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Downtown Pittsburgh will host a celebration Thursday afternoon of the Pittsburgh Riverhounds’ championship title. Part of Grant Street will be closed to traffic from noon to 2 p.m. A rally will go from noon to 1 p.m., followed by a receiving line to meet the team and take photos with...

Here are some of the latest news items from this morning, Monday, Dec. 1: Gunshot victim takes himself to UPMC Shadyside On Saturday night, a man walked into UPMC Shadyside with a gunshot wound, TribLive news partner WTAE reported. Officials say authorities arrived at the hospital to speak with a...

Pittsburgh Mayor-elect Corey O’Connor and Pittsburgh Penguins General Manager Kyle Dubas bear an uncanny resemblance. They look so much alike that O’Connor posted photos of himself with Dubas on social media Saturday, joking they could be twins like the separated-at-infancy siblings in the 1998 film “The Parent Trap.” “Great to...

As residents in Western Pennsylvania finish hanging their holiday lights, electric companies warn that an estimated 1.3 million customers will be hit with higher bills and should prepare accordingly. This week, the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission announced forthcoming adjustments to energy supply rates for all state-regulated electric utilities in December. Among...

Public safety officials responded to reports of a woman’s body found near the Smithfield Street Bridge in Pittsburgh. County dispatch received the call around 1:20 p.m. on Thursday. On Saturday, the Allegheny County Medical Examiner’s Office identified the woman as Robin Brown, 47, address unknown. The cause and manner of...

Here are some of the latest news items from this morning, Friday, Nov. 28: Police investigate East Liberty shooting Pittsburgh Police are investigating an early-morning shooting that took place in the city’s East Liberty neighborhood. Around 1 a.m., police, fire and EMS units reported to the 400 block of Omega...

The leftovers are packed in the fridge and the family is still hanging around for a couple more days. What to do? You can show them how fun and bright Pittsburgh is with these events. Enjoy! Beers of the Burgh’s Winter Warmer Get ready for some fancy holiday cheer and...

UPMC Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh has not turned over to the federal government any information requested in a subpoena filed this year related to its treatment of transgender patients. That information was revealed Tuesday in a filing in federal court. “We are pleased to learn that UPMC has not turned...

A Pittsburgh police officer was placed on administrative leave after he allegedly pushed his wife during a late-night domestic dispute over the weekend outside his Dormont home, authorities said Wednesday. But Officer Adam Thomas Germeyer’s attorney maintains her client is innocent — and stressed that women at the scene that...

A Pittsburgh investment manager was charged in federal court on Tuesday with wire fraud, accused of diverting more than $3 million from a family’s investment fund. Thomas R. Pipich Jr. faces one count of wire fraud. He was charged by the U.S. Attorney’s Office via criminal information, which typically means...

Leechburg Area is among four school districts that have filed a lawsuit against the state’s largest cyber charter school asking that tuition be dropped for local students. The suit claims Commonwealth Charter Academy, as well as the state Department of Education through lack of sufficient oversight, fails to provide students...

Here are some of the latest news items from this morning, Wednesday, Nov. 26: Police investigate Mt. Oliver shooting Allegheny County Police have opened an investigation after being called to the scene of a shooting early Wednesday morning. Police said the were called to the 300 block of Onyx Avenue...

A reconfiguration plan that called to shutter nine Pittsburgh Public School buildings was defeated by a 6-3 vote Tuesday night. The “Future-Ready” plan called for the closure of the Student Achievement Center (Baxter School); Friendship; Schiller, Manchester; Fulton; McKelvy (Miller PreK-5); Woolslair; Spring Hill and Morrow. Grade structures would have...

Here are some of the latest news items from this morning, Tuesday, Nov. 25: Road closures for Pittsburgh Turkey Trot P3R is expecting to host more than 8,000 participants from all over the country and world during its annual Thanksgiving Turkey Trot. According to the P3R app, this week’s YMCA...

’Tis the season to celebrate with a festive drink at one of the region’s Christmas-themed pop-up bars. Check out these Pittsburgh-area pop-up bars offering festive fa-la-la fun. Atomic Tinsel Cocktail Club The Industrialist Hotel, 405 Wood St., Downtown Pittsburgh Nostalgia mixes with a winter wonderland at The Industrialist’s...

Police are investigating a bomb threat that prompted the evacuation of a Giant Eagle supermarket Monday evening in Pittsburgh’s South Side. An anonymous caller told a 911 dispatcher at about 8:15 p.m. that there was a bomb at the store in the 2000 block of Wharton Street. A bomb squad...

Pittsburgh will sell for a nominal fee its water and sewer infrastructure to Pittsburgh Water, the public utility formerly known as the Pittsburgh Water & Sewer Authority, despite reservations from some council members. The city leased the water and sewer systems — including water mains, sewer grates, service lines and...

Authorities are investigating after a person was struck and killed by a train early Monday morning in Pittsburgh. According to Norfolk Southern, a northbound train struck a pedestrian who was walking on the tracks. The incident occurred near the West Busway Entrance on West Carson Street in Pittsburgh’s Elliott neighborhood...

A Wilkinsburg man was found guilty Monday on two counts of first-degree murder for the 2022 shooting deaths of a woman and her 4-year-old daughter based on what a judge called “overwhelming” circumstantial evidence. Marquise St. Julien-Givner, 23, will be sentenced to a mandatory penalty of life in prison without...

Pennsylvania State Police have identified the driver killed early Monday on Interstate 376 in Pittsburgh as a Monroeville resident. Keturah Griffin died after a pickup truck hit her disabled sedan on the Parkway East. Griffin’s car broke down in the eastbound lanes around 5:15 a.m., state police Trooper Rocco Gagliardi...

Here are some of the latest news items from this morning, Monday, Nov. 24: Man stabbed in Downtown Pittsburgh Pittsburgh police are investigating after a man walked into a business with a stab wound Sunday night. Authorities reported to a business on the 900 block of Liberty Avenue around 10:15...

Pittsburgh’s annual Light Up Night is known for its holiday cheer, but some spectators say they saw more than Christmas lights this year, as scattered fights broke out among some attendees and one man allegedly punched a police officer. Pittsburgh Police spokeswoman Emily Bourne said the Saturday night event drew...

Two people were taken into custody, while another is still on the run, after shots fired led to a crash and chase in Pittsburgh’s Perry South neighborhood overnight. Police were dispatched to the 400 block of Chester Avenue around 8:30 p.m. on Saturday after reports of gunfire. Officers who were...

Nearly 50 years ago, the legendary group The Band — along with many of their famous friends — played their last concert. Held in San Francisco on Nov. 25, 1976, it was called “The Last Waltz” and was also filmed as a concert movie and documentary by another legend, Martin...