O'Connor wants to kickstart Pittsburgh out of neutral, encouraging growth, generating new jobs and attracting young families, but first he'll need to shore up city finances and services. He's dealing with a shrinking tax base, a dying city fleet, massive overtime, understaffing of police and emergency medical services.

The disruption of federal benefits that help feed families spurred a Pittsburgh man to create a front-yard food bank to help local families continue eating.

An emergency room worker attacked by a patient on the job is now out of a Pittsburgh Hospital. UPMC tells our partners at WJAC that Travis Dunn has moved from Presby to his home to recover.

Democrat Corey O'Connor defeated Republican Tony Moreno in the race for mayor of Pittsburgh on Tuesday, the Associated Press projects.

To the surprise of absolutely no one, Pittsburgh Pirates star pitcher Paul Skenes has been named one of three National League Cy Young Award finalists. Skenes, 23, put together arguably the most dominant season by a starter in Pirates history.

The Pittsburgh Steelers are hosting cornerback Asante Samuel Jr. for a visit next Wednesday, according to Jeremy Fowler of ESPN.

The snow season looks to start near average with 2 inches possible in November. Winter officially begins in December, but the snow forecast is calling for a little more than an inch below average, with 4 inches forecast for the month. Winter looks like it will kick into gear for what are traditionally our snowiest months.