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Sheriff’s deputies take custody of man charged in 2023 police shootout
A Pittsburgh ex-con charged in connection with a 2023 shootout with undercover officers was taken into custody on Wednesday after two months on the lam. Police said they found “multiple items” that connected Jarrell Saunders, 39, of the Hill District, and two other men with a Feb. 27, 2023 shootout...
Pittsburgh’s director of communications resigns amid petition controversy
The recent controversy over a proposed referendum that would prohibit the City of Pittsburgh from doing business with any entity that has ties to Israel while the war in Gaza is ongoing has now pitted advocates for the Jewish community against some city employees and the elected officials for whom...
Labor board files for injunction seeking to end lengthy Post-Gazette strike
The National Labor Relations Board on Wednesday asked for an injunction to force the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette to take back striking workers and return to the bargaining table in a nearly two-year strike that union leaders say is the longest in the city’s history. The petition for injunction in federal court...
Camp Fete-Fete revives childhood joys for adults with summer adventures
Camp Fete-Fete offers summer camp activities exclusively for adults — typical childhood activities and events that folks may not have had access to, but they can experience now. It’s never too late. The camp’s most recent activity included an evening of double Dutch at Highland Park taught by the founders...
Plunge, scoop, repeat: ‘Industrial-strength’ cleanup of Pittsburgh’s rivers yields stinky, silty treasure
The demolition claw — its dirt-brown metal fingers guided by an excavator’s gray 50-foot-long arm — plunged Tuesday afternoon into the cloudy, brownish-green surface of the Allegheny River in search of discarded pieces of Pittsburgh. Chained to a rusty-bottomed 32-by-120 foot barge, the excavator sent its arm diving over and...
Pittsburgh native, comedian who appeared on ‘Seinfeld,’ has diedVideo
Mitzi McCall was born in Pittsburgh in 1930, and she died in Los Angeles last week. She lived one heck of a life in the nearly 94 years in between those dates, making a name for herself as a comedian and actress. McCall, 93, worked alongside her husband, Charlie Brill,...
Pittsburgh fans relive decades of Bruce Springsteen shows
Local fans of rock legend Bruce Springsteen have been waiting a long time for his return to Pittsburgh — not just because The Boss hasn’t been here since 2016, but because this week’s two upcoming shows were supposed to happen almost a year ago. Originally slated for Sept. 12 and...
Morning Roundup: Penn Hills playground improvements vandalized
Here are a few news items for Wednesday, Aug. 14, 2024: Penn Hills playground damaged Penn Hills fire officials are looking into vandalism and damage at the newly improved Rosedale VFD Memorial Park. Fencing around the park was discovered ripped down on Tuesday. “We’re discouraged to see this damage performed,”...
Firm suggests closing 16 Pittsburgh Public schools, opening 2 new ones
Pittsburgh Public Schools officials have received recommendations to close more than a dozen schools and potentially merge Carrick and Brashear high schools. A consultant hired by the district said, through a facility use report, that the urban school system should close 16 of its schools and open two new ones,...
Harris, Walz announce Pennsylvania bus tour to launch in Pittsburgh
Presidential candidate Vice President Kamala Harris and running mate Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz are set to kick off a Pennsylvania bus tour Sunday in Pittsburgh. In their bid to keep a Democratic administration in the White House, the pair plans to make multiple stops in the state over the course...
Man shot in arm in Pittsburgh’s Lincoln-Lemington-Belmar neighborhood
A man was hospitalized in stable condition Tuesday after being found shot in the arm. Pittsburgh Public Safety spokeswoman Emily Bourne said police continue to investigate the shooting in the city’s Lincoln-Lemington-Belmar neighborhood. Officers were dispatched for two ShotSpotter alerts at about 2:45 p.m. near the intersection of Lincoln Avenue...
Michelle Peduto, former superintendent of Pittsburgh Catholic schools, dies
Michelle Peduto, the former superintendent of the Catholic Schools of the Diocese of Pittsburgh, died Tuesday. Peduto served Catholic schools in the Diocese of Pittsburgh for more than 21 years, according to the diocese. She became superintendent in 2019 and stepped down in June to spend time with family. A...
2 injured when bus crashes into house in Pittsburgh’s Homewood neighborhood during police chase
Two injuries were reported Tuesday afternoon when a Pittsburgh Regional Transit bus crashed into a home in the city’s Homewood neighborhood. PRT said in a social media post that the bus driver and another person were taken to a hospital for treatment of injuries that were not thought to be...
