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UPDATED: -Thursday– 10-15-2026
Pittsburgh man who pleaded guilty to killing Millvale man in Hill District on Christmas Day in 2024 receives sentence
(Pittsburgh, PA) A man who is accused of shooting and killing another man on Christmas Day in 2024 sentenced yesterday.
According to court documents, twenty-seven-year-old Eugene Jones of Pittsburgh pleaded guilty to third-degree murder, aggravated assault and carrying a firearm without a license.
Jones was charged with criminal homicide originally, but that charge was changed as part of the plea deal.
A charge of recklessly endangering another person was withdrawn.
He has been sentenced to serve between 12 and 25 years in prison.
Jones must also do these things, as court documents confirm:
- Comply with DNA registration.
- Comply with drug and alcohol evaluation and screening.
- Comply with MH/MR evaluation and treatment.
- Comply with all Allegheny County General Rules of Probation and Parole.
- Continue treatment.
- Pay restitution in the amount of $6500 to the Victim’s Compensation Assistance Program.
Police note that Jones shot and killed forty-five-year-old Andrew Wallace of Millvale on Chauncey Drive on December 25th, 2024.
The body of Wallace was found in a wooded area that is along Hahn Road in Shaler Township the next day.
Prosecutors confirm that Wallace and another man went to the Hill District to buy crack cocaine from Jones, and Jones stood outside the car.
Investigators noted that when Wallace, who remained in the front passenger seat, gave Jones the money for the drugs, he then told the man driving to leave.
The driver said that he heard Jones say something about the amount of money that he received as he pulled away.
However, he then heard a shot.
Wallace was hit in the head.
The prosecution confirms that the driver went to his home in Castle Shannon at first, and when Wallace did not wake up, he drove to Shaler Township and put Wallace’s body in the woods along Hahn Road.
Wallace’s body was found the next afternoon by a woman who was walking.
Pittsburgh couple enters guilty plea deal for fraudulently using more than 400 EBT cards
(Pittsburgh, PA) A husband and wife from Pittsburgh recently pleaded guilty to charges that stem from accusations of them stealing food benefits and turned them into profits.
Online court records show that Munir Chaudhri and Rachna Anwar both pleaded guilty to three charges, which were: dealing in proceeds of unlawful activities with the intent to promote, corrupt organizations and conspiracy – fraudulent traffic is Supplement Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP).
The rest of the charges were dismissed.
The pair were both sentenced to seven years of probation.
According to Pennsylvania Attorney General Dave Sunday, the couple used fraudulent cards 834 times at Sam’s Club, Giant Eagle and Tom Friday’s Market across four years, starting in 2021.
Investigators state that the couple used 453 different EBT cards with a total theft of over $178,000.
Teenager hit by school van in the Brighton Heights neighborhood
(Pittsburgh, PA) A teenager was hit by a school van in the Brighton Heights neighborhood yesterday.
According to information that was shared by a Pittsburgh Public Information Officer yesterday afternoon, emergency crews were called to the intersection of Brighton Road and Benton Avenue at around 7 a.m. for reports of a person hit by a vehicle.
A 16-year-old boy was crossing Brighton Road at Benton Avenue when he was hit.
That boy was alert and conscious and was able to speak with officers and medics at the scene.
Medics took him to UPMC Children’s Hospital to be evaluated.
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UPDATED: – Thursday– 10-15-2026
Former Steelers quarterback Terry Bradshaw announces he’s cancer-free, but nearing retirement from broadcasting
(New York City, NY) Four-time Super Bowl champion Terry Bradshaw announced that he is now cancer-free after he received two separate diagnoses for cancer in 2022.
The 78-year-old and two-time Super Bowl MVP gave an update on his health in a recent interview with “Good Morning America” co-host and fellow “FOX NFL Sunday” analyst Michael Strahan to promote his new memoir and talked about his double cancer diagnosis in 2022 and his struggles with depression and mental health.
Bradshaw was diagnosed with bladder cancer in November of 2021 and had a tumor in his neck which was from a rare form of skin cancer in March of 2022.
Even though Bradshaw is cancer-free, he made comments in a separate interview with “NBC News Daily” on the future of his career in broadcasting.
According to Bradshaw: “I realize my time on television as a sports broadcaster is coming to an end. “I just love life. Billy Graham said, and I never forgot this quote, he said, ‘The day you retire is the day you start dying.'”
NFL: No plans on moving upcoming Steelers-Saints international game in France amid unrest in Paris
(Paris, France) The National Football League recently said that it is continuing forward with plans for the upcoming game between the Pittsburgh Steelers and New Orleans Saints in Paris, amid ongoing unrest in the captial of France.
The Steelers and Saints are ready to play in the first-ever NFL regular-season game in Paris at the Stade de France on Sunday, October 25th.
The game will begin at 9:30 a.m. Eastern Time.
Ongoing protests in France over school conditions in the recent weeks led to violent clashes with police.
This movement, which began in the region of Paris and rapidly spread nationwide, has seen teenage students who are in their final years of high school block access to buildings and have clashes with law enforcement.