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People who live or work in the Mon Valley may notice air pollution is worse than normal on Wednesday. It’s being caused by high pressure building in the area that will create inversion conditions Wednesday evening, National Weather Service meteorologist Pat Herald said. Temperature inversions are when warm air traps...

Westmoreland County became the 12th county in Pennsylvania to pass 30,000 coronavirus cases. The 119 additional cases — 37 confirmed and 82 probable — reported Wednesday by the Pennsylvania Department of Health put Westmoreland County’s total at 30,005. Westmoreland reached 20,000 cases on Jan. 4; 10,000 cases on Dec. 3;...

When Derrick Wright walks into Nancy’s Revival in Wilkinsburg, it’s about more than a meal. “I’ve been coming to this restaurant for a long time,” said Wright, of Wilkinsburg, on Tuesday. “They treat people with respect no matter what color you are. You get good service and good food. It’s...

Authorities have identified the man who fell to death at a plant in West Mifflin on Tuesday. Melvin Long, 65, of Clairton fell 41 feet from a catwalk at LafargeHolcim’s Duquesne Aggregates plant in the 4800 block of Buttermilk Hollow Road. The incident occurred at about 2:45 p.m., county police...

A 29-year-old Stowe man is wanted by police in connection with an early-morning shooting April 4 outside a township nightclub. Stowe Township police responded to a call for shots fired at 3:15 a.m. Sunday outside of the True Diamonds nightclub on Island Avenue. The 31-year-old victim was shot multiple times...

A nurse who worked for Highmark Inc. reviewing insurance coverage authorization requests filed a federal lawsuit against the company on Tuesday, alleging that it failed to pay required overtime. The suit, filed in U.S. District Court in Pittsburgh, seeks class-action status and includes claims for violations of the federal Fair...

Wilkinsburg author Deesha Philyaw’s debut short story collection, “The Secret Lives of Church Ladies,” continues to rack up awards. On Tuesday, her book was announced as the winner of the 2021 PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction, which honors the best published works of fiction by American permanent residents in a calendar...

Since he stole more than $1 million from the Upper St. Clair church where he worked as a business administrator, David Reiter says has lost more than 70 pounds, reconnected with family he’d not spoken to in more than a decade and strengthened his relationship with God. During his sentencing...

Recent covid hospitalizations continue to be a story in the commonwealth. Pennsylvania and Allegheny County hospitalization levels have consistently gone up since late March, and hospitalization totals now rival counts seen in February. Hospitalizations For the 17th consecutive day, the number of people hospitalized for covid-19 in Pennsylvania has increased,...

Former Allegheny County Councilman Charles McCullough is in the custody of the sheriff’s office this morning — more than five years after he was sentenced to prison for stealing from an elderly widow. The 66-year-old from Upper St. Clair reported to the courtroom of Common Pleas Judge David R. Cashman...

Allegheny County police are investigating a shooting in McKees Rocks that sent one man to a hospital. Officials said officers were notified of a shooting shortly before 3 p.m. along the 200 block of Greydon Avenue. Police did not locate a victim at that location, but later learned an 18-year-old...

A former Allegheny County councilman convicted of stealing from a widow’s estate more than five years ago must report to court Tuesday to begin serving a prison term. Charles McCullough filed a last-ditch emergency motion with the state Supreme Court on March 31, seeking both to stay the subpoena ordering...

The vehicles and celebrities aren’t the only stars of the show when Max Motive World of Wheels Custom Car and Hot Rod Show comes to Pittsburgh. The venue is pretty special too, said Larry Way, public relations director for the exhibition presented by NAPA. “It’s a gorgeous building,” Way said...

A lucky lottery player from Allegheny County purchased a winning Match 6 ticket worth $3.28 million — the game’s largest jackpot won this year. The ticket for Saturday’s drawing was sold to Allen Forney at the Sheetz on Mosside Boulevard in Monroeville and matched all six winning numbers: 7, 13,...

As Pennsylvania loosens its covid-19 mitigation restrictions, the spike in new cases of the virus is showing slight signs of slowing. Over the past two days, the Pennsylvania Department of Health reports there were 6,651 new cases added, bringing the total cases since the pandemic began to 1,045,400. While the...

South Fayette and Bridgeville officials have taken formal action opposing PennDOT’s plan to fund an I-79 bridge widening project via new tolls. Both borough council and township commissioners recently unanimously adopted resolutions to that effect. “Residents and businesses alike are fearful of the negative impacts the proposed bridge tolling will...

Atop the University of Pittsburgh’s Cathedral of Learning, where the Laurel Highlands can be seen on a clear day, is prime real estate for peregrine falcons, with expansive views and lots of prey available. Two new falcons have driven out the former residents and are incubating four eggs. Peregrine falcons...

Allegheny County police are investigating a Sunday afternoon shooting in the 900 block of Etna Street in McKees Rocks. Allegheny County’s 911 dispatch center was notified about the shooting, then the shooting victim showed up at a Pittsburgh area hospital, according to Allegheny County Police. The man was transported to...

A man is in critical but stable condition in a Pittsburgh hospital following a shooting Sunday in the parking lot of a nightclub in Stowe, authorities said. Stowe Township police responded to a call for shots fired at 3:15 a.m. Sunday. When police arrived on scene, they learned that a...

Allegheny and Westmoreland counties on Saturday each saw their highest new number of covid cases since mid-January. Allegheny County added 653 cases, the highest since 670 were added on Jan. 13, while Westmoreland’s 214 additional cases were the most since 277 on that same day in January. Pennsylvania’s 5,343 new...

A 43-year-old Pittsburgh man died after being struck by an industrial container full of liquid Friday morning in the RIDC Park in O’Hara, according to county detectives. Allegheny County police said Jason D’Alicandro was working at Alpha Aromatics, on Alpha Drive in the RIDC Park, when he was struck by...

Traffic will be detoured around a section of Union Avenue in Ross Township starting Monday morning for bridge work, PennDOT announced. Beginning at 7 a.m. April 5, Union Avenue, or Route 4012, will be closed to traffic between Edies Way and Williams Street through late May. Crews are replace the...

The Allegheny County Health Department has resumed sending second dose invitations for its new registration system, following the system’s bumpy unveiling on Thursday. The county officially launched a new online registration system for individuals to sign up for the covid-19 vaccine. The system was meant to make signing up easier...

The embattled Crack’d Egg restaurant in Brentwood cannot allow maskless customers or operate at 100% capacity while its attorneys appeal those mandates, a Commonwealth Court judge has ruled. Attorneys for the restaurant on Brownsville Road, requested the stay, or pause, on a ruling issued in February by the Allegheny County...