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HARRISBURG — Attorneys zipped through the last leg of the jury selection process in the Michael Rosfeld case Wednesday morning, seating the final three jurors and four alternates in less than 90 minutes. The jury is made up of six men and six women, including one black man and two...

When Jason Deichler was a student at Chartiers Valley High School, he dreamed of joining the U.S. Navy and working as an officer on a nuclear submarine. Now, he commands them. Deichler was at the helm when the USS Pittsburgh made its final patrol this year. The Scott native piloted...

Anyone traveling to the Pittsburgh International Airport or nearby areas late Wednesday might want to leave early. The Fort Pitt Tunnel will be restricted to a single lane outbound from 11 p.m. to 3 a.m. Thursday morning for maintenance. Crews will be replacing cameras, PennDOT officials said. Work is expected...

Pittsburgh police said a teen missing from the East End has been found safe. No other details were released. UPDATE: Alyssa has been safely located. Thanks to all for you concern. Pittsburgh Police (@PghPolice) March 13, 2019 Police originally tweeted for help after Alyssa McEachern, 14, was last spotted...

A Pittsburgh man was sentenced in federal court to four years in prison and three years of supervised release for possession of a firearm by a convicted felon. U.S. District Judge Cathy Bissoon imposed the sentence on LaRon Hollaman, 29, federal authorities announced Tuesday. Bissoon also ordered the sentence to...

Citing a lack of diversity on the Allegheny County bench, Pittsburgh’s Black Political Empowerment Project is calling on Gov. Tom Wolf to appoint Rosemary Crawford to fill a vacancy on the Allegheny County Court of Common Pleas. In a letter to the governor, B-PEP Chairman and CEO Tim Stevens wrote...

Students left in the cold by the sudden shuttering of the storied Art Institute of Pittsburgh last week may be able to transfer to the Community College of Allegheny County. CCAC officials said they will hold two informational sessions for former Art Institute students at the CCAC Allegheny Campus from...

A former Pittsburgh police officer pleaded guilty Tuesday to lying to FBI agents about not knowing a person suspected in a Crafton bank robbery in 2018. Antoine Cain, 49, of Brookline pleaded guilty to two counts of making false statements to government agents. The 25-year police veteran faces a sentence...

Mac Miller’s name now appears in some online searches for the late Pittsburgh rapper’s neighborhood playground. Blue Slide Playground in Squirrel Hill’s Frick Park has been rebranded as “Mac Miller’s Blue Slide Park” via Bing and Apple Maps searches. Miller’s name did not appear attached to Blue Slide Playground on...

Pittsburgh City Council on Wednesday will amend - but not vote on - controversial legislation that would ban certain firearms and accessories from within city limits, a sponsor of the bills said Wednesday. Councilman Corey O’Connor of Swisshelm Park said council would amend the proposed legislation to add information, including...

Pittsburgh International Airport’s leading airline said Tuesday it will continue flying its Boeing 737 Max 8 airplanes as aviation authorities in some countries grounded that model of aircraft following Sunday’s Ethiopian Airlines crash that claimed 157 lives. At least 24 Southwest Airlines flights using the 737 Max 8 came through...

An Allegheny County resident in her mid-80s has died from flu-related complications, according to a statement from the county health department Tuesday. This brings the total number of flu-related deaths in Allegheny County during the 2018-19 flu season to six. Flu cases, hospitalizations and deaths this season are significantly lower...

CORAOPOLIS — Dick’s Sporting Goods said Tuesday that it will stop selling hunting rifles and ammunition at 125 of its stores, replacing the gear with merchandise it believes will sell better at those locations. CEO Edward Stack said the move comes after the sporting goods retailer replaced hunting merchandise in...

A county health department order against La Palapa food truck was lifted March 19. The Allegheny County Health Department had ordered the food truck to close until repairs to the truck’s water system were completed, according to an inspection report filed March 9. The report also mentioned that the truck...

Pittsburgh Public Safety Director Wendell Hissrich said traffic will be restricted on streets around the perimeter of the Allegheny County Courthouse during the trial of former police officer Michael Rosfeld starting next week. Hissrich said restrictions will be in place only during trial sessions, which are expected to run from...

A Munhall man was sentenced to 1½ years in prison for stealing packages and mail from apartment buildings in Pittsburgh’s Shadyside and North Oakland neighborhoods. U.S. Attorney Scott W. Brady said Christopher Eric Carr, 46, and co-defendant Ron Matthew Sharp, of Duquesne, went to multiple apartment buildings and stole packages...

For years, Pittsburgh allowed St. Patrick’s Day revelers to openly drink alcohol in Market Square. No longer. The city Tuesday announced street closures and other preparations — including the banning of open containers of alcohol in Market Square — for Saturday’s St. Patrick’s Day parade and celebration. Public Safety Director...

Aspinwall Riverfront Park will be the backdrop Wednesday for a meeting of Department of Conservation and Natural Resources officials. Secretary Cindy Adams Dunn and others will tour the 10-acre site that abuts the Allegheny River, while discussing how the Restore Pennsylvania proposal could help address infrastructure needs at local park...

The polls are closed, now the waiting begins. Will Picklesburgh be the top dill? The winner of the USA Today best specialty food festival in the country will be announced at noon on March 22. Voters had propelled Picklesburgh atop the leader board last week. Voting concluded at noon Tuesday....

Goodwill of Southwestern Pennsylvania will begin offering adult education classes at multiple locations in the Pittsburgh region. Goodwill’s classes help prepare students to take a high school equivalency test, either GED or HiSET, so they can earn their Commonwealth Secondary School Diploma. All classes incorporate reading comprehension, math, language arts,...

Applications are available for the Allegheny County and city of Pittsburgh Learn and Earn Program. Now in its fifth year, the program matches people ages 14 to 21 with a six-week summer job. It’s managed through a partnership among Pittsburgh, Allegheny County and Partner4Work, the public workforce development board for...

Leon Ford on Tuesday ended his campaign for a Pittsburgh City Council seat representing part of the East End. Ford, 26, an activist who was paralyzed after being shot by Pittsburgh police in 2012, said in an email that he decided “after several weeks of reflection” to drop out of...

HARRISBURG — Nine jurors from Dauphin County were selected Tuesday in the first day of jury selection in the homicide case against former East Pittsburgh police officer Michael Rosfeld. Three men and six women were among those chosen out of the 24 interviewed by the time court recessed for the...

A man suspected of causing more than $20,000 in damage spray painting graffiti in Pittsburgh’s East End has been arrested. Trevon Kinnon, 24, of Pittsburgh’s North Side, was charged March 13 with six counts of criminal mischief and two counts of institutional vandalism, said Pittsburgh Public Safety spokesman Chris Togneri....