Critics: Proposed ballot referendum in city is antisemitic, illegal
A pro-Palestinian group wants Pittsburghers to decide whether to bar the city from doing business with entities that work with Israel, but opponents to the proposal on Tuesday called the measure antisemitic and challenged the effort in court. A petition to add a referendum to November’s general election ballot, filed...
Registration to open for 2025 Pittsburgh marathon weekend
Runners can register for the 2025 Dick’s Sporting Goods Pittsburgh Marathon Weekend on Wednesday. Registration opens at 10 a.m. online for the races, which will take place from May 2-4. The marathon takes place on Sunday, May 4. New this year, P3R is hosting an Opening Day Block Party on...
50,000 pounds of car parts and 1 Beetle later, dredging improves Allegheny River
The ghosts of cars from the 1960s and earlier haunt the confluence of the Pittsburgh’s three rivers. Parts from up to 100 vehicles — many believed to be from a long-defunct Downtown parking lot — are submerged in the Allegheny River, according to Captain Evan Clark of Three Rivers Waterkeeper,...
Annual Barrel & Flow festival celebrates Black beer and spirits
At this year’s Barrel & Flow festival, more than 3,000 people flooded The Stacks at 3 Crossings in the Strip District, tasting beer, trying new restaurants and learning about the contributions of Black people to the beer and spirits industry. There were more than 150 vendors, including Black brewers, Black...
Pittsburgh food vendor settles with Labor Department over overtime abuse, worker threats
A Pittsburgh food vendor has paid workers $15,000 in back wages and damages for refusing to pay workers the mandated overtime rate and threatening employees, the U.S. Department of Labor said Monday. Simon’s Food Concessions, located in Pittsburgh’s Brookline neighborhood, denied time-and-a-half wages to six employees for work beyond the...
Meet Thelma Tambellini, Wholey’s longest-tenured employeeVideo
She doesn’t eat seafood, but that hasn’t stopped a longtime employee from making a career out of crustaceans and fish at Wholey’s in Pittsburgh’s Strip District. Thelma Tambellini, 65, the longest-employed staff member at Wholey’s, is easy to spot in her standard uniform featuring a bright-blue Wholey shirt and name...
A father who can’t forgive, a shooter who can’t forget
George Nicholas still insists he acted in self-defense nearly 35 years ago when he shot and paralyzed the stranger in the middle of the night. It was Nov. 30, 1989, and Nicholas thought a man he’d argued with over a traffic dispute was attacking him with a shotgun in Pittsburgh’s...
Will Israeli-Palestinian conflict protests, encampments resurface when college resumes?
Alon Leshem, a rising senior at the University of Pittsburgh, is energized to finish his computer science degree and to take secondary field of study courses involving Israel and Palestine. But, like other Jewish students at Pitt and elsewhere, his enthusiasm is tempered by knowing fall could bring renewed pro-Palestinian...
Attempted Allegheny County Jail break-in sends man to hospital
A man attempted to break into the visitors’ lobby of the Allegheny County Jail on Saturday morning, police said. Pittsburgh police detained the man, who police said was suffering from a minor injury. He was taken to an area hospital for treatment. Police said detectives that the man attempted to...
Motorcyclist in critical condition following crash in Hays
A motorcyclist was in critical condition Friday following a vehicle collision in Pittsburgh’s Hays neighborhood. Initial investigation indicated that the driver of the other vehicle ran a red light while under the influence, Pittsburgh police said, and charges are forthcoming. Police, fire and EMS were dispatched at about 9:45 p.m....
Man fatally shot in Pittsburgh’s Homewood
Pittsburgh police are investigating a homicide that occurred early Saturday in the city’s Homewood neighborhood. Following a two-round ShotSpotter alert, city police were dispatched just after 3:30 a.m. to the 7400 block of Idlewild Street. A man who had been shot in the head was found dead on the sidewalk...
Man’s fatal 7-story leap from Renewal halfway house window prompts lawsuit
The family of a man who died last year after jumping out of a seventh-floor window at a halfway house in Downtown Pittsburgh sued the federal government and the facility on Thursday. Thomas Spencer III, 24, died on April 17, 2023. On Thursday, his father, Thomas Spencer Jr., who is...
