PITTSBURGH — Former longtime Pittsburgh Democratic Congressman William Coyne has died at a city hospital. He was 77.

Coyne's executive assistant, Jamie Rooney, says Coyne died Sunday at UPMC Mercy Hospital following complications from a fall two months ago.

Coyne was a state representative from 1971 to 1973 then spent six years on Pittsburgh City Council before he became a Congressman in 1981. He served in that post until retiring in 2003.

Former Mayor Tom Murphy says Coyne was a “classic Pittsburgher who grew up and lived in the same house all his life.”

106-year-old church closes in Dormont

DORMONT — A 106-year-old church has closed in the Pittsburgh suburbs, a victim of dwindling membership.

Dormont Presbyterian Church opened in 1907 and had nearly 1,000 members in the 1950s, but its numbers have dwindled to just over 100 parishioners.

The church building has been sold to North Way Christian Community in Wexford, a booming suburb north of the city. Northway plans to renovate the building, which should be finished by the spring.

By The Associated Press

DORMONT — A 106-year-old church has closed in the Pittsburgh suburbs, a victim of dwindling membership.Dormont Presbyterian Church opened in 1907 and had nearly 1,000 members in the 1950s, but its numbers have dwindled to just over 100 parishioners.The church building has been sold to North Way Christian Community in Wexford, a booming suburb north of the city. Northway plans to renovate the building, which should be finished by the spring.