Feeling Nebby: Why did a Ben Avon couple paint their whole house black?
Just outside the city limits, the borough of Ben Avon is one of the Pittsburgh area’s most underrated neighborhoods. It’s full of impressive homes that turn heads from the street. On Ohio River Boulevard, there’s one house that we at Houses of Pittsburgh have always wanted to see inside: the all black...
Two companies pay penalty for decades-long oil leak into Allegheny River
The origin of the discharge is the former Standard Oil refinery on land occupied now by properties along Butler Street. DEP says petroleum and a material resembling tar has leaked into the river for decades.
$3M-winning scratch-off lottery ticket sold at Allegheny County Sheetz
A Pennsylvania Lottery retailer in Allegheny County sold a $3 million-winning scratch-off ticket.
Pittsburgh Police officer on leave, charged with assault, sources say
Sources tell Channel 11 that a Pittsburgh police officer is off the job after being charged with assault.
Loaded revolver found at TSA security checkpoint
A Pennsylvania man has been charged after a loaded firearm was found at a security checkpoint at Pittsburgh International Airport.
Man taken into federal custody after ICE arrest in Shaler
There was an arrest by federal authorities in Shaler Township Tuesday morning. Shaler Township Police say a “law enforcement arrest” happened in the 900 block of Wible Run Road at 10:20 a.m. with a man taken into custody.
Steelers, Penguins and Pirates team up to hand out Thanksgiving meals to over 300...
The Steelers, Penguins and Pirates are teaming up again to feed hungry families this Thanksgiving.
Striking Post-Gazette journalists return to work, ending nation’s longest strike
Striking journalists at the Post-Gazette returned to their North Shore newsroom Monday morning, ending a walkout that lasted more than three years.
Judge finds Wilkinsburg man guilty of murdering woman and daughter, 4
A Wilkinsburg man was found guilty Monday on two counts of first-degree murder for the 2022 shooting deaths of a woman and her 4-year-old daughter based on what a judge called “overwhelming” circumstantial evidence. Marquise St. Julien-Givner, 23, will be sentenced to a mandatory penalty of life in...
I Reside in a Suburb Near the City Where Someone Reported a WQED Door-to-Door...
In a recent incident in a suburb close to the city, a volunteer from WQED, a local PBS affiliate, was questioned by the police after a local resident reported them. The volunteer, who was going door-to-door asking for donations, was reportedly polite and professional, showing a badge and leaving without issue when...
