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Tree of Life commemorative events this weekend
Sunday marks one year since the Tree of Life synagogue shooting in Squirrel Hill. Jewish organizations in Pittsburgh and the region will hold commemoration events throughout the weekend, culminating with a community gathering at 5 p.m. Sunday at Soldiers & Sailors Memorial Hall in Oakland. The website Pause with Pittsburgh...
3 Pittsburgh officers wounded in Tree of Life shooting thank public for support
Three Pittsburgh police officers shot while responding to the attack on a Squirrel Hill synagogue nearly a year ago continue to heal and remain grateful for their city’s support. They have not spoken publicly as the one-year mark of the shooting approaches, but they released written statements Thursday. Zone 4...
Undaunted by Tree of Life attack, HIAS continues its mission
The gunman who killed 11 Jewish worshippers in Squirrel Hill last year targeted the synagogue based on a congregation’s October 2018 participation in a Shabbat service for refugees. The national organizer of those special services — HIAS, founded as the Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society — continues to forge ahead in...
Activists speak out against Trump’s Pittsburgh visit
Local politicians joined with activists in Downtown Pittsburgh to deliver a message to President Donald Trump, who is set to visit the city Wednesday. “It’s been a year since this community issued a challenge to Trump, and it’s been a year that he hasn’t met it,” said Stosh Cotler, CEO...
1 dead, 2 injured in Wilkinsburg shooting
One person was killed and two injured in a shooting Sunday night in Wilkinsburg, authorities said. The shooting happened at about 9:24 p.m near Rebecca Avenue and Jeannette Street, Allegheny County Lieutenant Kenneth Ruckel said. Wilkinsburg police and EMS responded and found three people shot, including a 22-year-old male who...
North Versailles man killed in crash along Tri-Boro Expressway
A man was killed in a crash Sunday night that shut down the Tri-Boro Expressway in Turtle Creek, authorities said. The victim is William Gyaux, 55, of North Versailles, according to the Allegheny County Medical Examiner’s office. The crash occurred shortly before 8 p.m. between Lynn Avenue and Patton Street....
Activists speak out against Trump’s Pittsburgh visit
Local politicians joined with activists in Downtown Pittsburgh to deliver a message to President Donald Trump, who is set to visit the city Wednesday. “It’s been a year since this community issued a challenge to Trump, and it’s been a year that he hasn’t met it,” said Stosh Cotler, CEO...
A year after Tree of Life shooting, the city still grieves but remains resoluteVideo
David and Cecil Rosenthal. Rose Mallinger. Joyce Fienberg. Bernice and Sylvan Simon. Melvin Wax. Irving Younger. Jerry Rabinowitz. Daniel Stein. Richard Gottfried. The Tree of Life synagogue in Squirrel Hill remains empty, an unintended memorial to these 11 congregants from three congregations — Tree of Life-Or L’Simcha, New Light and...
‘We must reopen, and we will’: Tree of Life leaders vow to reopen synagogueVideo
One year after a white supremacist with an AR-15 killed 11 congregants in their Squirrel Hill house of worship, the synagogue at the corner of Wilkins and Shady remains empty and tomblike, a hulking reminder of Oct. 27, 2018. It will not stay that way. “For certain we must reopen,”...
A year after the Tree of Life shooting, the city still grieves but remains resolute
The Tree of Life synagogue in Squirrel Hill remains empty, an unintended memorial to these 11 congregants from three congregations — Tree of Life-Or L’Simcha, New Light and Dor Hadash — killed by gunfire during Shabbat services on Oct. 27. A year after the country’s deadliest attack on people of...
One Year Later: The path to recovery after the Tree of Life attack
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‘We must reopen, and we will’: Tree of Life leaders vow to reopen synagogue
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Police: 4 shot in Duquesne
A drive-by shooting Saturday in Duquesne sent four people to the hospital, according to Allegheny County police. The gunfire started just after 5 p.m. on Priscilla Street, Lt. Kenneth Ruckel said. Three men in a blue Ford Fusion alleged drove down the street and opened fire on three people sitting...
