http://www.yourstreet.com/news/allegheny-river YourStreet collects the latest local news and information from around the web. Find out what's going on in your town. en-us The man who fatally shot a 12-year-old Wilkinsburg boy took the witness stand for over two hours this morning, admitting that he mistakenly fired at Kholen Germany and left him to die. He then dismantled the gun and discarded it in the Allegheny River, he said. http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6737228/man-who-killed-wilkinsburg-youngster-testifies Thu, 01 Oct 2009 10:04:08 -0700 FRANKLIN -- As soon as he set up camp on the middle Allegheny River on a recent weekend, Jeff Santillo waded into riffles near a wide grass bed to collect bait. http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6729294/fishing-bagging-the-bait-can-be-fun,-thrifty Sat, 19 Sep 2009 20:00:08 -0700 Officials view construction on the David L. Lawrence Convention Center's riverfront park as a step forward in Pittsburgh's efforts to beautify the southern bank of the Allegheny River. http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6630156/sports-exhibition-authority-awards-park-contract-to-mascaro-contracting Thu, 27 Aug 2009 20:38:42 -0700 Officials view construction on the David L. Lawrence Convention Center's riverfront park as a step forward in Pittsburgh's efforts to beautify the southern bank of the Allegheny River. http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6630128/sports-exhibition-authority-awards-park-contract-to-mascaro-contracting Thu, 27 Aug 2009 20:38:08 -0700 No one's calling it an island paradise yet, but the 14 acres of urban wilderness in the Allegheny River near Blawnox is about to get a makeover. Naturally. http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6610366/revert-to-nature-sycamore-island-is-ready-for-a-comeback Tue, 25 Aug 2009 20:00:08 -0700 Sycamore Island, the sylvan and slightly mysterious sand spit on an inside bend of the Allegheny River opposite Blawnox, attracts people. Always has. http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6595208/island-classroom-land-trust-has-plans-for-sycamore-island,-its-14-acres-on Sat, 22 Aug 2009 20:00:08 -0700 The brazen band of burglars smashed stolen cars into storefronts, hauled away video poker machines, safes and ATMs, stripped them of cash and dumped them in the Allegheny River, police said, pulling off more than two dozen heists in four years. http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6574264/heavy-duty-burglary-ring-targeted-slot-machines,-safes,-atms Thu, 20 Aug 2009 03:01:08 -0700 A woman was saved after apparently jumping off a bridge into the Allegheny River in Pittsburgh. http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6549025/bridge-jumper-pulled-from-allegheny-river Fri, 14 Aug 2009 08:45:08 -0700 A blimp-based camera floating high above the Allegheny River will extend live video and audio to a virtual command center at the CERMUSA booth during the ARMTech Showcase of Industry and Technology at the Belmont Complex in East Franklin next week. http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6536583/armtech-showcase-to-spotlight-products-to-save-lives Thu, 13 Aug 2009 04:48:08 -0700 A blimp-based camera floating high above the Allegheny River will extend live video and audio to a virtual command center at the CERMUSA booth during the ARMTech Showcase of Industry and Technology at the Belmont Complex in East Franklin next week. http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6536646/armtech-showcase-to-spotlight-products-to-save-lives Thu, 13 Aug 2009 04:48:08 -0700 WARREN -- A Warren woman was charged with driving under the influence Tuesday night after crashing her car and coming to rest in the Allegheny River. http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6489665/warren-woman-who-rolled-car-into-allegheny-river-charged-with-dui Tue, 04 Aug 2009 16:00:08 -0700 Zach Messer of Aiken, S.C., and Daryk Eckert of Stockport, Ohio, found some success in a muddy, quick-flowing Allegheny River and became TBF World Champions. http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6467719/messer,-eckert-reel-in-junior-tbf-title Sat, 01 Aug 2009 23:00:08 -0700 Two boys fishing from the same boat won their respective age groups in the FLW National Guard Junior World Championship on the Allegheny River at Kittanning's Riverfront Park yesterday, pocketing $5,000 each in college scholarship funds. http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6467543/boys-share-boat,-win-5,000-college-funds-in-fishing-competition Sat, 01 Aug 2009 20:00:08 -0700 Police are crediting men fishing on the Allegheny River with helping them rescue a man whose boat capsized about 20 miles northeast of Pittsburgh http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6432276/fishermen-help-rescue-man-after-boat-capsizes Mon, 27 Jul 2009 05:40:08 -0700 Six-ton limestone boulders are being placed at Lock 6 on the Allegheny River in Armstrong County as the last step in repairing an erosion problem that had made the dam unstable. http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6398345/limestone-boulders-used-to-stabilize-dam-in-armstrong Wed, 22 Jul 2009 23:00:08 -0700 Six-ton limestone boulders are being placed at Lock 6 on the Allegheny River in Armstrong County as the last step in repairing an erosion problem that had made the dam unstable. http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6398409/limestone-boulders-used-to-stabilize-dam-in-armstrong Wed, 22 Jul 2009 23:00:08 -0700 During my early-morning quiet time today, July 1, I heard the high-pitched sound of gulls, for the first time ever at my setting on the Allegheny River. http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6314340/local-dispatch-early-rhythm-on-riverfront-is-all-adagio Thu, 09 Jul 2009 20:00:08 -0700 EQT Pittsburgh Three Rivers Regatta Party Several hundred sponsors, board members and VIPS were invited to watch high-wire artist Nik Wallenda walk across the Allegheny River on Friday, the http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6286832/eqt-pittsburgh-three-rivers-regatta-party Mon, 06 Jul 2009 20:00:08 -0700 The sun was high in the sky, and the Allegheny River was smooth. http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6278863/dragon-boats-fire-up-pittsburgh-s-regatta Sun, 05 Jul 2009 20:00:08 -0700 Man on wire? Greater feat is keeping pace through tunnels So Nik Wallenda didn't fall 200 feet into the Allegheny River from the high wire he walked above it Friday evening? http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6278870/the-morning-file-man-on-wire-greater-feat-is-keeping-pace-through-tunnels Sun, 05 Jul 2009 20:00:08 -0700