A fact-finder appointed by the Pennsylvania Labor Relations Board is scheduled to visit Pittsburgh next week to start meetings with negotiators for the Port Authority and Local 85, Amalgamated Transit Union, as part of ongoing efforts to reach a new contract. (Today)

After a series of deaths and other serious events involving local residents with mental illness, a top state official has called a temporary halt to outpatient referrals to Western Psychiatric ... (Today)

City school board members voted 6-3 last night to merge the respected middle-grade and high school arts schools, overriding parents' concerns about space, academic quality and other issues. (Today)

After reading a memo yesterday from the director of the University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute warning about the potential hazards of cellular phones, Anne Kisak decided she might want to pay an extra $5 a month for an unlimited text messaging plan. (Today)

All his life, Regis C. Nairn, a former district judge in Sheraden, was a man of few words. ... (Today)