Timothy Whitfield had nothing to say. The Pittsburgh teen accepted a plea deal Wednesday morning for murdering Central Catholic High School student Jafar Brooks, then 15, almost three years ago outside a Penn Hills apartment complex. Whitfield, now 19, pleaded guilty to third-degree murder, robbery and conspiracy with a series
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Artist and muralist Kyle Holbrook is on a mission to create murals to stop gun violence in every state in the United States. “Peace Winston-Salem” is one of his latest
The fifth year of The Crossing Bridges Summit at Penn State Greater Allegheny will include a discussion titled "Examining Police Reform: Conversations about the Pittsburgh Community Taskforce for Police Reform and Its Implications for the Mon Valley" on Oct. 14. WPSU will produce the event and broadcast it live at watch.psu.edu/crossingbridges.
Allegheny County police have charged a Pittsburgh teen with homicide and other crimes for the December 2020 killing of a Churchill teen. Jafar Brooks, 16, was pronounced dead Dec. 15 at the scene of the Leechburg Garden Apartments along the 1900 lock of Garden Drive in Penn Hills on Dec.