Pittsburgh News

A police officer is gunned down in his patrol car in Penn Hills, near Pittsburgh, while waiting for backup.

Pittsburgh police charged a Hill District man with sexually assaulting a 12-year-old girl.

An international drug ring run by two Bosnians out of Kentucky stretched across four states and multiple cities including Pittsburgh.

The Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board is paying hundreds of dollars an hour to outside lawyers to represent the agency, its board members and employees in an investigation.

Pittsburgh police arrested a man for stabbing his sister's boyfriend with a steak knife early this morning.

The judge in the case of a Stanton Heights man charged with killing three Pittsburgh police officers in April polled another batch of jurors today to determine whether Richard A. Poplawski can get a fair trial in Allegheny County.

Pittsburgh Steeler Hines Ward along with his teammates are set to make a major donation to Pittsburgh's Zone 5 police force Tuesday.

A Baldwin woman will spend the next 12 to 24 years in prison, after shooting and killing her boyfriend at a Pittsburgh bus stop.

Share + Dec 15, 2009 1:57 pm US/Eastern KATHY MATHESON, Associated Press Writers SHENANDOAH, Pa.

A man accused of shooting and killing three Pittsburgh police officers in April is expected to appear in court on Wednesday.

Pittsburgh police announced plans on Tuesday to target one of the city's hot spots for aggressive drivers -- the South Side.

Pittsburgh Mayor Luke Ravenstahl is giving local colleges and universities an ultimatum if they want to avoid his proposed 1 percent tuition tax.

A Westmoreland County woman died in a crash yesterday during an icy morning that resulted in widespread road closures, event cancellations and more emergency calls and wrecks than 911 dispatchers could count.

With a tenuous City Council majority willing to vote for a proposed tuition tax, Pittsburgh Mayor Luke Ravenstahl wants to see the levy tentatively approved tomorrow, despite the pledges of university leaders yesterday to work with the city on its finances if the tax is dropped.

A .25 automatic handgun was found by Pittsburgh Public Schools safety officers after they arrested a non-student who somehow got inside Oliver High School on Monday morning.

Five teens between the ages of 14 and 17 picked the wrong person to try to carjack Monday, police said.

The American Civil Liberties Union has filed a revised federal lawsuit against the city of Pittsburgh on behalf of two groups who protested at the G-20 economic summit in September.

City officials are scheduled to meet with students and representatives from local colleges and universities this afternoon in an attempt to resolve nearly a month of discussions about the implementation of Mayor Luke Ravenstahl's proposed 1 percent tax on college students' tuition.

The state police responded to 32 crashes and helped four other motorists because of icy conditions in Washington County Sunday.

Share + Dec 12, 2009 10:32 am US/Eastern SOMERSET, Pa. A Florida man is seeking dismissal of homicide charges in the death of his wife, whose body was found in her car on a rural western Pennsylvania road almost three decades ago.