Pittsburgh category, Page 87
Riverlife has been caring for Pittsburgh’s waterways for 25 years
It began on a boat ride in 1999. The trip on the river included captains of industry, real estate folks, public officials, philanthropists and Pittsburgh’s own Pulitzer Prize-winning author David McCullough. “Make this a place where you want to bring the people you love,” McCullough told those on board. That...
Pittsburgh police sergeant resigns amid charges of phantom work while moonlighting at Target
A Pittsburgh police sergeant facing criminal charges related to his moonlighting resigned this week, a day before his first scheduled appearance in Allegheny County Common Pleas Court. Brian M. Marckisotto, 36, of Peters, is facing trial on charges that he misused a city computer program that schedules police officers for...
Morning Roundup: Pittsburgh light-rail stops set to close this weekend
Here are some of the latest news items from this morning, Thursday, Aug. 22: Pittsburgh light-rail stops set to close this weekend Multiple light-rail stations on the Blue Line will be closed over the next several weekends for maintenance, Pittsburgh Regional Transit announced Wednesday. The closures will allow crews to...
West Penn Hospital Nurses vote to authorize strike
On Wednesday, nurses at West Penn Hospital in Pittsburgh’s Bloomfield neighborhood voted to authorize a strike. The union nurses, represented by SEIU Healthcare PA, voted 99.3% in favor of authorizing their negotiating committee to send a strike notice if necessary. The union in a news release said it rejected contract...
Suspect sought in sexual assault attempt in Pittsburgh
A Pittsburgh woman reported that a naked man attempted to sexually assault her in her apartment in the city’s Shadyside neighborhood on Tuesday night, Pittsburgh police said. The victim told police she had come home to her residence along the 5400 block of Fifth Avenue around 6 p.m. and then...
Penn Hills School District calls Pittsburgh Regional Transit for student transportation ‘done deal’
Penn Hills officials and parents are voicing their concerns about the school district’s use of Pittsburgh Regional Transit, previously Port Authority of Allegheny County, for students attending charter schools in the Pittsburgh area. The decision originally was made and announced in June. The Penn Hills School Board passed the measure...
Pittsburgh chalks up credit-card scandal to ‘honest mistakes’; DA’s office executes search warrant
An internal probe spurred by misuse of City of Pittsburgh-issued credit cards revealed “honest mistakes” by employees and resulted in little discipline and few policy changes, a top city official said Wednesday. The three-month investigation, released by Jake Pawlak, the city’s Director of the Office of Management and Budget, found...
Morning Roundup: Police make arrest after SWAT response in Pittsburgh’s Banksville neighborhood
Here are some of the latest news items from this morning, Wednesday, Aug. 21: Police make arrest after SWAT response in Banksville Pittsburgh police arrested a man after a SWAT team responded late Tuesday night to a domestic assault call in the city’s Banksville neighborhood. The man had barricaded himself...
Danger below: Divers detail perils of scouring Western Pa.’s rivers for remains
Darrick Gerano says scuba diving in the Allegheny River ranges from unpleasant to downright harrowing. The water is cold and murky. Vision often is limited to just a few feet. Tree branches and junk dumped into the river pose a constant threat of entanglement. And then there are the dead...
Pittsburgh police officer hit by car during arrest attempt
A Pittsburgh police officer was injured on Tuesday after police said he was struck by a car driven by a fleeing suspect in the city’s Beltzhoover neighborhood. The suspect, identified as William Skinner, 36, was arrested a short time later on the South Side after a brief manhunt. The injured...
Pittsburgh woman pleads guilty to traffic violations in crash that killed boy, 6, on bike
A Pittsburgh woman pleaded guilty on Tuesday to low-level traffic violations stemming from an accident two years ago in which she struck and killed a 6-year-old boy. Jamel Austin, who had been riding his bike in the city’s Glen Hazel neighborhood, was killed on July 26, 2022. Rhonda Wood, 65,...
McKeesport man charged with shooting Parkway West driver in eye
A McKeesport man accused of shooting a motorist in the face last month as both drivers merged onto Interstate 376 in Pittsburgh is in custody. Rashawn Hall, 22, was arrested on Aug. 12 and charged with attempted homicide, aggravated assault and conspiracy. He is being held in Allegheny County Jail...
