Tragic update: Authorities have identified the victim of Saturday’s house fire in #Pittsburgh's Brighton Heights as Mark A. Jeselnick, 64. Firefighters found him dead in a second-floor bedroom. The fire is under investigation but appears accidental. @triblive.bsky.social LINK IN COMMENTS

A hat left at a #McKeesport shooting scene helped crack a homicide case. DNA on the hat matched Daemond Artemus, 18, now charged in the May 2024 killing of Brandon Dean. @alleghenycounty.bsky.social Police say the odds of a match? 1 in 65.7 sextillion. @triblive.bsky.social LINK IN COMMENTS

🚨 #Pittsburgh mayor-elect @coreyoconnorpa.bsky.social taps Jason Lando — a hometown cop turned @frederickmd.bsky.social chief — to lead the struggling Pittsburgh police bureau. Lando says Downtown safety and community trust are top priorities. @triblive.bsky.social LIVE LINK IN COMMENTS

🚨 On Election Night, #Perryopolis Mayor Charles “Bud” Petrosky — re-elected hours earlier — allegedly drove drunk, rear-ended a woman driving her kids, then fled the scene, @pastatepolice.bsky.social say. The 82-year-old blew a 0.139% on a breathalyzer. @triblive.bsky.social LINK IN COMMENTS

Thank you to Editor+Publisher for the #Eppy award for my @triblive.bsky.social article on police use of force. It took months of reporting -- and many, many Right To Know requests. Also, very importantly, an immense thank you to families + survivors who shared their stories. LINK IN COMMENT

REVIEW: @dropkickmurphys.com 'For The People' punches like a protest record — fists in the air, boots on the ground, targets … kind of blurry. 🎸🍀 Rage, riffs & broadside blasts at "the bosses & bankers" — just don’t ask for names. Still, it slaps. @spectrumculture.bsky.social LINK IN COMMENTS

🏈 It’s official: 'College GameDay' is back in the 'Burgh! @espn.com sets up at @acrisurestadium.bsky.social for the #Pitt vs. Notre Dame showdown. A homecoming twist: @patmcafeeshow.bsky.social returns to #Pittsburgh w/ a $500K kicking contest. @triblive.bsky.social LINK IN COMMENTS #H2P

Snow flurried, hands saluted and hearts stayed warm Tuesday in #LowerBurrell. Neighbors lined Leechburg Road for the #VeteransDay parade. A ceremony followed at the #VFW post. “If they can fight for us, we can show up for them,” one woman said. @triblive.bsky.social LINK IN COMMENTS

🚗💥A fender-bender Tuesday in a #Pittsburgh parking garage left a car flirting with a 4th-floor precipice. A vehicle rear-ended a parked car, which crashed through a concrete barrier. It later was towed. Nobody was injured. @Triblive LINK -- and photo -- IN COMMENTS

A 38-year-old man died Monday at @alleghenycounty.bsky.social Jail after staff called a 'medical emergency.' Officials have not released his name or cause of death. An internal review and police investigation are underway. @triblive.bsky.social 📰 LINK IN COMMENTS

🕵️‍♀️How many fired police officers in #Pittsburgh are quietly reinstated after misconduct? 🤷‍♂️ We don’t know. ⚖️ No public database. 📄 No oversight. 🚪 Most of it happens behind closed doors. Read a @triblive.bsky.social investigation on #Act111 🔗 LINK IN COMMENTS

Fired for deadly force, sexual assault or sending porn to subordinates — but still eligible to get their badges back. #Act111 is how some #Pennsylvania cops return to duty, even after egregious misconduct — over objections from their chiefs and cities. @triblive.bsky.social 🧵LINK IN COMMENTS

[email protected] bassist Paz Lenchantin steps into the spotlight w/ a blisteringly personal solo LP. Ballads, Biblical fever dreams, jabs at band-life politics? Yes, please. A breakup album—for God, the #Pixies & maybe herself. @spectrumculture.bsky.social 🖤🔥 LINK IN COMMENTS

🎤“Jesus died for somebody’s sins but not mine" 50 years later, "Horses" still kicks down doors — but are its boots worn? @pattismithh.bsky.social's debut gets a remaster: raw, poetic, provocative - yet not as musically wild as memory insists. @spectrumculture.bsky.social LINK IN COMMENTS

A #McKeesRocks fugitive was arrested for holding an ex-girlfriend captive for 2 days and beating her in the stomach after learning she was pregnant by someone else. Justin Daugherty, 24, now faces 24 charges. @triblive.bsky.social LINK IN COMMENTS

'It just shatters your world.' Quaylyn Carter, a former #TheMole star and father of four, is mourning the loss of his eldest son. Quaylyn Jr., 21, was found fatally shot in a car Tuesday in #Wilkinsburg — just days before his 22nd birthday. @triblive.bsky.social LINK IN COMMENTS

Three @alleghenycounty.bsky.social jail inmates — 2 awaiting trial for murder — are headed to court, accused of beating and sexually assaulting another inmate in his cell while searching for drugs. Police say the 3-on-1 attack occurred Sept. 8 @triblive.bsky.social LINK IN COMMENTS

