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Greyhound is investigating a complaint filed by a Pittsburgh man who said a bus driver racially profiled him in early January during a trip from Pittsburgh to Washington, D.C., a company official said. William Anderson, 46, of Homewood, who is black, said the white driver accused him several times of...

It’s a big weekend for high school basketball as 37 teams and some of the best players from across the region face off during a three-day tournament at Woodland Hills High School. But the school district’s athletic director, Ron Coursey, hopes athletes and fans alike will see the event —...

Pittsburgh police charged a suspect with multiple crimes, including robbery and attempted homicide, following a shootout Friday night at a Family Dollar Store in the East Hills neighborhood that happened about 45 minutes after a robbery at a Family Dollar in Penn Hills. An Allegheny County deputy sheriff shot Timothy...

Chanting slogans such as “Build bridges not walls,” “This is what democracy looks like,” and “Hey hey, ho ho, Donald Trump has got to go,” hundreds of people took part in the third annual Women’s March on Washington in Pittsburgh on Saturday afternoon. Despite predictions of a winter storm hitting...

Days after Penn Hills School District’s plunge into financial recovery status, state lawmakers and district officials are touting optimism that state intervention will catapult the debt-ridden district out of its dire straits. “Locally, we feel we have exhausted all reasonable options to manage the burden of our crushing debt, most...

An Allegheny County deputy sheriff shot a robbery suspect during a gun battle inside a Family Dollar store in Pittsburgh’s East Hills neighborhood Friday night, a little more than an hour after the Penn Hills Family Dollar was robbed. Pittsburgh Police Cmdr. Mike Pilyih said the county sheriffs and Pittsburgh...

Allegheny County has opted to cut hundreds of wanted people some slack over the next two weeks. Anyone who has a bench warrant out for failing to appear in court can go to the Allegheny County Courthouse in Pittsburgh through Feb. 1 to clear their warrant and schedule a new...

Residents of Homehurst Avenue in Pittsburgh’s Overbrook neighborhood have won round three in a long-running battle with the Pittsburgh Water Sewer Authority over a sewer line on their street. Five residents — Natalie Leon, Jaime Wagner, Louise Sell, Christopher Cratsley and James Rauber — contend that PWSA has refused since...

If you’d like to meet a baby owl, you might want to plan a trip to Pittsburgh’s North Side. A Eurasian eagle-owl chick has hatched at the National Aviary on Arch Street, caretakers announced Friday. The 6-day-old owlet weighs about 80 grams, or as much as a small peach. But...

Allegheny County saw its first flu-related death of the season, county health director Dr. Karen Hacker said Friday. The woman, who was in her 90s, had an underlying medical condition, Hacker said. Hacker said recent data shows 414 flu cases in Allegheny County so far this season, with 18 hospitalizations....

A Pittsburgh Public Works Department salt truck driver is facing discipline after sideswiping three vehicles in Lawrenceville on Sunday, a city official said Friday. Public Works Director Mike Gable said officials served the driver, who has not been identified, with a disciplinary notice, but won’t decide what that might include...

Pittsburgh police have made an arrest in a Jan. 7 shooting in downtown Pittsburgh. Roy Joseph Johnson, 23, was arrested overnight, police announced Friday. He was charged with aggravated assault, attempted homicide and reckless endangerment. Johnson allegedly shot another man multiple times in the 900 block of Liberty Avenue around...

A 28-year-old man is expected to survive after being shot in Turtle Creek shortly after midnight Friday, Allegheny County Police said. Turtle Creek police and paramedics went to the 500 block of James Street around 12:20 a.m. after a shooting was reported to 911. The victim found there was suffering...

A missing 11-year-old girl has returned home, according to Pittsburgh police. Ava Scott went missing on Thursday. She had last been seen around 2 p.m. when she walked away from Clayton Academy in the city’s Perry North neighborhood. Police said around 8 a.m. Friday that Scott “has been located and...

Highmark Health’s information technology division axed 40 positions on Thursday, including 25 in Pittsburgh, officials said. HM Health Solutions, which supports 13 Blue Cross/Blue Shield plans and nearly 10 million members in multiple states, eliminated the positions as part of staffing adjustments aimed at “the best long-term interest of our...

A Squirrel Hill man’s Facebook fundraiser for anti-gun groups received some star-studded recognition Wednesday from one of social media’s most prolific users. George Takei, best known for his role as Hikaru Sulu on the original “Star Trek” TV show, on Wednesday posted a Tribune-Review story about Ron Gaydos on his...

The Woodland Hills School District is being sued in connection with an incident involving a substitute teacher who allegedly head-butted a student in October. Richard Novak is accused of head-butting a 10th-grade student Oct. 24 while serving as a substitute teacher, according to a civil rights lawsuit filed by Pittsburgh...

The Pittsburgh Parks Conservancy and city officials have scheduled a series of meetings over the next four months in each of Pittsburgh’s 90 neighborhoods to gather input on enhancing city parks. Officials want to develop an equitable approach to investing in the park system, which includes 165 parks, parklets and...

A man on probation for assaulting a Penn Hills teenager broke into the girl’s home Wednesday and forced her into his car, prompting a statewide Amber Alert and search before she was found relatively safe in McKeesport, authorities said. Police arrested Jermaine LaQuay Rodgers, 19, after a standoff at a...

The television documentary series purporting Duquesne University student Dakota James was the victim of something more than an accidental drowning premieres 7 p.m. Saturday on the Oxygen Network. The series, called “Smiley Face Killers: The Hunt for Justice,” chronicles retired New York City detective Kevin Gannon and colleagues as they...

The Green Fairy is alive and well in Pittsburgh. Lawrenceville Distilling recently debuted its own brand of absinthe, after years of research and experimentation and approval by the federal Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau. Nicknamed “The Green Fairy,” it became notorious for its hallucinogenic effects. The Swiss spirit...

When Jordan Robarge visited Nancy’s East End Diner in Wilkinsburg last spring, he knew it was the place he had been searching for. The 25-year-old founder of Pittsburgh food truck Revival Chili had been criss-crossing the city, looking for a spot to set up a brick-and-mortar restaurant. “There was just...

Judy Hays credits her oncologist and team of health care workers at UPMC Hillman Cancer Center with saving her life. Hays, 75, of Crescent Township has spent the past nine years battling chronic lymphocytic leukemia. After undergoing four types of chemotherapy and several new drug treatments, she’s finally found a...

Several Mon Valley fire departments responded to a two-alarm blaze at 807 Weldon Drive in Port Vue Wednesday night. Allegheny County dispatchers said the call for the fire came in around 9:51 p.m. One person was reportedly entrapped in the house. It was unclear if there were any injuries. Michael...