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Man stable after Downtown Pittsburgh shooting
A man was taken to a local hospital in stable condition after a shooting Friday night on a Downtown Pittsburgh street. Pittsburgh Police were called just before 10:30 p.m. to the scene outside the McDonald’s restaurant on Wood Street, between Liberty and Sixth avenues. The victim, who is in his...
WPIAL football Week 8 results
TribLIVE’s sports reporters have you covered from Friday’s Week 8 high school football action. GAMES OF THE WEEK • McKEESPORT 31, FRANKLIN REGIONAL 14 McKeesport played a near-perfect first half, scoring in its first three possessions. • HIGHLANDS 28, NEW CASTLE 22 (OT) Brock White was stopped short of the...
Sports legend Dick Groat honored with ‘day,’ recalls ’60 World Series winVideo
Pittsburgh Pirates legend Dick Groat turned the memories of some gray-haired golfers and University of Pittsburgh at Greensburg supporters to a time 59 years ago, when they were young and the scrappy Bucs beat the Goliath of the baseball world, the New York Yankees, to win the 1960 World Series....
University of Pittsburgh police investigating robbery at Jimmy John’s just off campus
University of Pittsburgh police are asking for the public’s help in identifying a man believed to have robbed the Jimmy John’s just off campus. City and university officers responded to the sandwich shop at 3444 Forbes Ave. around 6:20 p.m. Friday for a report of a robbery. The university posted...
Pittsburgh authority gives preliminary OK for development of former Civic Arena site
The Pittsburgh Urban Redevelopment Authority gave preliminary approval Friday for the Penguins to begin a first phase of construction estimated at $210 million at the former Civic Arena property in the city’s Hill District. The approval marks the first step in what all sides say will be a long process...
Pittsburgh International Airport plans to generate its own electric powerVideo
Pittsburgh International Airport officials say they won’t be dependent on the traditional electric power grid come 2021. That’s when a microgrid is expected to go online. Instead of depending on power from the national electric grid that supplies most everyone else, the airport will get its power from generators fueled...
Daily Download: Plans for Tree of Life, gifts to Children’s Hospital and high school footballVideo
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 Paul Guggenheimer discusses plans for the Tree of Life synagogue, an elementary school that presented gifts to Children’s Hospital and Week 8 in...
2 suspects in deadly Penn Hills home invasion caught in California
Two suspects in the Oct. 9 killing of a Penn Hills man were arrested Friday in California, police said. Laron Howard, 19, and Laquon Perkins, 18, who are brothers, were arrested at 2:30 p.m. by Los Angeles County sheriff’s deputies in Lancaster, Calif., according to Allegheny County police. Both men...
Trump taps Perry deputy to replace him at Energy Department
WASHINGTON — President Trump says he is nominating a deputy to Energy Secretary Rick Perry to replace him in the top job at the Energy Department. Trump tweeted Friday that Dan Brouillette’s experience in the area is “unparalleled” and calls him a “total professional.” Trump is also praising Perry, who...
Upper Burrell’s Oak Lake Golf Course to close
After a failed sealed-bid auction to sell Oak Lake Golf Course in Upper Burrell last year, the owners will close the 18-hole course Thursday, Oct. 24 and hold a public auction two days later. All of Oak Lake’s assets will be for sale at the Saturday auction, including the land,...
Police release photos of men wanted in fatal McKeesport Family Dollar shooting
Authorities need help identifying the two men suspected in a fatal shooting Thursday at a Family Dollar in McKeesport. Allegheny County Police released images from the store’s surveillance cameras that show the men, who entered the store shortly after 11 a.m., fought with and robbed Dwayne Fuller, 24, of Homestead....
Greensburg doctor found guilty of illegally dispensing opioids
A federal jury deliberated for eight hours Thursday before convicting a Westmoreland County family practice doctor of illegally dispensing opioids. Dr. Milad Shaker, 50, was found guilty of 14 counts of illegal dispensing of opioids, U.S. Attorney Scott W. Brady said. The original 54-count indictment in October 2018 said Shaker...
Tree of Life leaders unveil vision for Squirrel Hill synagogue’s future
Congregation leaders from Tree of Life-Or L’Smicha have vowed to return to their home on Wilkins Avenue after a gunman opened fire on Shabbat services last year, killing 11 people. Rabbi Jeffrey Myers, who was leading services for Tree of Life when the Oct. 27 attack began, said the building...
