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The Pittsburgh Urban Redevelopment Authority board of directors Thursday approved the $1.6 million purchase of a former grocery store complex in the Hill District. Board members unanimously voted to buy Dollar Bank loans on the 2.6-acre property along Centre Avenue. The URA plans to negotiate with the city, Allegheny County...

Police are investigating a shooting that injured two teenage boys Thursday afternoon in Pittsburgh’s Carrick neighborhood, officials said. Officers responded to a report of shots fired near Westmont and Copperfield avenues shortly before 3:30 p.m., Pittsburgh Public Safety spokeswoman Cara Cruz said. They arrived to find two teens suffering from...

Uptight Pittsburghers can find relief on Friday and Saturday in “The Dot,” a giant inflatable bubble at Schenley Park featuring free mindful meditation programs designed to make people feel happier and less stressed out. Headspace, a company that features a mindful meditation app and online programming, is partnering with the...

Climate change and the severe weather events becoming increasingly common because of it are posing a threat not only to the quality of life of taxpayers but also their wallets, state Auditor General Eugene DePasquale said in a new report. Pennsylvania racked up an estimated $261 million statewide in climate-related...

DETROIT — A security guard testified Thursday that Allegheny County Controller Chelsa Wagner grappled with a Detroit police officer during an incident eight months ago at a hotel and warned him, “You don’t know who you’re messing with.” Wagner is accused of interfering with Detroit police officers March 6 as...

A West Virginia woman was stopped at a Pittsburgh International Airport security checkpoint Wednesday after the Transportation Security Administration discovered a loaded .380-caliber handgun in her carry-on. The gun was loaded with seven bullets, including one in the chamber, according to TSA. This was the 33rd firearm detected at Pittsburgh...

Elton John has seemingly been everywhere lately. Last summer his life story in movie form “Rocketman” hit theaters. Last month his autobiography “Me” landed on bookstore shelves. A big part of the book is John’s brutally frank descriptions of how substance abuse messed up his life. Wednesday night he was...

Penn Hills Council is expected to vote on an ordinance that establishes a code of ethics for the municipality’s employees and elected and appointed officials. Outgoing Councilman Mark Brodnicki first introduced the ordinance in July, when he referenced wanting to model a Ross Township ordinance that limits elected and appointed...

Pittsburgh’s Spring Garden Early Childhood Center closed for the day Thursday because of a water main break. Pittsburgh Public Schools posted about the closing on social media just before 5:45 a.m. Pittsburgh Spring Garden Early Childhood Center is closed today, Thursday, November 14, 2019 due to a water main break....

A man implicated in a string of nine robberies between Oct. 18 and Nov. 11 in Pittsburgh and surrounding areas told police he was on a downward spiral and was sorry for committing the crimes, according to criminal complaints filed against him. Sean Randy Beach, 48, told Pittsburgh police he...

Two people were fatally shot Wednesday night in Pittsburgh’s Homewood neighborhood, according to police. The woman who died was Kierra Eddisha Harris, 26, of McKees Rocks, the Allegheny County Medical Examiner’s Office said Thursday. The medical examiner said Harris died of gunshot wounds to the neck and chest. Her death...

A safer, more welcoming Sharpsburg Main Street is closer to reality after the borough on Nov. 12 landed a $1 million state grant. The money will support work to update decades-old infrastructure and improve safety on the heavily used business corridor, council President Brittany Reno said. “In terms of making...

Take note when music of Henry Purcell is being performed. He thrived at the end of the 17th century and is widely regarded as the greatest English composer until the end of the 19th century. Yet he died young and was overshadowed a generation later in England by its immigrant...

Music lovers know that great music schools can present concerts with professional grade satisfaction. America is blessed with many great music schools, and among them the Curtis Institute of Music occupies a special place. Curtis was founded in Philadelphia in 1924, and has been tuition free since 1928 to ensure...

The Broadway musical “A Bronx Tale” has been compared to a “Jersey Boys” meets “West Side Story” kind of show: “Jersey Boys” for its rich musical score of doo-wop music and “West Side Story” for its drama and grittiness. It’s not a traditional love story, but it does focus on...

November is The Beatles month for conductor Todd Ellison. The Philly Pops’ new music director is returning to Heinz Hall to lead concerts celebrating the 50th anniversary of the release of the “Abbey Road” album, just one week after he conducts a completely different tribute to the Fab 4 in...

Allegheny County Council held the first of two public hearings on the proposed 2020 county budget Wednesday, reviewing sections of the budget including county administration, health and human services, public works, facilities management and the health department. The $1 billion budget was proposed by Chief Executive Rich Fitzgerald in October....

Fans hoping to root on a Western Pennsylvanian contestant in this week’s “Jeopardy!” mega-competition had their hopes dashed Wednesday night. Lindsey Shultz, a Connellsville native who works as a physician and health care analyst in Pittsburgh, was knocked out of the popular game show’s 10-day Tournament of Champions in the...

Legendary funnyman Joe Bartnick returns home to Pittsburgh on Friday for an event five decades in the making. The best-selling author will take the stage at Club Cafe for a birthday bash. Doors open at 10 p.m. with the show starting at 10:30 at 56 S. 12th St. in the...

A Washington County woman has pleaded guilty to violating federal drug and gun charges. Alyssa Ashley Adkins, 30, of Houston, entered the plea Wednesday in U.S. District Court at Pittsburgh to conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute at least 40 grams or more of fentanyl; a similar...

A man was in critical condition after being struck by a car Wednesday afternoon while walking near Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh’s Oakland neighborhood. Pittsburgh and university police responded to the crash near Fifth and Morewood avenues about 3:15 p. m., Pittsburgh public safety spokesman Maurice Matthews II said. Medics...

Drainage work on Route 28 and Route 65 in Allegheny County will restrict traffic to a single lane in some areas Thursday. Northbound motorists on Route 28 will encounter single-lane restrictions between the 40th Street Bridge and Etna interchange from 9 a.m. to noon. Single-lane restrictions will affect northbound motorists...

The Allegheny County Airport Authority is using an $18.7 million federal grant to expand its air cargo business at Pittsburgh International Airport, an official said Wednesday. Bryan Dietz, the authority’s vice president of air service development, said the authority would use the federal BUILD grant to help construct a $30...

Doug and Suzanne Grimes are paying a mortgage on a house that’s no longer there. Their North Strabane home was ruined by a landslide in June 2018 and declared unsafe. It was demolished a few months later. The couple is now saddled with a second mortgage, storage costs and over...