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The shooting death of a 1-year-old boy at an East Hills cookout has left many in the community feeling outraged and fed up with the Black-on-Black violence.

Saying he wants to have more open lines of communication, particularly on issues pertaining to the African-American community, Allegheny County Executive Rich Fitzgerald, his Chief of Staff Jennifer Liptak and County Manager William McKain joined the New Pittsburgh Courier editorial board for the first of what he said could be quarterly meetings.

An Eagle Scout himself, Mark Johnston of Mount Washington was devastated when he came out as gay and was forbidden from attending his young sons' scouting events.

The piece by longtime Pittsburgh fan Jim Russell originally appeared on the website Pacific Standard and opened with this provocative lead paragraph: "What does a dying city look like? Brains are draining.

Treading Art has been putting together an amazing list of weekend events around Pittsburgh.

Pittsburgh Police and Fire crews respond to a hit and run accident at the intersection of Commonwealth Place and Boulevard of the Allies just before 3 p.m. today.

On the first Sunday of May I went to a Sunday Brunch at the Cabaret on Frankstown Avenue in Homewood.

Over the past two days, Punxsutawney-based Pennsylvania State Police have charged three individuals, including two local men, with delivery of heroin after search warrant and arrest warrants were served in two separate incidents - one at approximately 4:30 p.m. on Monday and another at approximately 12:45 p.m. on Tuesday.

A Pittsburgh police officer, along with a mother and her young child, are recovering from minor injuries after the cruiser collided with her vehicle and two parked cars.

The Jerry Garcia Symphonic Celebration featuring Warren Haynes promises to be a special night of music, with the Gov't Mule/Allman Brothers Band guitarist fronting orchestras from around the country on songs from Garcia's impressive catalog.

When he started WindStax , a wind turbine manufacturing company, Pittsburgh native Ron Gdovic had a design idea and a two-garage space in Apollo.

Across the state and in the region, a bad bridge situation has gotten better in recent years.

A 19-month-old boy was killed and two women were wounded after shots were fired in the East Hills neighborhood on Tuesday evening.

About three weeks before the May 21 mayoral primary in Pittsburgh, an attack ad against a leading Democratic candidate, city councilmember Bill Peduto, hit the air.

This story was written by James O'Toole based on his reporting and that of Post-Gazette staff writers Rich Lord, Joe Smydo, Alex Zimmerman, and Tim McNulty.

Financial Seminar MAY 25-The Young Women's Initiative of Bethel AME Church, 2720 Webster Ave., Hill District, will host a Financial Seminar at 9:30 a.m. The seminar, which will be facilitated by Rhonda Carson Leach, director of the Urban Entrepreneurship Program at the University of Pittsburgh, will give women the tools needed to ensure a ... (more)

One day after putting in eight hours at PNC Bank, single mother Amera Gilchrist was riding the bus with her special needs son when he began choking on a piece of candy.

Gunmen opened fire on a group having a backyard picnic Tuesday night in the East Hills, Pittsburgh police said, killing a toddler and leaving two women wounded.

Federal authorities said a suspect wanted in the shooting death of a man pulled off a western Pennsylvania party bus has been taken into custody.

Think Pittsburgh is a welcoming city? You might want to think again. Many newcomers to town say otherwise, and who would know better? What is positive about our community - we're tight-knit and family-oriented with deep roots - can be a negative to those trying to find their way here.