Eight years ago, Kelsey Leigh of Mt. Lebanon was 20 weeks pregnant when she learned that the son she was carrying would not be able to swallow or breathe. His limbs and neck were deformed. His bones would have broken during delivery, she said, no matter the method. “It was
Matt Dugan lost his election bid for district attorney despite getting $2 million of funding from megadonor George Soros, the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reported.
Jeremia Scales always wanted to be the first, texting or calling his family at the stroke of midnight to wish them a happy birthday or happy Mother’s Day. The 25-year-old from West Mifflin loved music. He could play piano, drums, trumpet, harmonica and guitar, and served as assistant director of
If you want to know why some communities are pushing back against progressive criminal justice reformers, consider the case of Yan Carlos Pichardo Cepeda, who was recently arrested and then released by Pittsburgh District Judge Xander Orenstein. At the time this column was filed, Cepeda was “in the wind,” having
Dea’Shea Green told a judge that she hasn’t been herself for one year, three months and seven days — since her 18-month-old son, De’Avry Thomas, was killed in a drive-by shooting Downtown. Green said she struggles to sleep because every time she closes her eyes, the events of May 29,