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9 new coronavirus cases reported in Allegheny County, 1 new death
Allegheny County officials reported nine additional covid-19 cases and one new death Tuesday. That leaves the total number of deaths countywide at 152, while the total number of confirmed and probable cases rose to 1,928. The reported death count is still lagging behind state data, which has recorded 165 deaths...
Lawrenceville’s Row House Cinema offering movie concession packs
Watch your favorite film at home, but stop at the theater first. Row House Cinema in Lawrenceville has created movie concession packs that people can pick up and take to their house and watch a flick. On Friday between 2 and 8 p.m., stop by for one of several options,...
Fountain, historical marker vandalized in Highland Park
Pittsburgh police are investigating spray-painted graffiti discovered Monday in Highland Park. Reported at about 1:30 p.m., the painted messages were found in and around the park’s fountain and a Highland Park historical marker. Messages also were painted at the intersection of Highland Park Drive and Bunker Hill Street. Arrangements were...
Police search for man who went missing on Pittsburgh’s North Side
Pittsburgh police are searching for a 28-year-old man last seen Sunday evening in the California-Kirkbride neighborhood. Dylan Yourkonis was last seen about 8 p.m. wearing a light blue zip-up jacket with wording on the back shoulders and gray jogging pants, police said. He is 6 feet 1 inch tall, weighs...
Allegheny County elections division: ‘We got this’
Gov. Tom Wolf signed an executive order late Monday extending by one week the deadline for election offices in six counties, including Allegheny, to receive absentee or mail-in ballots. They now have until 5 p.m. June 9 to receive absentee or mail-in ballots. The other counties are Dauphin, Delaware, Erie,...
Downtown Pittsburgh business owners clean up, try to comprehend riot damage
Josephine Sanchez understands why people are demonstrating to protest the death of George Floyd. What she can’t comprehend is the rioting and looting that happened in Pittsburgh on Saturday. Protesters smashed through windows of Cardamone’s Hair Salon owned by Sanchez and partner Joe Cardamone, and broke into the store at...
Mayor Peduto, Public Safety chief defend how Pittsburgh police handled weekend protestsVideo
Pittsburgh police and city officials on Monday rejected claims they left officers vulnerable during weekend protests and that they trampled protesters’ rights. The peaceful protest, hijacked by a smaller group of instigators, could have been worse, officials said. Public Safety Director Wendell Hissrich said there is “concerning information” indicating the...
Diaper giveaway at PPG Paints Arena postponed
The Western Pennsylvania Diaper Bank will be hosting a diaper giveaway for families facing financial hardships, just a few weeks later than expected. Originally scheduled for June 5 at PPG Paints Arena, the drive has been postponed. It will be rescheduled, and a new date will be announced soon. Participants...
20 arrested as protests turn violent in East Liberty, ShadysideVideo
Peaceful protests Monday in Pittsburgh ended in smoke, violence and confusion for the second time in three days, with police and city officials blaming small groups of instigators and saying they had no choice but to use force to disperse the crowd. For hours, the protesters — nearly a thousand...
Pastors, hundreds gather in Hill District for peaceful George Floyd protest
Hundreds of people from varied faiths gathered at Freedom Corner in Pittsburgh’s Hill District for about 90 minutes of prayers and speeches as the nation reels from the May 25 death of George Floyd in Minneapolis. “Enough is enough,” the Rev. Glenn Grayson told the crowd that gathered at noon...
Authorities investigating suspicious package left in Mt. Lebanon
Authorities are investigating substancesin a package left in Mt. Lebanon over the weekend by three men who participated in the protest in Downtown Pittsburgh, police said. Mt. Lebanon police said they received a call around 7:30 p.m. Saturday from a resident who reported seeing someone leave a vehicle and place...
8 new coronavirus cases in Allegheny County; state reports 1 new death
Allegheny County reported eight new coronavirus cases on Monday, bringing the total count to 1,919. The county has reported a total of 151 deaths, including one new death. That lags behind the state count of 164. County officials have said that the reason for the different death count is the...
