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A crash involving a Port Authority bus and a vehicle early Thursday evening on Pittsburgh’s South Side caused significant delays for PAT’s light-rail riders and those whose buses are detouring around the Mt. Washington Transit Tunnel. The crash occurred at Arlington Avenue and Newton Street, not far from the P.J....

Not everyone can have a bird feeder, let alone one that attracts the pretty, prized birds like Eastern bluebirds. Without so much a kernel of corn or a sunflower seed, residents can take a nature break to watch all the action at a live webcam trained on six feeders and...

Traffic will be restricted Sunday along a northbound lane of the Neville Island bridge that carries Interstate 79 over the Ohio River, as well as I-79 in Robinson Township and Glenfield Borough, PennDOT said. A single lane on the bridge will be restricted from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday...

There will be traffic restrictions along Interstate 376 (the Parkway West) in Robinson and Collier townships on Saturday and Sunday mornings. PennDOT said the restrictions will occur along a lane and the road’s shoulder between the Campbells Run Road (Exit 62) interchange and the I-79 (Exit 64A) interchange, according to...

A former Ohio resident pleaded guilty in federal court to charges related a fraud scheme, U.S. Attorney Scott W. Brady announced Thursday. The scheme targeted casinos throughout the East Coast, including some in Western Pennsylvania. Karl E. Wiley, 64, pleaded guilty to conspiracy and aggravated identity theft. According to the...

One of three black victims of a 2018 Avalon bar beating told a judge in a statement he was only in the Jackman Inn in July 2018 to give a thank-you note to a friend in the kitchen. The friend had catered a meal to celebrate the victim’s son’s high...

A Franklin man pleaded guilty to federal drug trafficking charges resulting from an investigation by the Greater Pittsburgh Safe Streets Task Force, according to the office of U.S. Attorney Scott W. Brady. Brian Salaj, 38, pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute...

A staff member who was supervising when a 5-year-old North Side girl was burned in her kindergarten classroom has been placed on administrative leave pending an internal investigation by Pittsburgh Public Schools, a district spokeswoman said Thursday. Spokeswoman Ebony Pugh wouldn’t provide more details because it’s a personnel matter. The...

After a public squabble at their first voting meeting of the year, Westmoreland County commissioners got together for lunch Thursday to outline an ambitious agenda for 2020 that includes revitalizing the Mon Valley, potentially adding more flights to and from Arnold Palmer Regional Airport and increasing internet capability. Commissioners Sean...

Arlind Karpuzi was sworn in this week as the first chairman of the revamped board of supervisors in West Deer. Township voters in a 2018 referendum chose to reduce the board’s size from seven members to five. The change took effect this year. Other members sworn in this week include...

A Columbia University professor, a well-known Pittsburgh lawyer and a Pittsburgh banker are among the recent appointees to the board of Point Park University. The university on Thursday identified those appointed to three-year terms as Joann Baney, a communications consultant and adjunct associate professor at Columbia’s School of International and...

Overnight traffic stoppages on I-376 (Parkway East) in Pittsburgh are scheduled for Saturday night according to PennDOT. Traffic stoppages of fifteen minutes or less will occur in both directions of the Parkway East between the Squirrel Hill Tunnels and the Edgewood/Swissvale interchange (Exit 77). Duquesne Light crews will conduct work...

A new mayor and council member who were elected last year in Lower Burrell were sworn in during a reorganization meeting Monday. A political newcomer, Rosina Albanese, 27, was sworn into office Monday by Westmoreland County Common Pleas Judge Chris Scherer. The city’s new mayor, John Andrejcik, also was sworn...

Online registration for a comprehensive disability and mental health summit this spring in Pittsburgh is now open. The 2020 annual Disability and Mental Health Summit will take place March 3 at the David L. Lawrence Convention center. “For the last six years, the Disability and Mental Health Summit has made...

A woman who will be sworn in next week as Uniontown’s first black municipal treasurer claims in a federal lawsuit that a conspiracy between a council member and city clerk kept her from taking office this week because of her race. Antoinette Hodge, who will be sworn in Jan. 13...

A half-day of jury selection on Thursday yielded no new jurors for the upcoming trial of two men accused in the 2016 mass shooting in Wilkinsburg. The death penalty trial against Cheron Shelton and Robert Thomas is scheduled to begin Feb. 3. Each defendant faces five counts of homicide, one...

As he wrapped up his week at the 2020 Pennsylvania Farm Show, Zach Farlow found himself on Thursday at AngoraPalooza. The event, one of many he’s attended this week as 2019 king of the Pennsylvania State Rabbit Breeders Association, featured Angora rabbits and scarves made from Angora rabbit wool. “I...

Volunteers will distribute free baby food Saturday at two public housing complexes in Pittsburgh, according to the Housing Authority of the City of Pittsburgh. East Liberty-based 412 Food Rescue is donating 2,316 jars of baby food and will assist with the distribution at Northview Heights and Allegheny Dwellings along with...

Westmoreland County Commissioners Sean Kertes and Gina Cerilli on Thursday appointed a new member to the county’s housing authority board of directors, a move that resulted in the first disagreement among the county leaders. Commissioner Doug Chew voted against the appointment of former Monessen District Judge Joseph Dalfonso to serve...

Westmoreland County Sheriff James Albert said he doesn’t want an investigation into who trashed his offices in the courthouse. “Let’s not prolong this. I want to stay positive and move forward,” Albert said Thursday after the offices were cleaned. Three deputies and two maintenance workers, Albert said, spent two full...

The newly-constructed Shaler Street Bridge over Route 19 will be restricted to a single-lane next week, PennDOT announced Thursday. Crews from Swank Construction Company LLC will apply protective concrete coating to the bridge deck, sidewalks and parapets. The restrictions will occur from 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday...

Pittsburgh police and hospital security are investigating the discovery of a camera hidden in an employee bathroom at West Penn Hospital in Pittsburgh’s Bloomfield neighborhood. The person responsible has been identified, according to a statement from a spokesperson for Allegheny Health Network, which operates the hospital. “The recent discovery of...