Mount Oliver News

Jim Martin, director and puppeteer with "Sesame Street," and his wife Crystal, created a monkey puppet in 2005 for Prime Stage Theater's "A Little Princess." For the play, he taught Lisa Ferrugia, right, how to make a monkey puppet come to life.

Some residents have been without telephone service for several hours in Mount Oliver Borough and in the Allentown section of Pittsburgh, police said.

A tip from a reader of the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review led to the arrest Tuesday of one of the U.S. Marshal's Western Pennsylvania Fugitive Task Force's "Most Wanted" fugitives.

Two suspects have been arrested in the robbery and killing last week of a Beltzhoover man on his front porch.

A man who just returned home in Pittsburgh's Beltzhoover neighborhood overnight was shot and killed during a robbery, police said.

There is a set of city steps just west of 123 Pius street leading to "18th Street extension, then the to Browsville Plank Road.

Luis Fabregas can be reached via e-mail or at 412-320-7998. Worried about a high rate of unexpected infant deaths south of the city, experts on Saturday urged parents to learn about lowering the risk for Sudden Infant Death Syndrome.

In a last-ditch effort, hundreds of parents and students in Allegheny County lined up for immunizations.

Pittsburgh -- I live in the Mt. Oliver section of Pittsburgh and work at Carnegie Mellon University at the Tepper School of Business.

For the second year in a row, the New Pittsburgh Courier's 50 Women of Excellence gathered in the Westin Convention Center to be recognized for their achievements.

A routine fugitive sweep in Allegheny County took a bizarre turn for U.S. marshals.

A man wanted by U.S. Marshals escaped this morning after members of a fugitive task force raided a home on Brownsville Road in Mt.

A Mount Oliver man who testified against his co-defendant in a 2007 homicide and home invasion in Forest Hills was sent to prison today for his role in the crime.

Several Port Authority bus routes are changing on Sunday. The Port Authority said schedules are adjusted four times per year to improve service.

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The two men accused of killing a Mount Oliver woman and wrapping her body in a carpet before dumping it in a park were in court on Friday.

A crash between a Port Authority bus and a pickup truck injured nine people Thursday afternoon in Carrick.

A man was shot tonight by Pittsburgh police during an incident in the city's Mt.

A Philadelphia woman wanted for failure to register as a convicted sex offender was arrested Monday after members of the U.S. Marshal's Western Pennsylvania Fugitive Task Force received a number of tips from readers of the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review. Selena Ryan, 41, who has been wanted by Pittsburgh police since May when she failed to comply with ...

Omar Pryor, left, is charged with aggravated assault, attempted homicide and robbery after shooting at police officers during an attempted drug buy.