Wilkinsburg News

A mother is accused of running a major drug ring out of her Wilkins Township home.

Ralph Loucks Rogers, 92, formerly of Norwood, Delaware County, a retired research chemist, died Thursday, July 10, of heart failure at Lutheran Hospital in Fort Wayne, Ind.

Wilkinsburg, Pa.- An AutoZone in Pennsylvania suffered some major damage after a SUV crashed right into the front of the store.

Police say a Wilkinsburg man was badly beaten and tied to a chair Monday morning while his house was ransacked by intruders who remain at large.

Neighbors found 21-year-old Kevin Gibson slumped over in a bullet-riddled car on Hill Avenue in Wilkinsburg last night.

Police are investigating the death of a 21-year-old man who was shot and killed Saturday in Wilkinsburg.

Sears may have closed its longtime department store in Wilkins Township store two years ago, but a publicly traded spinoff of Sears Holding Corp. called Sears Hometown and Outlet Stores, Inc. is opening a new, smaller Sears store nearby.

Kate Luxemburg, 68, sued Wilkinsburg and its police chief alleging they falsely arrested her three years ago.

Allegheny County police have identified two suspects in the fatal shooting of a Coraopolis man during an alleged robbery at his home last year.

A change in the way the state handles planning for HIV/a AIDS services likely will mean the demise of the 22-year-old AIDS Coalition of Southwestern Pennsylvania, an early warrior in Pittsburgh's fight against the disease.

Lamont Harvey, 28, is accused of robbing the Wilkinsburg Dollar General store in the 1700-block of Laketon Road on June 1. "The patrol units arrived there and were met by two victims who were accosted by an armed gunman who apparently hid in the back of the store after closing, came out and accosted the two employees into a back office where he ... (more)

The Pennsylvania Housing Finance Authority recently approved nearly $2.7 million in federal tax credits for the construction of three affordable housing projects within Allegheny County.