Megan Trotter stories

Pittsburgh officials have reopened the Herron Avenue Bridge to traffic after a four-month closure. In May, an independent consultant and the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation said there were safety issues with columns supporting the bridge, which connects the city’s Polish Hill and Lawrenceville neighborhoods and spans the Martin Luther King...

Just days after announcing plans to close several Pittsburgh Regional Transit bus stops inside The Waterfront shopping mall in Homestead, county officials have reached a temporary agreement to keep the stops open. Allegheny County Executive Sara Innamorato said Monday that buses will continue to stop directly outside the Giant Eagle...

Moonlit Burgers continues to expand its empire as the restaurant announced the smash burger is headed to the East End. After officially opening a location in Sewickley earlier this month, Moonlit Burgers plans to add a fourth location to the Pittsburgh burger scene in Garfield. “We’ve been looking out in...

Barista Josh Nicklow showed up Thursday at Starbucks’ South Side location for work as usual. By noon, the district manager told him he’d be out of a job by the weekend. After four years behind the counter, Nicklow joined countless employees caught in Starbucks’ sweeping shutdown of stores across the...

Ralph Henry Reese doesn’t remember much about the day he helped save Salman Rushdie’s life. Not the blood pooling beneath the famed novelist. Not the sharp pain from the stab wound above his own right eye. There was no time for fear. No thoughts of heroism. Just instinct — he...

Hamburger Helper’s mascot, “Lefty” — the iconic talking glove — is popping up in kitchens once again. With economic uncertainty and rising grocery prices, sales of the boxed pasta and seasoning mix have jumped 14.5% through August, as more consumers look for ways to cut down on unnecessary spending. The...

Pennsylvania launched the first statewide hotline for legal resources for grandparents tasked with raising their grandchildren. On Wednesday, the Department of Aging announced that the PA Grandparents Raising Grandchildren Legal Line — which is free to use and offers a variety of resources to help with custody proceedings, preparation for...

A Pittsburgh man is charged in connection with the beating of an ex-girlfriend’s childhood friend and leaving him with a concussion. Grover Walker, 36, is charged with attempted homicide, aggravated assault and robbery. He was taken into custody on Monday. On May 28, Joseph Hogan visited the home of his...

A Ross woman was hospitalized after suffering injuries from an unmanned car drifting into her. A driver got out of her car, believing she had put it in park, police said. However, she forgot to apply the break and her vehicle began drifting backwards along Wellesley Avenue in Ross. A...

Pittsburgh International Airport has ranked 13th for medium sized airport in this year’s North America Airport Satisfaction Study, just ahead of the unveiling of the new terminal project. A travel intelligence expert says the new terminal could help to improve Pittsburgh’s rankings. Mike Taylor, senior managing director of travel intelligence...

A month after website, email, and phone outages disrupted the Pennsylvania Office of Attorney General, the office confirmed hackers intentionally carried out a cyberattack. The office said in a press release Wednesday that a “malicious actor” had been encrypting files in an attempt to blackmail the office into making a...

Steve Silva told the story of a former classmate who regressed into anger and hate after bullying and exclusion centered on his hand-me-down clothes. “He looked at us and told us that he was going to bomb the school,” 16-year-old Silva said during the final day of the 2025 Eradicate...

No injuries were reported in a fire that tore through a Tarentum home on Tuesday, but two dogs died. Four dogs escaped, officials at the scene said. The blaze, in the 900 block of Porter Street, was reported shortly after 11:30 a.m. and quickly was upgraded to a second alarm....

Community members on Monday launched a grassroots push to bridge cultural and neighborhood divides and curb hate. The announcement of Stand For All Pittsburgh came during Pittsburgh’s fifth annual Eradicate Hate Global Summit, being held through Wednesday at the David L. Lawrence Convention Center, Downtown. The introduction of the organization,...

Overnight demolition of the Jefferson Apartments in Squirrel Hill officially began after a devastating fire displaced roughly 30 residents last week. Monday morning, the fenced-off area along the 5600 block of Forward Avenue had a large Schaaf Excavating Contractors crane and floodlights positioned toward what was left of the building....

A Sharpsburg man has been charged with six counts of harassment in connection with threatening emails sent to Duquesne Light Company’s management team. Stephen Neal, 58, of Sharpsburg, was arrested on Tuesday following a series of over 200 threatening emails sent to Duquesne Light, International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW)...

About a year ago, conservative students at the University of Pittsburgh packed into a courtyard to hear the words of conservative activist Charlie Kirk. On Friday, the atmosphere was quieter, more solemn. Instead of debating politics, they joined in prayer, shared memories and reflected on the mark of their slain...

The month of September usually brings falling leaves, pumpkin flavors and cooler breezes — but the weather this weekend and into next week is out of the ordinary. Sweater weather will have to wait. The National Weather Service report on Friday revealed that Pittsburgh and surrounding county residents should expect...

For the second time in just three months the city of Pittsburgh is acting as a home base for the conversation on artificial intelligence. Back in July, U.S. Sen. Dave McCormick hosted the Pennsylvania Energy and Innovation Summit at Carnegie Mellon University. Now, the AI spotlight returns as Pittsburgh’s AI...

The Carnegie Mellon University College Republicans plan to use The Fence as a way to honor conservative activist Charlie Kirk, who was CEO and co-founder of the conservative youth organization Turning Point USA, following his slaying Wednesday. CMU College Republican President Anthony Cacciato said he was “shaken up by the...

Politicians throughout Pennsylvania reacted with shock and horror to the shooting death Wednesday of Charlie Kirk, the CEO and co-founder of the conservative youth organization Turning Point USA. Kirk was killed while speaking at a college in Utah, almost a year after his visit to the University of Pittsburgh. After...

The Allegheny County Airport Authority said Wednesday it has added a second public trial of Pittsburgh International Airport’s new terminal to test systems and processes ahead of the official opening later this year. The airport’s first public trial is scheduled for Sept. 20. Over 2,000 members of the public are...

The Lawrenceville neighborhood can enjoy Poulet Bleu’s best-selling souffle once again, as the French-inspired bistro is set to reopen its doors in mid October. The restaurant, located at 3517 Butler Street, will welcome guests for dinner service Tuesday through Saturday starting on Oct. 21. In the kitchen will be a...

The No Kings movement, outraged by President Trump’s deployment of military guards in U.S. cities, is planning a second wave of national protests, including a major gathering next month in Downtown Pittsburgh. “In recent weeks, President Trump has escalated his authoritarian agenda, threatening to deploy additional militarized forces into U.S....

The bodies of roughly 100 UPMC providers and local community activists laid sprawled outside UPMC’s Downtown headquarters Monday, as part of a nonviolent protest against the health-care network for restricting gender-affirming care. “It is about us being told that we cannot have the health care we need to survive, to...