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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...
Morning Roundup: Teen charged with gun violations
Here are some of the latest news items from this morning, Tuesday, Feb. 22, 2023: Teen charged with gun violations A teenager is being charged after giving a gun to a 15-year-old who was later shot and killed in the city’s Allentown neighborhood in early February, according to Tribune-Review news...
Pittsburgh man charged with homicide in connection with January slaying in Elliot
A Pittsburgh man is facing homicide charges in connection with a fatal shooting last month in the city’s Elliot neighborhood. Public Safety spokeswoman Amanda Mueller announced the arrest of Le’Juane Powell, 29, on Tuesday. He is charged with criminal homicide, abuse of a corpse, tampering with physical evidence, and someone...
5 people injured in house fire in Pittsburgh’s Windgap neighborhood
Five people, including two police officers, were hospitalized Tuesday after a house fire in Pittsburgh’s Windgap neighborhood. An elderly woman trapped inside the home in the 1700 block of Oberon Street was rescued and hospitalized. Two other victims were transported to the hospital. According to police, they were all in...
Pittsburgh officials considering more extensive repairs on Swindell Bridge
Pittsburgh’s Swindell Bridge, closed briefly for repairs last summer, is scheduled to undergo a more significant rehabilitation. Legislation before Pittsburgh City Council would award a $1.2 million contract to Pittsburgh-based HDR Engineering to handle preliminary engineering design work, said Emily Bourne, a spokeswoman for the city’s Department of Mobility and...
Morning roundup: McKeesport police return to work
Here are some of the latest news items from this morning, Tuesday, Feb. 21, 2023: McKeesport officers back on duty McKeesport police department returned to work Monday, two weeks after the shooting death of one of its officers, Sean Sluganski. A Facebook post from the Mayor’s Office said people can...
Committee to study opening resource centers for youth, families in Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh officials on Monday announced members of a new committee that will study curbing youth violence in the city and launching resource centers geared toward youth and families. Pittsburgh City Council President Theresa Kail-Smith and Mayor Ed Gainey teamed up to form the new Advisory Committee for Youth and Family...
Members appointed to Pittsburgh’s reorganized Art Commission
Pittsburgh City Council has approved Mayor Ed Gainey’s appointments to the city’s Art Commission, which officials reorganized last month after the mayor disbanded the prior commission. Gainey in November removed all prior Art Commission members with little explanation. He then proposed a plan to divide the Art Commission into a...
Morning Roundup: K9 retires in North Versailles
Here are some of the latest news items from this morning, Monday, Feb. 20, 2023: K9 retires in North Versailles North Versailles Police K9 Laky worked his last shift Saturday, retiring to live a life “eating carrots and licking the yogurt container,” according to the township’s Facebook. Laky has been...
Bicycle Heaven Museum reopens after Christmas flood
Cycling and fix-it enthusiasts can get their fill once again after a popular North Side destination has reopened seven days a week. Bicycle Heaven Museum, pegged as the “world’s largest bike museum, sales shop and repairs,” has been closed since Christmas Eve after a broken waterline flooded the space along...
District plan calls for gradual return for Westinghouse students in wake of shooting that left 4 teens injured
Students who attend a Pittsburgh school where four students were shot last Tuesday will return to classes over the course of the coming week, school officials announced Sunday. A “phased-in” approach will be used this week to gradually return students to Pittsburgh Westinghouse Academy in Pittsburgh’s Homewood neighborhood, officials said....
Man accused of killing Swissvale mother and child arrested
Police arrested a man accused of killing a mother and child in Swissvale. Kareef Easington, 35, had a warrant out for his arrest and was charged with two counts of criminal homicide and tampering with evidence. He was previously sought by the police for questioning. According to police, he was...
