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Schenley Plaza will host ‘Disability Pride PGH’
The nonprofit Disability Pride PA will host “Disability Pride: Weekend Under the Tent,” Friday and Saturday . It will kick off Friday with the Oakland For All 9th annual Ramp Crawl, set for 4-7 p.m. at the Schenley Plaza, 4100 Forbes Ave. The evening will include recognition awards for Americans...
Planned helicopter exercise to take place over Pittsburgh
The Pittsburgh Bureau of Fire announced Monday that approximately four helicopters will fly over the city on Tuesday morning as part of a planned exercise with the Pennsylvania Helicopter Aquatic Rescue Team. Team members will be picked up by Black Hawk helicopters from the vicinity of the former Veterans Affairs...
Pittsburgh police avert nightclub shooting during patrol
A group of quick-thinking Pittsburgh police officers thwarted a nightclub shooting Sunday at a Lincoln-Lemington-Belmar intersection. Two officers were on surveillance around 5 a.m. outside the nightclub known as Batcave, or just The Cave, near the intersection of Lincoln and Lemington avenues. They said that they spotted a man, later...
Long Story Short opens in Lawrenceville with drinks and food
The former Cinderlands restaurant and taproom in Lawrenceville has received another makeover. Long story short: It’s called Long Story Short — a bar and sandwich shop with indoor and outdoor seating. There is also a back room with a pool table, dart board and comfortable seating. A restored 1971 band...
1 dead in crash in Pittsburgh’s Carrick neighborhood
A crash early Monday killed a motorist in Pittsburgh’s Carrick neighborhood. The vehicle crashed into a utility pole at about 1:30 a.m. in the 2300 block of Brownsville Road, according to a Pittsburgh Public Safety spokeswoman. A male motorist was thrown from the car and was found in the road;...
Pittsburgh becoming a ‘space city’ as Astrobotic, ProtoInnovations prepare to send technology to the moon
Pittsburgh was once known as the steel city, but two local companies believe they’re transforming it into a space city. “We’re a space base now,” said Alivia Chapla, director of communications at North Shore-based Astrobotic. Astrobotic and Lawrenceville-based ProtoInnovations have received millions of dollars in NASA funding and are playing...
Cancer Bridges’ Camp Clubhouse gives children affected by cancer a safe space
A little girl with long wavy brown locks danced to the song “Brown Skin Girl” — the tune by Blue Ivy, SAINt JHN, Beyoncé and Wizkid is one she and her late father would perform as he held her little hand while she spun around the living room floor and...
Crowds pack Bloomfield’s Little Italy Days celebration
The weather was gorgeous on Saturday for Day 3 of Little Italy Days in Pittsburgh’s Bloomfield neighborhood. Sal Richetti, who was born and raised in Bloomfield, has produced Little Italy Days since 2012. This four-day festival celebrates Bloomfield’s Italian heritage, and creates a destination spot for Italian-themed entertainment and food...
2 men shot in Pittsburgh’s Perry neighborhood
Two men were hospitalized after being shot in Pittsburgh’s Perry neighborhood — one Friday night and the other early Saturday morning, Pittsburgh police said. A man was reported in critical condition and underwent surgery early Saturday morning as a result of being shot at least three times in the 2600...
‘Rock Lobster’: Monroeville man wins Wholey’s contest to grab as many live lobsters as he can in 60 seconds
Steve Hunter knows what he’s having for dinner: fresh lobster. Nine of them. Hunter won the Wholey’s Lobster Grab Contest. The Monroeville resident was given one minute to grab all the lobsters he could with his bare hands out of the 40-degree cold water tank inside Wholey’s store on Saturday...
Missing Lincoln Place man found
A 23-year-old man was safely located after being reported missing from the Lincoln Place area, according to Pittsburgh police. Paul James Ayala was found safe just before 9 p.m. Friday. He was reported missing an hour earlier....
Mon Incline to reopen Monday after weeklong shutdown
The Monongahela Incline will reopen Monday after a week of shutdown, Pittsburgh Regional Transit announced Friday evening. The Monongahela Incline will reopen on Monday. pic.twitter.com/1t5S6bprEi— Pittsburgh Regional Transit (@PGHtransit) August 18, 2023 Last Friday, the incline shut down after 12 passengers were stranded for about an hour. Crews were able...
