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Report questions how controversial Pittsburgh parks tax money is spent
Questions persist about how Pittsburgh officials should allocate the money collected through its parks tax. The 0.5-mill tax — or $50 per $100,000 of a property’s assessed value — was first collected in 2021 after it was narrowly approved by voters in a 2019 ballot referendum. The tax is meant...
Fern Hollow Bridge collapse victims clash with city in legal fight for records
Victims of the Fern Hollow Bridge collapse are fighting for records that might shed more light on what the City of Pittsburgh knew about the crumbling span before disaster struck. But in the face of potential liability, the city is vigorously trying to block those efforts in court, claiming that...
New Pittsburgh community office responds to homelessness, overdoses, mental health crises
Pittsburgh’s Office of Community Health and Safety has responded to more than 3,000 incidents citywide since its 2021 launch, according to information presented to City Council. The office is tasked with addressing various community needs, including mental and behavioral health crises, overdose incidents and homelessness, said Assistant Director Camila Alarcon....
Pittsburgh Police seek public assistance in locating missing, at-risk teen
Pittsburgh police are seeking the public’s help in finding a missing teenager who they say is at risk. Twyla Hamilton, 17, was last seen Oct. 29 along Fleury Street in the city’s Homewood neighborhood, Public Safety spokeswoman Emily Bourne reported Wednesday. She stands 5 feet 6 inches tall, weighs 220...
Pittsburgh political consulting firm hit with lawsuit alleging sexual assault
A former employee at an influential political consulting firm claims in a federal lawsuit that management took no action after she reported she was sexually assaulted by her supervisor at a Pittsburgh restaurant. The complaint against Pittsburgh-based ColdSpark Media, initially filed in August and amended last month, includes claims for...
Pittsburgh man guilty of manslaughter in stray bullet shooting death of 1-year-old
An Allegheny County jury on Wednesday said that a man involved in a summer afternoon gunfight in Pittsburgh’s Spring Hill that led to the death of a 1-year-old struck by a stray bullet is guilty of voluntary manslaughter. Marvin Hill, 44, of Pittsburgh’s Spring Hill neighborhood, will be sentenced on...
2023 Pittsburgh Light Up Night details announced
Halloween is over, and preparations for the holiday season already are in full swing. The 2023 Highmark Light Up Night in Downtown Pittsburgh is set for 3 to 10 p.m. Nov. 18. Here are five things you need to know about this year’s event. Holiday Market The Peoples Gas Holiday...
Pa. bill to double security funding for nonprofits protecting hate crime victims passes House
State funding for nonprofits that serve vulnerable populations may double after a bill passed the Pennsylvania House on Tuesday. HB 1772 passed with the bipartisan support and backing from Pittsburgh-area lawmakers. It would increase total funding for the Nonprofit Security Grant Program from $5 million to $10 million. The grant...
Pittsburgh looks to reduce waste with climate change ‘action plan’
Pittsburgh officials said they’re eyeing ways to cut back on waste, be more environmentally friendly and prepare for potential impacts of climate change as part of the city’s Climate Action Plan. Flore Marion, the city’s energy advisor, said the city’s sustainability and resilience team are working to combat climate change...
Warhol Museum set to move ahead with $45 million North Shore entertainment venue
Pittsburgh’s Planning Commission on Tuesday approved The Andy Warhol Museum’s new $45 million entertainment venue in the city’s North Shore. The 57,776-square-foot entertainment venue on Sandusky Street is slated to include a first-floor concert venue with standing room for up to 1,000 people. Plans presented to the commission also showed...
Vehicle, cash stolen in 2 robberies on same night at Bloomfield, Shadyside businesses
Pittsburgh police are investigating whether there is a connection between two armed robberies that occurred shortly before 8 p.m. Tuesday in the city’s adjacent Bloomfield and Shadyside neighborhoods. In the first robbery, in the 4700 block of Baum Boulevard, a man forced the staff at Mercedes-Benz of Pittsburgh into the...
State House approves funding for Pitt, Penn State, 2 others — but with a stipulation the universities are balking at
The state House passed legislation Tuesday that Democrats and Republicans quickly hailed as progress toward ending a monthslong stalemate over this year’s appropriations to the University of Pittsburgh and other state-related institutions. But at least one potential glitch has developed — a big one. The House, where Democrats hold a...
