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Dick’s Sporting Goods Pittsburgh Marathon announces 2022 Hall of Fame class
Four new members have been announced for induction into the Dick’s Sporting Goods Pittsburgh Marathon Hall of Fame. The names were released Tuesday. They include Dr. Eric Anish, Jim Hommes, Christine Simpson and Joe Thomas. The induction ceremony will take place during marathon weekend on April 30. Eric Anish A...
Bitter Ends restaurant in Bloomfield to close
After nearly five years of serving diners breakfast, coffee, fresh-baked bread, and inventive brunch and take-out items, Bitter Ends will close in April. The popular spot took over the former Bloomfield Sandwich Shop location in 2017, and quickly built a passionate fan base. Bitter Ends focused on hearth-baked bread and...
University Prep on modified lockdown after guns found in nearby Hill District home
A school in Pittsburgh Hill District was on modified lockdown Tuesday after police found guns in an abandoned home nearby, officials said. Ebony Pugh, a spokeswoman for Pittsburgh Public Schools, said the guns were found at a home on Vancroft Street, not far from University Prep, a grade 6-12 school...
Union says Urban Pathways charter school teachers being cut over organization efforts
Nearly three dozen teachers at Urban Pathways K-5 charter school in Downtown Pittsburgh have filed to unionize with the American Federation of Teachers labor union. According to AFT Pennsylvania, administrators at Urban Pathways K-5 doled out non-renewal contracts to some staff and fired one employee in response to March 22...
Mayoral press secretary named to Pittsburgh’s LGBTQIA+ Commission
Pittsburgh Mayor Ed Gainey has appointed Maria Montaño, the city’s first transgender press secretary, to the LGBTQIA+ Commission. The appointment was unanimously approved by City Council on Tuesday. “Our great city has a rich history of advancing the rights of the LGBTQIA+ community,” Montaño said. “I feel humbled to be...
Pittsburgh Symphony, United Way plan free benefit concert for Ukrainian refugees
Pittsburghers pull together in tough times, said Bobbi Watt Geer, president and CEO of United Way of Southwestern Pennsylvania. She’s seen it happening as the United Way and Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra prepare for a concert in support of humanitarian relief for the people of Ukraine. “In true Pittsburgh fashion, all...
UPMC Matilda H. Theiss Health Center returns to Pittsburgh’s Hill District
The UPMC Matilda H. Theiss Health Center will begin seeing patients in Pittsburgh’s Hill District again on Friday. The clinic moved out of the Hill District last August because of structural problems at its prior facility, and it operated temporarily in the South Side, according to Dr. Jonathan Yadlosky, the...
Pittsburgh woman accused of striking fiance with car in city’s Knoxville neighborhood
A Pittsburgh woman faces charges after police said she ran down her fiancé with a car Friday after a night of drinking, critically injuring the man. Tina McAfee, 44, of the city’s Knoxville neighborhood, is charged with attempted homicide and aggravated assault. Police said they responded to Knox Avenue around...
Steelers, Kraft Heinz in talks over naming rights for North Shore stadium
The Pittsburgh Steelers are in talks with Kraft Heinz Co. over possibly extending the longstanding naming rights for the team’s North Shore stadium. The stadium has been named Heinz Field since it opened 21 years ago, the result of a 20-year, $57 million naming rights deal that was extended by...
Uptown Partners event looks to rally support for preserving historic Tito House
Pittsburgh’s Uptown Partners is holding an event Saturday to educate the community about the Tito House, a building nominated for historic designation. The event is part of a larger effort to rally support for preserving the Fifth Avenue building, which is at risk of being demolished to make way for...
1 transported to hospital after Polish Hill crash
One person was taken by ambulance Monday morning from the scene of a crash in Pittsburgh’s Polish Hill neighborhood, according to a dispatcher for Allegheny 911. Around 4 a.m., a vehicle crashed into a utility pole on Herron Avenue near the intersection of Dobson Street, the dispatcher said. The scene...
Fire breaks out in Duquesne home; no injuries reported
A fire was reported on the second floor of a two-story home in Pittsburgh’s Duquesne neighborhood Sunday, according to an Allegheny County police dispatcher. Emergency crews responded at about 7 p.m. to the fire at 109 Dell St. There were no injuries, the dispatcher said. The fire is believed to...
