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His name is well-known, appearing on signs for the winter sports shops he owned around the region and for the earworm of a yodel that popped up on local radio for years with a sing-songy “WI-EEE-LIs.” Wilhelm “Willi” Klein was an athlete, teacher and businessman who founded Willi’s Ski &...

The country’s most prominent progressive politician is endorsing state Rep. Sara Innamorato in the race for Allegheny County’s highest elected office. The endorsement from U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., came Tuesday as a poll in the race for county executive showed Innamorato surging into the lead among Democratic candidates. Sanders,...

Environmental activists fighting to stop an energy company from drawing millions of gallons of water a day out of Big Sewickley Creek for fracking say the driller has submitted an application to take water from an area that is a popular spot for fishing and swimming. =Members of the Big...

An Irwin woman is accused of attempting to bring a loaded handgun in her carry-on bag early Wednesday at Pittsburgh International Airport, the Transportation Security Administration said. The woman, who wasn’t identified, was stopped by an officer who had spotted the gun in the checkpoint X-ray machine, the TSA said....

A Wilkinsburg man is in custody after running from police following a report of a domestic incident Tuesday afternoon in Ross. Shaler police said they were alerted around 4 p.m. to look for a vehicle whose driver was involved in a physical domestic dispute in a neighboring township. Using license...

Allegheny County Police said they are looking for a woman whose apartment was the scene of a homicide Monday. Police said Lindsey Jackson, 37, may own or rent the apartment in the 600 block of McKeesport’s Evans Avenue where a man was shot around 9 p.m. Police said they would...

Editor’s note: This story has been updated to correct that Friez’s resignation announcement was made May 1. The North Allegheny school superintendent announced May 1 that she is resigning to become school superintendent for the Mt. Lebanon School District. Dr. Melissa Friez announced in a districtwide email sent to North...

A person was killed in a shooting Monday night in McKeesport, authorities said. The shooting was reported to Allegheny County 911 at about 9:05 p.m. at an apartment in the 600 block of Evans Ave. Police didn’t release details about who was found dead, but the Allegheny County Police Department’s...

Allegheny County police are searching for two people after an armed robbery Monday evening at a KFC restaurant in Braddock Hills. No injuries were reported in the incident logged by Allegheny County 911 dispatchers at about 6 p.m. on Yost Boulevard and Brinton Road, near the Braddock Hills Shopping Center....

Update: The woman killed in the crash was identified on Monday as Charmaine Lee Sewell, 62, of Wilkinsburg. A passenger was pronounced dead following a rollover crash Sunday morning in Churchill, according to Allegheny County police. First responders were called at about 6:30 a.m. to the single-vehicle crash in the...

Those looking to dine at Chili’s Grill and Bar were unable to visit the restaurant chain’s location in Ross Township after firefighting crews battled a roof blaze at the business Sunday morning. Units were dispatched at about 9 a.m. and cleared the scene in the 7400 block of McKnight Road...

Brother Mark Lowery committed decades of his life to embracing people with addiction, including his own. The Brother Mark Lowery Resource Library is a way to keep his memory alive. It’s inside the church — which is part of the Christ the King Parish — where the Addiction Recovery Ministry...

Over the next several months, as the trial unfolds in connection with the Squirrel Hill synagogue shooting, Pittsburgh will be repeatedly reminded that it is home to the worst antisemitic attack in U.S. history. Eleven people from three congregations — Tree of Life-Or L’Simcha, Dor Hadash and New Light —...

Frazer police responded to a call Saturday from a man claiming to have shot his wife in the head and saying he was about to shoot himself — only to learn that it was all a hoax. The call came in shortly after 3 p.m. to an Allegheny County 911...

A driver who stopped at a GetGo on Friday night in Harmar and picked up a man who asked for a lift to Verona was taken for a ride at gunpoint, according to Harmar police. Harmar police Chief Jason Domaratz said as the unidentified driver took the man toward Oakmont,...

This home will be a true reflection of the new owner. Known as the “Mirror House,” the residence is covered in mirrors on the outside as well as inside on walls, ceilings — pretty much everywhere one looks they see themselves. You kind of have to see it to believe...

Homeowners in the Woodland Hills School District will get a break on their property taxes under a preliminary budget approved on Wednesday. The school board voted 8-1 to approve a 0.5 mil reduction on their tax bill for the 2023-2024 school year. Woodland Hills says its the first tax cut...

PennDOT will have long-term single-lane restrictions in place starting May 1 as road work begins on William Penn Highway through Monroeville, Churchill and Wilkins. Beginning at midnight on Monday, westbound traffic will cross over to the eastbound lanes at the bridge over Lower Rodi Road. Single-lane traffic in both directions...

One sure sign of warmer days ahead is the annual release of Allegheny County’s lineup of summer concerts and movies. On Thursday, Allegheny County Executive Rich Fitzgerald announced this summer’s slate, which includes concerts, movies and cars cruises — all for free. The summer concert series kicks off June 2...

PennDOT says overnight closures of the outbound (northbound) Fort Duquesne Bridge will happen Friday and Saturday night, weather permitting. Crews will remove pavement markings and replace them with new, durable pavement markings on the outbound, upper deck of the bridge (I-279) from 9 p.m. Friday to 10 a.m. Saturday, and...

Here are some of the latest news items from this morning, Thursday, April 27, 2023: 1 injured in overnight shooting in Duquesne One person was injured and taken to a hospital after a shooting early Thursday in Duquesne, Tribune-Review news partner WPXI-TV reported. Police and EMS were called to the...

A lawyer representing Robinson Township maintained Wednesday that local officials had safety in mind when they seized part of a developer’s property by eminent domain to make improvements at a Steubenville Pike intersection. “It was a bad signalization from the beginning,” attorney John F. Cambest said of the intersection’s traffic...

Here are some of the latest news items from this morning, Wednesday, April 26, 2023: Upper St. Clair plans later start time at high school Upper St. Clair School District on Tuesday announced it will push back start times for high school students. “For at least three decades, our district...

A Penn Hills man was sentenced to two years of probation Tuesday for keeping seven pit bull-mix dogs in “deplorable” conditions both in and outside a vacant house in Pittsburgh, authorities said. Barr Jamil Tomlin, 51, pleaded guilty before Allegheny Common Pleas Judge Susan F. Evashavik DiLucente Tuesday on 14...

Strawberry Pie Forever sour ale, a collaboration between Eat’n Park and the Grist House in Millvale, returns Wednesday for its second annual limited run. “We were blown away by the incredible response to Strawberry Pie Forever last year,” said Grist House marketing manager Bailey Allegretti, noting it sold out in...