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A 31-year-old Mt. Lebanon man was sentenced Wednesday to 21 to 42 years in prison for the 2017 death of his 4-month-old daughter. Allegheny County Judge Randal Todd previously found Joseph Gazzam guilty of third degree murder and Gazzam pleaded guilty to one count of recklessly endangering another person and...

The cancellation of Pittsburgh’s Three Rivers Regatta didn’t sink plans for all of the weekend’s events. Squonk Opera still will premiere its newest show “Hand to Hand” as planned Saturday in PPG Plaza, Downtown. The American Cancer Society’s Paddlesport Championship, scheduled for Sunday, will happen as well. It will be...

A 35-year-old man was found dead on train tracks in Baldwin Borough on Wednesday morning, Allegheny County police and medical examiner said. Michael Thomas Plocki was found at 6:13 a.m. in the middle of the train tracks in the area of East Carson Street and the Glenwood bridge. He was...

A Pittsburgh man is accused of homicide in the May 28 death of Donovan James Goodwine. Police said Lavaar Peters, 19, shot Goodwine in the head in the 7300 block of Forrest Way in the city’s Homewood neighborhood. Investigators linked Peters to the shooting when two people came forward in...

Mon Valley residents, environmental advocates and elected officials packed the Clairton Municipal Building on Tuesday for a standing room-only public hearing hosted by the Allegheny County Health Department to gather feedback on a draft settlement agreement between the health department and U.S. Steel. The draft settlement, announced in late June,...

Allegheny County Medical Examiner’s Office has identified the man found dead outside a home in Pittsburgh’s Sheraden neighborhood. Authorities said the body of Darius Freeman, 26, of Pittsburgh was discovered Monday along the 1200 block of Faulkner Street. City police responded to a Shot Spotter alert for multiple shots fired...

Police are searching for a man accused of robbing and assaulting a woman at gunpoint near the center of the University of Pittsburgh campus in the city’s Oakland neighborhood early Tuesday, officials said. Officers from the university and Pittsburgh Bureau of Police responded to the report of the robbery at...

A 20-year-old Indiana University of Pennsylvania student died in a jet ski accident while visiting Hilton Head in South Carolina, officials said Tuesday. Ciara Eiriz was pronounced dead near a boat dock at Mackay Creek between the islands of Pickney and Hilton Head, Beaufort County Coroner’s officials told Trib news...

A Pittsburgh woman previously dubbed the “Monroeville Madam” faces another prostitution charge. Amy Schifano, 43, agreed to perform a sex act on a Pittsburgh detective for $200 on July 29, according to a criminal complaint filed against her Tuesday. Schifano gained notoriety in 2008 when she pleaded guilty to charges...

The cancellation of the EQT Pittsburgh Three Rivers Regatta sent waves of disappointment throughout the powerboat community Tuesday. A staple of the annual event, powerboat racers flock to the city to race along the Allegheny River at speeds of up to 100 mph. As many as 40 teams were expected...

A Wilkinsburg man who told police he doesn’t know why he strangled his wife to death in 2016 was sentenced by an Allegheny County judge Tuesday to 10 to 20 years in prison. Judge Thomas E. Flaherty also ordered Richard Katilius to receive mental health treatment while behind bars. Katilius,...

A traveling history exhibit chronicling the efforts in Pennsylvania to achieve full equality for LGBTQ people will be on display at the Ross Municipal Center next month. “The Long Road to LGBTQ+ Equality in Pennsylvania” utilizes case studies to tell the personal and political struggles faced during the more than...

A West Mifflin man accused in five 2017 gas station and convenience store robberies in Allegheny and Westmoreland counties was arrested Tuesday in South Carolina by the U.S. Marshals Service. Bennie J. Carter, 54, is accused of being the getaway driver in an alleged conspiracy with three other suspects, according...

The former University of Pittsburgh researcher convicted in 2014 of poisoning his wife with cyanide is asking for a new trial. Robert Ferrante is claiming his attorneys provided an ineffective defense, according to a petition filed July 18 in Allegheny County court. Ferrante, 70, is serving a life sentence at...

Pittsburgh may have failed in its bid for Amazon’s second headquarters, but it is receiving a consolation prize of sorts. Gov. Tom Wolf announced Tuesday that Amazon will open a non-sortable fulfillment center near Pittsburgh International Airport in Findlay. Amazon has committed to investing more than $30 million in the...

A man with several gunshot wounds was found behind a residence in Pittsburgh’s South Side Slopes on Tuesday morning, authorities said. Officers responded around 6:15 a.m. to a Shotspotter alert of multiple rounds fired in the 2300 block of Cobden Street, according to Pittsburgh police. The victim was taken to...

Allegheny County will roll out a comprehensive website charting the locations of landslides and slide-prone areas across the county and offering information that municipalities and residents can use to detect, prevent and remediate slides. The county Landslide Portal includes an interactive map showing the locations of reported slides, areas susceptible...

First, there was the ice cream licker. Now, a woman is accused of — well, altering — food at the Walmart store in West Mifflin. Police say that a South Hills woman urinated on potatoes at the Walmart on Century Drive. Grace M. Brown, 20, of Whitehall turned herself into...

A 33-year-old Carrick man convicted in four robbery cases was sentenced Tuesday to 30 to 60 years in prison by an Allegheny County Judge. Frederick Pryor told police he suffers from depression, can’t get a job and lacks money so he robs businesses, according to a criminal complaint filed against...

Heinz Field’s days may be numbered — at least as fans know it. Stalled talks over a contract renewal have prompted industry observers to speculate that Kraft Heinz Co. probably will not seek to retain the naming rights to the home of the Steelers beyond 2021, Street & Smith’s Sports...

A man was found dead outside a home in Pittsburgh’s Sheraden neighborhood Monday evening. City police responded to a Shot Spotter alert for multiple shots fired in the 1200 block of Faulkner Street around 5:30 p.m. Authorities said officers arrived and found a man unresponsive. He was later pronounced dead...