No ticket purchased for the lottery matched all six numbers drawn Friday night, Mega Millions said in a statement early Saturday.
Source: Mega Millions jackpot climbs to $785M after no big winner
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No ticket purchased for the lottery matched all six numbers drawn Friday night, Mega Millions said in a statement early Saturday.
Source: Mega Millions jackpot climbs to $785M after no big winner
January 1, 2023
A convicted drug offender who was pardoned by outgoing Governor Tom Wolf, has once again been arrested for drugs.
Undercover agents said they found Corry Sanders selling cocaine last month in McKeesport.
They found him selling cocaine on two separate occasions, once from his car and a second time from inside his barbershop.
Source: Pardoned Drug Offender Arrested Again After Being Caught Selling Cocaine
PRT bus strikes light pole this morning in Braddock Hills
Emergency crews are on the scene of a PRT bus that struck a light pole standard in the lot of Braddock Hills Shopping Center in Allegheny County currently. The front of the bus hit the light standard causing severe damage to the front of the bus and windshield. Allegheny County 911 confirms there was one person transported to a local medical facility from the scene.
Stay with WTAE for updates and more on this story.
Matthew Nicholes turned himself in Friday after starting the fire at the Knights Inn in Greensburg.
Source: Police arrest man who admitted to starting fire at Knights Inn in Greensburg
Barbara Walters, the pioneering TV journalist whose interviewing skills made her one of the most prominent figures in broadcasting, has died, her spokesperson confirmed to CNN. She was 93.
Source: Barbara Walters, legendary news anchor, has died at 93 | CNN
As Pittsburghers prepare to head downtown for First Night, there are some street closures to be mindful of.
- Duquesne Boulevard).
- Maddock Place will be closed from Penn Avenue to Fort Duquesne Boulevard.
- Eighth Street will be closed from Liberty Avenue (Tito Way) to Fort Duquesne Boulevard (parking lot access only accessible from Fort Duquesne Boulevard).
- Ninth Street will be closed from Liberty Avenue to French Street.
- Garrison Place will be closed from Exchange Way to French Way (parking lot access is only accessible from Fort Duquesne Boulevard).
- Exchange Way will be closed from Garrison Place to 8th Street (parking access is only accessible from 10th Street).
- All alleys leading into the footprint from Penn Avenue, Liberty Avenue and 6-10th Streets, including Cecil CLO Academy Way, Barkers Place, Scott Place and French Way
Source: Heading to First Night? Here are some road closures you need to know
One person was shot and another was grazed by a bullet during a shooting in Pittsburgh’s Homewood neighborhood.
According to Allegheny County 911, police, fire and EMS crews were called to the 7200 block of Race Street at 8:58 p.m.
Source: 1 person shot, another grazed by bullet in Pittsburgh’s Homewood neighborhood
He was widely seen as a conservative who was in line with Pope John Paul.
A graduate student at Washington State University was arrested Friday in his home state of Pennsylvania in last month’s killings of four University of Idaho students in their off-campus home — a brutal attack that rattled a small college town, authorities said.
Five people were transported to area hospitals after a Jeep crashed into a tree on the South Side overnight.
The crash occurred around 2 a.m. in the area of S. First and E. Carson streets.
Source: 5 transported to hospital after SUV crashed into tree overnight in Pittsburgh
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Emergency crews responded to the scene of a motel fire in South Greensburg on Thursday.
Firefighters battled the blaze at the Knights Inn on South Main Street just before Noon.
Multiple rooms were damaged in the fire. No one was hurt.The fire chief told Pittsburgh’s Action News 4 reporter Jim Madalinsky that this was the second time in a week crews were called to a fire at the motel. The previous one was on the other side of the motel property.
This content is imported from Twitter. You may be able to find the same content in another format, or you may be able to find more information, at their web site.There is no word on what caused the blaze. Fire officials are investigating.
Source: Firefighters battle blaze at Westmoreland County motel
Former president Donald Trump has gloated against “political thugs” as he said he did “nothing wrong” after the House select committee investigating the Jan 6 attack announced it would be withdrawing a subpoena against him.
In a statement on Truth Social, Mr Trump wrote: “Was just advised that the Unselect Committee of political Thugs has withdrawn the Subpoena of me concerning the January 6th Protest of the CROOKED 2020 Presidential Election.”
Save your tree from a landfill by bringing it to one of nearly two dozen drop-off locations in Pittsburgh and Allegheny County.
