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Pittsburgh Land Bank pitches way to cut costs, red tape through sheriff’s sales
The Pittsburgh Land Bank wants to strike an agreement that would make it easier to buy tax-delinquent properties for conversion to other uses including affordable housing and community gardens. The land bank is looking for the city, school district and county to sign off on a deal that would let...
Shaquille O’Neal gifts Pittsburgh wrestler ‘Firefly’ new carVideo
When Shaquille O’Neal discovered Tamara Humphries’ wrestling page online and asked how he could support her, she responded with one request: a new car. The Pitt Johnstown freshman wrestler known as “Firefly” is a Brashear High School alumna and spoke out on social media that she’s struggled to attend wrestling...
Tenants displaced by Squirrel Hill apartment fire take it ‘one day at a time’
Matthew Stock has his keys, wallet and phone but little else. He suspects the rest of his possessions were lost Tuesday in a fire that gutted a nearly century-old apartment building on Forward Avenue in Squirrel Hill. The 35-year-old is unemployed and was looking for a new job before the...
Audits flag longer response times for Pittsburgh police, EMS; urge better 911 center staffing
A pair of audits from the Pittsburgh and Allegheny County controllers on Wednesday recommended increased staffing for the county’s 911 call center, more focus on tracking emergency response times and improvements to programs that ensure first responders’ well-being. “While funding and operational challenges exist in each of our respective governments,...
Jewish woman who vandalized Pittsburgh synagogue gets probation
A Jewish woman accused of conspiring with an alleged Hamas sympathizer to vandalize two Jewish organizations in Pittsburgh last summer was sentenced Wednesday in federal court to five years probation. Talya A. Lubit, 25, pleaded guilty in May to misdemeanor counts of conspiracy to commit a crime against the United...
Judge accepts plea deal in East Hills double homicide over objections of victims’ family
The two women pleaded with the judge not to accept the deal. They had just listened to the prosecutor describe the injuries the killer inflicted on their loved ones. Valorie Crumpton, who was 72, sustained nine fractures to her skull, multiple broken ribs, a laceration to her abdomen and a...
FBI investigating threatening letters sent to 3 Pittsburgh Jewish groups
The FBI and Pittsburgh police are investigating threatening letters sent by mail to three Jewish organizations in Pittsburgh’s Squirrel Hill neighborhood, including the Tree of Life, since Friday. Shawn Brokos, the Jewish Federation of Greater Pittsburgh’s community security director, on Wednesday confirmed the existence of the threats. Brokos said the...
What’s with all the orange around Downtown Pittsburgh?
Some of Pittsburgh’s Downtown businesses have been lit up in orange and more joined in on Tuesday evening for Hunger Action Day. The buildings will continue to illuminate orange throughout September, according to the Greater Pittsburgh Community Food Bank. In addition to Acrisure Stadium, other buildings in the city include...
Advanced practitioners at UPMC’s Magee-Womens Hospital vote to unionize
A group of 60 advanced practitioners has voted to join hundreds of nurses at UPMC Magee-Womens Hospital in forming a union. The advanced practitioners — including certified registered nurse practitioners, neonatal nurse practitioners, certified nurse midwives and other positions — voted to join SEIU Healthcare Pennsylvania, following about 800 nurses...
Missing man found dead in Ohio River near Rivers Casino
After searching for a missing man, Pittsburgh police confirmed he was found dead Tuesday morning in the Ohio River near Rivers Casino. TribLive news partner WTAE reported that the body pulled from the river was Stephen Williams, 42, who was last seen leaving the Downtown Wyndham on Friday night. According...
Trio hurt in Downtown park stabbing tell police shifting stories
Three people who received minor injuries in a stabbing incident Sunday night near a Downtown Pittsburgh park knew each other through a “transactional history with drugs and money,” a Pittsburgh police spokeswoman said Tuesday. Kevin Jenkins, 51, of Pittsburgh remained in the Allegheny County Jail Tuesday on charges that he...
Pittsburgh’s $14M automated red light enforcement program cleared to roll out this winter
Drivers speeding through red lights in parts of Pittsburgh will soon receive tickets through an automated camera system to be installed this winter at several intersections. “This will change the way people drive in the city,” Councilman Bobby Wilson, D-North Side, said Tuesday, adding the new system is meant to...
Pittsburgh council overcomes transparency concerns to approve $1.7M in anti-violence grants
Pittsburgh City Council on Tuesday unanimously voted to provide about $1.7 million in grants to community groups combating gun violence, despite concerns raised last week by one councilman about how officials picked the recipients. Councilman Bobby Wilson, D-North Side, questioned why the grants didn’t go to the applicants who ranked...
