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Manchester Historic Society to host home and garden tour
An 1876 home on Sheffield Street was vacant and deteriorating. David McAnallen bought it and brought it back to life. “I think if we had not stepped in that it would have been torn down,” McAnallen said. “It was an empty shell and needed a complete restoration.” Those who want...
Morning Roundup: Woman, child injured in rollover on Parkway West
Here are some of the latest news items from this morning, Friday, Aug. 4: Woman, child injured in rollover on Parkway West Green Tree Volunteer Fire Company responded Thursday afternoon to reports of a vehicle rollover crash and entrapment on the Parkway West. First responders found a vehicle that landed...
5 things to do in Pittsburgh this weekend: Aug. 4-6
It’s the first weekend of August. In addition to the Pink concert on Saturday at PNC Park on the North Shore, here are some fun ways to spend it. Art crawl The Lawrenceville Art Crawl is from 1 to 9 p.m. Saturday. This festival along Butler Street has indoor and...
Pink at PNC Park: What to know before you goVideo
What will Pink bring to her Saturday concert at PNC Park? If it’s anything like other stops on her Summer Carnival Tour, the crowd can expect acrobatics, gymnastics, dancing, dazzling costumes, motorized flamingos, confetti, fireworks and smoke cannons. And that’s in addition to her music — a high-energy mix of...
Judge formally sentences Pittsburgh synagogue shooter to death in emotional hearing
The emotions swung like a pendulum — from forgiveness, to kindness, to hate, to love, to regret, to gratitude. For each of the people who spoke Thursday at the formal sentencing hearing for the man who killed 11 people at a Squirrel Hill synagogue nearly five years ago, they recounted...
How we covered it: Trib’s front pages from Pittsburgh synagogue shooting, trial
The gunman who killed 11 worshippers at a Squirrel Hill synagogue on Oct. 27, 2018, was given the death penalty on Wednesday. A jury in the federal case against Robert Bowers, 50, of Baldwin rejected the defense’s assertion that he was mentally ill. The jurors were unanimous in their decision...
Bill Shay taught game of life on, off court for nearly 4 decades at Community College of Allegheny County
When Erin Hynds thinks back to watching her father, Bill Shay, on the basketball court, one particular image comes to mind. “I can remember his face being red because he would be screaming, and he’d be looking up at all these tall players he was coaching,” said Hynds, an Upper...
Morning Roundup: Police say attempted carjacking ends with suspect jumping into the Mon River
Here are some of the latest news items from this morning, Thursday, Aug. 3. Police pursuit results in man jumping into Mon River Pittsburgh police said a man they were pursuing over an attempted carjacking Wednesday jumped into the Monongahela River to escape arrest. Authorities said the attempted carjacking happened...
Missing girl, woman found safe, Pittsburgh police say
A woman and a girl repored missing separately in July have been located and are safe, Pittsburgh police said on Thursday. • Special Victims Unit detectives said Aniyah Davis-Stackhouse, 12, had last been seen on July 24. • Dominque Durrett, 27, had last been seen on Monday, July 31 in...
‘A very long chapter’: Loved ones of synagogue shooting victims react to jury’s death penalty voteVideo
Nearly five years ago they gathered in a room at the Jewish Community Center in Squirrel Hill, the bloodshed and horror still fresh, to await information about their loved ones — who lived, who died, who was wounded. The Tree of Life synagogue shooting had just happened, and family members...
Multimedia gallery: Pittsburgh synagogue shooter trial Day 37Video
After hearing weeks of grueling, graphic and often heartbreaking testimony, a jury unanimously decided Wednesday that Robert Bowers should be put to death for killing 11 people at a Pittsburgh synagogue nearly five years ago. The panel of seven women and five men deliberated about 10 hours over two days....
Decision on Pittsburgh synagogue shooter’s fate draws reaction from victims’ families, Jewish community, others
Almost immediately after a jury recommended the death penalty for Pittsburgh synagogue shooter Robert Bowers, statements began to pour in from family members of victims and survivors, Jewish leaders, politicians and others. “Although we will never attain closure from the loss of our beloved Rose Mallinger, we now feel a...
