Pennsylvania Auditor General Eugene DePasquale is expanding an audit of the Pittsburgh Public Schools district to include administrators’ travel expenses and what he characterized as “no-bid contracts” totaling $12 million to $14 million. DePasquale said Tuesday that he’s seeking documentation on travel and contracts based on reports that Superintendent Anthony...

A Munhall man found in 2018 with a large garbage bag filled with bricks of heroin, and a little more than $25,000 was sentenced Tuesday to serve almost 8 years in federal prison for possession of heroin with intent to distribute it and illegal gun possession, federal authorities said. Senior...

The Peters Township school board voted Monday night to publicly censure a board member accused of sharing a racist Facebook post. William Merrell previously said he never made the Facebook post, and it happened when his account was hacked two years ago. The post included a link to a list...

The Pittsburgh Zoo & PPG Aquarium will announce the name of its clouded leopard cub Wednesday and introduce the cub’s new companion. The 2-month-old clouded leopard was born March 14 to its mom Saya and dad Pi. Zoo staff hand raised the cub after they discovered she wasn’t nursing on...