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Gainey expands on plan to boost Downtown police presence
Pittsburgh Mayor Ed Gainey said Thursday that by the end of March he will boost the police presence Downtown, increasing the number of officers patrolling the Central Business District from as few as 3 to a total of 18, plus supervising officers. The mayor also expanded on plans to open...
Pittsburgh to use grant money for citywide trail condition study
Pittsburgh officials are planning to launch a comprehensive study to analyze the condition of walking and biking trails throughout the city. The city is poised to accept a $73,000 grant from the Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources’ Community Conservation Partnerships Program to fund the trail condition study. Jeff...
Pittsburgh activists call for better public transit
Lorena Pena said she loves living in Pittsburgh, but struggles with the stress of using the region’s public transit system, which she said is often unreliable. Pena, who has lived in the city for about two years, gets up at 4 a.m. to make sure she has time to catch...
Morning Roundup: West Mifflin man charged in armed carjacking
Here are some of the latest news items from this morning, Thursday, Feb. 9, 2023: Charges filed in armed carjacking in Pittsburgh’s Elliott neighborhood A West Mifflin man has been charged in a violent carjacking incident that police said occurred in Pittsburgh’s Elliot neighborhood last fall. Several felony charges, including...
DA’s office withdraws notice to seek death penalty in 2019 officer slaying
Less than a month before trial is scheduled to start, the Allegheny County District Attorney’s Office on Wednesday withdrew its intent to seek the death penalty against a man accused of killing an off-duty Pittsburgh police officer in 2019. Christian Bey, 33, of Wilkinsburg, is scheduled to go to trial...
Florida school district pulls children’s book about Roberto Clemente off shelves
A large Florida school district has pulled an illustrated children’s biography of Pittsburgh Pirates legend Roberto Clemente off its shelves to determine whether it is “developmentally appropriate for student use.” Duval County Public Schools, which includes the city of Jacksonville, said in a news release it is “taking further steps...
Crisis training to prepare Pittsburgh retail, restaurant workers to deal with overdose, mental health issues
Pittsburgh City Council on Tuesday unanimously voted to create a training program catered to restaurant and retail workers who want to learn how to handle people experiencing crises. Introduced by Councilwoman Deb Gross, D-Highland Park, the measure will create a training program through the city’s Office of Community Health and...
Goodwill of Southwestern Pennsylvania names new president and CEO
Goodwill of Southwestern Pennsylvania has named a new president and CEO. Monique McIntosh joins Goodwill from her most recent position as the chief program officer of YWCA Greater Pittsburgh. McIntosh is the first woman and person of color to lead the Lawrenceville-headquartered organization. “Intentional diversity, equity, inclusion and belonging efforts...
Holocaust Center’s ‘Revolving Doors’ exhibit focuses on persistent antisemitism
It was the Spanish and American 20th century philosopher George Santayana who said, “Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.” A new exhibit presenting a curated selection of artwork and artifacts from the collection of the Holocaust Center of Pittsburgh is designed to drive that very...
‘Wheel of Yinzer’ game show to feature ‘YaJagoff!’ and ‘Pittsburgh Today Live’
Sarah Aziz promises not to tell anyone. “I am good at keeping a secret,” said Aziz, director of festival management for the Pittsburgh Cultural Trust, who was invited to host “Wheel of Yinzer,” a live game show modeled on what Pat Sajak and Vanna White have been doing for decades...
Pittsburgh Carrick student fatally shot in Allentown neighborhood
A Pittsburgh Carrick High School student was fatally shot Tuesday night in the city’s Allentown neighborhood. The Allegheny County Medical Examiner identified the 15-year-old boy as Tre’Sean Jackson. “A quiet leader who cared deeply about his friends and family, Tre’sean was always willing to contribute to class, actively participating and...
Morning Roundup: Fire station hit by car in Scott Township
Here are some of the latest news items from this morning, Wednesday, Feb. 8, 2023: Driver crashes car into fire station in Scott A driver crashed a car into the Bower Fill fire station in Scott Township late Tuesday night, causing significant damage to the building and closing one of...
Democrats sweep all 3 state House special elections, party to control chamber
The Democrats handily won in all three state House special elections Tuesday night, which will give them a majority in the House for the first time since 2010. The margin of representation would be 102 Democrats to 101 Republicans. According to unofficial returns from the Allegheny County Elections Division, the...
