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West Mifflin police said no one was injured in an 11-vehicle crash late Monday along Lebanon Church Road. Police said a Port Authority of Allegheny County bus and 10 other vehicles were involved in the crash that was first reported just before 11 p.m. A broken water line caused the...

A shooting Monday evening in Pittsburgh’s Homewood South neighborhood left a man in critical condition, according to a Pittsburgh Public Safety spokeswoman. Bystanders flagged down city officers at about 7:15 p.m. in the 7800 block of Frankstown Avenue following the shooting. The man suffered two gunshot wounds and was taken...

Freeport has its own police force again. Council voted 5-0 at a special meeting Monday night to hire Jodi Greiser of Freeport as a full-time officer and named Chris Fabec of Murrysville the department’s officer in charge. Mayor James Swartz Jr. said he swore in Fabec — who also serves...

The coroner was called after a man reportedly fell from a barge in Beaver County, according to a 911 dispatcher. It was reported about 7:30 p.m. near the Montgomery Lock and Dam on the Ohio River between Monaca and Shippingport, the dispatcher said. The U.S. Coast Guard and multiple other...

Although it’s now recommended that children 5 and older get covid-19 vaccines, they won’t be able to get one in a Franklin Regional School District building. The school board voted 7-2 this week to ban the use of district facilities as covid-19 vaccination sites for students. While other schools in...

A 6-year-old shot and killed a 5-year-old sibling Monday night in Penn Hills, according to police Chief Howard Burton. The medical examiner’s office identified the boy as Connor Wolfe. The incident happened about 5:30 p.m. at a home on Prescott Drive, Burton said. The 5-year-old was taken to UPMC Children’s...

Downtown Greensburg merchants rang the curtain up on holiday shopping Monday by unveiling storefront windows specially decorated for the season. The event harkened back to window reveals that once were an eagerly awaited tradition for major department stores in Pittsburgh and other cities. That tradition was revisited in Greensburg last...

A Penn Hills man is accused of co-running a child sex abuse scheme that involved using Snapchat to threaten teenage girls into sending him sexually explicit photos and videos of themselves, court records show. The far-reaching federal “sextortion” investigation targeted Kaung Myat Kyaw and a yet-to-be named co-conspirator for attempting...

Republican Sean Parnell suspended his U.S. Senate campaign Monday, saying he wanted to focus instead on his three children. The announcement came just hours after his estranged wife was given primary physical custody of the children and sole legal custody following a three-day trial. Parnell’s decision didn’t come as a...

The weekend shooting that left one teenager dead and another facing homicide charges could have been accidental, according to charges filed by Pittsburgh police. Aliah Johnson, 17, a Gateway High School student, was pronounced dead Saturday night at a home in the city’s Point Breeze North neighborhood. A criminal complaint...

A Hempfield man had a $206K luxury SUV delivered to his home last week but paid for it with a bad check, state police said. Jordan C. Steward, 22, of Arona Road in Hempfield, was arrested Sunday and charged with receiving stolen property, theft by deception and writing bad checks...

Westmoreland County commissioners on Monday certified votes from the Nov. 2 election, including those for the judge of the Commonwealth Court that were subject to a recount. Commissioners unanimously approved the final certification of the municipal election results with the exception of judges of election and inspector of election —...

A federal judge on Monday denied a request for a preliminary injunction by unions representing Allegheny County Jail corrections officers and county police officers challenging the county’s vaccine mandate for employees. That means the mandate, without any appeal, will take effect on Dec. 1. Allegheny County Executive Rich Fitzgerald had...

Pittsburgh’s Public Works facility in Riverview Park will move to a new site on the North Side, after City Council approved the relocation despite ongoing litigation involving the new property. The Department of Public Works’ First Division will move out of the popular park as some community members have repeatedly...

Pittsburgh City Council adopted an ordinance Monday requiring the city to engage in what it calls “sustainable and socially responsible” procurement practices. The legislation will require city officials to score potential vendors and service providers on factors including sustainability, diversity and inclusion, in an attempt to ensure the city’s tax...

A judge on Monday refused to remove a former Regent Square restaurant owner from house arrest pending retrial on sexual assault charges. After hearing testimony regarding an incident involving Adnan Pehlivan from 2012, Allegheny County Common Pleas Judge Anthony M. Mariani said that he believed keeping Pehlivan on home electronic...

In 2020, Tom Grove of the Cheesecake Connection in Youngwood said the business delivered about 160 prepared turkey dinners to needy families, but the logistics of delivering and arranging pickups of prepared meals was “really, really difficult.” Enter the Blue Knights motorcycle club, which is comprised of members who are...

A 15-year-old boy wanted for the fatal stabbing of another teen in McKeesport was arrested in Oakmont on Monday, according to police. Damian Baverso is charged with homicide and making terroristic threats in connection with the Friday killing of 19-year-old Kai Brown. He was taken into custody by Oakmont police,...

The Municipal Authority of Westmoreland County was ordered to pay $5,000 in damages to a Mt. Pleasant man who claimed the utility removed as much as $700,000 in slate and shale from his property during a water line extension project a decade ago. A jury heard two days of evidence...

Infuzed Bistro in Brackenridge is back in business, dishing up high-end, fresh fare in a cozy family-style setting. The upscale eatery with everyday prices is the passion of chef Tim Emery, a New York native who began tinkering in the kitchen as a child at his grandmother’s knee. “Whatever she...

The attorney for a Vandergrift woman accused in the 2018 fatal shooting of her cousin is expected to present a psychiatric defense at trial. Attorney Patrick Thomassey told Judge Scott Mears of the plan Monday during a hearing for Ashley Croft, 38. She is accused of fatally shooting John Edward...

If the sight of early Christmas decorations has you feeling your inner-Clark Griswold, now’s the time to wrap the house in strands of lights and inflate the giant nylon Santas. House-decorating contests are underway in Harrison and Tarentum, and judges will be seeking homes that ooze holiday cheer. “Last year,...