An Allegheny County jury convicted a Ghana national Thursday of third-degree murder for strangling his wife in their Forest Hills home.

Pittsburgh's newest stretch of reclaimed riverfront is still a bit dusty and its freshly planted landscaping has yet to flourish.

A Sunday morning fire in the 500 block of Center Street in Braddock damaged a duplex.

Rick Wills can be reached via e-mail or at 412-320-7944. Two decades after the state banned yard waste from landfills, local officials now dispose of it in a way that satisfies most, if not quite all, of Allegheny County's residents.

Weekend high temperatures are expected to be above normal and that means crews will be working to finish up several ongoing construction projects.

Family: Wife Cynthia; daughters Lauren, 19, Linnea, 17, and Lydia, 14; son John III, 14.

Dr. Dixon is known for wearing a white button shirt, black tie, gray suit coat and hush puppies.

NEGOTIATIONS between SEPTA and the Transport Workers Union Local 234 are "not looking good," after more than 35 hours of talks and a strike threat, a union spokesman said last night.

Sean McDonald started out playing drums with No Shelter, one of Pittsburgh's first punk bands.

This year's Common Pleas Court election poses an unusual question: Why should voters cast their ballot in favor of a candidate who isn't even asking them to do it? Read more about the candidates here .

The University of Pittsburgh Medical Center's decision to stand fast to its decision to close UPMC Braddock has anger stewing and frustration growing in Braddock.

Braddock residents and business owners on Friday said they were stunned and saddened to learn that University of Pittsburgh Medical Center will close its Braddock hospital, where work on a multimillion-dollar modernization appeared to continue.

Grangers from Cambria County will be rolling out the red carpet when Grangers from throughout Pennsylvania visit Johnstown this weekend for the 137th annual Pennsylvania State Grange Convention.

While many hospitals struggle, Albert Einstein Healthcare Network in Philadelphia is expanding.

Internet predators are reaching out to children in Pennsylvania, and the state is cracking down.