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A man is in critical condition after a Monday night shooting in Pittsburgh’s Garfield neighborhood, according to the city Department of Public Safety. The city’s ShotSpotter system detected multiple rounds fired in the 5100 block of Dearborn Street just after 11 p.m., according to police. Soon after, a man with...

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Allegheny County Sheriff’s deputies arrested a Stowe man Monday evening, accusing him of participating in the destruction of a Pittsburgh police vehicle during a protest outside PPG Paints Arena. Dajon Lengyel, 22, is charged with criminal mischief, institutional vandalism and riot for the May 30 incident that started as a...

A new Sewickley speaker series recently made a donation to the Sewickley Valley YMCA Summer Camp programs. Tapas Talks, a nonprofit, fulfilled one of it’s missions with the $600 donation by giving back to the community. The first two events — in October and January — drew 135 attendees and...

A man who went missing in Pittsburgh Monday evening has been found safe, according to the city Department of Public Safety. Authorities Monday evening asked the public to be on the lookout for Leslie Lampkin, 74, who was last seen Monday around 4 p.m. leaving the Saloon in the 1600...

Plum officials denounced racism and police brutality Monday night at council’s first voting meeting back in the borough building during the covid-19 pandemic. Council President Dave Odom sat at the center of the elected board’s table in council chambers Monday night with other borough leaders spaced out more than usual...

A Westmoreland County man died following a motorcycle crash last month in Somerset County. William Riley, 77, of Mt. Pleasant died Sunday at the Conemaugh Memorial Medical Center in Johnstown, according to Cambria County Coroner Jeff Lees. On May 24, Riley was driving along Edie Road in Jefferson Township, Somerset...

Latrobe police will begin extra patrols at Westmoreland County Housing Authority facilities in the city this week through an agreement with the authority. Under the agreement, approved Monday by city council, the authority will tap grant funding to pay for the extra coverage at two high-rise buildings on Jefferson Street...

Plum’s Movies in the Park returns this weekend as more recreation events become available with Allegheny County in the green phase of covid-19 recovery. Most of Southwestern Pennsylvania recently moved to the third part of the state’s economic reopening plan, allowing for more businesses to resume operations and more people...

Norwin School District property owners will see a 2.9% increase in real estates taxes after the board board Monday narrowly approved the spending plan for the district. By a 5-4 vote, the board OK’d a $76.93 million budget that will increase property taxes in North Huntingdon, North Irwin and Irwin...

A driver was charged with driving under the influence after striking a parked car and an apartment building in Penn Hills Monday afternoon. Police Chief Howard Burton said the driver, described as a 42-year-old woman, was driving along Lindberg Avenue toward Nelbon Avenue around 3:15 p.m. when she lost control...

A woman was transported to the hospital in critical condition following a motorcycle crash along Route 65 near the McKees Rocks Bridge, according to Pittsburgh police. Officers responded to the area of 4000 Route 65 around 7:20 p.m. Monday for reports of a crash involving the motorcycle and a vehicle....

Pennsylvania will distribute jobless benefits through a debit card sent in the mail over the next few weeks rather than a direct deposit into recipients’ bank accounts in an effort to counter identity theft attempts, state officials said Monday. The state Department of Labor & Industry has been issuing paper...

The state plans to provide $225 million in grants to small businesses that lost money during the government-ordered shutdowns from March through May and had to spend money to adapt their operations to prevent the spread of covid-19. “The shutdown has had a terrible negative effect. We hope we can...

A Greensburg man will serve seven years on probation for possession of child pornography police said he solicited from young girls last year. Joshua Bittner, 21, pleaded guilty to eight felony counts in connection with an investigation in which two girls, ages 10 and 11, told police that a 12-year-old...

Allegheny County and Pittsburgh officials plan to introduce separate police reform ordinances Tuesday that include measures limiting the use of force by police in nonviolent protest situations. A bill sponsored by Allegheny County Councilwomen Bethany Hallam and Olivia Bennett would ban the use of so-called less-lethal force, including tear gas...

Claudia Narcisi told a Westmoreland County judge on Monday she wasn’t sure what troubled her the most, the loss of irreplaceable family heirlooms or that she initially blamed another person before she learned a year later that the woman she hired to paint rooms in her Hempfield home had absconded...

The union representing Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reporters demanded Monday management rescind their ban on two black journalists covering protests over the death of George Floyd. The situation began to unfold a week ago, according to Michael Fuoco, president of the Newspaper Guild of Pittsburgh, which represents most newsroom employees at the...

A Black Lives Matter protest has been scheduled along William Penn Highway in Monroeville. According to a photo of a flyer with details about the protest, it will occur from 1 to 6 p.m. Tuesday “in the streets between Chick-fil-A and Chipotle.” “Bring signs and your voice! It’s our weapon....

McCandless officials on Monday issued a schedule for the town’s plans to reopen facilities and resume services as the state-mandated shutdown during the coronavirus pandemic ends in Allegheny County. Town council and related boards and commissions plan to continue holding public meetings online through July. But Town Hall and other...

Westmoreland County Coroner Ken Bacha’s 2019 annual report released Monday showed an expected decline in drug overdose deaths for the second consecutive year, but it also disclosed a dramatic 50% increase in traffic fatalities. The local traffic deaths, which jumped from from 18 in 2018 to to 27 in 2019,...

Drilling operations on Route 65 in Glenfied, Haysville and Glen Osborne boroughs will cause temporary traffic changes. The work is scheduled to occur from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Tuesday, according to a news release from PennDOT. Drilling will occur between I-79 and McKown Lane. Single-lane restrictions will occur on...

Universal testing for the novel coronavirus is now required at all Pennsylvania nursing homes, according to an order issued Monday by Pennsylvania Secretary of Health Rachel Levine. The order requires nursing homes to test all residents and staff for the coronavirus by July 24. “Our goal with implementing this testing...