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Pittsburgh City Council condemns proposed Save Women’s Sports Act
Pittsburgh City Council voted Tuesday to condemn efforts in the state legislature to ban transgender girls from competing in female youth sports. The council measure, known as a will of council, comes in response to the proposed Save Women’s Sports Act, which would bar transgender athletes in youth sports from...
New August Wilson Center exhibition reveals playwright’s work, life
The August Wilson African American Cultural Center finally has a permanent exhibition dedicated to the life and work of its Pulitzer Prize-winning namesake. “August Wilson: The Writer’s Landscape” opens to the public at noon Saturday. Covering 3,600 square feet of gallery space in the downtown Pittsburgh facility at 980 Liberty...
2 people carjacked in Hill District, police say — with 1 person still inside
Pittsburgh police said two people were carjacked early Wednesday in the city’s Hill District neighborhood. Police said they were alerted at 1:15 a.m. about the incident on the 2900 block of Bedford Avenue. A woman in the car was able to exit the vehicle before the three suspects drove off,...
Crash closes section of East Carson in Pittsburgh’s South Side
Pittsburgh police responded to a vehicle crash early Wednesday morning in Pittsburgh’s South Side neighborhood. The crash resulted in a section of East Carson Street being closed from 33rd Street to Becks Run Road. The inbound lanes of East Carson — also known as Route 837 — were reopened to...
Pittsburgh police: 15-year-old boy safe following search
A 15-year-old boy reported missing Saturday evening in Pittsburgh’s Northview area has been found and is safe, according to city police. Police thanked those who spread the word Tuesday about a search that was on for La’niere Little....
Fire at U.S. Steel Tower contained to 1st-floor restaurant
No injuries were reported Tuesday evening as Pittsburgh firefighters quickly contained a blaze in a first-floor restaurant at the U.S. Steel Tower Downtown. The fire was reported just after 7:30 p.m., according to an Allegheny County 911 dispatch supervisor. Flames were contained to Sullivan’s Steakhouse, which opened last fall in...
3 shot in Pittsburgh’s Hill District
Three people were injured in a shooting Tuesday afternoon in Pittsburgh’s Hill District, police said. The city’s ShotSpotter notification system alerted police to 26 rounds fired near the intersection of Mahon and Watt streets in the Middle Hill around 4:40 p.m., according to police spokesman Maurice Matthews. Two men were...
Pittsburgh looks to partner with CommonWealth Press to create, sell official merchandise
The city of Pittsburgh is looking to partner with CommonWealth Press to design and sell officially licensed Pittsburgh merchandise. The city announced in September that officials were looking to partner with a company to create branded Pittsburgh merchandise. Officials at the time said this would not prohibit other companies from...
Pirates Opening Day sights and soundsVideo
Warm temperatures. A touch of sun. Tailgates. Baseball. Opening Day has arrived in Pittsburgh. Fans made their way down to the North Shore Tuesday afternoon hours before the 4:12 p.m. scheduled first pitch against the Chicago Cubs. Some were hopeful. Some were realistic. Others hoped for a .500 record. Pitcher’s...
Gus & Yiayia’s opens for the season on Pittsburgh’s North Side
The Pittsburgh Pirates aren’t the only ones celebrating an opening day on the North Side. Gus & Yiayia’s ice ball stand opened on Tuesday for the season. Ice balls were served from the bright orange cart under the rainbow-colored umbrella near West Park, a few blocks away from PNC Park....
Pittsburgh to ban plastic bags next year
Single-use plastic bags will be banned in Pittsburgh, beginning next year. City Council on Tuesday unanimously approved a measure to ban most single-use plastic bags, though there are exceptions for produce bags, meat packaging, pharmacy bags and bags used to wrap flowers or similar items. Garbage bags and pet waste...
Police searching for man accused of sexually assaulting teen during Crafton Heights break-in
Pittsburgh police issued a warrant over the weekend for a man accused of breaking into a Crafton Heights home last month and assaulting a teenage girl as she slept on a couch. Robert Huggins, 21, faces more than a dozen charges ranging from involuntary deviate sexual intercourse and corruption of...
