Pittsburgh category, Page 155

Allegheny County Police arrested a juvenile with a gun in Duquesne just days after a teen girl was killed in that city. Justice Haten, 17, of Duquesne was taken into custody Tuesday shortly before 2 p.m. after a foot chase. Police said they saw him and two other juveniles at...

Pittsburgh police are looking for a male suspect they say threatened to shoot an employee while robbing a Downtown retailer. The robbery was reported shortly after 11 a.m. Aug. 29 at the Burlington Coat Factory, 339 Sixth Ave. When a female employee spotted the suspect stuffing clothes into his backpack...

Counselors and psychologists were available to Fox Chapel Area students after a district student died Sept. 2 in a fatal shooting in Duquesne. Lajaponis Roberts, 14, had been a passenger in a burgundy-colored Chevy Cruze that was hit by gunfire shortly before 5:15 p.m. in the 700 block of Priscilla...

A Pittsburgh police officer was injured as police used stun guns to subdue juveniles who were fighting Tuesday afternoon in the city’s Squirrel Hill neighborhood. City police responded to the fight shortly after 2:30 p.m. in the 2300 block of Murray Avenue. One of the youths became combative when an...

Pittsburgh’s Planning Commission is considering zoning changes to make it easier to convert unused Downtown office space into residential units. City officials have dedicated $2.1 million in American Rescue Plan funding to a $9 million pilot program to breathe new life into buildings left largely empty since the pandemic spurred...

Pittsburgh officials say they are expecting this year’s sixth annual Garbage Olympics to break records when it’s held later this month. The first citywide cleanup event held in 2017 drew just five teams. Last year’s event attracted 46 teams with over 620 volunteers who collected nearly 1,200 bags of trash,...

Pittsburgh City Council voted Tuesday to explore whether accessory dwelling units such as attic, basement and garage apartments or secondary housing structures on existing properties could combat what council sees as an affordable housing crisis in the city. The legislation, sponsored by Councilwoman Deb Gross, requires Mayor Ed Gainey’s administration...

A Pittsburgh police officer was hurt after being struck by a vehicle Monday night while providing security related to President Joe Biden’s visit to Western Pennsylvania. The officer’s motorcycle was struck by a vehicle as he was blocking a ramp on the Parkway West in Robinson for the presidential motorcade,...

A man was hospitalized Saturday night with a gunshot wound to the arm, according to Pittsburgh Police. Officers were sent to the area of 100 South Commons around 10:15 p.m. on Pittsburgh’s North Side after two ShotSpotter notifications. Around the same time officers arrived on scene, dispatch notified first responders...

For the first time in over two decades, Pittsburgh’s Benedum Center has a new stage floor. The Benedum Center is one of the busiest theaters in the world, so the old 7,000-plus-square-foot stage had a lot of wear and tear from the past 20 years. According to the trade publication...

Pittsburgh police have taken into custody a man accused of shooting another man in the leg midday Friday in the city. Dremajjae Reddix, 26, is charged with aggravated assault, unlawful possession of a firearm and possession of a firearm with an obliterated serial number. Court documents did not list a...

Pittsburgh’s annual Kickoff and Rib Festival has been running on the North Shore for more than 30 years and some longtime vendors say this year’s opening day on Thursday brought the biggest crowds they had ever seen. It helped that tens of thousands of football fans flooded the North Shore...

Pittsburgh City Council is looking to expand the availability of accessory dwelling units such as attic, basement and garage apartments and secondary structures built on existing properties — all in an effort to combat what it sees as an affordable housing crisis. Legislation introduced last week by Councilwoman Deb Gross...

In an interview Thursday with conservative Pittsburgh broadcaster Wendy Bell, former President Donald Trump said — if he becomes president again — he would issue full pardons and an apology to rioters involved in the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection at the U.S. Capitol. “We’ll be looking very, very seriously at...

Everyone from Anglophiles to sci-fi fans will find something to do around Pittsburgh during this last official weekend of summer. Soul food showcase A Soulful Taste of the Burgh: Pittsburgh’s Soul Food Festival is set for Friday through Sunday in Downtown’s Market Square, with live entertainment beginning at 11 a.m....

Pittsburgh police have arrested a Pittsburgh woman in the fatal shooting of a man late Thursday in the city’s East Hills neighborhood. Toddia Smiley, 25, is charged with criminal homicide and tampering with evidence in the death of Damien Jackson, 29, of Homestead. Officers responded around 10:45 p.m. and found...

A Pittsburgh police officer assisting in the search for a missing woman shot and killed a man who authorities say answered the door with a gun in his hand in the city’s Westwood neighborhood. Brian Fisher, 43, was pronounced dead at the Rydal Street home where he’d answered the door....

Pitt and West Virginia fans waited over a decade for the return of the Backyard Brawl, and they weren’t going to wait another minute longer to start partying in the Acrisure Stadium parking lots. There was a line of traffic to get into the stadium parking lots well before they...

Attorneys for the man accused of killing 11 people at the Tree of Life synagogue in Squirrel Hill nearly four years ago want permission to ask potential jurors about their religious affiliation. In a motion filed this week in federal court, attorneys for Robert Bowers asked that either they or...

Carnegie Museum of Art has announced opening weekend programs for the 58th Carnegie International, beginning Sept. 24. Visitors will be treated to the first public presentation of a new work by Malcolm Peacock, along with performances by Ali Eyal and Christian Nyampeta. The exhibition will run through April 2 in...

Pittsburgh officials announced that Swindell Bridge in Pittsburgh’s North Side was reopening to all traffic Thursday. The bridge was closed on July 1 because of debris falling from the underside of the span. The bridge connects Northview Heights with Perry South over Interstate 279. Pittsburgh’s Department of Mobility and Infrastructure...

A man accused of throwing an improvised explosive device onto a Lawrenceville street last year did not set out to hurt anyone, his attorney said, but was most likely carrying out a “drug-fueled, ill-conceived prank.” Charles Baker, 35, of Lawrenceville, pleaded guilty Thursday to three federal counts, including possession of...

After some Pittsburgh City Council members raised concerns Wednesday about the dwindling number of officers in the city’s police bureau, Mayor Ed Gainey announced two new police academy classes are planned. The Pittsburgh Bureau of Police now has 852 officers, according to Public Safety spokeswoman Cara Cruz. She said the...

The University of Pittsburgh has confirmed its first reported case of monkeypox. In a Wednesday email sent to students and families, Pitt said a student tested positive on Monday. The student is isolating and recovering. Pitt has notified close contacts of the student, the email says. The university’s Student Health...

A 16-year-old boy was shot multiple times Wednesday evening in a home across the street from Carrick High School, according to Pittsburgh police. Officers found the boy suffering from several gunshot wounds in the arm and groin area at around 7 p.m. EMS transported him to a hospital in stable...