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Comcast supports small businesses in Pittsburgh area with RISE grants
Since 2020, Comcast Corp. has taken the initiative to support representation, investment, strength and empowerment by providing grants and marketing, media and technology services to small businesses. Comcast’s RISE program — Representation, Investment, Strength and Empowerment — began by providing services to small businesses owned by people of color, including...
Moonlit Burgers set to open at Duquesne University
Moonlit Burgers is joining the list of eateries in and around Duquesne University. The burger joint, famous for its thin and crispy-edged smash burgers, is set to open a second location Monday at 1015 Forbes Avenue on Duquesne University’s campus. It has another location in Dormont. “We believe having Moonlit...
Pittsburgh pilot program to offer low-income residents free transportation
Pittsburgh is launching a pilot program to provide 50 low-income residents with free transportation to work. “Having access to affordable and reliable transportation is critical in helping families across our city find a pathway to prosperity,” Mayor Ed Gainey said. The yearlong Guaranteed Basic Mobility pilot program will give participants...
Pittsburgh police seek carjacker
A car was taken at gunpoint Wednesday night in Pittsburgh’s Shadyside neighborhood, city police said. No one was hurt in the carjacking that occurred at about 8:15 p.m. around 400 Shady Ave., between Sellers and Howe streets, police said. Police are looking for a 2009 maroon Honda Accord with Ohio...
KDKA Radio Morning Show host Kevin Battle let go by Audacy as part of layoffs
Kevin Battle, co-host of the popular “KDKA Radio Morning Show,” has been let go by the station’s parent company Audacy, Inc. in an apparent cost cutting move. Battle joined the 5 a.m. to 9 a.m. show as a co-host with Larry Richert in March 2020. Also let go by the...
Police: Man found shot in Penn Hills, shooting believed to have begun in Pittsburgh
A man was taken to a hospital after being shot twice Wednesday afternoon in an incident that started in Pittsburgh and continued into Penn Hills, according to Allegheny County Police. Officers were dispatched shortly before 1 p.m. for a shooting along the 1600 block of Brushton Avenue in Penn Hills....
South Fayette man pleads guilty to beating his mother to death
A South Fayette man accused of killing his mother three years ago pleaded guilty Wednesday to third-degree murder. As part of a plea agreement, David Sumney, 33, is expected to be ordered to serve 20 to 40 years in state prison when he is sentenced on Nov. 17. According to...
Pittsburgh leaders look for ways to fight homelessness
Pittsburgh leaders are looking to combat what they say is a growing problem with homelessness in the city. City Council President Theresa Kail Smith, D-Westwood, said she encountered the problem first-hand a few months ago in Mt. Washington, where people were staying in Fireman’s Parklet at Shiloh Street and Virginia...
Survey: Many at-risk youths in Allegheny Co. lose family to gun violence
A teenage girl whose sister was gunned down one Saturday night last year. A boy shot in the back at 17 who had to relearn to walk. They are among the children and young adults whose voices were heard in a recent survey focused on Allegheny County’s at-risk youth. The...
What you need to know about 2022 Little Italy Days
Pittsburgh’s annual Italian heritage festival is returning to Bloomfield starting on Thursday. The four-day festival closes down sections of Liberty Avenue, is free to attend, and is filled with vendors, musical acts, and even a bocce court, with a tournament pitting local Irish-American officials against Italian-American celebrities, including Steelers legend...
McKees Rocks man to serve 20 to 40 years for killing brother and brother’s girlfriend in Stowe
A McKees Rocks man will spend 20 to 40 years in state prison after pleading guilty Tuesday to killing his brother and his brother’s girlfriend. Timothy Gumm, 62, pleaded guilty to two counts of voluntary manslaughter and a firearms count before Allegheny County Common Pleas Judge Kelly Bigley. A criminal...
Move-in day a success for Duquesne’s Class of 2026
It was a big day for more than 1,200 freshmen at Duquesne University on Tuesday. Campus move-in day for the Class of 2026 saw students and families touring the campus, meeting new people and of course, lugging totes full of items into the residential halls. The university hosted an outdoor...
Billy Strayhorn-Duke Ellington’s jazz ‘Nutcracker’ to premiere in Pittsburgh
On Dec. 1, 1938, Pittsburgh resident and jazz composer Billy Strayhorn met the legendary Duke Ellington backstage after a show at what was then the Stanley Theater. Their musical personalities meshed, and Strayhorn’s composition “Take the ‘A’ Train” eventually became the Ellington band’s theme song. The duo also collaborated on...
