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Former Steelers lineman and four-time Super Bowl champion Sam Davis has died at 75, officials said Tuesday night. Police found Davis’ body near his home at an adult care housing complex on Versailles Avenue in McKeesport shortly before 9 p.m. — about 14 hours after Davis was reported missing by...

A Duquesne man accused of providing the drugs that resulted in the 2017 overdose death of a 28-year-old Clairton man is on trial this week in Allegheny County court. Tyree Marce Saunders, 27, is accused of providing 20 stamp bags of drugs that were sold as heroin to Jeremy Clark,...

EQT Corp. is laying off 196 employees, nearly one-quarter of its workforce, the Downtown Pittsburgh-based natural gas producer announced Tuesday. Company officials attributed the decision to a broader restructuring plan to “create a more efficient and nimbler organization.” Slashing the 196 positions will save about $50 million in annual costs,...

The Port Authority of Allegheny County plans to eliminate 72 stops on two bus routes servicing northern and southern Pittsburgh area neighborhoods, but wants public input before locking in the cuts. Under the proposal, the 16-Brighton route running between Downtown to Emsworth would drop from 127 stops to 94. The...

Pittsburgh has appealed an Allegheny County Court ruling that reinstated a police officer who was fired over an alleged 2017 road rage incident. This is the second time the city has appealed a decision involving former Officer Robert Kramer, who was reinstated by an arbitration panel earlier this year. Common...

PennDOT will close one lane of Route 28 southbound between the 40th Street and 31st Street bridges from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Wednesday and Thursday for maintenance work. Work crews will remove debris to improve drainage along the roadway, according to a PennDOT release Tuesday....

Allegheny Health Network Cancer Institute now offers patients a noninvasive alternative to traditional brain surgery to remove tumors. Gamma Knife, a type of radiation therapy where hundreds of precisely focused radiation beams are used to treat tumors and other abnormalities in the brain, is now available at Allegheny General Hospital....

Franco Harris and George Washington soon will be back where they belong. The iconic statues of Steelers star player Harris and the first U.S. president are returning to their homes inside the Pittsburgh International Airport. The statues will be unveiled during a news conference Thursday. The statues were taken to...

The shooting that claimed 11 lives at the Tree of Life synagogue in Pittsburgh’s Squirrel Hill neighborhood last fall spurred more working-class people in Pittsburgh’s suburbs to rethink their views on the need for gun control bills, Pittsburgh Mayor Bill Peduto said Tuesday night on MSNBC’s Hardball with Chris Matthews....

A 21-year-old McKeesport woman is accused of stabbing an East Pittsburgh woman and her two adult daughters Monday night outside an East Pittsburgh apartment building, state police said. Kimberly Suzanna Dolan, 21, argued with the 50-year-old mother outside the Allegheny County’s Prospect Terrace apartments at about 8:45 p.m. The women...

MOOSE, Wyo. — National Park Service rangers rescued a 28-year-old Allegheny County woman who slipped on snow while climbing down the Middle Teton mountain in Grand Teton National Park in northwest Wyoming last weekend. Rescuers were call about 7:45 p.m. Saturday by Deidre DeSantis, of Oakdale, who reported she was...

Pittsburgh Westinghouse Academy was put on brief lockdown Tuesday after a student allegedly brought a loaded magazine clip to school in a backpack, a district spokeswoman said. Spokeswoman Ebony Pugh said the clip was found when the student went through the metal detectors during morning arrival. The school was then...

A Pittsburgh man pleaded guilty Monday to conspiracy and drug possession in connection with a large amount of a fentanyl analogue that was found at his West End home two years ago, according to federal authorities. Anthony Lozito, 40, was arrested Aug. 7, 2017 during a raid that sent 18...

A 60-year-old Denny’s employee died Tuesday after he was hit by a car in North Versailles, according to Allegheny County Police. Kevin Kolesar, of North Versailles, was hit at the corner of Aldi Drive and Mosside Boulevard shortly after 6 a.m. while walking to work. He was taken to Forbes...

Nobody was hurt in a fire in Pittsburgh’s Homewood neighborhood Tuesday morning, Tribune-Review news partner WPXI reported. The fire in a two-story home on the 7500 block of Bennett Street was reported shortly before 4:45 a.m. The blaze started in an empty unit of a duplex, WPXI reported. A family...

Police took a suspect into custody after multiple people were stabbed Monday night near a public housing complex in East Pittsburgh, officials said. Medics took at least three people to the hospital in connection to the incident, an Allegheny County 911 shift commander said. The extent of their injuries were...

Police are searching for a man suspected of robbing a bank in Pittsburgh’s Oakland neighborhood on Monday afternoon, officials said. A man wearing dark ski glasses, a ball cap and dark clothing entered the Citizens Bank branch on Fifth Avenue shortly before 2 p.m., Public Safety spokeswoman Cara Cruz said....

A Gateway High School senior and football player was arrested Monday on charges that he robbed two people at gunpoint in August. Jaquan Thomas, 18, faces six felonies in connection with the Aug. 11 incident. He is being held at Allegheny County Jail on a $50,000 straight bond. According to...

The Armstrong Tunnels in Pittsburgh’s Uptown neighborhood will close Tuesday morning for a short period of time after rush hour, Allegheny County officials said. Pavement painting inside of and outside of the tunnels will begin at 9 a.m., requiring closure of both tunnels starting with the outbound tunnel. Each tunnel...

The 16-year-old who died after a Sunday afternoon shooting in Pittsburgh’s Duquesne Heights neighborhood was a junior at Brashear High School, Pittsburgh Public Schools said in a statement. Police are still investigating, police spokeswoman Cara Cruz said. It was reported to 911 at 3:30 p.m. Sunday in the 300 block...

Pittsburgh Mayor Bill Peduto joined a group of bipartisan mayors from across the country Monday afternoon at the White House to call for a U.S. Senate vote on proposed legislation that would expand and strengthen background checks for gun buyers. Peduto and other mayors — including several from cities that...

Friday was a fortunate day - $125,000 to be exact - for a customer of the Morningside Market in Pittsburgh’s Morningside neighborhood. The Pennsylvania Lottery reported that someone purchased a Cash 5 ticket at the market and hit Friday with the exact winning numbers 03-08-22-29-33. It will pay $125,000, minus...