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An art gallery in Downtown Pittsburgh will debut with a welcoming exhibition. “This gallery is about unity,” said Cynthia Kenderson, who co-owns Blaqk House Collections with Nicky Jo Dawson. “It will showcase artists of all races. Our logo is the rainbow, so this gallery is inclusive for everyone. I am...

The $2 million grant awarded this week to help Allegheny County pay for rising election costs is a point of contention among some county council members and county employees. It all played out Thursday morning in a public spat on Twitter. The incident began Wednesday evening. Councilwoman Bethany Hallam, a...

Allegheny County on Thursday reported 127 new coronavirus cases with no new deaths. The daily total is the highest in more than two months, when 132 cases were reported on Aug. 4. The county’s total number of cases stands at 13,024. Out of Thursday’s cases, the Allegheny County Health Department...

More people than ever are spending their work days at home during the covid-19 pandemic. Whether it’s a quest for comfort food, a search for convenience or the freedom of a more flexible schedule, weekend breakfast spots are now any-day breakfast spots. Here is a list of five breakfast-offering, neighborhood...

Despite months of uncertainty surrounding the end date for the census, self-response rates in Westmoreland and Allegheny counties have surpassed 2010 rates. According to a census map, about 72% of people have responded in Allegheny County compared to 71.3% of people a decade ago, while 73.1% of people in Westmoreland...

Allegheny County residents should have no tax increase in 2021, according to the Comprehensive Fiscal Plan presented by County Executive Rich Fitzgerald. The proposed $127.6 million budget calls for no increase in the property tax. “I am again grateful to my Chief of Staff, the County Manager, the Budget Director...

Five residents have died of covid-19 and 130 residents and employees have contracted the coronavirus disease at Allegheny County’s Kane Community Living Center in Scott Township, newly reported data show. The sharp rise in infected residents follows reports that dozens of the Scott center’s residents had the virus and one...

Allegheny County’s top health official urged caution as covid-19 restrictions continue to loosen across the state and county but expressed optimism as the county’s case count which “continues to look quite steady.” “We can’t let down our guard,” said Health Director Dr. Debra Bogen. The county reported 43 new positive...

A fishing pond. Chicken coop. Duck house. Blueberry grove. Pumpkin patch. Multiple gardens. A barn. That’s just some of what sits on the 171 acres of property at 5640 N. Montour Road in Richland Township, Gibsonia. “You can really live off of this land — it’s a true farm-to-table lifestyle,”...

Allegheny County recorded 43 new positive coronavirus test results and three new deaths Wednesday, according to the county’s health department. The 43 new cases — 33 confirmed and 10 probable — bring the county’s total to 12,897. The new cases, which range from 8 months to 70 years old with...

A 20-year-old man was shot and killed Wednesday after an argument outside of the Monroeville Mall, police said. Monroeville Police Chief Doug Cole said the shooting occurred at 1:24 p.m. in a mall parking lot near the entrance of Party City and JCPenney. A suspect remains at large. The man,...

Security agents discovered two guns in less than an hour Tuesday at Pittsburgh International Airport, marking the 15th and 16th found at the airport this year, officials said. Transportation Security Administration agents spotted a loaded 9mm handgun in a Pittsburgh resident’s carry-on baggage, according to TSA spokeswoman Lisa Farbstein. The...

Shaler Area students will return to class Monday after beginning the first five weeks of school online. Students who chose in-person learning will transition to hybrid instruction, with Cohort A beginning Monday and Cohort B having its first day of in-person instruction Oct. 15. Shaler Area School Board voted in...

Police charged a Hampton man with animal cruelty after he admitted he struck another man’s pet duck with a stick, causing it to die, according to a criminal complaint. Kenneth J. Sharer, 63, said he hit the animal because he was sick of ducks defecating and laying eggs on his...

Two women told jurors Tuesday that a former part-time Mt. Pleasant police officer overpowered them when he attempted to have sex with them in separate incidents in 2014 and 2015. John Brown, 47, of Mt. Lebanon is accused of sexually assaulting four women in three counties over two years. “This...

A Wilkinsburg woman well known for her writing about race, gender, parenting and culture is now receiving national recognition for her fiction. Deesha Philyaw is among five finalists in the fiction category of the National Book Awards for her story collection “The Secret Lives of Church Ladies,” her first book...

A politically embattled coronavirus relief bill would expand food stamp benefits, which officials at Western Pennsylvania food banks say is vital to support those affected by the economic crisis brought on by the coronavirus pandemic. “When we look at the (Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program) and how much it helps people...

A man who has spent the last 19 years in and out of state and federal prison because of weapons violations and hate speech is scheduled to be moved to a halfway house on Tuesday. Hardy Lloyd, 42, has a maximum release date from the federal Bureau of Prisons of...

Allegheny County reported 77 new covid-19 cases Tuesday. The new cases, reported by the Allegheny County Health Department, bring the total number of cases to 12,854. Four new deaths and 11 new hospitalizations were also reported, bringing the death total to 390 and total hospitalizations to 1,240 in Allegheny County....

Voters in much of Allegheny County’s southern and western suburbs will be asked to choose between a pair of candidates with impeccable credentials running for the 37th District state Senate seat. Incumbent Democrat Pam Iovino faces a challenge from Republican Devlin Robinson. Both are accomplished military veterans, highly educated and...

The Penn Hills landmark Labriola’s Italian Store will stay closed to the public and instead be used as a storage facility and kitchen, the owner announced on social media Oct. 5. “We explored renovated space and new services, but in the end, we decided that the store will remain closed...

Two candidates with no prior political experience and starkly different backgrounds are vying for the open state House seat created when Republican Mike Turzai resigned in June. Democrat Emily Skopov of Marshall is facing off against Republican Rob Mercuri of Pine for the 28th District seat that Turzai held for...

The deteriorating parking lot at The Pittsburgh Zoo & PPG Aquarium is expected to get an overhaul, thanks to an Allegheny County gaming grant. It will be the first extensive renovation to the lot in 40 years. The zoo was awarded $450,000 through the county’s Gaming Economic Development and Tourism...