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A home health care aid allegedly assaulted a 92-year-old woman, kicking her so hard that she required stitches, police said. Brightstar Healthcare aid Kweilin Wofford told city police she was headed to the apartment of Bunny Pittsburgh in the Riverview Towers in Squirrel Hill when she heard screaming and swearing,...

After weeks of dispute, the Braddock Council has appointed an interim mayor. Chardae Jones, 29, was selected by the six-member council in a unanimous vote at a special meeting Tuesday, council President Tina Doose said. “I’m excited to continue my work with the community,” said Jones, who has co-chaired Braddock...

Crashes are slowing commute times along several major roadways in the Pittsburgh area this morning because of icy conditions and snow squalls. All crashes have been cleared. Tony LaRussa is a Tribune-Review staff writer. You can contact Tony at 724-772-6368 or tlarussa@tribweb.com or via Twitter @TonyLaRussaTrib....

Three men opened fire during an early morning home invasion in Stowe on Wednesday, and police continued searching into the evening for one who eluded capture. The home invasion happened about 3:10 a.m., and two people were home at the time, said Inspector Andrew Schurman of the Allegheny County Police....

Allegheny County courts was closed Wednesday along with the controller’s office and several recreation facilities because of the frigid weather. Common Pleas President Judge Kim Clark ordered the courts closed late Tuesday. As a result, the county District Attorney’s Office was closed. Those scheduled to appear Wednesday was to be...

Rewards are coming for people who frequently use Uber to get around Pittsburgh. Uber announced it will roll out its new rider rewards program this week. Riders can opt in to the program and start earning points toward rewards such as cash back, flexible cancelations, price protection and extra upgrades....

A White Hall native died in an intentionally set fire in a vacant house in Carrick last August, Pittsburgh police said Tuesday. Martin Thomas Boehm, 53, died in an Aug. 17 fire. However, his remains were not found until three days later by a cadaver dog after police learned Boehm...

Allegheny County police on Tuesday charged a Swissvale woman with child endangerment and assault in connection with an incident in which an infant suffered organ failure after a Tylenol overdose. The child, who was 19 months old at the time of the incident, was admitted to UPMC Children’s Hospital of...

Pittsburgh City Council on Tuesday approved a $62 million bond issuance for capital improvements in 2019. The money will be used for such things as street paving, facility improvements and equipment listed in the city’s 2019 capital budget. Members also approved the hiring of Clark Hill, a Downtown law firm,...

A federal grand jury has added 13 hate-crime charges to the indictment against Robert Bowers, accused gunman in the Oct. 27 mass shooting at the Tree of Life synagogue in Pittsburgh’s Squirrel Hill. Bowers, 46, of Baldwin Borough, originally faced 44 federal charges in the anti-Semitic attack that left 11...

A Pittsburgh infant is expected to make a full recovery after she was saved by a police officer Sunday. Pittsburgh police Officer Aaron Conner was among the officers who responded to the 5700 block of Centre Avenue for a call about a 3-week-old child who was not breathing after inhaling...

If she were so inclined, Lily Ries could probably use the cabbage she grew in 2018 to make a life-sized version of pigs-in-a-blanket — with actual pigs. Ries, 9, now a fourth-grader at Peebles Elementary School in the North Allegheny School District, earned a $1,000 scholarship as the Pennsylvania winner...

The first of two new air quality monitors in Clairton is operational this week. Located at the Clairton Education Center, the new monitor will also measure sulfur dioxide, or SO2, emissions, according to an update provided by the Allegheny County Department of Health. Residents have been calling for increased monitoring...

McCandless council on Monday appointed a lieutenant to lead the police department until Chief David DiSanti agrees to a corrective action plan being developed to address accusations of sexual misconduct against him. Council appointed Lt. Ryan Hawk to serve as acting police chief. The agenda for council’s Jan. 28 meeting...

Family and friends of two men killed in a tragic incident along the Parkway East are trying to come to terms with the bizarre happenstance of it all. “It’s only fitting he lose his life while in service to strangers,” Danielle Willey said of her friend, Landen Jones. “He was...

Local activists demanded an apology from Gov. Tom Wolf and the state Department of Corrections on Monday, alleging the department and its mail handler unfairly kept 500 Christmas cards from prison inmates. The activists are part of the Western Pennsylvania chapter of the Coalition to Abolish Death by Incarceration, or...

A man with a gunshot wound flagged down a Pittsburgh police car in Homewood along Frankstown Avenue and Murtland Street just before 4 p.m. Monday, police said. The man had a wound to his abdomen. A police spokeswoman said he was taken to a hospital and was listed in stable...

Pittsburgh is gearing for a blast of Arctic cold this week by opening warming centers and having emergency personnel ready to contend with weather-related problems. Pittsburgh will extend hours of city senior centers and make recreation centers available for residents to escape frigid temperatures. Tim McNulty, spokesman for Mayor Bill...

One of Pittsburgh’s three “Sisters Bridges” connecting Downtown to the North Side will close in February for more than a year during a $23.3 million rehabilitation project, Allegheny County announced Monday. The Ninth Street Bridge, dubbed the Rachel Carson Bridge, will close on Feb. 11 and remain closed through the...

Jim Park remembers exactly where he was each time the Steelers won a Super Bowl. He was at the Neville Roller Drome, making dizzying circles under the starburst lights. Nothing, not even a black-and-gold football dynasty, could lure him way from the rink. “My parents met skating,” he said, noting...

A Pittsburgh Republican official is attempting to impeach Mayor Bill Peduto over the city’s proposed gun ban, but an Allegheny County judge 16 years ago dismissed a similar case filed against former Mayor Tom Murphy. Brooke Nadonley, 42, of Mt. Washington said she was following the charter when she attempted...

The owners of Camp Bow Wow in Green Tree are more than willing to provide a cute distraction to this weekend’s Super Bowl with their first-ever “Puppy Bowl.” From 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Feb. 3, adoptable puppies will “take the field” in the hopes of getting “drafted” by...

What’s smaller than a quarter but represents the entire city of Pittsburgh? That’s for you to decide. The Heinz History Center and Pittsburgh-based robotics company Astrobotic wants your help choosing an item to be sent to the moon through Astrobotic’s MoonBox program. The small keepsakes should represent the spirit and...

Allegheny County Medical Examiner’s Office confirmed that an Allegheny County Jail inmate taken to the hospital Monday afternoon died of natural causes. Edward Davis, 55, of Pittsburgh, was pronounced dead at UPMC Mercy hospital at 1:44 p.m. The medical examiner’s office reported late Tuesday the cause of death was a...