When Raymond Laughlin watched the funeral procession for Brackenridge police Chief Justin McIntire make its way along Freeport Road in New Kensington more than a year ago, it occurred to him that lining the road with American flags would have been a fitting tribute to McIntire. Thus was born the
Springdale is set to be the latest community to use license plate readers at its intersections. The borough’s police department adopted the Automated National Noninvasive Insurance Enforcement (ANNIE) program, Chief Derek Dayoub said. Dayoub said ANNIE is a community policing and problem-solving program for police departments to address a nationwide
Citing the need to reduce gun violence, the Pennsylvania attorney general and Allegheny County district attorney on Thursday announced the formation of a gun task force. Funded by $1.5 million from the state legislature, the task force will be a collaborative effort among local and state law enforcement to combat
It was an ominous start to 2023: gunmen murdered police officers in Brackenridge and McKeesport during the first six weeks. But while the two high-profile shootings heralded a lawless and violent year ahead, Allegheny County and Pittsburgh actually saw a drop in homicides, reflecting similar decreases across the country. And
Brackenridge isn’t the same. It’s still a sleepy, little river town. But there’s no longer a sense of “it can’t happen here.” Residents know it can — because it did a year ago. On Jan. 2, police Chief Justin McIntire, 46, was gunned down in the streets he swore to
Tragedy struck in Brackenridge just two days into the new year, setting a tone for more somber and heartbreaking news that eventually followed in the Alle-Kiski Valley. The year also had tense moments, from a messy implosion in Springdale to multiple sightings of alligators in — of all places —