Allegheny County Common Pleas Judge Jeffrey A. Manning, who served on the bench for more than 30 years, has retired. Appointed in 1988, Manning, who previously worked as a prosecutor in the district attorney’s office and the U.S. Attorney’s office in Pittsburgh, was elected to his first 10-year term in
The president of the corrections officers' union said Thursday that staffing issues could prevent the end of the 23-and-1 lockdown at the Allegheny County Jail. The jail's warden strongly disagrees.
A woman who dressed as a FedEx worker and stole packages from a home in Pittsburgh’s Mt. Washington is scheduled to appear for a preliminary hearing on Dec. 8. Laura Woester, 50, was arrested Monday by Pittsburgh police and faces charges of theft by unlawful taking. She was denied bail
The 10 candidates elected to Allegheny County Common Pleas judgeships this fall have been assigned to their courtrooms and though several campaigned on a platform to reform criminal justice, only one is set to actually begin hearing criminal cases.
Officials have released the name of a man killed in a Saturday night shooting in Avalon. The Allegheny County Medical Examiner’s Office has identified the victim as Theodore Denver Parks Jr., 38, of Pittsburgh. Allegheny County police have charged Brennan Lamar Fife, 31, with criminal homicide in the death of