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Morning Roundup: Seasonal skiing at Boyce Park ending; McKeesport bar shut down after deadly shooting
Here are some of the latest news items from this morning, Friday, March 7: Seasonal skiing at Boyce Park ending Skiers, snowboarders and tubers: Time is running out to hit the Boyce Park slopes. Allegheny County announced Thursday the roughly three-month regular season at the slopes in Plum will come...
Penguins invest $500K in Hill District recreation center, but community frustration lingers
The Pittsburgh Penguins will donate $500,000 to help modernize the Ammon Recreation Center in the Hill District as part of an agreement meant to mitigate decades of neighborhood disinvestment dating back to the development of the Civic Arena. Teddy Werner, the Penguins’ alternate governor, called the 85-year-old recreation center just...
7 students, driver injured in Adams Township bus crash
Seven Mars Area Elementary School students and a driver were injured Thursday morning when their bus crashed in Adams Township. Butler County 911 dispatch said a bus carrying 30 to 40 students hit a tree head-on around 8:30 a.m. on the 1600 block of Three Degree Road. A UPMC spokesperson...
Cracker plant in Beaver County could be sold as Shell looks to offload chemical assets
Shell is considering a sale of its chemical assets in the U.S. and Europe, including the cracker plant in Beaver County. The Wall Street Journal, citing sources familiar with the matter, has reported one of the world’s largest oil and gas companies could offload its less-profitable chemicals division as part...
Attempted homicide suspect back in custody after accidental release from Washington County Jail
An attempted homicide suspect is back in custody after being mistakenly released from the Washington County Jail. Samuel Valle, 20, of Monessen, missed a court appearance last week, alerting the district attorney’s office he was no longer behind bars, TribLive news partner WTAE reported. District Attorney Jason Walsh told WTAE...
Hotel Saxonburg closes after 193 years in business
Saxonburg’s longest continually operating hotel, restaurant and bar is closed. Ownership for the Hotel Saxonburg broke the news in a social media post on Wednesday. “After much consideration, the decision has been made to cease operations due to health issues, rising costs of food and the growing expenses associated with...
3 Western Pa. federal buildings listed, then removed, to be closed or sold
The Trump administration on Tuesday released a list of hundreds of federal properties it says it could close or sell, including offices for the Social Security Administration and Internal Revenue Service, after deeming them “not core to government operations.” The list, which has since been taken down from the General...
Morning Roundup: Pedestrian hit by car in Duquesne; McKees Rocks Bridge closure delayed
Here are some of the latest news items from this morning, Wednesday, March 5: Pedestrian struck, critically injured by car in Duquesne A person was hospitalized after being hit by a car Tuesday morning near Kennywood Park in Duquesne. TribLive news partner WTAE reported first responders were called to the...
McKeesport man killed in crash near Kennywood Park
A McKeesport man was killed in a single-vehicle crash near Kennywood Park in West Mifflin on Sunday morning. Dion Morgan, 43, crashed along the 4100 block of Kennywood Boulevard around 4 a.m., according to the Allegheny County Medical Examiner’s office. He was declared dead at the scene. The cause of...
Penn State reports chicken pox outbreak at State College
Penn State University has confirmed three cases of chicken pox on its main campus in State College. Students and staff who were in Mifflin Hall between Feb. 17 and 24 or in the Thomas Building on Feb. 20 between 1 and 3 p.m. may have been exposed, the university said...
HOV lanes closed indefinitely as Route 28 repairs are made
PennDOT has indefinitely closed the I-279/I-579 HOV lanes after crews found significant deterioration of a concrete column supporting a ramp over Route 28. Route 28 northbound is under a long-term single-lane restriction starting just south of the I-279 North/East Ohio Street exit while crews make temporary repairs and prepare for...
Suspect shot last month in East Vandergrift police raid dies
The man shot and critically wounded by police last month during a raid on his East Vandergrift apartment has died. Lyle Cessna, 52, died Monday afternoon at UPMC Presbyterian hospital, according to the Allegheny County Medical Examiner’s Office. He was awaiting a preliminary hearing in Armstrong County Court on a...
1 dead, 2 seriously injured in 2-vehicle crash in Fayette County
One person died and two others were seriously injured in a two-vehicle crash in Fayette County on Monday night. Pennsylvania State Police said a Chevy Cruze rolled past a stop sign at the intersection of Morgantown and Tent Church roads just after 9 p.m., when it collided with an oncoming...
