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4 charities receive Mellon Foundation grants to assist Ukrainian refugees in Pittsburgh
Four Pittsburgh nonprofits with experience helping resettle refugees will receive nearly a half million dollars to assist Ukrainians fleeing their war-torn home country. The money – about $499,999 – comes from the Richard King Mellon Foundation and will be divided among the Catholic Charities of Pittsburgh, Hello Neighbor, the Holy...
Grief remains as police continue investigating deadly Pittsburgh Airbnb shooting
As mourners began saying goodbye to two teenage boys shot and killed at a weekend party, Pittsburgh police continued working through what Chief Scott Schubert called “a complex investigation” that needs more people to come forward with what they know. A funeral for 17-year-old Jaiden Brown was held Friday. The...
Pittsburgh police, ATF find many guns seized from juveniles were stolen
Half of the guns seized in cases involving kids and firearms in Pittsburgh last year were stolen, according to new data provided Friday by a joint task force between police and federal agents meant to figure out how children are getting guns. The deep dive began, said Pittsburgh police Chief...
Gainey: Ending violence in Pittsburgh will take citywide approach
Pittsburgh Mayor Ed Gainey in a radio interview that aired Thursday doubled down on his approach to crime and violence, saying it will take a double-edged public safety and public health approach to save lives. “This violence is picking up all throughout America,” Gainey said in an interview recorded Wednesday...
Police: Handguns, AR-15-style weapon used in Pittsburgh Airbnb shooting
Pittsburgh police said Wednesday that multiple types of firearms, including a rifle, were used in Sunday’s shooting at an Airbnb party that left two teens dead and nine other people wounded. Chief Scott Schubert had previously said ballistic evidence suggested that more than one person fired shots when gunfire broke...
Allegheny County Executive Fitzgerald back at work after covid isolation
Allegheny County Executive Rich Fitzgerald is back in the office five days after testing positive for covid-19. Fitzgerald, who is vaccinated and boosted, had no symptoms, said county spokeswoman Amie Downs. He was tested last week after he’d been in close contact with someone who had the virus, and he...
Sheriff’s deputies arrest Olive Garden shooting suspect in Pitcairn apartment complex
Allegheny County Sheriff’s deputies had a hunch that the girlfriend of a wanted fugitive was lying to them Tuesday morning, sparking an apartment complexwide search in Pitcairn that ended in an arrest, authorities said. Accorie Wilder-Mack, 22, has been wanted since March 21 in connection with the robbery and shooting...
Pittsburgh chief: Officer who responded to noise complaint at Airbnb party prior to shooting saw ‘nothing unusual’
A Pittsburgh police officer who responded to a noise complaint at a North Side party less than two hours before a fatal shooting saw nothing that caused concern, Chief Scott Schubert said Tuesday morning. “There was nothing unusual to indicate that something was wrong,” Schubert said. “We have some information...
More details emerge in Pittsburgh party shooting
Police were there just 90 minutes before the shooting started. At the party on Pittsburgh’s North Side where more than 200 people were gathered in an Airbnb rental, it was crowded and loud, witnesses said. People waited in line to get into the party, which was being held in one...
Police responded to noise complaint at Pittsburgh Airbnb 90 minutes before shooting
Pittsburgh police officers responded to an Airbnb party at a North Side home for a noise complaint just 90 minutes before a shooting left two teenage boys dead and eight other partygoers injured by gunfire. Pittsburgh police on Monday confirmed that officers had been called to the scene for a...
Listen to radio calls as police respond to North Side Airbnb shooting
Audio recordings of emergency calls during a shooting early Sunday at a party in Pittsburgh illustrate in real-time the chaotic scene that police and partygoers experienced as the gunfire continued. As officers begin responding to the scene on Suismon Street at Madison Avenue, the sheer volume of people becomes clear....
Flu cases, colds up in Western Pa. as people relax covid-19 precautions
Influenza cases now outnumber covid-19 cases in some areas of Western Pennsylvania, though they remain far below pre-pandemic numbers, experts say. “Over the last couple weeks, there has certainly been a surge in noncovid-related illnesses in the region. Chief among these pathogens has been the yearly influenza virus,” said Dr....
