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Commissioners approve plans for Raising Cane’s in Oakland
Pittsburgh’s Planning Commission on Tuesday unanimously approved plans to convert an existing restaurant in the city’s Oakland neighborhood into a Raising Cane’s Chicken Fingers. The restaurant chain is planning to open a location at Fifth Avenue and Atwood Street in a building that formerly housed the restaurant and bar Thirsty...
Gainey orders review of Pittsburgh’s ‘purely public charities’ to see if they meet tax-exempt requirements
Pittsburgh Mayor Ed Gainey signed an executive order Tuesday calling on the city’s finance and law departments to investigate whether the city’s purely public charities meet requirements for tax-exempt status. Purely public charities are nonprofits that, under the state’s definition, must advance a charitable purpose, donate a substantial portion of...
Pittsburgh Kids Marathon to debut sensory inclusive heat
The lights and sounds of the 2023 Chick-fil-A Pittsburgh Kids Marathon will be dialed back briefly for the event’s first-ever sensory inclusive heat. “Our mission is to inspire any and all to move, and this offers that chance for people who might not feel comfortable in a large crowd,” said...
Water technology company Evoqua to be acquired in $7.5 billion deal
Pittsburgh-based water technology company Evoqua is being acquired by a Washington, D.C., company in a deal valued at about $7.5 billion. Evoqua’s technology has been used in the life sciences, microelectronics, power and food and beverage sectors. It also has been used in the remediation of pollutants including “forever chemicals”...
Pittsburgh’s Urban Redevelopment Authority to launch housing programs for lower-income residents
Pittsburgh’s Urban Redevelopment Authority has announced a pair of new programs that it said will help lower-income residents. One of the programs will help lower-income residents buy houses, while the other will convert unused Downtown office space into affordable housing. Both programs will launch at the end of the month....
Pittsburgh’s Urban Redevelopment Authority unveils affordable housing preservation program
Pittsburgh’s Urban Redevelopment Authority has unveiled preliminary plans for an affordable housing preservation program. “The program is going to help fund the acquisition, rehab and operations of existing affordable housing,” said Evan Miller, the URA’s director of housing. The goal, he said, is to ensure affordable housing options aren’t shut...
Pittsburgh police take 4 suspects into custody after South Side standoff
Four male suspects wanted on warrants were taken into custody Monday morning by Pittsburgh police following a standoff at a home in the city’s South Side. The incident began shortly before 1:30 a.m. when police said they spotted one of the suspects on a deck of a residence in the...
Police: Man found dead of gunshot wound in Hill District apartment
A man has died after being shot in the face Sunday evening in Pittsburgh’s Hill District. Public Safety spokeswoman Cara Cruz said officers were dispatched to the 2100 block of Bedford Avenue shortly before 6:20 p.m. for reports of a man with a gunshot wound. Officers found the victim, who...
2 males in critical condition from shootings on Pittsburgh’s South Side
Two males found shot on Pittsburgh’s South Side late Saturday night were reported in critical condition, Pittsburgh police said. A juvenile boy was transported to a hospital with wounds to the abdomen and a graze wound to the face, police said. He was found in the area of Color Park...
Fern Hollow Bridge collapse — 1 year later: Strangers’ lives changed forever
South Braddock Avenue at Forbes Avenue. South Braddock Avenue at Forbes Avenue. Check for an accident there. Caller reporting a vehicle off the bridge. Said the bridge gave out. Bad connection. The female was screaming on the line. — Emergency dispatch, Allegheny County, 6:41 a.m., Jan. 28, 2022 ▪ ▪...
FOREVER CHANGED
Tyrone Perry eased his pickup through the empty streets of Pittsburgh’s East End, headlights cutting through the predawn darkness. Flecks of light snow speckled the air as music from an R&B CD drifted through the Ford F-150’s speakers. Tyrone was partial to the smooth vibes of musicians like Isaac Hayes...
Construction to cause disruptions to ‘T’ service this weekend
Riders on Pittsburgh Regional Transit’s light-rail “T” routes Downtown, on the North Shore and in parts of the South Hills should expect significant disruptions this weekend, PRT officials announced. Contractors are working on two separate projects from Friday night up to the start of Monday’s service. Riders should allow for...
