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Charges against a Hazelwood woman whose vehicle struck and killed a 6-year-old boy riding his bicycle in Glen Hazel nearly two years ago were dismissed on Tuesday after the prosecution conceded it could not prove her guilt at trial. Allegheny County Common Pleas Judge Alexander P. Bicket granted a defense

The City of Pittsburgh on Friday appealed the reinstatement of the officer who was fired after repeatedly Tasing a homeless man who died the next day. The appeal, filed in Allegheny County Common Pleas Court, includes the arbitration award and a dissent written by the city’s representative on the panel,

The misdemeanor simple-assault case against Tennessee Titans linebacker Rashad Weaver has been closed.

Jurors in Allegheny County deliberated for about six hours over two days before convicting Martell Smith of three counts of second-degree murder in the December 2017 fire.

A Pennsylvania man previously convicted of setting a house fire in Pittsburgh that killed a child and two women faces life in prison without the possibility of parole.

PITTSBURGH (AP) — A man convicted of having set a house fire that killed a young child and two women in Pittsburgh 4 1/2 years ago now faces a life prison sentence without possibility of parole.

See which days and times are most common for fire, EMS and law enforcement calls in Manistee County. 

Three Pittsburgh police officers and a former one appeared Thursday morning before an Allegheny County investigating grand jury hearing evidence related to the death of a homeless man who had been tased multiple times by police in October. The panel, which sits at the Dormont municipal building, is hearing evidence

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