Allegheny County, PA

PITTSBURGH — Pittsburgh police have confirmed that two shootings that happened Thursday evening, one outside UPMC Children's Hospital and one in Homewood where a 6-year-old girl was shot and critically injured, are connected. The brawl in front of UPMC Children’s Hospital involved at least 30 people, Pittsburgh police said. It...

PITTSBURGH — Pittsburgh Zoo & PPG Aquarium will be offering a one-time free admission pass to those who get a COVID-19 vaccine shot at the zoo's clinic next weekend. The Allegheny County Health Department is partnering with the zoo to host a COVID-19 vaccination clinic from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m on Saturday, June 19.

The man who was killed Friday after he was struck by a vehicle on the Parkway West was a truck driver who summoned a rideshare so he could get a part to repair his truck. The Allegheny County Medical Examiner’s Office identified the victim as Joshua A. Knowlton, 32, of Clarington, Ohio.

Fire destroyed a vacant house in Elizabeth Township early Thursday. According to acting Police Chief Adam Blake, the Allegheny County Fire Marshal has been called in to investigate the cause of the blaze. “The house was a complete loss,” Blake said. “It was vacant, but it wasn’t abandoned. The electricity...

The state Department of Health said there were 380 new COVID-19 cases Friday, bringing the cumulative total to 1,207,875. There were 19 new virus deaths statewide, none of which involved residents of Washington, Greene or Fayette counties. Fayette reported 15 new virus cases Friday, taking its total to 13,334 since...

An Allegheny County man faces serious charges for his alleged involvement in the Jan. 6 Capitol rioting, including a violation that carries a maximum 20-year sentence: assaulting, resisting or impeding police. He is the 45th person from Pennsylvania who has been arrested in connection with the attack on the Capitol.

PITTSBURGH — An Allegheny County judge is threatening to remove a lawyer from a case weeks after that lawyer accused the District Attorney's Office of systemic racism. District Attorney Stephen Zappala sent a memo to his prosecutors ordering them not to do plea deals with attorney Milton Raiford, who has accused Zappala's office of racism. After that memo was made public, Zappala amended his order.

“The best revenge is to be unlike him who performed the injury.”. The unfortunate developments in the Allegheny County District Attorney’s office recently have turned my attention to the use of revenge in our political system. The Allegheny County controversy stems from an email the district attorney, Steve Zappala, sent to his office staff in May saying they were not to make plea offers to an African American defense attorney, Milton Raiford. This came after Raiford criticized the justice system and the DA’s office as “systematically racist.” Legal professionals have weighed in that should these instructions from Zappala be carried out, this action would be unethical and retaliatory to criminal defendants.

SCOTT TOWNSHIP, Pa. — A portion of Washington Pike in Scott Township is closed after multiple transformers caught fire Saturday night. The transformer fires caused several power lines to fall down and block the roadway near the 1500 block of Washington Pike, according to Allegheny County officials on Twitter. Washington...

ALLEGHENY COUNTY, Pa. — Every day, bus drivers strive to take kids to and from school safely. One such driver has been doing that in Pittsburgh's North Allegheny School District for 25 years. On Thursday, his students and their parents wanted to say thank you with a special surprise. Watch...