Pittsburgh police are investigating three incidents of vehicle vandalism and theft that occurred in Beechview last week. Jewelry was reportedly stolen from a car parked in the 2300 block of Palm Beach Avenue between 9 p.m. on April 16 and 7:30 a.m. on ... »
The following information was supplied by Dormont Police. Where arrests or charges are mentioned, it does not indicate a conviction. Dormont police charged one woman with DUI after she hit two cars on Potomac Avenue just before 11 p.m. on April 16, but... »
Eight vehicles were damaged in a weekend vandalism spree through a Brookline neighborhood. Three cars between the 1900 and 2300 blocks of Edgewood Avenue were damaged, as well as one vehicle parked at the corner of Freedom and Creedmore avenues, one in... »
Reapportionment Update: At the time of this writing, the Legislative Reapportionment Commission has still not finalized a new legislative district boundary map for State House districts. Therefore, the current district boundaries will stay in effect fo... »
The Greater Pittsburgh Food Bank will receive $1,300 in advertising credits on the 13 Patch sites in western Pennsylvania thanks to the many businesses, agencies and organizations that claimed their listings in the directories on each Patch site during... »
Arson A man told police that someone set a dumpster on fire on his property at West Liberty and Saranac avenues in Brookline. The incident occurred March 28 at 2 a.m. Burglary Police received a report that someone broke a garage window in the 2600 bloc... »
Dormont Council voted Monday not to move forward with the Pitcher Park Memorial Skate Park project. Monday’s agenda included an item to advertise an ordinance that would have approved the April 5, 2010 motion the previous council passed in favor of the... »
According to reports by the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette and WTAE, repair crews were unsure when a water main break that occurred Tuesday on Banksville Road would be fully repaired. The break was reported around 5:30 p.m. yesterday. According to the Post-Ga... »
Robbery The Pittsburgh police robbery squad is investigating an incident in which a Beechview store was robbed at gunpoint. A woman told police she was approached by two unknown men with guns on March 15 around 7 p.m., who ordered her inside the store ... »
Burglary Police are investigating a burglary in Banksville that occurred after the intruder knocked the homeowner unconscious. A woman told police that someone entered her Elm Spring Court home through an unlocked patio door and struck her in the head,... »
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Aggravated Assault A woman reported that someone she knew assaulted her at her home in the 1200 block of Berkshire Avenue in Brookline on March 3. Officers have applied for an arrest warrant for the suspect. Theft A man told police someone stole a wall... »
Hundreds of Allegheny County residents—many of them people with disabilities or commuters—testified today against a Port Authority of Allegheny County plan to cut overal service by 35 percent and eliminate 40 of the agency's 102 routes. Testimony will ... »
Robbery A woman reported that her boyfriend assaulted her and stole her cell phone during a domestic dispute in the 1500 block of Beechview Avenue in Beechview. The incident was reported Feb. 25 at 6:45 p.m. The victim reported someone entered the busi... »
Burglary The victim reported that someone forced open a rear door and entered a vacant apartment in the 1500 block of Methyl Street in Beechview. Nothing appeared missing at the time of the report. The incident occurred between 12:30 and 7:56 a.m. on F... »
