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Pittsburgh Public Schools to hold community forums on superintendent search
Pittsburgh Public Schools is holding community forums Wednesday and Thursday to seek input on its search for a new superintendent. Five meetings will be held in person, while a sixth meeting will be held virtually. “There is no more important decision we will make as a board than selecting the...
Pittsburgh city government to provide support for this year’s Juneteenth festivities
Pittsburgh Mayor Ed Gainey said Wednesday that the city will provide in-kind services to support Juneteenth celebrations hosted by Stop the Violence Pittsburgh. Stop the Violence Pittsburgh last month unveiled plans to celebrate the holiday from June 17 through June 19, with events including a parade, a music festival and...
Pittsburgh’s Colfax K-8 closed after covid-19 cases spike
Colfax K-8 in Pittsburgh’s Squirrel Hill will be closed until Friday because of a spike in covid-19 cases, school district officials said. The school closed Tuesday after covid-19 cases exceeded the school’s 5% threshold for closing, disinfecting and masking. As of Monday, there were 33 cases among Colfax students and...
Pittsburgh City Council cuts ‘red tape’ by eliminating several business licenses
Pittsburgh City Council voted Tuesday to eliminate several business-related licenses that the Department of Permits, Licenses and Inspections deemed unnecessary. Licenses eliminated included ones for transient merchants, trade fairs and amusement places and producers. It also nixed a sign maintenance certification. “It’s a good example of cutting some of this...
Construction of new Fern Hollow Bridge in Pittsburgh’s Frick Park begins
Construction has started on the new Fern Hollow Bridge in Pittsburgh’s Frick Park. A former bridge at the site collapsed more than three months ago, sending a Port Authority bus and other vehicles into a ravine below and injuring 10 people. PennDOT spokesman Steve Cowan said drilling at the site...
Police seek to identify male in connection with Pittsburgh Airbnb shooting
Update: Police say they have identified the man in the photos. Police did not provide any additional information as of May 11, 2022. Pittsburgh police are trying to identify a young man in connection with the fatal Easter shooting at an Airbnb party on the city’s North Side. Investigators stopped...
Buhl Planetarium to host screenings of virtual-reality Holocaust documentary
One of the lesser-known stories of the Holocaust is the Terezin concentration camp. All of the concentration camps were horrible, but this particular camp had its own brand of insidiousness. Terezin was established in 1941 in the Czech town of Terezin as a destination for European Jews from prominent families,...
Newly elected state Rep. Aerion Abney, Glenn Grayson square off in Pittsburgh state House district
Just weeks after winning a special election to finish out former state Rep. Jake Wheatley’s term in Harrisburg, newly elected state Rep. Aerion Abney once again finds himself matched against the Rev. Glenn Grayson in a race for the seat. Abney, 33, and Grayson, 62, are seeking the Democratic nomination...
Pittsburgh firefighters no longer required to live within city limits
Pittsburgh firefighters are no longer required to live within city limits, but they will have to live nearby. The city reached a settlement with firefighters Monday to eliminate the longstanding requirement that firefighters live within the city, said Maria Montaño, a spokeswoman for Mayor Ed Gainey. The agreement stipulates that...
‘POGOH,’ new Bike Share Pittsburgh system, features e-bikes
Pittsburgh hills can be challenging on a bicycle, and Bike Share Pittsburgh is helping ease the stress of riding up the Burgh’s steepest inclines. On Friday, it launched “POGOH,” a replacement for the city’s Healthy Ride bike share system, which began rolling in 2015. POGOH includes a collection of new...
Officers investigating reported bank robbery in Pittsburgh’s Brookline neighborhood
Pittsburgh police and the FBI are investigating a reported bank robbery in the city’s Brookline neighborhood, officials said. Crews responded to the 700 block of Brookline Boulevard around 2:20 p.m. Monday. According to Pittsburgh Public Safety Spokeswoman Cara Cruz, when officers arrived they learned a man handed the bank teller...
Trib honored by Pa. NewsMedia for investigation into sex offenders, claims 28 statewide awardsVideo
The Pennsylvania NewsMedia Association has recognized the Tribune-Review for a second year in a row with the prestigious G. Richard Dew Award for its investigation on how sex offenders go undetected in Pennsylvania’s long-term care facilities. The recognition is one of 30 Keystone Media Awards given to the Trib by...