Carousel in Oakland’s Schenley Plaza opens for the season
Emilia, 3, entered the gate for the PNC Carousel in Schenley Plaza in Oakland. She slowly walked around, considering riding several of the animals. Then she ran towards the teacup. “Do you want me to ride the teacup too?” asked her mother Kelly Marek, of Imperial, on Monday, the opening...
Pittsburgh Earth Day’s Ecolution Fashion Show to highlight style sustainability
Cheryl Capezzuti was in her brother’s industrial metal fabrication shop when she looked down. She realized she had found the material for her next art project. “I saw shiny pieces of aluminum scraps on the floor that looked like glitter,” said Capezzuti, of Brighton Heights, an artist known for her...
Car crashes, catches fire on Liberty Bridge
A car crashed and caught fire early Tuesday morning on the Liberty Bridge, according to Pittsburgh police. According to a Pittsburgh Public Safety report, the vehicle was headed inbound at a high rate of speed when it crashed just outside of the tunnel into a guardrail and caught fire. Police...
Proposed Lawrenceville food hall wins zoning appeal, hopes to open in 2023
Lawrence Hall, a proposed food hall on Butler Street in Lawrenceville, has been held up for about three years, unable to clear challenges to a zoning variance sought by the owners. The main issue was the hall was four off-street parking spaces short of regulations, and despite mitigation efforts —...
Forecast for Pirates’ home opener calls for near-perfect weather
Opening day weather for the Pirates has largely been hit-and-miss over the last decade or so. More often than not, the high temperature hasn’t reached 60 degrees. But Tuesday’s forecast calls for mostly sunny skies and temperatures near 70 for the game between the Pirates and the Chicago Cubs at...
Ringo Starr and His All Starr Band returns to Pittsburgh in JuneVideo
Ringo Starr and His All-Starr Band will play PPG Paints Arena in Pittsburgh on June 18, as part of the second leg of tour dates initially planned for 2020. The former Beatle and his supergroup originally were scheduled for a June 20, 2020, date in Pittsburgh that was canceled because...
2 men shot, 1 fatally, on Bedford Avenue in Hill District
Pittsburgh police said two men were shot, one fatally, in the city’s Hill District late Sunday. At about 10:10 p.m. Sunday, police responded to multiple Shotspotter alerts and 911 calls for gunshots in the 2400 block of Bedford Avenue. When Zone 2 officers arrived on the scene, they said they...
Drowning ruled as cause of death for man pulled from Mon River in October
The Allegheny County Medical Examiner’s Office has ruled drowning as the cause of death for a man found floating in the Monongahela River in October. David Roberts, 53, was found unresponsive in the river by a boater on Oct. 15. Roberts, of Mount Oliver, was discovered near the Color Park...
Body found near Ohio River in Pittsburgh
A body was discovered late Saturday afternoon near the Ohio River in Pittsburgh, police said. River Rescue, Pittsburgh Emergency Medical Services and police responded to Doerr Street in the city’s Marshall-Shadeland neighborhood around 5:30 p.m. and were directed by a kayaker to an area near the river where the body...
Oakland Plan aims to bolster jobs, affordable housing, green space, other community needs
The Oakland Plan, a neighborhood project that has been in the works for more than two years, aims to address a variety of community needs, including housing, job opportunities, green space and improved mobility systems. Pittsburgh’s Planning Commission has been briefed on the plan over the course of their two...
Pittsburgh artist Tom Mosser announces art exhibit showcasing large portraits
“Really Big Faces” has a really big space. The 70 larger-than-life portraits created by Pittsburgh artist Tom Mosser will be showcased on June 18 at Energy Innovation Center in the Hill District. A hallway and adjacent room with 40-foot ceilings encompassing more than 15,000 square feet will be filled with...
4 Pittsburgh residents, including controversial artist, named Guggenheim fellows
It was an impressive showing for Pittsburgh as three artists and one historian from the Steel City were named 2022 Guggenheim Fellows. The announcement came Thursday night and among the winners was an artist whose sign — “There Are Black People In The Future” — created excitement and controversy when...
On eve of spring game, Pitt football players visit Children’s Hospital
As University of Pittsburgh football players Kedon Slovis and Nick Patti waited to ignite their battle for the Panthers top quarterback spot, the two took part in a game of bingo with kids at UPMC Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh. It was all part of Friday’s Pitt football day of service...
