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Event organizers accuse Pittsburgh of sitting on federal covid relief funds
When the covid-19 pandemic struck, local event organizers like Dena Stanley were left scrambling to find ways to keep their celebrations alive. Stanley, co-founder of Pittsburgh Pride Group, said the organization couldn’t put its annual Pride parade and festival together during the pandemic because of a lack of funding. The...
Jan. 6 cops stump for Biden in Pittsburgh, warn that Trump is ‘threat to democracy’
Two former U.S. Capitol Police officers who were injured responding to the Jan. 6, 2021, riot in Washington said during a Pittsburgh campaign stop Tuesday that former President Donald Trump poses a continuing threat to democracy. The officers, Harry Dunn and Aquilino Gonell, appeared at the Fred Rogers statue on...
Pittsburgh expands deer-culling program to 5 parks
Pittsburgh’s deer-hunting program will expand this year to five parks, more archers and the possible use of professional sharpshooters. It will also cost more money. City Council on Tuesday unanimously approved a contract of up to roughly $99,000 with the U.S. Department of Agriculture to help oversee this year’s deer...
Comedian and ‘MadTV’ alum Aries Spears to perform at Pittsburgh Improv
Longtime stand up comedian, impressionist and veteran of sketch comedy show “MADtv” Aries Spears will bring his edgy, no-holds-barred comedy to the Pittsburgh Improv in Homestead this weekend. With five shows — a 7:30 p.m. and 9:45 p.m. Friday, a 7 p.m. and 9:30 p.m. Saturday and a 7 p.m....
Pittsburgh police arrest teen in Sheraden homicide
A Pittsburgh teenager was charged Monday with opening fire on a group of people at a Sheraden intersection late Friday night, killing one of them. Malachi Smith, 18, of Pittsburgh’s Fairywood neighborhood, shot Israel Walker-Young, 18, of Pittsburgh, from the tailgate of a silver Dodge pickup that Smith and six...
Morning Roundup: Pittsburgh schools go remote over heat; bee sting causes crash in Mt. Pleasant Township
Here are some of the latest news items from this morning, Tuesday, June 4: Pittsburgh Public Schools go remote for extreme heat The largest school district in the Pittsburgh area is going remote Tuesday because of forecasted extreme heat. Pittsburgh Public Schools is moving 39 of its schools to remote...
Here’s how the pro-Palestine protest at Pitt ended without incident
Intervention by the region’s top two politicians helped end overnight a 30-hour occupation of part of the University of Pittsburgh’s campus by hundreds of pro-Palestine activists. Pittsburgh Mayor Ed Gainey on Tuesday said he joined Allegheny County Executive Sara Innamorato in conversations with people from a barricaded camp that was...
Man critical after shooting in Homestead
A man was shot multiple times in Pittsburgh’s Homestead neighborhood Monday night. Allegheny County Police responded to a shooting in the 300 block of East 18th Avenue around 8:45 a.m. A man was found to have been shot multiple times and transported to a local hospital in critical but stable...
Tension increases as protests continue for 2nd day outside Pitt’s Cathedral of LearningVideo
A barricaded, pro- Palestinian encampment continued Monday outside the University of Pittsburgh’s Cathedral of Learning and protesters continued to gather in the area, with more than 300 people on the grounds, some of whom clashed with police. A University of Pittsburgh Police officer briefly aimed what appeared to be a...
Convicted in 1975 of Pittsburgh murder, ailing inmate dies 12 days after release from prison
A quadriplegic man granted compassionate release last month after spending nearly 49 years in prison for murder died Saturday, less than two weeks after a judge granted the order to move him to a long-term care facility. Ezra Bozeman, 68, never made it to the care facility. Instead, 12 days...
15 Pittsburgh pools on deck to open for summer, 3 to stay closed
Pittsburgh will open 15 swimming pools this season, with the city’s remaining three — Homewood, Ream in Mt. Washington and Sheraden — closed for repairs and renovations. The city’s 10-week pool season will start on Saturday, June 15, officials said. Specific pool hours and aquatics programming details have not yet...
Former U.S. Capitol officers injured in Jan. 6 attack to stump for Biden in Pittsburgh
Police officers who were injured in the Jan. 6, 2021, riot at the U.S. Capitol will travel to Pittsburgh and other cities in Pennsylvania this week to criticize former President Donald Trump’s alleged role in the attack. Former Capitol Police officers Harry Dunn and Sgt. Aquilino Gonell will visit Pittsburgh...
