Wilkinsburg News

Gardens in Western Pennsylvania should be in full bloom by now, and several local communities are going to be showing them off next weekend.

Emcee Zone wins the All-Star competition of Rhyme Calisthenics at the Kelly-Strayhorn Theater in East Liberty on Thursday.

The Bradley House on Brownsville Road south of Pittsburgh was the scene of the Cora Cheatham Willing Workers Annual Luncheon and Fashion Show May 9. "The Splashes of Fashion"-themed show featured fashions from A Woman's Touch .

Federal and state emergency officials plan visits this week to eight flooded Allegheny County towns operating under a disaster emergency declaration, municipal leaders said Wednesday.

Mike Seate can be reached via e-mail or at 724-320-7845. View Seate's Archive One of my favorite old comedy routines hailed from the late Richard Pryor, who extrapolated on why more white people are bitten by snakes than blacks.

A man accused in the fatal shooting of a 16-year-old boy in Wilkinsburg was arrested Thursday by federal marshals in Orlando, Fla.

The Wilkinsburg School District marked the end of the school year by hosting its annual Fun Fair June 6 at Turner Elementary School Field.

From left, bartender Ed Kowalski, of Lawrenceville; John Smith, of Shaler, and George Rafaloski socialize over drinks at the Electric Club in Lawrenceville.

Bobby Kerlik can be reached via e-mail or at 412-391-0927. A man who opened fire in a Wilkinsburg playground, hitting two people, including an infant, was sentenced this morning to 11 to 22 years in prison.

Leaders in Turtle Creek, Wilkinsburg and Forest Hills declared a state of emergency in those communities following Wednesday night's storms, which flooded roads and basements and knocked out power.

The Tribune-Review can be reached online or at 412-321-6460. Police this afternoon arrested two men in the shooting death of a 40-year-old woman on Perry Street in McKeesport.

Since June 5, seven people have been shot in the North Side of Pittsburgh. Though six of the victims survived, the most recent, 22-year-old Deray Pearson of Wilkinsburg, was killed June 14.

Residents of a Wilkinsburg apartment building that was damaged in a fire were told Tuesday they can't come home.

Police said an 18-year-old was shot in the leg in Wilkinsburg Tuesday afternoon following a robbery.

Residents of a small Wilkinsburg apartment building that was badly damaged by a fire were given two hours Tuesday to retrieve their belongings from the boarded-up property.

A 79-year-old man killed by a bus near Pittsburgh may have been drinking before he missed his stop, got out of the bus, and started chasing it before he was run over.

A man run over and killed by a Port Authority bus in Swissvale rode for hours before getting off at the wrong stop, then ran and fell beneath it as he tried to stop it, witnesses said Monday.

A man from the suburbs is at least the seventh to be shot and killed in recent weeks in on Pittsburgh neighborhood.

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A Wilkinsburg man was shot and killed in the North Side Sunday afternoon. The 22-year-old man, whom police did not identify, got into an altercation with someone inside a blue or gray vehicle in the 1500 block of Garfield Avenue in the Central North Side about 2:30 p.m., Cmdr.