A new long-range Transportation Improvement Program for southwestern Pennsylvania slashes spending on roads and bridges by 32 percent over the coming four years because of funding shortages and uncertainty. (Today)

It would've been nice if municipal officials had advance warning that water mains on 25th Street in the South Side and Bower Hill Road in Mt. Lebanon were going to rupture on Wednesday. (Today)

NEW CASTLE, Pa. -- A former state lawmaker on probation for conflict-of-interest charges will stand trial for allegedly trying to get altered prescriptions filled at a pharmacy (Today)

Common mosquitoes carrying the West Nile virus have been found in Allegheny County, the first of the season reported by health officials. But now, for the first time, the Asian tiger mosquito, an aggressive biting insect that is active in daylight hours, has been reported infesting an entire neighborhood in the county, according to the Allegheny County Health Department. (Today)

A Windber man has been convicted of stealing more than $650,000 from an elderly woman. (Today)