Uncertainty swirling for university researchers impacted by proposed NIH cuts
Democrats and university officials say uncertainty is rampant after proposed cuts to the National Institutes of Health, and fear the move could cost the region thousands of jobs and hundreds of millions of dollars. About 21,000 jobs are supported by NIH funding in the state, according to figures cited by...
Landlords and Vandergrift officials clash over proposed rental licensing fee hike
Vandergrift won’t be able to hike its rental licensing fee without a fight. Some local landlords say increasing the annual cost to register their units from $50 to $200 will eat into their already slim margins and inflate rents, ultimately harming their most vulnerable tenants. “I am all for the...
UPMC reports $339 million operating loss in 2024
UPMC lost $929,000 a day last year amid a spending spree on new and expanded facilities. In its end-of-year financial report, the hospital and health insurance giant placed its operating losses at $339 million, up 71% from the previous year, when losses hit $198 million in 2023. UPMC attributed $128...
Morning Roundup: Man shot in Homewood North; 4 injured in Ross crash
Here are some of the latest news items from this morning, Monday, March 3: Man shot in Homewood North Police said a man was shot late Saturday night in Pittsburgh’s Homewood North neighborhood after several blocks were hit with a barrage of gunfire. Officers were dispatched just before midnight to...
Apollo-Ridge superintendent to step down, take over as intermediate unit head
Apollo-Ridge School District Superintendent Matthew Curci is leaving his post at the end of the school year to take over as executive director of ARIN Intermediate Unit 28. “It’s definitely bittersweet,” Curci said. “Apollo-Ridge is my home.” Curci got the nod from the intermediate unit earlier this month. The former...
Court records reveal identity of man targeted, shot in East Vandergrift police raid
Court documents obtained this week by TribLive shed light on details of a police-involved shooting in East Vandergrift that state troopers have thus far declined to reveal. Lyle Cessna, 52, of East Vandergrift was shot by law enforcement on Feb. 14 outside his McKinley Avenue residence. Cessna remains hospitalized in...
Alcoa CEO predicts Trump aluminum tariffs will cost 100,000 jobs
Bill Oplinger, CEO of Pittsburgh-based aluminum producer Alcoa, warned Tuesday that President Donald Trump’s 25% import tax on aluminum could kill off around 100,000 U.S jobs. “This is bad for the aluminum industry in the U.S. It’s bad for American workers,” Oplinger told a crowd at a metals and mining...
Nippon to meet with federal officials in bid to salvage U.S. Steel deal
Nippon Steel plans to meet with federal officials to work out a solution to the U.S. Steel takeover, and will use the existing merger agreement as a starting point in negotiations. The Japanese steelmaker’s chief operating officer, Tadashi Imai, unveiled the plan to reporters in Tokyo on Tuesday. Imai’s stance...
Giant Eagle on Rodi Road could see remodel after Penn Hills Council approves liquor license transfer
Giant Eagle could be gearing up for a remodel of its Rodi Road store after getting permission to sell alcohol there. The Cranberry-based grocery chain is exploring whether to use a liquor license secured at auction last year to sell beer and wine at its location along Penn Hills’ primary...
Former Vandergrift cop had sex with teenage girl about 100 times after starting job in 1990s, state police say
A former Vandergrift police officer is accused of having sex with a minor about 100 times in the early to mid-1990s, when he worked as a part-time patrolman for the borough. A criminal complaint filed by state police alleges former Sgt. Anthony “Tony” Depanicis invited a 14-year-old girl to his...
Community rallies behind South Buffalo Elementary student after brain tumor diagnosis
South Buffalo Elementary School fourth grader Mya Wienskovich can’t wait to get back to cheerleading. It was among the 10-year-old’s top concerns leading up to her surgery Friday morning at UPMC Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh. Surgeons spent five hours removing a brain tumor. One thing is for certain: The Freeport...
Penn Hills police switching to 12-hour shifts
The eight-hour workday soon will be a thing of the past for Penn Hills police. Starting March 31, officers will work 12-hour shifts as Chief Ronald Como and other municipal officials search for any kind of edge in the ultra-competitive realm of police recruitment. “You got to change with the...
