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Mon Incline back in business after undergoing weeks of repairs
The Monongahela Incline is again open for business. The 154-year-old incline that connects Pittsburgh’s Station Square to the Mount Washington neighborhood reopened at 5:30 a.m. Saturday, according to Pittsburgh Regional Transit. The incline had been closed since Jan. 2 due to failing electrical and mechanical systems. The Monongahela Incline will...
Pittsburgh honors 102-year-old Natalie Green
Everyone calls her Grandma, a title that holds a lot of love and endearment for Natalie L. Green, 102. She was honored on Thursday when the City of Pittsburgh dedicated Feb. 8 to her for her many years of service, education and great inspiration. Green’s mind is sharp and her...
Western Pa. casinos ready for Super Bowl influx, wagers on Chiefs win
Dave Bilsky is a Steelers fan, but come Sunday evening, you can bet he’ll be pulling for the Kansas City Chiefs. He’ll have plenty of company locally. Bilsky, 51, of Belle Vernon is among myriad local gamblers putting money on the Chiefs in Super Bowl LVIII. “One thing that we’ve...
County police: Mt. Oliver shooting victim in critical condition
A man who was shot in Mt. Oliver on Friday night was listed in critical condition, Allegheny County Police said. County police said the shooting occurred in the 500 block of Transverse Avenue. First responders found the man, who was not identified, shot inside a house at about 9:15 p.m....
Entrance to UPMC Luna Garage shut down by retaining wall collapse
A section of the retaining wall near the UPMC Luna Garage in Pittsburgh’s Shadyside neighborhood collapsed Friday night, but no one was injured and no property damage was reported. According to UPMC spokesperson Rick Pietzak, the multi-floor parking garage itself, located at 5111 Baum Blvd., was not damaged and remains...
Pittsburgh police: Pedestrian struck by vehicle in Shadyside in serious condition
A 40-year-old woman was hit by a vehicle in Pittsburgh’s Shadyside neighborhood Friday morning and was taken to an area hospital in serious condition. Pittsburgh police and EMS were called to the intersection of Morewood Avenue and Fifth Avenue just after 10 a.m. Friday morning. The woman who was hit...
A canceled Pitt event for congressional candidate heats up 12th District race
The University of Pittsburgh recently canceled a speaking event with a local congressional candidate, adding tension to a three-way Democratic contest among Allegheny and Westmoreland county voters that is becoming increasingly contentious, and local political experts predict things will only get louder and nastier in the run up to the...
Pittsburgh police watchdog opens probe into woman’s hit-and-run death
A watchdog agency has launched a probe into a woman’s middle-of-the-night encounter last month with Pittsburgh police minutes before she was killed by a hit-and-run driver on the West End Bridge. Elizabeth Pittinger, executive director of Pittsburgh’s Citizen Police Review Board, told TribLive this week that she opened the inquiry...
Experts point to slew of errors by Pittsburgh police seen in Jim Rogers Taser videoVideo
It took less than two minutes on the scene of a suspected stolen bike in Bloomfield before Pittsburgh police Officer Keith Edmonds made the first of what experts described as many missteps. Edmonds should have recognized the 54-year-old homeless man he encountered on Oct. 13, 2021 might have been having...
Squirrel Hill house in Murdoch Farms on the market for $1,399,000
Located in Squirrel Hill in the area of Murdoch Farms, once a nursery and dairy farm, a home that bas been in the same family since 1948 is on the market for $1,399,000. A two-story colonial, the residence has a 1201 Bennington Ave. address, but the entrance is on Fair...
‘These new leaders’: 13 Pittsburgh cops promoted during ceremony
More than a dozen Pittsburgh police officers were promoted Friday, including several to some of the force’s highest-ranking posts, during a ceremony in the City-County Building, Downtown. Three commanders took the oath to become assistant chiefs, overseeing the roughly 800-strong Pittsburgh Bureau of Police. The new assistant chiefs — Chris...
Trib Lunch Box: Potholes, retirement, Monster Jam, Valentine’s Day
Here are some noon headlines from TribLive, Friday, Feb. 9, 2024: Potholes at Pittsburgh Mills are mall owners’ responsibility Drivers, watch out if you venture up to the Mills mall in Frazer. It’s a familiar concern, according to Frazer Supervisor Lori Ziencik. “We get constant complaints,” Ziencik said. “Calls come...
Diocese of Pittsburgh, Greensburg offer guidelines as Ash Wednesday falls on Valentine’s Day
Catholics celebrating Valentine’s Day might want to find a seafood restaurant or meatless dining option — or choose a different day to celebrate altogether. The Diocese of Pittsburgh and the Diocese of Greensburg confirmed this week that they are adhering to fasting and no meat on Ash Wednesday, which is...
Morning Roundup: 1 injured in industrial accident in Chartiers; missing Jeannette teen found safe
Here are some of the latest news items from this morning, Friday, Feb. 9: 1 injured in industrial accident in Chartiers One person was sent to a local trauma center Thursday after an industrial accident in Chartiers Township, according to Ambulance & Chair EMS. The EMS service said it worked...
5 things to do in Pittsburgh this weekend: Feb. 9-11
It’s the weekend. Here are some ways to spend it. Monster Jam The Monster Truck show rolls into PPG Paints Arena this weekend. Shows are at 7 p.m. Friday, 1 p.m. and 7 p.m. Saturday and 1 p.m. on Sunday. More than 100 truckloads of dirt were dumped onto the...
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...
