Liberty News

One of Allegheny County's "Most Wanted" child support offenders was apprehended Thursday after being spotted by county sheriff's deputies in the Hill District.

Allegheny County Council this evening is expected to debate -- and possibly approve -- a bill that would prohibit all sorts of discrimination in county operations, including discrimination based on gender identity and sexual orientation.

Rashad Clemons has learned a thing or two about culture shock. He drove his family cross-country from Los Angeles to live and work in Pittsburgh with the East Liberty-based Coalition for Christian Outreach in 2006.

The numbers are stark and disturbing. They hint at loss, suffering and death. Pittsburghers have known, based on previous reports, of the poor air quality in communities near U.S. Steel's Clairton coke works.

A 20-year-old Pittsburgh man has been acquitted of fatally shooting a 15-year-old boy in a fast-food drive-through lane after jurors apparently didn't believe witnesses who identified the man by his eyes alone.

The covered outdoor terrace overlooking the Monongahela River at the Hofbrauhaus on the South Side.

Matthew Santoni can be reached via e-mail or at 412-380-5625. The union representing Port Authority of Allegheny County workers is filing a grievance over the firing of two employees, one of whom said she was the victim of an October 2007 racial incident in the East Liberty garage.

Jerry Vondas can be reached via e-mail or at 412-320-7823. When painter Joe LaBella contracted for his first major job in the 1950s - for the Federal Building on Grant Street - he had one truck and the $10,000 he borrowed for paint and supplies.

An East End man with a criminal record turned himself in Sunday on a charge he attempted to lure a young girl into his truck.

Thomas Olson can be reached via e-mail or at 412-320-7854. One end of the 20-story roof bowed gently to the other for two seconds, then the entire high-rise in the heart of East Liberty slowly pancaked to the ground with a crescendo of thunderclaps.

Allegheny County Executive Dan Onorato today joined State Senator Wayne Fontana, Pittsburgh Mayor Luke Ravenstahl, Tim Fogarty, Director of Energy Programs at Innovation Works, and Dr.

Ask a group of Gene Kelly Awards judges to define what makes a high-school musical excellent, and you're assured of a lively discussion.

MAY 9 - The Missionary Auxiliary of Pentecostal Temple COGIC, 6300 E. Liberty Blvd., East Liberty, will host a Pre-Mother's Day Prayer Breakfast at 9 a.m. at the Holiday Inn Select, 100 Lytton Ave., Oakland.

Mike Seate can be reached via e-mail or at 724-320-7845. View Seate's Archive Forget election-year strategies to lower crime in our city neighborhoods.

The American Lung Association should know better. For the 10th year, it has released the State of the Air report, which claims to identify the most polluted metro regions in the country.

For some Liberty High School students, attending class is optional. Neighbors of the Bethlehem school at 1115 Linden St.

Friday, May 1, is Law Day, designed to educate citizens of all ages about the American legal system and celebrate the nation's heritage of liberty, justice and equality.

The Port Authority of Allegheny County asked a court Friday to overturn an arbitrator's ruling that a former employee who left a noose in a supervisor's office is entitled to get his job back.

The interior features of the tested 2009 Jeep Compass Sport included a heigh-adjustable driver's seat and a sliding armrest.

The two Black Allegheny County state representatives made an early morning stop at the Rivers Club Friday to present an outline of the Obama administration's stimulus plan during the PowerBreakfast sponsored by the African American Chamber of Commerce of Western Pennsylvania.