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Several days after a spate of shootings in Pittsburgh’s eastern suburbs left two teens dead and one injured, CeCe Russell stood on a Wilkinsburg street corner and recalled her first brush with gun violence. The Homewood woman was still a little girl when her friend was killed in their neighborhood.

Ashley Comans is running for Pa. House on a record of school reform, equity, and family ties.

A teenage boy who was shot and killed in Wilkinsburg on Easter Sunday was caught in the crossfire, a witness tells Channel 11.

Sunlight pours into the shattered roof of a four-unit Hill Avenue rowhouse — bricks and shingles fall onto neighboring properties. An abandoned Glenn Avenue home sits with its glass windows broken out. Weeds snake up toward its second floor. A 2,900-square-foot shell of a home on North Avenue has its

Wilkinsburg is recognized as a food desert, which means an area with limited access to fresh foods and vegetables. Wilkinsburg police and community leaders are taking steps to change that.

A wooden box stands at the corner of Wilkinsburg’s Laketon Road and Douglas Drive. Behind a purple door adorned with the expression “Explore your full potential” are shelves stocked with everything from nonperishables such as boxed macaroni and cheese, long-grain rice and canned corn to jars of baby food, socks

The New Pittsburgh Courier on Friday will honor 40 local young Black professionals with its annual FAB 40 Under 40 Awards. The awards recognize 40 Black men and women “who encourage others through their leadership, achievements and service in their communities and professional fields,” the publication said in a news

PA elections are likely to be close. Advocates hope to amplify the voices of communities with the most at stake.

City of Pittsburgh primary website where city resdients can find events, news, alerts and press releases pertaining to Pittsburgh.

The Wilkinsburg mayor reacts to a triple shooting killing two men, and an altercation between protestors and a police officer.