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A man was shot and killed Tuesday night in East Pittsburgh, according to Allegheny County Police. The shooting was reported at 10:37 p.m. Tuesday in the 500 block of Ridge Avenue, police said. Officers located a man with gunshot wounds inside a house, police said. He died at the scene....

Construction of an addition to the Western Pennsylvania Model Railroad Museum in Richland won’t derail its holiday train show. The 37th annual show is slated to run from Nov. 8 to Jan. 11 at the museum on Route 910 at Lakeside Drive, museum President Ray Mueser said. Work will still...

The last words Maria Vernon heard her husband say just before a car crashed into their SUV last year on Freeport Road in O’Hara were, “Oh my God, Maria, watch.” They came out as a hysterical scream. Then Vernon saw her husband’s head strike the windshield, bounce back, and come...

The Pine-Richland School District could seek to increase property taxes by more than its state-imposed inflation limit as it grapples with a nearly $5 million deficit for the 2026-27 school year. Superintendent Brian Miller said he and Christopher Juzwick, the district’s director of finance and operations, are recommending at least...

Sitting side by side, Harold McKamish with his arm around his wife, Daisy, the couple recalled the first time they met. They were juniors at Penn Hills High School — seated next to each other in Spanish class. The year prior, Daisy was chosen as sophomore queen. Each class had...

The Pine-Richland School Board has approved a pay increase for Superintendent Brian Miller. In finding that Miller had met performance standards for the 2024-25 academic year, the board set his salary at $221,707. That’s a 2.5% increase from the $216,300 salary the board set for Miller in August 2024 when...

It wasn’t long after Brian Eaton and Kyle Mientkiewicz opened Grist House brewery in Millvale that they knew they would need additional space for production. As it turns out, a Cold War missile-command site in Collier fit the bill. Grist House celebrated a grand opening at the Nike site Sept....

A new initiative in Heidelberg has a simple goal: to ensure no one in town has to struggle with everyday household tasks alone. The borough has launched a program called “Heidelberg Helpers,” a neighbor-to-neighbor volunteer initiative created to connect residents who could use a helping hand, with those who are...

Authorities have identified the man they say stabbed a boy and woman in Robinson and later died in a crash on Route 576 on Sunday. The Allegheny County Medical Examiner’s Office identified the man as Brian Allen Thomas, 36, of McKees Rocks. The stabbing was reported just after 8 a.m....

A child was killed following a house fire early Monday morning in Elizabeth Township. The Allegheny County Medical Examiner’s Office identified the victim as Zyaire Akins, 4. He was located in a bedroom and taken to UPMC Children’s Hospital, where he died, according to authorities. The fire broke out just...

Community members on Monday launched a grassroots push to bridge cultural and neighborhood divides and curb hate. The announcement of Stand For All Pittsburgh came during Pittsburgh’s fifth annual Eradicate Hate Global Summit, being held through Wednesday at the David L. Lawrence Convention Center, Downtown. The introduction of the organization,...

The Rosedale Fall Festival brought together hundreds of people from the Penn Hills region to celebrate the end of summer and usher in fall. Held Sept. 11-13 on the grounds of the Rosedale Beach Club in Penn Hills, it also capped the community pool’s 99th year. The three-day event included...

A Wilkins man has been sentenced to less than a week in jail for his role in a fatal crash in early 2024. Aaron J. Butler, 21, was sentenced last week to three to six days in jail after entering a guilty plea in connection with the April 7, 2024,...

Building renovations at Shaler Area Middle School have been reduced in cost from more than $20 million to about $8.2 million over the next three years. While still replacing the school’s entire roof, HVAC work would be limited to replacing two or three of the units in the worst condition...

The Community College of Allegheny County is seeing a larger student population — just over 9% more than last year — this fall, said President Quintin Bullock. “This is probably the largest increase we’ve experienced in the last five years,” Bullock told TribLive. While numbers will be finalized later in...

The stitches weren’t the only thing tight-knit as caring crafters convened for the third annual Stitch-a-Thon to raise money for the Millvale Community Library. The crafters gathered for five hours Sept. 6 under a canopy in the backyard shared by the library and Abeille Voyante Tea Co. to knit, crochet...

Bridgeville is seeking a $500,000 grant to replace culverts on Commercial Street after the borough lost federal funding for the project earlier this year. Council in September authorized officials to apply for a Gaming Economic Development Tourism Fund grant from Allegheny County Economic Development. “This is a part of the...

A homicide trial against a Munhall man returned repeatedly Monday to a detail the prosecution claimed is undisputed: that Darion Abel told a police officer, “I just shot my girlfriend 17 times.” During opening remarks that ran 22 minutes, Allegheny County Assistant District Attorney Alexa Roberts said it’s not a...

Allegheny County will start deploying Elections Division staff to naturalization ceremonies to help new U.S. citizens register to vote. The move, announced Monday, comes in response to the Trump administration recently barring nongovernmental groups such as the League of Women Voters from doing so in certain cases. The U.S. Citizenship...

Allegheny County voters will have four satellite voting locations and 10 ballot-return options for the November general election. The county’s Board of Elections on Monday voted 3-0 on the sites, which allow voters to return ballots before Election Day on Nov. 4. The ballot-return locations let people submit a mail-in...

An Ohio woman was arrested Sunday after Ross police said they found her 7-year-old son — who was the subject of an Amber Alert — injured and in the back of her car along William Street in the township. Ross police said officers arrested Tiarika Baymon, 32, of Brunswick, Ohio....

Here are some of the latest news items from this morning, Monday, Sept. 15: Child dies in Elizabeth Township fire A child was in critical condition early Monday following an early-morning fire in Elizabeth Township. TribLive news partner WTAE reports Monday evening that the child has died. The blaze broke...

Nostalgia is a powerful emotion. In the arts and entertainment industry, it leads to all kinds of things from film sequels and reboots to band reunions to the relaunch of once-beloved products. For D&E Collectibles owner Bobby Eisel, it has led to the steady growth of Toypalooza, the annual vendor...

A man died in a crash on Route 576 in South Fayette after police say he stabbed a woman and a boy in Robinson Township Sunday morning. According to Allegheny County Police, the stabbing in the 100 block of K Row in Robinson was reported shortly after 8 a.m. First...

A Castle Shannon man is accused of causing a house explosion and fire that killed his daughter and injured his wife and a volunteer firefighter Sunday morning. Allegheny County Police charged Brian Jeffrey Shelleby, 46, with homicide, arson and causing or risking a catastrophe. The explosion and fire in the...