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It’s Labor Day weekend — the unofficial end to summer. Here are a few ideas of how to spend it. Ribs, music, football The Heinz Field Kickoff and Rib Festival is Friday through Monday at Heinz Field on the North Side. Hours are noon to 11 p.m. Friday, Saturday and...

If you like to look at and draw maps, crunch population and demographic numbers and you live in the City of Pittsburgh, there’s an unpaid gig that requires regular meetings for the next year or so. The process to redraw Pittsburgh’s city council and school board districts will begin later...

A man was taken to a local hospital with multiple gunshot wounds following a shooting Thursday night on Frankstown Avenue, in Pittsburgh’s East End, a city Public Safety spokesman said. The man was alert and in stable condition, according to the spokesman. City police responded just before 10 p.m. to...

A man was taken to a local hospital in stable condition as a result of a shooting Thursday afternoon in Pittsburgh’s Garfield neighborhood, according to a city Public Safety spokesman. City police responded shortly before 2:30 p.m. to a Shotspotter alert in the 300 block of North Aiken Avenue. Officers...

Life on the farm can’t compare to the freedom a family of wild turkeys has discovered in Pittsburgh’s Stanton Heights neighborhood. The rafter of turkeys — a tom, a hen and at least five chicks — have taken up residence in a wooded area along Woodbine Street. They take daily...

Pittsburgh officials are planning to use about $4.7 million to pave 120 more city streets this year, under legislation that cleared council’s standing committee Wednesday. The transfers are possible because the city is using $19 million of its $335 million federal American Rescue Plan Act funding to improve its recreation...

A program that could be launched before the end of the year would give a $500 monthly payment to 200 low-income Pittsburgh residents for two years with no strings attached. “It allows people to use the money in the way they need to improve their lives and the lives of...

Darrin Kelly was driving when he first noticed it. “I saw a veterans memorial that needed some attention,” said Kelly, Allegheny-Fayette Central Labor Council president. “The concrete is cracked and (American) flags are broken, and it’s overgrown. This monument is in the middle of Downtown Pittsburgh. People see it every...

Late Wednesday afternoon, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers declared a state of emergency because of flooding conditions along the Monongahela River and its tributaries. The emergency declaration empowers the Corps to undertake support and actions in response to the heavy rainfall that has spilled over the banks of waterways...

Local nonprofit 412 Food Rescue will stream the star-packed second annual Yinz Citizen virtual concert on Sept. 16. The event is designed to raise money for food rescue and hunger relief. The concert is bringing together 13 local bands including Joe Grushecky and the Houserockers, Derek Woods Band, Josh Jams,...

Allegheny County Jail Warden Orlando Harper on Wednesday defended his decision to enter into no-bid contracts for militaristic training and weapons to counter this spring’s referendum banning restraint chairs, chemical agents and leg shackles at the jail. His six-page news release came on the eve of the monthly Jail Oversight...

After receiving a petition signed by more than 200 city employees Tuesday, Pittsburgh City Council members said they support removing a pension offset that decreases the benefits paid to retirees who are also collecting Social Security. Councilman Anthony Coghill presented the petition to council President Theresa Kail-Smith and said he...

About 500 nonunion Pittsburgh employees would be eligible for paid bereavement leave in the event a pregnancy ends under legislation Councilman Bobby Wilson introduced Tuesday. “When I think about workers’ rights, this is a piece that’s missing,” Wilson said in an interview after he introduced the legislation. It would amend...

Ken Lehn would often grab an apple from Shadyside Market & Deli without paying. “As I walked out the door, I would say, ‘Hey Sara, can you please add this to my account?’ ” Lehn, of Shadyside, said Monday. “And she would.” Co-owner Sara Mineo handles the books at the...

A Pittsburgh man is likely to face homicide charges, police said Monday, days after the man he allegedly assaulted with a table leg earlier this month died from his injuries. Man Pradhan, 34, was pronounced dead Friday from injuries he sustained Aug. 17. Walter Jones, 54, faces charges including aggravated...

Police are investigating an exchange of gunfire early Monday involving an occupied residence in the Allegheny Center section of Pittsburgh’s North Side. No one was injured, initial reports indicate. The incident happened about 4:40 a.m., according to Pittsburgh police and Allegheny County 911 dispatchers. According to the initial investigation, someone...

A Wilkinsburg man who was 14 when he participated in a 2013 drive-by shooting that killed a toddler at an East Hills picnic pleaded guilty Monday to third-degree murder. A plea agreement between Gregory Parker and the Allegheny County District Attorney’s office called for the defendant to serve 10 years...

Pittsburgh Mayor Bill Peduto is seeking council approval to use $2.5 million in federal covid pandemic relief funding to start a guaranteed personal income program. The item is set to be introduced to city council Tuesday. The idea is being tested in cities throughout the country where people are given...

A cache of military relics and a wooden locker belonging to an Allegheny County Civil War veteran sold for $4,600 at auction on Sunday, commanding more than 250% of its estimated value. The collection of items originally belonged to Alfred W. Kredel, a German-American resident of Allegheny City’s Troy Hill,...

The developer of the historic Kaufmann’s building has signed Burlington to lease a portion of the building that also will include a Target store. The art deco building is between Fifth and Forbes avenues and Smithfield Street and Cherry Way in the heart of Downtown Pittsburgh. Its large bronze clock...

It took almost 18 months, but the first Momento Con will finally be at the David L. Lawrence Convention Center in downtown Pittsburgh on Labor Day weekend, Sept. 4 and 5. The pop culture event will have multiple panels, meet and greets, photo and autograph opportunities, artists, vendors and cosplay....

A Mt. Washington teenager died soon after being shot multiple times just before midnight Sunday in Pittsburgh’s Homewood South neighborhood, officials said. Robert Cade, 18, was pronounced dead shortly before 1 a.m. Monday, less than an hour after he was injured amid more than a dozen rounds of gunfire in...

Police say the attack on a family leaving a South Side sushi restaurant Sunday appears to have been unprovoked. The assault happened just before 7:30 p.m. as a couple their 60s, their son and his girlfriend were leaving Nakama at the intersection of East Carson and South 18th streets. Family...