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5 things to do in Pittsburgh this weekend: Oct. 29-31
It’s Halloween weekend in Pittsburgh. Here are some ways to spend it. Simone Biles Olympic gymnast Simone Biles will visit PPG Paints Arena, Uptown. Biles, who is the most decorated American gymnast in history, will headline the Gold Over America Tour when it stops in Pittsburgh at 7:30 p.m. Friday....
18 candidates seek 10 seats on Allegheny County Common Pleas bench
Eighteen people, including 12 men and six women, are vying for 10 seats on the Allegheny County Common Pleas bench in Tuesday’s election. Following is information on each of the candidates, listed in the order that they will appear on the ballot, which includes their Allegheny County Bar Association ratings...
Pittsburgh police’s graffiti squad seeks suspect in Bloomfield, East End vandalism
An Upper Saint Clair man wanted on a felony criminal mischief charge is accused of vandalizing Pittsburgh sites with graffiti. Pittsburgh police graffiti squad detectives are asking for the public’s help in locating Michael Coliane, 23, for whom a warrant has been issued. Coliane is accused of vandalizing Bloomfield’s Exercise...
McKeesport man who kept ‘ghost guns’ inside tattoo parlor gets 2-plus years behind bars
A McKeesport man has been sentenced to 2½ years behind bars for storing so-called “ghost guns” and other illegal firearms inside his tattoo shop, federal prosecutors said Thursday. Richard Watson, 33, was caught with several unregistered weapons, including silencers and home-milled, AR-style pistols, according to Acting U.S. Attorney Stephen R....
Pittsburgh police: Human remains found in woods near Crawford-Roberts neighborhood
Pittsburgh police are investigating human remains discovered Thursday afternoon near the city’s Crawford-Roberts neighborhood. Officers responded at about 2 p.m. to the 1900 block of Colwell Street and were directed by a work crew to the remains in wooded area. Detectives with the Mobile Crime Unit processed the scene. Additional...
Pittsburgh emergency crews recover body found in Ohio River
Pittsburgh police, emergency medical crews and River Rescue responded at about 2:45 p.m. Thursday when a body was spotted in the Ohio River. According to Pittsburgh Public Safety, a survey crew found the body near the old state penitentiary. River Rescue took the body to its North Shore boathouse for...
Carrick shop owner pleads to 105 animal cruelty charges for selling baby turtles out of store
The owner of a clothing shop in Pittsburgh’s Carrick neighborhood has pleaded guilty to 105 counts of animal cruelty for illegally selling turtle hatchlings that were being raised in poor conditions. A plea agreement accepted by Allegheny County Judge Kelly Bigley on Thursday forbids store owner Edward Muhammed Christian, 44,...
University of Pittsburgh issues non-sexist language guidelines – including term ‘yinz’
What’s in a name? Enough to lead people to be unintentionally dismissive and disrespectful of someone by misgendering them, according to the University of Pittsburgh. But now, Pitt has published a gender-inclusive language guide that includes a set of “non-sexist language guidelines and resources” to help students and faculty avoid...
UPMC’s Dr. Kurt Weiss received grant for research on cancer he’s experienced
Kurt Weiss was supposed to go mountain climbing with the Boy Scouts. He never went. Little did he realize that there was another uphill challenge in front of him. Weiss’ right leg hurt so badly the day of that Boy Scouts’ adventure in 1989, his mother took him to the...
Pittsburgh poised to turn Hays Woods into newest city park
Pittsburgh is poised to take ownership of Hays Woods and turn it into the city’s newest public park. City Council on Wednesday advanced legislation that would allow the city to buy the land from the Urban Redevelopment Authority for $1 plus costs. “This is going to be a really unique...
Proposed composting program in Pittsburgh awaits vote on funding
Pittsburgh City Council is expected to vote next week to authorize funding for a two-year pilot program on composting in the city. Next week’s vote would clear the way for the city to use $90,000 in grant money from the U.S. Department of Agriculture for the composting program. The program...
‘We just can’t forget what happened here’: Community observes 3 years since Tree of Life shootingVideo
Andrea Wedner was among the hundreds of people who gathered Wednesday to remember the victims of the Tree of Life synagogue attack three years earlier. Wedner’s mother, Rose Mallinger, was among the 11 people killed. “It helps to be with people,” Wedner said outside the synagogue. It helps to talk,...