Allegheny County starting process to acquire Brilliant Line rail corridor for trail project
Pittsburgh is moving closer to adding another bike and pedestrian trail crossing the Allegheny River. Allegheny County Executive Rich Fitzgerald said Thursday that the county has moved into a partnership with the Allegheny RiverTrail Park and Allegheny Valley Railroad Co. to start the process of acquiring the Brilliant Line rail...
Allegheny County Jail corrections officer arrested in connection with inmate contraband
It started at summer’s peak with a fight in an Allegheny County Jail day-room and unraveled Friday into charges alleging a corrections officer helped plant drugs on an inmate. That officer, Scott Stawiarski, 31, of North Fayette, was charged Friday — and indefinitely suspended from his job without pay —...
Homicide charges filed against Pittsburgh man in connection with December shooting
A Pittsburgh man has been charged in connection with a fatal shooting in Pittsburgh’s Spring Garden neighborhood in December. Trey Williams, 26, of Pittsburgh, is facing charges of criminal homicide, recklessly endangering another person and carrying a firearm without a license, according to court records. A preliminary hearing is scheduled...
Morning Roundup: Police say juvenile threatened staff at Dunham’s at Waterworks
Here are some of the latest news items from this morning, Friday, Aug. 18: Police say juvenile threatened staff at Dunham’s at Waterworks Pittsburgh police said a juvenile male threatened staff at Dunham’s Sports in the Waterworks shopping plaza near Aspinwall on Thursday and jumped over the firearms counter and...
Pittsburgh’s 30th Street Bridge reopens after $1.8M refurbishing
Pittsburgh’s 30th Street Bridge reopened Thursday, city officials said, as a preservation project on the span is nearly complete. Traffic patterns during the bridge project restricted access to and from Washington’s Landing to a single, reversible lane and closed access from Route 28, the 31st Bridge and Rialto Street. Now,...
5 things to do in Pittsburgh this weekend: Aug. 18-20
We’ve made it to the weekend. There is a lot going on, including a Steelers preseason game against the Buffalo Bills at 6:30 p.m. on Saturday at Acrisure Stadium on the North Shore, so plan accordingly. Here are some ways to spend it. Little Italy Days Little Italy Days Italian...
Shooting critically wounds man in Pittsburgh’s Beechview neighborhood; suspect in custody
A man was critically wounded in a shooting Thursday afternoon in Pittsburgh’s Beechview neighborhood, a city Public Safety spokeswoman said. The man, who is in his early 20s, was found in a grassy area near a sidewalk when city police responded to the shooting reported at about 4 p.m. at...
Modular home will be built off-site and brought to Garfield
Pittsburgh’s Garfield neighborhood is getting a special delivery. A modular home, dubbed The Picket Fence, is being constructed at Structural Modular Innovations in Strattanville, in eastern Clarion County, and is expected to be transported in modules and assembled on an empty lot on North Aiken Avenue by year’s end. “Modular...
DA Zappala video briefing draws criticism, raises ethical questionsVideo
Allegheny County District Attorney Stephen A. Zappala Jr. is under fire for posting a video to YouTube that some have called “puzzling” and “irresponsible.” The 13-minute video — which Zappala refers to as a briefing — recounts the May 2022 killing of an 18-month-old boy in Downtown Pittsburgh, for which...
Personalities of Pittsburgh
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Personalities of Pittsburgh: Everyday people who make our region what it isVideo
Pittsburgh is a melting pot of personalities and possibilities. Politicians and professional athletes might often be front and center, but it’s the everyday citizen who makes the region what it is. From the North Shore to the South Side, from an operating room to an operating budget, myriad individuals converge...
Morning Roundup: Man accidentally shot at South Side bar, police say
Here are some of the latest news items from this morning, Thursday, Aug. 17: Man accidentally shot at South Side bar, police say A man was accidentally shot in the bathroom of a South Side bar Wednesday night, Pittsburgh police said. Police, EMS and fire personnel responded to the incident...
Oliver Citywide Academy students to be sent to 4 satellite sites
Students who attended Oliver Citywide Academy will now go to one of four satellite locations rather than the existing North Side site, Pittsburgh Public Schools Superintendent Wayne Walters announced Wednesday. The district plans to relocate all of Oliver Citywide Academy’s students after hearing input from students, staff and families in...
