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Pittsburgh considers partnering with Johns Hopkins University on drug-withdrawal program
Pittsburgh officials are considering partnering with Johns Hopkins University to analyze the city’s prehospital buprenorphine program. The city launched the program in November, allowing EMS personnel to administer the drug to patients experiencing opioid withdrawal. Hospitals and physicians commonly use buprenorphine to treat opioid use disorder and opioid withdrawal, which...
Pittsburgh City Councilman Corey O’Connor poised to become Allegheny County’s controller
Pittsburgh City Councilman Corey O’Connor is slated to take over as Allegheny County Controller, the county’s top fiscal watchdog. The position opened up after former controller Chelsa Wagner was elected as an Allegheny County Common Pleas judge. O’Connor said he sent a letter to Gov. Tom Wolf earlier this year...
Woman shot in Pittsburgh’s Duquesne Heights
A woman was hospitalized in stable condition Wednesday after being shot in the leg and suffering a graze wound to the head in Pittsburgh’s Duquesne Heights neighborhood, police said. The shooting was reported at noon in the 200 block of Seward Street, police said. The victim was alert and conscious...
Pittsburgh revenues bouncing back from pandemic, controller says
Pittsburgh’s revenues are rebounding after the covid pandemic, City Controller Michael Lamb said Wednesday. Lamb’s analysis comes as his office released its popular annual financial report, which he described as “the layman’s version” of the comprehensive annual report he released in April. “It really is a good overview of where...
Wigle Whiskey ordered to pay $39K for making workers share tips with managers
The owners of Wigle Whiskey were ordered by the U.S. Department of Labor to repay nearly $39,000 to 41 employees after an investigation showed that servers were required to share tips with managers and supervisors. The Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division said Pittsburgh Distilling Co., which operates as...
Tree of Life shooting suspect could stand trial next year
The federal judge presiding over the case involving the mass shooting at the Tree of Life synagogue in 2018 anticipates a 2023 trial. During an hour-long status conference in the criminal case against Robert Bowers on Wednesday, U.S. District Judge Robert Colville said that a date spanning March through May...
Monkeypox case diagnosed in Pittsburgh
A case of monkeypox has been detected in Pittsburgh, the infected patient’s primary care office said Wednesday in a statement. The individual received testing for monkeypox at Central Outreach Wellness Center on the North Side, according to the statement, and the state Department of Health confirmed the result Tuesday. The...
Study: Pittsburgh among nation’s top fishing cities
Pittsburgh is one of the top cities for fishing in the U.S., according to a ranking prepared by ApartmentGuide.com, an online rental resource. The Three Rivers City came in at No. 9 in the top 10 ranking among all U.S. cities with populations of more than 50,000. For each city,...
Missing 17-year-old girl last seen in Downtown Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh police are asking for the public’s help in locating a missing 17-year-old girl last seen Downtown. Shawnalynn Brandon was last seen in the city’s Downtown area around 4 p.m. Tuesday. She was wearing a black shirt and jacket with khaki pants, according to police. Brandon is 5 feet, 2...
2 detained after shots fired in Downtown Pittsburgh
A man and woman have been detained for questioning in connection with gunshots fired Tuesday afternoon in downtown Pittsburgh, city police said. There were no injuries as a result of gunshots being fired near the intersection of Fort Duquesne Boulevard and Sixth Street around 3:30 p.m. Police did not say...
Officials say Western Pa. can lead way in clean energy industry
The Pittsburgh region has a long history of energy production, from its former proliferation of coal mines to a more recent boom in natural gas, and it may be looking to add to that energy profile by transitioning to renewable and clean energy technology. On Tuesday, U.S. Secretary of Energy...
Pittsburgh denies covid vaccine exemptions to some cops citing religious reasons
Pittsburgh officials sent out letters denying some Pittsburgh police officers’ requests for religious exemptions to the city’s covid-19 vaccine mandate, according to the mayor’s office. Maria Montaño, Mayor Ed Gainey’s spokesperson, confirmed that officers received the letters, but declined to comment on the specific contents of the message. She did...
Pittsburgh to continue leasing space from CCAC for public safety training facility
Pittsburgh City Council voted Tuesday to extend the city’s lease to use a Community College of Allegheny County-owned property as a public training facility until the city can build its own. The measure will extend the city’s lease for a property on North Lincoln Avenue for an additional five years....
