Pittsburgh TSA dog voted out in final four of cutest canine contest
Two years in a row, people around the country have voted dogs serving in Pittsburgh International Airport as some of the cutest. Last year, bomb-sniffing dog Steeler won Transportation Security Administration's title of 2025 Top Canine of the Year. This year, Epic, a four-year-old Labrador retriever who works as a snif
Pittsburgh man ordered to pay $30K for depositing stolen tax return check
A Pittsburgh man was sentenced to pay $30,471. 80 in restitution for depositing a stolen U.S. Treasury check, the Department of Justice announced Tuesday.
Police searching for suspect in alleged rape and theft in South Side
Pittsburgh police are looking for a man who allegedly raped a woman and left her in a South Side parking lot earlier this month.
Mostly dry today, next round of rain coming late
It will be a mostly dry day Wednesday, but the next round of rain isn’t too far off.
Video shows masked intruder – with paws – crashing through ceiling of Pennsylvania business
A masked intruder broke into a woman's Pittsburgh business on Tuesday, but it wasn't quite what she had expected. "I thought I was dreaming when I saw glowy eyes," said Jessica Torres, owner of MH Custom Studios in Pittsburgh's Carrick neighborhood. At 3 a.m., security footage captured the raccoon climbing...
Has Pittsburgh seen its final 90-degree day? Here’s the latest forecast.
The newest data shows that we'll have slightly below-normal
Sharpsburg Community Library ends food pantry to ‘focus on bigger need for toiletries’
Toiletries are stocked and ready for distribution at Sharpsburg Community Library. (Courtesy of Sharpsburg Community Library) A five-year effort by the Sharpsburg Community Library to offer emergency food is coming to an end. But it doesn’t mean the site won’t continue to be a community resource. Officials have...
Penn Hills Firefighters Rescue Kitten Stuck in Car Door
A kitten got wedged tightly between the door frame and fender panel of a vehicle in Penn Hills, setting off a rescue that called on the same forcible-entry skills firefighters normally use to pull crash victims from mangled cars. Crews from Penn Hills VFD Station 225, also known as the Thad Stevens Volunteer Fire Depar
Know-It-All: The Pittsburgh Walk of Fame
Our newest class of hometown legends is ready to take its place in bronze. The second group of inductees to the Pittsburgh Walk of Fame celebrates ten iconic figures whose achievements helped shape the city — and the world. This year’s honorees include Terrible Towel creator Myron Cope, dance...
Pittsburgh’s hillsides were once dotted with beer caves, though few survive
Brewing was among Pittsburgh’s earliest industries. Deep cultural traditions around producing and consuming beer, combined with the need for a safe, disease- and pollutant-free drink, made breweries important parts of early American cities. Pittsburgh is one of a small number of American cities where German immigrants
