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A crowded race in Greensburg Salem School District will ensure at least a couple new faces on the school board next year. Nine candidates — including three incumbents — are vying for five open seats. Most are running on both the Republican and Democratic ballots, except Ronel Baccus, who is...

A Pirates jersey-clad Garth Brooks performed for a record-breaking audience Saturday night at Heinz Field on Pittsburgh’s North Shore. The concert was delayed slightly because of weather concerns, but the crowd — expected to top 75,000 for a Heinz Field record — was allowed to resume entering the stadium shortly...

Everyone knew this was coming, but it doesn’t make the moment any less special. Fans attending the Garth Brooks show Saturday night at Heinz Field took over when Brooks played fan-favorite “Friends in Low Places.” At his preshow news conference Friday, Brooks cracked that he hasn’t actually sung “Friends in...

A family fishing along the banks of the Monongahela River in Pittsburgh on Saturday afternoon encountered something else: an alligator. The family spotted the alligator sunning itself on a riverside trail around 1:15 p.m., according to Pittsburgh Public Safety spokesman Chris Togneri. The gator, about 3 feet long and weighing...

Five parish mergers were announced Saturday by Pittsburgh Diocese Bishop David Zubik. He also said five Downtown Pittsburgh church buildings will be classified as shrines. Zubik said the five parish mergers are a result of the ongoing On Mission for The Church Alive! initiative. The bishop made the announcements in...

About the only thunder expected at tonight’s Garth Brooks concert is if he plays “The Thunder Rolls” — and the roar of the record crowd. Although it was raining and cloudy early Saturday, conditions are expected to be more favorable by the time the Heinz Field concert starts at 7...

Five Pittsburgh City Council seats are up for grabs this year with competitive Democratic primary challenges in four races. There are no Republican challengers, and aside from independent or write-in bids, the winners in the May 21 primary election should win another term in November. Incumbents in Districts 1, 3,...

Between 75% and 80% of the region’s registered voters aren’t expected to cast a ballot in Tuesday’s primary, according to elections officials. The primary features county, municipal and school board races for Republican and Democratic party nominations to run in November’s general election. Local taxes are traditionally one of the...

Garth Brooks is bringing more than just his legendary sound to Pittsburgh on Saturday night. Hotels, bars, restaurants, merchants and laborers will hear the ring of cash registers all weekend. “We had a special meeting about this concert,” said Bob Page, director of sales and marketing for the Omni William...

Four people were injured when a car went into a creek in Plum Borough Friday night. A Plum police spokesman said the occupants were “injured but stable.” The accident was reported near the intersection of Kerr Road and Dinwiddie Drive at 7:07 p.m., an Allegheny County Department of Public Safety...

A Pittsburgh woman and a Turtle Creek man are accused of getting a 14-year-old girl involved with prostitution, including encounters in the Alle-Kiski Valley, and giving her drugs and alcohol. A criminal complaint filed by the state Attorney General’s Office identified Davon Allen Fuqua, 32, as a pimp and Shannon...

Garth Brooks never tires of performing old hits like “Friends in Low Places,” because he lets the fans do all the work. Brooks, who will play Heinz Field Saturday night, said he’s often asked if there is a song he wished he never had to sing again. “What they don’t...

An anti-abortion group went too far this week when it sent state Rep. Dan Frankel said an email loaded with black and white photos of Holocaust death camp victims to protest his vote on an abortion bill, the Squirrel Hill lawmaker said. Frankel, who is Jewish, represents the district that...

Have you ever had a hard time finding an item you needed in a densely packed supermarket? “Where in the world is the aisle that has my eye drops?” you may have asked yourself. Well, now there’s an app for that, thanks to Yodel Labs, a Pittsburgh-based company and Carnegie...

A Wilmerding man took a bus from Pittsburgh to New York and spent an hour there before returning home with a backpack full of heroin and fentanyl, federal authorities said Friday. Ronnell Lawrence, 31, pleaded guilty in federal court Thursday to a drug crime after investigators found nearly 400 grams...

The Wilkinsburg Community Development Corporation will host an event Saturday to celebrate and promote local businesses. The third-annual Two-Way Street Fest takes place on Wood Street between Penn and Franklin Avenues. “It’s a nice day to get out, talk to each other and to have a positive day of fun...

Paul R. Lawrence, the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs Under Secretary for Benefits, will be on hand Monday at the Community College of Allegheny County to meet student veterans, reservists and their dependents who attend CCAC. A CCAC spokesman said Lawrence will participate in an 11 a.m. roundtable discussion in...

If you aren’t one of the 70,000-plus fans going to the Garth Brooks concert on Saturday, here are some other options for what to do this weekend Spanish celebration ENIX Brewing in Homestead is hosting Feria, a festival from the south of Spain from 1 to 5 p.m. Saturday. Guests...

Garth Brooks will play in front of the largest Heinz Field crowd ever Saturday night when the county music superstar brings his tour to Pittsburgh’s North Shore. Ticket sales for the concert could top 75,000 and police, firefighters and emergency medical personnel are preparing for huge crowds of tailgaters and...

UPMC President and CEO Jeffrey Romoff took home $8.54 million in compensation during the health giant’s fiscal year that ended last June, records made available Friday show. Romoff’s pay from July 1, 2017, through the end of June amounted to $2.42 million more than the previous year — for a...

Longtime Allegheny County District Attorney Stephen A. Zappala Jr. will face his first challenger for his job in 20 years in Tuesday’s Democratic Party primary election. Political newcomer Turahn Jenkins said the county’s criminal justice system is broken, and he aims to fix it. “I believe that this county is...

A SWAT team was dispatched to the borough of Bell Acres on Thursday after a man refused to leave a home during a domestic dispute, according to police. Officers responding to a call for shots fired in the 100 block of North Avenue shortly before 3:15 p.m. found a woman...

The North Hills DUI Task Force, which comprises officers from a dozen communities, will be out looking for impaired drivers this weekend. During the 17 years since the task force was organized, 221 check points and roving patrols that have been conducted, resulting in the arrest of 937 people for...