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Aspiring film technicians will have a new option to consider with the grand opening Thursday of the Community College of Allegheny County’s new Film Center. The Center, which will house CCAC’s expanding film technician program, is located at CCAC’s South Campus in West Mifflin. It includes a film studio, sound...

A four-alarm fire raged through an apartment complex in McCandless on Wednesday morning, damaging at least 30 units. A passerby reported the fire shortly before 9:30 a.m. and emergency response units were on scene at the Durham Court Apartments within 5 minutes, according to the Allegheny County Fire Marshal’s Office,...

HARRISBURG — Victims of the Pittsburgh synagogue attack that killed 11 people last year will be remembered during a memorial service in the Pennsylvania Capitol. The unusual joint session Wednesday will bring together the House and the Senate for prayers and speeches about the Oct. 27 shooting at the Tree...

A teen last seen Monday in Mt. Oliver has been found safe, according to Pittsburgh police. Officers previously asked for help in locating Jaydin Eleam, 15. Police thanked the public for their help in locating Eleam....

Two men formerly of Duquesne pleaded guilty in federal court Tuesday in connection with an illegal gun purchase, according to U.S. Attorney Scott Brady. Melvin Bowles, 24, asked Khalil Armstrong, 26, on Feb. 8, 2018, to purchase a gun for him because Bowles is prohibited as a convicted felon from...

Pittsburgh police have located a man missing from near the Veteran’s Administration hospital in Pittsburgh’s Oakland section. Edward Lanigan, 65, was found safe after last being seen at about 2 p.m. Tuesday, police said. Police originally said Lanigan may have needed medical attention. Officers thanked the public for their cooperation...

The driver of a truck that went off a Shaler road early Wednesday and dangled over a bridge was arrested on suspicion of drunken driving, Shaler police said. The incident happened at 3:20 a.m. along Kay Street near Saxonburg Boulevard. Police responded to the single-vehicle crash and found a pick-up...

A highly touted fried chicken restaurant will be the first commercial tenant for the Eighth and Penn development in Downtown Pittsburgh. Thunderdome restaurant group is bringing The Eagle, a casual, family-style eatery specializing in southern fried chicken, to the first floor of the building with a target date for opening...

The Allegheny County Medical Examiner’s Office identified the man fatally shot while trying to rob a jitney driver on April 3. Vernon Lee Owens III, 33, of McKeesport was identified as the man killed. Allegheny County Police previously said they do not plan to charge the 73-year-old jitney driver. County...

A Colombian man pleaded guilty to federal robbery charges for trying to steal as much as $1 million worth of jewelry and gemstones from a salesman outside a McCandless store in 2013, officials said Tuesday. Oscar Javier Rodriguez Roa, 36, of Bogota, Colombia, admitted as part of his guilty plea...

A McKees Rocks man pleaded guilty in federal court to possession with intent to distribute fentanyl. Terrance Murphy, 46, is expected to be sentenced Aug. 9. He made his guilty plea before U.S. District Judge Cathy Bissoon, authorities said. Murphy was arrested at a traffic stop by the FBI Opioid...

A fresh lead and forensic evidence spurred this week’s arrest of a man in New York accused of murdering two Penn Hills teenagers while they were vacationing in Virginia Beach nearly 46 years ago, police said Tuesday. Ernest Broadnax, 80, of the St. Albans section of Queens, faces charges of...

Four local police departments have agreed to require all officers to read, understand and be tested on a brochure outlining the rights and responsibilities of citizens during a police encounter. Pittsburgh’s Citizens Police Review Board and the Black Political Empowerment Project, with input from police officers and community groups and...

Heavily armed Pittsburgh SWAT officers surrounded a home in the city’s Beechview neighborhood Tuesday afternoon after a woman said she was kidnapped at gunpoint by a man in South Park. There were no injuries in the situation that began around 2:30 p.m. when the woman called police from a car...

School districts in Allegheny, Armstrong and Westmoreland Counties are among the 623 districts nationwide to be recognized as top communities for music education by the National Association of Music Merchants Foundation. The designation for “Best Communities for Music Education” is awarded to districts that not only have high participation in...

Two more Allegheny County residents have died from flu-related complications, bringing the total deaths to 14 this season, officials said. A female in her upper 90s and a male in his mid-60s died, according to the Allegheny County Health Department. The county receives its data on flu-related deaths from the...

Authorities have arrested a 25-year-old woman in connection with the death of a Pittsburgh girl who drowned in a Baldwin swimming pool last summer. Allegheny County homicide detectives say Bhima Acharya was babysitting 7-year-old Jessica Basnet in July when the girl got into a neighbor’s pool. On July 19, Baldwin...

Robert Rubinstein, the executive director of Pittsburgh’s Urban Redevelopment Authority, will assume another position within the URA, Mayor Bill Peduto said Tuesday. Rubinstein, 55, of Squirrel Hill, a URA employee for more than 30 years, has been executive director since 2012. URA spokeswoman Gigi Saladna said Rubinstein cited “personal reasons”...

Pittsburgh, meet Jonesboro, Ark. A recent study by the journal Nature Communications says Pittsburgh’s climatic analog in the year 2080 is Jonesboro, a city in northeast Arkansas, if current climate change trends continue. That Pittsburgh will feel like a city in the South may be alarming to some, but the...

Background extras are needed for a movie filming April 14 at Steel City Con. Anyone interested in participating should arrive between 9:30 and 10 a.m. to the convention in the Monroeville Convention Center, where more information will be available. The Crazy Pants Productions film by Mike and Brenda Ankas is...

A street fight late Monday in Mount Oliver left one man with multiple gunshot wounds, according to Allegheny County police. A 20-year-old victim was listed in stable condition at a Pittsburgh hospital, Lt. Ken Ruckel said. His name has not been released. The incident happened at 10:34 p.m. on Margaret...

For Jackie Evancho, the classical-crossover song stylist from Pine in Pittsburgh’s North Hills, this is a week for celebrations. Not only is she in town from New York to observe her 19th birthday on April 9 with her family; she’s also anticipating the April 12 release of her new studio...