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Pittsburgh council moves ahead with plans on park tax spending
City Council on Wednesday advanced a proposal that would allow Pittsburgh to spend money collected through a controversial park tax. The 0.5 mill tax meant to increase funding for Pittsburgh’s parks earned approval from city voters in 2019. Collection of the tax began this year, though specific plans regarding how...
Pittsburgh Glass Center collaborates with Pittsburgh Botanic Garden on welcome center exhibit
The glass creations were inspired by nature. Pittsburgh Glass Center collaborated with Pittsburgh Botanic Garden to fashion art for the garden’s new welcome center in an exhibit called “Second Nature.” Eleven local artists are featured in the display, which will be on-site at the garden center in North Fayette through...
Robbers assault Greenfield pizza shop worker, flee with cash register
A pizza shop in Pittsburgh’s Greenfield neighborhood was robbed early Wednesday morning, according to police. The robbery at Vocelli Pizza in the 4200 block of Murray Avenue was reported around 2:30 a.m. According to police, a man was locking up the business when two men approached from behind and forced...
Death ruled a homicide at scene of East Hills shooting
The death of a 20-year-old man shot in Pittsburgh’s East Hills Tuesday has been ruled a homicide. The Allegheny County Medical Examiner’s Office identified the man as Michael Smith, who died at the scene at 2300 Wilner Drive and East Hills Drive. According to police, officers responded to alerts of...
Pitt gets $100M infusion to build biomanufacturing hub at Hazelwood Green brownfield site
Pittsburgh’s last brownfield-turned-tech hub just got another $100 million infusion. The Richard King Mellon Foundation announced Wednesday that it’s gifting the money to the University of Pittsburgh to develop a large swath of the 178-acre Hazelwood Green development along the Monongahela River into a biomanufacturing powerhouse. The $100 million grant...
Penguins fans sound off on potential ownership change
The news traveled faster than a Sidney Crosby slap shot. By game time Tuesday, fans at PPG Paints Arena to watch the Penguins host the Buffalo Sabres had already heard. Fenway Sports Group, which owns the Boston Red Sox and Fenway Park, is in advanced negotiations to purchase the Penguins....
Carnegie man gets 5 to 10 years state prison in fatal DUI crash on Parkway West
A Carnegie man pleaded guilty Tuesday to killing a South Park woman in a 2019 crash in which he was under the influence of drugs. Aaron Hutchison, 21, pleaded guilty to homicide by vehicle while driving under the influence, as well as his fourth DUI offense, and related charges. As...
UPMC Mercy hospital’s $510M expansion on track for spring 2023 opening
Hot orange sparks rained down on freshly erected steel beams Tuesday morning as construction workers welded and hammered while harnessed to high-rise scaffolds and aerial lifts overlooking the Monongahela River in Pittsburgh. Two giant cranes rotated nonstop, hoisting building materials weighing thousands of pounds across the busy construction site of...
Park over Pittsburgh’s Crosstown Boulevard will bear name of Hill District activist Frankie Pace
A park over Pittsburgh’s Crosstown Boulevard will be named after the late Hill District activist Frankie Pace. City Council on Tuesday unanimously approved the proposal to name the three-acre park in her honor. The park is being built as part of the $32.3 million Interstate 579 “cap” project, which aims...
Pittsburgh’s Roberto Clemente Drive renamed to also honor late wife Vera
Roberto Clemente Drive in Pittsburgh’s Oakland neighborhood will officially be renamed to Roberto and Vera Clemente Drive, a nod to the baseball legend’s late wife. Roberto Clemente was a Hall of Fame outfielder for the Pirates who also is remembered for his philanthropic work off the field. The beloved Pittsburgh...
Ex-Pittsburgh defense lawyer lives up to ‘I think like a criminal’ mantra
In 2014, attorney Daniel Muessig created an advertisement for his law practice and posted it on YouTube. In the funny, over-the-top video that had more than 150,000 views, he urged people to hire him to represent them in court because, he said, “I think like a criminal.” Now, seven years...
University of Pittsburgh athletic trainer donating kidney to colleague’s 4-year-old son
Mary Beth and Bobby George have searched since May for a living kidney donor for their 4-year-old son, Daniel, who suffers from chronic kidney disease. Little did the Pittsburgh family know how close to home a donor would be found. Mary Beth George is a strength and conditioning coach at...
