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The University of Pittsburgh is “sounding the alarm” and adjusting its testing strategy amid a surge in covid-19 cases. The university reported 48 new infections on the Pittsburgh campus Tuesday, including 46 students and two employees. Twenty-eight of the student cases were recorded Friday alone — the highest single-day case...

Pittsburgh police are investigating a fatal shooting overnight in the city’s Marshall-Shadeland neighborhood. Officers from the Zone 2 station in the North Side responded to a 911 call for an unresponsive man in the 2800 block of McDowell Street at about 12:30 a.m., according to a city public safety spokeswoman....

A man was hospitalized after being shot in the shin Tuesday in Pittsburgh’s Manchester neighborhood, police said. Public Safety spokeswoman Cara Cruz said police responded to a ShotSpotter alert and 911 calls for shots fired around 7:15 p.m. along the 1900 block of Manhattan Street. Officers located the victim along...

No one spoke out against a proposal to make permanent a temporary zoning law that requires developers of any project with 20 or more units in Lawrenceville to set aside 10% of their units for people who earn lower incomes. Instead, Pittsburgh Planning Commission members Tuesday heard from residents in...

A nurse who worked for Highmark Inc. reviewing insurance coverage authorization requests filed a federal lawsuit against the company on Tuesday, alleging that it failed to pay required overtime. The suit, filed in U.S. District Court in Pittsburgh, seeks class-action status and includes claims for violations of the federal Fair...

A revised law temporarily banning evictions in Pittsburgh was approved Tuesday by city council. The law is also supported by Mayor Bill Peduto. “I hope that we do see some level of enforcement,” Councilwoman Deb Gross said. Gross has worked with community activists and city officials to fine-tune the law,...

Pittsburgh city officials this week threw support behind a lawsuit filed last year in Philadelphia challenging Pennsylvania’s Firearm Preemption Laws, alleging they keep the city from combating gun violence and “have forged a state-created danger.” The brief, filed Monday in support of the lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of the state...

Why did 7,000 Black Pittsburgh residents leave the city between 2014 and 2018? The answer depends on who’s talking. Community activist Randall Taylor, a former Pittsburgh Public Schools board member and city council candidate, calls it a “crisis of forced mass displacement” of Black residents. City councilmen Ricky Burgess and...

Galen Moorer Jr.’s grandmother Gwendolyn Moorer is known for singing “Oh Happy Day” by the Edwin Hawkins Singers. When it came time for Moorer to name his ice cream store, he knew immediately what to call it. Happy Day Dessert Factory is located on Western Avenue on Pittsburgh’s North Side....

Residents from Sharpsburg to Pittsburgh’s East End could be connected by a four-mile bike/pedestrian corridor that would provide access to fitness, recreation, shopping and dining in a project that’s expected to cost nearly $14 million. Allegheny Valley Railroad has agreed to sell the Brilliant Line to Aspinwall Riverfront Park. The...

Four area bands will hit the virtual stage during the annual bluegrass festival to benefit St. Joseph House of Hospitality, a homeless outreach program of Catholic Charities of the Diocese of Pittsburgh. The long-running concert usually takes place in Synod Hall in Oakland. Because of the pandemic, this year’s program...

A Pittsburgh firefighter assisting at a blaze in Mt. Oliver borough was taken to the hospital for treatment after suffering an injury, according to authorities. The fire in the 100 block of Penn Avenue was reported shortly after 12:30 a.m. on Tuesday. Responding units found an abandoned homes engulfed in...

Eight people were left homeless early Tuesday morning after a fire broke out in a three-unit row house in Pittsburgh’s Manchester neighborhood. The two-alarm fire in the 1300 block of Page Street was reported at 1:29 a.m. Flames were reported coming through the roof when the first units arrived on...

A woman is in critical condition after she was hit by a vehicle while walking her dog in Pittsburgh’s Lincoln Place neighborhood Monday night, officials said. The woman was found by Pittsburgh police and EMS on Mifflin Road between McElhinny Avenue and Naugle Street around 9 p.m. and was transported...

A Clairton man died Monday morning in a motorcycle crash in Pittsburgh’s Hays neighborhood, police said. Terry J. Neal, 39, was pronounced dead at the scene at 8:24 a.m., 12 minutes after the incident, the Allegheny County Medical Examiner’s Office reported early Tuesday. Emergency dispatchers received a report of the...

Pittsburgh police launched an investigation Monday after “abhorrent racist graffiti” was discovered in a South Side Slopes park, authorities said. The graffiti was painted on the concession stand at Quarry Field near the intersection of South 18th and Crosman streets, officials said. Police are investigating, and public works crews are...

The nonprofit Tree Pittsburgh will plant 125 trees and shrubs along the Eliza Furnace Trail on Tuesday, as part of the organization’s goal of replacing lost tree canopy. Tree Pittsburgh staff will partner with the Arbor Day Foundation and the Target Corporation for the event. Planting will start at 10...

Thousands of Christmas trees tossed out after the holidays found new life as mulch, available for free starting Saturday at locations across Pittsburgh. More than 2,200 Christmas trees were saved from the landfill and either composted or turned to much, city officials said. Other organic material collected at the city’s...

A man who said he was trying to kill himself when he set a fire in a Point Breeze home three years ago pleaded guilty Monday to two counts of voluntary manslaughter in connection with the deaths of two men. Vincent Smith, 61, of Point Breeze North, will be sentenced...

The large lighted sign on the side of the Stage AE concert venue on Pittsburgh’s North Shore was heavily damaged on Sunday after a vehicle jumped the curb and crashed into the building. The crash occurred at around 6:15 p.m. along Chuck Noll Way, police told Tribune-Review news partner WPXI-TV....

A man shot in the leg in Pittsburgh’s Manchester neighborhood early Sunday morning was hospitalized in stable condition, Pittsburgh police said. The victim was found shot on the 1100 block of Sheffield Street around 2:30 a.m., as police said they responded to a Shotspotter alert of a shooting in the...

Pittsburgh police are looking for a car seen fleeing a shooting on Reifert Street in Knoxville around noon Saturday. A police spokesman said police responded to ShotSpotter alert for the 300 block of Reifert Street at about 12:05 p.m. When Zone 3 officers arrived, they were alerted to a male...

It’s been only months since Joe Cugliari brought the burnt almond torte to North Huntingdon, but the owner of Prantl’s Bakery already has his eyes set on a new venture. Prantl’s will soon open at a new location along Forbes Avenue in Squirrel Hill, Cugliari confirmed to the Tribune-Review. The...