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TSA screeners discovered a handgun in a carry-on at Pittsburgh International Airport early Wednesday; Allegheny County police arrested a 47-year-old Ohio man and federal authorities were notified.
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.
Authorities say a woman tried to stab her mother and cut her sister inside a Wilkinsburg home; relatives wrestled the knife away and police arrested her.
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.
Police arrested a man after finding him inside St. Boniface Church on Pittsburgh’s North Side; a cleaner discovered broken glass and officers detained him inside.
A pre-dawn fire heavily damaged Fox's Tavern in South Connellsville. No injuries were reported and the cause is under investigation.
A family in Pittsburgh has sued First Student after a 10‑year‑old suffered two concussions in separate school‑van crashes, including one tied to an alleged drunk driver.
A parking-lot dispute in Center Township left a man unconscious and flown to a hospital; police have charged a 39-year-old Butler man with aggravated assault.
State prosecutors have charged two companies tied to the Pool Doctor chemical site in Rochester Borough after a 2019 chemical emergency. The charges follow a roughly $2.4M cleanup.
A McKeesport staffer has been placed on paid administrative leave after a hallway confrontation with a student was captured on video; the family says it will press charges and the district has opened a review.
A man was shot and airlifted to UPMC after allegedly breaking into a Brownsville home. Troopers say the suspect faces multiple felony charges.
Two men pleaded guilty in the 2024 Wilkinsburg shooting that killed 16‑year‑old Kevin Wilson; plea deals assign multi‑year prison terms while two others received probation or credit.
Nearly five years after Steven Eason was killed at a North Versailles hayride, his mother says the case remains unsolved as detectives press for witnesses.
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