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Police: Armed robber gets away with cash from Carrick store
A Carrick store was robbed at gunpoint early Monday, authorities said. Pittsburgh police are investigating after a clerk said a masked robber accosted a customer and jumped behind the counter to demand money at a store in the 1900 block of Brownsville Road. The incident happened just before 3 a.m....
Police investigate after teen shot in Mt. Washington
Pittsburgh police are investigating after a teenage boy reported being shot at a party in the city’s Mt. Washington section. The 16-year-old went to the hospital with a gunshot wound to the arm, where he told police he was leaving a house along Secane Avenue when he was shot. Public...
Traffic diverted from East Carson Street where building partially collapsed
Traffic on Pittsburgh’s South Side is being detoured away from a section of East Carson Street while crews begin clearing a building that partially collapsed last week. The road is closed between 16th and 17th streets, the site where the upper floor of a two-story building collapsed on Aug. 12....
UPMC hosts series of covid-19 vaccination clinics in Millvale, Braddock and more
UPMC will host a covid-19 vaccine clinic in Millvale on Friday, followed by a series of clinics across the area next week. Vaccine appointments will be available to people ages 12 and older during the event at the Boys & Girls Club, 100 Howard St., Millvale. The clinic is scheduled...
Marlin Woods drops out of Pittsburgh mayoral race a week after Democrats contest his nomination papers
Independent challenger Marlin Woods has dropped out of the race for Pittsburgh mayor. Woods, a 48-year-old benefits consultant from East Liberty, said that he’s leaving the race regrettably because he does not have sufficient time to defend petition signatures that were challenged by a “few Democrats” last week. The law...
Police: Man dead after shooting in Beltzhoover
One person died after a shooting in Pittsburgh’s Beltzhoover neighborhood Saturday night, police said. Police responded around 11:45 p.m. to a ShotSpotter notification, followed by a 911 call, for a vehicle into a house in the 800 block of Bernd Street. First responders found a man in the vehicle with...
Officials: Man surrenders to Pittsburgh police after barricading himself inside East Allegheny home
A man who barricaded himself inside a home in Pittsburgh’s East Allegheny neighborhood surrendered to police early Saturday morning. Officers responded to reports of a domestic incident inside a home on the 400 block of Suismon Street shortly after midnight, according to Pittsburgh Public Safety Spokeswoman Cara Cruz. A woman...
Police: Motorcycle driver in critical condition after crash in Pittsburgh’s Lincoln Place
The driver of a motorcycle was in critical condition after it collided with a vehicle in Pittsburgh’s Lincoln Place neighborhood Saturday morning. Crews responded to the intersection of Mifflin and Mooney roads shortly before 10 a.m. for reports of the crash, according to Pittsburgh Public Safety spokeswoman Cara Cruz. Crews...
Bloomfield’s Little Italy Days to return with food, bocce and safety in mind
Liberty Avenue in Bloomfield will once again be filled with Italian food, music and, of course, bocce. The 19th annual Little Italy Days returns after being canceled last year because of the pandemic. Known as the region’s largest heritage festival, it will take place this year from Aug. 19 through...
Covid cases rising at Allegheny County Jail
In the past week, 83 people in the Allegheny County Jail have tested positive for covid-19 — with a number of them believed to be attributable to spread by a staff member, officials said Friday. From Aug. 5-12, the county said it conducted 973 rapid tests to new arrestees and...
‘It came out of nowhere’: Witnesses describe South Side building collapseVideo
Pittsburgh Police vehicles set up a South Side road block between E. 16th and E. 17th streets Friday afternoon to keep motorists off East Carson Street after a building partially collapsed Thursday night. Pittsburgh Public Safety official said no injuries were reported although one firefighter was treated for glass in...
Man faces possible charges after false claim about Duquesne Light worker
A man who made false claims to the City of Duquesne police department about a utility worker in the area could face criminal charges. On Thursday, officers there got a report that a person claiming to be a Duquesne Light employee had been to at least three houses demanding immediate...