Morning Roundup: Vehicle overturns on Parkway East; vehicles stolen in Hempfield
Here are some of the latest news items from this morning, Monday, June 3: Vehicle overturns on Parkway East A crash occurred early Monday morning on the Parkway East, resulting in a car overturning onto its roof. The crash happened in the eastbound lanes between the Squirrel Hill Tunnel and...
1 arrested as protesters draw police response on Pitt campus
Protesters gathered and chanted in support of Palestine on Sunday evening at the Cathedral of Learning in Oakland. Police from several agencies including the University of Pittsburgh, Carnegie Mellon University, city of Pittsburgh and Pennsylvania State Police were at the scene. Two demonstrations in Oakland converged on the cathedral’s lawn,...
Man shot on Pittsburgh’s North Shore
A man was released from a hospital early Sunday after Pittsburgh police said he was shot in the right forearm and upper chest. The shooting happened in a courtyard area on North Shore Drive, just west of PNC Park, police reported. Officers found about 20 shell casings of different calibers...
Kenny Chesney and Zac Brown Band light up Acrisure Stadium
”The spirit of Jimmy Buffett is here with us tonight,” remarked Zac Brown of the Zac Brown Band, Saturday night at Acrisure Stadium. He was absolutely right. With Kenny Chesney, the leader of “No Shoes Nation,” headlining the “Sun Goes Down Tour,” the Buffett-esque beach vibes were out in full...
Experts laud legal system for withstanding pressures of Trump trial
It wasn’t the guilty verdict in the trial of former President Donald Trump that made the biggest immediate impression on legal experts. Rather, they said Friday, it was that under the harshest media glare and most intense pressure, the criminal justice system functioned as it should, and the rule of...
Three Rivers Arts Festival gets 2nd day of sunny skies
The Dollar Bank Three Rivers Arts Festival entered its second day under sunny skies in Pittsburgh’s Cultural District Saturday. The 10-day festival began Friday and runs through June 9. The festival features performances on multiple stages, gallery exhibitions, public art installations, activities for all ages and an Artist Market open...
Pride takes to the streets of Pittsburgh for annual parade, celebrations
The Pittsburgh Pride parade kicked off a busy day of activities and festivities in the city Saturday. The parade was scheduled to start at noon, traveling down Liberty, over the Andy Warhol Bridge and finish at Allegheny Commons Park West on the North Side at 1 p.m. Richard Parsakian, a...
‘We’re all happy he’s back’: Fans gather in Pittsburgh for Kenny Chesney concert
The sun had not been up for long Saturday before members of “No Shoes Nation” began gathering on Pittsburgh’s North Shore for Kenny Chesney’s “Sun Goes Down” tour that night at Acrisure Stadium. They came by land and by sea, from near and from far — with and without tickets...
First lady Jill Biden assures Pittsburgh Pride revelers that president stands with them
That few seconds of meeting first lady Jill Biden on Saturday, and taking a quick photograph, was the thrill and privilege of a lifetime for Carol Mullen of Regent Square. But what Biden had to say after about 20 minutes of meeting revelers at Pittsburgh Pride in Allegheny Commons Park...
Man fatally shot in Pittsburgh’s Sheraden neighborhood
A man died Friday night in a shooting in Pittsburgh’s Sheraden neighborhood, police said. The ShotSpotter gunfire detection system registered 17 gunshots just after 10 p.m. on the 600 block of Sherwood Avenue. Police found Israel Young, 18, of Pittsburgh with gunshot wounds to his chest and leg. He was...
Activist Richard Parsakian named Pittsburgh Pride Parade grand marshal
For Richard Parsakian, a queer activist and artist in Pittsburgh, Pride is a celebration. “I feel like it’s an expression for us to acknowledge that we are still here — we are part of everybody’s life,” he said. He’s been marching in the Pride parade for more than 25 years....
Pittsburgh police fire cadet charged with DUI in Franklin Park
A Pittsburgh police cadet was fired after authorities said he drove drunk — with a blood-alcohol level more than twice the legal limit — after downing multiple beers over four hours at a North Hills bar. Robert Redman, 33, of Ohio Township, told Franklin Park police he had seven or...
Pittsburgh man charged in mini-mart armed robbery
A Pittsburgh man has been charged in the May 26 armed robbery of a convenience store. Jamill Roberts, 18, of the city’s Middle Hill neighborhood, was charged in connection with the robbery of the Samba Minimart on Bedford Avenue, according to court records. Police said he is one of two...
