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Man dies in overnight shooting in South Side
A man was fatally shot early Sunday morning in the South Side, according to Pittsburgh police. Devon Alexander, 33, was found about 1 a.m. at the intersection of South 13th and East Carson streets with a gunshot wound to the shoulder. Police used tourniquets to stem the bleeding until medics...
Galimard Pittsburgh allows customers to create their own perfume
Grace Keibler was handed a bottle of perfume with the name on the label reading “Will you marry me?” She turned around to find her boyfriend, Rob Gainor, down on one knee. She smiled and said “Yes.” The fragrance was created specifically by Keibler at Galimard Pittsburgh in Dormont, a...
Outgoing Pitt Chancellor Patrick Gallagher reflects on tenure filled with challenges, growth
When Patrick Gallagher became chancellor of the University of Pittsburgh in 2014, higher education institutions already were staring down falling enrollments and growing questions about the worth of a college degree. Then the covid-19 pandemic hit, shutting down campuses for months. Now, with Gallagher’s tenure in its final days, Gallagher...
Developer gets OK to tear down Pittsburgh garage where Rolling Rock beer was first sold
Pittsburgh’s Historic Review Commission has approved a plan to preserve an Uptown house once owned by a bootlegger who became the owner of Latrobe Brewing Co., but not a garage that served as the company’s first Pittsburgh beer distributor. Dallas-based Fountain Residential Partners is acquiring the Uptown property that includes...
5th week of Pittsburgh synagogue attacker’s trial featured dueling testimony from experts
The case against the man convicted of killing 11 people at a Squirrel Hill synagogue will resume Monday with jurors continuing to listen to testimony from mental health experts in the trial’s eligibility phase. Robert Bowers, 50, of Baldwin was found guilty of killing members of the Tree of Life-Or...
Police: 18 drug arrests made in Downtown Pittsburgh in last 10 days
Pittsburgh police said they have arrested 18 people on drug charges in Downtown Pittsburgh since June 28. Officials said Narcotics & Vice detectives have been investigating multiple drug trafficking complaints stemming from Downtown, leading to the arrests. The majority of the arrests have resulted in felony charges for drug delivery...
Pittsburgh man struck by arrow in California-Kirkbride neighborhood
A Pittsburgh man was struck by an arrow in his ribs and transferred to the hospital late Friday night, said Pittsburgh police. At about 11:45 p.m., police were called to the 800 block of Brightridge Street in the city’s California-Kirkbride neighborhood, where officers located a man behind a privacy fence...
Body discovered in the Monongahela River identified
A body discovered in the Monongahela River on Wednesday morning has been identified. Dive teams pulled the body of Raheem Buchanan, 39, from the river about 7:30 a.m. near the Mon Wharf. The Allegheny County Medical Examiner’s Office identified Buchanan on Saturday morning. The office did not immediately announce where...
Motorists using Parkway East to get to Route 885 face detours this weekend
Motorists trying to make their way around Pittsburgh this weekend can expect slowdowns. The ramp carrying traffic from westbound (inbound) I-376 (Parkway East) to northbound Boulevard of the Allies (Route 885) closed Friday at 9 p.m. It is scheduled to remain closed through Monday morning at 5 a.m. Crews are...
Boat sinks on Allegheny River off the North Shore
No one was injured when a boat sank and leaked fuel in the Allegheny River on Friday afternoon, according to Pittsburgh police. A Pittsburgh hazmat crew responded to the 500 block of North Shore Drive just after 5 p.m. to put up booms around the sinking boat and contain the...
Boy, 16, arrested after another boy shot in Hazelwood
Pittsburgh police arrested a 16-year-old boy after another boy was found with a gunshot wound to each leg in Hazelwood on Friday afternoon, police said. Adedjai Edwards of McKees Rocks is charged with aggravated assault, possession of a firearm by a minor and carrying a firearm without a license. Police...
Pittsburgh officials announced indefinite pause for e-scooters
E-scooter operations in Pittsburgh are on an indefinite pause, city officials said Friday. The announcement came as officials with the city’s Department of Mobility and Infrastructure announced the conclusion of the two-year pilot phase of the Move PGH program, which city officials said included more than 1 million trips on...
Human remains found in Sharpsburg confirmed to be indigenous peoples burial site
Human remains found in Sharpsburg about two weeks ago were located on a burial site for indigenous people, the Allegheny County Medical Examiner’s Office announced Friday. The human remains were found June 21 on private property along Short Canal Street, where Peoples Natural Gas Co. crews were digging for a...
