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One person was killed in a shooting in Brighton Heights Monday afternoon, according to Pittsburgh police. Officers responded to a ShotSpotter alert at the intersection of Brighton Road and Davis Avenue around 3:30 p.m. On scene, officers found a man in the street with multiple gunshot wounds to the upper...

A North Hills attorney consented to a suspension of his law license by the Pennsylvania Supreme Court Disciplinary Board after he filed a false insurance claim. Ryan D. Breen, whose practice is registered at 1000 McKnight Park Drive in Ross, will be permitted to return to the practice of law...

Steel City Con, one of the largest conventions in the nation and exclusive to the Monroeville Convention Center, has been postponed again due to covid-19 safety concerns. Organizers were hoping to have pop culture and comic book enthusiasts return to 209 Mall Blvd. in December after having to cancel their...

Six more positive covid cases have been reported in the North Hills School District on Monday, according to officials. The new cases bring the active total to 18 — 12 students and six staff members, according to an online tracker created by the district. Because of the time frame for...

Connellsville native Lindsey Shultz will never forget the day Alex Trebek showed up in the “Jeopardy!” contestant’s green room just before taping episodes for the Tournament of Champions. It was early September 2019, just six months after Trebek had been diagnosed with stage 4 pancreatic cancer. “He came back just...

More than two dozen Allegheny County Airbnb hosts have been suspended or removed from the rental website for violating covid-19 party restrictions put in place earlier this year. According to the Monday announcement, 25 listings either received complaints or “otherwise violated” Airbnb’s policies on parties and events. “We’ve banned parties...

The Allegheny County Health Department announced the area added 530 new cases of coronavirus over the past two days. Of those new cases, 260 were added Sunday, 270 added Monday. The county’s seven-day total of new cases hit a record high 1,596 — a 200% increase since the beginning of...

Keith Medley knew where he was going when he retired from the Navy in 2010. The native of Orange County, N.Y., moved to Scottdale to be close to his mother. But, like many veterans, the chief petty officer and aircraft electrician with more than 23 years of experience found adjusting...

Five employees of the Brentwood Borough School District have tested positive for tuberculosis, officials announced over the weekend. In a letter to district families, Superintendent Amy Burch said the employees are not infectious. Their illness was discovered as a result of extended testing implemented after a high school student tested...

A Penn Hills woman was killed Saturday in a vehicle crash on the McKees Rocks Bridge, according to the Allegheny County Medical Examiner. The victim is Egypt Mariam White, 19. County police are investigating the accident, which happened about 3:30 p.m. White was taken to Allegheny General Hospital where she...

Allegheny County police are investigating a Sunday shooting that injured one person in Braddock. Officers responded to the incident just before 10:30 p.m. at the intersection of Cory Avenue and Fourth Street. They said a man was shot while sitting inside a vehicle. He was taken to a hospital with...

More than two dozen observers from both major parties – including two representatives from Congress — are watching as Allegheny County elections officials continue to process several categories of ballots that remain to be counted. Bins of ballots that still need to be resolved are being reviewed by the Elections...

The University of Pittsburgh has issued a shelter-in-place order effective midnight Sunday for students at the Oakland campus. During the two-week shelter-in-place period, students are being told to only leave their dormitory rooms or apartments to attend classes or the library, pick up food, exercise, work and shop for essentials....

North Allegheny Senior High School will temporarily go with full-remote learning on Monday and Tuesday. The decision was precipitated by concern about the North Allegheny School District having enough teachers to cover classroom assignments. The District currently has 11 active covid-19 cases. As a result, 350 students and 47 staff...

Two additional teachers at North Hills High School have tested positive for covid-19, but the high school still plans to return to hybrid learning on Monday. The teachers were last in school on Friday, Oct. 30, district officials said in a statement. Though the cases were announced at the same...

Allegheny County Police Department homicide detectives are investigating the Saturday afternoon shooting death of a Pittsburgh man in North Braddock. Authorities said police responding to the call of shooting shortly after 3 p.m. Saturday found Theodore B. Jones, 52, of Pittsburgh, along the 1500 block of Beech St., suffering from...

The founder of a local nonprofit has been making desks for students learning from home, and business has been booming, he said. Jon Potter, 30, of Shaler said his nonprofit, Pittsburgh Good Deeds, has made nearly 50 wooden school desks since September. He and some volunteers have built them out...

Allegheny County on Saturday recorded 288 new coronavirus cases, one of the highest totals since this summer. The county reported a single-day high of 331 cases July 14; however, it noted that total was because of a backlog of cases. Saturday would be the highest total not counting the numbers...

The vote counting for about 7,000 ballots remaining from a batch of 29,000, part of an October printing mishap, has been halted and will resume on Monday at 9 a.m. According to Allegheny County communications director Amie Downs, additional administrative work needs to be done on those remaining ballots in...

Each year the members of the Monroeville Interfaith Ministerium invite their diverse congregations to attend a service at an unfamiliar house of worship. “Usually, we’re in person and we rotate so we can be in one another’s spaces, and we each offer something from our own tradition,” said Rabbi Barbara...

Experts say five legal challenges playing out in Pennsylvania likely will have no impact on the outcome of the presidential race. Instead, they suggested attorneys for President Trump are trying to sow doubt in the public over the integrity of the election against Joe Biden. “They’re Hail Marys,” said constitutional...

State Sen. Pam Iovino has conceded her bid for reelection as the 37th District representative to Republican challenger Devlin Robinson of Bridgeville. Iovino was seeking a full term in office after winning the seat in a 2019 special election to fill the vacancy created when Guy Reschenthaler was elected to...

Local businesses and organizations are honoring the military on Veterans Day with a host of promotions and discounts Nov. 11. Unless otherwise indicated, all promotions are limited to Nov. 11. Most require some form of military ID. Local events • The Level Green Lions Club will host a Nov. 14...

Allegheny County on Friday reported 239 new cases of covid-19, the highest daily total since July. The county’s 7-day average has been climbing for two weeks and sits at 174 cases. The Allegheny County Health Department said 146 cases were confirmed from 1,668 new PCR tests and 93 cases are...