Sources have told KDKA-TV that Ragland, who has been serving as acting chief, will be named to the position full-time.

Pittsburgh Mayor Ed Gainey is close to nominating the city’s acting police chief, a 30-year veteran officer, to lead the police bureau on a permanent basis, City Council President R. Daniel Lavelle said Wednesday.

Pittsburgh Mayor Ed Gainey said his administration will not work with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement following an appearance in Harrisburg Monday.

The Pittsburgh mayor, who said the city will remain a "sanctuary city" despite President Donald Trump's plans to increase immigration enforcement, spoke to reporters and political observers on Monday.

Highmark Health, one of the four biggest purely public charities in the region that have been criticized by Mayor Ed Gainey over property tax revenue, have committed to providing an additional financial contribution to the City of Pittsburgh if the others do.

Sen. Dave McCormick is pushing Pittsburgh Mayor Ed Gainey to fall in line with stronger immigration enforcement as President Donald Trump and Republicans on Capitol Hill aim to crack

The mayor argued Monday intervention by Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents will not resolve the country’s immigration issues.

Pittsburgh Mayor Ed Gainey told the Pennsylvania Press Club Monday that he would not work with ICE but instead work to make his city “more welcoming."

Pittsburgh Mayor Ed Gainey’s decision not to work with ICE was more about trying to excite his left-wing base ahead of the May primary.

Statements this week by Mayor Ed Gainey and his Democratic primary challenger, Allegheny County Controller Corey O’Connor, have raised the question of the City of Pittsburgh’s cooperation with deportation actions by the federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency,

By Yazmin Rodriguez Click here for updates on this story PITTSBURGH, Pennsylvania (WTAE) -- Mayor Ed Gainey emphasized to residents