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‘It’s always there’: Families of synagogue shooting victims reflect on what’s lost
There’s a weed growing in a bucket on Pittsburgh police SWAT Officer Tim Matson’s porch. It saved his life. Months after he was shot multiple times responding to an active shooter at the Tree of Life synagogue building in Squirrel Hill, Matson said Wednesday, he remained in a dark place....
Pittsburgh police chief says staffing ‘not in crisis’ despite officer shortage
Pittsburgh Police Chief Larry Scirotto said the police bureau’s staffing levels are “not in crisis,” as officials on Wednesday released the bureau’s first staffing study in more than a decade. According to the study, conducted by California-based Matrix Consulting Group, the Pittsburgh Bureau of Police has an “exceptional” response time...
Sara Innamorato resigns from state House amid budget impasse
Spotlight PA is an independent, nonpartisan newsroom powered by The Philadelphia Inquirer in partnership with PennLive/The Patriot-News, TribLIVE/Pittsburgh Tribune-Review and WITF Public Media. Sign up for our free newsletters. HARRISBURG — The state House will once again be tied at 101-101 following the resignation of a Western Pennsylvania Democrat. State...
Magisterial District Judge Mik Pappas resigns
The magisterial district judge for several of Pittsburgh’s East End neighborhoods has resigned, according to a letter obtained by the Tribune-Review. Mik Pappas was elected to Allegheny County’s 31st magisterial district in 2017, and announced last year that he would not seek reelection. District 31 includes the city’s Bloomfield, East...
Overnight closures of Andy Warhol Bridge end; work on Clemente underway
Overnight closures of the Andy Warhol Bridge have ended, Allegheny County officials said Tuesday. The closures, which began in late April, allowed for crews to install an enhanced lighting system on the span. There will be periodic single-lane closures during the day on the Andy Warhol and Rachel Carson bridges...
Pittsburgh’s Daniel Moore loses 3rd ‘Jeopardy!’ appearance by $1Video
Just one dollar. Just one! That’s how much Pittsburgh’s Daniel Moore lost by in his third appearance on the game show “Jeopardy!” on Tuesday night. Moore faced some tougher competition from Canadian Cheslea Watt and, especially, Los Angeles lawyer David Bederman. Going into Final Jeopardy, Moore was in second place...
Pitt’s new chancellor begins her tenure with some questions for students, staff
College and university leaders who are new in their job almost always arrive on campus promising some form of a listening tour to take the pulse of the place. At the University of Pittsburgh, Chancellor Joan Gabel is taking things a bit further in her first week. She emailed Pitt’s...
Hays Woods officially designated a Pittsburgh park
Hays Woods is officially a Pittsburgh park. City Council on Tuesday unanimously approved legislation that officially recognizes the 624-acre site — which includes city-owned land in Pittsburgh’s Hays and St. Clair neighborhoods as well as Baldwin — as a park. The sprawling wooded area will be the second-largest park in...
Carnegie Museum to spearhead campaign raising awareness about invasive plants
Carnegie Museum of Natural History officials may catalog the existence of invasive plant species in Western Pennsylvania. But that doesn’t meant they like them, or want them here. With $225,000 in hand from the Richard King Mellon Foundation, museum officials will embark on a campaign later this year in partnership...
Downtown Pittsburgh’s last McDonald’s to become a Huntington National Bank
Huntington National Bank is slated to take over the Stanwix Street site that formerly housed Downtown Pittsburgh’s last McDonald’s. The fast food restaurant in the spring opted not to renew its lease at the location just outside Market Square. The Golden Arches had been at the site for about 50...
Family members describe ‘profound’ loss of victims in Pittsburgh synagogue shooting
Dr. Jerry Rabinowitz believed it was better to be kind than right. Bernice and Sylvan Simon could have been the poster children for a happy marriage. Joyce Fienberg doted so much she reminded her son of Mary Poppins. Rose Mallinger loved to do the chicken dance. Irv Younger was so...
Pittsburgh moving ahead with plan for medical debt relief
Pittsburgh officials are moving ahead with plans to alleviate medical debt for some city residents. Councilman Bobby Wilson, D-North Side, introduced a measure last year that would use $1 million in federal American Rescue Plan Act dollars to contract with a company that will buy dischargeable health care debt from...