Clean air group asks for more Allegheny County Health Department oversight over Neville Island scrap yard
One year after a fire at the Metalico plant on Neville Island, residents from the area delivered a petition to Allegheny County Executive Rich Fitzgerald asking for increased health department oversight over the scrap yard. The April 2021 fire at Neville Recycling burned for hours before crews brought the flames...
2 Duquesne Light employees shocked during pole replacement in McCandless
Two Duquesne Light employees were shocked by a power line Wednesday during work in McCandless, officials said. The employees were working on a utility pole along Brandywine Drive at the time, said Duquesne Light spokeswoman Ashley Macik. Both were taken to the hospital, she said. Macik said around 30 customers...
Allegheny County health officials have no plans to reinstate mask mandate
Allegheny County health officials said Wednesday they have no plans to reinstate a mask mandate locally as officials in Philadelphia did. “Cases in Allegheny County continue to be low, particularly when compared to the omicron surge in late December and January,” said health department spokesman Chris Togneri. He said there...
Authorities identify McKees Rocks man killed in Duquesne shooting
A McKees Rocks man died in an area hospital after being shot Wednesday morning in Duquesne, according to authorities. Tyree Young, 30, died in the emergency room shortly after 9 a.m., the Allegheny County Medical Examiner’s Office reported. Allegheny County Housing Authority police responded to a call shortly after 8:15...
3 shot in Pittsburgh’s Hill District
Three people were injured in a shooting Tuesday afternoon in Pittsburgh’s Hill District, police said. The city’s ShotSpotter notification system alerted police to 26 rounds fired near the intersection of Mahon and Watt streets in the Middle Hill around 4:40 p.m., according to police spokesman Maurice Matthews. Two men were...
Pedestrian struck on McKnight Road dies, no charges expected against driver
A woman struck on McKnight Road last week has died, authorities said. The incident happened just after 8 p.m. April 6 in Ross. The woman was crossing McKnight Road in the area near Roseland Avenue when she was struck by a vehicle. The busy road was shut down for several...
Port Authority fires 17 employees for not complying with covid-19 vaccine mandate
Seventeen Port Authority of Allegheny County employees have been fired for failing to comply with the authority’s covid-19 vaccine mandate that went into effect nearly a month ago, officials said. The mandate went into effect March 16, with Port Authority officials warning ahead of time of possible widespread service disruptions,...
Police searching for man accused of sexually assaulting teen during Crafton Heights break-in
Pittsburgh police issued a warrant over the weekend for a man accused of breaking into a Crafton Heights home last month and assaulting a teenage girl as she slept on a couch. Robert Huggins, 21, faces more than a dozen charges ranging from involuntary deviate sexual intercourse and corruption of...
Pittsburgh police officers fired over death of Jim Rogers appeal terminations
Five Pittsburgh police officers who were fired after an internal investigation into the death of Jim Rogers following his arrest last year have appealed their terminations, a union official said Friday. Three other officers who were named in the executive summary of the internal report but not fired also will...
Partial building collapse leads to demolition in Bellevue
A building on a residential Bellevue street was demolished Thursday after it began to collapse, authorities said. Bellevue police said in an alert about 4 p.m. that a three-story building had collapsed in the 500 block of Forest Avenue. Property records show the brick building was sold to Dream Homes...
Avian influenza has historically spared Pennsylvania, but farms remain wary as outbreaks spread
Pennsylvania’s commercial poultry has remained untouched by highly pathogenic avian influenza for nearly 40 years, but poultry producers in the area remain on high alert because of the devastating effects it can have on flocks once it begins to spread. “A lot of chickens and turkeys have been depopulated this...
Pittsburgh public health advocates attend Affordable Care Act event at White House
Two public health advocates from Pittsburgh attended a White House ceremony Tuesday celebrating the 12th anniversary of the Affordable Care Act. Amy Raslevich, a doctoral candidate at the University of Pittsburgh’s School of Public Health, and Adrianne Sapienza, a Pitt alumna and diabetes educator at UPMC Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh,...
Sneakers, jacket and car trouble lead to charges in Fox Chapel, O’Hara burglaries
Police said they used a Squirrel Hill man’s distinctive Adidas shoes and North Face jacket to link him to a series of burglaries in Fox Chapel and O’Hara over the course of a year, according to charges filed Tuesday. Andrew Clinton, 20, faces more than a dozen charges, including burglary,...
