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Fireworks returned to Pittsburgh on Sunday night to celebrate the Fourth of July. A huge display was put on from Point State Park in Downtown. The celebration included patriotic music and food vendors, and was followed by fireworks presented by Pyrotecnico. Pittsburgh Police spokesperson Cara Cruz said she estimated the...

The green bench on the cover of the book has a distinct meaning. “I chose a bench because anyone can sit on a bench,” Jill B. Yesko said Thursday inside Kingfly Spirits in Pittsburgh’s Strip District. “A bench is usually accessible to everyone. The bench represents my personal opinion to...

Two people suffered minor injuries Sunday night in a fiery crash in Pittsburgh’s Homewood neighborhood. According to Pittsburgh police, police, fire and medics responded to the single vehicle crash at North Lang Avenue and Upland Street just after 8:15 p.m. Police said they found the vehicle had caught fire after...

Pittsburgh police were looking for a crime scene in the city’s Northview Heights neighborhood Sunday night after a man arrived at a hospital with a gunshot wound. Police said the adult victim arrived at a local hospital by private means just after 7:15 p.m. Police did not identify the hospital....

Pittsburgh’s Fireworks Task Force reported having its busiest night yet on Saturday, with two notable incidents. The task force, made up of eight members from the city’s bureaus of police and fire, began an enforcement initiative on June 22. It responded to 88 fireworks-related complaints overnight Saturday, and issued 34...

The United Steelworkers union is scheduling meetings to explain a tentative, four-year contract agreement with Allegheny Technologies, Inc. to its members and for them to vote on ratifying it. ATI and the union announced Friday that they had reached the tentative agreement. If approved, it would end a strike that...

Pittsburgh Police are investigating the fatal shooting of a 27-year-old Pittsburgh man that took place early Saturday morning in East Hills, near the Penn Hills border. Police from Zone 5 responded to a ShotSpotter alert for multiple shots just before 3:30 a.m., fired near the 2400 block of Bracey Drive,...

A proposed 20-story tower with 300 apartments atop an existing Downtown Pittsburgh building was approved for a zoning variance on Thursday. The developer, City Club Apartments, LLC, is seeking to purchase and build upon the YWCA of Pittsburgh building at 305 Wood Street, near Point Park University. The three members...

A man was hospitalized in stable condition after being shot in Pittsburgh’s Arlington neighborhood Friday night. Public Safety spokeswoman Cara Cruz said officers responded to 911 calls of a person shot along 200 block of Reifert Street around 8:30 p.m. Police found a man who had been shot in the...

With full-blown Fourth of July celebrations back for this year’s holiday weekend, Pittsburgh Public Safety officials are stepping up security for events Downtown and in Point State Park. After the pandemic canceled celebrations in the city last year, Pittsburgh Public Safety Director Wendell Hissrich said as many as 200,000 people...

More than 75 movies, concerts and dances will fill Pittsburgh parks this summer. City of Pittsburgh Office of Special Events has announced its lineup of happenings. The Dollar Bank Cinema in the Park will show films at 10 locations in July and August. Guests are asked to bring a chair...

The flag is so massive that drivers can see it as they exit the Fort Pitt Tunnel cruising into the city of Pittsburgh. Look for it on Sunday. The 20-by-36 Garrison flag is the largest one flown by the U.S. Army. It’s displayed on holidays and at special events. The...

One of Wisconsin’s top workforce development officials is leaving his state post to helm a Downtown Pittsburgh-based nonprofit that aims to increase job opportunities throughout the region. Robert L. Cherry, deputy secretary of the Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development, has been chosen as CEO of Partner4Work, formerly known as the...

It’s the Fourth of July holiday weekend. Here are some ideas of how to spend it in Pittsburgh. Downtown Pittsburgh Pittsburgh’s Independence Day celebration returns this year. The traditional gathering at Point State Park will include patriotic music and food vendors from 6 p.m. to 10 p.m., with the fireworks...

Pittsburgh police responding to a Shotspotter gunshot alert in the South Side Flats early Friday wound up in a high-speed chase to find the victim. The alert in the area of South 10th and Bingham streets came in shortly before 12:30 a.m., according to a Pittsburgh Public Safety spokeswoman Cara...

More than a dozen Pennsylvania mayors, including Pittsburgh Mayor Bill Peduto, this week petitioned Congress to invest $500 million in parks nationwide to address equity in urban communities. The mayors joined the effort with The Trust for Public Land, which has been leading a coalition of over 300 nonprofits, community...

UPMC has named a veteran health care executive with more than 20 years of experience in the U.S. and internationally as president of UPMC Hillman Cancer Center. Elizabeth Wild, who first joined UPMC in 2002, has held several leadership roles at UPMC Hillman Cancer Center, which is the region’s only...

Two Pittsburgh fire officials traveled to Surfside, Fla. on Thursday to join hundreds of first responders in the search for possible survivors of the 12-story building collapse that has killed at least 18 people and left 145 missing. A captain and a lieutenant of the Pittsburgh Bureau of Fire have...

Should Wilkinsburg become Pittsburgh’s 91st neighborhood? A majority of Wilkinsburg’s elected officials say “no.” “A merger would destroy Wilkinsburg,” said Denise Edwards, president pro-tem of borough council. “As an elected official how can you possibly destroy your own community. It doesn’t make sense.” “Because of the negative impact on our...

With a lifeguard shortage and other issues keeping 10 of Pittsburgh’s 18 pools closed this summer, city council members are brainstorming ways to keep youth cool and give them something to do. They’re trying to “be creative,” council President Theresa Kail-Smith said Wednesday. Among the ideas: using special sprinkler heads...

Unruly pedestrians and crowded sidewalks have created a “dangerous and untenable” situation on Pittsburgh’s South Side, according to police, and officers will step up patrols and start issuing citations Friday night. Pittsburgh police officials said Thursday the increased volume of people headed to East Carson Street has meant “nearly impassable...

A new bright facade soon to be seen on Centre Avenue in Pittsburgh’s Hill District as a mixed-use housing and retail project broke ground this week. The ceremonial shovels still hit the dirt, but the event was held digitally on Thursday. The Hill Community Development Corp. announced the New Granada...

This place to get a drink has wheels. The Bar Car, a 1972 Airstream vintage vehicle, will be parked at the SouthSide Works for its “Music on the Mon” event which debuts Friday. Penn Hills native Bill Deasy will be performing at 7 p.m. with three friends. Also on stage...

In case you’re wondering how Pittsburgh CLO can stage a musical in the vast expanse of Heinz Field, don’t worry — the audience won’t be straining to see the performers from the upper decks. When the company presents “The Wizard of Oz” July 8-10 on the Steelers’ home turf, “We’ll...

A Hill District man who owns a tax preparation business with offices in Downtown Pittsburgh and Homestead has been indicted by a federal grand jury on charges of tax and wire fraud. The 15-count indictment handed up on June 29 accuses Brian A. VanDusen, 51, of Webster Avenue, with filing...