Suri Cruise moves into Carnegie Mellon dorm with help from mom Katie Holmes
Suri Cruise, daughter of actress Katie Holmes and actor Tom Cruise, has officially moved into her dorm at Carnegie Mellon University in Oakland, Daily Mail reported. Suri, 18, moved in with Holmes’ help over the weekend, according to photos on the Daily Mail site. Holmes, 45, starred as Joey Potter...
Morning Roundup: Fire marshal investigating South Park blaze; Pittsburgh SWAT responds to domestic
Here are some of the latest news items from this morning, Tuesday, Aug. 20: Fire marshal investigating South Park blaze The Allegheny County Fire Marshal is investigating what caused a fire to break out Monday evening in a commercial building in South Park. The blaze was reported along Brownsville Road...
North Side man pleads guilty to 2021 murder
A Pittsburgh man will serve at least 10 years in prison after pleading guilty Monday to third-degree murder in a fatal shooting in the city’s Beltzhoover section. Justin Nicholas, 22, of the North Side also pleaded to carrying a firearm without a license and possession of a weapon before Allegheny...
Hill District man gets 10-30 years in prison in stomping death
A Hill District man pleaded guilty on Monday to stomping another man to death at his home more than three years ago. Ramone Curry, 30, will serve 10 to 30 years in state prison for the death of Gregory Hill, 60. Hill was assaulted on Nov. 12, 2020, inside Curry’s...
Pittsburgh Playwrights’ ‘Radio Golf’ is a triumph from start to finish
August Wilson is a titan of modern theater and his legacy stands especially tall here in Pittsburgh, his hometown and the setting for most of his 10-play Century Cycle. “Radio Golf” represents both the final decade of that century — it’s set in 1997 — and Wilson’s final play. The...
Signature problems sink Pittsburgh referendum question on doing business with Israel
A proposed ballot question by a pro-Palestinian group that sought to stop the City of Pittsburgh from doing business with companies that have ties to Israel will not move forward. The issue was scheduled for a hearing Monday morning in Allegheny County Common Pleas Court. But according to an order...
Morning Roundup: Man hospitalized following East Allegheny shooting
Here are some of the latest news items from this morning, Monday, Aug. 19: Man hospitalized following East Allegheny shooting A man was taken to the hospital after a shooting Sunday in Pittsburgh’s East Allegheny neighborhood. Police were dispatched around 4:30 p.m. to the intersection of Nash Street and Virgin...
Bruce Springsteen leans into ‘Darkness’ during 2nd night in Pittsburgh
Going to see Bruce Springsteen is something that at least one member of my family has been doing for a literal half-century now. My father was going to see him in the early 1970s, before Max Weinberg took his well-known place behind the drums and more than a decade before...
Authorities ID child fatally struck while riding bike in Homewood
The Allegheny County Medical Examiner’s Office on Monday identified the girl that a vehicle struck and killed a day earlier in Homewood as Courtney Carter. Courtney, 9, of Pittsburgh, was riding her bike at about 5:30 p.m. Sunday on Rosedale Street near Tacoma Street when a vehicle hit her, Pittsburgh...
Missing girl found, police say
Pittsburgh police said Sunday morning that an 11-year-old girl has been located after being reported missing after running away from home following an argument. Police did not say where Kashaie Davis was located. Police believe she may be in the Terrace Village or Hill District areas. A city camera captured...
Pittsburgher Henry Ellenbogen wielded pen, paper to save Jews in 1930s. Now you can read how.
In May 1938, Henry Ellenbogen, a prominent Pittsburgher, received a letter from a Jewish garment cutter in New York City’s Bronx borough. The man needed Ellenbogen’s help cutting through government red tape so he could bring his brother and mother to America from their native Austria. “I hope to God...
Pittsburgh police locate missing 11-year-old girl
Pittsburgh police asked for the public’s help as they sought an 11-year-old girl who was reported missing after running away from home following an argument. Police said Sunday morning that Kashaie Davisl has been located after being reported missing after running away from home following an argument....
Woman in serious condition after head-on crash on Chartiers Avenue
A woman was in serious condition when she was taken to a hospital from a crash on Chartiers Avenue on Saturday morning, according to Pittsburgh police. Police said two vehicles collided head-on in the 2600 block of Chartiers Avenue, on the border of the city’s Sheraden and Crafton Heights neighborhoods,...
