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Pitt trustees discuss ways to raise national profile
University of Pittsburgh trustees Thursday heard an update on the university’s five-year strategic initiative dubbed “Plan for Pitt” and elected a new board chairman. Their meeting was punctuated by a noisy but peaceful pro-Palestinan protest outside the Assembly Room in the William Pitt Union. The demonstrators numbering a few dozen...
Mon Incline set to reopen following monthlong closure
The beleaguered Monongahela Incline will get new life again. The incline, which connects Pittsburgh’s Station Square to the city’s Mount Washington neighborhood, is set to reopen sometime this weekend, pending a state inspection, Pittsburgh Regional Transit announced Thursday. Transit officials said repairs are nearly complete and state inspection workers will...
EPA grant sends 75 electric school buses to Pittsburgh, Southwestern Pa.
Getting to school for thousands of students in Southwestern Pennsylvania is getting a bit quieter and a lot cleaner. Three school districts in Southwestern Pennsylvania will receive 75 new electric school buses thanks to funding from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. Pittsburgh Public Schools, the largest district in the region,...
‘There’s consequences,’ judge tells Pittsburgh man before sending him to prison for killing toddler with stray bullet
Zaphora Bernard held up the baby book, “The Life of Zykier Young. I love you.” Zykier was just 5 pounds, 9 ounces when he was born. But 22 inches long, his mom said. She flipped through the pages, displaying them for the judge to see, thrusting the book toward the...
Stop the Violence Pittsburgh holds annual Black History Month summit and essay contest
Stop The Violence Pittsburgh held its sixth annual student Black History Month Summit and Essay Contest Wednesday at Soldiers & Sailors Memorial Hall and Museum in Oakland. The summit brought out more than 600 students from regional high schools, including Aliquippa High School, Oakland Catholic High School, Fox Chapel Area...
Hill District residents ‘overwhelmed with joy’ that Salem’s Market is open
The Hill District has a grocery store again. Salem’s Market & Grill opened its third location at Centre Heldman Plaza on Thursday morning, ending a nearly five-year span in which the Hill District was left without a local grocer following the closing of Shop ‘n Save in March 2019. Guests...
Morning Roundup: Man injured in Homewood shooting; home invasion in Knoxville
Here are some of the latest news items from this morning, Thursday, Feb. 8: Man injured in Homewood shooting A man was injured Wednesday night in a shooting in Pittsburgh’s Homewood neighborhood. Pittsburgh police and EMS were dispatched to the 7200 block of Frankstown Avenue for an eight-round ShotSpotter alert...
Woman’s hit-and-run death raises questions about Pittsburgh police policy
Twelve minutes before a car struck and killed Faye McCoy on the West End Bridge last month, she was talking to Pittsburgh police officers nearby. It was almost 3 a.m. on Jan. 27, and police had just arrested McCoy’s friend for drunken driving after the car they were in struck...
Mom sues Pittsburgh Public Schools, Starbucks over daughter’s alleged rape during school hours
The mother of a Pittsburgh teen who claims her daughter was raped during the school day by three fellow Allderdice High School students at a nearby Starbucks has filed a lawsuit over the incident. The lawsuit, which includes claims for negligence, was filed Tuesday in Allegheny County Common Pleas Court....
Animal welfare groups warn pausing city spay/neuter program will lead to more homeless cats
Jackie Cafaro works day and night to rescue cats left abandoned on Pittsburgh streets. She’s developed Catcalls Rescue, the nonprofit she co-founded in 2021, into an operation that saves, spays or neuters and puts up for adoption 40 to 60 cats a month — with the help of about 30...
Ex-Pittsburgh building inspector pleads guilty to accepting stove, fridge as bribes
A former City of Pittsburgh building inspector pleaded guilty Wednesday to a federal bribery charge for soliciting over $5,400 in items from a developer. Walter Eiseman entered the plea in U.S. District Court before Judge Mark Hornak. Prosecutors said during the hearing that Eiseman, a city building inspector at the...
Black-owned 2C Premium blends success with specialty coffee
When her two children were young, Teresa Hunt was a single parent constantly on the go, shuffling them between sporting events and daily activities — and her constant companion was coffee. When her kids left home for college, she took advantage of her newfound free time. Now the founder of...