Acrisure ranks 3rd-worst stadium in NFL for game-day traffic
Acrisure Stadium, home of the Pittsburgh Steelers, ranked the third-worst stadium for game-day traffic in the NFL, according to a new Pickswise study. Each NFL stadium was scored out of 100 in the rankings, factoring in congestion levels, rush hour travel time and pollution levels around the stadiums. Acrisure received...
No Kings movement announces new wave of protests in Pittsburgh
The No Kings movement, outraged by President Trump’s deployment of military guards in U.S. cities, is planning a second wave of national protests, including a major gathering next month in Downtown Pittsburgh. “In recent weeks, President Trump has escalated his authoritarian agenda, threatening to deploy additional militarized forces into U.S....
Squirrel Hill apartment building ravaged by stubborn fireVideo
Dozens of Pittsburgh firefighters spent more than four hours Tuesday battling a stubborn blaze in a 30-unit apartment building in Squirrel Hill that displaced tenants and shot a massive tower of smoke into the sky that could be seen for miles. No injuries were reported from the fire, which collapsed...
Final design unveiled for Tree of Life, construction to begin in 2026
An updated and final design was just unveiled for The Tree of Life in Squirrel Hill — which will house the planned museum and institution dedicated to uprooting antisemitism. With construction expected to begin in early 2026, the revised building design will have a smaller physical footprint than the previous...
Pittsburgh wants to pay engineering consultant up to $140K as city fights Fern Hollow Bridge lawsuit
A year ago, Pittsburgh officials said they wanted to settle litigation by victims of the Fern Hollow Bridge collapse for the maximum $500,000 allowed by law. But not only has the city not paid the victims a cent, it is seeking approval to spend up to $140,000 on a consultant...
Health care professionals and activists protest UPMC’s restriction of gender-affirming care
The bodies of roughly 100 UPMC providers and local community activists laid sprawled outside UPMC’s Downtown headquarters Monday, as part of a nonviolent protest against the health-care network for restricting gender-affirming care. “It is about us being told that we cannot have the health care we need to survive, to...
‘The system failed us’: Family of victims in 2015 East Hills double homicide is irate over plea deal
The family of two women stabbed and bludgeoned to death in Pittsburgh a decade ago is furious over a plea deal they say the Allegheny County District Attorney’s Office cut without their knowledge that could free the accused in 20 years. Cesar Mazza, 35, is scheduled to plead guilty on...
PRT weighs whether to use money for transit projects to plug budget hole
Pittsburgh Regional Transit said Monday it hasn’t decided whether it will request permission from the state to temporarily shift money intended for capital improvements to help cover operating expenses. Gov. Josh Shapiro’s administration approved a request from the Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority to use up to $394 million earmarked for...
Giant Eagle to open pharmacies at former Rite Aid stores in Mt. Washington, Sewickley
Giant Eagle will open standalone pharmacies at former Rite Aid locations in Pittsburgh’s Mt. Washington neighborhood and Sewickley, the company confirmed to TribLive on Monday. These will be similar to traditional drugstores, according to the Cranberry-based grocery chain, with a pharmacy counter as well as a wide selection of health...
PNC to acquire FirstBank for $4.1B, adding branches in Ariz., Colo.
Pittsburgh-based PNC Bank is buying a competitor in Arizona and Colorado for $4.1 billion. The bank announced Monday morning it’s absorbing 95 FirstBank branches and $27 billion in assets. FirstBank has a “leading” market position in Colorado and a “substantial presence” in Arizona, according to PNC. The number of PNC...
Man arrested in relation to Downtown Pittsburgh park stabbing
A Pittsburgh man was arrested in relation to the stabbing incident that occurred near Frankie Pace Park Sunday. Kevin Jenkins, 51, is facing multiple felony charges of aggravated assault, as well as misdemeanor charges of recklessly endangering another person. After being released from the hospital, Jenkins was transported to the...
‘Oh, that’s why they’re called the Steelers,’ YouTuber I Show Speed confesses during Pittsburgh livestreamVideo
At any given moment Saturday, more than 30,000 people watched a 20-year-old’s livestream as he toured Pittsburgh. YouTuber “I Show Speed” — Darren Watkins Jr. in real life — is on day 10 of 35 of what’s billed as the “irl stream in America.” Speed, as Watkins is known, was...
