Final member of trio charged in fatal Pittsburgh drug robbery heads to trial
Police say Sammie Lane Jr. executed Tayrod Ford in August 2022 during a drug robbery in Pittsburgh’s East End and then fled several hours later aboard a Greyhound bus. It would take nearly three years for authorities to track Lane down. They found him in March in a Lancaster...
Botched bail hearing sparks memo to judges in wake of homicide
Allegheny County’s top judge has clamped down on a controversial legal maneuver that freed a violent crime defendant from jail, enabling him, authorities say, to walk away from an unsecured facility and kill a woman several months later. A judge in the court’s criminal division repeatedly denied bail for...
Additional mosquitoes test positive for West Nile Virus, 6 Pittsburgh neighborhoods to be sprayed
The Allegheny County Health Department announced that additional mosquito samples have tested positive for West Nile Virus, prompting mosquito spraying in six Pittsburgh neighborhoods on Aug. 6.
Housing price cuts in Pittsburgh surge as the Western Pa. market cools
Lois Michaels is 93, legally blind and waiting. She's waiting for a buyer - one who sees her Shadyside home the way she and her late husband, a retired physician, always did: as a million-dollar gem. Before he passed at age 95 three years ago, he told her not to let it go for less.
Pittsburgh kicks off National Farmers Market Week
The annual event is held to show the essential role that farmers' markets play in local economies and support healthy lifestyles.
Report: ‘Shadow Lounge Reunion’ will be an annual event
TIM GUTHRIE, SECOND FROM LEFT, AND JUSTIN STRONG, THIRD FROM RIGHT, RECEIVE PROCLAMATIONS FROM PITTSBURGH CITY COUNCILMAN KHARI MOSLEY, FAR RIGHT. THE SHADOW LOUNGE REUNION, 25TH ANNIVERSARY EVENT, WAS HELD, JUNE 28, 2025. (PHOTOS BY CHIEF IKHANA-HAL-MAKINA) Twenty-five years ago, the Shadow Lounge was born. The...
Man shot while attempting to break into McKeesport apartment
Police say the man was trying to get away from police after he was involved in an alleged domestic incident.
$1 million-winning Scratch-Off ticket sold in Allegheny County
A PA Lottery Scratch-Off ticket worth $1 million was recently sold at a Giant Eagle in Allegheny County. The Lottery says the ticket was sold at the Giant Eagle on Frankstown Road in Penn Hills.
Water main break in Ross Township closes road, damages building
Crews are currently working on a water main break in Ross Township.
Police looking for person accused of stealing from skill games in Tarentum
Police are looking for a person they said stole from skill games in Tarentum.