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Man stabbed on Federal Street in Pittsburgh’s North Side
A man was in critical condition Monday night after being stabbed earlier in the day on a commercial section of Federal Street in Pittsburgh’s North Side, officials said. Zone 1 police and medics responded to a report of a man injured by a knife shortly after 4 p.m., Pittsburgh Department...
Pittsburgh debates parking lot on property donated 144 years ago
The Pittsburgh Ballet Theater is seeking to renew a lease on Strip District property dubbed Denny Park that was donated to Pittsburgh nearly 150 years ago to create a public square. City Council and the Mayor’s Office are now wrangling over the lease, which expires in 2025 and could be...
JuJu Smith-Schuster gives shout out to area newlyweds
When Kalea Anderson began talking with JuJu Smith-Schuster on Instagram two years ago, she couldn’t have imagined it would lead to him playing a part in her brother’s wedding. But that’s exactly what happened on Saturday. On a busy weekend for Smith-Schuster that included going to the Chartiers Valley High...
Donate blood at Hotel Monaco in Pittsburgh
Donate blood and enjoy a mocktail afterwards. The Kimpton Hotel Monaco Pittsburgh, Downtown, is hosting a blood drive through Vitalant, a nonprofit transfusion medicine organization that comprises a network of nearly a dozen community blood centers, from noon to 5 p.m. Tuesday. The event is to help with the current...
Judge to decide next week if AG Shapiro can block looming UPMC-Highmark split
Western Pennsylvanians should know by next Friday whether Pennsylvania Attorney General Josh Shapiro’s legal fight to block the June 30 split of health care giants UPMC and Highmark can go on. After last week’s split decision by the state Supreme Court, UPMC and Shapiro’s legal teams next are scheduled to...
Pittsburgh police find drugs, stolen gun after scuffle with suspect
A man spotted dealing drugs in Pittsburgh’s Homewood section fought with police and broke out a store window before officers arrested him Monday, authorities said. Zone 5 police said officers had been conducting surveillance on Frankstown Avenue around 11 a.m. in response to complaints from residents about drug dealing in...
USS Pittsburgh arrives at final base for decommissioning
The Navy’s USS Pittsburgh submarine crossed the arctic under ice on its way to its final destination. After making its last trip from Connecticut to the state of Washington, the sub is being removed from service. The 361-foot, Los Angeles-class, fast-attack submarine had 35 years of service, the last year-and-a-half...
Duquesne couple accused of using Greensburg man’s ID to open credit cards, loans
An Allegheny County couple are accused of using a Greensburg area man’s personal information to open more than a dozen credit card, personal loan and bank accounts over the last year. Greensburg Detective Charles Irvin has filed complaints of identity theft, criminal conspiracy, forgery and theft by deception against Joseph...
Ex-gymnastics coach pleads guilty to Allegheny County sex assault charges
A former gymnastics coach who was granted two new sexual abuse trials last year pleaded guilty to his Allegheny County charges Monday, according to the District Attorney’s Office. Keith Callen, 48, pleaded guilty to aggravated indecent assault, sex assault by a sports official, unlawful contact and corruption of minors. Callen...
Police: Avalon woman hit man with her car because he called her rude
PITTSBURGH — A woman has been charged with intentionally hitting a man and running over his packages with her car outside a Pennsylvania post office after he accused her of rudeness. Pittsburgh police say the 31-year-old man said he called Elizabeth Noel Morrison rude after she flung the Bloomfield post...
3 charged in McKeesport shootout that injured 22-year-old
Allegheny County police are looking for more information about a McKeesport shootout Monday that led to criminal charges against at least three people. A 22-year-old man was shot multiple times in the leg, and is in stable condition, according to police. The man was arguing with James Scott, 17, outside...
Pittsburgh flight returns to LaGuardia after bird strike
NEW YORK — A Pittsburgh-bound flight has safely returned to New York’s LaGuardia Airport after a bird strike. American Airlines Flight 2107 returned at around 8:30 a.m. Monday. No injuries were reported. The airline said it was rebooking 98 passengers and evaluating the plane. It apologized for the delay. Port...