Syria Kurds accuse Turkey of violating cease-fire
CEYLANPINAR, Turkey — The Kurdish-led administration in northern Syria accused Turkey on Friday of violating a U.S.-brokered cease-fire that went into effect overnight, as fighters from both sides clashed in and around a border town that has been one of the fiercest fronts in the Turkish invasion. The town of...
Officials: Blast at Afghan mosque kills 62 during prayers
KABUL, Afghanistan — An explosion rocked a mosque in eastern Afghanistan as dozens of people gathered to offer Friday players, causing the roof to collapse and killing 62 worshippers, provincial officials said. Attahullah Khogyani, spokesman for the governor of Nangarhar, said the militant attack wounded 36 others. He said it...
Beaver Falls native, Point Park alum to join KDKA as meteorologist
A Beaver Falls native, who was previously an intern at KDKA-TV, is poised to join the station as a meteorologist. Mary Ours shared the news on social media this week. She has been a weekday meteorologist at WJAC in Johnstown since 2016. Some BIG NEWS! ? pic.twitter.com/JBkv9SapcA— Mary Ours (@MaryOursWX)...
Monster Pumpkins Festival in Pittsburgh features largest jack-o’-lanternVideo
Check out the giant jack-o’-lanterns at the second annual Pittsburgh Monster Pumpkins Festival this Saturday and Sunday on the North Shore. Organizers say the largest pumpkin grown in the world so far this year will be sitting on the river walk down from Jerome Bettis’ Grille 36. Grown by Karl...
Trump, in Texas, bashes Democrats as ‘crazy,’ unpatrioticVideo
DALLAS — President Donald Trump tried to turn impeachment rancor into a political rallying cry Thursday, using a Texas rally to bash Democrats as “crazy” and unpatriotic as they push forward with their investigations. Setting a dire tone, Trump told his supporters, “At stake in this fight is the survival...
Bob Seger rocks Pittsburgh one last time
Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band put on quite a show Thursday night at Pittsburgh’s PPG Paints Arena. “Roll Me Away” is a farewell tour celebrating Seger’s five decades in rock ‘n’ roll. The 74-year-old Detroit rocker, known for hits like “Ramblin’ Gamblin’ Man,” “Night Moves” and “Roll Me...
UPMC’s CFO to retire after 16 years at helm of multibillion-dollar nonprofit
UPMC’s longtime financial chief announced Thursday that he plans to step down at the end of the year. Robert DeMichiei has served as chief financial officer of the multibillion-dollar, nonprofit health system headquartered in Downtown Pittsburgh’s U.S. Steel Tower for nearly 16 years. The 54-year-old Hampton resident said his retirement...
Boutique and brewery open in downtown GreensburgVideo
Two back-to-back business openings have brought new energy to a block on Greensburg’s South Pennsylvania Avenue. Wight Elephant Boutique held its grand opening Thursday, a major milestone for the developers who have spent more than $1 million renovating the long-vacant building at 136 S. Pennsylvania Ave. “I’m not an emotional...
Wolf, Fetterman travel to NYC for cannabis summit
Gov. Tom Wolf and Lt. Gov. John Fetterman traveled to New York City on Thursday to talk pot with leaders from other states. New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo hosted the Governors’ Regional Cannabis and Vaping Summit. New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy and Connecticut Gov. Ned Lamont also participated, as did...
Civil War correspondence discovered in Churchill attic
Carleton Young was going through boxes in his parents’ Churchill attic in 2006 when he made quite a discovery. “Inside the wooden box was an enormous collection of about 250 letters written home by two Vermont brothers as they fought in the Civil War,” Young said. “They were members of...
Westmoreland judge calls father of accused cop killer ‘danger to the community’
A Westmoreland County judge ruled Thursday that the father of accused cop killer Rahmael Sal Holt will remain in jail on $100,000 bond until after his son’s capital murder trial next month. Gregory Baucum Jr., 48, of Pittsburgh has been in jail since March after he was arrested and charged...
Energy Secretary Rick Perry tells Trump he plans to leave post soon
WASHINGTON — Energy Secretary Rick Perry notified President Donald Trump Thursday that he will soon be leaving the post, according to two people familiar with the matter. Perry, one of the administration’s original Cabinet secretaries, enjoyed good rapport with Trump. The former Texas governor has recently come under scrutiny in...