Police: Shaler man linked to violence at Pittsburgh protest turns self in
A half-dozen cans of spray paint and a distinct black hoodie linked a Shaler man to the destruction of a Pittsburgh police car in Uptown on Saturday, the riotous spark that touched off hours of violence and marred what was meant to be a peaceful protest, according to police. Brian...
Pittsburgh extends overnight curfew another day
Pittsburgh will be under curfew again Monday night. The city’s Public Safety department announced this morning via Twitter that the 8:30 p.m. curfew that had been in effect Saturday and Sunday nights will be extended another night. The curfew lifts at 6 a.m. Tuesday. Authorities announced the curfew Saturday in...
Gateway Clipper to resume some cruises this weekVideo
The Gateway Clipper Fleet will resume sightseeing tours this week, officials announced on their Facebook page. The tours, which last about an hour, will resume Friday when Allegheny County moves into the green phase of Gov. Wolf’s reopening plan, lifting heavy restrictions put in place to help curb the spread...
Western Pa. experts weigh chances of catching coronavirus from contaminated objects
Fears about catching coronavirus from contaminated surfaces have driven some people to become compulsive about cleaning countertops and wiping down their groceries. As the pandemic took hold, some poison centers even reported increased calls about excessive exposure to cleaning agents. In recent weeks, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention...
Shaler man accused of inciting riot that led to violence during Pittsburgh protests
Pittsburgh police allege a Shaler man’s actions started a wave of violence Saturday in Downtown during what were meant to be and began as peaceful protests. Brian Jordan Bartels, 20, is accused of smashing out the windows of a marked Pittsburgh police cruiser “against the wishes of peaceful protesters who...
Police release names of people arrested during Pittsburgh protests
Forty-five adults and one juvenile were arrested Saturday after violence overtook peaceful protests in Downtown Pittsburgh. The protests were one of many across the country meant to draw attention to the killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis last week. Video shows at least one Minneapolis police officer kneeling on Floyd’s...
Calm after storm: Pittsburgh vigil promotes unity; protesters spray paint Downtown roads but remain peaceful
A day after protests turned violent in Pittsburgh, groups gathered peacefully in Downtown and East Liberty to remember the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis. More than 100 people congregated for an early-evening vigil outside the Eastminster Presbyterian Church in East Liberty. The message was of unity. At one point,...
Protest fallout: 46 arrests involve Western Pa. residents; National Guard ready to move; man suspected of inciting ID’d
Violence that erupted in Pittsburgh after hours of peaceful protests was the result of actions by a relatively small group of people, city and state officials said Sunday. A day later, though, it was still unclear who those individuals are and whether they are affiliated with specific groups. Authorities said...
Allegheny County reports 14 new covid-19 cases, no new deaths
Allegheny County on Sunday reported no new covid-19 deaths and 14 new cases, both at the state and county level. The latest figures bring the total number of cases to 1,911. The number of deaths reported by county officials remains at 151. State officials continue to report 163 deaths. County...
Across Downtown Pittsburgh, city workers, volunteers clean up after protests
One day after violence erupted on the streets of Pittsburgh over the death of George Floyd, volunteers picked up their brooms to spend their Sunday Downtown helping with the clean-up. What they found was a sobering view of smashed windows, stores looted and buildings vandalized with spray-painted messages about Floyd,...
Medical Examiner identifies victim in Homewood shooting
One man was killed and three others were hurt after a shooting and ensuing motorcycle crash early Sunday morning in Pittsburgh’s Homewood neighborhood, according to the city Department of Public Safety. The Allegheny County Medical Examiner identified the dead shooting victim as Sean A. Reese, 34, of Pittsburgh. Police just...
Photos: Pittsburgh protests turn chaotic, violent
Tribune-Review photojournalists Shane Dunlap and Nate Smallwood were in the middle of the protests on Saturday as a peaceful rally in the wake of George Floyd’s death in Minneapolis turned violent by late afternoon. Dunlap and Smallwood captured thousands of images. Here is a sampling of their best....
Pittsburgh erupts in violence as George Floyd protests spin out of controlVideo
The City of Pittsburgh will be under an overnight curfew through Monday morning in response to violent protests over the death of George Floyd that left Downtown storefronts in ruins and several police officers and journalists injured. The protests began peacefully Saturday but soon escalated, with thousands of people roaming...
