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Hazelwood’s Lewis Playground could see $500K in improvements from Mon-Connector money
Lewis Playground in Pittsburgh’s Hazelwood neighborhood could see improvements as City Council is considering a proposal that would provide over $500,000 to improve the park. Councilwoman Barb Warwick, D-Greenfield, sponsored legislation that would take money from the scrapped portion of the Mon-Oakland connector project and reallocate it for the park....
‘Mom, there’s a fire!’: Point Park student makes frantic call when scooter catches fire in off-campus apartment
There are phone calls home to mom that college students never want to make. And then there’s the one placed early Saturday by Point Park University sophomore Aidan McFarlane, 19, barefoot, barely awake and frantic, as he realized his battery-powered electric scooter was ablaze in his studio apartment. Billowing smoke...
2 remaining co-defendants plead guilty for roles in fatal shooting of 1-year-old in Spring Hill
Two men involved in a summer afternoon shootout that left a 1-year-old dead in Pittsburgh’s Spring Hill pleaded guilty Monday in Allegheny County Common Pleas Court. Devon Thompson, 40, of McKees Rocks, and Andre Crawford, 32, of McKeesport, appeared separately before Judge Susan Evashavik DiLucente. Those two men, along with...
Pittsburgh City Council advances new master plan for Allegheny General Hospital
Pittsburgh City Council is poised to approve a 10-year institutional master plan for Allegheny General Hospital. This comes after council members in September heard mixed opinions from North Side residents about the plan, which includes potential developments on the hospital’s site. The master plan lays out a plan to convert...
Bloomfield housing project in jeopardy after zoning setback
A proposal to add hundreds of housing units, a new grocery store and public plaza to Pittsburgh’s Bloomfield neighborhood hit a major setback Monday. The city’s Zoning Board of Adjustments denied a variance for increased height and additional housing, including over two dozen affordable units, for a proposal at the...
Carnegie Mellon receives $25M gift for computational biology from trustee and wife
Carnegie Mellon University has received a $25 million gift from longtime Trustee Ray Lane and his wife, Stephanie, to support the institution’s Computational Biology Department. Carnegie Mellon President Farnam Jahanian announced the gift in a note to campus Monday afternoon. He called it a “monumental investment” in an expanding area...
Man arrested after rampage at North Side convenience store
A 29-year-old man was arraigned in court Monday after police say he attacked several people a day earlier at a 7-Eleven in the North Side. Tyler Vick entered the Western Avenue convenience store at about 11:55 a.m. on Sunday and, after trying to pay for several items with just a...
Morning Roundup: Man surrenders to SWAT in Upper Hill; 4 injured in Fayette County crash
Here are some of the latest news items from this morning, Monday, Nov. 6: Man surrenders following SWAT situation in Upper Hill A man surrendered to Pittsburgh police around 5:30 a.m. Monday after a SWAT incident that lasted nearly an hour in the city’s Upper Hill neighborhood. Police responded around...
Election Day bake sales, meals benefit community organizations
As voters head to the polls Tuesday for a great ritual of our democracy, many will encounter another tradition that is not enshrined in the Constitution: Election Day bake sales, soup sales and lunches. For many community organizations, the sales are fundraisers to support their missions, as reliable as Lenten...
Man fatally shot after domestic dispute in Pittsburgh
A man died Saturday morning after being shot by a woman in what Pittsburgh police say started as a domestic dispute. Officers were dispatched to the Maple Ridge Apartment complex on the 2100 block of Park Hill Drive in East Hills around 11:30 a.m. Saturday to investigate reports of a...
AGH, nurses strike deal on 3-year contract
After a final 26-hour negotiation meeting, unionized nurses at Allegheny General Hospital struck a deal with hospital management on a new contract. The three-year agreement between the 1,200 nurses and nurse practitioners represented by SEIU Healthcare Pennsylvania and AGH’s parent company, Allegheny Health Network, will make significant investments in wages...
Jewish volunteers set empty Shabbat table in Pittsburgh for civilians kidnapped by terrorists
Etti Martel comforted an Israeli teen within a maze of tables in Oakland’s Schenley Plaza Friday afternoon, as volunteers taped photos to white folding chairs of the 242 civilians that Hamas militants kidnapped in Israel on Oct. 7. Nearby sat two teddy bears in high chairs — one for 4-year-old...