No one injured in fire that spread to several homes in Pittsburgh’s Perry South
Some residents of Kennedy Avenue in Pittsburgh’s Perry South section had to jump to safety after their homes caught fire early Thursday, according to Pittsburgh Public Safety officials. No one was injured in the fire that spread to at least three homes. The fire, which started in a two-story home...
Police accuse Pittsburgh man of robbing 2 businesses several days apart
A Pittsburgh man was jailed Wednesday on accusations that he robbed two businesses on Pittsburgh’s South Side in the past two weeks, city police said. The suspect, Dakota Face, 23, was placed in the Allegheny County Jail on Thursday, awaiting arraignment on charges filed in connection with the two robberies,...
Family doctor guilty of giving patients opioid painkillers, Xanax in exchange for sex
A family doctor who practiced in Westmoreland and Fayette counties has pleaded guilty to illegally prescribing opioid painkillers in exchange for sex, federal prosecutors said. Emilio Ramon Navarro, 60, also pleaded guilty to health care fraud for billing the federal government to pick up the tab for illegal prescriptions, Acting...
PICT Classic Theatre returns live with Shakespeare tale of love, laughter
After an 18-month pandemic intermission, PICT Classic Theatre will return to live, in-person performances with William Shakespeare’s “As You Like It.” “As our opening production, we wanted to give our audience something to lift the spirits, and ‘As You Like It’ fits the bill perfectly,” said Alan Stanford, PICT artistic...
Federal prosecutor nominated to become U.S. Attorney in Pittsburgh
President Joe Biden on Wednesday nominated a current federal prosecutor to become U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Pennsylvania. Cindy K. Chung, 46, has been with the office in Pittsburgh since 2014. She has served as deputy chief of the major crimes section and acting deputy chief of the...
Pittsburgh City Council renews push for rental registration, inspections
Pittsburgh City Council has reintroduced a proposal to create a rental registration and inspection schedule for the city’s rental units, a measure that was stopped by a judge when officials previously tried to implement it. The proposal, advanced unanimously by council, would allow the city to identify all of Pittsburgh’s...
Pittsburgh considers converting all streetlights to LED in proposed $16M project
A proposed $16 million project would upgrade Pittsburgh’s streetlights to more efficient LED lights, though two council members said they’ve already heard pushback from residents. The city has identified The Efficiency Network, an independent energy services company, to handle the proposed citywide project. The company would survey the city’s streetlights...
Healing continues for Pittsburgh’s Tree of Life, Dor Hadash and New Light congregations
Each year in late October, as fall starts to turn a bit grayer, the feeling shifts for many people who are connected to Pittsburgh’s Tree of Life synagogue. “It’s a day that you know is coming,” said Barb Feige, executive director of the Tree of Life congregation. “It’s not like...
Biden calls Tree of Life attack ‘an assault on our country’
Three years to the day after a lone gunman killed 11 people at the Tree of Life synagogue in Squirrel Hill, President Biden acknowledged the “indelible scars of grief” in a brief statement from the White House Wednesday. Biden referred to the deadliest act of antisemitism in American history as...
State archaeology workshops will focus on free Black communities in Pennsylvania
The State Museum of Pennsylvania will hold its annual archaeology workshops virtually on Saturday, focusing on stories of Black history told through the lens of archaeology. University of Maryland professor Cheryl LaRoche will present “Free Black Communities and Archaeology” as the day’s keynote presentation. LaRoche is a founding member of...
Man shot in Pittsburgh’s Homewood South area
A man was reported in stable condition after being shot in the leg in the Homewood South neighborhood, Pittsburgh police said. Police said they responded to an alert of a shooting around 8:20 p.m. in the 7300 block of Hamilton Avenue. Medics transported the victim to a local hospital and...
Tree of Life shooting survivor takes steps to live ‘joyous’ life
Carol Black remembers making the 27-mile drive from her Cranberry home to the Tree of Life synagogue on Oct. 27, 2018, and turning onto Wilkins Avenue in Pittsburgh’s Squirrel Hill. As she headed for the parking lot, she saw her brother Richard walking into the building. It’s the last time...
Political candidates in Pittsburgh will be allowed to use campaign funds for childcare
Candidates seeking political office in Pittsburgh will be allowed to use campaign funds for some childcare costs incurred because of their campaigns starting next election cycle. Under legislation passed by City Council on Tuesday, candidate committees will be able to use campaign funds to pay for childcare expenses incurred during...
