The Catholic Diocese of Pittsburgh is asking the state Supreme Court for extraordinary relief in a petition following a series of lawsuits alleging clergy sexual abuse over the past six months. Last week, the diocese listed four lawsuits they claim require relief from the court. In the filing, the diocese said courts will be inundated with uniform cases with millions of dollars spent pursuing and defending claims the Supreme Court could eventually deem invalid.

State residents are once again getting a chance today to pick up free doses of opioid overdose antidote medication. Free naloxone will be available for pick up at dozens of locations statewide while supplies last. Naloxone is used to fight an overdose by blocking the effects of opioids on the brain, and state officials say that more than 25-thousand Pennsylvanians have been revived by the drug since November of 2014. The medication was last offered for free on September 18th, and more than four-thousands kits were distributed.

The House Judiciary Committee met on Tuesday to act on a package of legislation designed to keep guns out of the hands of criminals and those with mental health issues. Rep. Todd Stephens (R-Montgomery), prime sponsor of House Bill 1852, addressed the topic of urban violence, and said that his legislation would help keep criminals off the streets…

The package of bills, now headed to the full house for consideration, is part of a broad effort by House Republicans to address firearm violence in the Commonwealth.

PITCAIRN, Pa. (AP) — Officials say three students and three teachers have been treated for nausea after they breathed in fumes from a construction site near their western Pennsylvania school. School spokeswoman Sonya Toler says officials evacuated about 280 students and staff from the Propel Schools Pitcairn building just after 11:30 a.m.

FIRE DESTROYED AN UNOCCUPIED ALIQUIPPA HOME EARLY THIS MORNING. BEAVER COUNTY RADIO NEWS CORRESPONDENT SANDY GIORDANO HAS DETAILS. Click on ‘play’ to hear Sandy’s report…

WEATHER FORECAST FOR WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 25TH, 2019

TODAY – MOSTLY SUNNY. HIGH NEAR 80.

TONIGHT – PARTLY CLOUDY. SLIGHT CHANCE OF A RAIN
SHOWER. LOW – 61.

THURSDAY – INTERVALS OF CLOUDS AND SUNSHINE.
SLIGHT CHANCE OF A RAIN SHOWER.
HIGH – 75.

The number of children living in areas of concentrated poverty in Pennsylvania has increased, according to a report from the Annie E. Casey Foundation. Andrea Sears reports….

Pennsylvania is one of about two dozen states involved in a lawsuit to keep California’s ability to set higher vehicle fuel standards. Andrea Sears reports…

WASHINGTON (AP) — House Speaker Nancy Pelosi says she will make an announcement Tuesday afternoon after she meets with House chairmen and members of the Democratic caucus. Her comments come as more than a dozen Democrats, many of them moderates, have endorsed impeachment proceedings against President Donald Trump. The calls come as Democrats have questioned whether Trump improperly used his office to pressure the Ukrainian president to investigate political rival Joe Biden and his son, Hunter.

Another presidential candidate is coming to Pittsburgh. Campaign officials say Beto O’Rourke is planning to stump in the Oakland section of the city this week. The former U-S congressman from Texas and Democratic candidate for president will hold a town hall at Schenley Plaza Wednesday morning. O’Rourke says the event will urge action on gun violence. O’Rourke was last in P-A with a stop in State College in March.