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Pittsburgh finances in ‘delicate position,’ controller cautions in annual report
Pittsburgh Controller Rachael Heisler on Friday said the city’s finances are in a “delicate position,” echoing warnings that the city must rein in spending and grow its revenues. The controller’s 2025 Annual Comprehensive Financial Report showed the city spent nearly $45 million more than it brought in, with revenues reaching...
Pittsburgh man pleads guilty to gun assault in Arnold
A Pittsburgh man was sentenced Thursday to serve 1½ to 3 years in prison for an assault of a man in an Arnold home in 2024, but he was given credit for serving a year of that sentence since his March 30, 2025 arrest. Roger Moore, 48, pleaded guilty to...
$50,000 reward offered in unsolved Arnold killing of Stephanie CoyleVideo
Dan Coyle remembers his late grandmother as “the kindest soul.” Her unsolved slaying, a bizarre and violent attack in Arnold in 1993, continues to torment his family. Stephanie Coyle, 74, was sexually assaulted and stabbed before her body was discovered by the landlord in her apartment behind Fourth Avenue. Her...
‘Severe’ staff cuts begin at Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, union says
The Pittsburgh Post- Gazette is slashing staff as it begins operations under new ownership. At least 40% of newsroom workers are losing their jobs, and 80% of employees who had gone on strike did not receive an offer to be retained, according to Andrew Goldstein, president of the Newspaper Guild...
Mammography Month shines light on misunderstood life-saving test in Pa.Video
While the U.S. breast cancer death rate declined by 43% between 1990 and 2025 following the proliferation of mammograms, per the American College of Radiology, that welcome prolonged decline has leveled off among women ages 40-74 in recent years. What’s more, ACR officials indicate the national rate of breast cancers...
Bloomfield shipping container home offers cool digs, rooftop livingVideo
It’s big, blue and built to last. That’s just a few words that describe The Blue Pearl, a house built with shipping containers. The new-construction home is located on Pearl Street in Bloomfield. The three-story building was constructed from six steel 40’ x 80’ cube cargo shipping containers that have...
Richard King Mellon Foundation chipping in nearly $2M to support Pittsburgh programs
The Richard King Mellon Foundation will provide Pittsburgh with almost $2 million to support youth employment initiatives, a Mellon Square redesign, economic development and a celebration marking the nation’s 250th anniversary, Mayor Corey O’Connor announced Thursday. It’s the latest in a series of contributions from nonprofits and foundations to help...
Steelers to interview for training camp jobsVideo
The Pittsburgh Steelers are looking for people who want to work at the team’s training camp from mid-July through mid-August at Saint Vincent College near Latrobe. There will be open interviews 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Wednesday at the first floor of the Fred M. Rogers Center on the Saint...
Proposed New Kensington STEM Academy to proceed with next steps
The New Kensington Zoning Hearing Board approved a special exception use permit Thursday night for a proposed after-school STEM academy. The nonprofit, R&D Impact Foundation, plans to open the SparX Academy at 1250 Fifth Ave. According to Thomas Roberts Sr., the foundation’s treasurer, R&D proposed a “significant remodeling” for the...
Trump administration says its war in Iran has been ‘terminated’ before 60-day deadline
WASHINGTON — The Trump administration is arguing that the war in Iran has already ended because of the ceasefire that began in early April, an interpretation that would allow the White House to avoid the need to seek congressional approval. The statement furthers an argument laid out by Defense Secretary...
Pressure at the pump builds as gas prices reach 4-year highVideo
Many in Western Pennsylvania braced themselves as they pulled up to the gas pump on Thursday. That’s because U.S. gas prices have soared this week to their highest levels in four years — about $4.30 per gallon nationally. Though prices for regular unleaded in the Pittsburgh region haven’t reached the...
What is Section 2, the provision of the Voting Rights Act at the heart of Louisiana redistricting case?
It remains to be seen how the U.S. Supreme Court ruling on a congressional redistricting case in Louisiana will impact the political landscape. Critics say the court’s ruling Wednesday that the creation of a Black-majority congressional district in Louisiana represented “unconstitutional racial gerrymander” could open the door for more challenges...
Some Banksville residents ‘furious’ over plan to house federal inmates in FOP building
Deb Wiley lives about half a mile from a property on Banksville Road that could soon house federal inmates, a prospect that leaves her unsettled. “Having criminals in our neighborhood is difficult for everybody,” Wiley, 68, of Banksville, told TribLive. Wiley, a member of the Banksville Civic Association, has been...