Allegheny County Police assisting Pittsburgh officers in patrolling Downtown
The Allegheny County Police Department is sending officers into Downtown Pittsburgh to assist an understaffed Pittsburgh Bureau of Police. Officials with the county police and Pittsburgh’s public safety department confirmed that county police began assisting in the Downtown area Monday. Allegheny County uniformed police officers in marked cars will be...
Schools, youth leagues to get first dibs for Pittsburgh’s athletic fields
Pittsburgh’s schools and youth athletic teams will have first dibs on the city’s athletic fields under legislation approved Tuesday by City Council. The legislation creates a priority list to determine who gets to use the city’s athletic fields first. Council members acknowledged that there are often various groups vying for...
Pittsburgh Turkish community working to help victims of the earthquake in Turkey
A Pittsburgh group is working to raise money for relief efforts after Monday’s 7.8 magnitude earthquake that devastated areas of Turkey and Syria. Benjamin Aysan, community outreach coordinator at the Turkish Cultural Center Pittsburgh, said the community organization is directing those who want to help victims of the earthquake to...
Man found stabbed in Sheraden home, rushed to surgery
A man was rushed into surgery after being stabbed Monday night at a home in Pittsburgh’s Sheraden neighborhood, according to police. Police said officers responded around 7:18 p.m. to a report of a man stabbed in the 2900 block of Zephyr Avenue. The man had stab wounds to his chest...
Morning Roundup: Arrest made in fatal Christmas Eve crash
Here are some of the latest news items from this morning, Monday, Feb. 6, 2023: Arrest made in fatal Sewickley Heights Christmas Eve crash An 18-year-old was arrested Saturday in connection to a fatal, single-vehicle crash that occurred in Sewickley Heights on Dec. 24. Luke Flowers, 18, was charged with...
Knoxville shooting sends juvenile to hospital
Pittsburgh Police from Zone 3 found a juvenile male who was shot in the hand in the 300 block of Matthews Avenue in Knoxville on Saturday night. Allegheny County dispatchers say police were called to the intersection of Grimes and Matthews avenues for a six-round ShotSpotter alert at around 6:30...
Man found shot in head on Pittsburgh’s North Side dies in hospital
A 23-year-old man was found Sunday afternoon on Pittsburgh’s North Side with a gunshot wound to the head. Pittsburgh police said officers responded just before 1:15 p.m. to the 600 block of Chautauqua Street for reports of a man unresponsive inside a vehicle with a gunshot wound to the head....
Apsaalooke Women and Warriors exhibit opens at Carnegie Natural History Museum
Western Pennsylvania’s curiosity about Native American culture, particularly the Apsaalooke people of the Northern Plains — also known as the Crow — is being fed abundantly by a new exhibit at the Carnegie Museum of Natural History that opened Saturday. It continues through May 29. “Apsaalooke Women and Warriors” celebrates...
Allegheny County sheriff’s deputies pick up man wanted in connection with Bloomfield beating
A suspect accused of beating another man in Pittsburgh last September was picked up Saturday by Allegheny County sheriff’s deputies. Matthew Derr, 48, no address given, was wanted in connection with an incident in which, authorities say, Derr punched a man and repeatedly beat him with a baseball bat. A...
2 teens held for trial in Brighton Heights funeral shootingVideo
Clothing, bullets and shell casings, jackets and shoes, gunshot residue and even underwear were all pieces of evidence cited by the prosecution on Friday as they laid out in detail the evidence Pittsburgh police gathered against two teens accused of shooting five people outside a Brighton Heights funeral in October....
How Pittsburgh first responders rescued woman pinned under pickup
In less than 10 minutes, the lives of both a driver and a pedestrian in Pittsburgh changed this week. At about 7:15 p.m. Tuesday, a gray pickup headed down an alley near Allegheny General Hospital on the North Side struck a pedestrian, police said. After dragging the young woman, who...
Pittsburgh opens warming shelters Friday amid cold temperatures
Pittsburgh officials announced Friday that warming centers will be available throughout the city as temperatures drop. The city is opening Beechview Healthy Active Living Community Center, Brighton Heights Healthy Active Living Community Center, Greenfield Healthy Active Living Community Center, Homewood Healthy Active Living Community Center, Sheraden Healthy Active Living Community...
