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TribLive captured four Golden Quill Awards and was a finalist for 20 others at the 60th annual awards dinner Tuesday night at Rivers Casino in Pittsburgh. The Press Club of Western Pennsylvania announced the winners of the Golden Quills, a competition that honors professional and student excellence in print, broadcast,

A Pittsburgh man died early Friday morning in a vehicle crash near UPMC Mercy in Pittsburgh’s Bluff neighborhood. James Pendelton, 40, a passenger in the vehicle, died after the car he was in was struck by another vehicle, according to the Allegheny County Medical Examiner’s Office. The crash happened near

A fire gutted a trailer home along Spring Street in Springdale Township on Thursday morning. Crews were dispatched at about 11:15 to respond to the fire, said Allegheny Valley Assistant Fire Chief Jay Zangrille. It took about 25 minutes to knock down the fire. No one was in the building

A man died Wednesday afternoon when the truck he was driving went off Melwood Road near the Lower Burrell-Allegheny Township line. Lower Burrell police officer Aaron Rodgers said a man was driving alone when his pickup went off the road. The reason wasn’t apparent. The truck started going off Melwood

A man was killed Wednesday morning when his car rolled over and landed in a creek in Harmar. The car, a Tesla, apparently sped across the Primanti Brothers parking lot and rolled over before entering the creek at 8:06 a.m., according to Harmar police. The scene is just off Gulf

New Kensington police are investigating after someone drove a truck through the front door of RC Firearms early Monday. An unknown number of firearms were stolen in the break-in at the store along Freeport Street. A Facebook post from the store said repairs are underway and the shop would reopen

Kellen Stepler | features editor Dec. 2, 2021 It’s hard to find the words to adequately sum up my last semester here on the Bluff.    As summer was wrapping up and I was getting ready [...]

Courtesy Duquesne Athletics. Like the month of March, the Duquesne Duke mascot is bringing the semester in like a lion. Literally. On Jan. 13, the Duquesne Athletic department unveiled a new design for the Duquesne Duke mascot. Similar in style with the new Duquesne “D” athletics logo, the design consists of a lion’s face donning a top hat. “I think the new mascot is a little out of the blue, considering we just took up the new ‘D’ for athletics,” said Natalie St. Hill, a freshman...