A crash on Route 66 at Mamont Drive left one person dead and another seriously injured; authorities say the cause is under investigation.

Pennsylvania State Police say fresh leads have emerged in the 1973 New Castle homicide of Frank DeWayne Iwanejko. Investigators are offering a $5,000 reward and asking anyone with information to call 724-598-2211.

A Tarentum pig rescue took in roughly 80 pigs after police seized dozens from a condemned Rostraver home. Volunteers built pens while the nonprofit faces major medical and fundraising needs.

A second man has been arrested in the September drowning death of Stephen Williams. Police say surveillance video helped investigators identify suspects and led to new homicide charges.

A 64-year-old Westmoreland County man was arrested after traveling to Areford Community Park to meet who he thought was a 13-year-old, police say.

El Colibri opened a Garfield storefront at 5331 Penn Ave., bringing birria tacos, huaraches and vegan twists off the market and into a Penn Avenue storefront.

A century‑old downtown hotel in the Fulton Building will relaunch this summer as The Atterbury after a multi‑million‑dollar renovation that refreshed 300 rooms and the rotunda.

Italian microreactor maker Terra Innovatum has opened a U.S. headquarters in Pittsburgh as it advances licensing and a planned FOAK deployment for its SOLO reactor.

Mosquito samples from Point Breeze tested positive for West Nile; officials remind residents to use repellent, drain standing water and report breeding sites.

A man was found dead inside a garage on the 5000 block of Comrie Way Sunday evening. Detectives are treating the death as suspicious while the medical examiner reviews the case.

An active police investigation closed part of North Linwood in Crafton Saturday; residents were asked to shelter in place while officers worked the scene. Officials said updates will follow.

A Jefferson County grand jury indicted Wintersville residents Samuel Murray and Michelle Firm on multiple cocaine-trafficking and weapons charges tied to an alleged home-based operation.

A federal indictment unsealed June 5 accuses two New Castle–area men of conspiring to distribute cocaine and fentanyl. Arrests were made before the charges were unsealed.