The unique situation confronting the Steelers at their quarterback position turned more somber Thursday night when Byron Leftwich departed the final preseason game for good in the second quarter with a left knee injury.

Steelers quarterback Byron Leftwich was taken to a hospital tonight after an injury to his left knee in the second quarter of their game against Carolina at Heinz Field.

Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger and team president Art Rooney II will meet with NFL commissioner Roger Goodell Friday morning in New York, but they will not be politicking to have his suspension reduced beyond two games, the Post-Gazette has learned.

McKeesport City Council Wednesday night unanimously approved a lease agreement with Delmont.-based Penneco Pipeline Corp. for shallow gas drilling on nearly 27 acres along Eden Park Boulevard that extends into Renziehausen Park.

Police are looking for at least two men who they say opened fire on an occupied house this afternoon and then into a woman's moving car, shattering her windshield.

New charges were filed today against the driver of the SUV that struck and killed a jogger in Mt. Lebanon in June, according to a news release from the Mt. Lebanon Police Department.

A non-profit economic research group today released an annual report on the state of workers in Pennsylvania that concluded that, absent policy actions taken by the federal government in the wake of the recession, Pennsylvania and the nation would be looking at double digit unemployment rates today

State police in Beaver raided a house in Freedom where they arrested two people on drug trafficking charges and a third person who had an outstanding warrant

Penguins center Jordan Staal has been dealing with an infection following surgery on his right foot that will force him to miss the start of training camp, but it is not considered serious and the team said in a statment that it expects him to be ready for the season opener Oct. 7.

The University of Pittsburgh Medical Center will provide additional support for primary and urgent care services in Braddock as part of an agreement with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Office for Civil Rights

A man charged with opening fire on a South Side crowd this weekend will stand trial on all but one of the 12 criminal charges police initially filed against him.

Former Latrobe mayor Thomas Marflak is free on his own recognizance, pending a preliminary hearing on charges that he paid his wife's credit card bills with more than $60,000 siphoned from a hotel he managed for about nine years

The Hilton Pittsburgh has lost its name.

A federal lawsuit over construction of the Butler County Prison has ended in a settlement

The Pittsburgh police department will speak with all South Side bar owners to talk about what they can do to prevent alcohol-fueled violence and other neighborhood problems, City Councilman Bruce Kraus said following a meeting with the department's top brass this morning.

WAYNESBURG, Pa. -- The state Supreme Court has refused to hear the appeal of a man who wanted to withdraw his guilty plea to pushing his girlfriend down a mine shaft

Sheriff's deputies are trying to determine who drilled an apparent peephole in a bathroom at the Beaver County courthouse

American Eagle Outfitters said teens are responding well to its jeans, knit tops, sweaters and its planned promotions, all of which contributed to a 1 percent increase in August sales at stores open at least a year.

About 25 parents, bus drivers and concerned residents who attended the Baldwin-Whitehall School Board's meeting Wednesday night expressed their anger and concern at what they call overcrowded, unsafe, and late school buses since classes began Monday.

Two people were arrested last night after Pittsburgh police said they discovered $9,000 worth of heroin in their Lawrenceville home.