Andy Warhol Museum unveils some of pop artist’s ‘Unseen’ works
Despite an entire museum dedicated to the work of Andy Warhol, there is a collection of 10,000 works by the native Pittsburgh pop artist that have never been in the public eye. People can now see more than 60 of those pieces in “Unseen: Permanent Collection Works” at The Andy...
Public art unveiled at Fern Hollow Bridge in Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh officials and artists on Friday unveiled new art installations at the Fern Hollow Bridge in Frick Park. Pittsburgh-based artists John Peña and Carin Mincemoyer designed artwork on the span and under the bridge at Tranquil Trail, respectively. The new Fern Hollow Bridge was built less than a year after...
Central Catholic High School names president
Matthew J. Stoessel recalled taking the Pittsburgh Regional Transit’s light rail system into Downtown Pittsburgh from his Upper St. Clair home. He then transferred to the 71B on his way to Central Catholic High School in Oakland. He had been making that trip as the school’s executive director of advancement...
Frick Pittsburgh reschedules Islamic art exhibition amid controversy
A Pittsburgh art museum announced Friday it is rescheduling an exhibit featuring historical Islamic art that it initially postponed indefinitely over perception concerns in light of the Israel/Hamas war. On Sunday, TribLive reported The Frick Pittsburgh museum quietly postponed the “Treasured Ornament” exhibit that was scheduled to open Nov. 4....
Pittsburgh officials plan to break up homeless encampment Downtown
Pittsburgh officials plan to tear down a homeless encampment Downtown next week, a city spokesperson confirmed Friday. City outreach workers have given “credible offers of housing” to everyone living at the encampment along First Avenue, said Maria Montaño, a spokesperson for Mayor Ed Gainey. Officials are “hopeful” everyone living in...
Hometown-Homegrown highlights Pittsburgh’s food past, culinary future
Isaly’s chipped ham and ice cream, pickles, Penn Mac, Wholey’s and Jenny Lee. When you hear those words, you know you’re talking about things associated with food in Pittsburgh. They will be featured among more than 40 local food vendors at the 10th annual Hometown-Homegrown Food Festival on Saturday at...
Morning Roundup: SWAT team called to Pittsburgh’s East Allegheny; crash shuts down Greensburg street
Here are some of the latest news items for Friday, Nov. 3: SWAT team called to incident in Pittsburgh’s East Allegheny A SWAT team was called to an incident in Pittsburgh’s East Allegheny neighborhood early Friday morning. Police said the situation came to an end just before 6 a.m. after...
Pittsburgh housing fund board votes on $10 million proposed 2024 budget
Pittsburgh’s Housing Opportunity Fund advisory board on Thursday voted to support a proposed $10 million spending plan, though members acknowledged there’s more need than the money can address. “It’s infinite need and limited funding,” board member Adrienne Walnoha said ahead of the board’s vote Thursday. The proposed spending plan for...
5 things to do in Pittsburgh this weekend: Nov. 3-5
It’s the first weekend of November. Here are some ways to spend it. Pet expo Organizers call it the “largest pet expo in the U.S.” It is happening from 5 to 9 p.m. Friday, 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. Saturday and 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday at the David...
‘One of a kind’ parking cashier at West Penn Hospital sets tone for patients, visitors
Most patients and family members visiting West Penn Hospital — especially those who park in the Liberty Avenue parking garage — pass Cora Brandon. The parking cashier, who started working at the Bloomfield hospital 17 years ago in the cafeteria, holds court behind her glass window to greet visitors or...
Legislation to pay incarcerated workers at Allegheny County Jail fails
An effort to pay people being held at Allegheny County Jail $10 a day for work performed there failed on Thursday because the majority of the oversight board said there wasn’t enough information to ensure such a mandate would be funded. The motion, made by board member Bethany Hallam, got...
Pittsburgh synagogue shooter appeals death penalty conviction, seeks new trial
The man sentenced to death for the mass shooting at a Squirrel Hill synagogue that killed 11 people is seeking a new trial. Robert Bowers, 51, who was convicted over the summer of 63 counts for the Oct. 27, 2018, attack at the Tree of Life synagogue at Wilkins and...
Man robbed ‘large amount of cash’ from Lawrenceville bank
A man is at large after robbing a Lawrenceville bank Thursday morning, police said. The man — who was dressed in dark clothing and was wearing a mask — entered New Alliance Credit Union in the 3700 block of Butler Street at 9:11 a.m., shortly after the bank had opened,...
