Megan Trotter stories, Page 7
10 years after landmark ruling, same-sex marriage faces a new challenge
When Roe v. Wade was overturned in 2022, local constitution experts told TribLive it signaled the U.S. Supreme Court’s willingness to roll back other privacy rights, including contraception, same-sex relationships and gay marriage. Now, three years later, local constitutional law scholars say just four votes are needed for the justices...
Pennsylvania Office of Attorney General recovering from cyber incident
The Pennsylvania Office of Attorney General announced Monday that, following the cyber incident last week, access is being restored to employee email accounts. Outages affected the website and disabled office email accounts and landline phones. The website was rebooted early Wednesday afternoon but still had outages on the home improvement...
SNAP skimming escalates in Pa., officials push for secure EBT cards
Two million Pennsylvanians rely on the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) to feed themselves and their families, but skimming devices have led to a statewide rise in SNAP benefit theft, leaving thousands of low-income households without food. While negotiations over the Pennsylvania 2025-26 budget continue, local government officials, at a...
Moonlit burger joint expands into Sewickley
Sewickley residents will enjoy easy access to a smash burger this fall as Moonlit Burgers announced it will be opening its third location. The property located on Locust Place is expected to begin serving diners in September. Mike McCoy, who owns Moonlit along with his partner Derek Stevens, said they...
Edgewood Elementary to start late due to ongoing building renovations
Woodland Hills School District students are sharpening their pencils and putting together their backpacks for the first day of school, but not everyone will be back in the classroom as expected. Edgewood Elementary school students will now have late start to the 2025-26 school year. Building renovations are still underway....
Registration open for Pittsburgh airport terminal tour
Registration to attend Pittsburgh International Airport’s open house of the new terminal opened to the public Friday. The $1.7 billion modernization project began in 2019 and is offering 10,000 people a first look at the terminal’s updated features on Oct. 11 from noon to 7 p.m. “We’ve said from the...
Pittsburgh Plays to host Ozzy Osbourne tribute show
The Pittsburgh Plays concert series will honor the “Godfather of Heavy Metal” with a one-night-only Ozzy Osbourne tribute this winter. The semiannual event will be Dec. 12 at Roxian Theatre in McKees Rocks and is designed to bring together music lovers to “experience the talents of local artists through the...
Point Park University partners with hotel to house 90 freshmen off campus
Point Park University has signed a contract with Wyndham Grand hotel in Downtown that will place up to 90 freshmen in off-campus housing at the start of the upcoming semester. “The location of the Wyndham is really advantageous for us, as it’s only a 5- to 6-minute walk to campus,”...
Pittsburgh’s Terrible Trolley makes a comeback after restoration
When Kimberly Sever was 9 years old, she came up with an idea for how the city could honor her beloved Pittsburgh Steelers. Following her grandmother’s advice, she wrote a letter to then–Pittsburgh Mayor Richard Caliguiri. “I had this idea that maybe the city could have a trolley painted black...
New director takes charge at UPMC Hillman with vision for community-based care
The UPMC Hillman Cancer Center has appointed a new director who pledges to expand access to cancer care close to home, despite potential threats to medical research funding. Dr. John Byrd, a survivor of prostate cancer himself, said his goal as director is develop clinical trials in Pennsylvania, parts of...
Pennsylvania rape crisis centers face another possible year of flat fundingVideo
Curled up in a ball inside the courthouse, a little boy was too terrified to speak about the sexual abuse he endured. A therapy dog from Center for Victims made its way over to the boy and lay down. The boy, hesitant, started petting the dog’s fur. “Can he come...
Art and history merge in Westmoreland’s new Liberty Bell replica at museum of art
At the Westmoreland Museum of American Art on Sunday morning, an artist-designed replica of the Liberty Bell rested under a blue blanket draping. Created in honor of the United States’ 250th anniversary, the bell awaited its unveiling, surrounded by officials from the museum, local politicians and stained-glass artist Mandy Sirofchuck,...
Springdale man faces charges after police find 2 abused dogs, house in ‘deplorable condition’
A Springdale man has been charged with multiple animal cruelty charges after police received a complaint that two dogs were being abused at his residence. On July 29, Springdale Borough Police responded to a call about two dogs that were never let out to go to the bathroom, according to...
