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Why Is Kennywood’s Steel Curtain Closed This Year?
Kennywood’s largest roller coaster, the Steel Curtain, is closed for the summer season. Ricky Spicuzza, the park’s assistant general manager, issued a video statement this week that said the five-year-old coaster will be closed for “an extensive modification project” to ensure it will run long into the future.
Man accused of threatening to kill students waiting for the bus
GREENSBURG, Pa. (KDKA) — A Westmoreland County man is behind bars after police said he threatened to kill seven Greater Latrobe School District students who were waiting for the school bus.It happened on Ligonier Street on April 8. Police said Stanley Brosnick could be seen on surveillance video interacting with the students at the bus stop where he allegedly threatened to get his gun and shoot them.According to police paperwork, the seven students provided police with written statements stating that Brosnick told them, "I'm going to go get my gun, "I'm going to kill you," and "You're all unalive."A witness...
Crews fight to control a fire at Kennywood
PITTSBURGH (WTRF) – There was a fire at Kennywood Wednesday night, according to a post on X by KDKA journalist Ian Smith. The fire was at Millie’s Ice Cream Stand at the amusement park. Police and fire units responded to the scene, according to our affiliate KDKA. The fire was under control per officials as […]
1 dead after Leetsdale collision
LEETSDALE, Pa. — Allegheny County homicide detectives are investigating a fatal head-on crash on Route 65 in Leetsdale on Wednesday morning. County police said an SUV collided with a pickup truck near the intersection of Ohio River Boulevard and Ferry Street shortly after 8 a.m. The driver of the...
Police: Pennsylvania man tries to meet with minor, steals officer’s gun
JEFFERSON COUNTY, Pa. (WTAJ) — A Pittsburgh man is facing felony charges after allegedly trying to meet a minor and attempting to take a gun from the officer who arrested him. Adham Helmi, 22, is facing a felony charge of statutory sexual assault after police were informed by 814 Pred Hunters that he had been […]
Man convicted of murdering mom and 7-year-old daughter in Swissvale
SWISSVALE, Pa. (KDKA) -- A jury found a man guilty of murdering a woman and her 7-year-old daughter in Swissvale last year, the Allegheny County district attorney announced on Wednesday.Thirty-six-year-old Kareef Easington was found guilty by a jury on two counts of first-degree murder in the deaths of 39-year-old Megan Campbell and 7-year-old Lyla.Police responded to a welfare check at an apartment building on Sailor Place on Feb. 15 when they found Campbell and her daughter dead from gunshot wounds, according to the criminal complaint. Both had been shot in the head. While processing the crime scene, police said they found several of...
Irwin to hold hearing on Manor Grille liquor license
The owners of Manor Grille want to transfer their liquor license from their former restaurant in Manor to their new location in downtown Irwin. Derek and Megan Gutkowski are seeking to transfer their liquor license to their new location at 200 Main St., which formerly was the site of Brandy’s On Main.
U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission sues Sheetz over alleged discriminatory hiring practices
PITTSBURGH (KDKA) - On Thursday, the United States Equal Employment Opportunity Commission announced a lawsuit against Sheetz, alleging the convenience store and gas chain of denying employment to a class of job application due to their race. The U.S. EEOC alleges that Sheetz has a practice of screening all applicants for records of criminal conviction and then denying them employment based on said record. The EEOC's charge claims that Sheetz disproportionally screened out applicants who are black, Native American, and multiracial. The lawsuit does not allege that Sheetz was motivated by race when making hiring decisions."Federal law mandates that employment practices causing...
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