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A former UPMC doctor and assistant professor at Pitt was arrested after police in Hawaii said he tried to push his wife off a hiking trail and hit her in the head with a rock. Honolulu police said they arrested Gerhardt Konig after a short chase on foot near Pali Highway on Monday evening. Earlier in the day, police put out a poster with Konig's photo, saying he was wanted for attempted murder at Pali Lookout. Police said Konig was on Oahu with his wife Monday morning when he tried to push her off a trail and used a rock...

MT. LEBANON, Pa. - Mt. Lebanon police are apologizing after complaints about a word used in a crime alert. The department sent out a Lebo Alert and posted on social media Saturday about a series of home improvement scams and burglaries where the suspects try to distract their victim. The alert, seen below, and posts described them as "gypsy-type crimes." "White pickup w/ VA plates committing gypsy-type crimes in area (driveway scams, burglaries, etc). If something seems odd, call 911 ASAP!!!" The vehicle involved in the incidents was described as a white pickup truck with West Virginia plates.

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Auditor General Jack Wagner said Monday that the school board in Mt. Lebanon owes residents an explanation of its half million dollar buyout of the contract of its former superintendent. The school board has never discussed why Margery Sable left sixteen months after signing a five-year contract with the district. Sable resigned Nov. 8, angering residents who questioned why she will still collect $420,000 salary over the next three years, another $5,000 in legal fees, and receive health insurance coverage until she turns 65. "This contract buyout is especially troubling because the reasons for it have...