October 27, 2025 1:20 pm
Oct. 27, 2025, is a solemn day in the local Jewish community. It marks seven years since the mass shooting at Tree of Life synagogue, the deadliest antisemitic attack on U.S. soil. There was an opportunity for community members to reflect on that tragic day and remember the eleven people who were killed. The commemoration ceremony was held at the Jewish Community Center in Squirrel Hill. The ceremony had song and prayer. The keynote speaker was Jason Lando, who was a Pittsburgh police commander at the time of the shooting. Efforts to honor those killed in the shooting began over the weekend, with a series of volunteering events – like polishing headstones and filling in holes at Jewish cemeteries or packing and shelving food for the Jewish Family and Community Services’ food pantry. (Photo: WPXI)
October 26, 2025 2:22 am
Traffic will restricted to one lane on Route 18 (Park Avenue) from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. beginning Monday and continuing through late November. Pennsylvania American Water is relocating water main lines in advance of the Catfish Creek Bridge replacement project scheduled to begin this spring on routes 2001 and 18.
October 27, 2025 6:25 pm
(WPXI) – An investigation is underway after a shootout at a Pittsburgh Regional Transit East Busway Station. A PRT spokesperson says the shootout between two groups of people happened around 6 p.m. Sunday at the Wilkinsburg Station. Officers later recovered more than 30 shell casings at the scene. The spokesperson says a 21-year-old man was taken to a local hospital shot twice in the arm. He was last listed in stable condition. Investigators are continuing to search for additional people involved. No other information was immediately available.
October 26, 2025 5:07 am
Uniontown, PA – Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) District 12 is announcing single-lane restrictions on Route 88 under the railroad structure between Interstate 70 eastbound and westbound ramps in Speers Borough, Washington County beginning Monday, October 27. Single-lane restrictions will be in place beginning Monday, October 27 at 7:00 AM until the end of October to allow crews to perform railroad structure maintenance. All work is dependent on weather and operational conditions. If rescheduling is necessary, the alternate dates are Monday, November 3 through Friday, November 7.
October 27, 2025 5:04 am
PITTSBURGH — A worker was critically injured after falling from the main scoreboard at Acrisure Stadium Saturday night. Officials say medics, fire and police responded to the stadium. First responders learned from other stadium personnel that a man had fallen around 50 feet from the main scoreboard to a mid-level catwalk area. In a statement, Acrisure Stadium officials say the man was installing production equipment in preparation for the Steelers’ Sunday Night Football game when he fell. Once medics and firefighters got to the man, they stabilized him and loaded him into a Stokes basket, then lowered him to an ambulance waiting below using a ropes system. The public safety official says the man suffered severe injuries, mainly to his lower extremities.
October 27, 2025 5:13 am
(AP) – The U.S. Department of Agriculture has posted a notice on its website saying federal food aid will not go out Nov. 1 as the government shutdown drags on. The cutoff would expand the impact of the impasse to some of the Americans most in need unless a resolution is found in just a few days. The notice comes after the Trump administration said it will not tap roughly $5 billion in contingency funds to keep the benefits flowing into November. The Trump administration blames Democrats, who say they won’t agree to reopen the government until Republicans negotiate with them on extending expiring subsidies under the Affordable Care Act.
October 26, 2025 5:14 am
The Federal Aviation Administration says flights departing for Los Angeles International Airport were halted briefly due to a staffing shortage at a Southern California air traffic facility. The FAA issued a temporary ground stop at one of the world’s busiest airports on Sunday morning soon after U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy predicted that travelers would see more flights delayed as the nation’s air traffic controllers work without pay during the federal government shutdown. The hold on planes taking off for LAX lasted an hour and 45 minutes and didn’t appear to cause continued problems. The FAA said staffing shortages also delayed planes headed to Washington, Chicago and Newark, New Jersey on Sunday.
October 26, 2025 5:11 am
TOKYO (AP) — President Donald Trump has landed in Japan where he’ll meet new Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi for the first time. She’s a protege of late Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, who Trump bonded with over their shared love of golf. It’s a critical meeting for Takaichi, who wants to calm trade tensions. Trump has long complained American cars were shut out Japanese markets. So Japan’s government has floated the idea of buying a fleet of Ford F-150 trucks to use to inspect roads and infrastructure. Some worry the trucks could clog narrow Japanese streets. But Trump told reporters he likes the idea.
October 27, 2025 5:59 pm
SUGAR LAND, Texas (AP) — Authorities say that former NFL running back Adrian Peterson remains jailed after being arrested in a Houston suburb on charges of driving while intoxicated and unlawfully carrying a weapon. Sugar Land Police Department spokeswoman Alicia Alaniz says Peterson was taken into custody Sunday morning. He remained in the Fort Bend County Jail on Monday. It’s the second DWI arrest in seven months for the 2012 NFL MVP and three-time league rushing champion. The 40-year-old Peterson was arrested on suspicion of drunken driving in Minneapolis in April. The Texas native spent the first 10 years of his NFL career with the Minnesota Vikings.
October 26, 2025 7:21 am
(WPXI) St. Maurice Church in Forest Hills will be the only remaining St. Joseph of the Worker Parish if the Bishop says it’s OK. The other seven Catholic churches are slated to close their doors due to significant financial constraints. Talk about closing St. Joseph the Worker Parish facilities started last October. Now, St. John Fisher Church in Churchill is set to close along with Sacred Heart, Saint Anselm, Madonna Del Castello, Good Shepherd, St. Jude the Apostle and St. Colman. Thursday, parishioners found out that St. Joseph the Worker Parish would recommend to Bishop Mark Eckman to close seven of its eight church buildings, leaving only St. Maurice in Forest Hills. The bishop is expected to make his decision in December. The closures would not begin until January of 2026.
