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Hundreds of people are expected to climb 665 stairs at the JLL Center at Tower Two-Sixty in Downtown Pittsburgh later this month to raise money for the American Lung Association. This is the 13th year that the Fight for Air fundraising event, which is held in cities throughout the country,...

The annual Kidney Gift of Life Gala is set to raise money for the National Kidney Foundation this weekend. With performances by Protégé, an open bar, silent auction and dinner, the event will raise awareness about the prevention and treatment of kidney disease. “This event will draw people who want...

There is plenty to do this weekend in Pittsburgh. On the hardwood The Atlantic 10 Conference women’s basketball tournament will be held Friday through Sunday at the A.J. Palumbo Center on the campus of host Duquesne University, Uptown. The Dukes are seeded third and play No. 6 seed St. Louis...

Pittsburgh City Councilwoman Darlene Harris is once again flouting Pittsburgh’s campaign finance ordinance, contending the law is illegal, unconstitutional and unenforceable. Harris, a Democrat running for re-election this year, informed the Pittsburgh Ethics Hearing Board by letter on March 1 that she would not comply with the ordinance requiring candidates...

An overturned tractor trailer that snarled traffic along the outbound Parkway West near the Pittsburgh International Airport for most of the morning has been cleared. The wreck along the outbound lanes of I-376 near Exit 51 was reported at 7 a.m. The accident caused a lane restriction until a tow...

Surveillance video was used to track down three people from Butler County who allegedly tried to break into a Scott Township woman’s home by knocking on the door and announcing themselves as police officers. The investigation began Feb. 20 when a woman along the 500 block of Carothers Avenue reported...

A Pitcairn man accused of possessing heroin and fentanyl with intent to distribute the drugs pleaded guilty to the crimes in federal court, authorities announced Thursday. William Kelly Penn, 33, entered his plea before U.S. District Court Judge Nora Barry Fischer. Agents executed a search warrant at Penn’s home last...

A Mount Oliver man convicted of robbing two banks in Allegheny County has been sentenced in federal court to more than 10 years in prison, authorities announced Thursday. Chief U.S. District Judge Mark Hornak imposed the sentence on David Payo, 52. His prison time, 10 years and seven months, will...

The Allegheny County Health Department has issued a consumer alert for a mouse infestation at the Family Dollar on Chartiers Avenue in Pittsburgh’s Crafton Heights neighborhood. An inspector on Wednesday found “too many rodent droppings to count” throughout the store, “under every shelf checked.” Droppings also were found on top...

A Wilkinsburg man confessed to robbing the same Downtown Pittsburgh bank twice in two weeks as part of a nearly month-long crime spree to support his drug addiction, federal prosecutors said Thursday. Glenn Ford, 60, pleaded guilty to committing four robberies between mid-September and early October 2017, U.S. Attorney Scott...

Pittsburgh Mayor Bill Peduto on Thursday publicly endorsed a City Council candidate running against his longtime political rival Darlene Harris. Peduto issued a statement endorsing Bobby Wilson, 36, of the North Side’s Spring Hill neighborhood, calling him a “dynamic, qualified community leader.” This is Wilson’s third attempt to unseat Harris,...

Allegheny County Controller Chelsa Wagner spent Tuesday night in a Detroit jail after an altercation with police in a hotel where she and her husband were staying during a belated Valentine’s Day celebration, her attorney said. Attorney Heather Heidelbaugh said Thursday that Wagner, 42, of Point Breeze has not been...

Kraft Heinz is no longer just for Ketchup lovers. The brand has introduced two new combinations targeting sauce fans. The first is a mayonnaise and barbecue mashup the makers call Heinz Mayocue and the second a mustard concoction, also with mayo, called Mayomust. “Sauce lovers nationwide have been mixing different...

The National Aviary in Pittsburgh’s North Side has a new female brown pelican that sustained injuries in Florida but has been rehabilitated. The lady seabird is in need of a name and you can help. Voters can choose from among three names and can win four free admission passes and...

A reward is being offered to anyone with information about a shooting that killed a man outside a Penn Hills bar in January. Paul McMillan, 48, of Verona was found inside his vehicle at the Lounge on Verona along Verona Road with multiple gunshot wounds to his abdomen. He died...

Nearly 50 years after starting a job he never expected to have, Penn Hills police Chief Howard Burton is still at it. March 17 will mark a half-century of service at the department for Burton. The chief, who is 71, has served in law enforcement for more than two-thirds of...

Allegheny County’s annual marble-shooting competition will kick off at The Block Northway in Ross Township starting on Monday from 6 to 7:30 p.m. Children 14 and younger can participate in the week-long competition to determine the winners who will compete for the title of 2019 Allegheny County Marbles Champion. There...

Winter activities at two Allegheny County parks will close for the season Sunday. Boyce Park ski slopes and snow tubing area and the South Park ice rink will thaw out for the season soon, according to an Allegheny County Parks Department news release. The North Park ice rink closed earlier...

Primanti Bros. will open a new restaurant at Pittsburgh International Airport with much fanfare on Wednesday. With all of the locations Primanti’s has established around Pittsburgh and in other parts of the U.S., it may come as somewhat of a surprise that this new location is its first in an...

An Allegheny County lawmaker will hold an informational event today to answer questions about Real ID. State Rep. Lori Mizgorski, R-Allegheny, is hosting the discussion at 6:30 p.m. at the Richland Community Room at the Northern Tier Library at 4015 Dickey Rd. in Richland. Passed by Congress in response to...

A man who told Pittsburgh police that he was assaulted by someone in a Downtown coffee shop had to be subdued by a Taser after he tried to punch an officer, according to authorities. Barry Comeau, 37, of Jackson, Wyo., told officers responding to a Starbucks coffee shop in Market...

Two Pittsburgh hospitals have been named among the best in the country by IBM Watson Health. West Penn Hospital and St. Clair Hospital were named in the 100 Top Hospitals list the company puts out each year. IBM Watson Health recognizes hospitals of all sizes, in five different categories —...

Bunola River Road in Forward Township reopened to traffic Thursday after crews finished clearing debris and downed trees spurred by a landslide, PennDOT officials said. Crews had shut down access to road in both directions between Pangburn Hollow and Raccoon Run roads Monday. PennDOT workers cleared the road and utility...