Pittsburgh category, Page 171

A proposal to develop a Giant Eagle Market District, along with more than 200 apartments, additional stores and restaurants and a small park, in Pittsburgh’s Shadyside has earned Planning Commission approval. The development from O’Hara-based ECHO Realty will sit on a Penn Avenue site that previously was home to a...

Pittsburgh police are asking for the public’s help to identify a man being sought for a string of burglaries in Downtown. Authorities released a photo of a man they said they suspect in burglaries of at least four businesses and about half a dozen vehicle break-ins during the past several...

Medical experts Wednesday were not surprised to hear the details of Pittsburgh Penguins defenseman Kris Letang’s stroke, saying it might even be considered commonplace for people built as he is. Dr. M. Shazam Hussain, a board- certified neurologist and the director of Cleveland Clinic’s Cerebrovascular Center, estimates one in every...

The new Fern Hollow Bridge in Pittsburgh’s East End is expected to open by the end of the year, city and Pennsylvania Department of Transportation officials said. “We are anticipating the bridge will be open by the end of the year, and perhaps before Christmas,” PennDOT spokesman Steve Cowan said....

Lane and exit restrictions along the Parkway East that caused heavy traffic backups Wednesday morning have been lifted, PennDOT announced. Single-lane restrictions were put in place in both directions of Interstate 376 at the Forbes Avenue/Oakland interchange until about 8 a.m. when the inbound lane was reopened, the agency said....

Pittsburgh police are investigating a fatal shooting Wednesday morning in Marshall-Shadeland. Police and emergency medical personnel were dispatched to the 2400 block of Sorrell Street just before 5:30 a.m., according to an Allegheny County 911 supervisor. First responders found a man with a gunshot wound to the head, a Pittsburgh...

Pittsburgh City Council on Tuesday approved a measure to provide $900,000 for a food service program that provides meals to local students over the summer when they aren’t served meals at school, though one council member raised concerns about whether that’s enough funding for the initiative. The amount of money...

A Pittsburgh police officer was injured while attempting to break up a fight on Tuesday evening in Market Square. A Pittsburgh Public Safety spokesman tweeted about the incident around 8:30 p.m. They said officers responded to a dispute between juveniles at the Five Guys fast food restaurant. An officer suffered...

A Pittsburgh man has plead guilty in federal court to possessing firearms in furtherance of drug trafficking crimes, authorities announced Tuesday. Daryl Williams, 24, recently went before U.S. District Judge Cathy Bissoon. Authorities said Williams admitted having a gun as part of drug trafficking on two dates in May 2018....

Pittsburgh City Council members said they aren’t comfortable with Mayor Ed Gainey’s proposal to move the city’s cable bureau under the control of the Mayor’s Office. Gainey’s proposed 2023 budget calls for moving the cable bureau, the print shop, the nonemergency 311 line and various communication staff under his office’s...

Legislation introduced to Pittsburgh City Council on Tuesday would extend the city’s lease for its police headquarters site in the North Shore for six more years. The proposal includes a more than $1.3 million annual price tag for the Western Avenue space each year. The city sold the last police...

Pittsburgh’s portion of the necessary renovations to create office space at 412 Boulevard of the Allies could cost more than $3 million over the initial budget. Legislation introduced to City Council Tuesday would allocate an additional $3.2 million for the project, which aims to bring several city offices into the...

Police are investigating a carjacking that took place in Homewood on Monday. A delivery driver reported she had stopped to drop off a package in the 500 block of Rosedale Street when a man jumped into the vehicle and drove away after verbally threatening her, Pittsburgh police said. The vehicle...

Pittsburgh officials are looking for volunteer ‘snow angels’ to help elderly or disabled neighbors clear their sidewalks and walkways of snow throughout the winter. The city’s Snow Angels Program pairs volunteers with neighbors who can’t shovel their own sidewalks to ensure that sidewalks are shoveled and salted during inclement weather....

Over 30 Pittsburgh organizations received nearly $1 million in Stop the Violence Grants, according to city officials. Organizations could get funding for a variety of community initiatives, ranging from academic supports and sport programs to family-strengthening activities and mental health counseling for high-risk individuals. “These grants are valuable for the...

Pittsburgh police are searching for a man accused of shooting his wife during an argument while they were driving and then leaving her along the road suffering from a gunshot wound. An arrest warrant has been issued for Kevin Crews, 37, of Pittsburgh, who faces two counts of aggravated assault...

Ausha Brown had only been dating Von Washington, she said, for about five weeks when she killed him. On Monday, as Brown was ordered to serve eight to 16 years in prison for third-degree murder, she told the court that in the moments before she ran Washington over in her...

Pittsburgh City Controller Michael Lamb on Monday announced he will run for Allegheny County executive next year. “As county executive, we will have a county government that is transparent and accessible,” Lamb said. He said he hopes to provide “county leadership that is committed to making Allegheny County work better...

When it comes to glass, the National Aviary on Pittsburgh’s North Side has a unique problem. Not only do officials there not want any of their more than 500 birds to fly into its windows and glass ceilings, but they also don’t want wild birds outside hitting it either. Window...

The driver of a car that fled from police in Squirrel Hill was critically injured when he crashed into a fence and a light pole and was impaled by a piece of metal, according to investigators. A Pittsburgh police officer on patrol at around 9:40 p.m. on Saturday saw a...

Pittsburgh Public Safety officials have identified the first responder who died after the Penn Hills ambulance he was driving collided with another vehicle in Shadyside, according to authorities. Paramedic Nicholas A. Theofilis, 23, of Penn Hills was driving along 5th and Morewood avenues shortly after 11 p.m. when the collision...

Police are investigating an overnight shooting in Pittsburgh’s Sheraden neighborhood. Police were called to a hospital around 2:40 a.m., after receiving a report that an adult male had arrived with gunshot wounds to the leg. The man was in stable condition but, police said, he was not cooperative in explaining...

State police have secured a warrant for a Homestead man they say drove the wrong way up a Parkway East ramp Friday morning, hitting both a vehicle and pedestrian before fleeing on foot. Police said troopers were monitoring traffic at the Forward Avenue on-ramp to I-376 around 9:40 a.m. Friday...

Pittsburgh Police detectives announced Friday night that they located a 13-year-old girl who was previously reported missing. Mariah Moreno was previously reported missing after she did not return home after school on Wednesday....

Shopping, seminars, Santa and more are in the news this weekend in Pittsburgh. Thanksgiving tradition Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra will present “Thanksgiving Tradition: Strauss Family Favorites” at 8 p.m. Friday and 2:30 p.m. Sunday in Heinz Hall, 600 Penn Ave. in the Cultural District. Former PSO Concertmaster Noah Bendix-Balgley returns to...