflin pair accused of taking son from hospital
The parents who took their infant from UPMC Children’s Hospital after being told they were suspected of abuse will face felony charges of child endangerment in Allegheny County court. Felony charges of obstruction against Daemon Klingensmith, 23, of West Mifflin, and his wife, Jeannette Funnen, 32, were withdrawn during a...
Body of Plum man missing in Lake Erie found by Canadian hunters
Marcy Burns said she felt relieved last Friday after learning that Canadian authorities had discovered her husband’s body in Lake Erie. “Closure,” said Marcy Burns of Plum, whose husband had been missing since Aug. 17. Raymond Burns, 58, had been fishing on Lake Erie when his 21-foot recreational fishing boat...
Daily Download: Suspicious car in Pittsburgh, Jack Rabbit hibernation, Steelers handling adversityVideo
In today’s Daily Download, staffer Matt Rosenberg discusses the suspicious vehicle outside the FBI headquarters in the South Side, the disassembling of the Jack Rabbit at Kennywood to undergo repairs and maintenance and the fact that the Steelers could find themselves just one game out of the playoff picture with...
Heavy rains on Halloween prompted flooding, mudslide, road closures across Western Pa.
Heavy rains soaking the region Thursday afternoon have caused flooding, mudslides and road closures. More than 1,000 households in Oakmont and nearly 200 in Penn Hills were without power, Duquesne Light’s power outage maps showed as of about 10 p.m. West Penn Power’s parent company, First Energy, showed small pockets...
