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In just seven months, reports of the invasive and grotesque spotted lanternfly jumped 147% statewide. Confirmed cases in Allegheny County are creeping up in Swissvale, Avalon and some Pittsburgh neighborhoods, according to the Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture. The moth-like insect from China and Southeast Asia that hit the state in...

Pittsburgh police are investigating after a man’s body was recovered from the Monongahela River on Sunday afternoon, a spokesman said. Chris Togneri, public safety spokesman, said a kayaker called 911 around noon to report what appeared to be a body in the water near the Homestead High Level bridge. Togneri...

Citing a shortage of computer equipment for students, Pittsburgh Public Schools on Saturday night announced that classes will begin on Sept. 8, rather than Monday, Aug. 31. In late July, the district decided to hold classes online for at least the first nine-week grading period. In Facebook post and in...

There was a special guest at the Pittsburgh Steelers Family Fest at Heinz Field in August 2019. Chadwick Boseman, the actor best known for his starring role as T’Challa in “Black Panther,” was in Pittsburgh and stopped by to watch the Steelers practice. Boseman died of cancer on Friday at...

Mayor Bill Peduto said Saturday that Juneteenth will be an official holiday in Pittsburgh. Peduto said that starting June 19, 2021, the city will honor the commemoration of the end of slavery in the United States. Peduto made the announcement at the Black Voting Rights Forum at St. Benedict the...

The pieces of art were created by heroes. Twelve veterans from the Southwestern Veterans Center are part of the exhibit, “We Are Beautiful Art!” An opening was planned for March at the Greater Pittsburgh Arts Council, Downtown, but was canceled because of the pandemic. The 35-piece collection can be viewed...

Pittsburgh police are investigating a shooting Friday evening in Sheraden that left a teen wounded, in stable condition. Officers responded to a SpotSpotter alert for more than a dozen shots fired around 6:15 p.m. on the 3000 block of Landis Street, where they found a 14-year-old boy who’d suffered a...

It’s the ultimate in awkward moments and it happens all too often. A person has a name that might be difficult for others to pronounce. They are approached by someone who means well but proceeds to butcher their name. It usually leaves both parties feeling bad. But there are ways...

Pittsburgh police say they have safely located a man who was missing for more than a month. Authorities said Bryan Kisiel, 41, was last seen in Squirrel Hill North on July 6. Police reported Kisiel missing Aug. 26, and he was found by the next afternoon, according to the city’s...

After assessing and cleaning up some of the nearly 1,000 illegal dumping sites in Pittsburgh over the last decade, the nonprofit Allegheny CleanWays is in the process of inking an agreement with the city to formalize its access to city sites. The Pittsburgh Mayor’s Office and Department of Public Works...

Anyone in need of food will have two opportunities on Saturday to receive a box of fresh produce and dairy items. A USDA Farmers to Families walk-up and drive-up food distribution by 412 Food Rescue is scheduled for 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Edgewood Town Centre in Swissvale, and...

Federal marshals in Florida arrested a Pittsburgh man wanted in connection with a June shooting outside a bar in Mt. Washington, Pittsburgh police said Thursday. Damian Schott, 24, was taken into custody by U.S. Marshals on Wednesday, authorities said. Schott, of Mt. Washington, has been wanted since homicide charges were...

The skies of Pennsylvania appear to be packed with unidentified flying objects, UFOs. Pennsylvanians haven’t reported sightings at anywhere near the rate of the top reporting city in the country. Residents of Gila Bend, Arizona, about 470 miles west of Roswell, New Mexico, since 1914 have reported UFOs at a...

Youth in Pittsburgh’s Hill District use the Ammon Community Recreation Center as a place to play flag football, basketball, lift weights and play video games. They’ll soon be able to use a computer lab and maker space that are planned to be added to the center. The Ammon Rec2Tech Education...

A macaroni and cheese dish called “Mac and Yellow,” a “Taylor Gang turkey burger” and “blazed ends” brisket meal — all homemade dishes designed by Pittsburgh’s own Wiz Khalifa. And they’ll be available Oct. 1 when the multi-platinum recording artist opens Hotbox by Wiz, a chain of delivery-only restaurants coming...

On a January night this year, 887 homeless people were counted in Allegheny County. One hundred sixty-three of them weren’t at a shelter and 76 people were part of families. The numbers are part of the county’s “point-in-time” homeless data required annually by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban...

The Pitt News released its first print edition of the academic year on Wednesday, keeping alive a 110-year-old Pitt tradition. But things at The Pitt News were far from normal. Jon Moss, the student newspaper’s editor-in-chief, and Mary Rose O’Donnell, the managing editor, weren’t in the newsroom as they worked...

A woman on a hunger strike searching for answers in the 2018 death of her son at Duquesne University said she plans to move into an apartment rather than remain in a tent encampment on the Hill District’s Freedom Corner. Duquesne University President Ken Gormley wrote in an email to...

A woman was killed and a man injured in a shooting in Pittsburgh’s Homewood neighborhood Wednesday night, according to the city Department of Public Safety. The Allegheny County Medical Examiner’s office identified the woman as Janyel Crawford, 31, of North Versailles. The city’s ShotSpotter gunshot detection system reported gunfire near...

Superintendent Anthony Hamlet will stay on with Pittsburgh Public Schools until June 2025, the school board voted Wednesday. In a meeting that lasted well over two hours and at times grew contentious, the majority of members spoke out in support of Hamlet. Initially hired at a salary of $210,000, Hamlet’s...

Pittsburgh police seek public help finding a man missing for more than a month. Authorities said Bryan Kisiel, 41, was last scene in Squirrel Hill North on July 6. He’s described as a white man standing 6 feet 3 inches tall, weighing around 180 pounds with brown hair and brown...

A pregnant pedestrian was struck by a car along East End Avenue in Pittsburgh on Wednesday afternoon, according to police. Public Safety spokeswoman Cara Cruz said the woman was walking on the sidewalk around 4:20 p.m. and was waiting to cross the street at a crosswalk at Tuscarora Street when...

A suspected Pittsburgh drug dealer out on state parole was arrested Wednesday after Allegheny County detectives discovered narcotics at his Spring Hill home. Vaughn Malone, 33, was taken into custody as part of an ongoing investigation by city and county police, Allegheny County Police Inspector Michael Peairs reported. Officers executed...

The Pennsylvania Court of Judicial Discipline on Wednesday suspended Allegheny County Common Pleas Judge Mark V. Tranquilli without pay effective immediately and has scheduled his trial on allegations of judicial misconduct to begin on Oct. 5. Tranquilli apologized in a letter to colleagues that was circulated this week. In an...