McKeesport News

Delvon Simmons started all 13 games for Texas Tech 's defensive line in 2012, but he's looking for a new home in 2013.

Delvon Simmons, a Rivals five-star defensive tackle from the Class of 2011, is back on the market.

Thanks to a push from state Rep. Ed Gainey, D-East Liberty, Allegheny County Executive Rich Fitzgerald announced the creation of a Public Health Commission on Preventing Violence and Promoting Community Mental Health.

A state welfare caseworker has been suspended while the Department of Public Welfare cooperates with prosecutors who charge the man tried to swap benefits for sex with female clients.

Dog law enforcement officer Ken Ferree uses a dog puppet in his response to a protest organized by O & P Rescue outside of Ferree's McKeesport home.

Police continue to investigate a fatal shooting that killed a teenage boy and injured another person late Saturday night in the Hill District.

Donora had already lost its major industry and was flat broke and in debt about the time John “Chummy” Lignelli decided to get into local politics nearly four decades ago.

The Allegheny County medical examiner's office said police were called shortly before midnight Saturday about a report of shots fired in the Hill District neighborhood.

A man identified by authorities as a state Department of Welfare case manager in McKeesport has been charged with trying to extract a benefits-for-sex swap with a welfare recipient.

A new commission will study how to prevent violence and promote mental health in neighborhoods, Allegheny County officials announced this morning.

Former Pittsburgh Steeler Russell Stuvaints pleaded guilty to aggravated assault and resisting arrest in an incident in McKeesport, Pa., court records said.

According to police, 18-year-old Tyrone Coleman and 29-year-old Lawrence Short were both shot on Crawford Avenue Monday night.

Wilkinsburg District Judge Kim Hoots heard the following cases on May 2: Morris Fredd Corinthian, 33, of McKeesport waived a preliminary hearing on charges of robbery, aggravated assault, conspiracy and recklessly endangering another person.

If Tanya Kach could get to Cleveland right now, she would, just to hug the women who broke free from their alleged captor on Monday night and let them know someone out there understands even an ounce of what they went through.

If you're in your 40s, you could be considered either a "late baby boomer" or member of "Generation X." Either way, you're at a time in your life when you're putting youth aside and should be doing some financial planning for your future and your family's future.

Guttman Group of Cos., based in Belle Vernon, has grown in the past 20 years from a $127 million company to a holding company for three energy-related businesses with revenue of $3.4 billion.

When Jolanda Carr's two sons entered elementary school, they were already regularly misbehaving in class and difficult to discipline.

It is exceptionally hard when the loss is due to the growing urban epidemic of gun violence.

Erik Lowry, owner of Pittsburgh Tactical Firearms in McKeesport, said he's losing thousands of dollars per day since Facebook shut down his business page.