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Police: Man fired gun during dispute with neighbor who was honking horn in Polish Hill
A Polish Hill man fired four shots at another man who he said would not stop honking his horn and shouting outside his Herron Avenue home, police said. Brandon Jones, 28, is charged with assault for the Wednesday night incident. Pittsburgh police responded to a ShotSpotter alert near Herron Avenue...
Cruise Pittsburgh’s waters on the Rivers of Steel’s ExplorerVideo
Being aboard a boat on Pittsburgh’s three rivers can be both scenic and scientific. The Explorer riverboat’s “Uniquely Pittsburgh Sightseeing Tour” is a 90-minute excursion that offers guests views from the water while they learn the rich history of the city. The Explorer was built as a floating classroom. Owned...
Wanted in Pittsburgh: Lifeguards willing to ‘get a free tan’ for $11-$15 per hour
The benefit of free sun rays doesn’t appear to be enough to lure experienced lifeguards into the pool of applicants for a summer job that pays as much as $15.76 per hour from the City of Pittsburgh. City Parks and Recreation Director Ross Chapman told city council members Wednesday the...
Business owner claims Pittsburgh police wrongfully detained her in parking spot dispute with magistrate’s officeVideo
Marsha Simonds just wanted the illegally parked car to be moved from the Greenfield lot that she owns. But when the business woman demanded its removal, she said, she wound up slammed on the hood of her car, handcuffed and thrown in the back of a Pittsburgh police car. Then...
9 vehicles involved in chain reaction crash on Route 28 at 31st Street Bridge
Nine vehicles were involved in a chain reaction crash on Route 28 at the 31st Street Bridge Wednesday, according to Pittsburgh police. Police, firefighters and medics responded to the crash around 5:40 p.m. Police said first responders found that there had been three collisions involving a total of nine vehicles....
Police: Juvenile shot in the leg in Pittsburgh’s Sheraden neighborhood
A boy was taken to a hospital after being shot in the leg Wednesday evening in Pittsburgh’s Sheraden neighborhood. Public Safety spokesman Cara Cruz said officers responded to a ShotSpotter alert for multiple shots fired along the 300 block of Minton Street just before 8:45 p.m. Officers found the boy...
Bloomfield’s Little Italy Days returns
Little Italy Days is making its return to Bloomfield. Known as the region’s largest heritage festival, it will take place this year from Aug. 19 through Aug. 22 Bloomfield native Sal Richetti is the planner of this year’s event. “I’m happy to be back,” he said. “This past year’s been...
$13 million mixed-income housing project planned in East LibertyVideo
A proposed 42-unit apartment building in Pittsburgh’s East Liberty neighborhood will include units geared toward people who cannot afford to pay increasing market-rate rents. The project is part of an effort by the city to replace the loss of affordable housing in the neighborhood spurred in part because of the...
Residential, retail space to connect 4 Pittsburgh neighborhoods in Brewers Block
Pittsburgh’s Polish Hill, Lawrenceville, Strip District and Bloomfield neighborhoods are converging into a residential/retail development that will be known as Brewers Block. The development is located on Liberty Avenue between 32nd and 33rd streets, just down the street from the former Iron City brewery, as well as the Church Brew...
Judge to mediate dispute over Columbus statue in Schenley Park
Declaring an impasse in the dispute between the city of Pittsburgh and the Italian Sons and Daughters of America, an Allegheny County Common Pleas judge will mediate the dispute over the Schenley Park Columbus statue. Judge John McVay issued an order last week telling the parties to identify who from...
1st-ever ‘Inside Out’ exhibit premieres at Children’s Museum of PittsburghVideo
The Children’s Museum of Pittsburgh reopened June 12 with the world premiere of the first interactive exhibit based on the Disney/Pixar animated feature, “Inside Out.” “Emotions at Play with Pixar’s Inside Out,” developed by the museum in collaboration with Pixar Animation Studios, offers interactive experiences focusing on the five emotions...
2 shot, 1 fatally in fight outside Sheraden bar
Two men were shot, one fatally, outside a bar in Pittsburgh’s Sheraden neighborhood early Wednesday morning, according to Pittsburgh police. Police said a fight outside Craig’s Bar at 3122 Chartiers Ave. was reported to 911 before 1:50 a.m. As officers were heading there, they were told that shots had been...
