
Paula Ward
Courts Reporter at Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
Courts reporter for @TribLIVE and author of #DeathByCyanide. Part of the Post-Gazette team that won the Pulitzer Prize for breaking news in 2019.
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2 weeks ago |
triblive.com | Paula Ward
One witness testified the SUV passing him on the ramp to the Mansfield Bridge was moving so fast, it fishtailed and almost struck him. Another told the judge it looked like the driver of the Jeep Grand Cherokee Trackhawk was in a road rage incident and chasing a white Volkswagen Jetta. A third witness said it appeared that the Jeep and Volkswagen were racing.
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2 weeks ago |
triblive.com | Paula Ward
Twelve candidates will face off in November’s general election for eight open seats on Allegheny County’s Court of Common Pleas. In Tuesday’s primary, 22 candidates sought nominations to run in November, with six people cross-listed on both the Republican and Democratic tickets and the remaining 16 running solely as Democrats. The six cross-listed candidates earned Republican nominations.
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3 weeks ago |
triblive.com | Paula Ward
Allegheny County’s chief public defender was fired Wednesday following a monthlong human resources investigation. Lena Bryan-Henderson was appointed by County Executive Sara Innamorato in January 2024, becoming the first Black woman to hold the position. Less than 18 months later, on April 7, she was placed on administrative leave. At the time she was escorted off county property. Bryan-Henderson and her attorney, Joe Pass, both declined comment Wednesday evening.
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3 weeks ago |
triblive.com | Paula Ward
A jury Wednesday found a Pittsburgh woman guilty of third-degree murder in her roommate’s death — even though, police said, her boyfriend fired the fatal shot. Prosecutors said Destiny Jenkins drew a gun and tried to fire it at her roommate, Eddie Kimber. But when the gun jammed, Jenkins told police, she handed it to her boyfriend. That man, Lee McGinnis, then fired three rounds, investigators said, killing the victim.
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3 weeks ago |
triblive.com | Paula Ward
A series of video gambling raids last year across Southwestern Pennsylvania has led to criminal charges against two companies linked to John “Duffy” Conley, Western Pennsylvania’s onetime video poker kingpin. Investigators seized more than 400 illegal video gaming machines from locations in a dozen counties, including Allegheny and Westmoreland. On Tuesday, the Pennsylvania Attorney General’s Office announced that Buffalo Skill Games Inc. in Bridgeville and J.J. Amusement Inc.
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