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Police: Man hospitalized in stable condition after being shot in Pittsburgh’s Elliot neighborhood
A man was shot in the face and shoulder in Pittsburgh’s Elliot neighborhood Tuesday afternoon, according to Pittsburgh Public Safety. Spokesman Maurice Matthews said officers responded to a ShotSpotter alert for the 700 block of Lorenz Avenue around 3:10 p.m. Officers found multiple shell casings along the street, but no...
Bakery Square in East End unveils its 3rd public art installation ‘I see YOU’
You should see “I see YOU.” The latest art installation at Bakery Square in Pittsburgh’s East End features images of fourth and fifth graders from nearby Urban Academy and Lincoln Elementary in Larimer. The third community public art project for Walnut Capital, which operates Bakery Square, was unveiled on Monday....
Pittsburgh officials, residents seek solutions to South Side violence
Pittsburgh’s leaders met with South Side residents and business owners Tuesday evening to discuss potential solutions to recent violence along a busy portion of East Carson Street. “This culture on the South Side — this was 20 years in the making,” Pittsburgh Mayor Ed Gainey said. So, he said, a...
$180K study to analyze Pittsburgh police staffing, how officers are used
Pittsburgh City Council has hired a California company to analyze the police force’s staffing levels and how officers are used. The city will pay Matrix Consulting Group $180,000 to conduct the study, the first one done on the police bureau since 2005, according to Jake Pawlak, director of the city’s...
Pittsburgh to use $1M budgeted for public safety training facility for Penn Circle project instead
Pittsburgh City Council voted Tuesday to reallocate $1 million earmarked for a new public safety training facility in Lincoln-Lemington to a project that will convert Penn Circle into a two-way street. Two pieces of related legislation will move $808,000 from the 2019 budget and $192,000 from the 2020 budget to...
UPMC breaks ground on $1.5B hospital project in Pittsburgh’s Oakland
UPMC said Tuesday its $1.5 billion project to build a 17-story hospital in Oakland is the largest health care construction project going in Pennsylvania — and the largest in Pittsburgh’s history. “It will be the beating heart of life-changing medicine,” UPMC President and CEO Leslie Davis said of the planned...
5 things to know about Flag Day
Many Americans associate Flag Day with happiness because it generally falls on or around the last day of school on June 14. Despite that joyful coincidence, Flag Day stands for something far more significant with origins that date back centuries. The fact that school usually was out by the time...
Anthrocon to return to Pittsburgh for annual convention
The furries are returning to the ’Burgh — and in greater numbers. After missing the past two years because of the pandemic, the annual Anthrocon Convention will be June 30 to July 3 at the David L. Lawrence Convention Center. “We’ve had to expand to an 11th hotel,” said John...
Police say man pointed gun at people, fired shot in Pittsburgh’s Crawford-Roberts
Pittsburgh police arrested a man late Sunday after responding to a report of a man pointing a gun at people at a gas station in the Crawford-Roberts neighborhood. Kevin Tyrone Bennett, 50, of Spartanburg, S.C., was charged Monday with discharging a firearm and tampering with evidence in connection with the...
Billy Porter among 3 Carnegie Mellon alumni to win Tony Awards
Billy Porter added to his list of Tony Award wins Sunday, taking home honors for Best Musical as producer of “A Strange Loop.” The Pittsburgh native and 1991 Carnegie Mellon University School of Drama alumnus also won a 2013 Tony for Best Actor in a Musical for his role as...
$5.2M traffic, pedestrian safety project underway in Pittsburgh’s South Side
Pittsburgh officials said Monday that work is underway on a project aiming to improve pedestrian and vehicle safety at several intersections in the South Side Flats, South Side Slopes and Mount Oliver. Upgrades include traffic and pedestrian signal improvements, curb extensions and installation of ramps that comply with the Americans...
Program director at Pittsburgh’s Sarah Heinz House accused of sexual abuse against 6-year-old
A former program director for Pittsburgh’s youth-oriented Sarah Heinz House is accused of sexually assaulting a 6-year-old boy he had been babysitting, court records show. Nicholas Gindele, 25, of Eighty-Four, is charged with involuntary deviate sexual intercourse, indecent assault, sexual assault and child endangerment in connection with the case. “Upon...