Beer and good vibes flow at 5th annual celebration of Black arts, artists and community
Leo Sawadogo, owner of Montclair Brewery, poured a sample size glass of beer using the spouts on his makeshift trash can keg. Sawadogo and his wife, Denise Ford Sawadogo, had traveled from their brewery in New Jersey to Pittsburgh to attend their fourth Barrel & Flow festival Saturday. Along with...
All-American Rejects rock Sheetz in Robinson with pop-up concert
The rock band All-American Rejects took over the Sheetz in Robinson on Friday for a packed pop-up concert. Joined by local Pittsburgh band Eyewash, which opened the show, the Rejects played an entire set outside of the gas station and convenience store along Steubenville Pike. Just roughly four hours before...
3 hospitalized after wrong way crash on Route 28
Three people were transported to the hospital in critical condition Saturday, following a crash resulting from a vehicle driving the wrong way on Route 28. The incident was reported just after 4 a.m. on Aug. 9 in the northbound lanes of Route 28 near the East Ohio Street and Chestnut...
Girl injured in East Hills shooting
A teenage girl was shot in the leg Friday night in Pittsburgh’s East Hills neighborhood. Police responded around 10:30 p.m. to the 2200 block of East Hills Drive, where they found the girl outside with the injury, according to reports. Officers administered first aid on the teenage victim until paramedics...
Carnegie Mellon announces layoffs in computer science school
Eighteen employees were laid off this week from Carnegie Mellon University’s School of Computer Science, officials said. In an email from Martial Hebert, the dean of the school, stated that staff positions in several departments, academic support function and administrative positions had been eliminated, “including marketing and communications, program support,...
Pittsburgh plans to transform office spaces into housing to boost Downtown life
Downtown Pittsburgh Partnership, a nonprofit community development organization, wants to more than double the residential population in the city over the next decade. In a quarterly address this week, the organization said it plans to to raise residential numbers Downtown from 7,000 to more than 15,000 by repurposing commercial office...
Carnegie Mellon students invent AI pet that merges virtual reality with the physical world
When Carnegie Mellon University graduate student Brian He proposed developing a fully virtual pet, the idea was rejected for lacking innovation. Despite the setback, the Physical Presence Pet team took the idea a step further and roughly 14 weeks later, He and five other Entertainment Technology Center students had created...
‘The public in jeopardy’: Experts react to RFK Jr.’s cancellation of vaccine research
Pittsburgh-area science experts are warning that the public’s health could be in jeopardy after Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announced the sudden cancellation of 22 federally funded vaccine projects. The halted projects focused on next-generation vaccines designed to generate stronger and longer-lasting immune responses. On Tuesday, the Department of...
Eastbound Parkway East reopens, westbound remains closed
A closure of the Parkway East was beginning to end early Sunday evening. PennDOT announced around 6:30 p.m. that a single lane of eastbound Interstate 376 had reopened. The westbound interstate remained closed. The westbound lanes should reopen before 5 a.m. Monday, a spokeswoman said. A reopening by midnight was...
Carnegie Science Center’s Miniature Railroad and Village getting new addition
The votes are in — the Andrew Bayne Memorial Library will be the next historical landmark to be commemorated in the Carnegie Science Center’s Miniature Railroad and Village model. “We were very gung-ho,” said Ellen Goodman, director of the Andrew Bayne Memorial Library in Bellevue. Nikki Wilhelm, manager for the...
Atria’s, Juniper Grill coming to Strip District
Just moments before taking the podium at a town hall for the State of the Strip 2025 report, Pamela Austin learned that two new restaurants would be opening in the first half of 2026 in the Cork Factory Lofts garage in the Strip District. Austin, president of Strip District Neighbors,...
Fayette County funeral home catches fire
A fire broke out at funeral home Thursday afternoon in Fayette County. Firefighters from New Haven Hose Company, located in Connellsville, were dispatched at 2 p.m. to the 400 block of Pittsburgh Street for calls that Paul G. Fink Funeral Home Inc. was on fire. No one was trapped in...