Animal Rescue saves 27 dachshunds from North Fayette home
Humane Animal Rescue of Pittsburgh is caring for 27 dachshund dogs that were rescued from a North Fayette home Monday. With help from North Fayette Police Department, Humane Animal Rescue officers executed a search warrant on a North Fayette house Monday. Officers were investigating neighbors’ concerns about unsanitary conditions and...
Pittsburgh’s Daniel Moore snags 2nd ‘Jeopardy!’ win
Daniel Moore’s second “Jeopardy!” victory wasn’t as stellar as his first, but he lives to fight another day. The Pittsburgh contestant ended Monday night’s episode with another $14,800, defeating fellow contestants retired elementary teacher Jerry Powers of New Jersey and librarian Leann Craumer of Maryland. Unlike Friday, Moore correctly answered...
Morning Roundup: Troopers investigate man’s death in police custody in Monaca
Here are some of the latest news items from this morning, Tuesday, July 18: State troopers investigate after man dies in police custody in Monaca Pennsylvania State Police are looking into the case of a man who died Saturday while in police custody in Monaca. The Beaver County District Attorney’s...
Woman found dead in Mon Wharf area
Pittsburgh police on Monday found a woman who died in the area of the Mon Wharf. Officers were called to 1 Fort Pitt Blvd. around 5:45 a.m. Monday for a report on a 35-year-old female found unresponsive. The woman, who has not yet been identified, was pronounced dead by medics...
Berg Place site in Carrick could become affordable senior housing development
A proposal before Pittsburgh’s Urban Redevelopment Authority would see Carrick’s Berg Place site redeveloped into affordable senior housing. The Berg Place site, which sits off of Brownsville Road, had previously been a multi-unit housing complex, but was condemned in 2014 after years of “disrepair,” said Niklas Persson, a lending analyst...
New start-ups to join Lawrenceville’s ‘Robotics Row’
Several more companies are joining the ranks of Pittsburgh’s growing robotics industry. The Robotics Factory, a consortium of start-ups, announced Monday that it will move into the Tech Forge building in Pittsburgh’s Lawrenceville neighborhood. Six start-up companies will be joining the Robotics Factory’s “Accelerate” program, which provides them with funding...
‘Such a huge void’: Survivors of synagogue shooting victims testify in trial’s final phaseVideo
For weeks, everyone in the courtroom had become accustomed to the pictures of the victims. They were displayed frequently. State-issued ID photos, sometimes smiling, but often stoic, on a blue background. On Monday, the pictures changed. As the government told the jurors about each of the lives lost Oct. 27,...
Police issue dozens of citations in South Side crime crackdown
Pittsburgh police say they issued dozens of citations over the weekend in the city’s South Side neighborhood amid efforts to curb violence and crime in the area. Police on Monday said they had “conducted focused enforcement to ensure public safety” along the East Carson Street entertainment district. With assistance from...
Salem’s Market & Grill hopes to add grocery store to Hill District plaza
Pittsburgh-based Salem’s Market and Grill will purchase a shopping plaza in Pittsburgh’s Hill District where its ownership hopes to open a grocery store by the end of the year. The city’s Urban Redevelopment Authority last week unanimously voted in favor of selling the Centre Avenue property that formerly housed a...
‘It all happened so fast’: Tiki boat captain saves boy in Allegheny River
All it took was a second. On a sunny summer afternoon, Shaler native Jason Ruhle was halfway through a two-hour cruise around the confluence of Pittsburgh’s three rivers, captaining 12 passengers on two tiki boats down the Allegheny River. He docked about 4:30 p.m. July 8 at Point State Park....
Code orange air quality alert issued for Monday
A statewide code orange air quality alert has been issued for Monday. That means young children, the elderly and people with respiratory problems should limit outdoor activities for risk of exposure to elevated air pollution. According to the state Department of Environmental Protection, smoke from Canadian wildfires is expected to...
2 Pittsburgh facilities up for ‘America’s Most Beautiful Hospitals’
Two Pittsburgh medical facilities are in the running for “America’s Most Beautiful Hospitals” contest. The Children’s Home of Pittsburgh and UPMC Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh, both situated along Penn Avenue, are among 50 hospitals nominated nationwide. Sponsored by healthcare staffing firm Soliant, the contest runs through July 27. Soliant plans...
Chatham University students, seniors share living space at Vincentian Schenley Gardens
College students living in the same housing complex as senior citizens might not seem like something that would work — but for the residents of Vincentian Schenley Gardens, a personal care home in Oakland, it definitely does. Jean Bolden, who turned 95 on the Fourth of July, and Amanda Barber,...
