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Harrison man finds meaning in giving back through CVS workforce training program
Harrison resident Sean Ware is coming off the Thanksgiving holiday feeling even more motivated to help those in need. An Army veteran, Ware is associate manager of CVS Health’s Workforce Innovation Training Center (WITC) in Pittsburgh, where he works to assist veterans and people transitioning from poverty. “I’m thankful that...
Pittsburgh council president calls for greater accountability in how Stop the Violence grants are spent
Pittsburgh City Council President Theresa Kail-Smith called for greater accountability in how Stop the Violence grant money is spent. The city last week announced the first round of Stop the Violence grant recipients. Over 30 organizations received nearly $1 million in total from the grant funding, which is meant to...
The time a ‘fake Fleetwood Mac’ was booked by Pittsburgh promoter Rich Engler
The recent death of longtime Fleetwood Mac member Christine McVie brought memories flooding back for music industry insiders recalling the band’s storied and tumultuous history. Pittsburgh concert promoter Rich Engler is among them . Although Engler has several stories about bringing the rock group to Western Pennsylvania, one of his...
Pittsburgh council members question whether snow plow tracker is help or hindrance
Some Pittsburgh City Council members have voiced concerns with the city’s snow plow tracker, which, they said, is often unreliable and misleading. However, council gave preliminary approval last week to extend a contract with Minnesota-based Quetica for “fleet telematics” and snow route optimization technology, including GPS routing and the technology...
13-year-old girl from Homewood found safe
A 13-year-old girl reported missing from Homewood has been found safe, according to Pittsburgh police. She was reported missing over the weekend and police sought the public’s help in finding her....
‘Generational changing’ investments poised to remake Western Pa.’s trails system
Described as “generational changing,” recently awarded investments in rails-to-trails will help connect more than 100 miles of recreational trails in Western Pennsylvania, opening previously unrealized pathways to communities poised to benefit economically. Murrysville to Rankin. O’Hara to East Deer. Aspinwall to Homewood. Plans are underway to grow and connect mostly...
90-year-old man, left on Pittsburgh doorstep as newborn, meets the family he never knew
A 12-day-old baby boy left in a basket on a Garfield doorstep in 1932, has found his long-lost Pittsburgh family. Jim Scott wrote a “Christmas wish” to connect with his birth family in 2016. And for the past six years, he’s been putting together the pieces of what most of...
McKeesport man dies in single-vehicle Parkway East crash
A 20-year-old man died in a single-vehicle crash on the Parkway East early Saturday morning. Jaquawn Walton, of McKeesport, crashed into a concrete barrier and a PennDOT pole at around 3:15 a.m. near the Oakland exit, according to state police. He was dead at the scene. State police, Pittsburgh police,...
Police: Man found unconscious in Downtown Pittsburgh alley was attacked with BB gun
Pittsburgh police say a man who died after being found unconscious in a downtown alley had been assaulted with a BB gun. The Allegheny County Medical Examiner’s Office identified the man as Christopher Gaylor, 50. He died at UPMC Presbyterian Hospital. According to police, officers and medics went to Coffey...
Mayor Ed Gainey takes gun violence concerns to social media after 4-year-old’s death
Pittsburgh Mayor Ed Gainey took his criticism of gun violence to social media Friday night, speaking directly to Pittsburghers via Twitter and Facebook livestreams the day after a 4-year-old girl was shot and killed in the city. “There is no reason a 4-year-old should have been murdered,” said Gainey, who...
Pittsburgh Land Bank approves $10M spending plan for covid relief money
The Pittsburgh Land Bank’s board voted unanimously Friday to approve a plan to spend $10 million in American Rescue Plan funding — despite the fact Mayor Ed Gainey has said he wants to take $3 million of that money to create a food justice fund. The Land Bank’s plan calls...
Pitt students abused corpses in anatomy class, police say
Two University of Pittsburgh students are accused of inappropriately touching corpses in their anatomy class. Sonel Jimenez, 19, of Albrightsville, Carbon County, and Amay Gupta, 19, of Fremont, Calif., were charged Thursday with abusing a corpse in connection with the incident, which took place at Pitt’s Victoria Hall on Nov....
