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Officials told a judge the baby’s death wasn’t caused by accidental contact with the methadone, fentanyl and cocaine found in his system. Investigators found a syringe and pill bottle used to mix liquid Tylenol and methadone together.

Despite the tragic circumstances of his young life, Tommy Snelsire was always smiling, his grandfather said. He spent his first days at the Children’s Institute of Pittsburgh after being born addicted to heroin and fentanyl. Doctors treated him with methadone. While Tommy’s extended family was at the facility constantly, prosecutors

Everything about Kate Brown’s life has changed since her husband Curt was killed cycling in Bell Acres two years ago after being struck by a motorist who was high on heroin. She said she lost her best friend and husband of nearly 22 years. She now has four separate mental

GREENSBURG, Pa. (AP) — A man has pleaded guilty to homicide in a shooting death outside a western Pennsylvania stadium during the closing minutes of a high school football game more than 2 1/2...

GREENSBURG, Pa. (AP) — A man has pleaded guilty to homicide in a shooting death outside...

A Jeannette man entered a guilty plea Tuesday to third-degree homicide in connection with a 2019 fatal shooting outside McKee Stadium during the fourth quarter of a high school football game. Defense attorney Patrick Thomassey said entering the general plea was a difficult decision for Greg Harper, 43, to make.

Jury selection in a 2018 Vandergrift fatal shooting is set to start April 20. Attorneys on Friday set the date for trial to begin for Ashley Croft, 38, of Vandergrift. She is charged with homicide in the death of John Edward Smail, 31, of Greensburg, at her apartment on Oct.

Dr. Emilio Navarro told the court he made a mistake. It was a mistake that he made dozens of times over four years. A federal indictment against Navarro, a longtime family physician who practiced in Mt. Pleasant and Perryopolis, said he wrote prescriptions for painkillers and Xanax to two patients

The Allegheny County District Attorney’s office will use a grand jury to investigate the death of Jim Rogers, who died in October after being tased at least eight times by Pittsburgh police in Bloomfield. Attorneys representing several officers in the case said they were notified by the DA’s office on

Pittsburgh police officers identified as having violated policy and procedure during the tasing and subsequent detention of a homeless man who died a day later in October have begun their initial disciplinary meetings with police administration. Multiple officers out of the eight identified in the executive summary of a Critical