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Pittsburgh named a ‘reforestation hub’ by startup that aims to use, plant urban trees
Pittsburgh will be going greener this year. The Steel City is one of four cities across the country selected to receive an assessment about how it can be reforested. A national startup, Cambium Carbon, is leading the effort. The company launched last year and has lines of products made from...
Feds involved in Pittsburgh explosion investigation, firework suspected in Hill District blast
Federal authorities are involved in the investigation into separate explosions Sunday night in two Pittsburgh neighborhoods, authorities said. Public Safety spokeswoman Cara Cruz said the FBI and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives will assist in investigating an explosion caused by an improvised bomb in Lawrenceville and a...
Pittsburgh police investigating explosions in Lawrenceville, Hill District
Pittsburgh police were investigating explosions Sunday night in the city’s Lawrenceville and Hill District neighborhoods. Police and firefighters went to the 3600 block of Penn Avenue in Lawrenceville in response to reports that an improvised explosive device was thrown from a moving vehicle just after 9 p.m. A parked vehicle...
Harrison native’s book encourages readers to climb to new heights
Paola Corso recalled a walk through her late father’s neighborhood in Brackenridge. “Luckily, it was windy that day, and I spotted a pair of concrete steps under some leaves,” said Corso, a poet, photographer, literary activist and Harrison native. “I thought about the days my father and grandfather walked those...
PWSA truck falls in hole in Lawrenceville
Mintwood Street in Lawrenceville was closed for a few hours after a Pittsburgh Water and Sewer Authority truck fell into a hole Saturday afternoon. PWSA workers were working on a nearby project earlier in the day. A private contractor was working on a sewer line for a private property in...
Pittsburgh schools delay in-person instruction
Students in the Pittsburgh Public Schools will remain in remote instruction Monday, upon their return from winter break. Superintendent Anthony Hamlet announced Friday on the district’s Facebook page that he and the district’s board of directors are still finalizing plans to bring students back to buildings. A small number of...
100 years ago, KDKA gave birth to religious radio broadcasts at Calvary Episcopal in Pittsburgh
Before Jerry Falwell, Jim and Tammy Faye Bakker, Joel Osteen, Archbishop Fulton Sheen and famous radio evangelists such as Father Charles Coughlin and Aimee Semple McPherson, there was Edwin Van Etten. It was the Rev. Edwin Van Etten, far from a household name, who helped popularize the live radio sermon....
The clock will strike midnight later in 2021 for the Cinderella BallVideo
The daughters and dads dance will have to wait. The 95th annual Cinderella Ball has been moved because of the pandemic. Traditionally held in January at the historic Omni William Penn Hotel in Downtown Pittsburgh, the committee decided to host it on June 26 at the Allegheny Country Club in...
Press House brews coffee-flavored beer, readies new Sewickley café
First came the coffee named after a beer and next came the coffee in the beer. Press House Coffee on Pittsburgh’s North Side debuted Iron City Bean coffee with Iron City Brewing Co. in Lawrenceville in June. Last week, Press House introduced Fresh Grounds, a collaboration with North Side’s Allegheny...
Pittsburgh homicides tick upward after lowest level in 20 years
Homicides in Pittsburgh increased in 2020 a year after dropping to the lowest level in two decades, data from the Allegheny County Medical Examiner’s Office shows. Across the city, 51 people – nine women and 41 men – were killed by others over the course of the year. Four victims...
Rivers Casino Pittsburgh set to reopen next week
Rivers Casino in Pittsburgh is scheduled to resume operations at 8 a.m. Monday. The casino made the announcement Thursday after Gov. Tom Wolf eased covid-19 restrictions. It had been closed since Dec. 12. The reopening means some 1,086 casino employees will return to work next week with more to follow...
Pittsburgh officials to New Year’s revelers: Stay home this year
Although a crowd of people isn’t expected — or allowed — to gather in Downtown Pittsburgh for New Year’s Eve celebrations, public safety officials issued their annual reminder Wednesday advising revelers to put safety first. “I know that we all want — and absolutely deserve — to celebrate New Year’s...
Pittsburgh musicians raise their voices off stage to save local venuesVideo
Musicians communicate through song. They feed off the energy of live performances. Many haven’t performed live for months because of the pandemic. That hasn’t kept them from making new music for when they return to Pittsburgh-area venues. There is one tune that’s about to be heard that will help the...
