5+ hour, 3+ min ago   (351+ words) A Youngwood man is being held in the Westmoreland County jail after state police say he threatened to kill several people in separate incidents Friday in Hempfield. State police filed numerous charges against Walden McKinley Boyer, 58. According to a criminal…...

1+ day, 4+ hour ago   (95+ words) A man’s body was found Saturday in the Allegheny River between the Roberto Clemente and Andy Warhol bridges, according to Pittsburgh Public Safety. River Rescue responded around 11:15 a.m. to a report of body amongst river debris near the shoreline. A…...

1+ day, 10+ hour ago   (366+ words) Here are some of the latest news items from this morning, Saturday, Sept. 12: 2 men wounded in Pittsburgh shooting Emergency crews were called just before 11:30 p.m. to the area of Brighton Road at Woods Run Avenue along border of both neighborhoods. They…...

1+ day, 16+ hour ago   (801+ words) The scope of an alleged cocaine distribution ring involving students at Penn State University remains unclear, but testimony at preliminary hearings offered some clarity as to how much money and drugs were exchanged between the two accused leaders of the…...

1+ day, 22+ hour ago   (426+ words) LOS ANGELES — A federal jury on Friday found rapper Lil Durk not guilty of the attempted killing for hire of rival rapper Quando Rondo at a Los Angeles gas station, a shooting that resulted in the death of Rondo’s cousin....

2+ day, 4+ hour ago   (370+ words) A Baldwin Borough contractor accused of taking nearly $100,000 for jobs he failed to perform — while withdrawing tens of thousands of dollars at Pittsburgh’s Rivers Casino — was charged this week with home improvement fraud. Brian Falce, 46, faces five counts each of…...

2+ day, 6+ hour ago   (800+ words) As Stowe police exit their agreement with Immigration and Customs Enforcement for a second time, the small riverside borough of Versailles has moved to cooperate with the federal agency. Officials in both municipalities — among a small list of Allegheny County…...

2+ day, 3+ hour ago   (485+ words) Westmoreland County court officials said a growing number of residents are ignoring summons for jury duty. “It’s not only people who don’t show up but people who don’t even fill out questionnaires,” said Court Administrator Amy DeMatt. The county summons…...

2+ day, 9+ hour ago   (735+ words) Both sides at trial agree that Albert Williams III fired a gun over and over, killing his girlfriend in a Monroeville apartment. For prosecutors, those seven shots add up to murder. For Williams’ lawyer, they represent self-defense: panic in a…...

3+ day, 4+ hour ago   (1105+ words) Carly Shelleby kept asking why. Why her husband set the fire. Why she couldn’t save her daughter. Why it couldn’t have been her who died. “How could you do this to us?” she asked Brian Shelleby as he sat at…...