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Fire sprinkler rupture forces Pittsburgh Playhouse evacuation, shows canceled
A ruptured fire sprinkler caused an emergency alarm to go off forcing a mid-performance evacuation of the Pittsburgh Playhouse on Point Park University’s Downtown campus Friday night. It happened in the middle of a performance of Disney’s Newsies, a musical. “A piece of scenery fell to the stage and a...
Pittsburgh Faison teacher accused of sexually assaulting student
Pittsburgh police have put out an arrest warrant for a Pittsburgh Public Schools teacher accused of sexually assaulting a student. According to the criminal complaint, James Ziegler, 41, is a teacher at Pittsburgh’s Faison K-5. Court documents said Ziegler allegedly forced the student to perform sex acts during lunch detentions....
University of Pittsburgh provost is finalist for presidency at Portland State
University of Pittsburgh Provost Ann Cudd is one of two finalists for the presidency of Portland State University. Trustees at the public institution in Portland, OR. with 22,000 students met this week and have entered a negotiation phase, a confidential process typically lasting two to six weeks before a new...
I-79 crossover express lane reopens with safety improvements
PennDOT has reopened the southbound I-79 crossover after closing down the left-hand express lane last Monday night and implementing a 45 mph speed limit in the work zone. The crossover reopened at 4 p.m. Friday in Glenfield, Sewickley Hills, and Frankin Park and Ohio and Aleppo townships. After several crashes...
Female suspect shoots at police, who return fire and kill her in Pittsburgh’s St. Clair neighborhood
A woman was shot and killed by police Friday afternoon in Pittsburgh’s St. Clair neighborhood after she fired at police, authorities said. Allegheny County 911 said police were called to the area around 3 p.m. for a call concerning a suspicious person in the 500 block of Engstler Street. Pittsburgh’s...
Unionized Pitt faculty members protest pace of contract talks
About 200 University of Pittsburgh faculty members represented by the United Steelworkers rallied outside Friday’s board of trustees meeting to protest the pace of negotiations aimed at securing the union’s first labor pact there. Chanting at times as they held up signs that read “Fair Pay = Emotional Well-Being,” the...
Medical examiner: BB gun victim died from accidental drug overdose
A man who police said was repeatedly shot with a BB gun by four city teens while he was unconscious in a Downtown alley in November died from a drug overdose, the Allegheny County Medical Examiner’s Office said Friday. Christopher Gaylor, 50, of Cadiz, Ohio, died Dec. 1 at UPMC...
Final vote on controversial Oakland zoning package expected next week
Pittsburgh City Council is expected to take a final vote next week to approve what has been a heavily debated zoning package for the Oakland neighborhood. City Council had initially planned to vote on the zoning package in December after a lengthy public hearing where residents, developers and officials from...
Construction of $40M workforce center proceeds on CCAC’s North Side campus
The timing seemed right in November 2019 when the Community College of Allegheny County announced an ambitious workforce development initiative that included building a multi-story academic hall and expanding programming to steer more students into high-demand fields. The areas of study slated for the new Workforce Development and Training Center...
Convent turned condo: $350K property hits market on Pittsburgh’s South Side
Sunlight shines through three stained glass windows and the brick frame is adorned with a concrete cross above the front door at Matthew’s Lofts on the South Side. The building, once a convent part of the former St. Matthews Church that closed in 1992, has been transformed into two condominiums....
5 things to do in Pittsburgh this weekend: Feb. 24-26
It’s the weekend. Here are some ways to spend it. Beer here The Pittsburgh Winter Beerfest is Friday and Saturday at the David L. Lawrence Convention Center, Downtown. Approximately 400 local, regional and hard-to-find craft beers from more than 130 breweries will be available. There will be live music, a...
Pittsburgh man charged in connection with shooting at Monroeville hotel
A Pittsburgh man has been charged with assault and various gun violations in connection with a shooting Thursday at a Monroeville hotel. Jamar Reese, 36, remained detained in the Allegheny County Jail on Thursday night after being denied bail. He is charged with aggravated assault, person not to possess guns...
Pittsburgh man facing multiple court cases arrested in Uniontown
A Pittsburgh man facing charges in cases out of McKeesport, Pittsburgh and Mercer County was arrested Thursday in Uniontown. Officers took Samuel Kirkland, 22, into custody without incident at an address in Greenpoint Circle in Uniontown. According to a release from the Allegheny County Sheriff’s Office, Kirkland was sought for...
