Pittsburgh News

The Jerry Garcia Symphonic Celebration featuring Warren Haynes promises to be a special night of music, with the Gov't Mule/Allman Brothers Band guitarist fronting orchestras from around the country on songs from Garcia's impressive catalog.

When he started WindStax , a wind turbine manufacturing company, Pittsburgh native Ron Gdovic had a design idea and a two-garage space in Apollo.

Across the state and in the region, a bad bridge situation has gotten better in recent years.

A 19-month-old boy was killed and two women were wounded after shots were fired in the East Hills neighborhood on Tuesday evening.

About three weeks before the May 21 mayoral primary in Pittsburgh, an attack ad against a leading Democratic candidate, city councilmember Bill Peduto, hit the air.

This story was written by James O'Toole based on his reporting and that of Post-Gazette staff writers Rich Lord, Joe Smydo, Alex Zimmerman, and Tim McNulty.

Financial Seminar MAY 25-The Young Women's Initiative of Bethel AME Church, 2720 Webster Ave., Hill District, will host a Financial Seminar at 9:30 a.m. The seminar, which will be facilitated by Rhonda Carson Leach, director of the Urban Entrepreneurship Program at the University of Pittsburgh, will give women the tools needed to ensure a ... (more)

One day after putting in eight hours at PNC Bank, single mother Amera Gilchrist was riding the bus with her special needs son when he began choking on a piece of candy.

Gunmen opened fire on a group having a backyard picnic Tuesday night in the East Hills, Pittsburgh police said, killing a toddler and leaving two women wounded.

Federal authorities said a suspect wanted in the shooting death of a man pulled off a western Pennsylvania party bus has been taken into custody.

Think Pittsburgh is a welcoming city? You might want to think again. Many newcomers to town say otherwise, and who would know better? What is positive about our community - we're tight-knit and family-oriented with deep roots - can be a negative to those trying to find their way here.

Who knew? Well, actually, we're not too surprised that Pittsburgh made the list of the world's six steepest streets.

IKM Incorporated - Architects, Planners & Interior Designers is a Pittsburgh firm that offers architectural, planning and interior design services to companies in the mid-Altantic region.

Pittsburgher Judge Jack McVay appeared to have a significant lead in the Democratic primary race for the state's Superior Court, as of late Tuesday evening.

Peduto has 53 percent of the vote to Wagner's 39 percent, with 84 percent of precincts reporting.

An Internet meme about the Fort Pitt Bridge has gone viral. It shows a picture of the outbound lanes and says, "Left lanes need to exit right, right lanes need to exit left.

Tom Northrop, publisher of the Observer-Reporter, right, presents the Liza N. Beale Loyal Contributors Award to David and Shirley Moore of Washington, who have been United Way supporters since 1960.

The former mayor of Pittsburgh says she hasn't missed an election since she started as Democratic committeewoman in the Depression-era Hill District.

This combination of three photos shows, from left, Auditor General Jack Wagner, Pittsburgh city Councilman Bill Peduto and outgoing Pittsburgh Mayor Luke Ravenstahl.

According to a poll by Channel 11's news exchange partners at TribLIVE, City Councilman Bill Peduto grabbed the front-runner status he once claimed to have in the Pittsburgh mayoral race, seizing on growing disapproval of chief opponent Jack Wagner in the campaign's bitter, final weeks.