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Pittsburgh Thunderbirds ultimate Frisbee team set for home opener
Pittsburgh’s professional ultimate Frisbee team will play its first home game this weekend. The Pittsburgh Thunderbirds of the professional American Ultimate Disc League will host the Indianapolis AlleyCats in their 2019 home opener Saturday at 6 p.m at J.C. Stone Field located in North Park. In Ultimate games, two teams...
Hear stories behind Pittsburgh’s public art on new podcast
Pittsburgh is telling the story of its large public art collection through a series of podcasts featuring some of the artists that created the works. The Public Art and Civic Design Division of the city Planning Department recorded 16 podcasts giving overviews and the stories behind about 40 percent of...
Site of St. Clair Village to turn into Pittsburgh’s largest orchardVideo
The site of a former housing project in one of Pittsburgh’s hilltop neighborhoods will turn into the city’s largest orchard this weekend. Volunteers on Saturday will plant 200 fruit and nut trees at the Hilltop Urban Farm in Pittsburgh’s St. Clair neighborhood. Executive Director Sarah Baxendell said the 23-acre project...
What you need to know about getting around Pittsburgh on marathon weekend
Road closures in Downtown Pittsburgh for Pittsburgh Marathon festivities will begin at noon Friday. Cars left along the route will be towed, according to Pittsburgh Public Safety. Race organizers recommend going to the marathon’s website at www.thepittsburghmarathon.com to check a map of Downtown and a map of Pittsburgh for suggested...
Monroeville business park, county courthouse to be filmed for ‘Manhunt’
Monroeville is getting back into show biz. But this time, instead of filming zombies at the sprawling Monroeville Mall, a site on the 172-acre Tech One Business Park will be transformed into a scene from “Manhunt: Lone Wolf,” the second season of an American true-crime miniseries. Pittsburgh Film Office Director...
5 things to do in Pittsburgh this weekend: May 3-5
It’s Pittsburgh Marathon weekend but, if you aren’t a runner, there are other things happening. Stay on course The Dick’s Sporting Goods Pittsburgh Marathon is Sunday. More than 40,000 runners are expected for this race, organized by P3R, Pittsburgh Three Rivers Marathon, according to the marathon’s website. The 26.2-mile run...
Drivers urged to avoid closed Mosside Boulevard in Monroeville
A small section of Mosside Boulevard reopened Friday after being closed since late Thursday night. The road was closed between MacBeth Drive and the Gateway Campus Boulevard due to a crash. Police had said traffic lights in the area were not working and Duquesne Light crews worked in the area...
Shady Avenue in Squirrel Hill reopened after tree removal
A road in Pittsburgh’s Squirrel Hill neighborhood that was closed Friday morning because of a fallen tree has reopened The large tree came down around 1 a.m. on Shady Avenue between Northumberland Street and Aylesboro Avenue, the Tribune-Review’s news partner, WPXI-TV, reported. The tree was completely blocking the road, and...
Man shot multiple times in Wilkinsburg
A man is in critical condition Thursday evening after getting shot multiple times in Wilkinsburg, police said. Officials received a 911 call regarding the shooting about 5:20 p.m. near Stoner Way and Swissvale Avenue, Allegheny County Police Inspector Andrew Schurman said. First responders arrived to find a man with multiple...
4 more cases of measles confirmed in Allegheny CountyVideo
Four more cases of measles have been confirmed in Allegheny County, bringing the known number of cases to five, and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention will likely declare an outbreak, county health officials said Thursday. “This is going to be considered an outbreak,” said Dr. Karen Hacker, director...
UPMC: Highmark patients won’t lose access to Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh
UPMC has no intention to sever access to Highmark-insured patients seeking care at UPMC Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh nor impose a prepay rule on any patients who are treated there, regardless of their insurance cards, UPMC Chief Financial Officer Robert DeMichiei said Thursday. “There’s never been any indication of any...
Sex offender and girlfriend arrested in Munhall
A Homestead man convicted of sexual assault of young children has been apprehended by Allegheny County Sheriff’s deputies, along with his girlfriend, police said. Roger Coyne, 35, has been wanted since April 15, 2019, on a probation/parole violation as a result of two 2016 convictions involving the physical and sexual...