PennDOT offers 2nd chance to drivers facing license suspension
A new PennDOT program announced Tuesday will provide certain drivers facing a suspension a chance to hang on to their license by completing a driver improvement program. Drivers facing a suspension due to an accumulation of points on their driving record or for a conviction of excessive speeding can keep...
Beltzhoover man gets 5 to 10 years for role in cab driver beating death
A Beltzhoover man who cooperated with prosecutors will serve five to 10 years in prison for his role in the fatal beating death of a Z Trip cab driver in 2017. Hosea Moore, 25, pleaded guilty to robbery and conspiracy in May. Allegheny County Common Pleas Judge Elliot Howsie sentenced...
Pa. lawmakers tout increased state, federal funding to fight climate change
State and federal efforts to fight climate change could also create tens of thousands of jobs and lower energy bills in Western Pennsylvania, two Democratic lawmakers said Tuesday. The federal Inflation Reduction Act, which President Biden was expected to sign into law on Tuesday, will allocate $370 billion to fight...
Pittsburgh Cultural Trust gala comes at critical point for Cultural DistrictVideo
Pittsburgh Cultural Trust will celebrate the Band of Dreamers who envisioned the downtown Cultural District more than 35 years ago during the Building on the Dream Gala, beginning at 5:30 p.m. Sept. 7 in the Benedum Center. Featured entertainer will be Renee Elise Goldsberry, a Tony Award-winner for her role...
Body recovered from Allegheny River near Acrisure Stadium
A body was found in the Allegheny River near Acrisure Stadium early Tuesday, authorities said. Pittsburgh Public Safety officials confirmed that river rescue responded to the North Shore area at about 7:10 a.m. and recovered a body. The identification and cause of death will come from the Allegheny County Medical...
Police: Man stabbed in workplace dispute in Pittsburgh
A man was stabbed Monday afternoon in a workplace dispute with a co-worker in Pittsburgh’s Larimer neighborhood, city police said. The man was reported hospitalized in critical condition with a stab wound in the abdomen, Pittsburgh police said. The man, who was not identified, was found around noon in the...
Spring Hill woman gets house arrest in fatal stabbing of boyfriend
A Spring Hill woman who stabbed her live-in boyfriend to death was ordered to serve two years of house arrest after she pleaded guilty Monday to voluntary manslaughter. Desiree Holston, 31, will also serve six years of probation as part of a plea agreement with the Allegheny County District Attorney’s...
Pittsburgh police investigate shots fired near youth football game in Lincoln-Lemington
Pittsburgh police are investigating a shooting that happened Sunday near a youth football game in the city’s Lincoln-Lemington neighborhood. There were no reports of injuries from the incident in the 1400 block of Oberlin Street, according to Tribune-Review news partner WPXI-TV. A bullet struck the windshield of a nearby truck,...
Former KDKA-TV medical editor, husband of Patrice King Brown, dies
Dr. Paul Nemiroff, former KDKA-TV medical editor and husband of retired KDKA-TV news anchor Patrice King Brown, died Aug. 10. He was 73. A cause of death has not been determined. Nemiroff has lived with Myelodysplasia Syndrome (MDS), a blood cancer, since a 1999 diagnosis. KDKA reported on his MDS...
Pittsburgh man ID’d in North Braddock shooting
A man who was killed in a Sunday evening shooting in North Braddock has been identified. Leonard S. Morris-Graham, 29, of Pittsburgh, died at 9:44 p.m., according to the Allegheny County Medical Examiner’s Office. Morris-Graham was shot in the chest and abdomen about 6:30 p.m. near the intersection of Baldridge...
Man shot, dies in Lincoln-Lemington
A man was shot to death Sunday in Pittsburgh’s Lincoln-Lemington-Belmar neighborhood, according to authorities. Police responded to the 7100 block of Everton Street around 6:20 p.m., according to Pittsburgh Public Safety. Officers found a man with gunshot wounds in the stairwell of an apartment building. He was pronounced dead at...
Pittsburgh police: 1 in critical condition after South Side shooting
Pittsburgh police are investigating a late-night shooting on the South Side that sent one person to the hospital. Officers responded to a Shotspotter alert in the 1200 block of Roland Way around 11:20 p.m. Saturday. When officers arrived, they found a bar security guard had detained an armed person at...
