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Pittsburgh man charged in Brookline gas station robbery
A Pittsburgh man faces charges including robbery and carrying a gun without a license after police arrested him Tuesday in connection with a Dec. 13 robbery in the city’s Brookline neighborhood. Police arrested Keith Larkins, 37, of Pittsburgh, charging him with the robbery of a Sunoco gas station on Saw...
TV Talk: Mark Cuban returns to Pittsburgh for ‘CBS Sunday Morning’ segment
Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban was back in his native Pittsburgh on Tuesday to tape a segment for an upcoming profile on “CBS Sunday Morning,” grabbing lunch with four childhood friends at Galley Bakery Square. Todd Reidbord, one of the owners of Bakery Square parent company Walnut Capital who arranged...
Winter weather prompts early Holiday Market closure in Pittsburgh
If you’re looking to do more last-minute Christmas shopping, you might have one less day to visit the Peoples Gas Holiday Market. The popular Downtown market, originally slated to be open in Market Square through Christmas Eve, will shut down a day early to avoid the harsh winter weather Pittsburgh...
‘Destructive, disgusting’ acts force Pittsburgh Regional Transit to alter fare vending machine hours
Pittsburgh Regional Transit on Tuesday announced that the fare vending machines at its Downtown Service Center will be closed outside of regular weekday business hours because of problematic behavior at the site. Starting Wednesday, the fare vending machines at the Downtown Service Center at 623 Smithfield St. will be open...
Adam Sandler to perform stand-up show in Pittsburgh in February
Adam Sandler is going back to his comedic roots and bringing a rare standup tour to PPG Paints Arena on Feb. 8. The performance is part of an extension of his fall 2022 “Adam Sandler Live” tour that began last October. “What the heck! Let’s do a few more!” said...
Proposal to reorganize Pittsburgh’s art commission advances
Pittsburgh Mayor Ed Gainey’s proposal to reorganize the city’s Art Commission and percent for art program received support from City Council this week. The changes come weeks after Gainey dismissed all prior members of the Art Commission with little explanation. City Council on Monday unanimously supported the changes in a...
Proposed $11M development in Lower Hill District includes entertainment venue, parking garage
A proposed $11 million development in Pittsburgh’s Lower Hill District would include a new entertainment venue, a six-story parking garage, retail space and a public safety station on the former Civic Arena site. Pittsburgh Arena Real Estate Redevelopment, the development arm of the Pittsburgh Penguins, and several partners presented plans...
Pittsburgh City Council approves $800M budgets for next year
Pittsburgh City Council on Monday unanimously approved the city’s 2023 operating and capital budgets, as well as an updated American Rescue Plan Act spending plan. The city’s budgets have been tweaked several times since Mayor Ed Gainey introduced them last month, with the spending plan for American Rescue Plan Act...
Man wounded in Turtle Creek shooting
Allegheny County police are investigating a shooting on Sunday afternoon in Turtle Creek that left one man injured. Police were called to the intersection of Highland Avenue and Sanderson Alley at 4:54 p.m. for the report of a shooting. First responders found a man with multiple gunshot wounds to the...
Community celebrates 1st day of Hanukkah at special menorah lighting in Squirrel Hill
Each of the nine towers represented a candle in the menorah. And each of the towers was built from dozens of cans of vegetables and fruit. Green beans, diced potatoes, yams and corn. Pineapple, plums, tomatoes and chick peas. And atop one branch, sat a flame, representing the first night...
How 2 Steelers fans nabbed the Immaculate Reception ball — and still have it today
Call it the Immaculate Handoff. Fifty years ago Friday, Jim Baker and his then-14-year-old nephew, Bobby Pavuchak, attended the Pittsburgh Steelers’ playoff game against the Oakland Raiders at Three Rivers Stadium. On that day, Dec. 23, 1972, they witnessed what is generally regarded as the greatest play in NFL history:...
Steelers greats recall The Immaculate Reception as it turns 50Video
Editor’s note: This story originally published on Dec. 18, 2022, three days before the death of Franco Harris. Franco Harris remembers what he said to himself going into the huddle moments before the defining play of his Pro Football Hall of Fame career. “The thoughts that come into your mind...