Pittsburgh’s rich food heritage on display at Heinz History Center eventVideo
Pittsburgh area locals with a passion for food talked cooking, growing, creating and heritage Saturday at the Heinz History Center’s Hometown-Homegrown program. The program, in its eighth year, aims to celebrate locally crafted food and food history in the region. This year, the program was incorporated into Heinztoberfest, a month-long...
Gov. Wolf orders state flags at half-staff Oct. 27
Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf expanded on Pittsburgh City Council’s proclamation that Oct. 27 be designated “Remember Repair Together Day” by declaring it a statewide day and ordering state flags to be flown at half-staff that day. The proclamation honors the 11 congregants killed in the shooting at Tree of Life...
Tree of Life leaders unveil vision for Squirrel Hill synagogue’s future
Congregation leaders from Tree of Life-Or L’Smicha have vowed to return to their home on Wilkins Avenue after a gunman opened fire on Shabbat services last year, killing 11 people. Rabbi Jeffrey Myers, who was leading services for Tree of Life when the Oct. 27 attack began, said the building...
Appeals court upholds conviction of former state Sen. Jane Orie
A federal appeals court Tuesday upheld the conviction of former state Sen. Jane Orie, ruling that her retrial following the discovery of doctored evidence did not constitute double jeopardy. Orie was charged in 2010 with theft of services and conspiracy based on allegations she used her legislative staff and office...
Court filings show prosecutors rejected Robert Bowers’ plea offer for life in prison
Federal prosecutors rejected an offer from accused Tree of Life synagogue gunman Robert Bowers to plead guilty in exchange for life in prison, according to court documents filed Tuesday in federal court. Defense attorneys for Bowers have said from the beginning they hope to resolve the charges without going to...
Text message opens up participation in Tree of Life anniversary service
Those unable to attend the Oct. 27 memorial service for the victims of last year’s attack on the Tree of Life synagogue can join in the moment of silence and memorial service virtually. The website Pause with Pittsburgh allows anyone to sign up to receive a text message at 5...
Inspection finds dead mice at Braddock Hills golf club
Allegheny County health inspectors found mouse droppings on croutons and dead mice on the floor after a complaint prompted them to inspect the Restaurant at Grand View Golf Club, records show. The inspection, done Monday, turned up multiple other violations, including a walk-in cooler with temperatures too high to safely...
California man pleads not guilty to South Side overdoses
A California man pleaded not guilty Thursday in federal court to charges he distributed a deadly fentanyl mixture that killed three men in Pittsburgh’s South Side over the weekend. Peter Rene Sanchez Montalvo, 25, of Coachella appeared in court briefly, where he entered his plea of not guilty and waived...
In first-of-its-kind move, counselors assist patients while Fayette County doctor is arrestedVideo
Alongside local police and federal agents raiding Dr. Emilio Ramon Navarro’s Fayette County office on Monday were drug and alcohol counselors helping patients find alternatives as their doctor was arrested on federal charges. It’s the first time such a rapid-response team has been deployed during the arrest of a medical...
Feds indict alleged supplier in South Side overdose deaths
A federal grand jury on Wednesday indicted a California man accused of distributing the fentanyl mixture police say killed three men found in a South Side apartment Sunday. The seven-count indictment against 25-year-old Peter Rene Sanchez Montalvo includes one charge of possession with intent to distribute narcotics and six counts...
California man charged in deadly South Side overdoses, tainted cocaine suspected
Tainted cocaine served by a California man at an after-party led to the overdose deaths of three men at a South Side Flats apartment early Sunday morning, according to city and federal authorities. Peter Rene Sanchez Montalvo, who also goes by Carlos, faces federal charges of distributing a controlled substance...
A flowing river of painkillers, all perfectly legal, cuts through Allegheny County
Along with produce and the deli bar, Fuel Perks and meat sales, Giant Eagle pharmacies across the region distributed millions of opioid painkillers as the epidemic ballooned and morphed, according to a Drug Enforcement Administration database. At the Brentwood Towne Square store, 3.4 million opioid pain pills were distributed over...
