Wilkinsburg News

Allegheny County homicide detectives are investigating the fatal shooting of two men whose bodies were found in car parked on a Wilkinsburg street early today.

Officials said the gunfire happened near a Wilkinsburg intersection. They say one victim was found in a vehicle and the other nearby.

Feb. 3 Police charged Shawn Grenke with possession of heroin at the Edgewood Towne Center Giant Eagle .

The robbery happened around 1:50 a.m. at the Buffalo Wild Wings restaurant in Wilkins Township, approximately one hour after the restaurant had closed for the night.

Wilkinsburg Community Development Corp. has $3,000 in funding available to groups and organizations within the borough that support local youth.

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Elements Contemporary Cuisine will offer a full menu for Valentine's dining, along with a four-course prix fixe for $40 per person, which will be available Friday through Feb.

Police Chief Ophelia Coleman and 3rd Ward council members Tracey Evans and Eve Goodman will hold a community meeting at 2 p.m. Saturday to address residents' concerns about two shootings on Foliage Street.

A driver told Channel 4 Action News that black ice on an on-ramp leading to the Parkway East spoiled what should have been a night celebrating her father's birthday.

Police are hoping surveillance video will help investigators identify a trio -- one man and two women -- suspected of stealing $1,250 worth of merchandise from a Wilkinsburg business.

A convicted sex offender from Wilkinsburg has been arrested on charges that he indecently assaulted a 10-year-old boy following a Christmas Eve party in White Oak.

The following reports were taken this week by the Edgewood police department: Jan.

On Jan. 27, under a court order, Allegheny County's Office of Property Assessments mailed new property tax values to property owners in the borough of Wilkinsburg.A These are to take effect on Jan.

Many Allegheny County property owners in lower-income places like Braddock and Wilkinsburg are finding their new assessments have increased more than those in more affluent communities like Churchill and Monroeville, a lawyer involved in the case said today.

Tory N. Parrish is a Pittsburgh Tribune-Review staff writer and can be reached at 412-380-5662 or via e-mail. Wilkinsburg School District has options for addressing a $3.1 million budget shortfall for the 2012-13 school year, its superintendent said: Closing schools, raising property taxes or furloughing staff.

Allegheny County Sheriff's deputies made a bonus drug bust with two related arrests after staking out a Pittsburgh home for a wanted Monroeville man on Wednesday afternoon.

Rege Behe is a Pittsburgh Tribune-Review staff writer and can be reached at 412-320-7990, via e-mail or on Twitter .

Redevelopment efforts in Wilkinsburg have been given another boost. The Wilkinsburg Community Development Corporation has received renewed funding from TriState Capital Bank, as part of the Neighborhood Partnership Program.

A young girl was hurt during a shooting that targeted a house on a normally quiet side street in Wilkinsburg on Tuesday night.

More than half a dozen bullets pierced the facade of a home in the 1400 block of Foliage Street around 9 p.m., most fired at an upstairs bedroom where the girl dove to the floor when the shots rang out.