Dean Lakios, general manager of the University of Pittsburgh’s hockey team, hopes Pittsburgh is successful in its longtime effort to convert a former Pennsylvania National Guard armory in Shadyside into an ice rink. The project received a boost early this month from Pennsylvania, which approved a $1 million grant for...

Over a year after Allegheny County Council took the first steps to form an independent, countywide police review board, the council is moving toward a vote on the ordinance to establish the body. The Special Committee on Independent Police Review, chaired by District 10 Councilman DeWitt Walton, D-Hill District, will...

A volunteer firefighter who told police he set two porches on fire in December 2018 in Munhall because he was bored pleaded guilty Monday in Allegheny County Court to arson charges. Judge Randal Todd is scheduled to sentence Ryan Laubham, 19, of Munhall, on Nov. 14. Laubham’s attorney, Casey White,...

A Wilkinsburg teenager told police he fired about six shots at his girlfriend’s brother with a borrowed gun Sunday evening because he feared for his own safety, according to a criminal complaint filed against him. Robert Cook, 17, was taken into custody at his home after the shooting, which happened...