Tractor-trailer accident slows traffic along routes 51 88 in Overbrook

Traffic along Route 51 in Overbrook was slowed early Tuesday morning due to a tractor-trailer accident.Authorities said the tractor-trailer was making a turn onto Route 51 from Route 88 when it blew several tires and hit a road barrier.According to police, the truck was carrying about 36,000 pounds of frozen food that needed to be transported to another truck before it could be towed ...

Several questions face Steelers as OTAs begin

Mike Tomlin said the Steelers plan to prove all of their doubters wrong starting in September in NFL stadiums.If they're actually going to do that, a lot of the groundwork for a different kind of surprise season -- this time a pleasant one -- will be put in place during May and June at a closed-to-the-public practice field on the South Side.The Steelers begin the first day of 13 offseason ...

Election director predicts light turnout at polls

Countywide, Wolosik projected 35 percent of 530,197 registered Democrats and 25 percent of 238,368 registered Republicans would turn out before polls close at 8 ...

McKeesport bank robbed again

Police Chief Bryan J. Washowich said officers spotted a man running from the bank shortly after 10 a.m. He was apprehended about a quarter of a mile away in the area of Pirl Street and E. Fifth ...

Okla. Medical examiner expects more bodies

The vicious tornado that tore across central Oklahoma on Monday has killed at least 51 people -- with about 40 more bodies expected to arrive at the Oklahoma Medical Examiner's office, Amy Elliott of the coroner's office said. The official death toll will gradually rise as the bodies are ...