Pitt regional campuses to offer free tuition for students of families making $75K or less
Pennsylvania residents whose households make $75,000 or less will be eligible to attend a University of Pittsburgh branch campus tuition-free. Pitt on Thursday announced its Regional Campus Tuition Pledge that will begin this fall. Students whose household adjusted gross income is $75,000 or less would pay nothing in tuition at...
Trump signs bill funding the Department of Homeland Security, ending record shutdown
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump swiftly signed bipartisan legislation Thursday funding much of the Department of Homeland Security, but not its immigration enforcement operations, after it won final approval in the House, ending the longest agency shutdown in history. The White House had warned that temporary funding Trump had tapped...
IUP’s proposed College of Osteopathic Medicine gets state system approval
Indiana University of Pennsylvania has cleared another hurdle in establishing an osteopathic medicine college. IUP announced Thursday that its doctor of osteopathic medicine degree program was approved by Christopher Fiorentino, chancellor of the Pennsylvania’s State System of Higher Education. It’s part of the process for any state system university to...
Public hearing set for new development on Westinghouse site in Churchill
Churchill officials will host a public hearing Monday for a set of zoning amendments that would pave the way for a walkable mixed-use development complex at the site of the former Westinghouse Research and Technology Park. The development project by Commonwealth Commercial Real Estate, dubbed Legacy Crossing, was first presented...
Police charge 4 in brazen gunpoint heist at Wilmerding vape shop
Four suspects have been charged — but only one apprehended — for armed robbery after stealing $25,000 worth of merchandise from a Wilmerding vape shop earlier this month. Police said the group — Israel Creath, 19, of North Versailles; Jaamayl Crosby, 20, of Pittsburgh; Jaamar Crosby, 17, of Dayton, Ohio;...
Prosecutors release video of armed man storming correspondents’ dinner
WASHINGTON — Federal prosecutors released a video Thursday showing the moment authorities say an armed man tried to storm the White House Correspondents’ Association dinner and attempt to kill President Donald Trump. Jeanine Pirro, the top federal prosecutor for Washington, posted the video on social media. She said it shows...
Iran’s supreme leader vows to protect nuclear and missile capabilities
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Iran’s supreme leader defiantly vowed Thursday to protect the Islamic Republic’s nuclear and missile capabilities, which U.S. President Donald Trump has sought to curtail through airstrikes and as part of a wider deal to cement the war’s shaky ceasefire. In a statement read by a...
Family of Unity woman who died in sinkhole sues restaurant, U.S. SteelVideo
The husband of a woman who died after falling into a Unity sinkhole in late 2024 has filed a lawsuit against the restaurant where the sinkhole opened, as well as the corporation that owns the abandoned mine underlying it. Kenneth Pollard of Unity filed the suit in Westmoreland County Court...
Louisiana congressional primaries suspended as a result of Supreme Court ruling, state officials say
BATON ROUGE, La. — Louisiana’s congressional primaries won’t be going forward as scheduled in May, as a result of a U.S. Supreme Court ruling that struck down a majority Black congressional district, the state’s top elected officials said Thursday. Gov. Jeff Landry and Attorney General Liz Murrill said in a...
Mark Madden: Penguins’ season was fun, surprising but, ultimately, wasted
The Pittsburgh Penguins’ first-round playoff loss to Philadelphia isn’t hard to analyze: They couldn’t score. A group that finished third in goals during the NHL regular season with 293 — the most by a Penguins team in the Sidney Crosby era — scored just 11 times in six playoff games....
What did the Penguins accomplish this season? And what’s the direction for 2026-27?
PHILADELPHIA — Sidney Crosby regurgitated the notion almost immediately. During a season-ticket holder event in Sewickley this past September, the Pittsburgh Penguins captain was asked about the idea of his team not being competitive — intentionally — for the 2025-26 season for the greater good of the franchise. In other...
Morning Roundup: Investigation finds Allentown fire was intentionally set; IRS places lien on former Steelers player’s property
Here are some of the latest news items from this morning, Thursday, April 30: Investigation finds Allentown fire was intentionally set Officials investigating an April 19 fire in Pittsburgh’s Allentown neighborhood say it was intentionally set. The city’s Fire Investigation Unit is working to determine the cause of the fire,...
