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Fat Cat on Pittsburgh’s North Side is closing
Fat Cat is closing. The establishment on East Ohio Street in the Deutschtown neighborhood on Pittsburgh’s North Side announced its closure this weekend. Saturday will be the final day for dining and entertainment. The restaurant shared the news via social media. View this post on Instagram A post shared by...
National Aviary welcomes new Eurasian eagle-owl chick
The National Aviary welcomed a new member of the family and is inviting guests to meet it. The Eurasian eagle-owl chick hatched on March 15. It is the 10th chick hatched by parents X and Dumbledore. “X and Dumbledore both came to the Aviary as juvenile owls and have spent...
5 things to do in Pittsburgh this weekend: March 22-24
We’ve made it to the weekend. Here are some ways to spend it if you aren’t attending the NCAA men’s basketball tournament hosted by Duquesne at PPG Paints Arena, Uptown. Eggstravaganza The National Aviary on the North Side is hosting Eggstravaganza from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Saturday and...
Children’s Museum of Pittsburgh to offer free admission on the late Fred Rogers’ birthday
Pittsburgh’s favorite neighbor would have turned 96 on Wednesday. To celebrate the life of Fred Rogers, host of the long-running WQED children’s show “Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood,” the Children’s Museum of Pittsburgh on the North Side is offering free admission on March 20. Rogers was born on that date in 1928...
Police charge Rivers Casino dealer, supervisor in alleged electronic roulette scheme
A veteran electronic roulette dealer at Pittsburgh’s Rivers Casino and her supervisor have been arrested in what police said was a scheme to rig betting on the game of chance that cost the North Shore casino thousands of dollars. Pennsylvania State Police and the casino started investigating after receiving an...
5 things to do in Pittsburgh this weekend: March 15-17
It is St. Patrick’s Day weekend, which includes the annual parade at 10 a.m. on Saturday, Downtown. The Pittsburgh Home & Garden Show is happening all weekend and the Penguins host games on Saturday and Sunday, so plan accordingly. Here are some ways to spend it. Go to the movies...
Police: Construction worker in grave condition after fall in Pittsburgh’s Fineview neighborhood
A man was hospitalized in grave condition with a severe head injury after falling in a worksite in Pittsburgh’s Fineview neighborhood Monday evening. Public Safety spokeswoman Cara Cruz said the incident took place shortly before 7 p.m. along the 1500 block of Federal Street. The 45-year-old man was doing residential...
Jason Aldean’s Kitchen + Bar ready to open on Pittsburgh’s North Shore
A vintage 4020 John Deere tractor is parked inside the establishment with built-on shelves displaying of bottles of alcohol. The signature bright green paint on the vehicle with bold yellow wheels and large rear tires is consistent décor. It’s pretty much a given who owns this place. Country music star...
Authorities ID West End Bridge fatal crash victim
The Allegheny County Medical Examiner’s Office identified the motorist killed Saturday in a three-vehicle crash on the West End Bridge as Eonna Devonna Lea Page, 25, of Pittsburgh. City police, firefighters and EMS were dispatched to the bridge, which connect Pittsburgh’s West End with its North Side neighborhoods, at 2:35...
1 man charged, another dead in Marshall-Shadeland bar shooting
A Swissvale man, still hospitalized Wednesday with at least one gunshot wound to his chest, is charged in a fatal shooting outside a North Side bar. Akil Raheem Tennyson, 31, was thrown out of the 703 Social Club in Pittsburgh’s Marshall-Shadeland neighborhood at about 2 a.m. Saturday because he was...
Data prompts Pittsburgh police chief to empty stations of overnight desk officers
No one will be manning Pittsburgh’s police precincts overnight any longer under policy changes announced Friday by Chief Larry Scirotto for the 743-officer force. The changes, which have already begun, affect all six zone stations across the city and the new Downtown substation from 3 a.m. to 7 a.m., seven...
5 things to do in Pittsburgh this weekend: Feb. 23-25
It’s the final weekend of February. Here are some ways to spend it. Take the plunge The 14th annual Pittsburgh Polar Plunge is Friday and Saturday on Art Rooney Avenue near Acrisure Stadium on the North Shore. This event invites participants of all ages — plungers under 18 will need...
