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Comic book lovers and pop culture enthusiasts will have to wait a while longer for their much anticipated convention. Steel City Con, one of the largest conventions in the nation and exclusive to the Monroeville Convention Center, has been postponed again due to covid-19 safety concerns. It was previously rescheduled...

A Facebook post by Plum School Director Amy Wetmore has some borough officials calling for her resignation. The post in question was made on July 8 by the school board’s finance committee liaison in a private page called “Black Lives Matter In Plum Boro.” It appears to have been made...

Pittsburgh police have charged two city residents with defacing the Christopher Columbus statue in Schenley Park with graffiti. The vandalism occurred Monday. Officials announced the charges Wednesday. Bridgette Miller, 43, is charged with desecration of venerated objects, criminal mischief and simple trespass. Sunny Bee, 38, is charged with two counts...

New Kensington-Arnold School District’s health and safety plan calls for students and staff to wear face coverings and practice social distancing as much as possible when returning to schools in late August. Wearing masks on buses and temperature checks upon arrival are also part of the plan that was discussed...

Pittsburgh Public Schools families could have the option to send their students to school or continue online instruction this coming school year. Parental choice was one of several immediate actions proposed Tuesday for the 2020-21 school year, and among 407 recommendations for Pittsburgh schools moving forward. For those who return...

Penn Hills High School seniors will not be able to graduate in their traditional setting at the football field due to Allegheny County’s covid-19 safety restrictions. County officials have limited outdoor gatherings to no more than 50 people through at least July 24. Penn Hills’ graduation was set for Friday...

Plum officials promoted from within when selecting a new assistant police chief and juvenile detective. Mark Focareta and Joe Little were unanimously appointed to their respective new positions by a 6-0 vote Monday night. Council Vice President Dave Vento was absent. Both were sworn in by Mayor Harry Schlegel. Focareta,...

A $10,000 reward is being offered for information that could solve a 40-year-old New Kensington murder case. State police announced Monday that new information has been discovered in the Tiffany Miller case, prompting the offering of the reward. Miller, 5, was reported missing from her Peach Court residence by her...

Monroeville police are seeking public assistance to locate a 14-year-old boy. Police said Sean Douglas Stitt was last seen around 6 p.m. Sunday playing basketball at Overlook Park in the Mellon Plan. Anyone with information as to Stitt’s whereabouts is asked to call Monroeville police at 412-856-1111....

Oakmont officials recently added an email option to the borough’s alert system in an effort to reach more residents. The borough last year launched a free mobile phone text alert notification to provide emergency and nonemergency communications to residents and businesses. Borough Manager Scot Fodi said they added another option...

Oakmont officials recently added an email option to the borough’s alert system in an effort to reach more residents. The borough last year launched a free mobile phone text alert notification to provide emergency and nonemergency communications to residents and businesses. Borough Manager Scot Fodi said they added another option...

Two men were hospitalized in stable condition after being shot in Stowe Township on Friday. Allegheny County Police said they were dispatched around 4:10 p.m. for a shooting along the 1200 block of Stowe Avenue. First responders found two men suffering from gunshot wounds to their lower extremities. The victims...

Three people were hospitalized Friday with nonlife-threatening injuries suffered in a head-on crash in Penn Hills. Officers responded to the two-car crash shortly after 6 p.m. Friday along the 4400 block of Verona Road near the American Legion. Police Chief Howard Burton said emergency responders were able to extract the...

Pittsburgh police are asking for the public’s help in identifying a man they say threw objects at police and helped incite a riot during Pittsburgh protests May 30. City police released photos of the man Friday. He’s seen wearing black-and-white shoes, gloves, a black shirt with blue lettering. He was...

A Duquesne man is wanted in connection with a fatal shooting in North Versailles. Allegheny County Police on Friday issued an arrest warrant for Calvonte Moore, 20, for his alleged role in the murder of Jamey Green, 29, of West Mifflin. Green was killed Wednesday in an apartment complex along...

South Fayette Township Library patrons will have to wait a while longer before coming inside and taking part in programs during the covid-19 pandemic. Library officials tentatively set July 13 as the opening date with adjusted hours, the facility open at half capacity and everyone wearing masks. Commissioners learned at...

Riverview School District officials have canceled another graduation celebration because of covid-19 restrictions. The Allegheny County Health Department recently instituted regulations limiting gatherings of people indoors to 25 and outdoors to 50 as a result of increased coronavirus cases the past week or so. School district administrators had hoped to...

A man learning how to drive in the Penn Hills Shopping Center parking lot struck another vehicle and plowed into the PennDOT Drivers License Center on Thursday evening, police said. An Allegheny County dispatcher said the call for the crash came in around 8:20 p.m. at 11620 Keleket Drive. Police...

A parishioner at St. Katharine Drexel Parish in Bentleyville tested positive for covid-19 Thursday, Catholic Diocese of Pittsburgh officials announced. Officials said the parish followed local, state, and federal public health and safety guidelines, social distancing and mask-wearing was maintained. A parish team also practiced safety protocols such as gathering...

A stray cat in Ross Township has tested positive for rabies, Allegheny County Health Department officials announced Thursday. They said the cat was found on Hetherton Drive and was recently brought to the department’s laboratory. Rabies is a virus transmitted to humans by an animal bite or scratch. Officials said...

Scott Township officials selected a nonprofit founder and Chartiers Valley School District bus driver as their new commissioner. Michelle Sedlak was appointed at Wednesday night’s special meeting to fill the unexpired term of Paul Abel of Ward 6, who resigned from his elected post June 17. Hundreds of people both...

Four Riverview High School graduates were able to leave their international mark on school district youngsters before leaving to take on the world. Marina Pietz, Francesca Lio, Mikaela Colins and Emily Pietragallo each earned a Global Scholars Certificate through the World Affairs Council of Philadelphia this past school year. They...

Investigators are seeking the public’s help in identifying a man they say vandalized a Dollar Bank along Penn Avenue during the East Liberty protests on June 1. Pittsburgh police posted photos of the suspect on its twitter page. During the East Liberty on June 1, the male in this series...

Pittsburgh police arrested a man after officers responded to a shots fired call around 4 p.m. Wednesday in Market Square. No injuries were reported. Police said the suspect, who they did not identify, was arrested on a firearms charge after a brief foot chase. Police were alerted to two suspects,...

Four more Port Authority of Allegheny County employees have tested positive for covid-19 since last week, authorities announced Wednesday. Spokesman Adam Brandolph said three of them tested positive on Saturday and one had a positive test Wednesday. He said all four are recovering in a medically directed self-quarantine at home....