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A man was airlifted to a trauma center and at least three other motorists were taken by ambulance to an area hospital following a two-car crash Saturday morning in Derry Township, according to firefighters. The collision occurred about 9:30 a.m. at Route 217 and Pizza Barn Road, shutting down traffic...

A motorcyclist was in critical condition after a crash reported early Saturday near St. Michael’s Cemetery in Pittsburgh, city police said. The crash happened at about 1:45 a.m. at South 18th and Mt. Oliver streets in Pittsburgh’s Allentown neighborhood. According to police, first responders found the male driver had apparently...

A 34-year-old man suffered burns over 75 percent of his body in a backyard fire Friday night in Pittsburgh’s West End. The fire and an explosion were reported about 10:45 p.m. in the 1200 block of Oakglen Street when the man apparently poured a large container of gasoline on a...

With more than 100 years of high school football in the books, Westmoreland County has nurtured its fair share of champions, Cinderellas and dynasties. Picking the best of them is anything but easy. “In this day and age, there were some great teams,” said Howard “Huddie” Kaufman, 91, of Greensburg....

When it comes to Western Pennsylvania’s recent weather woes, forewarned is forearmed. Those warnings might get a little more accurate and timely with a new Penn State project to install a series of mini weather stations across the state. The Pennsylvania Mesonet — short for mesoscale network — will eventually...

That first day of school may have been rough, but chances are new teachers are doing comparatively better in Pennsylvania than just about anywhere else in the nation. A study by business.org that looked at average teacher starting salaries across the nation and then calculated the pay gap between that...

TribLIVE’s sports reporters have you covered from Friday’s Week 0 high school football action. GAMES OF THE WEEK • PENN-TRAFFORD 42, NORWIN 7 Penn-Trafford’s Caleb Lisbon, a senior running back, rushed for 172 yards on 11 carries and scored three touchdowns: 68- and 45-yard runs, and a 38-yard pass from...

High school football season opens tonight, and TribLIVE HSSN has you covered with broadcasts of games across the WPIAL. You can find a complete list of all the games being broadcast here. And when results start to roll in, you can find all the scores here. Check back with TribLIVE...

Prosecutors from the state Attorney General’s office say that a Hempfield doctor should not be permitted to withdraw a no-contest plea entered earlier this year to a murder charge. Edgar Peske, 80, was charged two years ago with drug delivery resulting in death in connection with the 2015 overdose death...

The Parkway East (Interstate 376) has reopened to traffic westbound in Pittsburgh after a vehicle fire. Inbound traffic was forced for a time to exit at the Second Avenue (Exit 71B) off-ramp Downtown, and then only one lane of traffic was open for a time. Allegheny County dispatchers said the...

There are plans to drill four additional unconventional natural gas wells on a pad along Coxcomb Hill Road in Plum, and surrounding landowners have been asked to help. A letter was sent in July to all landowners whose property sits within 1,000 feet of a proposed vertical and horizontal well...

An Alabama man is charged with stabbing a woman Friday afternoon in Downtown Pittsburgh’s Triangle Park along Market Street, police said. Johnny Lee Martin, 36, is charged with aggravated assault, possessing instruments of crime, resisting arrest, flight to avoid apprehension and paraphernalia use or possession. The stabbing was reported just...

Allegheny County has had three drownings in public pools – one for each of the past three years – according to incident data obtained in a Right-to-Know request. The Tribune-Review requested the information as part of its examination of pool inspection reports in Allegheny and Westmoreland counties. That report found...

A day after being released by the Pittsburgh Pirates, popular catcher Francisco Cervelli posted a message on social media directed at the city he called home for almost five years. It could best be described as a love letter. In a piece titled, “A letter to the city of Pittsburgh...

A 10-inch water main break late Friday morning closed the inbound portion of Fort Pitt Boulevard between Market and Stanwix streets in Downtown Pittsburgh, authorities said. Pittsburgh Water and Sewer Authority crews were working to repair the main. Work was expected to last until 7 p.m. Friday, according to a...

A Mt. Pleasant woman awaiting trial on human trafficking charges in connection with four massage parlors she owned wants a judge to return more than $700,000 and two vehicles seized from her in the investigation. In court documents filed Thursday, Hui Xu, 44, contends the items, including proceeds from a...

A truck containing two handguns was stolen in Monroeville and recovered a day later in Pitcairn, Monroeville police Chief Doug Cole said. Cole said the theft’s “M.O.” fits the pattern of juveniles ransacking unlocked vehicles and sometimes stealing them if keys are available. He said the black Chevy, four-door crew...

The Port Authority of Allegheny County expects to reopen the Mt. Washington Transit Tunnel for regular light rail service Monday. The tunnel has been closed for maintenance since July 26, requiring the authority to detour nearly two dozen routes and causing some delays for light rail commuters. Contractors replaced approximately...

WASHINGTON — David H. Koch, executive vice president of KochIndustries Inc. and a long-time philanthropist, has died at age 79. His older brother, Charles, announced the death on Friday, saying, “It is with a heavy heart that I now must inform you of David’s death.” David Koch, a billionaire who...

Veteran journalist Bill Hartlep has been named sports editor for Trib Total Media. Hartlep will oversee all sports coverage for the company’s print and digital operations and work with the staff of the High School Sports Network to continue providing the most comprehensive coverage of scholastic sports in the region....