Eagles soar with ‘Hotel California’ concert at PPG Paints Arena
Just as most Eagles fans will probably never forget where they were the first time they heard the song “Hotel California,” those at PPG Paints Arena on Saturday night won’t soon forget hearing the live version of the song that kicked off an in-concert performance of the entire “Hotel California”...
Pitt volunteers assemble care packages for dialysis patients on South Side
Student volunteers from the University of Pittsburgh learned about kidney health on Sunday, March 27 at the National Kidney Foundation’s office on Pittsburgh’s South Side. Twenty-two Pitt volunteers and two from local nonprofit Humana helped prepare 200 care packages to help veterans and children undergoing kidney dialysis pass the time....
Pittsburgh police: Missing man safely located
Pittsburgh Police detectives thanked the public for their help locating a missing man they said was endangered. Brendan Crowley, 35, was safely located as of 10:50 p.m. on Saturday night, according to police. He had last been seen in the city’s Oakland neighborhood on Tuesday, March 22....
URA Deputy Executive Director Diamonte Walker leaving for private sector
Pittsburgh’s Urban Redevelopment Authority said Friday that Deputy Executive Director Diamonte Walker is stepping down this spring to take a job in the private sector. Walker began working for the URA in June 2017, serving as the minority and women-owned business enterprise program officer and helping to expand the program...
Third eaglet hatches in Hays nest, keeping mom and dad busy finding food
With the arrival of the third and final chick Friday, the Pittsburgh Hays bald eagles are busy feeding their brood. The harried couple feeds the hatchlings up to 17 times a day, according to statistics from last year’s breeding season from PixCams. The Murrysville company partners with the Audubon Society...
Pittsburgh’s Girl Talk to release full-length album with Wiz Khalifa, Smoke DZA, Big K.R.I.T.
Pittsburgh music producer Gregg Gillis made an international name for himself mashing things together — the Spencer Davis Group and Texas rappers Underground Kingz. Procol Harum and Lil’ Jon. Black Sabbath and Ludacris. On April 8, Gillis — better known as Girl Talk — will debut his latest effort, but...
Former Carrick couple sentenced for violent physical, sexual abuse of children
It has been more than 10 years since Seth and Trista Price harmed their two children. Since they beat them. Since they sexually abused them. In the intervening years, the boy and girl were adopted by new, loving families. They assumed new last names. They endured intensive therapy and hospitalizations....
UPMC Health Plan’s Freedom House 2.0 program graduates 9 in Hill District ceremony
Nine people graduated Friday from UPMC Health Plan’s Freedom House 2.0 program, an initiative that trains people from economically disadvantaged communities as emergency medical technicians and community health workers. The 10-week program is based on the groundbreaking 1960s Freedom House program, which similarly recruited, trained and employed people for jobs...
Pitt professor in Ukraine tells U.S. ‘send money and weapons’Video
During a week when President Biden visited Europe and promised the U.S. would provide $1 billion to deal with the surge in Ukrainian refugees from the attack by Russia, a University of Pittsburgh economics professor living in Ukraine was asked what his country really needs from the United States. “Weapons,”...
Kingfly Spirits in Strip District is brewing up something new: a daytime cafe
The Strip District distillery Kingfly Spirits is known for its whiskeys, spiced rum, vodka, gin and liqueur, served in cocktails at its lively bar in the evenings. Now Kingfly has added fresh-brewed coffee to the mix, looking to claim the daylight hours as well. Kingfly Café opened within the 11,000-square-foot...
Indie-pop violinist Kishi Bashi coming to Lawrenceville music hall
Audiophiles who were intrigued by “151a” — the trippy, melodic debut album by violinist/singer/songwriter Kishi Bashi — are in luck. The classically trained artist is in the midst of a tour celebrating the 10th anniversary of its release. The tour comes to the Thunderbird Cafe and Music Hall in Lawrenceville...
5 things to do in Pittsburgh this weekend: March 25-27
Spring is here, although with the upcoming weather it might not feel like it. But it is the weekend. Here are some ways to spend it. Immersive Frida Khalo Lighthouse ArtSpace Pittsburgh will host “Immersive Frida Kahlo” starting Saturday. It is the second such interactive exhibit at the converted warehouse...
Baldwin High School presents ‘How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying’
J. Pierrepont Finch is a man who knows what he wants. He climbs the corporate ladder from lowly window washer to a high-powered executive in the musical “How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying.” “I love Finch,” said Quintin Michalski, a senior who was cast as Finch for Baldwin...