Crafton man pleads guilty to obstruction stemming from 2020 George Floyd protests in Pittsburgh
A Crafton man who already pleaded guilty in state court to charges stemming from last year’s protests in Downtown Pittsburgh over the death of George Floyd in Minnesota entered a similar plea Tuesday in federal court. Raekwon Blankenship, 25, pleaded guilty to a single count of obstruction of law enforcement...
Pittsburgh officials to phase-in return to in-person operations; meetings to remain virtual
After more than a year of doing business remotely, Pittsburgh’s city employees will be returning to work in upcoming weeks. But council meetings and similar meetings of the city’s boards and commissions will continue to be virtual until further notice, the city said Tuesday. “We are starting to see the...
Zoning requirement to spur affordable housing made permanent in Lawrenceville
A requirement that 10% of multi-unit housing is made affordable in Pittsburgh’s Lawrenceville neighborhood was made permanent Tuesday with approval from city council and support from Mayor Bill Peduto. The inclusionary zoning change codifies a program that started in 2019 that requires 10% of any housing project that includes 20...
Pittsburgh programs among MacKenzie Scott’s $2.7 billion charity donations
MacKenzie Scott, the billionaire philanthropist known for her impromptu multi-billion dollar donations to charities and racial equity causes, announced Tuesday that she has given $2.7 billion to 286 organizations. It is the third round of no-strings-attached, major philanthropic gifts Scott has made, which together rival the charitable contributions made by...
Water steps on Pittsburgh’s North Shore still dry
Usually by this time of the year, water is cascading down a set of North Shore steps and children are splashing around. The Water Steps, a popular destination at the North Shore Riverfront Park near PNC Park, have not been filled to flow — yet. According to the Sports &...
Pittsburgh city, labor leaders cry foul over work being done at Sheraton Station Square hotel
City officials on Tuesday joined local labor leaders in protesting work that’s being done at the Sheraton Station Square Hotel on Pittsburgh’s South Side. The city and Allegheny-Fayette Central Labor Council say the work is being done without the required permitting and is using out-of-state non-union workers to do work...
Mt. Washington man gets 5 years in prison for having gun that killed 3-year-old girl
A defense attorney argued on Tuesday that her client should be sentenced based on the crime he’d pleaded guilty to — not ones committed in the past, or one he might have committed but was never charged with. A prosecutor countered, telling the judge that he needed to look at...
Pittsburgh artist’s billboard art transforms image of Black bodies
Pittsburgh artist Mikael Owunna responded to negative stereotypes and images of Black deaths depicted in media with an alternative vision of the Black body as “immortal and transcendent.” His work, begun in 2016, resulted in a series of stylized photographs entitled, “Infinite Essence: Celestial Liberation,” which will be displayed on...
Trib talks with Brazilian music pioneer Sergio Mendes about new PBS documentaryVideo
The 1960s are remembered as a decade with dramatic cultural changes taking place to a rock music soundtrack. But psychedelic rock wasn’t the only music shaking up the U.S. pop scene in the swinging ’60s. Perhaps Eartha Kitt said it best when she introduced a pioneering Brazilian jazz musician and...
Feds award $19.3M to rapid bus line project linking Downtown Pittsburgh to Oakland
A rapid bus line linking Downtown Pittsburgh to its Oakland neighborhood will receive another $19.3 million in federal funding. The allocation was announced last week by the U.S. Department of Transportation to the Port Authority of Allegheny County as part of $250 million in funding made available under the American...
Saturday Night Market returns to Pittsburgh
For the next five months, Saturday evenings of music and shopping will once again fill Market Square in Pittsburgh. The Night Markets return Saturday — after missing last year because of the pandemic — through Oct. 30. The 5 p.m. to 10 p.m. event features music and shopping, with a...
Teen dies after being found shot on Brookline sidewalk
A boy died after being found shot in Pittsburgh’s Brookline neighborhood late Monday night, police said. Officers responded to reports of multiple shots fired in the 1100 block of Creedmoor Avenue around 11 p.m. The Allegheny County Medical Examiner identified the victim as Christian Redinger, 15. Police said he was...
Pittsburgh police seek SUV driver that fled after hitting person in Shadyside
A man was critically hurt after being hit by an SUV in Shadyside early Tuesday morning, according to Pittsburgh police. Officers responded to the report at South Aiken Avenue and Walnut Street just before 12:30 a.m. Police said first responders found the man unresponsive and bleeding from the head. He...