Allegheny County residents can bring trees through Jan. 14 from 8 a.m. to dusk at drop-off locations in all nine county parks:
- Boyce Park – Soccer fields parking lot
- Deer Lakes Park – Veterans shelter parking lot
- Harrison Hills Park – Parking lot at Chipmunk and Cottontail Drives
- Hartwood Acres Park – Middle Road parking lot
- North Park – Swimming pool parking lot
- Round Hill Park – Alfalfa shelter parking lot
- Settlers Cabin Park – Wave pool parking lot
- South Park – Wave pool parking lot
- White Oak Park – Wedding garden parking lot
City residents can bring their trees to a dozen parks and public works locations through Jan. 26, though hours vary:
- Allegheny Center
- Sue Murray swimming pool parking lot (any time)
- Brighton Heights
- Jack Stack parking lot (any time)
- Brookline
- Brookline Recreation Center (any time)
- Elliott
- Public Works Division 5 (weekdays 8 a.m. to 2 p.m., Saturdays 7 a.m. to 3 p.m.)
- Friendship
- Baum Grove parklet (any time)
- Hazelwood
- Public Works Division 3 (Weekdays 7 a.m. to 1 p.m.)
- Highland Park
- Zoo parking lot (any day from 6 a.m. to 10 p.m.)
- Homewood North
- Public Works Division 2 (Monday through Saturday, 7 a.m. to 2 p.m.)
- Perry North
- Public Works Division 1 (Weekdays 8 a.m. to 1 p.m.)
- Sheraden
- Sheraden Park parking lot (any time)
- South Side
- Southside Riverfront Park lower parking lot (any day from 6 a.m. to 10:00 p.m.)
- Squirrel Hill South
- Schenley Park, Prospect Drive roundabout (any time)
Source: Pittsburgh, Allegheny County launch annual Christmas tree recycling programs
Allegheny County Police are investigating a double shooting in Swissvale.
Police say a man and a woman were shot Wednesday evening. It happened on the 2200 block of Hawthorne Avenue just after 11:30 p.m. Wednesday. According to Allegheny County Police, the man and woman were found shot inside a car.
A nearby neighbor who wanted to remain anonymous told Pittsburgh’s Action News 4 they heard “about a dozen” shots ring out.
Homicide detectives are investigating. Anyone with information is asked to call the County Police Tip Line at 1-833-ALL-TIPS. Callers can remain anonymous.
Source: One dead, another critically injured after Swissvale shooting
The new year will bring in higher tolls for Pennsylvania Turnpike travelers.
It happened at the Valley Terrace Apartments on Superior Avenue in Aliquippa.
Source: Police: Woman accidentally injured in Beaver County shooting
A former car rental manager has been arrested and placed in the Allegheny County Jail for allegedly fraudulently renting vehicles for cash and heroin.
Source: Police: Former Monroeville rental manager rented cars for cash, heroin
Long Island Rep.-elect George Santos came clean to The Post on Monday, admitting that he lied on the campaign trail about his education and work experience — but insisting that the controversy won’t deter him from serving out his two-year term in Congress.
“I am not a criminal,” Santos said at one point during his exclusive interview. “This [controversy] will not deter me from having good legislative success. I will be effective. I will be good.”
Santos’ professional biography was called into question earlier this month after the New York Times reported that he misrepresented a number of claims, including where he attended college and his alleged employment history with high-profile Wall Street firms.
“My sins here are embellishing my resume. I’m sorry,” Santos said Monday.
Santos confessed he had “never worked directly” for Goldman Sachs and Citigroup, chalking that fib up to a “poor choice of words.”
Source: https://nypost.com/2022/12/26/rep-elect-george-santos-admits-fabricating-key-details-of-his-bio/
Bob Jordan:
I want everyone who is dealing with the problems we’ve been facing, whether you haven’t been able to get to where you need to go or you’re one of our heroic Employees caught up in a massive effort to stabilize the airline, to know is that we’re doing everything we can to return to a normal operation.
And please also hear that I’m truly sorry.
Here’s why this giant puzzle is taking us several days to solve. Southwest is the largest carrier in the country, not only because of our value and our values, but because we build our flight schedule around communities, not hubs. So, we’re the largest airline in 23 of the top 25 travel markets in the U.S.
Cities where large numbers of scheduled flights simultaneously froze as record bitter cold brought challenges for all airlines.
Our network is highly complex and the operation of the airline counts on all the pieces, especially aircraft and crews remaining in motion to where they’re planned to go. With our large fleet of airplanes and flight crews out of position in dozens of locations. And after days of trying to operate as much of our full schedule across the busy holiday weekend, we reached a decision point to significantly reduce our flying to catch up.
We’re focused on safely getting all of the pieces back into position to end this rolling struggle. You know, I have nothing but pride and respect for the efforts of the people of Southwest who are showing up in every way. The tools we use to recover from disruption serve us well, 99 percent of the time; but clearly, we need to double down on our already existing plans to upgrade systems for these extreme circumstances so that we never again face what’s happening right now.
