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Pittsburgh Mayor Bill Peduto said he wasn’t offended by insults directed at him Monday by gun-rights activists rallying outside City Hall, including claims that he is a “traitor” and “commie” for pushing for tighter gun regulations. Peduto on Tuesday said he purposely avoided the building during the rally on the...

The handwritten sign attached to the front doors of Nied’s Hotel on Butler Street in Lawrenceville reads “Closed for repairs” in stocky black letters. But Nied’s is indeed closed for good, owner Jim Nied told the Tribune-Review on Tuesday. The Pittsburgh institution closed its doors for the last time Dec....

Pittsburgh plans to rename the North Side portion of the Three Rivers Heritage Tail in honor of former Mayor Tom Murphy, who led efforts during the 1990s to create riverfront parks and trails. City Council on Tuesday introduced a resolution for renaming the trail, running from the former SCI Pittsburgh...

An hours-long SWAT situation Tuesday in Pittsburgh’s St. Clair Village neighborhood ended peacefully, authorities said. The situation began about noon when detectives were serving a warrant at a home on Kohne Street, according to Public Safety spokeswoman Alicia George. The man inside, wanted for aggravated assault, refused to come out,...

The armed protest Monday outside the City-County Building in Pittsburgh’s Downtown remained peaceful but pointed to an emotional and protracted battle ahead as the city clashes with gun rights activists. City Council has introduced a series of bills banning semi-automatic rifles and some firearms, ammo and accessories within city limits....

Four people were hurt after a crash involving a Port Authority of Allegheny County bus Tuesday morning in Lawrenceville, according to authority spokesman Adam Brandolph. Port Authority police are investigating the crash, which happened about 7:45 a.m. Tuesday at the 62nd Street Bridge and Butler Street. The bus was outbound...

A woman and child were injured in a crash on Ardmore Boulevard in East Pittsburgh on Monday night, Tribune-Review news partner WPXI reported. The woman’s car was pulled over on the side of the road. She was standing outside the car around 7 p.m. and had been trying to fill...

Police are looking for whoever smashed in the front window of a motorcycle shop and made off with several dirt bikes, Tribune-Review news partner WPXI reported. The burglar or burglars broke into All-Pro Motorsports on University Boulevard in Moon Township around 1 a.m. Tuesday and got away with four dirt...

The Allegheny County Medical Examiner’s office said a man found dead in Collier on Sunday took his own life. The death of Stuart Hayman Hunt, 36, of Pittsburgh was ruled a suicide. His body was found Sunday morning next to Chartiers Creek below an Interstate 79 overpass in Collier Township,...

A 20-year-old man was shot in the hip in Munhall Monday night during a domestic incident between his mother and her boyfriend, according to Allegheny County police. The wounded victim showed up at Homestead Police Chief Jeff DeSimone’s door just before 9:30 p.m. “We tended to him as best we...

Buoyed by more than $2 million in his campaign coffers, Rich Fitzgerald announced his decision Monday night to seek a third and final term as Allegheny County’s chief executive. “Pittsburgh’s trajectory and Allegheny County’s trajectory is in a positive direction,” Fitzgerald said on a stage flanked by several dozen local,...

A Verona man was arrested Monday by the Western Pennsylvania Fugitive Task Force in connection with the 2017 killing of a Braddock teen. Augustus Gray, 14, died Nov. 25, 2017 at UPMC Presbyterian Hospital in Oakland after being shot in the head in the Lincoln-Lemington-Belmar neighborhood of Pittsburgh. City police...

Authorities are trying to identify a man who robbed the Dollar Bank branch Monday afternoon in Pleasant Hills. At about 1 p.m., a man entered the Dollar Bank branch at 500 Clairton Boulevard, handed a note to the teller demanding money and left the bank on foot with an unspecified...

Mayor Bill Peduto was among the most unpopular people in Pittsburgh on Monday as hundreds of gun rights protesters openly carrying rifles, shotguns and pistols hurled insults and criticism at him and a proposed gun ban during a rally in front of the City-County Building in the city’s Downtown. They...

Rabbi Jeffrey Myers of the Tree of Life Congregation in Squirrel Hill will deliver the invocation at Gov. Tom Wolf’s second term swearing-in ceremony Jan. 15 in Harrisburg, the inaugural committee announced Monday. “Governor Wolf’s 2019 inauguration is about the people of Pennsylvania, and we are proud that our swearing-in...

A Mt. Lebanon couple is suing a brewery that recently received national accolades contending its local pub brings large crowds, parking problems and unruly behavior to the community. Hitchhiker has become “a victim of their own success,” according to attorney Robert Goldman who represents the couple living near the taproom...

Braddock Borough Council will swear in an interim mayor Tuesday, choosing between finalists Isaac Bunn and Pedro Valles. “We felt that both of them could handle the designated responsibility of being mayor well, and we felt confident that they were the top two candidates” Council President Tina Doose said Monday....

Dave & Buster’s is hosting a job fair on Tuesday to recruit the 200 employees needed for the opening of its second location in the Pittsburgh area in February. The job fair will be held from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the new Dave & Busters being developed at...

A Ross man who ended his relationship with a married woman and then killed her pleaded guilty Monday morning to murder, authorities said. Robert Metz, 69, pleaded guilty in front of Common Pleas Judge Thomas Flaherty to one count each of third-degree murder and abuse of a corpse for the...

Enjoy the warmer temperatures while they last: After Tuesday, the region likely won’t see temperatures above freezing for at least a week. Pittsburgh winter will make a comeback this week, according to the National Weather Service. After daytime highs in the 50s, temperatures are expected to drop Tuesday night as...

Traffic backups remain during the morning commute on Route 28 southbound after a three-car accident on Monday. An Allegheny County 911 dispatcher said the crash, which happened near the Fox Chapel exit, was cleared by around 9 a.m. and no one was injured. Traffic cameras showed traffic was still backed...

A Pitcairn man was arrested Sunday evening after police said he set a fire at a borough house earlier that day. Michael Zachary Cruse, 23, told investigators he started the fire on the Wall Avenue home’s back porch to scare a group of people he had been drinking with, according...

A man was in critical condition Monday morning after being shot in Downtown Pittsburgh, according to the city public safety department. The man was shot along Liberty Avenue near Smithfield Street around 2 a.m. as he walked from one bar to another, police said. He was taken to a hospital...

Hundreds of protesters are expected Monday in Pittsburgh’s Downtown to rally against proposed restrictions on guns and ammunition. The rally starts at noon on Grant Street in front of the City-County Building. The bills would ban semi-automatic rifles and certain ammunition and firearms accessories within city limits. Pittsburgh City Council...