Pittsburgh category, Page 130

Pitt is definitely it for Luciana “Miss Lu” Bair. She claims to be the biggest Panthers fan, and she’s got a pretty solid case. Let’s start with the vehicle she drives. It’s a 2023 Dodge Durango with custom seating in the school’s colors of blue and gold. Her tires have...

Plans are in the works to build laboratory space for STEM programming in Pittsburgh’s Hill District. The city’s Urban Redevelopment Authority board on Thursday unanimously approved plans to sell property in the Hill District to The Citizens Science Lab. The Citizens Science Lab previously had a location in the Hill...

PNC Financial Services Group said it will cut its workforce by 4% by year’s end as it looks to pare down expenses. The move is expected to slash costs by $325 million in 2024, the Downtown Pittsburgh-based bank said on its third-quarter earnings call Friday. PNC did not specify what...

Pittsburgh’s Urban Redevelopment Authority is seeking public input on a $10 million spending plan for its Housing Opportunity Plan. The proposed spending plan for the Housing Opportunity Fund, the city’s trust fund supporting affordable housing, includes $2 million for the URA’s Rental Gap Program. That program provides loans to nonprofit...

More than a dozen organizations have organized a ‘Day of Action for Palestine’ rally this afternoon in Oakland. The rally is scheduled for 3 p.m. at the intersection of Bigelow Boulevard and Forbes Avenue. “Israel is currently carrying out a massacre of historic proportions against Gaza and all throughout Palestine,...

Transportation Security Administration officers stopped two passengers at Pittsburgh International Airport Thursday after they tried to carry guns onto flights — the fifth time TSA has confiscated weapons there in the past eight days. The guns were the 37th and 38th confiscated this year at the Findlay airport — a...

The city steps near the outbound Armstrong Tunnel that lead from Second Avenue to the Boulevard of the Allies will be closed for about two months starting Monday, according to the Allegheny County Department of Public Works. Pedestrians can detour around the closed stairway by using Second Avenue, Ross Street...

Don’t let the rainy forecast dampen your weekend plans. There are plenty of fun things to do around the Pittsburgh area. Let’s take a look at just five highlights. Night market The Allentown Night Market is from 7 to 11 p.m. on Saturday along Warrington Avenue in Allentown. There will...

Ahmi Ben-Yehudah’s nightmares begin before he falls asleep. The Israeli Jew and former Pittsburgh resident has slumped in his bed the past six nights fiddling with his cellphone, worried that he won’t wake up to respond to a possible late-night text from his son, who is at war. The young...

Control of the parking lots at the former Civic Arena site in the Lower Hill District will shift from the Pittsburgh Penguins to the city’s Urban Redevelopment Authority and the Sports & Exhibition Authority later this month. The Penguins have been paying rent and retaining net parking revenue from the...

With 16 career and technical education programs offered in the Pittsburgh Public School District comes the weight of providing quality education in the face of rising expenses. For Angela Mike, executive director of CTE for Pittsburgh Public Schools since 2010, challenges arise when pursuing the results students need to meet...

The Pittsburgh Parks Conservancy is working to improve Hays Woods Park, the newest park in the city. The 642-acre park — located in Pittsburgh’s Hays and St. Clair neighborhoods and Baldwin — is the second-largest park in Pittsburgh, behind Frick Park. It was formally designated as a city park in...

As PNC Financial Services moves forward with layoffs throughout the financial firm, the company is eying more reductions in costs. On Tuesday, PNC said it would cut an undisclosed number of workers. In a statement, the Downtown Pittsburgh banking firm said it is reviewing its organizational structure, which “includes a...

For the Italian Sons and Daughters of America, their fight over the removal of the Columbus statue from Schenley Park is about process as much as it is about preserving heritage. “The mayor can’t wake up one morning and decide he’s king, he’s a tyrant and he can do whatever...

An appellate court sitting in Pittsburgh heard oral arguments Wednesday in a case over a 3% city tax imposed on professional athletes and entertainers performing at publicly funded facilities. The seven-judge panel of Pennsylvania’s Commonwealth Court must decide whether the city’s Sports Facility Usage Fee is constitutional. A decision is...

The city of Pittsburgh will offer child care to city employees when Pittsburgh Public Schools cancels classes unexpectedly and to city residents who are participating in certain public meetings. Child care will be available to members of the public who participate in meetings hosted by the mayor’s office, including budget...

A Pittsburgh man pleaded guilty Wednesday to third-degree murder in connection with last year’s fatal shooting of an Oliver Citywide Academy student at the North Side school. Eugene Watson, 19, of Crafton Heights, also pleaded guilty to criminal conspiracy to commit third-degree murder and two firearms charges. Watson, 17 at...

PNC Bank is laying off an undisclosed number of employees, according to a statement from the company. It remains unclear how many workers will be let go. The banking giant based in Downtown Pittsburgh said in a statement that it is reviewing its organizational structure and “have identified an opportunity...

Gateway Clipper Fleet owner and CEO Terry Wirginis recalled secretly transporting pop star Taylor Swift and her troupe on The Countess away from then Heinz Field to another undisclosed location after her concerts in 2011 and 2015. “She was very nice,” Wirginis said. He talked about the time an 18-pound...

Giant Eagle will donate money from the sale of paper bags at its Pittsburgh stores to local nonprofits. This is set to start on Saturday, the same date Pittsburgh’s plastic bag ban goes into effect. The ordinance bars most single-use plastic bags and requires stores charge a 10-cent fee for...

Beginning next year, the second Monday in October will be recognized as Indigenous Peoples’ Day in the city of Pittsburgh. This comes despite concerns from some council members that the day is also known as Columbus Day in honor of Christopher Columbus, who has become a controversial figure. Some people...

Alexis Komperda didn’t sleep Monday night — she wanted to be awake so she didn’t miss the opening of Raising Cane’s in Oakland. By 5:30 a.m., she and her friend Crystal Savko, freshmen at La Roche University in McCandless, were the first two in line for the 8:30 a.m. opening....

Pittsburgh City Council will consider a measure to offer additional protection for renters who face domestic violence in the city. This bill would require landlords to permit domestic abuse victims to exit their leases early without penalty and would require them to change victims’ locks within five days upon request....