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Justin Vellucci
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News reporter at @TRIBLive. Covering crime and communities in
@Pittsburgh. Verified news, context and behind-the-scenes reporting. #FourthEstate
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Victim identified in fatal Brighton Heights blaze
Authorities Thursday identified the victim of a weekend house fire on Pittsburgh’s North Side as Mark A. Jeselnick, 64. Firefighters were dispatched around 5 a.m. Saturday to a home in the 300 b...
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November 13, 2025 at 10:08 PM
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Black hat found at crime scene leads to arrest in McKeesport slaying
DNA from a black hat found last year near a shooting scene in McKeesport led to an arrest Wednesday in the slaying of a man in his car. Allegheny County Police charged Daemond Artemus, 18, of McKeespo...
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November 13, 2025 at 8:02 PM
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Mayor-elect O'Connor taps veteran officer Jason Lando as next Pittsburgh police chief
Pittsburgh Mayor-Elect Corey O’Connor on Thursday tapped Jason Lando, a 21-year Pittsburgh police veteran now running a police department in Maryland, as the next chief of the city’s 750-o...
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November 13, 2025 at 7:38 PM
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Fayette County borough mayor, 82, charged with DUI in hit-and-run
The 82-year-old mayor of a small Fayette County town had a blood-alcohol level nearly twice the legal limit on Election Night when he crashed his car into a woman driving her sons to a sporting event,...
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November 12, 2025 at 8:41 PM
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Fayette County borough mayor, 82, charged with DUI in hit-and-run
The 82-year-old mayor of a small Fayette County town had a blood-alcohol level nearly twice the legal limit on Election Night when he crashed his car into a woman driving her sons to a sporting event,...
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November 12, 2025 at 6:29 PM
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TribLive and reporter Justin Vellucci honored with national Eppy Awards
TribLive was honored with a national Eppy Award for Best Daily News website for the second consecutive year, and Trib reporter Justin Vellucci won the prestigious award’s honor for best news or ...
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November 12, 2025 at 3:00 PM
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Dropkick Murphys: For The People - Spectrum Culture
Dropkick Murphys’ 13th LP doesn’t rise to the group’s recent anti-Trump vitriol. It’s good stuff, but not their best.
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November 12, 2025 at 1:14 PM
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'College GameDay' sets stage in Pittsburgh as Panthers prepare to face the Fighting Irish
It’s official: ESPN’s “College GameDay” has arrived in the Steel City. Crew members from one of the sports network’s marquee shows flew into Pittsburgh Monday to lay the ...
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November 11, 2025 at 11:04 PM
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VFW post hosts Veterans Day ceremony after chilly parade in Lower Burrell
Snow flurried and the temperature lingered around the freezing mark at 11 a.m. Tuesday but that didn’t stop veterans, first responders, local residents and students from marching down Leechburg ...
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November 11, 2025 at 10:12 PM
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Fender-bender leaves vehicle hanging out of UPMC parking garage
A fender-bender in a Pittsburgh parking garage Tuesday pushed one car through a concrete barrier, leaving the vehicle hanging over the sidewalk several stories below. A driver rear-ended a parked vehi...
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November 11, 2025 at 9:00 PM
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Inmate dies at Allegheny County Jail during 'medical emergency'
An incarcerated person died Monday at the Allegheny County Jail. The 38-year-old man died after housing-unit staff called a medical emergency around 10 a.m., jail Warden Trevor Wingard said in a prepa...
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November 10, 2025 at 10:25 PM
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Arbitrators wield nearly unchecked power to return disgraced police to duty
Keith Edmonds zapped an unarmed homeless man so many times with his Pittsburgh police-issued Taser that the city paid an $8 million court settlement after the man died. Aaron Fetty, another Pittsburgh...
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November 10, 2025 at 5:13 PM
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Arbitrators wield nearly unchecked power to return disgraced police to duty
Keith Edmonds zapped an unarmed homeless man so many times with his Pittsburgh police-issued Taser that the city paid an $8 million court settlement after the man died. Aaron Fetty, another Pittsburgh...
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November 9, 2025 at 2:20 PM
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Arbitrators wield nearly unchecked power to return disgraced police to duty
Keith Edmonds zapped an unarmed homeless man so many times with his Pittsburgh police-issued Taser that the city paid an $8 million court settlement after the man died. Aaron Fetty, another Pittsburgh...
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November 9, 2025 at 2:20 PM