South Side category, Page 16

Amid muggy, stormy weather Wednesday, Pittsburgh officials announced they were buying 13 pickup trucks and a dump truck that will bolster the city’s public works fleet and aid in snow removal come winter. “We’re always thinking about winter,” said Molly Onufer, Mayor Bill Peduto’s spokeswoman. The city received a reimbursement...

An incident involving several Pittsburgh Police officers on the city’s South Side is under investigation, according to a public safety spokesperson. A video circulating on Facebook appears to show a fight Aug. 8 outside of the Cambod-Ican Kitchen at the corner of East Carson and South 17th streets. The footage...

A man was killed Tuesday after being hit by a train on the South Side, according to Pittsburgh police. Emergency responders were called by a CSX conductor to an area near Muriel Street just before 2:30 a.m. The conductor reported that a person spotted on the tracks was hit by...

A teen was in critical condition after a shooting Saturday night in Mount Oliver, according to Allegheny County police. First responders found the 18-year-old man was shot in the abdomen after Allegheny County 911 was alerted to the shooting shortly after 10:15 p.m. in the 100 block of Locust Street....

A man in Pittsburgh’s Beechview neighborhood was in a home when he was shot through a door, according to police. Police and medics responded to a report of a man shot in the 1500 block of Alton Street around 9:45 p.m. Thursday. Officers found the man in the front yard...

A South Side man told Pittsburgh police he had no interest in saving his mother’s life when he called 911 to report she was unresponsive Monday in what would ultimately become the 85th time police were called to the Sarah Street home. “This is what she gets for being so...

Giant Eagle cited the safety of customers and employees in its decision to change the hours of its store on Pittsburgh’s South Side. The company said it temporarily will be closing the store on Wharton Street an hour earlier, at 9 p.m. “To more closely align with public safety efforts...

Pittsburgh police are asking for the public’s help in their search for a woman and an 11-year-old boy reported missing separately on Wednesday. Both are considered to be endangered, police said. The boy, Ronnell Miller, was last seen at about 4 p.m. in the Brighton Heights area, according to police....

Rite Aid plans to open a store at the SouthSide Works complex next year in the building that once housed an American Eagle Outfitters retail shop. The store will occupy more than 9,000 square feet at the corner of 27th and Carson Streets, according to SomeraRoad, Inc., owner and operator...

A man claiming to be Jesus stabbed three people in a Carrick apartment early Monday and then hid in the rafters until he was taken into custody by Pittsburgh police, according to charges filed against him. Rami Jasim, 33, is charged with three counts of attempted homicide and three counts...

A man was hospitalized after being shot early Saturday in Pittsburgh’s South Side neighborhood, according to city police. Authorities responded to Wharton Street around 2:40 a.m. for a Shotspotter alert, according to police. The man was found in a parking lot near a Giant Eagle store with multiple gunshot wounds....

Traffic and other restrictions are coming to the South Side on weekend nights, Pittsburgh officials said Wednesday. The move is meant to curb pedestrian and traffic congestion after weeks of overflowing sidewalks, gridlock and violence. Between 7 p.m. and 4 a.m. Fridays and Saturdays, East Carson Street will allow only...

Pittsburgh police on Monday identified the teenager charged in connection with a shooting last week on the city’s busy South Side. Taiden Harvey, 15, of Clairton, is charged with two counts of attempted homicide, aggravated assault, firearms violations and two counts each of criminal mischief and reckless endangerment. He is...

Pittsburgh police responded to a fast food restaurant Sunday night after they received reports there were no employees in the restaurant. Public Safety spokesman Maurice Matthews said police responded and found the Burger King on East Carson Street empty. He said police attempted to find someone to lock the door,...

Winners have been chosen from more than 250 submissions for City Theatre Company’s 2021 Young Playwrights Contest. The regional playwrighting contest for students in grades 7-12 is now in its 22nd year. The winners will have their plays professionally produced by City Theatre and published in the Young Playwrights Anthology....

A violent night on Pittsburgh’s South Side led to attempted homicide charges against a 15-year-old boy, assault charges against two others, and the announcement of coming changes to traffic flow on East Carson Street, officials said Friday. Three people were shot early Friday near East Carson and South 18th streets....

Pittsburgh police officers found three men suffering from gunshot wounds in separate locations after hearing a volley of gunfire ring out early Friday morning while on patrol in the South Side. Officers from the Zone 3 station heard gunfire in the vicinity of East Carson and South 18th Street shortly...

An argument over pizza led to the weekend shooting on Pittsburgh’s South Side that left a man in critical condition, according to charges filed in the case. Rafik White, 22, is charged with attempted homicide in the shooting, which happened shortly before 2 a.m. Saturday. Police said they responded to...

Pennsylvania’s Urban Agriculture Week featured four farms and gardens across Pittsburgh, and Secretary of Agriculture Russell Redding toured each on Tuesday as part of his statewide tour. “At the end of the day, (Urban Agriculture Week) gives us a chance to tell a story about food, about agriculture and sharing...

Officers responding to ShotSpotter gunshot alert in Mt. Washington on Monday found a man suffering from stab wounds before tracking down a suspect who was shot by a witness as he fled the scene, according to Pittsburgh police. Police from the city’s Zone 3 station responding to the gunshot alert...

One person is in critical condition after a shooting in Pittsburgh’s South Side neighborhood early Saturday morning, police said. Officers responded to a ShotSpotter alert and 911 calls for shots fired in the 1200 block of Bingham Street in South Side Flats shortly before 2 a.m., according to Pittsburgh Public...

A man who allegedly caused a head-on crash early Friday morning on East Carson Street had to be tackled by officers as he tried to flee the scene, according to charges filed by Pittsburgh police. Officers patrolling the area were flagged down shortly before 3 a.m. for a crash near...

City Theatre Company will reopen its doors in Pittsburgh’s South Side for a 47th season including six live and in-person productions featuring collaborations with local and national theater companies, community partners and first-time and returning artists. Three of the productions will be world premieres, including one that explores immigration in...

A 12-year-old boy last seen Monday in Pittsburgh’s Arlington section has returned home safely, police said. Pittsburgh police detectives had sought the public’s help to find Kirill Matveev, who went missing at about 4 p.m. Monday. Police posted to social media just before 9 a.m. Wednesday that Matveev was located....