Region can’t afford to pass on $1.1B Pittsburgh airport plan, officials say
Allegheny County’s aviation chief says the authority she runs has no choice but to spend at least $1.1 billion to overhaul Pittsburgh International Airport less than 30 years after it opened as a hub for the former US Airways. Changes in the airline industry, local air service and the region’s...
Pittsburgh safety project to address speeding in Mt. Washington
Pittsburgh is doing $80,000 worth of work at the intersection of Woodruff and Merrimac streets in Mt. Washington after finding that most drivers speed along the streets. The city’s Department of Mobility and Infrastructure collected traffic speed and volume data in 2018 and found that 94% of drivers on Woodruff...
Officials identify man, teen killed in weekend shootings in Allegheny County
Officials on Monday identified a man and teenager killed over the weekend in separate shootings in Allegheny County. Ciquann Dudley Jr., 17, was found dead in an alley in McKeesport on Sunday afternoon, authorities said. His body was found in Tube Works Alley shortly before 2 p.m. by a passerby,...
From World War II through Vietnam, women served in war zones as ‘Donut Dollies’
Debby Griffith MacSwain had only been in Vietnam for a couple of weeks when she was asked by a surgeon to hold the hand of a soldier who was about to die. The year was 1969 and MacSwain, just out of college, was one of the Red Cross volunteers serving...
Cause of Penn Hills house fire under investigation
The Allegheny County Fire Marshal is investigating the cause of a house fire in Penn Hills on Sunday night. Firefighters responding to the fire at 52 Overbrook Road shortly after 11 p.m. found smoke and fire at the back of the house. Firefighters got the fire under control quickly. There...
Old Yingling mansion in Wilkinsburg renovated into the Sleeping Octopus
Nicole Santella wasn’t impressed when her husband first showed her the rundown Yingling mansion in Wilkinsburg. The 30-plus room house on Wood Street had served over the years as Wilkinsburg’s hospital, a convalescent home and a personal care facility. It was abandoned for two years and a wreck when Santella...
Homicide investigators seek public’s help after teen found shot dead in McKeesport
Investigators are seeking the public’s help in connection with a fatal shooting Sunday afternoon in McKeesport. Detectives from the Allegheny County homicide unit responded to request for assistance after a man was discovered shot to death in the 1300 block of Tube Works Alley at around 1:45 p.m. Authorities say...
Electrical fire hits parking garage of Oakland apartment building, no injuries reported
A smoky electrical fire that broke out Sunday afternoon in the parking garage under an Oakland apartment building forced residents out in the street, according to authorities. Police and firefighters responded to a call of an explosion shortly after 3 p.m. in the garage of the SkyVue Apartments located in...
Pittsburgh police investigating Uptown shooting in which woman was shot
Police are investigating after a woman showed up to a local hospital Saturday shot in her stomach. Pittsburgh police and officers from the Major Crimes Unit responded to the hospital just before 7 p.m. where the victim said she was shot by another female in an alleyway in the Uptown...
Pittsburgh police: Wrong-way driver causes crash on Boulevard of the Allies
Three people were injured in an early morning, wrong-way crash on the Boulevard of the Allies in Pittsburgh. According to police, the crash happened just before 3 a.m. when it appears a vehicle was driving westbound into the oncoming eastbound traffic on the Boulevard of the Allies. The car eventually...
Is your favorite swimming pool being inspected?
More than 3,600 swimmers took a dip in Rogers-McFeely Memorial Pool in Latrobe last year. Located in downtown Latrobe, the community pool is one of 130 public swimming facilities in Westmoreland County. Unlike ones in Derry, Greensburg and Youngwood, which were all last inspected by the Pennsylvania Department of Health...
After success in Africa, Open Field launches programming in Pittsburgh
Soccer’s more than football. It can — and has — made a difference in people’s lives, thanks to enthusiasts like Justin Forzano. In 2010, Forzano founded the Cameroon Football Development Program, a non-profit that uses soccer as a means to help youth in the central African nation. On Saturday, the...
PPG donates new paint job to iconic Mars flying saucer
She’s gleaming now, Jim. The flying saucer that’s been a landmark in Mars has a new paint job that “Star Trek’s” James T. Kirk would appreciate, thanks to PPG. The Pittsburgh-based coatings company donated a new paint job to the spaceship that’s been in the Mars town square since the...
