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Pittsburgh pup to play in the Puppy Bowl
The Steel City will be well represented on the gridiron in February despite the Pittsburgh Steelers being out of the NFL playoffs. Centaur, a mixed breed from Animal Friends was one of the pups drafted from rescue groups nationwide to play in Puppy Bowl XXI. The original and longest running...
AHN OB/GYN mobile health van creates access to care for McKeesport, beyond
The first stop for the full health clinic providing OB/GYN services on wheels was in front of the Carnegie Library of McKeesport. Allegheny Health Network’s Women’s Institute, in collaboration with First Steps and Beyond, unveiled a new mobile health van on Tuesday morning in an effort to increase access to...
Family of late Penn Hills EMS paramedic raises money for memorial scholarship
Nick Theofilis had a passion for helping others. “Throughout Nick’s life, he was a helper. He helped anybody,” said his mother, Lori. A son of Penn Hills, Theofilis was a member of the high school’s Navy Junior ROTC until he graduated in 2017, an Eagle Scout and a volunteer firefighter...
Cleveland-Cliffs still interested in U.S. Steel if pending merger fails
Cleveland-Cliffs CEO Lourenco Goncalves said Monday his company is ready to make another offer for U.S. Steel if its attempted merger with Japan’s Nippon Steel fails for good. “We have an all-American solution,” he said during a fiery news conference at the company’s stainless steel plant in Butler. Details were...
Balena Bagels open in Castle Shannon
Inside her bagel shop on Willow Avenue in Castle Shannon, Audrey Brown strives to replicate what she’s learned in every batch. Each bagel is made with all-natural unbleached, unbromated flour and ferments for 48 hours. Everything is made fresh daily. “It’s a process,” said Brown, of Mt. Lebanon, owner of...
Free at-home radon test kits available in Allegheny County
Free radon test kits are now available through the Allegheny County Health Department. While supplies last, over 900 kits can be picked up between 8 a.m. and 4 p.m. Monday through Friday at the Housing and Community Environment office — 3190 Sassafras Way. Approximately 40% of homes across Pennsylvania are...
Morning Roundup: Route 28 crash causes backup in O’Hara; burglary at Bethel Park gun shop
Here are some of the latest news items from this morning, Monday, Jan. 13: Crash on Route 28 causes backups in O’Hara A crash along Route 28 southbound Monday morning caused traffic backups for several hours, according to 511 Pennsylvania. The crash was reported around 6:30 a.m. in the area...
Biden administration delays deadline for U.S. Steel, Nippon Steel to kill merger
The Biden administration has given U.S. Steel and Japan’s Nippon Steel an extra six months to ditch their merger, keeping the deal alive as litigation unfolds over whether a national security panel’s review of it was tainted by political considerations. Under the watch of the Committee on Foreign Investment in...
Homestead police shoot Braddock man in hand during shoplifting investigation
A Braddock man was shot in the hand early Sunday morning by a Homestead police officer who was investigating a shoplifting incident along East 8th Avenue. Homestead police were dispatched to the 200 block of the Homestead roadway shortly after 1 a.m. Sunday for a report of shoplifting, according to...
Student information system used by Southwestern Pa. schools grapples with cybersecurity breach
School districts across Southwestern Pennsylvania might be impacted by a cybersecurity breach of global student information system PowerSchool, the company said. PowerSchool is a internet-based platform where educators can store student information, according to its website — including academic performance, class schedule, demographics, behavior and health. Launched in 1997, the...
U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg tours Pittsburgh International Airport’s new landside terminal
U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg on Friday toured the new terminal under construction at Pittsburgh International Airport, touting the work President Joe Biden’s administration has done to support such infrastructure improvements nationwide. “It was important for us to have Pittsburgh be one of the last places I travel to in...
Tempers flare during 7-hour Pine-Richland School Board meeting over book policy
The latest episode in Pine-Richland School District’s yearslong discussions about book bans and book review policies took place Thursday during a nearly seven-hour school board meeting. Tempers occasionally flared as audience members shouted and board members sometimes argued among themselves while attempting to revise its “Library Resources” policy. The meeting...
Morning Roundup: Man shot in Pitcairn; fire breaks out at Beaver County restaurant
Here are some of the latest news items from this morning, Friday, Jan. 10: Man shot in Pitcairn A man was shot in Pitcairn early Friday morning, according to Allegheny County Police. Officers responded at 3:44 a.m. to the 300 block of Kenney Avenue for a report of a shooting....