$11.5M preservation of Heinz Memorial Chapel’s spire planned
Generations of Pittsburghers know it as an exquisite wedding and worship space, a limestone cathedral that has 23 imposing yet beautiful stained-glass windows and an organ with 4,272 pipes. But that’s not what is drawing the most attention at the University of Pittsburgh’s Heinz Memorial Chapel these days. It’s the...
Route 65 study to focus on reconnecting Pittsburgh’s North Side neighborhoods
Pittsburgh was awarded $1.4 million on Wednesday to study whether it should alter a section of Route 65 in the city’s North Side to reconnect the Chateau and Manchester neighborhoods. In the 1970s, officials raised a portion of Route 65, also known as Ohio River Boulevard, onto a viaduct to...
Pittsburgh investigators uncover new evidence in 1994 unsolved slaying of woman
Pittsburgh police have a new suspect in an unsolved 1994 killing. Florence Simon was 68 years old when she was “brutally strangled” inside her home at the 700 block of North St. Clair St. in East Liberty. She lived alone at the time. George Satler, a Pittsburgh detective assigned to...
Roberto Clemente book deemed ‘appropriate,’ returns to Fla. school district shelves
An illustrated children’s biography of Pittsburgh Pirates legend Roberto Clemente is back on shelves in Florida’s Duval County Public Schools after being reviewed and approved for use in classrooms and libraries. The school district said in a news release that its certified reading specialists are in the process of reviewing...
2 people shot in Pittsburgh’s Knoxville section
Two people were shot early Thursday in Pittsburgh’s Knoxville section. A woman and a man were in critical condition, according to Tribune-Review news partner WPXI-TV. Emergency crews responded just after 8 a.m. SWAT was called to a building near Grimes and Zara streets, according to Pittsburgh Public Safety. The area...
Nearly $300K worth of fentanyl seized at Pittsburgh Greyhound station
More than 960 bricks of suspected fentanyl that were intended to land in McKeesport were seized Tuesday at the Greyhound bus station in Downtown Pittsburgh, law enforcement officials said. The Allegheny County District Attorney’s Narcotics Enforcement Team (DANET), along with the Pittsburgh Regional Transit police and the Attorney General’s task...
Movie shoot forces Strip District road closures
Several roads will be closed Thursday and Friday in the Strip District and nearby, to allow for film production, according to Pittsburgh Public Safety. Detours will begin at 7:30 a.m. Thursday and at 9 a.m. Friday, and run until 10 p.m. both days. Roads impacted are 30th Street between Railroad...
Hill District native hosts jazz jams, nurtures young talent in Pittsburgh
Back in the day, the Hill District’s Crawford Grill was the place to be — especially for jazz musicians trying to make their mark on Pittsburgh’s music scene. Today, one Hill District saxophonist is keeping that tradition alive, nurturing city jazz musicians one gig at a time. “I’m from the...
Pittsburgh Opera’s 2023-24 season mixes new works, returning favorites
Pittsburgh Opera’s 2023-24 season includes a recent work that “needs to be performed here in our city,” according to Chris Cox, the company’s director of marketing and communications. The opera is “The Passion of Mary Cardwell Dawson,” the last of six productions slated for the opera’s 85th season. “It tells...
Police seek help finding missing Pittsburgh man
Pittsburgh police are asking for public help finding a missing man. Nathanael Williams, 23, was last seen in the Mt. Washington neighborhood Feb. 13. Police said he stands 5 feet 8 inches tall and weighs 150 pounds. Williams is known to spend time in the South Side and Bethel Park...
Attempted homicide charges dropped in BB gun shooting case in Pittsburgh
A Pittsburgh district judge on Wednesday dropped attempted homicide charges against four city teens accused of shooting an unconscious man with a BB gun multiple times as he was lying in a Downtown alley in late November. The man, identified as Christopher Gaylor, 50, of Cadiz, Ohio, later died of...
Proposal to build new Citizens Bank branch in East Liberty receives approval on 3rd try
Pittsburgh’s Planning Commission on Tuesday approved a plan to tear down and replace the Citizens Bank branch in East Liberty after previously denying two similar proposals. The building at 6112 Penn Ave. was constructed in 1969 and 1970, originally housing a Mellon Bank branch. Citizens Bank opened a branch there...
