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Officials on Thursday advocated for an expansion of syringe service programs in Pennsylvania to provide safe needles to people using drugs. Philadelphia and Pittsburgh are the only places in the commonwealth that have ordinances to allow syringe service programs to operate, said Acting Health Secretary Denise Johnson. She and other...

A water main break sent water flying into the air Thursday morning in Pittsburgh’s East Allegheny neighborhood, according to Tribune-Review news partner WPXI-TV. The station reported crews from the Pittsburgh Water and Sewer Authority were on the scene at 6:30 a.m. working on a reported leak when the 24-inch water...

Crews worked Thursday morning to repair a major water main break at a McCandless intersection, according to Tribune-Review news partner WPXI-TV. Water was bubbling up out of the ground at the corner of Ingomar and Bellcrest roads near the Ingomar Elementary School early Thursday. WPXI reported the break appeared to...

Two firefighters were taken to the hospital Wednesday after sustaining injuries from a two-alarm fire in Oak Hill, Pittsburgh Public Safety Spokesperson Cara Cruz said. Pittsburgh firefighters responded to the two-alarm residential structure fire at 6:30 p.m. in the 3000 block of Terrace Street, she said. Firefighters were able to...

A man is in stable condition and another in critical condition following a stabbing incident Wednesday in Arlington Heights, Pittsburgh Public Safety Spokesperson Cara Cruz said. Police responded to reports of two people who had been stabbed at 9:30 p.m. on the 3000 block of Arlington Avenue and Cordell Place,...

Seven Allegheny County organizations have been awarded a total of $460,000 in grant money from the Pennsylvania Historical & Museum Commission. The awards, announced Wednesday, include $100,000 for the Andrew Carnegie Free Library and Music Hall in Carnegie; Thornburg Borough; St. Stanislaus Kostka Roman Catholic Church of Pittsburgh; and the...

After Thomas Cole said Courde Day shot him four times in the leg in on Nov. 19, 2018 in Cole’s North Braddock cellular store, he refused to tell police who did it. “I didn’t want to because there’s a code in the streets,” Cole testified Wednesday. “I would have never...

Pittsburgh’s Bureau of Police has scrapped plans to lease new warehouse space in a deal that would have cost the city just more than $1 million through 2031. Legislation introduced to City Council last week outlined plans to enter into a lease agreement with WAG 2 LLC for warehouse space...

A Washington, D.C., company has received approval from Pittsburgh Planning Commission to redevelop a Downtown warehouse formerly owned by celebrity billionaire Mark Cuban into an apartment building. Douglas Development Corp. plans to revitalize the vacant building at 642 Fort Duquesne Blvd., which faces the Allegheny River. The plan includes creating...

Pittsburgh Planning Commission on Tuesday approved development plans that feature a 20-story tower with 300 apartments atop an existing Downtown Pittsburgh building. City Club Apartments LLC bought the former YWCA of Pittsburgh building at 305 Wood St. for $4 million in April. The developer’s plans include a rooftop pool, two-story...

Three people who were injured by Pittsburgh police during the George Floyd protests in Pittsburgh two years ago are suing the city and the officers involved in federal court. Alexander Horell said in the complaint filed Friday that he lost his right eye after he was struck by a projectile...

Pittsburgh CLO will celebrate its 76th season with six award-winning musicals and added opportunities for fun, starting June 7 with the national tour of “Jersey Boys.” The 2022 Summer of Musicals promises a showcase of national, regional and local performers. Productions will feature enhancements like a new video wall, along...

A new stop-and-frisk policy being considered by Pittsburgh City Council would require police to document why they are stopping and searching a pedestrian before they do so. Officers would need to use a body-worn camera or vehicle-mounted recording device to document their reasonable suspicion for initiating a stop-and-frisk, according to...

The forever man is forgoing his Pittsburgh concert date. Legendary rock and blues guitarist Eric Clapton has removed a performance scheduled for Sept. 16 at PPG Paints Arena from his current tour and replaced it with a gig at Boston’s TD Garden for the same date. Clapton gave no reason...

More than a dozen cars were vandalized in a Downtown Pittsburgh garage overnight, according to Tribune-review news partner WPXI-TV. The cars were parked on several floors in the Oliver Garage located between Smithfield and Wood streets. Windshields, back windows and mirrors were smashed on cars. At least two fire extinguishers...

Pittsburgh homicide detectives are investigating a shooting in Homewood that left a man dead and a woman injured. Police and medics responded to a ShotSpotter alert for 11 shots being fired in the 7700 block of Frankstown Avenue just before 1 a.m., Pittsburgh Public Safety spokesperson Cara Cruz said. The...

Pittsburgh police detectives thanked the public for their help finding a missing 12-year-old girl. The girl was found safely at 12:45 a.m. Wednesday morning, according to police. She had been last seen Tuesday morning, said Pittsburgh Public Safety spokeswoman Cara Cruz....

A survivor of the 2018 school shooting in Parkland, Fla. on Monday visited Pittsburgh and joined local teachers and other activists in calling for action to prevent future school shootings and other acts of gun violence. David Hogg has dedicated himself to fighting for gun reform since the Parkland shooting....

De’Avry Thomas’ death Sunday in Downtown Pittsburgh gave him the tragic demarcation of being the city’s youngest homicide victim this year, which has seen more young people fall victim to gun violence — a grim trend of recent years. The 18-month-old child was buckled into his car seat Sunday afternoon...

Pittsburgh City Council on Tuesday approved legislation creating the Lead Safety Trust Fund, which will finance the city’s new Lead Safety Ordinance. The city will put $2 million in American Rescue Plan money into the trust, which may hold other cash dedicated to enacting the Lead Safety Ordinance, including funding...

The Rodef Shalom synagogue in Shadyside has been granted historic designation. “It is truly a huge communal asset,” said Barb Feige, interim executive director at Rodef Shalom, said Monday. “The building is beautiful, it is stately, but it is also a community center. It serves as the location for numerous...

Highmark Health reported a net loss of $150 million in the first quarter of 2022, driven by losses from the company’s stock market portfolio and increased costs at the company’s large hospital system, Allegheny Health Network. Financial reports released by Highmark showed the company brought in $6.4 billion in revenue...

A Stowe man who police said opened fire on two Pittsburgh environmental services workers last week was taken into custody Tuesday, according to police. Henry Rainey, 37, faces two counts of aggravated assault. Police said he fired on two men collecting trash in the city’s Fairywood neighborhood on May 23....

Youth groups will now be permitted to camp in Pittsburgh’s parks. Pittsburgh City Council voted unanimously Tuesday to allow youth organizations to obtain permits to camp in city parks. “I am going to continue to say that I hope we become independent of using organizations to use our parks,” Council...

Pittsburgh’s Department of City Planning has released the inaugural Neighborhood Visioning Plans for the city’s East Hills and Lincoln-Lemington Belmar neighborhoods. The plans were developed through a 14-month process with the East Hills Consensus Group and Lincoln Lemington Collaborative, with support from Councilman Ricky Burgess’s office. Neighborhood visioning aims to...