Andy Warhol honored by Slovakia on anniversary of his death
On this date 37 years ago, the world lost its king of pop art. Pittsburgh native Andy Warhol died suddenly of complications after a routine gallbladder surgery Feb. 22, 1987, in New York. He was 58. The world knew him as pop artist Andy Warhol. But to his nephew Donald...
Runners shrug off cold in Pittsburgh Undie Run to help fight neurofibromatosis
“Aren’t you freezing?” The question was painfully obvious. But it was hard to avoid repeating it Saturday to runners young and old who huffed and puffed their way across the Roberto Clemente Bridge from Downtown Pittsburgh to the North Shore, wearing enthusiastic smiles, colorful skivvies and not much more in...
2 Black Pittsburgh trailblazers left their mark on the city’s fashion scene
Time marches on, and with it, the memories of two of Pittsburgh’s Black fashion trailblazers. Amy Stephenson, a fashion designer on the North Side, and William Pryor Sr., a master furrier in the Hill District, founded some of the first Black-owned businesses in Pittsburgh. The two were friends and often...
5 things to do in Pittsburgh this weekend: Feb. 9-11
It’s the weekend. Here are some ways to spend it. Monster Jam The Monster Truck show rolls into PPG Paints Arena this weekend. Shows are at 7 p.m. Friday, 1 p.m. and 7 p.m. Saturday and 1 p.m. on Sunday. More than 100 truckloads of dirt were dumped onto the...
News anchor Jaime Baker raising awareness for women and cardiovascular disease
Jaime Baker will be wearing red Friday. The bold color symbolizes a heartfelt message. Over the next nine weeks, the 37-year-old North Side resident hopes to spread awareness about the No. 1 killer of women — cardiovascular disease. “Women’s heart health is so important,” said Baker, a news anchor for...
Authorities arrest Pittsburgh homicide suspect in Atlanta
A Pittsburgh man wanted in the June 25 fatal shooting of a bicyclist on the North Side has been apprehended in Georgia. Medford Taylor, 56, was taken into custody Thursday in Atlanta following an investigation by Pittsburgh police, Allegheny County District Attorney Stephen A. Zappala Jr. announced Tuesday. Taylor was...
5 things to do in Pittsburgh this weekend: Jan. 19-21
We’ve made it to the weekend. There is some snow in the forecast. Here are some ways to spend it. Brew House Arts An exhibition at Brew House on the South Side puts surveillance on view. Opening this weekend, “Blank Tape,” curated by Lena Hansen, is inspired by the ubiquity...
5 things to do in Pittsburgh this weekend: Jan. 12-15
It’s the weekend — a three-day weekend for some with the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday on Monday. Here are some ways to spend it. All aboard The Carnegie Science Center on the North Side is hosting Locomotion Weekend from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday and Sunday. There will...
Case proceeds against man in North Side shooting where more than 30 shots were fired
A Pittsburgh man will be tried in Common Pleas court on charges stemming from an August shooting at a North Side afterhours club that left another man critically injured. Sheridan Marsh, 34, was arrested by Pittsburgh police and U.S. Marshals in October, two months after 34 rounds of gunfire were...
5 things to do in Pittsburgh this weekend: Jan. 5-7
It’s the first full weekend of January. Here are some ways to spend it. PiratesFest In a little over a month, Pirates pitchers and catchers will report to spring training for the 2024 Major League Baseball season. Some of the current and former players will be at PiratesFest from 10...
New Year’s Eve celebration on North Side ends with fight, fatal stabbing
A small New Year’s Eve gathering in Pittsburgh ended in tragedy late Sunday when a North Side man fatally stabbed his roommate during a fight that escalated after several hours of drinking, authorities said. The victim, Luis Soto, 35, was identified Wednesday by the Allegheny County Medical Examiner’s Office. Martin...
GetGo looks to open gas station, cafe on Pittsburgh’s North Side
GetGo is looking to open a gas station and cafe on Pittsburgh’s North Side. The proposed location would be on Western Avenue near the West End Bridge in the city’s Chateau neighborhood. GetGo, a subsidiary of regional grocery store chain Giant Eagle, declined to discuss additional details, including the project’s...
Pittsburgh Parks Conservancy wraps up 1st project funded by parks tax
The Pittsburgh Parks Conservancy is completing its first project partially funded by the city’s controversial park taxes, with four more projects in the works for the new year. The 0.5-mill parks tax — or $50 per every $100,000 of a property’s assessed value — was first collected in 2021 after...