Remembering the lives lost in the Pittsburgh synagogue shooting
Joyce Fienberg, 75, traveled the world during her lifetime, but she couldn’t dream of living anywhere other than her beloved Pittsburgh. Her family recalled her as a dedicated attendee at Tree of Life who always put others’ needs ahead of her own. Read more about Fienberg. Richard Gottfried, 65, was...
Timeline: Pittsburgh synagogue shooting case
Oct. 27, 2018: Robert Bowers enters the Tree of Life synagogue at the corner of Wilkins and Shady avenues in Squirrel Hill and opens fire, killing 11 congregants and wounding two others. Five responding police officers are also injured, including four by gunfire. It is the deadliest antisemitic attack in...
Pittsburgh synagogue shooter should be put to death, jury decidesVideo
As they have been for the past two months, and for more than four years before that, people who survived the 2018 mass shooting at the Squirrel Hill synagogue and those who lost family members there were resolute. Filling three rows of seats behind the prosecutors who had advocated for...
Jury reaches decision in Pittsburgh synagogue shooting case
The jury considering the fate of the man who killed 11 people at a Squirrel Hill synagogue nearly five years ago has reached a decision on whether the man will be sentenced to death or life in prison. The clerk’s office in U.S. District Court said around 11:15 a.m. Wednesday...
Officials say urban search and rescue task force for Pittsburgh area badly needed
After Pittsburgh’s Fern Hollow Bridge collapsed into a ravine one snowy morning in 2022, it took hours before authorities could confirm that no one had been killed or trapped beneath the rubble. Pennsylvania’s only urban search and rescue team with dogs trained to locate victims of structural collapses is based...
Allegheny County reveals recent data breach
Allegheny County has issued an alert regarding a recent data breach on May 28 and 29. In the notice, the county said it had been targeted by a global cyber security breach affecting the common file transfer tool MOVEit, which the county uses. The cybercriminals responsible for the breach are...
Morning Roundup: ‘Pink Shuttle’ set to sail for concert
Here are some of the latest news items from this morning, Wednesday, Aug. 2: ‘Pink Shuttle’ set to sail for concert The Gateway Clipper Fleet announced its “Pink Shuttle” schedule available for fans attending the upcoming Pink performance on Saturday. Shuttle service will escort attendees beginning at 3 p.m. to...
Pittsburgh shifts covid relief funding to public safety vehicles, infrastructure projects
Pittsburgh City Council voted Tuesday to reallocate millions of dollars in covid relief funding to invest in public safety vehicles, landslide remediation and infrastructure projects that are on a timeline to be completed before the funds expire. Funds from the American Rescue Plan Act must be allocated and under contract...
Pittsburgh to establish $1M medical debt relief plan
A plan to alleviate medical debt for some Pittsburgh residents received approval Tuesday from City Council. The city will use $1 million in federal American Rescue Plan Act money to contract with a company that will buy dischargeable health care debt from hospitals and forgive the debt of tens of...
Pittsburgh pilot program will repair damaged, heavily used sidewalks at lower cost
A pilot program approved Tuesday by Pittsburgh City Council will have city crews repair damaged and heavily used sidewalks for residents at a lower cost. Under city law, landowners are responsible for sidewalk maintenance on their properties. The one-year pilot program, introduced in July, will prioritize sidewalks that are heavily...
Fans can view Pee-wee Herman’s bike at Pittsburgh’s Bicycle Heaven museumVideo
With the July 30 death of actor Paul Reubens, also known as Pee-wee Herman, Craig Morrow is expecting an increase of visitors to Bicycle Heaven. The museum and bike shop in Pittsburgh’s North Side is home to one of the the prop bikes used in the 1985 film “Pee-wee’s Big...
Pittsburgh synagogue shooter’s fate remains undecided, deliberations to resume Wednesday
The jury considering the fate of the man who killed 11 people at a Squirrel Hill synagogue nearly five years ago will continue their deliberations on Wednesday. The panel of seven women and five men began discussing the penalty-phase verdict for Robert Bowers at 9 a.m. Tuesday and broke for...
Pittsburgh Zoo & Aquarium announces death of red panda Kovu
The Pittsburgh Zoo & Aquarium’s popular red panda Kovu has died, the park announced Monday via Facebook. “We are deeply saddened to announce the death of our male red panda, Kovu,” the post begins. The post said the 9-year-old Kovu began “displaying unusual behavior, including trouble walking” on Friday. He...
