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Two Steak ’n Shake locations in the region are temporarily closed as the parent company of the chain transitions to a franchise-based business model. There was no time frame given for when the Pleasant Hills and Munhall locations would re-open. The company temporarily shuttered its corporate-owned restaurants until they are...

A Ross Township man was sentenced to 15 to 30 years in prison Thursday for strangling a woman after ending their relationship. Robert Metz, 69, pleaded guilty Jan. 7 to one count each of third-degree murder and abuse of a corpse for killing Dolores Miller at his Perrytown Place apartment...

More than a third of American teenagers think they could still be mooching off their parents when they turn 30, found a new survey by Citizens Bank and a Pittsburgh-based organization. The bank and Junior Achievement of Western Pennsylvania enlisted Wakefield Research to survey 1,000 U.S. teens in March on...

A judge Thursday denied bail for a Pittsburgh man who police say beat his grandson with a belt inside a school classroom after the boy misbehaved. Police said Harold Coates, 52, beat the boy in front of teachers in a Propel School classroom in the city’s Hazelwood neighborhood. Coates told...

New York Times White House correspondent Maggie Haberman – who has been called the “Trump Whisperer” by media outlets and a “third-rate reporter” by President Donald Trump – spoke at Chatham University on Wednesday about what it’s like covering his administration. Haberman addressed everything from Twitter to the 2020 presidential...

PNC Park staged a hot promotion Wednesday to lure fans back after the Pirates dropped their Home Opener on Monday. Admission to the game on Buc Night was $1. Hot dogs were $1. Fountain drinks were $1 off. What more could a fan want? Buns. Organizers apparently miscalculated and ran...

A Pittsburgh man who was convicted of killing a Jeannette man in 1999 was indicted Tuesday by a federal grand jury in Pittsburgh on charges of violating federal firearms laws and drug possession, according to U.S. Attorney Scott W. Brady. The grand jury alleged that Kalief Jamil Malik Rethage, 39,...

Bethel Park police are investigating a report of a man attempting to lure children toward his car with candy. Police said between 5:30 p.m. and 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, the man approached several children in an apartment complex on Highfield Court. The suspect is described as a white male in his...

Fifteen years ago, Handmade Arcade, an independent craft fair began. On April 27, shoppers will get to revisit the place where it all started — Construction Junction in Point Breeze. As a way to celebrate the milestone, Handmade Arcade is presenting 30 aspiring crafters at “Show and Sell,” a pop-up...

It’s April 4 again, but that doesn’t matter to Frances Kelly. Something each day takes her back to this date in 2009. Something makes her think of her son, Eric Kelly, and reminds her that he’s gone. Little inconveniences — getting a flat tire or needing to get the car...

Chris Shelton and Shawn Howering had never heard of Stanton Heights or the terrible events that happened there on April 4, 2009, when they moved to Pittsburgh from Baltimore in 2011. They had no idea when they started shopping for a house three years later that the one they picked...

Curt Wootton, better known to his thousands of fans as “Pittsburgh Dad,” has played a father for years in his popular comedy sketches. On Wednesday, he finally became one for real. Wootton’s wife, Kaitlin, gave birth to the couple’s first child, daughter Penny Jean Wootton, Wednesday afternoon. The couple announced...

A person was taken to the hospital after being hit by a vehicle in Harmar, according to Allegheny County 911. Police, fire and EMS responded to Route 910 near Commerce Lane around 8:30 p.m. The road was cleared in about an hour. Further details, including the extent of the pedestrian’s...

A 20-year-old man is dead and a woman is in critical condition after being struck by a train near Station Square on Pittsburgh’s South Side on Wednesday evening, according to the Pittsburgh Department of Public Safety. The two people were struck by a Norfolk Southern train between East Carson Street...

A Stowe man was sentenced to 18 years in prison followed by 15 years of supervised release for child exploitation offenses. Hakeem James Hughes, 30, previously pleaded guilty to using minors to produce child pornography, according to United States Attorney David J. Freed. Hughes coerced and persuaded minors to engage...

Allegheny County police do not plan to charge a jitney driver who fatally shot a passenger on Wednesday afternoon who was trying to rob him. County police said a 73-year-old driver had picked up a 33-year-old man and another passenger in Duquesne. While on the road, the passenger pulled a...

U.S. Rep. Conor Lamb, D-Mt. Lebanon, is supporting a resolution condemning the GOP lawmakers who are continuing efforts to overturn the Affordable Care Act. The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee has launched digital ads in Lamb’s congressional district praising him for his efforts. “Yet again, Republicans are attacking the health care...

Arconic, the Alcoa spinoff with roots in the Alle-Kiski Valley, told retirees in recent letters it is making drastic cuts to their health care benefits and eliminating life insurance it had provided. Arconic told retirees about the move in letters dated March 29. Arconic has about 300 employees in a...

A midday shooting Wednesday in Pittsburgh left one man in critical condition, authorities said. Police and EMS responded to a report of a man shot in the street shortly after noon, said Public Safety spokeswoman Alicia George. First responders found the man lying near Hillcrest and North Graham streets with...

The Pittsburgh area is experiencing a dramatic decline in blood donations, and health care professionals are alarmed. The number of blood donors in the region has been nearly cut in half in the past decade and donor visits are down by tens of thousands. “It is unprecedented and it must...

Survivors of last year’s shooting at a Parkland, Florida., high school will join with members of Pittsburgh’s Jewish community this weekend for a remembrance of victims killed in the October massacre at the Tree of Life synagogue. The program, Parkland to Pittsburgh, is described by the Jewish Community Center as...

A University of Pittsburgh documentary that explores the connection between food waste and hunger will be screened at the Carnegie Mellon International Film Festival on Saturday. “Rescuing Abundance,” a 15-minute documentary by Pitt business students, will be part of the festival’s Short Film Competition at 2 p.m. Saturday at Regent...

Investigators believe a man who showed up to Washington Hospital Tuesday night with critical wounds was stabbed in Stowe, Allegheny County police said. Washington police responded to the hospital after the 42-year-old man took himself to the emergency department, Lt. Ken Ruckel said. Local police learned that the man, who...

A judge ruled Wednesday that Attorney General Josh Shapiro cannot delay this summer’s looming breakup of rivals UPMC and Highmark, starting the clock on an 88-day countdown until thousands of seniors, cancer patients, and people with disabilities will no longer have affordable access to most UPMC doctors and hospitals. Commonwealth...