Allegheny County News

A Catholic priest known for interfaith work is on a voluntary leave of absence while the Diocese of Pittsburgh and the Allegheny County district attorney decide whether his Facebook posts or other computer use amount to sexual abuse of a minor.

The schedule for the 2012 Allegheny County Traveling Sports Clinics was announced today with the program beginning on Monday, June 18 and continuing through Friday, July 27.A Offered Monday through Friday, between the hours of 10:00 a.m. and 12:00 p.m. and 12:30 p.m. and 2:30 p.m. at locations throughout the county.A Rain days and holidays are ... (more)

A high school science teacher who had no criminal record before taking part in a bank robbery, stealing school laptops and burglarizing a neighbor's home will serve her jail term on house arrest.

The Pennsylvania Supreme Court today reinstated rape and kidnapping charges against a Wilkinsburg man who was released in 2009 after spending a year in jail without trial because of a paperwork mishap.

Pittsburgh Bishop David Zubik says a parish priest has taken a leave of absence while prosecutors review a complaint that the priest allegedly posted messages to a minor on Facebook.

Essential Public Radio reported that Superior Appalachian Pipeline's proposed station in Frazer Township received the go-ahead after a comment period and permitting process.

The state has already sunk more than $400 million into building a statewide radio network to serve its agencies' needs, with an expectation of spending $68 million more.

Sandusky case remains on track Region sets daily rainfall record Former CalU president Armenti disputing payout after firing Charges stick to sect leader in Amish beard-cutting case Let's Talk About Birds: Vireos Few Duquesne parents show up at public session Pitt group to study programs thwarting violence Councilman shelves mayor's tax-break bill ... (more)

PITTSBURGH - Carla Mulley says it was March 17, 2011 when she noticed her leg changing colors and getting blotchy.

More than 600 people fraudulently collected welfare benefits from outside of Pennsylvania, the state Department of Public Welfare announced today.

Emergency crews were called at around 6 p.m. Monday after the child was found underwater.

Two key officials in one western Pennsylvania county can't decide who should head the county's bureau of weights and measures, which inspects gasoline pumps, grocery store scanners, commercial scales and parking meters.

With temperatures heating up, it's time for the pool. Although a number of pools opened for Memorial Day weekend,A North Park Pool A will not open until Saturday.

'Adventure Series' rooms help distract nervous youngsters at Children's Hospital The Birth Circle's doulas ease worries of mothers before, during and after birth Training for doula certification considered 'pretty intensive' In Memory Day honors Vietnam veterans absent from famous wall Pittsburgh Housing Authority defends use of constables as ... (more)

Bridgewater Township, Susquehanna County-Police are investigating a deadly ATV crash in Susquehanna County.

Dwight Means Jr., 68, was found in the kitchen and died at the scene. A cause of death is still pending, according to the Allegheny County Medical Examiner's office.

The Indiana Gazette reports that 36-year-old Theodore Amick of Indiana, Pa. was found dead Saturday of an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound, in a remote area about 110 miles northeast of Pittsburgh.

From left, Curtis Schmitt of the V.F.W., Dan Rota of Robert Morris Univesity, escorted by Allegheny County Executive Rick Fitzgerald and District Justice Gene Ricardi preside at the laying of a ceremonial wreath into the Monongahela River at South Side Park to begin the South Side and Hilltop Memorial Day Parade's annual morning-long traveling ... (more)

The Medal of Honor is considered the highest military decoration awarded by the U.S. government, given only to those who distinguish themselves "conspicuously by gallantry and intrepidity at the risk of his life above and beyond the call of duty while engaged in an action against an enemy of the United States." It's an honor that several midstate ... (more)

The following cases recently were heard by District Judge Kim M. Hoots in Wilkinsburg: Neel James West, 34, of Wilkinsburg waived his right to a preliminary hearing on two counts of simple assault, one count each of resisting arrest and following too closely in a vehicle.