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A Pittsburgh woman plead guilty in federal court to attempted distribution of heroin, federal authorities announced Monday evening. Ada Johnson, 33, entered the plea before U.S. District Judge Nora Barry Fischer. Authorities said she was indicted in connection with a U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration wiretap investigation. Investigators found through intercepted...

Pittsburgh Mayor Bill Peduto spent time in Israel last week honoring 11 victims killed in the Tree of Life murders. The mayor said he talked to government officials about security measures and mayors from around the world about anti-Semitism during a four-day visit to Jerusalem and Tel Aviv for the...

A landslide has spurred the closure of Bunola River Road in Forward Township, PennDOT officials said Monday. Crews have shut down access to Bunola River Road in both directions between Pangburn Hollow and Raccoon Run roads, PennDOT spokesman Steve Cowan said. Detours will be posted directing drivers around the closed...

Prosecutors and defense attorneys in the homicide case against former East Pittsburgh police officer Michael Rosfeld submitted 79 questions between them that they want potential jurors to answer during jury selection next week. Selection in the case is scheduled to begin March 12 in Dauphin County as the result of...

A shaggy-haired, 6-month-old terrier mix named Willow became the 10,000th animal rescued by the Pittsburgh Aviation Animal Rescue Team on Saturday. The dog and four others were flown from a shelter in Morgan County, Ky., on the team’s airplane. The plane landed at Allegheny County Airport in West Mifflin to...

Motorists who use the Highland Park Bridge will be forced to detour through O’Hara and Etna this week, alternately. Ramps will be closed for portions of Tuesday through Thursday while crews inspect them, PennDOT announced. Work will be performed from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. and will impact people traveling...

How about an indoor food truck bonanza? It’s happening this weekend in Monroeville. A variety of food choices such as chicken and waffles, crepes, tacos, hot dogs and more will be available at Food Truck A Palooza from noon to 5 p.m. Saturday at the Monroeville Convention Center. The event...

Closing arguments in the sexual assault case against a former Pittsburgh restaurant owner will begin Tuesday and jurors could start deliberating on the case by the afternoon. Adnan Pehlivan testified in his own defense Monday, admitting to the jury that he followed the alleged victim home from Kopy’s bar on...

A former dancer at Club Erotica strip club in McKees Rocks is seeking a class action lawsuit against the club and its owners contending she was underpaid. Sonya Jackson, who worked at the club at various times from May 2016 until late August 2018, alleges that club management improperly classified...

Two college students from Pittsburgh want to use a 3D-printed tube to help save lives. Their invention is meant to help combat diarrhea caused by disease that can leave children dangerously dehydrated. Jack Waters and Jacob Dubner created their device, called the ORTube, as part of a science class at...

Got questions about Real ID? State Rep. Lori Mizgorski, R-Shaler, will host an event at 6:30 p.m. Thursday in the Richland Community Room at Northern Tier Library at 4015 Dickey Road in Richland. The Real ID Act, passed by Congress in 2005 in response to the 9/11 terrorist attacks, established...

Pittsburgh Public Schools students caught with small amounts of marijuana will no longer face an immediate suspension or risk being removed from their schools for six weeks or more. Starting this month, first-time offenders in possession of less than 5 grams of marijuana will have the option of a five-day...

Christopher M. Powell was named executive director of the Pittsburgh Festival Opera effective March 12. Powell was the director of artistic initiatives for the Glimmerglass Festival in Cooperstown, N.Y., for the past four years. He will work alongside Artistic Director Jonathan Eaton into the opera’s 42nd season. The upcoming season...

A man was taken to a Pittsburgh area hospital in critical condition following a crash along Second Avenue in the city Sunday evening. Pittsburgh Public Safety spokeswoman Alicia George said police, firefighters and EMS were dispatched to the 700 block of Second Avenue around 4:40 p.m. for a vehicle into...

People eager to learn the art of creating Ukrainian Pysanky/Easter Eggs took to a workshop in Ross Community Center put on by St. Peter and St. Paul Ukrainian Orthodox Church. Church member and instructor, Michael Kapeluck, 55, who’s parents hail from Western Ukraine, has been painting Pysanky Eggs since the...

Route 28 southbound at the Route 8 off-ramp has been reopened in Etna after a multi-vehicle crash Sunday. Allegheny County dispatch said the incident took place around 4:55 p.m. Traffic was rerouted around the area for about an hour before it was reopened. Dispatchers said responders cleared the scene shortly...

Two women were injured in a three-car crash on West Carson Street near Telford Street on Saturday. One car rolled over and the driver was trapped inside. She was extricated by the EMS rescue crew. Pittsburgh’s Zone 6 officers and EMS responded to the crash around 4:50 p.m., Pittsburgh Public...

A social media challenge that is either a new form of cyber bullying or simply a hoax has prompted the Plum Borough School District to issue a warning about the “Momo Challenge,” which encourages students to commit dangerous and potentially violent acts. The Momo Challenge uses text messages or social...

The Port Authority of Allegheny County’s ConnectCard payment system will be inaccessible to most transit riders for at least two days next week, officials said. Officials are urging customers either to load more cash or credit to their cards by Tuesday, or be prepared to pay fares in cash. Starting...

Testimony began this week in the trial of man charged with killing a family of three Thanksgiving Day in 2016 as he tried to flee police near Route 30 in North Versailles. David Bianco, his fiancée, Kaylie Meininger and her young daughter Annika died when their Ford Taurus burst into...

A man convicted of raping a 15-year-old girl in 2014 faces new charges on allegations he pressured the victim last year while still in jail to recant her original statements, court records show. Christopher Vasquez, 28, was sentenced to at least seven years in prison in 2014. In May 2018,...

A Pittsburgh man with 13 prior convictions pleaded guilty in federal court for having a handgun and ammunition, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office. Darnell James Shipman, 29, entered the guilty plea Friday before U.S. District Judge Nora Barry Fischer. Shipman, who is a convicted felon, was accused of brandishing...

Bishop David Zubik, the head of the Catholic Diocese of Pittsburgh, will soon issue a pastoral letter that offers an action plan to try and move forward in the wake of the grand jury report chronicling decades of sexual abuse in the church. The letter will address issues related to...