Allegheny
Prosecutor brings compassion, passion to role as deputy AG
By Adam Brandolph 12:56 a.m.Laura Ditka huddled with three rape victims and their families at the Allegheny County Courthouse in February. A jury had just convicted Arthur Lamont Henderson, …
Pittsburgh mayor’s race looks to be in the hands of only a few voters
By Bob Bauder 12:31 a.m.Fewer than half of Pittsburgh’s registered voters will cast ballots on Tuesday in an election that will virtually determine the next mayor, political observers predict. …
Mt. Lebanon School District to charge for sports, extracurriculars
By Matthew Santoni 12:09 a.m.The Mt. Lebanon School Board passed an $83.16 million budget on Monday night, instituting fees ranging from $5 to $40 per year for students participating in sports and extracurricular activities. Mt. Lebanon joins its neighbors in Bethel Park and Upper …
Pittsburgh police arrest bicyclist after chase through the South Side
By Tribune-ReviewPittsburgh police arrested a bicyclist accused of leading officers on a chase through a busy South Side street. Police charged Cody Walsh, 21, of Murrysville with traffic violations and fleeing police following the incident just before 1 a.m. Sunday. Walsh …
Joan Orie Melvin appeals conviction
By Tribune-Review 1:49 a.m.Former state Supreme Court Justice Joan Orie Melvin on Monday filed an appeal of her conviction on public corruption charges in the state Superior Court. Allegheny County Common Pleas Judge Lester G. Nauhaus last week sentenced Melvin, 57, of Marshall …
Former Charleroi pastor indicted on child pornography charge
By Brian Bowling 12:56 a.m.A federal grand jury indicted a former pastor in Charleroi for child pornography in an investigation with which the Catholic Diocese of Pittsburgh said it is cooperating. The diocese removed him from ministry four years ago when allegations of sexual …
Retirement community’s lawsuit over sewage rates moves to federal court
By Tribune-ReviewA retirement community run by the Masons claims in a lawsuit moved to federal court Monday that Aleppo’s new sewage rates treat it unfairly and violate its constitutional rights. Masonic Village, which has about 500 residents, claims in the lawsuit …
Task force to investigate possible link in slayings five years apart
By Michael HaschA task force of Omaha police detectives and the FBI has been formed to determine if there is any link between the slayings of a prominent Gateway High School graduate and his wife and the deaths five years ago of …
Newsmaker: Dr. Donald Hoffman
By Luis Fábregas 12:07 a.m.Noteworthy: Installed as president of the Pennsylvania Dental Association, the largest and oldest national dental society in the world, with about 6,000 members. As president, …
Organ recipients thank donor families
By Bill ZlatosBorn two years ago without the left side of his heart, Jameson McKain was blue, his fingernails gray and his breathing labored. His development did …
Congressional leaders unswayed by VA promises
By Carl PrinePummeled in the media and on Capitol Hill because of continuing delays in processing benefits claims, the Department of Veterans Affairs instituted mandatory overtime hours as part of its pledge to resolve by 2015 a backlog estimated at more than …
Mt. Washington’s Grandview Avenue isn’t looking so great these days
By Aaron AupperleeSiding falls off the side of a restaurant. A sidewalk crumbles. Lots sit vacant, with weeds and scattered debris. This is what Jim Hughes sees …
Long-term Route 65 lane closures begin tonight
By Bobby CherryLong-term lane closures on Route 65 begin tonight, PennDOT spokesman Steve Cowan said. The $6.3 million project will shift southbound traffic to a northbound lane of Route 65 from Camp Horne Road in Emsworth to Locust Street in Avalon, Cowan …
Police: Man escapes car hit by train in East Deer
By Jodi Weigand 1:29 a.m.An East Deer man is facing drunken-driving and other charges after he narrowly escaped from his vehicle before it was struck by a freight train …
Allegheny County police counting on remote-operated river vehicle
By Bobby KerlikAllegheny County police received a $131,000 federal grant to purchase a remote-operated river vehicle that can go underwater and search for items ranging from evidence …
Coast Guard volunteers offer help to ensure boaters stay safe
By Timothy PukoDave DeGerome just bought a Baja speedboat last week. At 20 feet long and a top speed of 64 mph, it has the power and …
Facial recognition technology moving toward identifying almost anyone
By Andrew ConteThe Tsarnaev brothers, like anyone in a crowd of strangers, might have expected to be anonymous. But when the FBI released blurry, off-angle images of …
