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As a student at the University of Pittsburgh in the 1960s, Tim Stevens was among a group of students who drove Martin Luther King Jr. from Pittsburgh Airport to the Pitt campus, where the civil rights leader was scheduled to speak. On Sunday, more than a half-century later, Stevens – who ...

Fire damages Forward Township marina

Firefighters from numerous departments were called to a blaze that heavily damaged McCrossin’s Landing marina in Forward Township early Friday morning. Crews were called shortly after 1 a.m. when a passing train crew noticed the structure fire at Edsel Lane and Liggett Avenue, which is ...

NEW YORK (AP) — Tax season is underway, and the IRS expects 140 million people will file returns by April 15. The agency has also debuted a new online tool to help taxpayers check the status of any refund they may be entitled to. President Donald Trump offered all federal employees a buyout ...

Erika Riedmann is an American citizen, but the Uniontown woman now carries around identification papers out of fear that she may be detained. “I don’t feel unsafe in my community, but I am scared of what can happen with everything that’s going on,” Riedmann said. “I feel like I ...

The National Weather Service in Pittsburgh has issued a flood watch in Fayette County and a hazardous weather outlook in Washington, Greene, and Fayette counties on Friday, as significant ice coverage on rivers, combined with heavy rain and warmer temperatures, pose a risk of flooding. The ...

A Grindstone man who was fatally shot by police during a welfare check on Tuesday had been struggling with his mental health, his sister wrote in a GoFundMe post. Christopher Hackney, 27, was shot by Redstone Township police at his home on Lyndale Road around 9 p.m. Tuesday. According to a ...