5 things to do in Pittsburgh this weekend: Aug. 13-15
We’ve made it to the weekend. Here are some ways to spend it. Cheers to beers The Pittsburgh Summer Beerfest is 7:30 p.m. to 11 p.m. Friday and Saturday at Stage AE on Pittsburgh’s North Side. There will be more than 250 beers, ciders and seltzers from 90 breweries as...
Despite covid pandemic, Pittsburgh’s Allentown remains open for business
Rebecca Romagnoli is passionate about pasta. Romagnoli’s business, Forma Pasta, began as a subscription service in August 2019 but in November 2020 — in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic — opened a retail location in the Pittsburgh neighborhood of Allentown. “I chose Allentown because it is still up and...
1 taken to hospital following Homewood shooting
Pittsburgh Police are investigating an early-morning shooting in the city’s Homewood neighborhood. Police responded to the 7000 block of Race Street around 3:30 a.m. for a report of someone who had been shot in the chest, according to an Allegheny County 911 supervisor. The victim was taken to a local...
4 firefighters hurt in possible Stowe arson
Four firefighters were treated for injuries Thursday night when a front porch of a duplex collapsed in Stowe Township, Allegheny County police said. County police said that the firefighters were bring treated at area hospitals for non life-threatening injuries. Detectives from the county police general investigations unit began an investigation...
Police: Building partially collapses on East Carson in Pittsburgh’s South Side
Part of a building collapsed on Thursday evening on East Carson Street in Pittsburgh’s South Side, authorities said. The upper floor of a two-story building in the 1600 block fell into the street, according to Public Safety officials. No one was inside when the collapsed occurred, and no patrons on...
Out-of-state covid hot spots ‘desperate’ to transfer patients to Western Pa. hospitals
Overburdened health care systems from Texas to Florida are pleading with Western Pennsylvania hospitals to take on transfer patients at record-high rates as beds and ventilators reach capacity in covid-19 hot spots across the country. “They’re running out of space, and they’re looking for help in trying to deal with...
Maroon 5 requiring proof of vaccination or negative test for Star Lake show later this month
Maroon 5 has become the latest big name music act to require that fans be vaccinated to attend their concerts. The requirement will be in effect for the group’s appearance at The Pavilion at Star Lake in Burgettstown on Aug. 25. The band announced that in order to enter the...
2 arrested in fatal Downtown Pittsburgh shooting
Two men were arrested Thursday in connection with the fatal shooting of a man in Downtown Pittsburgh earlier in the day, according to Pittsburgh police. Taylor Wible, 21, of Pittsburgh was charged by police with criminal homicide and carrying a firearm, while Ela N. Aydin, 18, of Oakdale, was charged...
Pittsburgh police to monitor accidents involving city’s new scooter fleet
Pittsburgh police have started tracking incidents, accidents and citations involving the new electric scooters popping up throughout the city, officials said. The e-scooters are part of the city’s Move PGH pilot program, which aims to bring a variety of accessible transit options to car-free homes, whether they be car-free by...
Stage AE to require proof of vaccination for shows
Stage AE will require proof of covid-19 vaccination for all concertgoers and event staff starting next week with the Modest Mouse show, according to the venue. “For the show to go on, we have updated our vaccination policy to ensure the safety of fans, artists and live event workers,” a...
Crafton man gets prison time for role in Downtown Pittsburgh riot
Raekwon Blankenship can be seen on video stomping on a police vehicle, wielding a construction sign at a police horse’s throat and then throwing the same sign like a javelin through the windshield of another police car. At his sentencing in Allegheny County Common Pleas Court on Thursday, Blankenship apologized...
A heartfelt message: Joe Beretta Foundation hosting fundraising cruise
The family of Joe Beretta family knows all too well how difficult it is to have a loved one suffering from heart failure. When the heart weakens, it often causes a build-up of fluid in the patient’s lungs. That causes trouble breathing and weakness, which often requires multiple hospital stays....
Building collapses on Pittsburgh’s South Side
There were no injures Thursday night when the upper floor of a two-story building in the 1600 block of East Carson Street on Pittsburgh’s South Side partially collapsed, Pittsburgh Public Safety reported. Public Safety said that no one was in the upper floor at the time of the collapse and...
