Prevent a winter blood shortage: Give blood or platelets now
(File Photo of the American Red Cross Logo) (Pittsburgh, PA) The American Red Cross of Greater Pennsylvania is now urging people in Pennsylvania to make an appointment to give blood or platelets this month because they are on a shortage of blood this winter. Donors that have types O, A negative and B negative blood...
Pittsburgh Regional Transit retiring Fifth Avenue bus lane in Oakland
Some big changes are coming to Oakland for Pittsburgh Regional Transit riders.
PA Lottery announces 3 big New Year’s Raffle winners in Western PA
Three big winners in the Pittsburgh area have been announced after the PA Lottery’s New Year’s Raffle drawing this weekend. The Lottery says one of the four $1 million raffle tickets and two of the four $100,000 tickets were sold in Pittsburgh.
Duncan’s Diner: Shaler teen gives back with Make-A-Wish to help other kids fighting cancer
Shaler resident and leukemia survivor Duncan Simmons, 16, attends his Make-A-Wish wish reveal on Dec. 4 at the Marty Ostrow Hematology/Oncology Treatment Center at UPMC Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh. (Courtesy of Make-A-Wish Greater Pennsylvania and West Virginia) Between the nausea and mucositis from...
WATCH LIVE: Corey O’Connor being sworn-in as Pittsburgh’s 62nd mayor
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Informational meeting scheduled for Upper Burrell data center
People can learn more about a planned data center in Upper Burrell during a meeting this month. Florida-based data center developer TECfusions will host an informational meeting Jan. 26 at the township building, 3735 Seventh Street Road. “We’re planning to present the project and answer questions,” said Melissa...
Allegheny County DA drops charges against Cheswick man previously accused of raping child
Allegheny County prosecutors dropped more than a dozen charges — many of them felony sex crimes — against a Cheswick man previously accused of raping a child. Jeremiah Segan, 42, pleaded guilty to misdemeanor simple assault in December as part of a negotiated plea. He was sentenced to 30 months of probation.
Shooting occurs outside of Pitts Funeral Home in Aliquippa
(File Photo of a Police Siren Light) (Aliquippa, PA) Pennsylvania State Police in Beaver report that a shooting occurred on Friday outside of Pitts Funeral Home in Aliquippa at 1:56 p.m. This happened along 920 Franklin Avenue and a twenty-three-year-old man was hit by one round in the arm, and he is expected to...
Pittsburgh’s 2026 is bigger than you can fathom
The stars are aligning for Pittsburgh in an unprecedented manner. Why it matters: Infrastructure improvements, massive events and returning crowds this year will inject hundreds of millions in economic impact into a city and region that are wading through budget issues. The big picture: The city will open a new...
Disability advocates will launch program to help transition hospital patients to home care
Across Pennsylvania’s health systems, hundreds of children with disabilities or complex medical conditions live in hospitals or extended-care pediatric facilities instead of with their families. Pittsburgh nonprofit Achieva plans to launch a comprehensive home transition program in 2026 to help those children and...

















