Pittsburgh mayor’s race looks to be in the hands of only a few voters

Bob Bauder — Tue, 21 May 2013 00:01:06 EST

By Bob Bauder, Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
Fewer than half of Pittsburgh’s registered voters will cast ballots on Tuesday in an election that will virtually determine the next mayor, political observers predict. ...

NCAA says Corbett overreaches in regard to Penn State sanctions

Brad Bumsted — Tue, 21 May 2013 00:01:10 EST

By Brad Bumsted, Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
HARRISBURG — A federal judge said on Monday she will rule in a few weeks whether Gov. Tom Corbett can continue an antitrust lawsuit against ...

Pennsylvania officials: Judicial candidates wrongly listed as missing deadline

Adam Smeltz — Mon, 20 May 2013 18:00:00 EST

By Adam Smeltz, Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
State officials wrongly listed two Western Pennsylvania judicial campaigns last week as having missed a key deadline for making financial disclosures, a state spokesman confirmed ...

Former Charleroi pastor indicted on child pornography charge

Brian Bowling — Mon, 20 May 2013 11:54:00 EST

By Brian Bowling, Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
A federal grand jury indicted a former pastor in Charleroi for child pornography in an investigation with which the Catholic Diocese of Pittsburgh said it ...

Prosecutor brings compassion, passion to role as deputy AG

Adam Brandolph — Tue, 21 May 2013 00:01:09 EST

By Adam Brandolph, Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
Laura Ditka huddled with three rape victims and their families at the Allegheny County Courthouse in February. A jury had just convicted Arthur Lamont Henderson, ...

Government defends recording Armstrong County man’s jail conversation

Brian Bowling — Mon, 20 May 2013 14:36:00 EST

By Brian Bowling, Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
The government on Monday denied using an inmate to target Muslim inmates and record them speaking with their attorneys. “There were no recordings made (or ...

Sen. Costa blasts Republicans on transportation, liquor privatization bills

Megan Rogers — Mon, 20 May 2013 17:48:00 EST

By Megan Rogers
HARRISBURG — House Republicans have inappropriately linked liquor privatization legislation to increased transportation funding, Senate Minority Leader Jay Costa said on Monday. Republicans in both ...

Joan Orie Melvin appeals conviction

Tribune-Review — Mon, 20 May 2013 21:24:00 EST

By Tribune-Review
Former state Supreme Court Justice Joan Orie Melvin on Monday filed an appeal of her conviction on public corruption charges in the state Superior Court. ...

Prosecutors: Smothering killed Indiana County tot

Mary Pickels — Tue, 21 May 2013 00:01:09 EST

By Mary Pickels, Tribune-Review
An Indiana County toddler’s death was caused when his stepfather placed his hand over the child’s mouth and nose, suffocating him, prosecutors said on Monday. ...

Candidates begin frantic last hours of campaigning as polls open

Tribune-Review — Tue, 21 May 2013 08:13:48 EST

By Tribune-Review
Tuesday is primary election day in Pennsylvania. Democratic and Republican voters head to the polls from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. to elect nominees to ...

Prosecutor brings compassion, passion to role as deputy AG

Adam Brandolph — Tue, 21 May 2013 00:01:09 EST

Pittsburgh mayor’s race looks to be in the hands of only a few voters

Bob Bauder — Tue, 21 May 2013 00:01:06 EST

Mt. Lebanon School District to charge for sports, extracurriculars

Matthew Santoni — Tue, 21 May 2013 00:01:10 EST

By Matthew Santoni, Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
The Mt. Lebanon School Board passed an $83.16 million budget on Monday night, instituting fees ranging from $5 to $40 per year for students participating ...

Pittsburgh police arrest bicyclist after chase through the South Side

Tribune-Review — Mon, 20 May 2013 15:51:00 EST

By Tribune-Review
Pittsburgh police arrested a bicyclist accused of leading officers on a chase through a busy South Side street. Police charged Cody Walsh, 21, of Murrysville ...

Joan Orie Melvin appeals conviction

Tribune-Review — Mon, 20 May 2013 21:24:00 EST

By Tribune-Review
Former state Supreme Court Justice Joan Orie Melvin on Monday filed an appeal of her conviction on public corruption charges in the state Superior Court. ...

Former Charleroi pastor indicted on child pornography charge

Brian Bowling — Mon, 20 May 2013 11:54:00 EST

Retirement community’s lawsuit over sewage rates moves to federal court

Tribune-Review — Mon, 20 May 2013 19:33:00 EST

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A retirement community run by the Masons claims in a lawsuit moved to federal court Monday that Aleppo’s new sewage rates treat it unfairly and ...

Task force to investigate possible link in slayings five years apart

Michael Hasch — Mon, 20 May 2013 18:30:00 EST

By Michael Hasch, Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
A task force of Omaha police detectives and the FBI has been formed to determine if there is any link between the slayings of a ...

Newsmaker: Dr. Donald Hoffman

Luis Fábregas — Tue, 21 May 2013 00:01:10 EST

By Luis Fábregas, Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
Noteworthy: Installed as president of the Pennsylvania Dental Association, the largest and oldest national dental society in the world, with about 6,000 members. As president, ...

Organ recipients thank donor families

Bill Zlatos — Mon, 20 May 2013 00:01:02 EST

By Bill Zlatos, Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
Born two years ago without the left side of his heart, Jameson McKain was blue, his fingernails gray and his breathing labored. His development did ...

Congressional leaders unswayed by VA promises

Carl Prine — Mon, 20 May 2013 00:01:02 EST

By Carl Prine, Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
Pummeled in the media and on Capitol Hill because of continuing delays in processing benefits claims, the Department of Veterans Affairs instituted mandatory overtime hours ...

Mt. Washington’s Grandview Avenue isn’t looking so great these days

Aaron Aupperlee — Mon, 20 May 2013 00:01:02 EST

By Aaron Aupperlee, Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
Siding falls off the side of a restaurant. A sidewalk crumbles. Lots sit vacant, with weeds and scattered debris. This is what Jim Hughes sees ...

Long-term Route 65 lane closures begin tonight

Bobby Cherry — Mon, 20 May 2013 14:24:01 EST

By Bobby Cherry, Sewickley Herald
Long-term lane closures on Route 65 begin tonight, PennDOT spokesman Steve Cowan said. The $6.3 million project will shift southbound traffic to a northbound lane ...

Police: Man escapes car hit by train in East Deer

Jodi Weigand — Mon, 20 May 2013 09:42:01 EST

By Jodi Weigand, Valley News Dispatch
An East Deer man is facing drunken-driving and other charges after he narrowly escaped from his vehicle before it was struck by a freight train ...

Allegheny County police counting on remote-operated river vehicle

Bobby Kerlik — Mon, 20 May 2013 00:01:01 EST

By Bobby Kerlik, Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
Allegheny County police received a $131,000 federal grant to purchase a remote-operated river vehicle that can go underwater and search for items ranging from evidence ...