I’m apologizing to them daily and they’ll be hearing more about our specific plans to ensure the challenges that they’ve faced the past few days will not be part of our future.
I reached out to Secretary Buttigieg earlier today to continue the discussions we’ve been having with the DOT through the holiday – sharing all the things that we’re doing to make things right for our Customers.
We always take care of our Customers. And we will lean in and go above and beyond as they would expect us to. Teams are working on all of that: processing refunds, proactively reaching out and taking care of Customers who are dealing with costly detours and reroutes, as just a few examples. Our plan for the next few days is to fly a reduced schedule and reposition our people and planes, and we’re making headway and we’re optimistic to be back on track before next week.
We have some real work to do in making this right. For now, I want you to know that we’re committed to that.
Source: Video: Southwest Airlines CEO Bob Jordan Issues Update
Gas prices will probably be significantly cheaper overall next year. Yet the national average could still climb back above the $4-a-gallon threshold as soon as May, according to GasBuddy projections shared exclusively with CNN.
Source: Exclusive: $4 gas could return as soon as May, GasBuddy projects | CNN Business
Former pope Benedict, 95, who in 2013 became the first pontiff in 600 years to step down, is “very sick”, his successor Pope Francis said on Wednesday, asking the church to pray for him.
Source: Former pope Benedict is ‘very sick’, Pope Francis says
A tractor-trailer rollover crash spilled ice cream on the Parkway West.
The driver crashed on the Parkway West between Campbells Run Road and Ridge Drive on Tuesday afternoon, spilling ice cream and damaging the guard rail. The driver was not injured.
The crash has been cleared, and all lanes have reopened to traffic.
Source: Tractor-trailer rollover crash spills ice cream on Parkway West
The fall happened Tuesday evening.
The coroner identified the victim as 63-year-old Paul Berger. Berger was on his own property checking traps he had set when he fell, according to the coroner.
Source: 63-year-old man dead after falling from Loyalhanna Creek cliff
For nearly three years, the Title 42 public health law has allowed the U.S. to quickly expel hundreds of thousands of migrants to Mexico.
The Supreme Court on Tuesday allowed U.S. border officials to continue expelling migrants under a policy known as Title 42 indefinitely, granting a petition from Republican-led states to prevent the Biden administration from immediately ending the pandemic-related measure.
The high court decided to hear a request from 19 Republican-led states who were seeking to delay the end of Title 42, which was originally set to expire on Dec. 21 because of a lower court order that found the policy to be unlawful.
The Supreme Court will now hear arguments on whether it should allow the Republican-controlled states to defend Title 42’s legality during its February 2023 session. In the meantime, the court agreed to suspend the lower court order which had invalidated the expulsion policy. That means Title 42 will likely remain in place for several months pending the high court’s review.
Source: Supreme Court keeps Title 42 border expulsions in place indefinitely, granting GOP-led petition
PITTSBURGH — Look around the city and you can see the lingering impact of the weekend winter weather.
“From Friday evening to now, we’ve had over 300 calls,” said Jake Kicinski, who’s the vice president of operations for Southside Plumbing & Heating.
The phones at Southside Plumbing & Heating keep ringing, and it’s all for the same thing.
Source: Bursting pipes wreak havoc in City of Pittsburgh
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At approximately 12:20 a.m., police in Zone 5 responded to the 100 block of North Negley Avenue for a report of a male shot.
On scene, officers found an adult male on the ground with a gunshot wound to the chest and began CPR.
EMS arrived and transported the victim in critical condition.
42-year-old Angela Vaughn of East Liberty was arrested and charged with the shooting, which is believed to be domestic-related.
Vaughn is charged with Criminal Attempt Homicide and Aggravated Assault.
She is in the Allegheny County Jail.
Source: Public Safety Blotter
The fire department was called to respond to the scene at the courthouse in Kittanning around 9:30 a.m.
A burst pipe forced the evacuation of the Armstrong County Courthouse Tuesday.
A sentencing hearing was underway in a second-floor courtroom when water started seeping under a door from a broken sprinkler pipe, according to Sheriff Frank Pitzer.
Source: Water condition forces people out of the Armstrong County Courthouse
One person died in a house fire in Fayette County this morning.
The coroner has been called to the scene, along Hawkins Hollow Road in Springfield Township.
A 911 dispatcher previously said a juvenile male was possibly trapped in the fire. The identity of the victim has not been released.
The official said two occupants were able to get out of the home.
Source: 1 dead in Fayette County fire
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