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One man is dead and a 15-year-old girl is injured after a shooting in Pittsburgh’s Hill District, according to the Pittsburgh Department of Public Safety. Police were called to the Bedford Dwellings apartment complex on Chauncey Drive just before 11 p.m. Monday for a report of shots fired. They found...

When drummer Sheila E. was 15 years old, her father’s band needed a percussionist. One of the members was ill and not able to perform at the show in San Francisco, Calif. Sheila E. told her dad she could step in. “He wasn’t for that, but when my mom told...

The Sarris Candies store in Canonsburg is artist Maria DeSimone Prascak’s Sistine Chapel. Over the years, she’s transformed the shop and adjoining ice cream parlor into a colorful candyland using paint, clay, papier-mache and crystal embellishments. Prascak’s brush has touched 450 feet of murals, two columns, three ceiling domes, five...

A West Deer man faces drug charges after Frazer police said they found more than 1,000 highly potent THC cartridges with an estimated street value of nearly $62,000 in the back seat of his car during a traffic stop Monday afternoon. Police stopped a car driven by Adam Stephen Viale,...

Are you counting down the tunes with WDVE this holiday weekend? The radio station resurrected the beloved Memorial Day 500, a countdown of the top 500 rock tunes of all time. It’s been more than two decades since WDVE-FM 102.5 hosted the music bonanza. Middle age yinzers no doubt remember...

Jeffry Blake Johnson will soon take a final bow. His last performances as artistic director for the Renaissance City Choir are 4 p.m. June 1-2 at East Liberty Presbyterian Church’s Courtyard. He’s been with the group for seven seasons. A search for his replacement has begun. “It’s time,” he says....

A Shadyside neighborhood pharmacy that’s been around for over 100 years will remain, with a slightly different name and some new products. Schiller’s Pharmacy has become Schiller’s Apothecary. The business on the corner of South Aiken Avenue and Walnut Street was purchased in April by New Jersey-based Apotheco Pharmacy. Over...

Happy Birthday, Frankie! The Pittsburgh Zoo & PPG Aquarium’s baby gorilla Frankie turned one year old on Sunday and celebrated with presents and treats from the zoo staff. Frankie was born last May to 22-year-old mom Moka while on exhibit. The zoo wanted to give the public the option of...

A woman was injured in Pittsburgh’s South Side neighborhood on Sunday after she was hit by a car that fled the scene. According to Pittsburgh police, officers responded to a hit-and-run crash involving a pedestrian at the intersection of Carson and South 18th streets around 12:30 p.m. The woman suffered...

Residents of Beacon Hill Avenue in Dormont could be without water for most of the day while crews repair a water main break. Pennsylvania American Water released a notification to customers around 10:30 a.m. Sunday that crews were making emergency repairs to a broken water main. The repairs are expected...

The musical “Mamma Mia!” and schools performing the popular musical turned out to be the biggest winners of the night at the Gene Kelly Awards for Excellence in High School Musical Theater Saturday. Three schools performing “Mamma Mia!” — Deer Lakes, Elizabeth Forward and Woodland Hills — won in the...

Kennywood Park is offering ticket promotions for the Memorial Day weekend. The West Mifflin institution is offering a buy-one-get-one offer on Sunday. Tickets are $54.99 for adults, $36.99 for juniors (people under 46” tall); and $28.99 for seniors. To get the BOGO deal you must order tickets online. On Memorial...

A teen was shot and killed early Friday morning in the South Side just days before she was set to graduate from high school. According to Pittsburgh police, the shooting happened at South 27th and Jane streets shortly after 3 a.m. The teen, identified by the medical examiner as Morgan...

Allegheny County homicide detectives police identified a suspect in the fatal shooting of a 31-year-old man in a Stowe Township bar early Sunday morning. Police issued an arrest warrant for Omarr Harris, 36, on charges of criminal homicide and a firearms violation. Harris, whose address was not revealed by police,...

Tribune-Review stories about the Tree of Life massacre, the killing of Antwon Rose and compensation programs set up after the clergy sex abuse scandal in Pennsylvania are among the top nominees in this year’s Golden Quill Awards. In all, the Trib garnered 22 nominations for the awards, which are presented...

The Battle of the Monongahela has become known to many as “Braddock’s Defeat.” British Gen. Edward Braddock failed in his 1755 campaign to wrest Fort Duquesne — the future site of Pittsburgh — from French forces. He was mortally wounded, and his forces routed in the July 9 battle with...

The Carnegie Mellon University graduate hasn’t been working at UPMC all that long, but Anna Nelson is among the most vocal critics ready to confront a group of UPMC hospital board members this week with a spate of reasons why the nonprofit behemoth needs to take better care of its...

A feud between two men led to the shooting death of one of them Friday night in Robinson Township, police said. The Allegheny County Medical Examiner’s Office confirmed that 51-year-old Michael McDonald was the victim. He was shot at a home on the 2000 block of Forest Grove Road just...

Bring you glove for some baseball on the field at PNC Park. The annual Catch for Cancer event is from 8:30 a.m. to noon on June 1. The Pittsburgh Pirates and Allegheny Health Network will host a baseball skills workshop with the opportunity to meet Pirates pitcher Jameson Taillon and...

Two teens shot Friday evening in Stowe are recovering at local hospitals, police said. Stowe police responded to reports of gunfire at the 700 block of Benwood Avenue shortly after 7:30 p.m. Allegheny County officials said officers discovered an 18-year-old male shot in the face. He was transported to an...

The Allegheny County GOP’s chief is stepping down months after losing a bid for the state Senate. D. Raja, chairman of the Allegheny County Republican Committee, on Friday submitted his resignation, effective June 29 or sooner. Committee leaders credited Raja with providing “critical ground support for the election of President...

Rodney Smith was in Charleston, W.Va., hoping to come to Pittsburgh. He wanted to mow a lawn for a veteran. For free. By Tuesday, he had found someone, a Gulf War vet named Kenneth Morton who had spent 20 years in the Army and served in Operation Desert Storm. Smith...