Tony LaRussa stories, Page 39

Vandergrift police say a man beat and strangled his girlfriend after she discovered him using the Tinder dating app, authorities say. Steven Joseph Trenga, 26, of Wallace Street in Vandergrift was charged with a felony count of strangulation and a lesser charge of simple assault in connection with a Dec....

A man has been charged with three felony drug counts and a dozen other offenses, including endangering the welfare of a child, after an Arnold patrol officer said he saw him toss a bag of suspected narcotics out of his vehicle. Joseph Christopher Marzullo, 34, of Michigan Avenue, Lower Burrell,...

Harrison police charged a man with aggravated assault after officials say an officer was kneed in the head while trying to take him into custody during a domestic dispute. Altamese Thompson, 28, of Park Avenue, was charged with a felony count of aggravated assault, along with two counts of making...

A man missing from McKeesport for more than a week has been located, city police announced early Friday afternoon. Police had sought the public’s help in their search for Donald Arrington, 63, who was last seen around 1 p.m. Dec. 1....

Two armed men robbed a gas station near the University of Pittsburgh’s Oakland campus, according to police. University of Pittsburgh police and City of Pittsburgh officers said they responded to a robbery at the Sunoco station in the 300 block of Craft Avenue at about 3:15 a.m. A witness told...

A federal grand jury has accused six Western Pennsylvanians and 10 others of operating a cocaine trafficking ring that spanned five states. The indictment returned by the grand jury in Pittsburgh on Tuesday comes after a five-month wiretap investigation, said U.S. Attorney Cindy K. Chung. Prosecutors said the 16 defendants...

A Pittsburgh man died Thursday afternoon in a one-vehicle crash in Washington County. The Washington County coroner identified the victim as Larry Haney, 68, of Pittsburgh. Police said Haney was traveling west on Waterdam Road in Peters around 1:50 p.m. when his vehicle struck a utility pole. Haney was taken...

Plans to use a portion of the former Alcoa headquarters site in New Kensington for housing and social services for veterans has received a $3 million state grant to help make it a reality. State Rep. Carrie Lewis DelRosso, R-Oakmont, announced Thursday a grant from the state’s Redevelopment Assistance Capital...

New Kensington police arrested a woman wanted on multiple warrants and added additional charges of identity theft and aggravated assault after, police say, she gave them a false name and fought with officers while being taken into custody. Cally Jade Mills, 29, of South Leechburg Hill Road in Allegheny Township...

A Lower Burrell man was accused of strangling his girlfriend during an argument after she found evidence on his telephone that he was communicating with other women. Christoper Mark Wiley of Leechburg Road was charged with one felony count of strangulation as well as lesser charges of aggravated assault and...

Pittsburgh Public Schools police officers will be conducting security searches at several district schools Thursday after threats of violence were made on social media, district officials said. “The district is aware of threats shared via social media with students who attend Pittsburgh Allegheny 6-8 (in the North Side) and Pittsburgh...

Clairton City School District student will learn remotely for the rest of the week after police arrested two teens for wielding guns while school was being dismissed Wednesday. Officers responded to Clairton Education Center on Waddell Avenue around 2:50 p.m. for a report of three males with firearms, according to...

A former Whitehall man who made online threats to use homemade bombs to blow up government buildings in Harrisburg and Washington has been sentenced to more than five years in federal prison. Kurt Cofano, 34, pleaded guilty in July to three of the five counts brought against him by a...

Pittsburgh police are searching for a man who they said shot another man during an argument in Downtown early Thursday. Officers from the Zone 2 station in the city’s Hill District, along with emergency medical technicians, responded to the 1000 block of Penn Avenue around 3:30 a.m. after receiving a...

Washington Township police accused a woman of selling drugs after finding more than half an ounce of suspected methamphetamine when she was pulled over for speeding. Deborah Jane Babyak, 60, of Carnahan Road in Bell Township was charged with a felony count of manufacture, delivery or possession with the intent...

Pittsburgh police are investigating whether a pair of incidents that happened several hours apart in the West End on Tuesday are related. Officers from the Zone 6 station along with emergency medical services personnel responded to the 2700 block of Stafford Street at 10:40 a.m. after receiving a 911 call...

Two people were taken to the hospital following a multiple-vehicle crash Wednesday morning along Route 8 in Etna, according to authorities. The crash was reported shortly before 6 a.m. near the Route 8 exit ramp onto Route 28. No information about the condition of the people injured in the wreck...

Castle Shannon police responding to a call early Wednesday for a stabbing victim along Library Road found a 14-year-old boy at an auto dealership suffering from multiple wounds, according to authorities. Police said the teen was in the back seat of a car in the parking lot of the Kenny...

New Kensington police have accused two men of breaking into the construction site of Penn State’s new innovation and manufacturing lab along Fifth Avenue to steal tools. Randy Dean McGuire Jr., 31, of Pipers Road in West Leechburg, and Kevin Paul Pierce, 32, of First Avenue in Hyde Park were...

Three people recently elected to serve on the Board of Education for Pittsburgh Public Schools and two members who won reelection have been sworn into office. The ceremony was held Dec. 6 for first-time board members Tracey Reed, who represents District 5; Jamie Piotrowski, District 7; and Gene Walker, District...

Police are investigating a crash involving a train and a vehicle on Tuesday morning in the city of Duquesne. Police, fire and emergency medical services were dispatched to the intersection of Grant Avenue and Duquesne Boulevard shortly before 4:30 a.m., according to an Allegheny County 911 supervisor. The supervisor said...

A constable from Plum is one of 11 public employees fined by the state ethics commission for failing to file financial interest statements, according to the state Ethics Commission. Constable Albert F. Cafazzo was fined $250, which is the maximum penalty, for failing to file a Statement of Financial Interest...

Churchill officials have set a date to vote on a controversial plan to turn the former George Westinghouse Research and Technology Park into an Amazon distribution center. The seven-member borough council will meet at 6 p.m. on Dec. 21 to consider a proposal from Hillwood Development to build a 2.6-million-square-foot...

Residents in New Kensington and surrounding communities will once again be able to get laboratory, X-ray and cardiology services without having to travel to a hospital. Allegheny Health Network officials on Monday cut the ribbon on a new outpatient center located at 1B Kensington Square on Eighth Street, across from...

A multiple-vehicle crash along the outbound lanes of Interstate 376 caused a traffic backup Monday morning from Pittsburgh’s Squirrel Hill tunnels to the Greensburg Pike exit. The accident was reported shortly before 7:30 a.m. between the Beechwood Boulevard Exit 74 and Exit 77 for Edgewood/Swissvale, according to PennDOT. The wrecked...