A Rankin police officer responding to a call was injured after another car hit his police cruiser around 9 p.m. Wednesday on the Rankin Bridge.

Duquesne's season came to an end with a 65-51 loss at Princeton in the opening round of the CBI tournament.

NEWARK, N.J. -- New Jersey defeated the Penguins, 5-2, at the Prudential Center tonight to sweep the six-game season series and move into a tie for first place in the Atlantic Division.

Allegheny County homicide detectives are investigating after bones were found in Bullock Pens Park in Churchill.

GAINESVILLE, Fla. (AP) -- Tim Tebow's latest visit to Florida Field looked like most of the others. He was cheered, revered and pulled in every direction.

Several local police departments and the Pennsylvania State Police have surrounded a house in Butler County where a man has refused to come out and has fired at least one shot, a Butler County dispatcher said.

McGuffey School District teachers have notified the school district they intend to go on strike Monday unless an agreement is reached.

The city of Pittsburgh and Allegheny County are discussing a draft agreement that would move the city's financial management onto the county's software platform, officials said today.

The West Pittsburgh Partnership kicked off a state-funded $150,000 master plan process today to reinvigorate the West End under a new brand, the West End Village.

The Public Parking Authority of Pittsburgh announced today that half of the Mon Wharf parking spaces will be available for parking Thursday

Police charged a Garfield man with animal cruelty today after they found dead and dying dogs in kennels in his backyard.

BRADENTON, Fla. -- The Pirates' Kevin Hart made another calamitous start Wednesday in his increasingly imperiled bid to make the rotation, walking six of 12 batters and hitting another in the 6-3 loss to the Detroit Tigers this afternoon at McKechnie Field.

A structure that was being demolished in Cheswick this afternoon fell into a nearby building, prompting an evacuation.

A fight between two national unions that has stalled negotiations with several local employers was settled today with a ruling from the National Labor Relations Board.

A New Castle police officer who was accused in 2008 of sexually assaulting two teenage girls pleaded guilty Monday to two counts each of indecent assault and corruption of minors.

If the city leases parking garages to a private entity, a transition plan to help consumers adjust to rate increases and other changes is highly important, a panel told Pittsburgh Downtown Partnership today.

All charges were dropped today against Alonzo Cotton, a Pitcairn man who had been accused in a hit-and-run that severely injured a woman in Homewood

A federal grand jury has subpoenaed interview records for seven people, including five city police officers, as part of a look into complaints of police brutality in the beating of a city high school student

The locomotive engineer who was killed Tuesday in the crash of two freight trains in North Versailles died of compression and blunt force trauma, the Allegheny County medical examiner's office determined

Allegheny County is looking for a new sponsor for the annual Celebration of Lights at Hartwood Acres

Tasha2, the female peregrine falcon at the Gulf Tower, Downtown, has laid her first egg of the season

NEWARK, N.J. -- Penguins center Evgeni Malkin will not play tonight against the New Jersey Devils.

Pittsburgh Mayor Luke Ravenstahl this morning sought the public's help in persuading Google to select Pittsburgh as a test city for a new, superfast Internet network.

BROOKVILLE, Pa. -- Before finding him dead, at least five Punxsutawney Borough employees -- including police officers and the mayor -- checked on a man who was drunk in the back seat of a police cruiser, an officer's attorney said this morning

HARRISBURG -- U.S. Senate candidate Joe Sestak is challenging the petition of a fellow candidate seeking to get his name on May's Democratic primary ballot

The beacon atop the Gulf Tower in Downtown Pittsburgh will be glowing green tonight to mark St. Patrick's Day

A Mount Washington man was sleeping in his apartment early this morning when he felt someone get into bed with him

Port Authority has reduced its estimate of the final cost of the North Shore Connector by $10 million, citing management efficiencies.

Port Authority has halted the installation of new bus fareboxes because of a problem with currency jamming in the machines.

Legislation that would define a green roof and establish zoning height allowances for rooftop gardens was considered and postponed until March 30 at a city Planning Commission hearing Tuesday

Narcotics detectives found 1,000 stamp bags of heroin and arrested two people after searching a Carrick home on Tuesday

A man was injured when pieces of metal fell on him at a plant in Westmoreland County.

HARRISBURG -- At least three jurors hearing the Bonusgate public corruption trial wept as they ended a fourth day of deliberation today.

A man walking along state Route 764 was struck and killed by a motorist Tuesday.

Several residents from the North Fields neighborhood in Adams asked the Mars Area school board Wednesday night to send school buses into their plan.

Allegheny County Council is preparing to step further into the controversy over paying prevailing wages to janitorial, hotel and food service employees.