Veterans rally in Pittsburgh to protect VA from cuts
Veterans made their voices heard on behalf of the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs.
City to clean up trash and makeshift shelters near Second Avenue Commons
Bedding, trash and makeshift shelters have begun lining the sidewalks around Second Avenue Commons.
Allegheny County Council rejects restoring some leg shackle use at county jail
The Allegheny County Jail on Second Avenue between Downtown Pittsburgh and the city’s Uptown neighborhood. Allegheny County Council struck down a measure Wednesday night to partly reverse the ban on restraining prisoners with leg shackles. The ordinance, sent to council by Allegheny County Jail corrections officers...
AHN West Penn Hospital First in Country to Perform Hysterectomy with New Robotic-Assisted Surgery...
(Photo Provided with Release Courtesy of Allegheny Health Network) (Pittsburgh, PA) According to a release from Allegheny Health Network, AHN West Penn Hospital announced today that it is the first U.S. site to participate in a clinical study involving use of the Medtronic Hugo™ robotic-assisted surgery (RAS) system...
Homicides in Allegheny County spike in October
October saw a dramatic spike in the number of homicides in Allegheny County. Now that the October numbers are in, as well as those for the first few days of November, the homicide count has jumped to 61, up from 47 in September.
Police: Man Made Violent Threats Against Employee at Downtown State College Business
An Allegheny County man was arrested after making violent threats that made an employee of a downtown State College business fear for her life on Thursday afternoon, according to borough police. Keenan J. Kimbrough, 32, is accused of threatening to rape, beat and kill the woman during a 20-minute interaction at an...
Man dead after early morning fire in a Pittsburgh neighborhood
The fire broke out in a home on Parviss Street in the city’s Brighton Heights neighborhood before 5 a.m.
Caught on Camera! Pennsylvania City Worker Shouts Racial Slurs at Black Driver, Gets Fired...
A man in Pennsylvania has been caught on camera, yelling racial slurs at a Black truck driver named Ross King Jr. The delivery driver himself recorded the exchange on his phone, and the video went viral on social media. The man faced swift consequences when he was fired from his city job. The man, who […]
Local police say checks are being stolen from mailboxes, used in scheme
A local police department said checks are being stolen straight from people’s mailboxes.
Pittsburgh-area wind event that knocked out power to thousands, left 3 dead classified as...
The wind event that knocked out power to tens of thousands and caused damage across much of the area has been classified as a derecho event for our area by the Storm Prediction Center.
