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Brothers charged in Greensburg Puff n Snuff burglary
Two brothers are facing charges in connection with one of two burglaries earlier this month at the Puff n Snuff store in Greensburg. Joshua L. Jording, 33, and Cory L. Jording, 24, both of Latrobe, were arrested after Westmoreland County sheriff’s deputies serving unrelated arrest warrants found them with bags...
Secrecy has dominated Shapiro’s transition to Pa. governor and may be a sign of what’s to come
Spotlight PA is an independent, nonpartisan newsroom powered by The Philadelphia Inquirer in partnership with PennLive/The Patriot-News, TribLIVE/Pittsburgh Tribune-Review and WITF Public Media. Sign up for our free newsletters. HARRISBURG — For nearly two months, a team of advisers has been working to ensure Democratic Gov.-elect Josh Shapiro has a...
Coroner: Man takes own life in standoff with police at Hempfield mobile home park
A man who was barricaded in a Hempfield mobile home park died by suicide Monday night, officials said, following a standoff with state police that left the community paralyzed for much of the day. Westmoreland County Coroner Tim Carson identified the man as Gerald A. Long Jr., 54, and said...
Explainer: Tackling threat of mudslides in soaked CaliforniaVideo
SAN DIEGO — Relentless storms from a series of atmospheric rivers have saturated the steep mountains and bald hillsides scarred from wildfires along much of California’s long coastline, causing hundreds of landslides this month. So far the debris has mostly blocked roads and highways and has not harmed communities as...
Pennsylvania, Pittsburgh area on down side of mixed week for gas prices
The picture of gas prices is mixed this week, with the average rising nationally while coming down in the Pittsburgh area and across the state. “We’ve seen somewhat of a mixed week at the pump with some states seeing gasoline prices rise, while others have stabilized for the time being,”...
Tiny house, big dreams for Irwin man
Got to get back to the land And get my soul free … And we got to get ourselves Back to the garden — “Woodstock” by Joni Mitchell Benjamin D’Amico of Irwin is going on a life-changing venture and getting back to the land, at least for the foreseeable future,...
Gas vs. electric? It’s not just as simple as a stove
Chris Galarza remembers working as a chef in restaurants where the thermometer in his pocket easily would reach 135 degrees. Sometimes, it would get so hot in the kitchen, as the gas burners fired away, that it made the staff nauseous. Gas stoves are not only common but often preferred...
‘Remembrance is the thing’: Owners of vintage, antique stores report big business
The rapid growth of Yesterday’s RAVE in Greensburg has been a surprise to co-owner Patty Wolfe. The store that specializes in antique and vintage items with 15 vendors in a renovated space at the former Schaller’s Bakery building on Highland Avenue opened in November 2021. As more sections of the...
Ways to honor Martin Luther King Jr.’s legacy in Pittsburgh
Several organizations are hosting events Monday to commemorate Martin Luther King Jr. Day. Here are some ways to honor King’s legacy in Pittsburgh: Prayer breakfast The Allegheny County Bar Association on Monday is hosting their 24th Annual Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Prayer Breakfast and Program at Ebenezer Baptist...
2-year-old girl killed in Shaler fire remembered as ‘angel-like’
Kathy Palmer was working the night shift at a GetGo in Wexford when she got the call from her son as Friday turned into Saturday around midnight. “Something really bad has happened,” Palmer recalled him saying. “There was a fire and Dani didn’t make it.” Danika Deramo, Palmer’s 2-year-old granddaughter,...
Pedestrian hospitalized after being hit by car on Vandergrift Bridge
A pedestrian was taken to a hospital via helicopter Sunday night after being hit by a car on the Vandergrift bridge, authorities said. Vandergrift police and firefighters responded to the incident on the bridge at 6:21 p.m. Sunday, closing it to traffic as a helicopter was set to land at...
Police: One-car wreck in Churchill sends 3 to hospital
A car crash in Churchill sent three people to the hospital, authorities said Sunday. The one-car wreck occurred near the intersection of Lewin Lane and Beulah Road around 3 p.m., according to an Allegheny County 911 shift supervisor. Details were not available on the injuries or conditions of the hospitalized...