Worthington woman dead, 2 injured following McKees Rocks Bridge crash
A Worthington woman was killed and another person was in critical condition following a head-on crash Saturday evening on the McKees Rocks Bridge, officials said. The woman who perished in the wreck was 38-year-old Kendra Fennell, according to the Allegheny County Medical Examiner’s Office. She was pronounced dead at the...
Voyeurism takes disturbing turn as mini cameras become more accessible
Across the country, miniaturized hidden cameras keep popping up in the most unseemly location: public restrooms, where latter-day peeping Toms record every zip, wipe and flush of unsuspecting victims. This year alone, the unwanted intrusions have shaken locals at a Utah university, inside a New York state middle school, at...
Fraternity hands out toys, treats, flu shots at North Side holiday event
Hassan Shariff hit just about every store. Walmart. Target. Ollie’s. Gabriel’s. Big Lots. “Wherever sells toys, that’s where I go,” he said. Shariff was responsible for buying hundreds of toys for the annual holiday event hosted by the Iota Phi chapter of Omega Psi Phi Fraternity Inc. It was held...
Pittsburgh delays lease extension for police headquarters
Pittsburgh City Council tabled a proposal to extend the city’s lease for its police headquarters building after discovering that it still has one year left on its existing lease. The mayor’s office proposed a six-year lease extension for the Western Avenue building on Pittsburgh’s North Side last month. That lease...
3 people hurt, 1 critically, after vehicle hits 2 homes in Marshall-Shadeland
Three people were taken to local hospitals, including one in critical, but stable, condition after a vehicle struck two homes early Saturday morning in Pittsburgh’s Marshall-Shadeland neighborhood, according to police. Police were called to the 2600 block of Woodland Avenue for a report that an SUV had struck the porch...
3 family members killed in overnight fire in Brighton Heights, 1 victim identified
Three members of one family died in an overnight fire in Pittsburgh’s Brighton Heights neighborhood, in a house where about a dozen people lived, according to police and neighbors. Pittsburgh firefighters responded to the 3400 block of McClure Avenue just before 2 a.m. The situation quickly developed into a three-alarm...
Marie Osmond brings holiday music to Heinz Hall
Marie Osmond has worked every year of her life since she was 3. So, it makes sense that six decades later, she would be scheduled to do a concert just a handful of days before Christmas. Osmond, 63, is performing a Christmas concert Tuesday night at Heinz Hall in Downtown...
Jewish Family and Community Services breaks ground on cutting edge mental health space
A former bowling alley in Squirrel Hill is about half a year away from becoming the first physical location for UpStreet, an entity providing mental health services for Pittsburgh area teens and young adults (ages 12-22). In the U.S., 20% of young adults struggle with their mental health, according to...
Carnegie man acquitted of 2021 Scott stabbing death
A Carnegie man accused of killing a 70-year-old man at a homeless encampment in Scott last year was found not guilty Friday. Allegheny County Common Pleas Judge Bruce Beemer announced his verdict in the nonjury trial following three days of testimony, which began on Nov. 1. Vendell Nasir III, 29,...
Zappala criticizes Gainey administration, Pittsburgh police over response to city violence
Allegheny County District Attorney Stephen A. Zappala Jr. on Friday criticized Pittsburgh Mayor Ed Gainey and the city’s police department for failing to curb violence and ensure that the public feels safe. “You have to have the cooperation of the elected officials,” Zappala said. “The city’s a problem right now....
Pittsburgh police to survey residents in effort to improve community relations
Pittsburgh police in the city’s Zone 3 said they plan to use survey results to improve relations with residents. Starting Monday, police in Zone 3 will launch a trial of AXON My90, a program that uses brief surveys to allow community members to provide feedback on police interactions. “The anonymous...
5 things to do in Pittsburgh this weekend: Dec. 16-18
‘Tis the season for holiday music, theater and partying and, from the classics to prog rock to on-screen hilarity, Pittsburgh is filled with it this weekend. Trans-Siberian Orchestra The Trans-Siberian Orchestra is back in Pittsburgh for 2022 with the return of “The Ghosts of Christmas Eve: The Best of TSO...
PPG to drop naming rights to Pittsburgh aquarium
The Pittsburgh Zoo will start the new year with a new, but not unfamiliar, name. PPG and the PPG Foundation will relinquish their naming rights to the aquarium at the zoo, the Zoological Society of Pittsburgh and PPG announced. Beginning Jan. 1, the name will return to Pittsburgh Zoo &...