Rising covid cases prompt 3-day closure of Pittsburgh CAPA 6-12
Students at Pittsburgh Public Schools’ Creative And Performing Arts 6-12 will switch to remote learning for three days because of rising covid-19 cases at the magnet school. The closure of the school on Ninth Street, in the city’s Cultural District, was triggered when positive covid cases climbed to 38 on...
Officials: 17-year-old boy killed in shooting that wounded 2 others in Pittsburgh’s Allentown
A Pittsburgh teen has died in a shooting that wounded two other people Monday evening in Pittsburgh’s Allentown neighborhood, according to authorities. Isaiah Dennis Anderson was pronounced dead at the scene in the 700 block of East Warrington Avenue, according to the Allegheny County Medical Examiner’s Office. Two others were...
CMU alumni nominated for 9 Tony Awards
Carnegie Mellon University graduates are no strangers to the Tony Awards but this year the School of Drama’s cup may have runneth over. During a streaming nominations event Monday, four Carnegie Mellon alumni were announced as nominees for nine Tony Awards. This marks 13 consecutive years in which CMU alumni...
Pittsburgh man gets at least 6 years in prison for Knoxville shooting
A man from Pittsburgh’s Knoxville neighborhood will serve six to 12 years in prison after pleading guilty in October to voluntary manslaughter. Daejon Brentley, 21, was sentenced by Allegheny County Common Pleas Judge Anthony M. Mariani on Monday. Brentley pleaded guilty to killing Garrett King on May 11, 2020, following...
Gecko Robotics unveils new office space in Pittsburgh’s Nova Place
Gecko Robotics, a company that makes robots to inspect infrastructure, has moved into an expanded office space in Pittsburgh’s North Side. The company on Monday held a grand opening at its new 70,000-square-foot office at Nova Place. The company employs about 110 people, but is looking to expand its workforce...
Man attacked with bat on Pittsburgh’s North Side has died, police say
One of two men attacked with a baseball bat last month on Pittsburgh’s North Side has died, according to police. The alleged attack happened around 1 a.m. April 29 on California Avenue in Brighton Heights, police said. One man was in stable condition after the attack, while the other suffered...
Intersection of Penn Avenue and Sixth in Downtown Pittsburgh to close
The intersection of Penn Avenue and Sixth Street in Downtown Pittsburgh will be closed today through early June. The intersection, with Heinz Hall at one corner, will be closed to allow the city’s Department of Mobility and Infrastructure to replace broken and sunken brick crosswalks at the site. The crosswalks...
Shooting in South Side injures 2
Pittsburgh police said they are continuing to investigate a shooting on the South Side early Sunday that sent two people to the hospital. Police responded to South 12th Street and Bedford Square about 3 a.m. to investigate after receiving a ShotSpotter notification. When officers arrived, public information officer Maurice Matthews...
Pittsburgh Black Lives Matter protester acquitted by judge after charges refiled
Jay Yoder, one of more than a dozen Pittsburgh protesters facing refiled charges in relation to a confrontation between Pittsburgh Police and marchers during a 2020 protest, has been acquitted. Yoder is using the legal victory to criticize the Allegheny County District Attorney and to reaffirm opinions that protesters had...
Parkway West ramp reopened after mudslide closure
Two Pittsburgh roads that were closed Saturday because of mudslides have reopened. Pittsburgh Public Safety reported on Twitter that West Liberty Avenue was reopened to both inbound and outbound traffic late Saturday afternoon after it was closed several hours earlier. A mudslide also caused the closure of the ramp that...
Coming soon: New Sally Ann’s restaurant in Pittsburgh named to honor owner’s late mother
Richard DeShantz’s latest dining option that’s set to open soon is nod to the woman who prepared his first meals. Sally Ann’s is named after his late mother, whose favorite flower was the daisy. Guests will notice the blooms throughout the space created by artist Matt Spahr of New Kensington....
Gainey, other Dems call out attack ads against Summer Lee in 12th District race
A coalition of Summer Lee supporters, upset about a campaign being supported by an outside group, is pressuring an opponent running in Pennsylvania’s 12th Congressional District to condemn what they call attack ads from the United Democracy Project. The pro-Israel super PAC has disclosed nearly $1.1 million in advertising so...
Pittsburgh police: Mail carrier grazed by bullet in Stanton Heights
A mail carrier suffered a minor injury after being shot Friday afternoon in Pittsburgh’s Stanton Heights neighborhood, according to police. Officers and EMS were called to the 1300 block of Hawthorne Court around 3 p.m. and found a man who had walked to the Pittsburgh Bureau of Fire’s Engine No....
