Pittsburgh News

Pittsburgh citizens rallied in the rain Saturday in an effort to save a branch of the Carnegie Library slated to close.

A 1972 Langley High School graduate who spent her life working as a nurse in Pittsburgh-area hospitals and the Army Reserve was among those gunned down at Fort Hood, family members said Friday.

Four Pittsburgh bridges will be closed at various times on Sunday because of filming for the new Russell Crowe movie, "The Next Three Days." The Roberto Clemente , Andy Warhol and Rachel Carson bridges will be closed from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. The Philip Murray Bridge will be closed from 8 a.m. to noon.

A military mental health doctor facing deployment overseas opened fire at the Fort Hood Army post on Thursday, setting off on a rampage that killed 12 people and left 31 wounded.

An eighth-grade student at the Pittsburgh Science and Technology Academy was arrested today after a fire was set in a second-floor boys restroom.

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

Police are investigating a report of a Pittsburgh student who might have given birth and then put the baby under her bed before heading to school on Thursday.

A 16-year-old Brashear High School student who gave birth last night stuffed the baby in a box and placed it under a bed then went to school this morning, police said.

Joined by an unlikely ally, Terrell Yarbrough's lawyer fought for his client's life on Wednesday, one day after the Pittsburgh man was found guilty of killing Franciscan University students Aaron Land and Brian Muha.

Two men were found guilty today of first-degree murder in a 2007 drive-by shooting on the North Side.

Allegations of campaign shenanigans surfaced while people were trying to vote early Tuesday in Pittsburgh's Hill District, where a bitter city council race has been going on for months.

As the Nina and Pinta came into view, with a strong wind pushing them up the Ohio River, a crowd of onlookers gathered Tuesday afternoon on Pittsburgh's North Shore.

Democrats ruled in Pennsylvania's major municipal elections this year. Pittsburgh Mayor Luke Ravenstahl, a Democrat who took the helm of city government at age 26 following the death of his predecessor, won his first full term.

Monday was the last day before Pittsburgh's mayoral election, and the three candidates took three different methods of getting their message across to potential voters.

A Washington County jury today found a man from Pittsburgh guilty of first-degree murder in the slayings of two college students 10 years ago.

Regardless of who emerges victorious in Tuesday's mayoral election , the challenges and issues Pittsburgh's leader faces will ultimately be all about the money.

Pittsburgh police said a traffic stop ended with what officers called a "dangerous" police chase early Tuesday morning in the city's Homewood section.

With enrollment and revenue dropping, officials for Pittsburgh Public Schools may have no other choice but to close more than a dozen buildings.

Pittsburgh native and musician Joe Grushecky has produced more than a dozen albums in his 30 year career, won a Grammy and worked with music legends like Steve Cropper and Mick Ronson.

Pittsburgh's mayoral candidates are hitting the streets Monday during their last full day before voters head to the polls.