After powerful storms swept through Western Pennsylvania this week, meteorologists hesitated to apply labels — though terms like derecho began to circulate.

A Greensburg man will serve up to eight years in prison for two brutal attacks that injured an East Huntingdon woman in 2023.

WASHINGTON — Chief Justice John Roberts appears to hold the key vote over whether the Supreme Court will allow the nation’s first publicly funded religious charter school in Oklahoma.

A mother-daughter moment with a needle and thread has turned into a lifelong passion for North Allegheny sophomore Sidney Rice.

Jack Sawyer can relate to his new team. And not just because of the culture or scheme fit.

School districts across Western Pennsylvania were working through the aftermath of a destructive storm front that cut through the region early Tuesday evening.

YORK — An officer killed while responding to a Pennsylvania hospital siege was struck by a shotgun blast fired by police that also killed an armed man holding hostages, a prosecutor disclosed at a news conference Wednesday.

A Philadelphia judge’s role in a cheesesteak shop owned by his wife has prompted a panel to allege he’s violated the state’s ethics rules.

Hundreds of guests went “down the rabbit hole” on April 26 for the 2025 Garden Gala at Northland Public Library, themed after the beloved literary classic “Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland” by Lewis Carroll.

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Harrison residents are under a mandatory water conservation until further notice.

Neighborhoods in Pittsburgh and surrounding boroughs on Wednesday, April 30, 2025, were assessing the damage from the storms that struck on Tuesday.

Will Loevner returned to long-distance running two years ago after a five-year run of success in mountain bike racing.

The listing agent facilitating the sale of Vereb Funeral Home in Harrison said he was unaware the owner was entangled in alleged criminal activity.

The Pitt and Penn State women’s volleyball programs, two of the best in the college game, will be part of four-team showcase event Labor Day weekend at PPG Paints Arena.

HOUSTON — Lance McCullers Jr. is to start Sunday for the Houston Astros against the Chicago White Sox in his first major league appearance since Game 3 of the 2022 World Series in Philadelphia.

Tuesday night’s storm downed wires and trees in Oakmont. The storm also damaged structures at Oakmont Country Club,.

Cleanup began Wednesday in Regent Square after multiple trees were knocked down during Tuesday’s storm.

Joe and Kathy Guyaux were without health insurance when their first child was born in 1972 at Allegheny Valley Hospital in Harrison.

Residents in Mt. Lebanon dealt with fallen trees and wires on Wednesday after a severe storm hit the Pittsburgh area on Tuesday.

Municipalities and local organizations around the region have stepped up as shelters, offering residents a place to charge devices and get assistance in the wake of this week’s severe storms, which left thousands without power.

Damage and clean up efforts were already underway at Boyce Park in Plum on Wednesday.

ATLANTA — The Atlanta Falcons have been fined $250,000 and defensive coordinator Jeff Ulbrich has been fined $100,000 as the result of Ulbrich’s son participating in a prank call to Shedeur Sanders during the NFL draft.

Toppled trees and other damage brought out residents to start cleaning up after a story hit Logan Ferry Road in Murrysville on Tuesday.

Duquesne Light Co. said that it could take five-to-seven days before all of of its estimated 215,000 customers have their power restored from the severe storms that ripped through the region Tuesday afternoon and evening, downing trees and power lines.