Pittsburgh PA

Local leaders are concerned — but not alarmed — by speculation about the future of UPMC McKeesport Hospital. A report in the Tribune-Review suggested that three UPMC hospitals — McKeesport, Mercy and Greene — are in danger of closure because of cuts to Medicaid, the federal government health insurance program for low-income families.

A Pittsburgh-area man is accused of turning Westmoreland County dealerships into his own cut-rate showroom, with prosecutors alleging he used bogus personal and business checks to walk away with more than $400,000 in vehicles and other property. Authorities say the alleged run stretched from December 2025 through April 2026 and ended on April 22, when state troopers moved in at a Hempfield...

The annual Steel City Duck Derby, a charitable event that sees the release of 10,000 rubber ducks to “race” in Lake Elizabeth, will hold its fifth iteration on May 9, starting at 11 a.m. The derby is organized by North Shore Tavern and benefits Partners for Quality and...

North America’s Longest-Running Exhibition of International Art Has Landed at the Carnegie Museum In 1895, Andrew Carnegie set out to make Pittsburgh “famous for art as it is now for steel.” His solution, which arrived a year later in 1896, was an ingenious—and enduring—one: the Carnegie International. Staged every four years at the Carnegie Museum of Art, the exhibition has become...

VERONA, PA — A man faces multiple charges after allegedly shouting racial slurs at shoppers and assaulting a police officer Thursday afternoon. Verona Police responded to a disturbance at Rivertown Shopping Center at approximately 2:42 p.m. May 7, 2026. Officers encountered a male suspect who was reportedly highly intoxicated...

Nearly $78 million in new funding from PENNVEST will help accelerate upgrades to Pittsburgh’s drinking water and sewer systems, continuing efforts to replace aging infrastructure and remove lead service lines across 12 city neighborhoods, according to Pittsburgh Water. The funding will support water main improvements, lead service line replacements,...

MONROEVILLE, PA — A man was taken into custody without incident after a more than four-hour barricade situation Tuesday. The Allegheny County Police Department’s Special Weapons and Tactics Team was notified at 1 p.m. of a male barricaded inside a residence in the 200 block of Blue Grass Circle.

A fire inside a dollar store in Allegheny County is under investigation.

Spirits are high in Verona. Lawrenceville Distilling Co.’s Riverbank Distillery opened last month inside a more than 100-year-old former bank. The opening marks the official relocation of Lawrenceville Distilling Co. from Lawrenceville to Verona. Co-owners and brothers Jeremy and Joe DeGroot didn’t renew the lease last year on their...

Two riders stuck high over the Monongahela overnight have now led to another indefinite shutdown of one of Pittsburgh’s most iconic pieces of transit history. Pittsburgh Regional Transit says the Monongahela Incline will stay closed while crews dig into a control‑system malfunction that halted service and left the pair stranded for roughly two and a half hours. Emergency responders carried out a high...