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Crime rates in Braddock resist the kind of easy narrative that makes for TV shows or the political ads that appear during commercial breaks. And while former Mayor John Fetterman gets credit from many residents for his hands-on approach to community issues, experts say crime rates are driven by a complicated array of factors that can leave any mayor feeling like a bit player.
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Pittsburgh City Council installed a board to operate the disruptive properties program this week. It's been characterized as one solution for issues in the City's South Side.
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The report, from researchers at the Allegheny County Department of Human Services, was released last week.
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Authorities say shots fired at a house party in Pittsburgh left two 17-year-olds dead and at least eight more people wounded. The shooting happened at around 12:30 a.m. Sunday as hundreds of people had gathered at a short-term rental home.
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Mayor Ed Gainey said a shooting Wednesday that left a teen dead requires policy changes.
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On today’s program: Allegheny County’s chief medical examiner talks about trends in the recently released total number of fatal overdoses from last year; and two mothers tell their experiences in cleaning their homes after losing children to fatal gunshot wounds.
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An Allegheny County corrections worker has been charged for allegedly selling drugs to incarcerated individuals at the county jail.
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Mayor Bill Peduto said a spike in homicides will mean a stepped-up police presence — but said police alone wouldn't end the violence.
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It’s illegal to drive all-terrain vehicles and dirt bikes on city streets. But Pittsburgh Police claim last summer large groups were often roving through…
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Philadelphia officials expressed alarm at surging gun violence this year that has already caused more homicides than were recorded in all of last year —…