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  Endorsements in Pittsburgh’s mayoral race have been trickling out for weeks now, but last week Mayor Bill Peduto received the endorsement of two South Hills officials whose names raised some eyebrows: Anthony Coghill and Bob Palmosina.    Coghill represents southern neighborhoods in City Council, while Palmosina holds an Allegheny County Council district that covers some of the same area. But both men are ward chairs on the Allegheny County Democratic Committee — a group that endorsed state Rep. Ed Gainey for mayor, and which endorsed Palmosina and Coghill for re-election in the same...

Mel Evans / AP Election petitions were due Tuesday from candidates who hope to appear on the May 18 primary ballot, and a number of races appear to have drawn few competitors. Which may be just as well, because that leaves more room for judicial candidates. There are nine spots available in Allegheny County’s Common Pleas Court. In all, 39 candidates are seeking them, either as Democrats or Republicans or – because judicial candidates can seek the nomination of either party – both. Happily for voters, perhaps, and the people who lay out the ballots, history suggests some of those c...

Steven Adams | Tribune-Review   TribLIVE's Daily and Weekly email newsletters deliver the news you want and information you need, right to your inbox. Pittsburgh Mayor Bill Peduto will likely face a challenge from three other Democratic candidates in his bid for a third and final term as leader of the city. Peduto, along with a slew of other candidates seeking municipal, school board, judicial and Allegheny County council seats, filed nominating petitions Tuesday to be considered for the May 18 Primary Election ballot. Peduto filed 2,021 signatures with representation from all 90 Pittsburgh...

Coronavirus cases have stopped spiking in Allegheny County, but there are still regularly hundreds of new cases a day. And even as the pandemic rages...

A story on the challenges of addressing snow issues in District 4. During the snowstorm that hit Pittsburgh in late December, she recalled, “We got home from running a quick errand and lo and behold there was a giant pile, like a snow bank, in the middle of the street blocking us off from our driveway.” It was moved the next day – but after 31 years of living in the neighborhood, Bradley said that too is unusual. Bradley lives towards the end of Elmbank Street, which “doesn't get very much attention generally,” Bradley said. “We have a lot of hills over here and sometimes it impe...