When Lena Bryan-Henderson was growing up in Wilkinsburg in the 1970s, her family dinner conversations frequently revolved around civil rights. “It was table talk every evening almost — about the prejudices and the injustices that people who look like me had to endure,” she said. Then, when she was about
The state Supreme Court on Friday said it will take up a Pittsburgh case challenging the constitutionality of Pennsylvania’s mandatory sentence of life in prison without parole for second-degree, or felony, murder. It is the first time Pennsylvania’s highest court will consider the issue — looking at it through the
A former Seton LaSalle Catholic High School substitute teacher will face trial on charges that he sexually assaulted a student in his classroom at the Catholic school in Mt. Lebanon. Damon Gall, 24, of Canonsburg, is accused of sexual assault and uttering inappropriate comments when they were alone together while
The voices were telling him he didn’t have to stop. As Jack Lamont Sherwood fled from Monroeville police at more than 100 mph on Aug. 26, 2022, “the voices in his head were telling him, ‘Hey — you didn’t do anything wrong,’” his defense attorney said. ”’Just keep going. Keep
A South Fayette man is headed to Allegheny County Common Pleas Court on charges that he had a sexual relationship with a 14-year-old girl and used “multiple iPhones” to film the pair having sex, court records show. Matthew Alexander Trax, 24, allegedly had sex several times with the girl, including