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Open air, river view: Free outdoor office spaces offered at Allegheny Overlook
Looking to help “ease people back into work style,” the Pittsburgh Downtown Partnership has created three outdoor workspaces at its Allegheny Overlook temporary park on Fort Duquesne Boulevard. “The idea for the Allegheny Overlook was to create a space that would welcome people back Downtown as we turn the corner...
5 things to do in Pittsburgh this weekend: July 16-18
Pittsburghers looking for weekend plans have plenty of options, ranging from car races and food trucks to a music festival and family activities. Here are some happenings in and around the city this weekend. Vintage Grand Prix After a cancellation last year because of covid-19, the Vintage Grand Prix is...
Man arrested after fleeing collision in Pittsburgh’s South Side
A man who allegedly caused a head-on crash early Friday morning on East Carson Street had to be tackled by officers as he tried to flee the scene, according to charges filed by Pittsburgh police. Officers patrolling the area were flagged down shortly before 3 a.m. for a crash near...
Pittsburgh police investigating carjacking in Sheraden
A man told Pittsburgh police he was held at gunpoint by two people who stole his vehicle on Thursday in the city’s Sheraden neighborhood. Police are investigating the carjacking that happened just before 10 p.m in the 300 block of Ashlyn Street. The victim told police that two men fired...
Labor Day Parade returns to Pittsburgh in September
Pittsburgh’s annual Labor Day Parade is returning this year after it was cancelled in 2020 because of the covid-19 pandemic. The Allegheny-Fayette Central Labor Council has announced the parade is scheduled for Monday, Sept. 6, starting at 10 a.m. Pittsburgh’s Labor Day Parade is one of the largest and oldest...
Munhall man killed in vehicle-pedestrian crash
A 72-year-old Munhall man was killed Thursday morning when he was hit by a vehicle in West Homestead, the Allegheny County Medical Examiner’s Office reported. The victim, Anthony Donofrio, was hit at 10:35 a.m. in the 100 block of Seventh Avenue and West Street, the medical examiner’s office stated. The...
AG Shapiro meets with Pittsburgh nonprofit about PWSA donation to combat lead dangers
Pennsylvania Attorney General Josh Shapiro listened Thursday as the staff of a East Liberty-based nonprofit detailed how it is spending the $250,000 donation Pittsburgh Water and Sewer Authority agreed to make to the group to resolve a state investigation that found the authority exposed people to increased lead levels when...
Man found guilty of 1st-degree murder in Perry South shooting death
A jury on Thursday found a Troy Hill man guilty of first-degree murder in the 2018 shooting death of his girlfriend. Calvin Stewart Alston, 59, will be sentenced to a mandatory life prison term by Allegheny County Common Pleas Judge Beth A. Lazzara on Oct. 20. Alston was charged in...
Pittsburgh receives another $7 million in federal cash for rental assistance program
A rental assistance program to help tenants pay past due rent and landlords to recover unpaid rent because of the coronavirus pandemic was awarded an additional $7 million in federal funding, Pittsburgh officials announced Monday. The money will bolster a program started in March that brings together the city, Allegheny...
Wiz Khalifa tweets that he has covid
Hip hop megastar Wiz Khalifa revealed in a tweet that he has tested positive for covid-19 in a Tweet on Wednesday. “Okay loved ones….sooo…..Ya boy got covid. No symptoms. Just stay away from me for a lil while,” the musician wrote on Twitter. He said he plans to use the...
Former PWSA supervisor pleads guilty to conspiracy in sludge release case
A former supervisor with the Pittsburgh Water and Sewer Authority pleaded guilty on Wednesday to violating the Clean Water Act. James Paprocki, 51, of Ross, will be sentenced by U.S. District Judge William S. Stickman IV on Nov. 17. Paprocki pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to commit an...
St. Patrick’s Day Parade rescheduled for this fall in Pittsburgh
There will be a 2021 St. Patrick Day’s Parade in the Steel City after all. Parade organizers announced Wednesday the St. Patrick’s Day Parade has been rescheduled for Saturday, Sept. 18 at 10 a.m. Parade chairman Jeff “Mac” McCafferty had hoped to hold the parade last March on the traditional...