Shadyside mansion adorned for Pittsburgh Symphony Association holiday tour
Pittsburgh Symphony Association members weren’t hopeful that they would be able to present their Symphony Splendor Holiday House Tour this year. Then, Scott Cavanaugh and Ron Graham offered their Gilded Age Shadyside mansion for the much-anticipated event. “With the current situation, you can understand that homeowners wouldn’t permit hundreds of...
$4.9M redevelopment project planned on Pittsburgh’s North Side
Pittsburgh and the city’s Urban Redevelopment Authority are partnering with the Historic Deutschtown Development Corp. to redevelop three vacant buildings on the North Side’s East Ohio Street in a proposed $4.9 million project. The URA owns properties at 624 and 628 East Ohio St., while the Historic Deutschtown Development Corp....
5 questions with Pittsburgh doctor on rethinking covid mitigation measures
Dr. Amesh Adalja, a Pittsburgh-based infectious disease expert and senior scholar at the Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security, has said it since the beginning of the pandemic — that covid-19 was a respiratory virus and we were going to be living with it for a long time. In a...
Pittsburgh man sentenced to federal prison in ‘abhorrent’ child porn case
A Pittsburgh man was sentenced Monday to 15 years in a federal prison on child pornography charges. Matthew J. Gourley, 49, was ordered to spend 10 years on supervised release after the prison term. In sentencing him, U.S. District Judge William S. Stickman IV said the crimes were “heinous, inexcusable,...
Duquesne to hold discussion on local journalism as trust in media declines
Between communities no longer covered by newspapers and declining trust in media, some people believe local journalism has reached a crisis stage. The question of how best to pursue balanced and trustworthy journalism in an age when the public’s perception of the truth is sharply divided is the focal point...
Pittsburgh police seek help finding woman missing from Oakland
Pittsburgh police are asking for the public’s help in finding a missing woman. According to police, Allyson Harding was last seen around 10 a.m. Thursday in Oakland. She left the area on foot. Harding is described as 5 feet 2 inches tall, 160 pounds, with long brown/purple/blonde hair and hazel...
Point State Park holiday tree will be lit once again
The Christmas tree in Point State Park, Downtown, will illuminate once again. After last year’s announcement that 2020 would be the final time for the holiday season, a group of citizens started a petition for its return. They got more than 10,000 signatures. Duquesne Light confirmed via email: “Duquesne Light...
5 kittens abandoned in box left on Port Authority bus, in need of adoption
Someone abandoned five kittens on a Port Authority of Allegheny County bus Monday morning, officials said. The tiny, gray-and-white-furred felines were found huddled inside a cardboard box around 8:20 a.m. on a bus traveling in Wilkinsburg on the P3 route, according to Port Authority spokesman Adam Brandolph. With help from...
Peduto proposes legislation to require e-signatures, ‘socially responsible’ procurement practices
Mayor Bill Peduto’s administration has proposed an ordinance to require the use of electronic signatures across all city departments, as well as one that it said would ensure the city is engaging in “sustainable and socially responsible” procurement practices. During the pandemic, the use of electronic signatures on contracts and...
Local officials celebrate construction of newest USS Pittsburgh, Navy Day in the city
Pittsburgh City Controller Michael Lamb held a reception Monday for Navy Rear Admiral Thomas J. Anderson as local officials celebrated the newest ship being named after Pittsburgh while designating Nov. 15 as Navy Day in the city. Anderson, the Navy’s program executive for ships, spoke at the reception about the...
Carnegie man gets 4 to 8 years in prison in son’s fentanyl overdose
Avant Redding ate a chicken nugget Happy Meal at a living-room coffee table in his Carnegie home on the night of May 6. A short time later, the 4-year-old boy threw up and had trouble walking. The next morning, he was dead. Detectives say that Avant’s father, Van Marcus Redding,...
Pittsburgh woman pleads guilty to fatal Route 51 crash that killed her cousin
A Pittsburgh woman who had been driving more than 100 mph pleaded guilty Monday to homicide by vehicle for killing her cousin in a crash on Route 51 in February. Allison Matthew, 27, of the North Side, will appear before Allegheny County Common Pleas Judge Jill E. Rangos on Feb....
Sandcastle to debut new Bombs Away slide in summer 2022
Imagine the floor disappearing beneath you and falling into a tube, traveling at 26 feet per second. That will be the experience inside Sandcastle water park’s newest water slide. Bombs Away is scheduled to open in the summer of 2022. The attraction was originally planned for the 2020 season, but...
