Oliver Morrison
ReporterOliver Morrison is a general assignment reporter at WESA. He previously covered education, environment and health for PublicSource in Pittsburgh and, before that, breaking news and weekend features for the Wichita Eagle in Kansas. He started his career in New York reporting for local and national publications like City Limits and The Atlantic. He taught English and theater in the Arkansas Delta for seven years before switching careers in 2013. Oliver is a graduate of Deep Springs College, the University of Oxford and the CUNY Graduate School of Journalism.
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The train derailment in Harmar doesn’t appear to have impacted the fish or animals nearby yet, according to a spokesperson for the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection Friday afternoon. -
Three people were sent to the hospital after a train derailment in Harmar Township.
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Some students in the Pittsburgh area are feeling stress and anxiety after the shooting at Robb Elementary School in Texas.
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Mayor Ed Gainey’s transition team thinks the Pennsylvania American Water company needs to be more transparent about how it’s replacing lead pipes. The private company just started its replacement program last month.
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Nearly half of the Allegheny County Jail is on a modified lockdown after leaders consulted with local health professionals about a rise in COVID-19 cases, according to a press release.
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Political operatives are mourning the loss of one of the city’s longest-serving and most original politicians, Jim Ferlo, who died on Sunday. Ferlo served as a city councilor from 1987 to 2002 and then in the state Senate until 2014.
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In one of the biggest surprises of the Pennsylvania primary election, television host Dr. Mehmet Oz and former hedge fund CEO David McCormick led the crowded field of Republican candidates for U.S. Senate in a neck-and-neck contest early Wednesday.
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Mayor Ed Gainey’s transition team released 120 pages of recommendations Thursday, one of which was about trees. It said the city needed to follow its own plan to stop developers from removing trees.
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Mayor Ed Gainey officially brought an end to his transition to office today. His four transition committees officially handed him 120 pages of detailed recommendations.
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The rule would limit how much pollution comes from coke ovens, the primary source of emissions at the coke works. U.S. Steel supports the new rule. But air quality activists say it doesn’t go far enough.