Debate on drones raises issue of safety vs. privacy
By Andrew ConteElmer Burger II looks up across the room at an architects’ cocktail party as he hears the quick, repetitive chop of 4-inch helicopter blades cutting …
Man attacked by dog in Carrick cemetery
By Matthew SantoniA man suffered deep bites to his legs, arms, hands and face when he was attacked by a dog while walking through a Carrick cemetery Sunday night, Pittsburgh police said. Police from the Zone 3 station said the man was …
Sewickley man dies in overnight motorcycle accident
By Timothy PukoA Sewickley man died on Route 28 overnight after his motorcycle struck a dividing barrier in the highway’s construction zone, according to the Allegheny County Medical Examiner’s Office. Christopher Streiff, 46, of Sewickley, was heading inbound between the 40th Street …
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Allegheny Neighborhoods
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Main Street improvement projects popping up all over Allegheny
• Bethel Park to vote on bus report
• Work on Tuskegee Airmen tribute in Sewickley finally to begin in June
• Coraopolis facades get lift with county grant program
• Appeals cloud Mt. Lebanon taxes
Your Carlynton
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High School Showcase shows off Chartiers Valley’s diversity
• JA program offers different kind of lesson to Carnegie Elementary students
• Preparations continue for ‘A Day on the Avenue’
• Joan and Myron Yeates of Collier good as gold with 50th anniversary
• Carnegie relents on fire department mortgage
Your Cranberry
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Seneca Valley video students named award winners
Your Fox Chapel
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Fox Chapel man to cycle 300 miles for charity
• Race heats up for Sharpsburg Council
• Security cameras assist Sharpsburg police
• Fox Chapel Area sophomore wins essay contest
Your McKeesport
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Volunteers join together to make playground a reality in Clairton
• Commissioners, sanitary authority remain at odds
• P. Hills promotes officers, honors others for service
• Heritage center program traces McKeesport’s evolution in slides
• McKeesport-area polling stations may be changed for some voters
Your Monroeville
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Task force to investigate possible link in slayings five years apart
• Monroeville family celebrates daughter’s enduring spirit of generosity
• Founding president helps celebrate 40 years of Aglow in Monroeville
• Investigation of Monroeville emergency system to wrap up this month
• College professor who grew up in Monroeville and wife slain in Nebraska
Your North Hills
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Photo Gallery: Bike rodeo in Ross Township
• Bird expert brings flock to Northland Public Library
• Evening traffic restrictions set to start Monday on Duncan Avenue
• McCandless Catholic school didn’t handle student’s threat properly, diocese says
Your Penn Hills
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Penn Hills, Plum vets join for Memorial Day ceremony
• Imagine Penn Hills Charter seeks to keep modular classrooms
• Penn Hills zoning board will hear Vocollect appeal this week
• Police arrest convicted felon armed with stolen gun in Homewood
• Linton Middle School principal on leave
Your Plum
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Plum neighbor’s 911 fire call answered with recording
• Founding president helps celebrate 40 years of Aglow in Monroeville
• Plum EMS contemplates moving headquarters to Renton site
• Plum School Board, teachers union to discuss $1M budget deficit
• Plum school administrators set to pay more for health coverage
Your Sewickley
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Long-term Route 65 lane closures begin tonight
• Photos: Sewickley Unleashed not just for the dogs
• Sewickley man dies in overnight motorcycle accident
• Full weekend of Memorial Day activities planned in Sewickley
• Author’s first novel has Sewickley flair
Your South Hills
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New program in Baldwin Borough honors top cops
• Web extra: Q&A with Baldwin Borough council hopefuls
• Baldwin High School showered with Kelly nominations
• Commissioners set property tax rate
• Gas company project a bump in the road in Baldwin Borough
Your Twin Boros (Oakmont, Verona)
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Oakmont, Verona dining options served up at library’s ‘Taste of Two Towns’