House GOP demands visitor logs in Biden classified docs caseVideo
WASHINGTON — Newly empowered House Republicans on Sunday demanded the White House turn over all information related to its searches that have uncovered classified documents at President Joe Biden’s home and former office in the wake of more records found at his Delaware residence. “We have a lot of questions,”...
Biden: Americans should ‘pay attention’ to MLK’s legacy
ATLANTA — President Joe Biden made a historical pilgrimage Sunday to “America’s freedom church” to mark Martin Luther King’s birthday, saying democracy was at a perilous moment and that the civil rights leader’s life and legacy “show us the way and we should pay attention.” As the first sitting president...
68 dead, 4 missing after plane crashes in Nepal resort town
POKHARA, Nepal — As search efforts ended for the day, 68 people were confirmed dead after a regional passenger plane with 72 aboard crashed into a gorge while landing at a newly opened airport in the resort town of Pokhara Sunday, according to Nepal’s Civil Aviation Authority. It’s the country’s...
Wealth looms big as ever in post-scandal college admissions
Celebrities wept in court. Coaches lost their jobs. Elite universities saw their reputations stained. And nearly four years later, the mastermind of the Varsity Blues scheme was sentenced this month to more than three years in prison. But there’s little belief the college bribery scandal has stirred significant change in...
Westmoreland County struggles with public defender staffing shortage
Westmoreland County Chief Public Defender Wayne McGrew has served more as an administrator than a courtroom attorney in recent years, supervising a team of lawyers responsible for representing indigent clients in the criminal and juvenile court systems. But that is expected to change in the coming months as McGrew’s staff...
Violence in health care: Medical workers increasingly must contend with threats, assaults
When Mike Huss gets an alert from a panic button or call within Allegheny Health Network, he and his team are prepared to jump into action. “If you look at it, some of it is just verbal abuse. Some of it is physical abuse, where someone strikes, punches, kicks, bites...
Man killed in Monroeville shooting
A 19-year-old man was fatally shot in Monroeville late Saturday, according to Allegheny County Police. First responders found the man with a gunshot wound to the torso on Bellwood Avenue after a 911 call at 11:30 p.m. He was taken to a hospital where police said he died. The Allegheny...
State Rep. Abby Major pushing lead waterline replacements and other projects in Alle-Kiski Valley
State Rep. Abby Major, R-Leechburg, started her term this month in the newly constituted 60th District — which now includes a large section of the Alle-Kiski Valley — and is working on landing grant money for improved roads, new waterlines and more. Major, 38, of Leechburg and formerly of Ford...
Man arrested, charged with shooting wife, abandoning her on Pittsburgh highway
Allegheny County sheriffs have arrested a man who was wanted for allegedly shooting his wife earlier this winter and leaving her injured on the side of a highway. Kevin Crew, 37, whose home address is unknown, had been wanted since Nov. 28, 2022 for the shooting incident, when he left...
McIntire memorial items sold as fundraiser for fallen chief’s family in Tarentum
By the time Zach Meso arrived Saturday at noon at the Tarentum Borough Building to buy items memorializing fallen Brackenridge police Chief Justin McIntire, the T-shirts were long sold out and the Sunday sale was cancelled due to a lack of available merchandise. Meso didn’t seem bothered. The Natrona Heights...
Through bone marrow donation, Duquesne’s Ayden Garnes saves stranger’s life
Approaching two weeks into Duquesne University’s offseason winter workouts, Ayden Garnes is a bit sore and somewhat fatigued. While his football teammates are feeling the burn from their work in the weight room, Garnes’ discomfort is of an entirely different nature. On Jan. 4, he underwent a surgical operation in...
Vehicle slams into North Huntingdon house in the middle of the night, flees scene
A North Huntingdon woman spent much of Saturday on the hunt for the driver who crashed into her home and then drove away. By the evening, she said she was notified by township police that they had identified the driver in the 1 a.m. incident. “It was less than 24...
Lawyers found more classified documents at Joe Biden’s home
WASHINGTON — Lawyers for President Joe Biden found more classified documents at his home in Wilmington, Delaware, than previously known, the White House acknowledged Saturday. White House lawyer Richard Sauber said in a statement that a total of six pages of classified documents were found during a search of Biden’s...
