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PNC Park employees avoid strike, reach agreement with Pirates
The union representing ushers at PNC Park avoided a strike after reaching a tentative agreement with the Pittsburgh Pirates. On Sunday ushers, ticket takers and ticket sellers working at PNC Park voted to strike after rejecting a contract proposal from the Pirates. Workers were planning to picket outside the Pirates’...
Protest arises during transgender event at Pitt, police report ‘incendiary device’ outside buildingVideo
Protests raged into Tuesday night on the University of Pittsburgh campus during a debate with Daily Wire host Michael Knowles about transgender rights inside the O’Hara Student Center. The university closed buildings and reported a “public safety emergency” as a protest crowd grew and an “incendiary device” went off. Police...
Gov. Shapiro calls on tech, robotic companies to join Pittsburgh’s growing innovation industry
Pittsburgh has become a fast-growing hub for many technology and robotics companies, and leaders across the region and state are hoping that expands even more. At the opening night of the Aviation & Robotics Summit in Pittsburgh’s Strip District on Tuesday, Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro heralded the growth of the...
Federal judge asked to halt probation holds in Allegheny County unless constitutional protections put in place
Tate Stanford, 23, was serving two years of probation after pleading guilty to reckless endangerment in March 2022. Six months later, he was arrested for carrying a gun without a license, possession of marijuana and receiving stolen property. Although bail was set on the new charges, Stanford was held in...
Pittsburgh’s South Side Flats could get new sports court for basketball, pickleball
Plans are in the works to build a sports court for pickleball and basketball in Pittsburgh’s South Side Flats. The court would be located on the East Lawn at SouthSide Works. Plans presented Tuesday to the city’s Planning Commission call for a 10-foot fence around the court, as well as...
Amera Gilchrist confirmed as Pittsburgh’s EMS chief, becomes 1st Black woman to hold role
Pittsburgh City Council on Tuesday confirmed Amera Gilchrist’s appointment as the city’s next EMS chief. Mayor Ed Gainey last week announced his nomination of Gilchrist, who is the first Black woman to serve in the role. Gilchrist, 49, has served on the city’s Bureau of EMS for nearly 24 years...
Pittsburgh to provide $600K in city funding for Downtown ambassador program
Pittsburgh City Council on Tuesday gave final approval to a measure that will dedicate $600,000 in city funding to support a new Downtown ambassador program. The nonprofit Pittsburgh Downtown Partnership’s Golden Triangle Ambassador program employs 11 full-time staff members. The ambassadors will offer a variety of services in Downtown Pittsburgh,...
Flower Magazine founder to share floral expertise at Carnegie Museum of Art
Margot Shaw doesn’t buy flower arrangements anymore. Once a self-confessed “call and order flowers girl,” a watershed moment came when planning her daughter’s wedding. Working alongside the floral and event designer, she became inspired and did an apprenticeship with that creator of beautiful blooms. Shaw will present her artistry at...
Duquesne University police, guards to return to work after tentative contract reached
Duquesne University police and guards will be back on the job at 7 a.m. Wednesday after going on strike Monday morning. The university has reached a tentative contract with its police force and security guards, the school announced Tuesday night. The 28-member police force, members of Teamsters Local 249, walked...
Drivers hospitalized after head-on crash Uptown
Pittsburgh police are investigating a head-on crash Monday night that left two people hospitalized, one in critical condition. Public Safety spokeswoman Amanda Mueller said officers responded to the wreck near the intersection of Fifth Avenue and Stevenson Street in the city’s Uptown neighborhood around 8:20 p.m. The crash appeared to...
Suspended attorney with history of drug abuse attacked priest outside South Side monastery, police say
A man arraigned Monday after police say he attacked a priest outside a South Side monastery is a suspended Pittsburgh-based criminal defense lawyer, the Tribune-Review has learned. Lawyer Timothy Tomasic, 46, of Scott, was charged with aggravated assault and simple assault following Saturday’s incident. Tomasic was in Allegheny County Jail...
PNC Park workers authorize strike
The Pittsburgh Pirates organization expressed disappointment Monday in response to park workers at PNC Park rejecting a proposed agreement Sunday. The stadium workers — part of the Pittsburgh Stadium Independent Employees Union — voted Sunday night to hit the picket lines and strike after rejecting the latest contract offering from...
