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Pittsburgh Public Schools has delayed the return to in-school instruction another two months, until April 6. The district targeted the return to classroom instruction at the end of February. One after the other, several board members spoke at their meeting Wednesday in support of continuing to teach classes online, though...

Organizers are postponing this year’s Pittsburgh St. Patrick’s Day Parade because of pandemic concerns regarding large gatherings. The decision to postpone the annual event, which would have been held on March 13, was made jointly with city officials. The parade committee is working with the city to identify a date...

Armed with statistics showing 28% of the city’s police recruits acknowledge never having had a conversation with a homeless person, Pittsburgh police recruits are receiving new training to understand the experiences of people who are homeless. The new “Homelessness Academy” program at the police training academy is part of Mayor...

A former Pittsburgh Allderdice High School football coach who was going through a police academy is accused of selling cocaine out of his Squirrel Hill home, according to charges filed Wednesday by state Attorney General Josh Shapiro. Branndon Pezzelle, 36, allegedly had 1,252 grams – nearly 3 pounds – of...

No one on Pittsburgh City Council is opposed to enacting legislation to ban no-knock warrants in the city. But council members Wednesday delayed passage of a proposed bill until it can iron out any legal issues with the law and meet with community members who are lobbying for it. Bans...

A teenage boy who was reported missing over the weekend was found Wednesday evening, according to Pittsburgh Police. Ceonte Young, 16, had last been seen around 6:30 a.m. Saturday, police said. A Tweet from city police said authorities found Ceonte and that he is “safe.” The message also thanked the...

Pittsburgh Councilman Ricky Burgess on Wednesday proposed setting up a series of televised public meetings with school district officials to update council members on the school district’s response to the coronavirus pandemic. The city’s government and school district operate as separate entities. Pittsburgh Public Schools board members are considering a...

The Citizens Police Review Board will not dig any further into allegations several Pittsburgh Police officers imbibed while on duty on election night last year, the board has decided. The Nov. 3 incident involved a group of 17 officers who were working an extended shift the night of the election,...

A Shaler man who pleaded guilty to vandalizing a Pittsburgh police car during protests May 30 over the death of George Floyd will serve six months in a halfway house. Senior U.S. District Judge Arthur J. Schwab ordered Brian Bartels to spend one day in the custody of the U.S....

A man who claims his face and skull were fractured by an aggressive Pittsburgh police response to a protest in East Liberty is suing city officials in connection with his life-changing injuries. The civil rights suit was filed in U.S. Western District Court on behalf of a man who says...

Firefighters battled a blaze in Pittsburgh’s Sheraden neighborhood Wednesday morning. The fire was reported at 6:40 a.m. in a two-story house in the 2700 block of Glen Mawr Street, according to authorities. Sheraden is located the city’s West End. First responders encountered heavy smoke and flames shooting through an attic...

She was a pioneering journalist who completed an around-the-world journey in 72 days and made a name for herself with other feats of derring-do. And she’s from Western Pennsylvania. On Thursday, Feb. 4, Nellie Bly will be the subject of a special virtual program, “Trailblazing Women in Journalism: The Legacy...

A new parking garage and lab that will allow the Allegheny County Sanitary Authority to meet a 2036 deadline to upgrade its facilities was approved Tuesday by Pittsburgh Planning Commission. Alcosan presented plans for the parking garage and environmental compliance building to the commission earlier this month. “We are pleased...

A man who was fatally shot in a Family Dollar parking lot in Washington County has been identified. Darnell Steven Brown, 41, of Washington was killed shortly before 3:45 p.m. Tuesday, the coroner’s office reported. The shooting took place outside the store at 130 Highland Ave. in Washington. City police...

A Chicago-based developer Tuesday presented plans for a 10-story, 300-unit apartment building at the now-vacant site of a former gas station on Forbes Avenue in Pittsburgh’s Oakland neighborhood. Pittsburgh Planning Commission members heard from Jessica Leo of CA Ventures, the developer of the project, and Jay Silverman of Dwell Design...

A Bridgeville man who livestreamed himself in the Crypt underneath the U.S. Capitol rotunda during the Jan. 6 attack there was arrested Tuesday morning. Kenneth Grayson, 51, is charged with five federal counts, including knowingly entering a restricted building; disorderly conduct that impedes government business; disruptive conduct in the Capitol...

One man was stabbed and a clerk was injured in an altercation Tuesday morning at an East Liberty gas station, according to Pittsburgh police. The incident happened around 8 a.m. at a Sunoco station on North Highland Avenue, Public Safety spokeswoman Cara Cruz said. The station is across the street...

Pittsburgh officials were united Tuesday in formally condemning the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol and affirmed there is no place in Pittsburgh for the views that led up to the Washington insurrection. Council members Erika Strassburger and Corey O’Connor sponsored the will of council that condemns what happened...

A faculty-elected oversight body recommends that Duquesne University President Ken Gormley rehire Gary Shank, the education professor fired for using a racial slur during a virtual lecture on race and language in September. “While Dr. Shank’s use of the N-word was misguided, it was not malicious,” concludes a report by...

Just about everyone knows who St. Patrick is, but few it seems have heard of St. Brigid. The folks at the Pittsburgh Irish Festival are hoping to change that. The organization has announced a “Celebration of St. Brigid” on Feb. 1 — the official holiday for St. Brigid, just as...

A former school atop Mt. Washington with a commanding view of the Downtown Pittsburgh skyline is set to be converted into loft apartments. Grandview Lofts would be located in the former Bishop Leonard-St. Mary of the Mount Academy building at 115 Bigham St. Its rooftop deck would offer the skyline...

Pittsburgh police are seeking the public’s help in the search for a Beechview man who hasn’t been seen since late Saturday night. Investigators say Thomas Hughes, 25, was last seen at around 11 p.m. on Jan. 23. He is 6-feet 1-inch tall, weighs 260 pounds and has blonde hair and...

The Pittsburgh Public Schools Board is scheduled to vote this week on a measure to delay the return to partial in-person instruction until at least April 6 because of the high number of people in Allegheny County testing positive for the coronavirus, district officials announced. Delaying the planned return to...

After Tony Moreno retired from the Pittsburgh police in 2018, he intended to move to Florida. But Moreno, 51, of Brighton Heights, said he had ideas about how the city could be improved. He looked for someone to share them with, someone who could run for office. “I started seeing...