🚨 DEVELOPING --- SWAT called to #Pittsburgh's Hill District after a woman was shot near Bedford Dwellings this afternoon. Police say she was hit in the leg and is in stable condition. Officers are searching for a suspect. @triblive.bsky.social LINK IN COMMENTS

A 21-year-old man was found shot to death in a vehicle Tuesday in #Wilkinsburg. Quaylyn Carter of Monroeville was pronounced dead at the scene. @alleghenycounty.bsky.social Police are investigating. @triblive.bsky.social LINK IN COMMENTS #Wilkinsburg #AlleghenyCounty #GunViolence

The Louisiana teen found hidden in a #Pittsburgh basement is continuing treatment and says the hospital is “the safest she’s ever felt,” police say. Officials say her case shows how online predators exploit vulnerable teens through social media. @triblive.bsky.social LINK IN COMMENTS

A 13-year-old girl missing from @batonrouge.bsky.social was found in a #Pittsburgh home, hidden in a sheet-covered box. Ki-Shawn Crumity, 26, is charged w/ trafficking and sexual assault. Investigators say the girl met him on @sextingusername.bsky.social. @bucktrible.bsky.social LINK IN COMMENTS

🔥 $200 drug debt leads to arson 🔥 Police say a man torched a #McKeesport home after not getting paid for heroin. The couple in the White St. house escaped w/ their pets — but the fire damage was severe. Arthur Franklin now heads to trial. @triblive.bsky.social LINK IN COMMENTS

Voters head to the polls Tuesday. Democrat @coreyoconnorpa.bsky.social and Republican #TonyMoreno are vying to be #Pittsburgh's next mayor — and they differ on #ICE cooperation, police leadership, homelessness, housing & #Downtown’s future. @triblive.bsky.social ➡️ LINK IN COMMENTS

🗳️Allegheny Cty Sheriff race heads to the polls Nov. 4. Both candidates — incumbent #KevinKraus and #GOP challenger #BrianWeismantle, both retired #Pittsburgh cops — say the vote is a referendum on leadership. @triblive.bsky.social 📲 LINK IN COMMENTS

The #NBC contractor who fell 50+ ft at @acrisurestadium.bsky.social in #Pittsburgh remains hospitalized with shattered legs, organ injuries & a long road ahead. But he's alive — and his recovery is rallying support from across the sports broadcast world. @triblive.bsky.social LINK IN COMMENTS

🚨 A #Pittsburgh fugitive wanted for a playground shooting was arrested 200+ miles away — with $300K in fake @rolex.bsky.social watches and a pound of weed, vacuum-sealed in the trunk, police say. Kaheem Sturdivant is now in jail, held without bail. @triblive.bsky.social LINK IN COMMENTS

An TV crewman fell 50+ feet at @acrisurestadium.bsky.social while setting up for #SundayNightFootball. Keith Keller shattered both legs, injured his liver & spleen — but survived. “I am in disbelief that he’s still with us,” a friend told @triblive.bsky.social LINK and @gofundme.com in comments

Two days after a man fell 35 feet at @ppgpaintsarena.bsky.social, fans voice fears: “The picture doesn’t do them justice, they are STEEP.” "I would not get drunk here." Monday’s fall was #Pittsburgh's third major stadium incident since April. @triblive.bsky.social LINK IN COMMENTS

Day after a fan fell 35 feet during a @penguinsnhl.bsky.social game at @ppgpaintsarena.bsky.social, officials are mum. The man was hospitalized w/ "life-threatening" injuries. It’s the third serious stadium fall in #Pittsburgh since April. @triblive.bsky.social LINK IN COMMENTS

“Ladies Night” on 'Camgirl' is #CripplingAlcoholism’s best song yet — danceable, deranged and dripping with subversion. The hook? Anthem of the year: “Bottles lead to bottles till it’s rock, rock bottom." You’ll hum it. Then feel bad about it. @spectrumculture.bsky.social LINK IN COMMENTS

Dorothea "Dea" Leftwich, a #Pittsburgh police detective, just made history — becoming the first Black woman to serve on the city’s mounted unit. 🐎 She didn’t set out to break barriers. She just wanted to ride. Now, she’s opening doors for others. @triblive.bsky.social LINK IN COMMENTS

Tattooed. Blunt. Blasting @ffdpuk.bsky.social from his phone. #TonyMoreno isn’t your typical #GOP mayoral candidate — and he knows it. The ex-cop turned outsider is running “his own way” in deep-blue #Pittsburgh. A @triblive.bsky.social profile. LINK IN COMMENTS

So, @subpop.bsky.social's reissue of #SevereExposure reminds us why #SixFingerSatellite were noise-rock legends. The LP still hits like a synthpunk panic attack — taut, weird, brilliant. The bonus tracks? Mixed bag. But the main course? Untouchable. @spectrumculture.bsky.social LINK IN COMMENTS

