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Wilkinsburg News

Local news for Wilkinsburg, PA continually updated from thousands of sources on the web.

8 hrs ago | Pittsburgh Business Times

Wilkinsburg School District gets $90K grant for music program

Wilkinsburg School District has received a $90,000 grant to purchase musical instruments for more than 100 students, as part of the VH1 Save the Music Foundation.

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Sun Oct 05, 2008

New Pittsburgh Courier Online

Can anti-violence model work here?

Less than a week after city and county officials announced a new anti-violence initiative, the program's implementation is being accelerated following a series of apparent "retaliation" shootings, one of which ...

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Related Topix: Pittsburgh, PA, Prison, Pittsburgh Metro

Fri Oct 03, 2008

Pittsburgh Tribune-Review

Wilkinsburg police nab man accused of shooting witness

Wilkinsburg police say they have arrested a man accused of shooting a witness in a robbery and assault case.

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Related Topix: Violent Crime, Allegheny County, PA

ThePittsburghChannel

Accidents Cause Parkway East Lane Closures, Delays

Two accidents caused delays on Parkway East Thursday morning. The first accident on Parkway East blocked at least one lane in each direction near Wilkinsburg.

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Wed Oct 01, 2008

Blairsville Dispatch

Grant Street center ready for business

Ten trailers are scattered like Matchbox cars beside the Parkway East near the Allegheny County Jail.

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Related Topix: Allegheny County, PA, Pittsburgh Metro, Pittsburgh, PA, Downtown (Pittsburgh, PA), Liberty, PA

Mon Sep 29, 2008

The Phoenix

PIAA has been lax over checking up on officials' backgrounds

Talk about blowing the call. The Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletic Association, confronted with the results of a nine-month investigation by Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reporter Bill Moushey, nonetheless ...

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Related Topix: Pittsburgh Metro, Washington County, PA, Education Etc.

ThePittsburghChannel

4 People Pulled From Parkway Wreckage Near Wilkinsburg

Several people were rushed to a hospital following a car accident on the Parkway East/Interstate 376 Sunday night.

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Sun Sep 28, 2008

ThePittsburghChannel

Suspect In Fatal Gas Station Shooting Surrenders

Police said there was a major break Friday in the fatal shooting of a man who was killed while filling up his car at a local gas station.

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Related Topix: Pittsburgh Metro, Pittsburgh, PA

Sat Sep 27, 2008

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

Suspect in fatal shooting surrenders

A man accused of killing a key witness to the April slaying of a 12-year-old boy surrendered to Allegheny County sheriff's deputies last night at the urging of his family.

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Related Topix: Liberty, PA, Donald, PA, Allegheny County, PA, Pittsburgh, PA

Fri Sep 26, 2008

ThePittsburghChannel

Police Identify Suspect In Penn Avenue Shooting

One of the central figures in a high-profile child homicide was shot to death himself at a gas station in the Point Breeze neighborhood -- just blocks away from the scene of that earlier killing -- and police ...

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Related Topix: Pittsburgh Metro, Pittsburgh, PA, Allegheny County, PA, Donald, PA

Thu Sep 25, 2008

Pittsburgh Tribune

Teen charged in fatal gas station shooting

Pittsburgh police have obtained an arrest warrant for a suspected gunman accused of killing a man in North Point Breeze.

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Related Topix: Pittsburgh Metro, Pittsburgh, PA

Wed Sep 24, 2008

KDKA

Suspect Identified In North Point Breeze Murder

There are new developments in a homicide investigation in North Point Breeze. Police reportedly have now identified a suspect.

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Tue Sep 23, 2008

ThePittsburghChannel

Target Of Shooting That Killed Wilkinsburg Boy Slain On Penn

One of the central figures in a high-profile child homicide was shot to death himself on Penn Avenue in Pittsburgh's Point Breeze area, just blocks away from the scene of that earlier case.

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Related Topix: Pittsburgh Metro, Pittsburgh, PA, Allegheny County, PA, Donald, PA

Sun Sep 21, 2008

WTAE-TV Pittsburgh

Police Chase SUV From Penn Hills To Wilkinsburg

A police chase that started in Penn Hills overnight ended in a crash in Wilkinsburg.

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Related Topix: Penn Hills, PA, Emmy Awards, Entertainment, Television

Fri Sep 19, 2008

WTAE-TV Pittsburgh

Call 4 Action: Guarding Against Identity Theft

Since April, nearly half a dozen local companies, and many more individuals, have been victimized by identity theft and fraud.

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Related Topix: Washington County, PA

Thu Sep 18, 2008

PittsburghLIVE.com

Fire Ops 101 gives Allegheny officials a feel for what firemen go through

Allegheny County Common Pleas Court Judge Michael E. McCarthy always wondered what it would be like to be a firefighter, racing into a burning building with 100 pounds of gear and feeling your way around in ...

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Related Topix: Allegheny County, PA, Swissvale, PA, McKeesport, PA, Fire, Pittsburgh Metro

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

Transit police try to stem rash of busway robberies

Five commuters have been robbed over the past six weeks along the East Busway, prompting extra patrols by Port Authority police.

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Related Topix: Swissvale, PA

ThePittsburghChannel

Wilkinsburg Mayor Speaks About Chief Of Police

For the first time, the mayor of Wilkinsburg is answering questions about the lack of police certification for the municipality's chief of police, Ophelia Coleman.

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Related Topix: Pittsburgh Metro, Education Etc.

Wed Sep 17, 2008

ThePittsburghChannel

Armed Bus Stop Attacks Worry Transit Riders

Five robberies in six weeks near some Port Authority bus stops have alarmed transit riders.

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Related Topix: Swissvale, PA

Evening Sun

Federal judge: Pa. township wrongly muzzled chief

A federal judge says a Pittsburgh suburb muzzled its police chief with a restrictive chain-of-command policy.

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Related Topix: Wilkins Township, PA

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