PITTSBURGH (KDKA) -- After being convicted by Allegheny County Common Pleas Judge Mark Tranquilli in December 2019, a retired priest accused of sexually abusing a boy in Munhall almost two decades ago ...

PITTSBURGH (KDKA) – Allegheny County Judge Mark Tranquilli, who was accused of making racially insensitive comments, has resigned before his misconduct trial. Tranquilli's attorney Matt Logue ...

Allegheny County Common Pleas Judge Mark Tranquilli has resigned, a spokesperson for his attorney Matt Logue confirmed on Tuesday. Tranquilli had been assigned to administrative duties since February ...

PITTSBURGH — The state’s judicial conduct board has filed formal charges against an Allegheny County judge. Judge Mark Tranquilli was put on administrative duties earlier this year because of ...

Allegheny County Common Pleas Judge Mark Tranquilli, who was first reassigned to summary appeals, has now been ordered not to hear any cases at all.By order of President Judge Kim Berkeley Clark, ...

PITTSBURGH — An Allegheny County Common Pleas Court judge has been reassigned after allegedly making racially charged comments. Judge Mark Tranquilli was recently reassigned to summary appeals, but ...

The law is more than letters on a page. It isn’t just a static thing that exists flatly in tiny print in thick books. The law is a tool — a mechanism for weighing and measuring people in a way that ...

A white judge in Pittsburgh accused of violating standards for judges by referring to a Black juror as “Aunt Jemima” and making other demeaning comments has been suspended without pay. The ...

The courtyard of the Allegheny County Courthouse in downtown Pittsburgh. A Pittsburgh judge who allegedly referred to a Black juror as “Aunt Jemima” was accused of misconduct in office Wednesday by ...

A Pittsburgh area judge accused of making racist comments about a juror has been barred from hearing cases, according to a court order issued this week. Allegheny County Common Pleas Judge Mark ...

HARRISBURG, Pa.HARRISBURG, Pa. — A Pittsburgh judge who allegedly referred to a Black juror as “Aunt Jemima” was accused of misconduct in office Wednesday by the state’s entity that investigates and ...