Councilman introduces legislation to protect abortion access in Pittsburgh
Legislation introduced to Pittsburgh City Council on Tuesday aims to protect abortion in the city, even if it would at some point become restricted statewide. City Councilman Bobby Wilson sponsored three related bills hours after the U.S. Supreme Court overruled Roe v. Wade, deciding that Americans do not have a...
Pittsburgh nurses say overturning Roe will endanger patients, increase burnout
About half a dozen nurses gathered Tuesday outside of West Penn Hospital in Bloomfield to decry the recent U.S. Supreme Court decision to overturn Roe v. Wade, essentially making abortion illegal in several states. Pennsylvania still allows abortions up to 24 weeks into pregnancies and will continue at least through...
Pittsburgh man who won right to new trial pleads guilty to 3rd-degree murder
A man from Pittsburgh’s Overbrook neighborhood who won the right to a new trial 13 years after he was convicted of accidentally killing his great aunt in Perry North pleaded guilty Tuesday to third-degree murder. Jayquon Massey, 32, was ordered to serve 14 to 28 years in prison as part...
Airbnb permanently bans parties at its rental locations
SAN FRANCISCO — Airbnb is making permanent its ban on parties at homes listed on the site for short-term rentals. The San Francisco company believes the ban has worked, saying Tuesday that reports of parties at listed properties have dropped 44% from a year ago. More than 6,600 guests were...
Pittsburgh zoning amendment clears way for proposed Oakland Crossings
A zoning amendment approved Tuesday by Pittsburgh City Council clears the way for the proposed Oakland Crossings development to proceed. Walnut Capital, the Shadyside developer that revitalized the East End’s Bakery Square, needed City Council to approve the zoning change in a portion of Oakland so it can move ahead...
Target set to open in historic Kaufmann’s building
Target is scheduled to open in the old Kaufmann’s building in Downtown Pittsburgh next month. The grand opening for the Fifth Avenue store is slated for July 17, said Maddie Wojtalewicz, a Target spokesperson. “At approximately 22,000 square feet, the store will bring an easy, safe and convenient shopping experience...
Police: Missing girl found in Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh Police said an 11-year-old girl who had been missing has been safely located. Public Safety officials had asked the public to help find Kamarah Sanders, who was last seen at 3 a.m. June 27 leaving a residence on Carver Street in Larimer. She is Black with dark hair, 5...
Pittsburgh man gets 31 years in federal prison for heroin trafficking
A Pittsburgh man who served as the “right-hand man” for a large-scale heroin trafficker convicted of killing a potential witness against him will serve 31 years in prison. U.S. District Judge Mark R. Hornak sentenced James Perrin, 44, on Monday. Perrin has already been incarcerated for seven years on the...
Pittsburgh-based dinosaur expert helps discover fossil of bizarre creature
Just imagine a 20-foot-long, meat-eating dinosaur with a smashed-in, bulldog-like face with small teeth, walking around on its hind legs and its short arms flailing away. This month, an Egyptian-American team of researchers, including a Pittsburgh-based dinosaur expert, announced the discovery of this new kind of dinosaur from a fossil...
Sue Murray pool to open in North Side following community outcry
Following community campaigns and public criticism, Pittsburgh Mayor Ed Gainey announced Monday that one of the North Side’s pools will reopen this summer after it was initially left off the list of openings. Sue Murray pool on Cedar Avenue will reopen starting on Wednesday. It will initially be open Mondays...
Gainey, some Western Pa. officials seek to create local gun ordinances
Pittsburgh Mayor Ed Gainey and other regional leaders on Monday called for the right to pass gun reform laws on a local level if state officials in Harrisburg don’t enact such measures. Preemption laws prohibit cities like Pittsburgh from instituting gun regulations, but some officials are urging state leaders to...
Motorcycle crashes with vehicle on Route 28
A motorcycle and a vehicle were involved in a crash Monday morning on Route 28. The wreck was in the northbound lanes near the Delafield Avenue exit. The crash occurred around 5:30 a.m., according to an Allegheny County 911 dispatcher. One person was injured in the wreck, the dispatcher said,...
