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Amazon warehouse project to bring 800 jobs to Allegheny County
Pittsburgh may have failed in its bid for Amazon’s second headquarters, but it is receiving a consolation prize of sorts. Gov. Tom Wolf announced Tuesday that Amazon will open a non-sortable fulfillment center near Pittsburgh International Airport in Findlay. Amazon has committed to investing more than $30 million in the...
Pittsburgh’s Three Rivers Regatta canceled amid money, insurance concernsVideo
The company hired to put together Pittsburgh’s Three Rivers Regatta misled the event’s board and the city about payments, insurance and other details, forcing organizers to cancel the weekend-long festival, officials said Tuesday. The board plans to pursue all legal means and launch an investigation into LionHeart Event Group. “To...
Pennsylvania dad dies after saving drowning 11-year-old son
ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. — Authorities say a Pennsylvania father died while rescuing his son who was struggling in rip currents while swimming in the ocean off Atlantic City. Emergency responders went to the beach around 9:30 a.m. Monday for a report of a child drowning. Before they arrived, the 59-year-old...
CMS names underperforming nursing homes for ‘Special Focus Facility’ program
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid has published a list of more than 400 poor performing nursing homes that are candidates for federal intervention, six weeks after pledging to make the secret list publicly available following its disclosure last month by Pennsylvania’s U.S. senators. The list, released July 16, identifies...
Police: Passenger found dead in car during Jeannette traffic stop
A woman’s suspicious death Friday is under investigation by Jeannette police and Westmoreland County detectives, according to police Chief Shannon Binda. April J. Claiborne, 31, of Ligonier, was found dead in the front passenger seat of a vehicle during a 7:48 a.m. traffic stop at the intersection of Lowry Avenue...
Tarentum police seek help identifying assault suspect
Tarentum police are working to identify a man wanted in connection with an assault. The assault happened in the 300 block of East 6th Avenue, police Chief William Vakulick said Tuesday. He did not say when the assault happened. The man was seen driving a black Chevrolet Avalanche. Borough police...
Police: Man critical after being shot outside Airbnb rental in South Side Slopes
A man with several gunshot wounds was found behind a residence in Pittsburgh’s South Side Slopes on Tuesday morning, authorities said. Officers responded around 6:15 a.m. to a Shotspotter alert of multiple rounds fired in the 2300 block of Cobden Street, according to Pittsburgh police. The victim was taken to...
Allegheny County releases interactive map locating landslides
Allegheny County will roll out a comprehensive website charting the locations of landslides and slide-prone areas across the county and offering information that municipalities and residents can use to detect, prevent and remediate slides. The county Landslide Portal includes an interactive map showing the locations of reported slides, areas susceptible...
South Hills woman accused of urinating on potatoes at Walmart turns herself in
First, there was the ice cream licker. Now, a woman is accused of — well, altering — food at the Walmart store in West Mifflin. Police say that a South Hills woman urinated on potatoes at the Walmart on Century Drive. Grace M. Brown, 20, of Whitehall turned herself into...
Loyalhanna Conservation Corps expands Laurel Ridge trail for hikers, rescue crewsVideo
Ligonier Township native Josh Fitz has spent many summers camping with his family in nearby Forbes State Forest. The 20-year-old West Virginia University student, who is focusing his studies on global environmental change, returned to the forest this summer for work instead of leisure — helping to improve hiking trails...
No more ‘Heinz Field’? New name suggestions abound on social media
Heinz Field’s days may be numbered — at least as fans know it. Stalled talks over a contract renewal have prompted industry observers to speculate that Kraft Heinz Co. probably will not seek to retain the naming rights to the home of the Steelers beyond 2021, Street & Smith’s Sports...
Capital One hit with massive data breach affecting more than 100 million customers
SEATTLE — A hacker gained access to personal information from more than 100 million Capitol One credit applications, the bank said Monday as federal authorities arrested a suspect in the case. Paige A. Thompson — who also goes by the handle “erratic” — was charged with a single count of...
Pittsburgh police find man dead outside Sheraden home
A man was found dead outside a home in Pittsburgh’s Sheraden neighborhood Monday evening. City police responded to a Shot Spotter alert for multiple shots fired in the 1200 block of Faulkner Street around 5:30 p.m. Authorities said officers arrived and found a man unresponsive. He was later pronounced dead...
