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Officials and religious leaders across Pennsylvania are sending their condolences and extending offers to help communities in Dayton, Ohio, and El Paso, Texas, after two mass shootings in less than 24 hours this weekend. The shootings killed nearly 30 people and injured dozens more. They came less than a week...

Six weeks ago, Evie Bodick had just about given up. The 75-year-old Springdale woman broke into tears in mid-June when she recounted that she had to shift her health care treatment away from the doctors and facilities she’d trusted for years, all because of a bitter battle between Pittsburgh’s two...

Pittsburgh police are investigating after a stolen truck was found crashed and abandoned Saturday morning, authorities said. The incident happened about 11:45 a.m. on Mountain Avenue near Wagner Street at the border of Mt. Oliver and Carrick, according to Public Safety spokesman Chris Togneri. First responders arrived and found a...

Kennywood’s new Steel Curtain roller coaster will be closed for the remainder of the weekend, according to the amusement parks’ Facebook page. It’s at least the third time the coaster, which opened July 13, has shut down for maintenance. The coaster closed partway through its opening day, and its reopening...

Saint Raphael School in Pittsburgh’s Morningside neighborhood will not reopen for the 2019-2020 school year, officials with the Diocese of Pittsburgh said Saturday. The board of Pittsburgh East Regional Catholic Elementary Schools voted Friday night to recommend the school’s closure for the coming school year, board president the Rev. Kris...

Pittsburgh police responded to two separate shootings early Saturday morning, including one that left a man in critical condition, authorities said. Officers responded about 1:30 a.m. to a ShotSpotter notification in the Hill District near Perry Street and Wylie Avenue, said Public Safety spokeswoman Cara Cruz. Police found no victim...

A Monongahela police officer shot and injured a South Park Township man early Saturday after a car chase that began in Washington County became a physical fight in Allegheny County, authorities said. Allegheny County police are investigating. The incident began about 2:50 a.m. with a traffic stop in Monongahela, according...

The Round Hill Park spray pad in Elizabeth Township will be closed through Monday because tests showed high levels of bacteria in the water, the Allegheny County Health Department said Friday. “Out of an abundance of caution, the spray pad is closed for additional water treatment and cleansing,” a statement...

The Pittsburgh Cultural Trust received a much needed $1 million boost from Pennsylvania this week for plans to open a six-screen movie theater on Sixth Street, Downtown. Kevin McMahon, who heads the cultural trust, said it now has about $10 million for the theater project, but still needs another $2...

Police across Allegheny County say they are bewildered by a recent rash of thefts by minors who are stealing vehicles, cash and even guns in the middle of the night. The style of thefts are nearly identical in suburban communities from Castle Shannon to Harmar, including cases in Oakmont, Fox...

The National Weather Service in Pittsburgh has issued a flash flood warning for west-central Westmoreland County, southeastern Allegheny County and eastern Washington County until 7:30 p.m. Strong, slow-moving thunderstorms are expected to produce localized heavy rainfall that could lead to isolated flooding, according to the weather service advisory. National Weather...

Next up on East End Brewing’s neighborhood beer list: Troy Hill and East Liberty. The neighborhoods were chosen by Pittsburgh Mayor Bill Peduto and are part of the “YOU ARE HERE” beer series by East End Brewing Co. and announced via Instagram. View this post on Instagram Our YOU ARE...

The Pittsburgh Water and Sewer Authority has postponed plans to close an access ramp from Butler Street near the Pittsburgh zoo to the Highland Park Bridge. PWSA said work will start at 7 p.m. Thursday to repair a 15-inch storm sewer on the bridge, which requires the ramp closure. It...

A former Pittsburgh homicide detective who was facing charges she lied and faked reports pleaded no contest Friday to two misdemeanor charges of hindering apprehension in a deal reached with the Pennsylvania Attorney General’s Office. Allegheny County Judge Jill E. Rangos levied a $200 fine and no further penalty against...

Pittsburgh police have been working several months on plans to better address growing problems with homelessness and crime in the Golden Triangle, Chief Scott Schubert said Friday. He said the Zone 2 station, which staffs a substation on Liberty Avenue in Downtown, did an evaluation that included the number of...

Less than a year after Macy’s at the Waterfront in Homestead announced it was closing, two tenants are ready to move into the building. Siemens Mobility, Inc., a technology-based company, and Commonwealth Charter Academy, a cyberschool, have signed long-term leases to occupy the 135,000-square-foot space that has sat vacant since...

One of two men charged in a 2017 Pitcairn robbery that left a Penn Hills man dead pleaded guilty Friday in Allegheny County court to third-degree murder, robbery and other charges. Brandon Thompson, 25, of East Hills, was sentenced by Judge Edward J. Borkowski to 20 to 60 years in...

Allegheny County Court of Common Pleas Judge David Cashman resigned from the Allegheny County Jail Oversight Board following two heated board meetings this week. Cashman served on the board for about seven years and was serving as its chairman. “I appreciate the accomplishments that we have achieved in reducing the...

An 18-year-old man was in critical condition after being shot several times in Braddock early Friday morning, according to Allegheny County police. Police and paramedics went to the 200 block of 4th Street at 1:10 a.m. for a report of a man who had been shot. The man had been...

Sadly, there’s nada Three Rivers Regatta this weekend. Still, a few surviving events will go on. Here’s what’s going on this first August weekend in Pittsburgh. The show will go on After the cancellation of the regatta, Squonk Opera’s Pittsburgh premiere of “Hand to Hand” will go on as planned...

A woman who had been stabbed flagged down passing Pittsburgh police officers early Friday morning. The incident happened just before 2:45 a.m. at Lincoln and Lemington avenues. The woman had a stab wound to a hand, police said. Police said the woman was alert and conscious, but was uncooperative with...

A driver fled after hitting a man on Fort Duquesne Boulevard early Friday, according to Pittsburgh police. The incident at the Seventh Street intersection was reported to 911 just before 4:30 a.m. First responders found the man lying in a crosswalk on Fort Duquesne Boulevard. He had severe head injuries...

A video shared on a community Facebook page caught a West Mifflin woman driving with her young daughter on her lap Thursday night on Route 837 in Duquesne, police said. The video was shared with Duquesne police, who said they were able to identify the driver as 29-year-old Mary Ann...

Pittsburgh police have issued an arrest warrant for a Rankin man in connection with a burglary and sexual assault in Oakland on July 5. Deputies with the Allegheny County Sheriff’s Office took Robert Mitchell, 30, into custody last month on unrelated charges. The victim told police that a man she...