Duquesne News

Duquesne Emergency Services Chief Harry Moore died Sunday night while responding to a three-car crash on Thompson Run Bridge, Duquesne police said.

The Duquesne community is in shock following the death of the chief of their EMS over the weekend while he responded to a car accident.

Two people were injured after multiple vehicles were involved in a crash near Kennywood on Sunday night.

State police are searching for three men who savagely beat a sleeping homeless man living in woods behind the Lynch Field athletic complex in Greensburg.

As crews continue to work against fall deadlines, several familiar projects will restrict traffic this weekend.

Larry Deklinski/Staff Photo A woman runs on a treadmill Monday at Star Physical Therapy and Fitness, Marion Heights.

Authorities broke up a cocaine ring which funneled more than $200,000 worth of the drug into Allegheny County each month, state Attorney General Tom Corbett said today.

Mayor Luke Ravenstahl has proposed a 1 percent "Fair Share Tax" on college students' tuition as a means of getting Pittsburgh out of a $15 million pension hole.

During her annual "State of Black Pittsburgh" address yesterday, the president of the Urban League of Greater Pittsburgh called for local black communities to rise above the weight of fatherless homes.

The Greater Pittsburgh Community Food Bank will once again distribute food to needy families in the area from the main warehouse in Duquesne.

A landmark event will take place on Pittsburgh's South Side on Thursday evening, as an Allegheny County Icon again lights up the night.

Recent developments have state capitol observers on high alert for the possibility of more charges in the probe of the legislature dubbed "bonusgate." It's been 16 months since Pennsylvania attorney general Tom Corbett brought charges against 12 people associated with the House Democratic caucus in a legislative corruption probe.

Weekend high temperatures are expected to be above normal and that means crews will be working to finish up several ongoing construction projects.

A sculpture of the late children's television pioneer Fred Rogers was unveiled on the North Side today.

At this year's University of Pittsburgh Homecoming Weekend, Oct. 22 to Oct. 25, the Pitt African American Alumni Council celebrated the 40th Anniversary of a "sit-in" that eventually led to the many strides towards diversity the university has taken over the years.

Written by Christian Morrow - Courier Staff Writer Thursday, 29 October 2009 13:13 While the mayoral race in Pittsburgh features one African-American candidate, the Wilkinsburg's race features three.

By Jennifer Reeger , For The Valley Independent Tuesday, October 27, 2009 Last updated: 12:17 pm A recently completed study gauging the economic impact of the Great Allegheny Passage quantifies the bike trail's value to the region in terms of hard numbers - $40 million, to be exact.

You know all the libraries in Allegheny County have computers now. They've been humming for better than a decade.

Under Public Law 98-435, senior and disabled voters who are assigned to the inaccessible polling places listed below must be given an alternative means of casting their ballots.

Two of the Allegheny County Sheriff Department's "Most Wanted" fugitives were arrested through information sent to deputies on the department's newly created anonymous e-mail tip sheet.