The 59th Carnegie International opens May 2 with 61 artists, partner commissions across the North Side and opening-weekend public programs.

Pitt Race’s 400‑acre site reportedly sold for $50 million, ending racing at the Wampum complex after the 2025 season. Owners Jim and Kathy Stout stepped away and locals await redevelopment plans.

Court papers allege a 23-year-old Massachusetts man sexually assaulted two girls in Manor Township and at Moraine State Park; he faces multiple felony counts.

An attempted pickup theft in Shaler Township ended when the truck crashed into a neighbor's porch around 2 a.m.; suspects fled and police urge residents to lock vehicles.

Prosecutors say a Ross Township man bought 205 handguns between 2013 and 2024 and faces felony counts for transferring firearms to people barred from owning them. A preliminary hearing is set for April 8.

A 16‑suite Fisher House will be built at the H.J. Heinz III VA campus in O’Hara Township after local fundraisers hit a $3M goal; construction begins this spring. The new home will more than double free lodging for military families in the Pittsburgh area.

A two‑alarm blaze destroyed a New Brighton home Saturday; one firefighter was taken to hospital and the cause remains under investigation.

A Cranberry Township man was sentenced to 14–36 years after pleading guilty in a June 2025 crash that killed two people in Beaver Falls.

Pennsylvania’s Supreme Court found the mandatory life‑without‑parole penalty for second‑degree (felony) murder unconstitutional, ordered resentencings in the Derek Lee case and stayed the ruling 120 days.

A New Jersey man faces indecent-assault charges after allegedly touching a woman dressed as the Easter Bunny at South Hills Village Mall. Early coverage is limited and officials have released few details.

Aerial footage shows crews dismantling the last sections of Century III Mall in West Mifflin after years of blight and legal fights; officials eye redevelopment.

Crossgates and Elmhurst converted the former Brockway Glass plant into a 100,000‑SF distribution center preleased to Lighthouse Electric, with a planned 65,000‑SF expansion.

State police are offering a $5,000 reward for information in the 2009 Morris Township home invasion that killed Betty McClellan and wounded her husband. Investigators say tips could break the long‑running cold case.