Pittsburgh residents encouraged to put garbage, recycling out for collection Wednesday
Pittsburgh officials are encouraging residents whose garbage and recycling has not yet been collected to leave their materials at the curb for collection Wednesday. Mayor Bill Peduto vented his frustration on the collection service delay Tuesday. “I am beyond disappointed that homes still have not had their garbage and recycling...
Longtime Black activist feels ‘sense of hope’ regarding police reform in Pittsburgh
The founding leader of a Black activist organization that has lobbied for minorities in Pittsburgh for more than three decades says, as 2020 comes to a close, there is hope for substantive police reform in the city. “As we end the year, there is some positivity in the air with...
UPMC begins vaccinations in Pittsburgh area senior communities
When Nancy Fadgen was offered the covid-19 vaccine, she said yes “without reservations.” “If we want this to go far, somebody has to take the step forward and try it,” the 79-year-old resident at UPMC Heritage Place said. UPMC began vaccinating residents and staff in its senior communities Tuesday –...
Troy Hill man accused of stabbing man in face arrested after SWAT standoff
Police arrested a man accused of stabbing another man in the face during a street fight Tuesday afternoon in Pittsburgh’s Troy Hill neighborhood. Edward Terle, 32, of Troy Hill was detained and charged with aggravated assault after a nearly 45-minute SWAT standoff. Authorities received a report at about 1:15 p.m....
Pittsburgh projects, including Lower Hill development, awarded $7.5M in state grants
A long-planned development in Pittsburgh’s Lower Hill District, a commercial development in Larimer and an industrial development project in Fairywood are among projects that were awarded $7.5 million in state grants, the city announced Tuesday. Mayor Bill Peduto called the awards “critical investments” by Gov. Tom Wolf and the city’s...
Missing West End man found safely by Pittsburgh police
A West End man Pittsburgh police have been looking for since Monday afternoon was found safe, officials said. Police said they found John Johnson III, 36, Tuesday morning and returned him to his home. Johnson was considered at-risk and was last seen leaving Allegheny General Hospital yesterday wearing black pants,...
Pittsburgh council creates fund for controversial parks taxVideo
More than a year after a parks tax was approved by Pittsburgh voters, council members Monday passed legislation that means the city will start to collect the tax in 2021. “With today’s approval of the Parks Trust Fund, our city is taking another step forward in our commitment to equity...
PWSA: Forklift pulled from Strip District sinkhole caused by water line break
A sinkhole opened Monday afternoon, swallowing a forklift on Smallman Street in the Strip District. The sinkhole opened about 2 p.m. near the 33rd Street intersection, according to Pittsburgh Water and Sewer Authority spokeswoman Rebecca Zito. “The forklift fell in, and we were able to pull it out,” she said....
Some in Pittsburgh’s South Hills waited days for city snowplow, councilman saysVideo
It took two and a half days for some Pittsburgh residents to see a plow or salt truck after the region had the heaviest Christmas snowfall on record. By the time Carrick resident Lucy Barrone saw a truck Sunday on Merritt Avenue near the city’s border with Brentwood, she said,...
Parkway East lanes reopen after crash
A crash closed outbound lanes of the Parkway East for nearly an hour and a half Monday morning, according to PennDOT. The multiple-vehicle crash occurred shortly after 6 a.m. between the Squirrel Hill Tunnel and the Edgewood/Swissvale exit, Tribune-Review news partner WPXI-TV reported. Lanes were closed for about an hour...
Woman facing possible charges after SWAT responded to her East Liberty apartment
Pittsburgh’s SWAT team was called to an East Liberty apartment Sunday night after police say a woman became combative while officers tried to serve a protection-from-abuse order against her. Pittsburgh Public Safety spokesman Chris Togneri said police responded to the home in the 5500 block of Baywood Street around 7:30...
Original Hot Dog Shop among list of beloved U.S. restaurants that closed
The Original Hot Dog Shop in Oakland was included in a list of notable diners, dives and eateries across the country that closed this year because of the coronavirus pandemic. The New York Times posted on Sunday morning a story about several local famous restaurants that were among the casualties...
