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What’s open, closed in Pittsburgh on Fourth of July?
Get ready — the Fourth of July weekend is arriving with holiday hours and service shakeups in tow. All City of Pittsburgh offices will be closed on Friday with normal operations set to resume on Monday. Trash, recycling and bulk waste collection services will be delayed by a day. Pittsburgh...
Pittsburgh council splits on planned public safety facility some deride as ‘cop city’
Pittsburgh City Council members are sharply divided on whether to spend nearly $2 million to advance plans for a new public safety training facility amid concerns that it could become the kind of “cop city” that sparked protests elsewhere. Council is considering a proposal to launch a $1.8 million master...
Troy Hill grandmother’s death ruled homicide
Authorities have ruled a Troy Hill woman’s death last week was a homicide. Patricia Kachinko, 73, died June 24 in an area hospital, the Allegheny County Medical Examiner’s Office said Wednesday. Her cause of death was respiratory complication from blunt force trauma of the chest. Pittsburgh police are investigating, the...
Podcast: What closing time on the South Side looks like
Early Sunday morning, the South Side streets were host to hundreds of weekend revelers after the bars closed at 2 a.m. along East Carson Street in Pittsburgh. A hefty police presence awaited the crowds, forming a riot line and using pepper spray to disperse them. At one point gunfire rang...
What to know about the City of Pittsburgh’s Fourth of July celebration
Pittsburgh’s Fourth of July celebration will look a little different this year. Because of ongoing construction by the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources at Point State Park, there won’t be any programming there, said Brandon D’Alimonte, the city’s Parks and Recreation program manager. Friday’s festivities will take place at...
Mechanical pickle ride to debut at Picklesburgh
Think you’ve conquered the mechanical bull? Try taking a ride on a bucking, brined cucumber. A new attraction is coming to the 10th anniversary of Picklesburgh this month where people can put their riding skills to the test in pickle riding. Similar to a mechanical bull, the ride is a...
Cops charge woman with firing gun at closing time on South Side
Pittsburgh police have filed charges in two incidents of unruly behavior on the South Side — one involving gunfire and the other physical violence — that punctuated a chaotic few days in the city’s busiest, most heavily patrolled entertainment district. In the first, police said a Forest Hills woman fired...
New Kensington man, fugitive since February, arrested in Pittsburgh, faces new gun charges
A New Kensington man wanted on multiple warrants now faces additional gun charges after being taken into custody Tuesday by the Allegheny County Sheriff’s deputies. William Rodgers, 28, has been a fugitive since February when he walked out of Renewal Center halfway house on Boulevard of the Allies in Downtown...
Allegheny County judge rebukes public defender in controversial bail decision
The Allegheny County criminal court judge who repeatedly denied bail for a defendant he thought was dangerous — and whose decision was then reversed by an Orphans’ Court judge — on Tuesday rebuked the public defender who circumvented him. Common Pleas Judge Edward J. Borkowski spent several minutes seeking an...
Storm triggers flash floods in Pittsburgh; 3 inches of rain expected by day’s end
Slow-moving thunderstorms are predicted to drop up to 3 inches of rain and trigger potential flash flooding in parts of several Southwestern Pennsylvania counties, a National Weather Service meteorologist said Tuesday. By 11:30 a.m., first responders were reporting flooding on Allegheny River Boulevard in Pittsburgh; Freeport Road near UPMC St....
Morning Roundup: Police say man tried to lure 5 kids into Wilkinsburg house
Here are a few morning news items from across the region for Tuesday, July 1: Police say man tried to lure 5 kids into Wilkinsburg house Wilkinsburg police say a man tried to lure five children into a borough house by pretending to be a police officer. Police said Everantonio...
Which Pittsburgh Public Schools should close? Plan is about ‘investing in our students,’ superintendent says
The Pittsburgh Public Schools have set two public comment periods to gather feedback on its future-ready plan that, if approved, would ultimately close nine schools. The community conversations are scheduled for 6 p.m. July 9, at Sunnyside PreK-8 in Stanton Heights; and at 5:30 p.m. July 16 during the “Community...
Palm Palm restaurant the latest venture of Herky and Lisa Pollock
A trip to Palm Beach in South Florida and a relative from Palm Springs in California became the inspiration for Pittsburgh’s newest East End Restaurant, Palm Palm. Co-owners Herky and Lisa Pollock and chef Ed and Amanda Smith transformed the former Plum Asian Bistro on Centre Avenue to bring a...