NTSB sets date this month to determine probable cause of Fern Hollow Bridge collapse
The National Transportation Safety Board will meet later this month to determine the probable cause of the Fern Hollow Bridge collapse. The 447-foot-long span collapsed in Pittsburgh’s Frick Park the morning of Jan. 28, 2022. Six vehicles, including a Pittsburgh Regional Transit bus, fell into the ravine below, injuring several...
Trib Lunch Box: New social media app?, Jail lawsuit, U-haul trial begins
Here are some noon headlines from TribLive, Wednesday, Feb. 7, 2024. • Police work interest declines in the region “Our biggest issue is finding people who want to police anymore,” said Penn Township police Chief John Otto. • Another social media app? Bluesky offers users a place to...
Pittsburgh SWAT responds to Homewood armed robbery
A boy was jailed after allegedly attempting to rob a woman at gunpoint in Pittsburgh’s Homewood North neighborhood on Tuesday afternoon surrendered, Pittsburgh police said. The suspect barricaded himself in a residence after an attempted armed robbery of a woman at 1 p.m. in the 7000 block of Hermitage Street,...
Pittsburgh Stadium Authority backs Steelers’ bid to host NFL draft
The City of Pittsburgh formally approved a bid by the Steelers to host the next available NFL Draft. The city’s Stadium Authority voted unanimously Tuesday to enter into agreements with the NFL, the Pittsburgh Steelers, marketing groups and municipal agencies to “support, effect or cause to occur an NFL Draft...
Penguins partner with Black Girl Hockey Club to promote sport as part of Black History Month
Renee Hess remembers her first Pittsburgh Penguins hockey game — she was in Orange County, Calif., had wonderful seats, and there was a hockey fight, a novelty she said rarely occurs now. She was enamored by the sport. Today, she is the founder and executive director of California-based Black Girl...
Defense lawyer in homicide trial tells jurors his client killed Pittsburgh U-Haul worker
Corey Dick was behind the counter at a U-Haul in Pittsburgh’s East End on July 27, 2021, getting ready to eat an early dinner. A man who had been in and out several times that afternoon asking about renting a pickup returned just after 4:30 p.m. and said that the...
Pittsburgh City Council OKs controversial $6 million master plan
Pittsburgh City Council on Tuesday approved a controversial proposal to spend about $6 million for a citywide master plan, overriding some members’ strenuous objections. Opponents raised alarms about the steep price tag and the lack of a clear implementation strategy. Supporters touted the plan as a blueprint for future budget...
Trib Lunch Box: Madonna, bald eagle, ‘Watson’ in Pittsburgh, Station’s end
Here are some noon headlines from TribLive, Tuesday, Feb. 6, 2024. • Madonna gets into the groove after late Pittsburgh concert arrival Madonna certainly brought the electricity to Pittsburgh’s PPG Paints Arena on Monday night in her “Celebration Tour.” The “Queen of Pop” performed a repertoire spanning her over-40-year career...
Pittsburgh halts free spay/neuter program after scam by suburban pet owners, officials say
Suburban pet owners, some with designer dogs, faked their addresses to access free, taxpayer-subsidized spay and neuter services meant for use by Pittsburgh residents, the city said Tuesday, as it announced an abrupt pause to the program. The suburbanites were using city addresses of friends and family members to get...
Bloomfield’s Station restaurant set to close its doors
Time is running out to dine at Station in Bloomfield. After nine years, the restaurant is closing. The reason? Chef Curtis Gamble is moving to Tennessee later this year. “We’ve been through a lot in this space,” Gamble said in a statement. “The irony of this is that we’re doing...
Barcelona Wine Bar opens in the Cultural District
Pittsburgh, meet Barcelona Wine Bar. And you’re invited to the party. That’s the message from Barcelona general manager Autumn Williams. “Our goal is to have a party every night in the restaurant,” Williams said. “And to have a party, you need people at the party.” On that note, reservations are...
Toby Keith’s Pittsburgh-area performances recalled
As the country music world mourns the death of country singer Toby Keith, Pittsburghers can look back on his many performances in and near town. Keith appeared in the Pittsburgh region a total of 13 times, the most recent being a Sept. 27, 2019, concert at Highmark Stadium outside of...
Madonna electrifies with theatrics in Pittsburgh ‘Celebration’ stop
Madonna certainly brought electricity to Pittsburgh’s PPG Paints Arena on Monday night in her “Celebration Tour.” The “Queen of Pop” performed a repertoire spanning her over-40-year career — all while sporting a knee brace. She kicked things off with “Nothing Really Matters” after a slideshow of pictures of her life...