Federal arrest warrant issued for Fox Chapel cardiologist who skipped sentencing
A federal judge on Wednesday issued an arrest warrant for a former Fox Chapel cardiologist convicted two years ago of health care fraud in a “fountain of youth” treatment scheme. Dr. Samirkumar J. Shah was scheduled to be sentenced on Wednesday by U.S. District Judge David S. Cercone. But just...
Jewish Federation to take 500 Western Pa. residents to Israel
To say that it’s been a traumatic last three years for members of Pittsburgh’s Jewish community would be an understatement. Between the anti-Semitic attack on the Tree of Life Congregation in Oct. 2018, the pandemic, and unprecedented protest and unrest, Jews in Pittsburgh, especially children and young adults have been...
Woman gets 4 to 8 years in prison for fatal DUI crash in East Hills
A Hazelwood woman will spend at least four years in prison for killing her close friend in a 2018 drunk-driving crash. Kai Roberts, 36, pleaded guilty in February to homicide by vehicle while driving under the influence and DUI before Allegheny County Common Pleas Judge Jill E. Rangos. According to...
Database of police misconduct launches in PennsylvaniaVideo
Police departments statewide must now use a database to track complaints and misconduct allegations against officers, a move meant to keep problem officers from moving from department to department. The launch of the Police Misconduct Database comes one year after Gov. Tom Wolf signed the legislation into law. The legislation...
Pitt hikes tuition, room and board costs for fall 2021
The cost of Pitt education is increasing this fall as the university prepares to resume routine operations after more than a year of pandemic restrictions. The increases, adopted Tuesday, call for a 2.5% bump to the lowest base tuition at Pitt’s Oakland campus, taking the cost for Pennsylvania residents from...
Pittsburgh council advances proposal to spend $335 million in covid relief cash
There will be more public input as Pittsburgh City Council decides how to allocate $335 million in federal coronavirus relief money, council President Theresa Kail-Smith said Wednesday. But that input will likely be heard after council has approved a plan for how to spend the money. “This is the first...
Carnegie Science Center event takes Pittsburghers to the rivers
How does river water get turned into clean drinking water? How is the risk of overflow into rivers reduced during heavy rains? The answers to these and other questions will be provided by the Carnegie Science Center during its H2Oh! River Weekend on July 24-25. The annual aquatic event focuses...
12-year-old missing from Arlington found safe
A 12-year-old boy last seen Monday in Pittsburgh’s Arlington section has returned home safely, police said. Pittsburgh police detectives had sought the public’s help to find Kirill Matveev, who went missing at about 4 p.m. Monday. Police posted to social media just before 9 a.m. Wednesday that Matveev was located....
Inclusionary zoning could be expanded to Bloomfield, Polish Hill, under proposed legislation
A requirement that 10% of new multi-unit housing be made affordable in Pittsburgh’s Lawrenceville neighborhood may be tested in Bloomfield and Polish Hill, under legislation introduced Tuesday by Councilwoman Deb Gross. Residents and community leaders from Bloomfield and Polish Hill lobbied Gross for the legislation, she said. It would expand...
Whole Foods donates refrigerated van to food rescue group in PittsburghVideo
Whole Foods Market on Tuesday donated a refrigerated food delivery van to the food rescue and hunger relief organization 412 Food Rescue. The donation took place outside the Whole Foods on Centre Avenue in Pittsburgh store as part of its Nourishing Our Neighborhoods program, which is designed to help food...
R.K. Mellon gifts Duquesne $2 million for new college of medicine
Duquesne University’s long-planned college of medicine received a financial boost Tuesday with a $2 million gift from the Richard King Mellon Foundation. University officials said the grant will help build the foundation of a new college of medicine designed to graduate primary care doctors to help alleviate the shortage of...
Wilkinsburg group seeking merger with Pittsburgh delays action
A referendum about whether Wilkinsburg should merge with Pittsburgh won’t be pursued until next year’s election cycle, its supporters said Tuesday. “We have concluded that the compressed schedule required to place the referendum on the November 2021 ballot would not allow for the productive dialogue appropriate to address important details...
Former Pittsburgh woman among victims of Miami condo collapse
A former Pittsburgh woman is among a growing list of victims found in the rubble of the Miami condo collapse, officials said Monday,. The body of Nicole Dawn Doran, 43, formerly of Brentwood, was recovered from the rubble on Friday, according to Miami-Dade police. She was one of nine additional...
