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Police are investigating a shooting Friday evening that left a teenage girl dead in Duquesne. Lajaponis Roberts, 14, died at the scene, according to the Allegheny County Medical Examiner. Allegheny County Homicide detectives said they learned Roberts was a passenger in a burgundy-colored Chevy Cruze when the shooting occurred. The...

The monkeypox vaccine is now available to a wider swath of people in Allegheny County as health officials work to get the prophylaxis to those most at risk of coming into contact with the virus. In addition to those already eligible for the vaccine, which can prevent illness if received...

Work to fix a slide will close part of Saltsburg Road in Penn Hills for much of September, PennDOT announced Friday. Saltsburg Road between Sycamore Drive and Route 380 is scheduled to close at 7 a.m. Tuesday, weather permitting, and remain closed through late September. Through traffic will be prohibited...

Nearly a year after her son was killed at the Haunted Hills Hayride in North Versailles, Shantel Pizaro continues to look for answers. With no arrests, Pizaro on Friday filed a lawsuit in Allegheny County Common Pleas Court against the business, hoping that it will help reveal who killed her...

Pitt and West Virginia fans waited over a decade for the return of the Backyard Brawl, and they weren’t going to wait another minute longer to start partying in the Acrisure Stadium parking lots. There was a line of traffic to get into the stadium parking lots well before they...

A McKeesport man who police said was exasperated with his crying infant son and frustrated that he had to look after him is accused of shaking the infant so hard that his brain bled. A criminal complaint filed Wednesday said Michael Barber, 29, gave witnesses and police several different explanations...

Shane Skillpa said he was 16 when he suffered a concussion during a summer football practice at West Mifflin High School in 2009. Although he “saw stars” and was dazed and confused, Skillpa claims his coaches had him return to practice. Skillpa said he began exhibiting common concussion symptoms days...

A Pleasant Hills man with ties to at least three Allegheny County school districts is accused of sexually assaulting at least four boys over the past three years, and police said they are investigating “many other potential incidents.” Eric Vincent Fairman, 26, taught middle school math in McKeesport Area School...

The University of Pittsburgh has confirmed its first reported case of monkeypox. In a Wednesday email sent to students and families, Pitt said a student tested positive on Monday. The student is isolating and recovering. Pitt has notified close contacts of the student, the email says. The university’s Student Health...

A light rail car caught fire with six riders on board Wednesday at the South Hills Village station, according to Pittsburgh Regional Transit. In a social media post shortly after 2 p.m., the transit authority said the Bethel Park station was evacuated because of “a fire on a rail car...

Point Breeze resident Dan Droz has always been interested in sculpture. But he said he was more of a “closet sculptor,” toiling away in his basement while he ran his own design firm doing design-related marketing and working as an adjunct professor at the Carnegie Mellon University School of Design....

A 1-year-old child fell out of a window Tuesday in Plum, according to Allegheny County Police. Officers were dispatched about 6:30 p.m. to the 100 block of Winchester Drive. Police said the child was transported to a hospital in critical condition. Authorities did not specify if it was a boy...

Those looking to enjoy a day of music and fun during Labor Day weekend can do so for a good cause. The 2022 Allegheny County Music Festival, which is marking its 22nd year, will take place Sunday at Hartwood Acres Park Amphitheater. The show kicks off at 5:30 p.m. and...

Sharpsburg K-9 Officer Jango, a 6-year-old German Shepherd, has retired after a little more than four years of service. Partnered with Officer Jeffrey Husar and sworn in May 1, 2018, the beloved barker was forced to call it a career due to health issues. Jango was recently diagnosed with renal...

Darkness can bring other things to light. That’s the thought behind a dining concept called “Pitch Black,” where people are blindfolded and then served a meal. “Blindfolded taste tests are a widely used method which sometimes have proven to trick and heighten our senses and allow us to let go...

Dr. Mehmet Oz, a former TV personality and celebrity surgeon, has struggled with his approval ratings ever since narrowly winning the Republican primary election in May, and at a campaign event in Monroeville he attempted to persuade his Republican base to come out and support his campaign for Pennsylvania’s open...

Jack Shea was the face of the Allegheny-Fayette Central Labor Council when he was its president for close to two decades, speaking at labor rallies and supporting strikers on the picket line. Shea died Monday, Aug. 29, 2022. He was 79. Allegheny County Executive Rich Fitzgerald called Shea a “giant”...

A Spring Hill man pleaded guilty on Monday to killing a woman outside a Kennedy Township bowling alley last year. Malik Smith, 20, pleaded guilty to voluntary manslaughter and a single firearms count before Allegheny County Common Pleas Judge Jennifer Satler. He will be sentenced on Oct. 26. There is...

A crash involving a motorcycle in Ross sent two people to the hospital late Monday morning, according to a 911 dispatcher. The crash, which involved a motorcycle and at least one vehicle, happened just before 11:30 a.m. on Route 19 near Trion Road. The dispatcher said two people were transported...

Before a courtroom attack disrupted a Monday plea hearing, the grief between the two mothers was palpable. One woman desperately wanted the other to know her son did not intend to kill anyone. The other woman tried to forgive the young man who took her own son’s life in the...

Dr. Mehmet Oz, the Pennsylvania Republican nominee for U.S. Senate, is hosting a town hall event in Monroeville tonight. Called the “Dose of Reality Town Hall,” Oz will be at Premier Automation in Monroeville. The event is scheduled to start at 6:30 p.m. Oz, a celebrity heart surgeon, is running...

One person was unconscious and another was trapped in their vehicle after a crash early Monday in Penn Hills, officials said. Crews responded to the intersection of Frankstown Road and Robinson Boulevard after reports of a two-vehicle crash with multiple injuries, according to the Penn Hills No. 7 Volunteer Fire...

A man was fatally shot Saturday afternoon in North Versailles. According to the Allegheny County Police, a county 911 dispatcher summoned first responders to the 400 block of Porter Street. They found a man who had been shot in his torso. He was pronounced dead at the scene. The man...

A man died Friday night when another man fleeing police struck his mini motorbike at a Wilkinsburg intersection, according to Allegheny County Police. The fleeing driver, Jack Sherwood, 48, was later wounded when he tried to run down an officer who in turn fired into Sherwood’s car, police said. Monroeville...

Another long-term roadwork closure along the Route 28 corridor is set to start at 6 a.m. Monday as PennDOT crews reconstruct the northbound Highland Park Bridge ramp to Freeport Road. The ramp is expected to be closed until early February. The work will include bridge rehabilitation and drainage improvements. Ramp...