Allegheny County Jail Oversight Board confirms new warden
The Allegheny County Jail Oversight Board voted overwhelmingly Thursday to approve a career state corrections officer as its new warden. Trevor Wingard, 55, who retired from the Pennsylvania Department of Corrections in 2022, will start on Monday. The vote, after board members spent more than an hour peppering Wingard with...
‘I am so desperately sorry’: Sewickley man sentenced in fatal 2022 Christmas Eve crash
The statements read in court on Thursday ranged from regret to rage to profound sadness. A father’s torment for years and opportunities lost. A best friend’s longing for her soul mate. A mother’s unending ache. Camden Kiggins’ death in a car crash two years ago has upended all of their...
Monroeville area: Markosek appointed to House committee, chorus seeks members, upcoming library programs, more
Email news briefs and event listings to pvarine@triblive.com or bpoole@triblive.com. Markosek to serve on housing committee State Rep. Brandon Markosek, D-Allegheny, has been appointed to serve as majority chair for the House Housing and Community Development Committee. The committee reviews legislation impacting the state’s cities and towns, focusing on housing,...
Police: Pitcairn man initiated confrontation that led to stabbing
A 65-year-old Pitcairn man confessed to police that he stabbed another man over a dispute about money that was earmarked to buy marijuana, according to a criminal complaint. Allegheny County Police on Thursday filed charges against Barry Bishop, 65, in connection to a stabbing that sent both Bishop and another...
Tamburitzans alumni sponsor ‘Legacy’ show in Monroeville
Traditional folk dance and music from a variety of Old and New World cultures comes to Monroeville in the new Tamburitzans show, “Legacy.” For the second year in a row, the event is being sponsored by Erin and Frank Bozicevic – both Tamburitzans and Duquesne University alumni. The show begins...
Morning Roundup: 2 men stabbed in Pitcairn; rape suspect taken into custody in Penn Hills
Here are some of the latest news items from this morning, Thursday, Jan. 9: 2 men stabbed in Pitcairn Two men were stabbed in Pitcairn on Wednesday night, according to Allegheny County Police. Police said they were notified of an alleged assault at 7:16 p.m. in the 300 block of...
Gateway’s makerspace is ‘hub of creativity and innovation’
A new, inventive makerspace dubbed Gator Commons at Gateway High School’s Library Media Center is becoming “a hub of creativity and innovation,” according to teacher Dawn Nicolazzo. Equipped with a button maker, Cricut design space computer, sublimation station and printer, heat and die presses and other supplies and tools, students...
Photographer uses his lens for ‘A Different Perspective’ at Monroeville library
Jim Meehan’s love of photography began in the 1990s. He got his first film camera so he could participate in a school photography contest, and the Pittsburgh native discovered a passion for capturing the world around him. Meehan started out photographing landscapes and events, as his passion for travel, art...
Winter play returns to Gateway with ‘The Importance of Being Earnest’
Gateway High School theater will perform “The Importance of Being Earnest” at the Robert A. Read Performing Arts Center this month. The winter play returns after a three year hiatus. “I had some students come to me last spring asking me to help make the winter play happen,” producer Mary...
Former Pine-Richland trainer accused of filming boys in locker rooms
A former Pine-Richland School District athletic trainer has been charged with secretly filming male students in locker rooms and bathrooms, according to state police. Samuel Elliot Fischer, 34, faces child pornography charges for the allegations in connection with Pine-Richland and other school districts. He recorded boys in locker rooms in...
Medical examiner IDs man found dead on Wilkinsburg sidewalk
The Allegheny County Medical Examiner’s Office Wednesday identified the man authorities found dead last weekend on a Wilkinsburg sidewalk as Dorrel Ferguson, 19. Police were dispatched at 8:25 p.m. Saturday to the 1000 block of Ross Avenue, where the unidentified man, later identified as Ferguson, was found dead on the...
‘I Voted’ sticker contest voting opens in Allegheny County
Are you tired of receiving the generic American flag “I Voted” sticker that’s given out during elections? Well, you now have a chance to provide input for the design of the Allegheny County “I Voted” sticker that will be used in the upcoming primary and general elections. Voting is open...