Morning Roudup: Pitt student governments to host town hall on safety
Here are some of the latest news items from this morning, Monday, April 17, 2023: Pitt student governments to host town hall on safety University of Pittsburgh’s student governments are hosting an in-person student town hall on campus safety from 6-8 p.m. Monday in the WPU Assembly Room. About 100...
East End native to move machining business from Pittsburgh to Westmoreland County
John Conturo has been in Pittsburgh’s East End his entire life, growing up in Highland Park and starting his machine shop, Conturo Prototyping, at a rented facility in Point Breeze. And while he was hoping to stay in the area, the near future will see a move farther east, both...
Duquesne University police on strike after contract talks failVideo
Police at Duquesne University will go on strike Monday morning after negotiations Sunday failed to reach a contract agreement. The strike was scheduled to begin at 7 a.m., Tribune-Review news partner WPXI reported. The university and its police department, represented by Teamsters Local 249, have been in talks for nearly...
Man arrives at hospital with gunshot wound after police get call for shots fired in Uptown
Pittsburgh police are investigating after a man arrived at a hospital with a gunshot wound. Police said officers were dispatched just before 9:30 a.m. Sunday after a ShotSpotter alert was issued for five rounds in the 1700 block of Fifth Avenue in the city’s Uptown neighborhood. A short time later,...
Historic Troy Hill Fire House to house tap room, farm-to-table community market
The historic Troy Hill Fire House is slated to house a taproom and farm-to-table community market. Pittsburgh’s Urban Redevelopment Authority board on Thursday unanimously voted to sell the Ley Street site to QGE Holdings LLC for $300,000, contingent on a cooperation agreement with the URA and the city. A renovation...
Uptown redevelopment project to include space for food trucks, patio seating
Pittsburgh’s Urban Redevelopment Authority board on Thursday approved plans to sell an Uptown site to a developer that is aiming to bring commercial space and food trucks. The board unanimously approved plans to sell the property at 23 Miltenberger St. for $60,000 plus costs to Pittsburgh-based Epic Development LLC. Plans...
Fort Pitt Bridge, tunnel will be open Saturday night
The inbound Fort Pitt Bridge and tunnel, previously expected to be closed overnight Saturday, will be open to traffic Saturday night, PennDOT announced. They were expected to be closed overnight Friday and Saturday, from 9 p.m. to 10 a.m., while crews replaced pavement markings on the upper deck of the...
Pitt students hold ‘die-in’ to protest university’s delay in notifying campus of threat hoax
About 100 University of Pittsburgh students laid down outside the Cathedral of Learning on Friday afternoon to stage a “die-in” to protest the university’s delay in notifying campus about active shooter threats Monday night. The incident reported at Hillman Library proved to be a hoax. But students who laid down...
Allegheny County authorities arrest fugitive wanted on drug, weapons charges
A Beechview man who authorities said skipped a court date on drug and weapons charges was arrested Friday and will face additional weapons charges. Jonathan Packard, 34, was deemed a fugitive on March 6 when he failed to appear before Judge Jill Rangos, according to Allegheny County Sheriff Kevin M....
New Pittsburgh Courier recognizes 40 young Black professionals
The New Pittsburgh Courier on Friday will honor 40 local young Black professionals with its annual FAB 40 Under 40 Awards. The awards recognize 40 Black men and women “who encourage others through their leadership, achievements and service in their communities and professional fields,” the publication said in a news...
U.S. Rep. Summer Lee opens office in East Liberty
U.S. Rep. Summer Lee, D-Swissvale, opened a constituent service center in Pittsburgh’s East Liberty on Friday. The office, on the eighth floor at 211 North Whitefield St., will be open from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Mondays through Fridays. Lee, who is in her first term, said her office...
Penguins give part of Lower Hill development site to Bethel AME Church decades after it was displaced by arena project
More than six decades after its church was displaced to clear the way for construction of the former Civic Arena, Bethel AME Church will once again get land in Pittsburgh’s Lower Hill District. The church is set to develop a 1.5-acre site at the corner of Crawford and Bedford avenues,...
Majority of victims’ families in Tree of Life shooting case want death penalty
The sisters of two of the men killed in the mass shooting at a Squirrel Hill synagogue in 2018 said on Friday that they believe the man responsible should be put to death. Diane and Michele Rosenthal hosted a brief video meeting with members of the media to correct what...