Community meeting planned to discuss public safety concerns on Pittsburgh’s South Side
Pittsburgh Mayor Ed Gainey and other city leaders will meet Tuesday with South Side residents to discuss public safety concerns along the neighborhood’s East Carson Street. The meeting comes after some business owners have expressed concerns about recent violence along a busy stretch of East Carson, the main artery through...
1 dead, 1 injured in Manchester shooting
One person was killed and another was critically wounded in a shooting in Pittsburgh’s Manchester neighborhood Sunday night, police said. Police said officers responded around 9 p.m. to an alert of 12 rounds fired in the 1300 block of Pennsylvania Avenue. Officers found an unconscious man on the 1300 block...
Man in critical condition after Swissvale shooting
A man sustained critical injuries in a shooting in Swissvale on Sunday morning. Emergency dispatchers were called at 10:42 a.m. for the report of a shooting in the 2200 block of South Braddock Avenue, Allegheny County police said. First responders found a man who had been shot in the abdomen....
Former Steelers receiver JuJu Smith-Schuster holds event to say goodbye to Pittsburgh fansVideo
It was June 2020, and the Stamm family had been here less than 24 hours after moving from Nebraska back to Pittsburgh, where Jim Stamm had grown up and wanted to raise his son. His wife, Chris, got a message on her phone that former Pittsburgh Steelers star wide receiver...
Boy, 13, hospitalized after Terrace Village shooting
A 13-year-old boy was hurt Saturday in a shooting in Pittsburgh’s Terrace Village neighborhood, according to police. The child was hospitalized conscious and alert after being shot in the hand, a public information officer said. The shooting was reported on Rose Street around 6:45 p.m., according to Tribune-Review news partner...
Some fans treated by EMS, taken to hospital at Kenny Chesney tailgate
Twenty-two people were taken to a hospital Saturday for issues stemming from tailgating on Pittsburgh’s North Shore before the Kenny Chesney concert, according to city police. Paramedics treated 52 people. None of the patients were critical, according to public information officer Maurice Matthews. The reasons for hospitalizations and transports were...
What’s a Saturday night like on the South Side?
A recent uptick in gun violence along East Carson Street in Pittsburgh’s South Side has left some visitors and business owners on edge — though others said they were beginning to feel a bit safer this weekend as public safety increased efforts to curb the violence. “You’ve got to push...
Vehicle that crashed in Squirrel Hill Tunnel was overweight, police say
The driver of an overweight vehicle lost control upon braking in the outbound Squirrel Hill Tunnel Friday, causing it to overturn and block Parkway East traffic for two hours, according to state police. Troopers said Ronell L. Smith, 44, of Pittsburgh, was driving a Chevrolet pickup truck with a semi-trailer...
Thousands of fans celebrate Kenny Chesney’s return on Pittsburgh’s North Shore
Maybe it’s because the weather was absolutely perfect for an outdoor tailgate on Pittsburgh’s North Shore. Or maybe it’s because the music of country superstar Kenny Chesney brings people together. Or maybe it’s because so much of the world shut down over the last two years because of covid-19. Whatever...
Authorities identify man shot to death in Pittsburgh’s Knoxville neighborhood
Officials have identified the man shot to death Friday in Knoxville as Isiah Paillett, 46, of Pittsburgh. Officers responded to the 400 block of Parklow Street around 8 p.m. where they found a man had been shot in the chest multiple times, a Pittsburgh Public Safety spokesman said late Friday....
Pittsburgh man gets up to 40 years prison for 2019 fatal Arnold shooting
Shawden L. Ross told a Westmoreland County judge Friday he understood the pain his victim’s family members experienced as he endured the same kind of loss. Ross, 36, of Pittsburgh was ordered to serve 20 to 40 years in prison for the third-degree murder of 27-year-old Lamont Simmons on April...
Former NFL player Brandon Short announces foundation for students impacted by gun violence
Brandon Short knows first-hand the pain of losing a loved one to gun violence. The McKeesport native and former NFL player’s 26-year-old daughter Karli was shot and killed last September in the Christy Park section of McKeesport. She had been shot in the head and was dead at the scene....
Pittsburgh leaders brace for busy weekend amid ongoing violence
Pittsburgh city and police officials held a catch-all news conference Friday afternoon to discuss safety measures this weekend on the North Shore and South Side, though they declined to give updates on any high-profile ongoing investigations. Violence on the city’s South Side, particularly in the East Carson Street entertainment district,...