Space Force opens Pittsburgh hub to boost regional space and tech industries
Nearly four decades after the collapse of the steel industry, the Pittsburgh region has emerged as a growing technology hub in the fields of robotics and life sciences. Those industries are likely to see a boost from the newly created Keystone Space Innovation Center on Pittsburgh’s North Side. The facility...
Police: Man critically injured after being stabbed in neck during Beltzhoover fight
A man was stabbed in the neck during a fight early Friday in Pittsburgh’s Beltzhoover neighborhood, according to a police spokesman. Officers from the Zone 3 station responded to the 700 block of Montooth Street shortly after 5:30 a.m., police said. Emergency responders found a man with a stab wound...
5 things to do in Pittsburgh this weekend: Dec. 2-4
Holiday music and shopping — along with the ghostly appearance of William Shakespeare — are among events on tap this weekend in Pittsburgh. Shakespeare’s ghost Premiere performances of Pittsburgh playwright Nathan Wagner’s “Perdita” will be at 11 a.m. and 8 p.m. Friday in the New Hazlett Theater, 6 Allegheny Square...
Woman shot during fight in Pittsburgh’s Homewood South, police say
A woman was shot multiple times during a fight with another woman early Friday in Homewood South, according to Pittsburgh police. Officers from the Zone 5 station responded to a Shotspotter alert just after 3 a.m. indicating that seven shots were fired in the 700 block of Brushton Avenue. At...
4-year-old dies in Pittsburgh shooting, 2 others injured
Three people were hospitalized in connection with a double shooting Thursday night in Pittsburgh. On Friday, Pittsburgh police said in a news update that the 4-year-old victim has died. Allegheny County dispatch said calls for the shooting came in around 6:40 p.m. along the 1500 block of Lincoln Avenue. Among...
Pittsburgh needs to step up police recruitment efforts, officials say
Police recruit training classes planned in Pittsburgh next year could bring in about half as many officers as the city has lost from its force this year, officials said Thursday. Only eight people applied to join the first class, which will train people who were officers elsewhere, said Councilman Anthony...
Teen charged in California-Kirkbride homicide also accused in funeral service shooting
A Pittsburgh teenager who police say opened fire on a Brighton Heights funeral service in late October has been charged in connection with a homicide that took place more than two months earlier. The Aug. 7 shooting in the city’s California-Kirkbride neighborhood left one man dead and three others injured....
New Downtown Pittsburgh homeless shelter already at capacity
Second Avenue Commons, a homeless shelter that opened last week in Downtown Pittsburgh, is already at capacity, officials said. “We’re now into the overflow space, which is the cafeteria that’s downstairs,” said Dan Palka, Allegheny Health Network’s director of urban health and street medicine. Palka is collaborating with the city...
$7M contract extension considered for security at Pittsburgh’s City-County Building, other sites
Pittsburgh City Council is considering spending $7 million over five years to extend a contract with a Pittsburgh-based firm that provides security at the City-County Building and other city sites. The proposed contract would pay security guards a fraction of what guards are making at some county-owned facilities, according to...
Pitt student wins big during ‘Wheel of Fortune’ College Week
University of Pittsburgh sophomore Noah Stockwell got the idea of competing on the popular TV game show “Wheel of Fortune” sort of as a joke. He wound up having the last laugh after winning a massive prize on an episode that aired on Nov. 24. “I figured it would be...
Homestead man faces charges in shooting that killed man in Marshall-Shadeland
Pittsburgh police said they arrested a man in connection with a fatal shooting on Wednesday morning in Marshall-Shadeland. Jason Woodall, 29, of Homestead, faces charges of criminal homicide, robbery and firearm violations, police said. He was lodged in Allegheny County Jail and denied bail Thursday. Investigators identified the victim as...
Carnegie Museum of Art’s 2023 exhibit put focus on collection
For its 2023 slate of programs, the Carnegie Museum of Art will take inspiration from its long-running Carnegie International — now in its 58th iteration. “The program builds on the incredible momentum of the Carnegie International, which is part of the collecting legacy on which the museum was founded,” said...
Pedestrian, traffic safety improvements planned on Strip District’s Liberty Avenue
A portion of Liberty Avenue running through Pittsburgh’s Strip District will see major pedestrian and traffic safety improvements, according to city officials. Councilwoman Deb Gross said the city will partner with PennDOT on the nearly $1 million project. The city will be providing just $4,500 of that cost, with the...
