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Ty Greenwood believes we need light in these divisive times. “With everything that’s going on there is so much tension surrounding the (presidential) election, and there is outrage and violence in our country, I pray we get through,” said Greenwood, a McKeesport native, who lives in Seattle. “We need hope.”...

The Catholic Diocese of Pittsburgh provided an update on coronavirus-related developments at several schools Friday, including the closure of St. Louise De Marillac Catholic School in Upper Saint Clair. The diocese previously reported that students in an eighth-grade homeroom had been sent home and St. Louise De Marillac’s football program...

Vice President Mike Pence affirmed his confidence Friday afternoon in West Mifflin that he believes President Donald Trump will again clinch victory in Pennsylvania, among the most critical battleground states in the 2020 election. Air Force Two touched down at 4 p.m. at Allegheny County Airport, about seven miles southeast...

Two years ago, when 11 people were shot to death inside the Tree of Life synagogue on Oct. 27, 2018, an entire city and region grieved. It was the most deadly and extreme anti-Semitic attack in U.S. history. The 10.27 Healing Partnership is encouraging the entire Pittsburgh community to take...

A Pittsburgh woman was stopped Friday morning by security at Pittsburgh International Airport for having a loaded gun in her carry-on luggage. Officers with the Transportation Security Administration found the .380-caliber gun loaded with six bullets. According to a news release, the gun was spotted through the X-ray machine at...

U.S. Marshals on Friday arrested an Edgewood man wanted for an alleged homicide in Wilkinsburg earlier this year, authorities said. Tieriq Pinnix, 27, faces homicide and other charges in connection with the Aug. 31 killing of Marque Yellets. Police responded to a home on Penn Avenue in Wilkinsburg shortly before...

A West Mifflin man will serve at least 13 years in prison after pleading guilty Friday to killing a woman in 2018 and leaving her body in a wooded area of Westmoreland County. Dale Terence Cooper, 37, pleaded guilty to third-degree murder before Judge Beth A. Lazzara in the death...

A federal judge Friday denied a request to permit poll watchers at Allegheny County’s satellite election offices, saying there is no constitutional right to have them there. The ruling, during a telephone conference with U.S. District Judge J. Nicholas Ranjan, was a blow to two Republican congressional candidates in Western...

Allegheny County on Friday reported the second highest daily number of coronavirus cases in October. The 158 new cases were the most reported in a single day since 204 cases were reported Oct. 4. Of these, 109 are confirmed cases from 1,549 PCR tests. The other 49 are probable cases,...

One person was killed in a shooting in Penn Hills early Friday, according to Allegheny County Police. Police said officers responded to a reported shooting in the 200 block of Curtis Street shortly after 12:10 a.m. Police said they found multiple people assisting 20-year-old Deondre Stewart, who had been shot....

Catholic Diocese of Pittsburgh officials have suspended the football program and eighth grade homeroom at St. Louise de Marillac Catholic School after two people tested positive for covid-19. Diocesan spokesman Bob DeWitt said Thursday that he could not confirm if the positive cases involved students or staff due to HIPAA...

Vice President Mike Pence is stumping again in Western Pennsylvania, with a political rally planned for Friday afternoon at the Allegheny County Airport. Pence is set to deliver remarks at a “Make America Great Again Victory” rally to be held at Lynx FBO hangar at the airport in West Mifflin,...

Students at Steel Valley School District can soon attend class in-person most of the week – but only for half the day. The district unveiled an updated reopening plan this week, which will go into effect on Nov. 4. Students will be broken into groups for a hybrid model. One...

An Allegheny County man is suing 15 different retailers — which combined have billions of dollars in sales last year — contending they improperly charged sales tax for the face masks they’ve been selling during the covid-19 pandemic. Daniel Garcia, the only named plaintiff, seeks class-action status to apply to...

Attorneys for two Republican congressional candidates suing Allegheny County want to examine exactly how elections officials are managing nearly 29,000 incorrect ballots sent to voters. The federal lawsuit, filed by Sean Parnell, who is running against U.S. Rep. Conor Lamb, D-Mt. Lebanon, and Luke Negron, who is running against U.S....

The Allegheny County Health Department on Thursday reported 133 new coronavirus cases with one new death. Out of Thursday’s cases, the department said 109 were confirmed and 24 were probable (16 of the probables are positive antigen tests) from 2,071 PCR tests. The tests — with a 6.4% positivity rate...

The mother of a man shot and killed by a Wilkinsburg police officer last year filed a federal lawsuit on Thursday against the police department, its leadership and the officers involved. The complaint, filed by LaTasha Talley as administratrix for her son’s estate, includes claims for excessive force, unreasonable seizure...

Amadine Fevrier of Mt. Lebanon spent nearly every summer of her childhood in the Brittany region of France. At the rear of the family’s property is a centuries-old “little house” where Fevrier’s grandmother would make the region’s traditional Sunday lunch: a heaping stack of savory — not sweet — crêpes...

Woodland Hills School District announced Wednesday that online schooling will be extended for at least another 30 days. The district cited statistics from the Pennsylvania Department of Health showing that the number of covid-19 cases in Allegheny County have not been trending downward over the last two weeks. Per the...

The first issue of Scholastic was born in Wilkinsburg on Oct. 22, 1920. Maurice R. “Robbie” Robinson started the publication as a four-page magazine about high school sports called The Western Pennsylvania Scholastic. The Wilkinsburg resident had just graduated from Dartmouth College, after spending more than a year in the...

Steelers Cornerback Joe Haden has all the moves — off the field too. Just ask his teammates. “In the locker room, we all joke that Haden is always styling,” said linebacker Bud Dupree. “He is on another level. We watch and emulate him.” “Joe is Mr. Fashion,” said wide receiver...

When John F. Kennedy and Richard Nixon engaged in the third of their four nationally televised presidential debates on Oct. 13, 1960, Game Seven of the World Series had been played earlier that day. Pittsburgh fans will recall the Pirates defeated the New York Yankees. Two days before that, “The...