After Rachel Rech met Anton Raphael Miriello, she accepted an invitation to his Swissvale home — and soon found herself swept off her feet by his first-date proposition. “I have a freezer ...

Around 1,000 Duquesne Light Co. workers represented by the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local 29 went on strike at midnight Wednesday when the company and union failed to agree on a...

Years before Elijah Hemingway was charged last week in the grisly stabbing of a UPMC doctor and his wife in Edgewood, the Pittsburgh man was screaming uncontrollably, smoking and drinking alcohol stra...

Carnegie Mellon University on Wednesday announced that it received a $3 billion gift to help start a new Miami campus and expand in Pittsburgh. The university received the gift from Ken Griffin, found...

Citizens Live at the Wylie will showcase Pittsburgh’s music and cultural history through its design when the new Hill District venue celebrates its grand opening Monday night. The venue on Wylie...

For 40 years, Walt Srocki has had one of the best seats in the house at Pirates games. His job? Making memories. Srocki views most games — and fans in attendance — from behind a camera. At...

The man charged with fatally stabbing a UPMC doctor and critically injuring his wife during an attack in their Edgewood home had a documented history of mental health problems in Florida, where record...

A former nurse who worked with slain UPMC Dr. Idris Evans said the pediatric intensive care unit was often grave and taxing, but Evans was a stalwart and sympathetic leader. “He was everyone&rsq...

It’s gray and boxy, roughly a foot high, 2 feet deep and 2½ feet wide, according to a former Penn State University student who kept it in his room. This heavy-duty safe, prosecutors say, pl...

The Pittsburgh Pirates put a Michael Jackson-inspired spin on the team’s rookie dress-up tradition, dubbing this year’s group the “Smooth Criminal Rookies.” The team shared pho...

The historic Pleasure Bar in Pittsburgh’s Bloomfield neighborhood has closed and been put up for sale after more than 80 years in business. A for-sale sign was posted outside the restaurant as o...

A high-powered lunch three years ago at an Eat’n Park in Pittsburgh’s West End kicked off the criminal investigation into alleged bid-rigging in Pittsburgh City Hall, according to a whistl...

A high-powered lunch three years ago at an Eat’n Park in Pittsburgh’s West End kicked off the criminal investigation into alleged bid-rigging in Pittsburgh City Hall, according to a whistl...

The criminal charge that underpins the sprawling investigation of alleged bid-rigging under former Pittsburgh Mayor Ed Gainey sounds esoteric and bland: misapplication of entrusted property. But exper...

Former University of Pittsburgh quarterback Phil Jurkovec, who started five games for the Panthers before being benched and later moving to tight end, was arrested Friday and charged with stealing a b...

The excuses were flowing like free beer after Week 1. Everybody wanted to defend a Steelers offense that had produced a meager 13 points against the Atlanta Falcons. The process was good. They finally used the middle of the field. Freiermuth is back! If it weren’t for all the drops,

There’s a place in Point Breeze with a vibrant lunch counter, a lush backyard garden dining area, an art studio and a devoted neighborhood following. That place, Frick Park Market, is also a tou...

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Former Penn State fraternity brother Thomas Robinson turned the Delta Upsilon pledging process into something akin to a secret audition, according to court documents — testing whether pledges&rs...

The Allegheny County Board of Health pared back its controversial paid parental leave proposal Wednesday, shaving six weeks off the proposed benefit and loosening requirements after weeks of intense p...

Regent Square’s Rockaway Pizzeria has been closed since June, but owner Josh Sickels says it’s ready to rock and roll once more. And Sickels is returning with new menu items and an entirel...

As the months became weeks and then days and hours, on the final morning before the deadline to iron out a contract extension, it became apparent that Joey Porter Jr. and the Pittsburgh Steelers would not be pushing a deal through. Porter was listed among the gameday inactives and won’t

The phone messages got to me. “I’m on a plane that’s been hijacked. I’m on the plane. I’m calling from the plane. I want to tell you I love you. Please tell my children t...

During a three-hour window after, police say, Royce Moser killed his girlfriend last month, the Washington County man conducted dozens of alarming Google searches on his phone, a detective testified Tuesday. “What removes fingerprints from objects?” Moser, 18, of North Strabane asked Google, said Det. Matthew Collins with the Washington

Two youth football coaches have been suspended indefinitely as a result of a fight that broke out at a football game Saturday between Keystone Oaks and Carlynton, the football league said Monday. The ...

Omar Khan repeatedly on Tuesday declined to elaborate on the status of negotiations with Joey Porter Jr. But the Pittsburgh Steelers general manager made it clear that the team has every intention of keeping its No. 1 cornerback. “Joey knows how we feel about him,” Khan said during a news

For the first time in more than a decade, Allegheny County is preparing to reassess the value of every property in the county — a process that could change how much many homeowners pay in proper...

Students at 35 schools in the Pittsburgh Public school district will transition to remote learning Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday due to projected high temperatures. The district announced it is implementing its “extreme heat protocol” as weather forecasts call for temperatures in the 90s next week. From Sept. 1 to Sept.

Few pop stars making hits today can do what Bruno Mars does — and he makes it look easy. For the past 16 years, Mars has ruled the airwaves and streaming services with his catchy, often retro-sounding songs. Since the release of 2010’s “Doo-Wops and Hooligans,” he’s had 10 singles

As great white sharks have moved into Massachusetts waters, the Cape has changed to make room for them.

Many proud Southwestern Pennsylvanians carry the label of “Yinzer,” wearing their flattened “ou” sounds and their use of words like “sweeper” and “jagger&#017...

Carl Dozzi spent his life showing up for the people he loved. And there were many. Take former Pittsburgh Pirates pitcher and commentator Jim Rooker. If you’re a Pittsburgher of a certain age, y...

There has been a great disturbance in the Force from Mount Washington — at least when it comes to the fate of a community landmark that helps support the neighborhood fire station. Since around ...

A Pittsburgh-based physician regarded as one of the nation’s top infectious disease experts said this week’s public spat between Gov. Josh Shapiro and U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has unnecessarily politicized the response to the state’s measles outbreak. “I spend a large part of every week explaining this

David Josephson, 66, has been regularly driving from Indiana, Pa., to Jerry’s Records in Squirrel Hill for the past three years. Josephson has a passion for “hard bop” jazz — a...

Thomas Robinson, the man facing charges as a leader in the suspected cocaine trafficking ring out of two Penn State fraternity houses, will no longer attend law school this fall after his admission wa...

If you’ve lost something at Pittsburgh International Airport in the past year, it’s probably awaiting a new owner in a warehouse in Washington, Pa. Specifically, at auction tycoon Joe R. P...

The swirling multicolor art installation on the pavement of Downtown Pittsburgh’s Strawberry Way will be replaced with a new design next month. This marks the fourth iteration of public art on t...

Plum’s patriarch of pies, Somma Pizza owner Mark Somma, has died on Aug. 19 after a three-year battle with brain cancer. He was 68. A self-made entrepreneur from a Highland Park Italian family w...