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Popular South Side restaurant Mallorca was tagged Monday with a consumer alert by the Allegheny County Health Department for unsafe food temperatures and soiled surfaces, among other issues, but the manager said early Tuesday that violations were already addressed. “I had a refrigerator that broke in the middle of the...

Babe Ruth. Honus Wagner. Thomas Edison? When it comes to collectible trading cards, inventors are not usually the first thing that comes to mind. But Rory Cooper, director of the Human Engineering Research Laboratories (HERL) at the University of Pittsburgh, was recognized Saturday by the Smithsonian Institute’s Museum of American...

A Port Vue man charged with possession and conspiring to distribute heroin pleaded guilty to the federal drug charges. Jarran Bell, 38, pleaded guilty to three counts before U.S. District Court Judge Cathy Bissoon. Authorities said Bell and his girlfriend, Krystle Barretto, were living together during the investigation, which took...

Two program cuts, 57 furloughs and a real estate tax hike of more than 6 percent are all part of Penn Hills School District’s proposed 2019-20 budget and financial recovery plan. School board members at a meeting Monday night stressed both plans are preliminary, and that anyone furloughed could be...

PennDOT employees from Allegheny County were honored Monday for their work in quickly reopening Route 30 after a portion of the road in East Pittsburgh plummeted about 40 feet down a steep hill in April 2018. The 10 employees were awarded the Governor’s Awards for Excellence for “exemplary service to...

A Pittsburgh defense attorney who tried to conceal the death of a friend by failing to notify police, then abandoning the body in a Squirrel Hill alley, will spend two years on house arrest followed by three more years on probation, a judge ruled Monday. Kevin Abramovitz, 38, completed in...

Pittsburgh police have identified a man they say fell from a second-story rooftop while trying to get away from officers Sunday afternoon along McClure Street. Eric Vaughn, 27, of Pittsburgh, was in serious condition at a local hospital after the fall. Police spokesman Chris Togneri said Zone 1 officers on...

Allegheny County is confronting among the biggest outbreaks of hepatitis A in Pennsylvania, and illegal opioid use could be part of the reason why the vaccine-preventable liver infection continues to spread statewide, state Health Secretary Dr. Rachel Levine said Monday. Since January 2018, the state confirmed at least 171 hepatitis...

The Steelers will go before the Pittsburgh Zoning Board of Adjustment on Thursday to argue for their plans to spell out Heinz Field or another name in the lower bowl of the stadium. It’s not unheard for professional football teams or even college teams to paint words and logos on...

Six writers and musicians will take the stage Friday at Steamworks Creative in Hampton to perform works based on each other’s work. “Words and Music – An evening of writers collaborating with musicians,” will be held from 8 to 10:30 p.m. at Steamworks, 4967 Route 8, Suite 6. Tickets are...

Five Russian Orthodox bells are on their way from Voronezh, Russia, to St. Nicholas Orthodox Church in McKees Rocks. The bronze bells, ranging in size from 9 pounds to 42 pounds, were shipped last week and are expected to arrive in about two months. The bells are part of a...

An argument early Sunday near the Fox Chapel Yacht Club left one man in jail and another with multiple stab wounds, according to police. Christopher Schmeider, of Etna, faces two counts of aggravated assault in the incident. Police and paramedics responded about 3:15 a.m. to the yacht club, which is...

Charles Martoni never wanted to hurt anyone, whether in the ring as a professional wrestler or in his life as a longtime politician and college administrator. The Allegheny County councilman, former Swissvale mayor, president of Community College of Allegheny County’s Boyce campus and hall of fame wrestler had a big...

An Uber driver accused of kidnapping two female passengers earlier this month in Pittsburgh was charged Monday with trying the same thing on the same night on a different woman, court records show. Richard Lomotey, 36, of Monaca, now faces a second set of charges that include kidnapping and unlawful...

One of Pittsburgh’s more popular bridges will be restricted to one lane in each direction all summer. Motorists who travel the 16th Street Bridge should expect delays, beginning June 3, while crews from Saxonburg’s Advantage Steel and Construction perform repairs. The span, also known as the David McCullough Bridge, connects...

A SWAT situation in Bloomfield ended peacefully Sunday, Pittsburgh police said. Officers closed a portion of Liberty Avenue after a man threatened to hurt himself and others, saying he had a cache of weapons, said Chris Togneri, a police spokesman. The incident happened just before 8 p.m. in the 4500...

A man jumped from a second-story roof into an alley while trying to flee Pittsburgh police, police said. The man was in serious condition in a hospital, public safety spokesman Chris Togneri said. Zone 1 officers on patrol at the 3100 block of McClure Avenue spotted a man wanted for...

Allegheny County Police are accusing a former Clairton man of shooting a 21-year-old woman in the shoulder in Jefferson Hills just after midnight Sunday. Police allege that Andrew Roberts, 27, whose last known address was Clairton, shot the woman in a mobile home community on Stilley Street. The woman was...

Allegheny County Police have made an arrest in the stabbing of 30-year-old man at the Fox Chapel Yacht Club early Sunday. Police accuse Christopher Schmeider, 28, of committing the stabbing during an argument just after 3 a.m. Sunday. The victim’s wounds were not life-threatening. Schmeider was taken to the Allegheny...

A man riding a bicycle in Pittsburgh was sent to an area hospital after being hit by a vehicle on Sunday morning. The crash happened just before 10:30 a.m. Sunday in the area of Grandview Avenue and Hallock Street on Mount Washington. The man is stable condition and the cause...

It was 16 years ago when Leslie Odom Jr. graduated from Carnegie Mellon University with his whole life ahead of him. Now, coming off of his success as a member of the original “Hamilton” cast, the Tony and Grammy award winning actor and singer returned to CMU on Sunday as...

Work on the Homestead Grays Bridge will resume Sunday night and is expected to continue through the end of the month. Although milling and paving work is done, the bridge will once again be reduced to one lane in each direction starting at 10 p.m. Sunday. Those restrictions will be...

A 22-year-old man was found dead on a Swissvale sidewalk early Sunday morning of multiple gunshot wounds, authorities said. The Allegheny County Medical Examiner’s office identified the victim as Aris Payto Barclay Vann, of Wilkinsburg. Vann was pronounced dead at the scene in the 2200 block of Woodstock Avenue at...