Pittsburgh police arrest suspect in Greenfield robbery
Pittsburgh police arrested a man Friday who they said robbed a senior citizen this week outside of an automatic teller machine in Greenfield. The suspect, Brian J. Guiney, 50, of Pittsburgh, was charged with robbery and placed in the Allegheny County Jail, police said. Police said Guiney robbed the senior...
Homicide charges withdrawn for 2 men accused in North Side shootout
Homicide charges against two men who were accused in a North Side shootout that killed three people were withdrawn by prosecutors on Friday after they said that the trajectory from which the shots were fired did not match evidence against them. Charron Troutman, 19, and Samuel Pegues, 30, will both...
3 Pittsburghers charged with domestic terrorism following Georgia incident
Seven people, including three from Pittsburgh, are facing charges of domestic terrorism after a shoot-out Wednesday at the future site of the Atlanta Public Safety Training Center in Georgia. Spencer Bernard Liberto, 29, Matthew Ernest Macar, 30, and Sarah Wasilewski, 35, were taken to DeKalb County Jail earlier this week...
Point Park University president steps down
Point Park University President Donald Green is stepping down after 18 months on the job. The 58-year-old notified the university’s board of trustees that his decision “is for private, personal and family reasons,” officials said in a statement Friday. Green’s resignation was effective immediately. Green follows at least three other...
Pittsburgh’s URA provides $1.2M loan to support Uptown development project
Pittsburgh’s Urban Redevelopment Authority is providing a $1.2 million loan to support an Uptown development project that will include affordable housing and commercial space. The City’s Edge project will include 110 apartments on Colwell Street on a site that is now a parking lot, said Ben Peyton, senior lending analyst...
Nemani-Stanger named executive director of Pittsburgh’s Urban Redevelopment Authority
Pittsburgh’s Urban Redevelopment Authority has named Susheela Nemani-Stanger as its executive director. She will be the first woman to take the role. Nemani-Stanger assumed the role of acting executive director after Greg Flisram resigned from the post at the end of last year. “I’m proud to say that I’ve watched...
Google parent company to lay off 12K workers, unclear how that will affect Pittsburgh office
Google’s parent company announced Friday that the tech giant plans to lay off about 12,000 employees across its workforce. Alphabet Inc., Google’s parent company, reported in October that it employed nearly 187,000 people globally. Pittsburgh is home to a Google office in Pittsburgh’s Larimer neighborhood. It’s unclear how the broad-based...
World of Wheels showcases classic cars, trucks and motorcycles this weekend in Pittsburgh
Just like expensive pieces of art, more than 300 cars, trucks and motorcycles are displayed on red carpets at the David L. Lawrence Convention Center in Pittsburgh, surrounded by ropes and chains connected to stanchions. Some are adorned with colorful flowers nearby or showcased with their hoods up. Tires are...
5 things to do in Pittsburgh this weekend: Jan. 20-22
It’s getting to be about that point of the winter when folks are looking for things to take their minds off the gray, dreary landscape. From travel ideas to films, those things can be found this weekend. Pittsburgh Travel Showcase “You don’t need a passport to see the world. The...
Dry January continues to rise in popularity
Six years ago, Jacob Zadnik spent most of the week traveling for work as a consultant. That included eating out most days — and, with that, drinking lots of alcohol. He and his coworkers challenged each other to try Dry January — 31 days of no alcohol. This month is...
Tree of Life attack survivor Dr. E. Joseph Charny dies at 95
Dr. E. Joseph Charny, a longtime Pittsburgh resident who survived the Tree of Life attack, has died at age 95. He died in Washington, D.C., due to complications of a stroke, compounded by Alzheimer’s disease, according to his obituary in the Pittsburgh Jewish Chronicle. He stood next to Rabbi Jeffrey...
Those huge, stone Wabash piers on the Mon are up for sale
Someone out there can own an unusual piece of Pittsburgh history — not to mention an unusual piece of real estate. The Wabash piers, those hulking stone towers standing about 45 feet above the Monongahela River, Downtown, are up for sale. “The fascinating thing about these piers — they were...
Debra Todd to be installed as first female chief justice of Pennsylvania Supreme Court
Debra Todd knew that in 2023, she would become the first female chief justice in the 300-year history of the Pennsylvania Supreme Court. Her predecessor and longtime friend Max Baer had planned to retired in December, and as the next longest-serving member, the role of chief would fall to her....