Amazon discriminated against Muslim women at Pittsburgh distribution center, lawsuit says
Three Muslim women who wear hijabs are suing Amazon saying that they were subjected to religious discrimination while working at a Pittsburgh distribution center last year. Yvette Smith and her two daughters, Tiara Smith and Sadaira Smith, of Pittsburgh’s Marshall-Shadeland neighborhood. filed the federal complaint on Monday alleging religious, race...
Police step up patrols after antisemitic graffiti scrawled in Squirrel Hill
Pittsburgh police said Tuesday they are increasing patrols in Squirrel Hill following the second incident in under a week of antisemitic vandalism appearing in the neighborhood with the city’s largest Jewish population. Police received reports Tuesday morning of graffiti scrawled on the sidewalks at a parklet in the Summerset at...
Pittsburgh adds grace period to controversial purple curb parking program
Pittsburgh’s controversial smart loading zone program is set to be revamped after some local residents and business owners expressed confusion and frustration over the new initiative. The smart loading zones, marked with purple-painted curbs and matching signs, were meant to make it easier for delivery drivers to get in and...
Pittsburgh City Council approves $1 million program to support overdose victims
Pittsburgh City Council on Tuesday approved a $1 million program that aims to help people who have overdosed. The Post Overdose Support Team — or POST — pilot program is set to act as a secondary response that will provide additional support once EMS has responded to an overdose. The...
Lawsuit alleges wrongful arrest by Pittsburgh police following incident at Brookline bar
A family is suing the city of Pittsburgh and several police officers, claiming they were wrongfully arrested two years ago following an altercation at a Brookline bar. Matthew Hindman, Angie Hindman and their daughter Brianna Holland filed the lawsuit in federal court on Monday alleging claims for malicious prosecution, due...
Man wanted for August Perry South shooting arrested
A man who was wanted in connection with a shooting in August in Pittsburgh’s Perry South neighborhood was arrested Monday. Sheridan Marsh, 33, was arrested by Pittsburgh Police and U.S. Marshals in the 2700 block of Stafford Street near Sheraden. He was wanted for an Aug. 19 shooting incident in...
Point Park University wants to increase enrollment by 30%, house older adults
Point Park University wants to attract artists, single parents and retirees to live on its campus as part of an effort to reinvigorate Downtown Pittsburgh and add 30% to the school’s enrollment by decade’s end. On Monday, leaders of the Downtown university with 3,300 students unveiled a strategic plan outlining...
Pittsburgh zoning board rejects variance for Irish Centre development
A controversial housing development near Pittsburgh’s Frick Park faced a massive setback with a zoning decision that would likely end the possibility of a large multi-family complex at the edge of Squirrel Hill. The Pittsburgh Zoning Board of Adjustments on Monday denied a variance request sought by Toronto-based Craft General,...
‘Disorderly’ Georgia man hits fans with towel, kicked out of Steelers game, police say
An Atlanta-area football fan who trekked to Acrisure Stadium over the weekend to catch Sunday’s game between the Pittsburgh Steelers and the Jacksonville Jaguars also got a trip to a Downtown Pittsburgh jail. Richard Bryant, 33, of Fairburn, Ga., a suburb 20 miles southwest of Atlanta, remained in Allegheny County...
Mad Mex donating 100% of sales this evening to Greater Pittsburgh Community Food Bank
For its 30th birthday, Mad Mex is doing the gifting. All food and beverage sales from 5 p.m. to close on Monday at eight Mad Mex restaurants will be donated to the Greater Pittsburgh Community Food Bank. The ninth, in Erie, will give funds to the Second Harvest Food Bank...
Woman shot in Homewood
A woman was found on a sidewalk in Pittsburgh’s Homewood neighborhood with a single gunshot wound to her hand on Sunday evening. Pittsburgh Police responded to reports of multiple shots fired at Felicia Way at around 5:30 p.m., said Pittsburgh Department of Public Safety. When police arrived, they found the...
Frick Pittsburgh museum quietly postpones Islamic art exhibition as Israel-Hamas war continues
Editor’s Note: This story has been updated with reaction from the Pittsburgh chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations. A scheduled Islamic art exhibition was quietly postponed at The Frick Pittsburgh in Point Breeze early this month, and museum director Elizabeth Barker said the decision was because of concerns it...
Man robbed, pistol-whipped in Shadyside
A man was robbed at gunpoint and pistol-whipped over the head early Sunday morning in Pittsburgh’s Shadyside neighborhood, Pittsburgh police said. The victim, in his early 20s, was robbed in the 300 block of Morewood Avenue, while walking home around 12:45 a.m., by a man who approached him and demanded...