Documentary celebrating Pittsburgh radio station WAMO in the worksVideo
Multiple generations of Pittsburghers — from baby boomers to millennials and beyond — grew up with radio station WAMO as the background soundtrack to their lives. Now, ex-WAMO on-air personality Tashee “TeeJay” Johnson is bringing the station’s history to the screen with the documentary “WAMO: The Sound of the Steel...
South Side’s late-night revelry prompts fresh scrutiny and familiar fearsVideo
Hundreds of rowdy revelers poured into the South Side streets around 2 a.m. Sunday, after nearly 20 bars and clubs that line East Carson Street shut down for the night. Pittsburgh police were waiting. Clouds of vape smoke and marijuana grew thick over the sidewalks in one of Pittsburgh’s busiest...
CMU’s Tartan Driver takes autonomous driving off Pittsburgh’s beaten path
All-terrain vehicles one day may be able to venture where no human dares to go using their own artificial intelligence. It could be to fight a raging wildfire or to rescue someone trapped in a remote location. And they may do so using a successor to Carnegie Mellon University’s TartanDriver....
Morning Roundup: Man in critical condition after East Hills shooting; youth flee Ligonier Valley youth center
Here are a few morning news items from across the region for Monday, June 30: Man in critical condition after East Hills shooting A man was shot late Sunday in Pittsburgh’s East Hills neighborhood and taken to a hospital in critical condition by Pittsburgh EMS, according to Pittsburgh police. Officers...
‘The system failed’: How judicial maneuvering set a suspect free and led to a fatal Pittsburgh shooting
Caitlin Zack believes her mother should be alive. On June 4, Samantha Howells was shot and killed in Crafton Heights as she checked on property she owned. The man accused of killing her, 19-year-old Isreal Moseby, was previously jailed for allegedly stabbing a woman in the throat in 2023. In...
Activists, elected officials rail against UPMC’s decision to end gender-affirming care for minors
Dozens of LGBTQ+ advocates, elected officials and supporters gathered outside UPMC’s Downtown Pittsburgh headquarters Sunday to rally against the health care giant’s decision to stop providing gender-affirming care to transgender youth. UPMC has confirmed it will end gender-affirming care for patients under age 19 in response to an order from...
Driver taken into custody after breaching barricades, striking pedestrian during OpenStreetsPGH event
Allegheny County sheriff’s deputies took a woman from Duquesne into custody after she plowed her car through barricades at Sunday’s OpenStreetsPGH, an event that allows pedestrians and bicyclists free rein on certain roads. The sheriff’s office filed charges, including first-degree aggravated assault and assault of a law enforcement officer, against...
Man arrested after stabbing in Downtown Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh public safety officials said a man was arrested near PNC Park after allegedly stabbing a convenience store employee Downtown. Police were dispatched to the 600 block of Liberty Avenue for reports of a stabbing around 1:14 p.m. Friday. Officers found a man who had been stabbed in his ribs....
5 teens charged with carjacking after chase through West End
Five teenagers are facing charges connected to an armed carjacking and police chase Friday. TribLive news partner WTAE reported the teenagers were armed with at least one rifle and two handguns when they carjacked a woman and led police on a chase along Route 65. They crashed on the West...
Pittsburgh institutes chaperone policy at Ormsby Pool
Kids ages 15 and younger will need adult supervision at Ormsby Pool in Pittsburgh’s South Side. Pittsburgh officials said the new policy goes into effect Saturday following “repeated violations” at the outdoor pool. Anyone 15 or younger must be accompanied by an adult age 21 or older. Chaperones will have...
On the water: Riverlife launches Shore Thing in the heart of the Sister Bridges
Pittsburgh has a new floating barge river attraction. Shore Thing is a 4,800-square-foot modular floating barge platform that will be a space for art, play, food and community when it opens on Tuesday. It’s the brainchild of Riverlife, the nonprofit organization dedicated to celebrating Pittsburgh’s riverfronts. The floating destination is...
Stache bash and facial hair phenoms coming to Pittsburgh for contest
Downtown will be full of hairy happenings next week, as Pittsburgh hosts the 2025 World Beard and Moustache Championships. Mad Viking Beard Club Pennsylvania, a nonprofit organization dedicated to bringing together facial hair enthusiasts, and the World Beard and Moustache Association have joined forces to put on the three-day event....