6-year-old Pittsburgh-area boy drowns in pool at home in Outer Banks
NAGS HEAD, N.C. — Police say a 6-year-old boy from the Pittsburgh area drowned in a swimming pool at a home in North Carolina’s Outer Banks. Nags Head police Chief Phil Webster on Tuesday morning told the Tribune-Review the boy was from the 15202 zip code, which encompasses an area...
Local officials sifting through meaning of Mylan/Pfizer merger
The announcement that Pfizer, the country’s largest drug-maker, will absorb Mylan, based in Washington County, leaves local officials with more questions than answers. The two pharmaceutical companies said Monday they’ll combine Mylan, valued at $10 billion, with Pfizer’s Upjohn, which sells name brands from Viagra to the cholesterol medication Lipitor...
Greensburg’s Yumzio Bistro planning move downtown
A Greensburg restaurant is hoping to find new eaters by moving up the street to a new location. Yumzio closed at 640 North Main St. on Sunday. It will open within a week, though the date isn’t certain, less than a mile up the road in a basement space in...
Pittsburgh police officer injured responding to dispute over loud music
A Pittsburgh police officer suffered multiple deep cuts to his head Sunday night when he tried to subdue a Squirrel Hill resident who was upset about neighbors playing guitars and drums in their front yard, authorities said. The man, Charles C. O’Leary, 48, had complained about people playing music at...
Westmoreland wants to expand program to help curb drug use by jail inmatesVideo
Westmoreland officials want to expand a pilot program at the county prison to give soon-to-be-released inmates medicine that blocks the effects of illegal drugs. Over the past year, 44 Westmoreland County Prison inmates volunteered to participate in the program to receive counseling and potentially injections of Vivitrol. So far, 16...
Editorial: We all live in drug neighborhoods
A drug buy is the kind of thing that could happen anywhere. It doesn’t have to be a crack house. Money doesn’t just change hands in dark alleys and abandoned warehouses. There isn’t just one kind of neighborhood where people have drug problems. The July 23 shooting at Northland Center...
California festival gunman made social media posts before killingVideo
GILROY, Calif. — The gunman in the California festival shooting appears to have posted two photos on Instagram that day, including one minutes before he opened fire. Police say Santino William Legan killed three victims and wounded 12 others Sunday at the Gilroy Garlic Festival. Legan’s since-deleted Instagram account says...
Couple sues Pittsburgh over landslide that destroyed their home
An Ingram couple is suing Pittsburgh, the Pittsburgh Parks Conservancy and several property owners in Duquesne Heights, alleging they are responsible for a landslide that destroyed their home on Greenleaf Street in 2018. Beth and Charles Butler contend they contacted the city repeatedly starting in 2015 about fallen trees and...
Allegheny River lock 2 to close to all boat traffic for repairs
After years of chasing money for repairs, the Army Corps of Engineers is ready to start a $6.6 million project to fix the crumbling land wall of Allegheny River lock 2 near Highland Park. Recreational boaters and commercial traffic will be out of luck as the lock chamber will be...
Off-duty Allegheny County deputies credited for disarming knife-wielding man in Ohio
Three off-duty Allegheny County sheriff’s deputies are being credited with subduing and detaining a man who authorities said was drunk when he flailed a knife inside a woman’s car Sunday at an Ohio convenience store. Deputies Michael Frost, Sean Green and Randy Roberts, along with their significant others, were on...
Picklesburgh could expand more in 2020 after boost in attendance, Clemente Bridge closure
Picklesburgh’s popularity could lead to further expansion next year, officials said Monday. “I would say everything’s on the table for next year at this point,” said Leigh Frank, spokeswoman for the Pittsburgh Downtown Partnership, which organized the event in coordination with the city and Allegheny County. “We’re certainly excited that...
Brian Shaw memorial fundraiser to be bigger than last year, organizers say
After raising more than $7,100 and offering 93 gift baskets of items for the first Officer Brian Shaw Memorial fundraiser last year, the staff at Mogie’s Irish Pub in Lower Burrell is setting higher goals this year. Already, more than 100 baskets have been accumulated for the silent auction and...
