Homewood News

Campaign finance reports filed with Allegheny County's Elections Division and the Pennsylvania Department of state indicate that the group behind an attack ad in the Pittsburgh mayor's race has past ties to Mayor Ravenstahl's now shut down reelection campaign.

Women's Brunch APRIL 27-The SHOUT Women's Ministry of Union Baptist Church of Swissvale, 2117 Collingwood Ave., Swissvale, will host a Women's Brunch from 11:30 a.m.-2 p.m. Every fourth Saturday of the month, women will come together for food, fun and fellowship to praise the Lord and hear a Word from a woman of faith.

Local leaders are calling for change after a former halfway house inmate escaped and allegedly shot two Pittsburgh police officers.

An off-duty state constable fatally shot a man Wednesday after the man took aim at his fiancee's 19-year-old son and refused to drop his gun, Pittsburgh police said.

Police in western Pennsylvania say an off-duty constable shot and killed a man who fired at a younger man during a domestic dispute in a Pittsburgh home.