A man was shot in the back Friday during a midday altercation in #Pittsburgh's Point Breeze. Police say he’s in serious but stable condition. A nearby charter school was briefly locked down as a precaution. No arrests have been made. @triblive.bsky.social LINK IN COMMENTS

An anonymous tip from a 412 “burner phone” helped @alleghenycounty.bsky.social police crack a cold case in Mt. Oliver. Detectives say DNA and doorbell video link David Barlow, 28, to a 2020 fatal home invasion. Barlow’s now headed to trial. @triblive.bsky.social LINK IN COMMENTS

Hey, #Melvins' PRICK is 31. Still weird. Still nearly unlistenable. A “total noise crap record” (That's Buzz, not us), PRICK is less album than punk rock artifact. @spectrumculture.bsky.social LINK IN COMMENTS about a concept album without a concept

YOU GONNA MEET DEATH, CUZ Kevin Venson, 55, recorded 6 videos naming Sean Carter shortly before #Pittsburgh police say Carter shot and killed him outside a #Homewood bar Sept. 12. Carter was charged weeks ago — but his arrest was never announced. @triblive.bsky.social LINK IN COMMENTS

YOU GONNA MEET DEATH, CUZ A #Braddock man filmed himself accusing a "childhood friend" of plotting against him—moments before police say that friend fatally shot him. Sean Carter, 56, is charged w/ homicide in the Sept. 12 murder of Kevin Venson @triblive.bsky.social LINK IN COMMENTS

An aspiring #Ohio social-media influencer was charged after jumping into the elephant enclosure at #PghZoo “for the likes.” He dodged being trampled — twice — then posted a video captioned: “Almost elephant food.” Police weren’t amused. @triblive.bsky.social LINK IN COMMENTS

"Uncle Flacco still got it." What they're saying in #Cincy: The Joe Flacco-led @bengais.bsky.social torched the @pittsburghsteeler.bsky.social for 3 TDs, 300+ yards and a comeback win that snapped #Pittsburgh's 3-game win streak. @triblive.bsky.social LINK IN COMMENTS

🚨 A head-on crash has closed part of Route 30 near #ArnoldPalmerAirport. The crash happened around 6 a.m. near Wimmerton Blvd. in Unity Twp. Multiple vehicles involved; some occupants may be trapped, officials say. @triblive.bsky.social LINK IN COMMENTS #Route30 #TrafficAlert

A #Monroeville man was killed and a passenger seriously injured in a crash involving two tractor-trailers early Wednesday on I-79 in South Fayette. Travis Brown, 37, died at the scene. A 28-year-old woman was hospitalized. @triblive.bsky.social LINK IN COMMENTS #I79 #TrafficAlert #PAnews

🚨 News roundup: • 2 injured in #Cranberry mobile home fire • 55-year-old Braddock man ID’d in Homewood shooting • Victims taken to hospital after Charleroi, Sewickley Twp. crashes • Bethel Park supt James Walsh to retire @triblive.bsky.social LINK IN COMMENTS

Airports across the U.S., including @pitairport.bsky.social, are refusing to play a #TSA video featuring #DHS Sec. Kristi Noem, citing bans on political content. In #Pittsburgh, officials said they can’t play it — due to a lack of video display equipment. @triblive.bsky.social LINK IN COMMENTS

Doug Lebda, founder & CEO of #LendingTree and minority owner of the @pittsburghsteeler.bsky.social, died Sunday in an ATV crash at a family farm in North Carolina. He was 55. The Steelers remembered him Tuesday as “a visionary leader” and a generous man. @triblive.bsky.social LINK IN COMMENTS

A 47-year-old man died early Tuesday when his truck hit a barrier and bridge pier on the #PATurnpike in #BedfordCounty, then burst into flames. The crash shut down eastbound lanes for hours between New Stanton and Breezewood. @triblive.bsky.social LINK IN COMMENTS

A #Pittsburgh man is facing 29 charges, including multiple felonies, after one dog died and three others were found severely malnourished inside his #NorthSide apartment. Police say the dogs were caged in their own waste and unable to move. @triblive.bsky.social LINK IN COMMENTS

Two cars in flames. Minutes to act. 911 dispatcher Brian Craig didn’t hesitate — smashing windows and cutting seatbelts to save lives on #Pittsburgh's Parkway West. Joined by fellow dispatchers and a tow-truck driver, they got both victims out just in time. @triblive.bsky.social LINK IN COMMENTS

65 years later, they still show up. Every Oct. 13, @pirates.com fans gather at #ForbesField to relive the moment — Mazeroski’s walk-off in Game 7, 1960. Hot dogs. Radios. Jerseys. Tears. Because in #Pittsburgh, baseball history still matters. @triblive.bsky.social ⚾🖤💛 LINK IN COMMENTS

“Another couple minutes, there would’ve been a much different result.” After a fiery #ParkwayWest crash, 911 dispatchers jumped into action — smashing windows, cutting seatbelts and helping save lives before flames took over. Heroes also wear headsets @triblive.bsky.social LINK IN COMMENTS