NLRB orders reinstatement of 4 Pittsburgh Starbucks baristas fired for union organizing
Starbucks illegally fired four baristas in Pittsburgh who supported unionization according to a National Labor Relations Board decision that ordered their reinstatement. In a June 30 ruling, NLRB administrative law judge Robert Ringler found that Starbucks management had repeatedly engaged in anti-union activity at four of the company’s Pittsburgh locations...
Pittsburgh creates Office of Equal Protection to enforce disability and civil rights, labor laws
Pittsburgh has created a new city office that will work to ensure disability rights, civil rights and labor laws are enforced in the city. The Office of Equal Protection will become part of Mayor Ed Gainey’s Office and be headed by Zeke Rediker, who serves as the mayor’s executive adviser...
Woman ordered to stand trial in connection with Penn Hills infant’s fentanyl poisoning death
A Pittsburgh woman has been ordered to stand trial on charges connected to the fatal fentanyl poisoning of a 7-month-old Penn Hills infant. Barbara Ann Dunlap-Toombs, 66, of the city’s Larimer neighborhood, is charged with involuntary manslaughter, endangering the welfare of children and recklessly endangering another person in the Jan....
Pittsburgh police officer involved in crash upgraded to good condition
A Pittsburgh police officer who was injured in a crash has been upgraded to good condition, the city said. The crash happened around 7:30 p.m. at Madison and Spring Garden avenues in East Allegheny, according to Public Safety spokeswoman Cara Cruz. The officer, who was not identified, had been responding...
Swindell Bridge on Pittsburgh’s North Side to close for about a month
Repair work on the North Side’s Swindell Bridge will close the span for nearly a month starting Monday, city officials said. The full closure is expected to last through Aug. 7, according to officials with the city’s Department of Mobility and Infrastructure. Swindell Bridge — which links Pittsburgh’s Perry South...
Wilson’s Bar-B-Q in North Side’s Perry South neighborhood ‘opening soon’
As Ira Lewis talked about plans to reopen Wilson’s Bar-B-Q on Thursday, the phone kept ringing with people inquiring about when the eatery will open. “People have been waiting,” Lewis said. “When I come in every day, there are 60-plus calls. And there are Facebook messages and texts.” Lewis doesn’t...
Multiple garden tours taking place this weekend in Pittsburgh neighborhoods
Summer is a time when gardens are in full bloom. The picturesque views create spaces to enjoy, which is why many garden tours are held in June and July, including the Wexford Garden and Pond Tour on July 8. “We have property owners who have done awesome work,” said event...
5 things to do in Pittsburgh this weekend: July 7-9
We’ve made it to the weekend. Here are some ways to spend it. Liberty Mile The Fleet Feet Liberty Mile is on Friday in Downtown. More than 1,500 runners are expected to participate in this evening race and compete for more than $23,000 in prize money. The first heat starts...
Morning roundup: Mars man jailed after allegedly soliciting sex from group posing as minors
Here are some of the latest news items from this morning, Friday, July 7: Mars man accused of soliciting sex from minors A Mars man has been charged with trying to solicit sex from two decoys posing as teenage girls. Adams Township police charged Dale Wahl Pine, 61, with permitting...
Cruiser crash sends Pittsburgh police officer to hospital
A Pittsburgh police officer was taken to a hospital after a city cruiser was involved in a crash Thursday evening in the East Allegheny neighborhood. A city Public Safety spokeswoman said the crash happened at about 7:30 p.m., at Madison and Spring Garden avenues, while the officer was responding to...
Government expert says synagogue shooter has personality disorder, not mental illness
A nationally renowned psychiatrist who has evaluated some of the most notorious criminals of the 20th and 21st centuries believes that the man who killed 11 people at a Squirrel Hill synagogue does not have any diagnosable mental illness, including schizophrenia. What Robert Bowers does have, though, that expert said,...
National Senior Games expected to bring 10K athletes, $30M in visitor spending to Pittsburgh
The National Senior Games getting underway Friday in and around Pittsburgh will showcase some of the top 50-and-older athletes while also pumping tens of millions of dollars into the region’s economy, officials say. The National Senior Games — hosted by SportsPittsburgh, a division of the tourism agency VisitPittsburgh — is...