Whisky Dinner will celebrate Welsh culture in Pittsburgh
Prince Charles will not be there. But all things Welsh will be celebrated during a Whisky Dinner on May 17 at the University Club that’s being hosted by the St. David’s Society of Pittsburgh. The society celebrates and promotes awareness of Welsh cultural heritage in southwestern Pennsylvania and this is...
Environmental groups file notice to sue U.S. Steel
U.S. Steel could be facing another federal lawsuit, air quality advocates announced Thursday. Environmental Integrity Project, the Breathe Project and the Clean Air Council filed a notice to U.S. Steel as well as federal, state and local agencies for air pollution stating that they intend to sue U.S. Steel over...
Hand cyclist pushing his limits in Pittsburgh MarathonVideo
Inhale on the way up. Exhale on the push. With every rotation of the crank, remember to breathe, remember to shift gears. Up a hill. Down a hill. Breathe. Shift. After the gun goes off at the start of the Dick’s Sporting Goods Pittsburgh Marathon on Sunday, that’s all Dan...
Pittsburgh woman claims arrest came for not supporting Trump
A North Side woman said a Pittsburgh police officer charged her with burglary and other crimes in 2017 because she she didn’t support Donald Trump. Darian Balcom, 47, of Perry North, sued the city in federal court Tuesday, contending Officer Gabe Figueroa violated her First Amendment Rights. “The essence of...
Harmar sheet metal union gets $500K for training, renovations
The Sheet Metal Workers Local Union 12 in Harmar plans to make building improvements and buy new training equipment with a $500,000 state grant. “We’re very excited. We’ve been really hoping this would go through,” said Greg Blose, Local 12’s business manager. The Harmar location includes the Local 12 union...
American flag flies on controversial Mt. Washington billboard
Lamar Advertising has changed the display on a landmark billboard atop Pittsburgh’s Mt. Washington while awaiting a decision from a state court on whether the controversial signage can remain in place. On Tuesday, Lamar replaced a black-and-gold Sprint advertisement with an American flag recognizing the National Flag Foundation, a Pittsburgh-based...
Meet Zane, Pittsburgh police’s new comfort pup
The Pittsburgh Bureau of Police has a new canine companion. The bureau on Thursday welcomed Zane, its first comfort dog for peer support, critical incidents and community outreach, on its social media pages. Welcome Zane, the Bureau’s first ever comfort dog for peer support, critical incidents, and community outreach!Zane is...
Pittsburgh police charge Hilltop gang members in connection with 2014 trash collector killing
A four-year investigation into rival gangs that cut a bloody path through Pittsburgh’s Hilltop neighborhoods in 2014 culminated Thursday with police announcing the arrests of nine people, including four in connection with the mistaken-identity killing of a Pittsburgh trash collector. Four members of the “Zhoove” gang – named for the...
U.S. Steel announces $1B investment in Edgar Thomson, Clairton plants
U.S. Steel announced Thursday it will invest $1 billion to upgrade facilities at its Mon Valley Works. The investment includes a new endless casting and rolling facility at the Edgar Thomson Plant in Braddock and a cogeneration facility at the Clairton Plant. “This is a truly transformational investment for U.S....
Foghat, Guster, The Manhattan Transfer top Allegheny County summer concerts
Local mainstays including the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra will be joined by nationally-known acts like Tonic, Guster and Foghat during the 2019 Summer Concert Series at two Allegheny County parks. The lineups for the annual series were announced Thursday, and they include nearly 30 free performances. The highlights of the series...
American Eagle donates $1M to Pittsburgh Promise as students celebrate signing day
Salvatore Roberto wants to go west. But first the Brashear High School senior is going to Slippery Rock University. Salvatore, 18, plans to major in parks and resource management at the Butler County school. Then he wants to be a park ranger somewhere out west. He said it would have...
‘Beloved by thousands,’ William Penn doorman made people feel special
Jon-Paul Malezi, doorman at the Omni William Penn Hotel in Downtown Pittsburgh for 25 years, had a way of making people feel special, and they loved him for that. If a guest showed up in a rain storm, Malezi was out in the street with an umbrella to make sure...
78-year-old pizza delivery driver assaulted, carjacked in Regent Square
A 78-year-old pizza delivery driver refused medical treatment after he was assaulted and carjacked in Pittsburgh’s Regent Square neighborhood early Thursday morning, according to city police. Officers responded to the 600 block of East End Avenue around 12:45 a.m., a Pittsburgh police spokeswoman said. According to initial reports, the driver...
