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An O’Hara man died Thursday morning after he was struck by two vans while riding his bike along Freeport Road in Harmar, officials said. Thomas Haykin, 57, was pronounced dead at 6:23 a.m. shortly after the incident, the Allegheny County Medical Examiner’s Office said. Haykin was riding his bike in...

On our WDVE Steelers pregame show, my co-host Dale Lolley and I always make our “Three Guarantees.” Three things we guarantee will happen in the game. OK, maybe guarantee is a strong word. But it rhymes. It’s catchy. And it gives us a chance to say, “I told you so”...

If the Pittsburgh Steelers needed any reminder that a spot on an NFL roster isn’t guaranteed, they came in the form of players who were practicing one day and gone the next. They saw defensive end Lavon Hooks leaving on a golf cart, then wearing a protective boot and staring...

A Pittsburgh police SWAT team surrounded a home in the city’s Summer Hill neighborhood early Thursday morning after a woman reported that her boyfriend threatened her and barricaded himself inside, according to authorities. The woman was outside the home in the 100 block of Montville Street when police arrived shortly...

A 5-year-old Fox Chapel girl died Thursday evening when the all-terrain vehicle on which she was riding with her father and sister crashed, according to police. The crash occurred near Guyasuta and Longfellow roads shortly before 7:30 p.m. The Allegheny County Medical Examiner’s Office identified the girl as Annabel Whittingham....

Pittsburgh police responded to a man who accidentally shot himself while waiting for a bus downtown Wednesday night. Responding to reports of a gunshot on Fort Duquesne Boulevard and Seventh Street shortly after 10 p.m., officers found the man who had been searching through his backpack when he triggered his...

Students at the Butler Area School District preparing to start classes Thursday now have a few more days left to their summer vacation. Ongoing technology failures causing issues with transportation caused Superintendent Brian White to delay the start of school until Tuesday, Sept. 3, according to a letter sent to...

A Cranberry Township bank was robbed Wednesday evening, according to Butler County 911 dispatchers. Officers responded to PNC Bank, located at 20940 Route 19, around 5 p.m. for reports of the robbery. Further details were not immediately available Wednesday night. This is not the first time that PNC Bank has...

A Swissvale man is now charged with criminal homicide after a November shooting ultimately left one person dead, according to a criminal complaint. Courde Daye, also known as “Dae Dae,” allegedly shot an 85-year-old man several times in a North Braddock business on Jones Avenue on Nov. 20. Police later...

Jack Maloy, an on-air personality for WDVE (102.5 FM), died Wednesday, according to the radio station’s website. Maloy, who was born in Latrobe, worked the station for 36 years before he retired in 2013, mostly working the overnight shift where he was the happiest, according to the website. “He worked...

SCRANTON — Frustrated by the Pennsylvania Legislature, four men are taking advantage of a shifting legal landscape to file suit against the Roman Catholic Diocese of Scranton over decades-old allegations of clergy sexual abuse. The plaintiffs, who range in age from 45 to 57, cite a recent Pennsylvania appeals court...

They say it takes a village to raise a child. More and more, it takes a grandma. “We grandparents who are raising grandchildren, we are the protection for that next generation,” said Charlotte Stephenson in a panel discussion Tuesday with U.S. Sen. Bob Casey, D-Scranton. And it’s true. In Pennsylvania...

In the battle between Sheetz and Wawa for Pennsylvania convenience store supremacy, Wawa just found a new supporter. Wawa, based in southeastern Pennsylvania and stretching only as far west as Lehigh Valley, was named the best fast food in the Keystone State by Food & Wine. The magazine wrote about...

The attorney for the former University of Pittsburgh researcher convicted in 2014 of poisoning his wife with cyanide remains optimistic about a hearing his client is seeking for a new trial, despite a recent ruling from a judge dismissing most of his arguments. Robert Ferrante has asked for a new...

A Ruffs Dale man awaiting trial on charges of sexually assaulting a teenage girl over several months last year was accused by state police this week of using an area fire department’s credit card to buy $2,627 in gas for his personal vehicle. Derek A. Ruth, 27, who was arrested...

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers in Pittsburgh sent its emergency power team to Florida and Puerto Rico before Tropical Storm Dorian became a hurricane hurling 80 mph winds and heavy rains near the U.S. Virgin Islands on Wednesday afternoon. Dorian is expected to become a dangerous hurricane as it...

The future of self-driving vehicles may start in South Fayette Township. Developers have announced plans to construct a track for an autonomous-vehicle testing site at the former Campbells Airport site between Cecil-Sturgeon and Mohawk roads. They made their pitch to township commissioners at a public hearing Aug. 21, as part...

A jackpot-winning Cash 5 ticket for Tuesday’s drawing was sold in O’Hara. The ticket matched all five balls drawn, 01-03-18-24-29 to win $650,000. It was sold at the Rite Aid on Freeport Road. The store will earn a $5,000 bonus for selling the winning ticket. Cash 5 prizes expire one...

A Pittsburgh man has been charged with aggravated assault in connection with a knife attack at the Wood Street transit station Downtown late Tuesday night. Shortly before 11 p.m. a Port Authority of Allegheny County police officer was flagged down at the station for a report of a knife attack,...