Pittsburgh category, Page 172

Many Americans associate Flag Day with happiness because it generally falls on or around the last day of school on June 14. Despite that joyful coincidence, Flag Day stands for something far more significant with origins that date back centuries. The fact that school usually was out by the time...

The furries are returning to the ’Burgh — and in greater numbers. After missing the past two years because of the pandemic, the annual Anthrocon Convention will be June 30 to July 3 at the David L. Lawrence Convention Center. “We’ve had to expand to an 11th hotel,” said John...

Pittsburgh police arrested a man late Sunday after responding to a report of a man pointing a gun at people at a gas station in the Crawford-Roberts neighborhood. Kevin Tyrone Bennett, 50, of Spartanburg, S.C., was charged Monday with discharging a firearm and tampering with evidence in connection with the...

Billy Porter added to his list of Tony Award wins Sunday, taking home honors for Best Musical as producer of “A Strange Loop.” The Pittsburgh native and 1991 Carnegie Mellon University School of Drama alumnus also won a 2013 Tony for Best Actor in a Musical for his role as...

Pittsburgh officials said Monday that work is underway on a project aiming to improve pedestrian and vehicle safety at several intersections in the South Side Flats, South Side Slopes and Mount Oliver. Upgrades include traffic and pedestrian signal improvements, curb extensions and installation of ramps that comply with the Americans...

A former program director for Pittsburgh’s youth-oriented Sarah Heinz House is accused of sexually assaulting a 6-year-old boy he had been babysitting, court records show. Nicholas Gindele, 25, of Eighty-Four, is charged with involuntary deviate sexual intercourse, indecent assault, sexual assault and child endangerment in connection with the case. “Upon...

Pittsburgh Mayor Ed Gainey and other city leaders will meet Tuesday with South Side residents to discuss public safety concerns along the neighborhood’s East Carson Street. The meeting comes after some business owners have expressed concerns about recent violence along a busy stretch of East Carson, the main artery through...

One person was killed and another was critically wounded in a shooting in Pittsburgh’s Manchester neighborhood Sunday night, police said. Police said officers responded around 9 p.m. to an alert of 12 rounds fired in the 1300 block of Pennsylvania Avenue. Officers found an unconscious man on the 1300 block...

A man sustained critical injuries in a shooting in Swissvale on Sunday morning. Emergency dispatchers were called at 10:42 a.m. for the report of a shooting in the 2200 block of South Braddock Avenue, Allegheny County police said. First responders found a man who had been shot in the abdomen....

A 13-year-old boy was hurt Saturday in a shooting in Pittsburgh’s Terrace Village neighborhood, according to police. The child was hospitalized conscious and alert after being shot in the hand, a public information officer said. The shooting was reported on Rose Street around 6:45 p.m., according to Tribune-Review news partner...

Twenty-two people were taken to a hospital Saturday for issues stemming from tailgating on Pittsburgh’s North Shore before the Kenny Chesney concert, according to city police. Paramedics treated 52 people. None of the patients were critical, according to public information officer Maurice Matthews. The reasons for hospitalizations and transports were...

A recent uptick in gun violence along East Carson Street in Pittsburgh’s South Side has left some visitors and business owners on edge — though others said they were beginning to feel a bit safer this weekend as public safety increased efforts to curb the violence. “You’ve got to push...

The driver of an overweight vehicle lost control upon braking in the outbound Squirrel Hill Tunnel Friday, causing it to overturn and block Parkway East traffic for two hours, according to state police. Troopers said Ronell L. Smith, 44, of Pittsburgh, was driving a Chevrolet pickup truck with a semi-trailer...

Maybe it’s because the weather was absolutely perfect for an outdoor tailgate on Pittsburgh’s North Shore. Or maybe it’s because the music of country superstar Kenny Chesney brings people together. Or maybe it’s because so much of the world shut down over the last two years because of covid-19. Whatever...

Officials have identified the man shot to death Friday in Knoxville as Isiah Paillett, 46, of Pittsburgh. Officers responded to the 400 block of Parklow Street around 8 p.m. where they found a man had been shot in the chest multiple times, a Pittsburgh Public Safety spokesman said late Friday....

Shawden L. Ross told a Westmoreland County judge Friday he understood the pain his victim’s family members experienced as he endured the same kind of loss. Ross, 36, of Pittsburgh was ordered to serve 20 to 40 years in prison for the third-degree murder of 27-year-old Lamont Simmons on April...

Brandon Short knows first-hand the pain of losing a loved one to gun violence. The McKeesport native and former NFL player’s 26-year-old daughter Karli was shot and killed last September in the Christy Park section of McKeesport. She had been shot in the head and was dead at the scene....

Pittsburgh city and police officials held a catch-all news conference Friday afternoon to discuss safety measures this weekend on the North Shore and South Side, though they declined to give updates on any high-profile ongoing investigations. Violence on the city’s South Side, particularly in the East Carson Street entertainment district,...

The Pittsburgh Cultural Trust will no longer require masks at its theaters and facilities starting next week after the number of covid-19 cases in Allegheny County dropped below a high rate of transmission. Beginning Tuesday, guests are not required to wear masks at indoor events. The announcement came after the...

Kenny Chesney knows what his fans want to hear, and he’s prepared to give it to them Saturday when he returns to Heinz Field. In his first Pittsburgh show since the start of the pandemic, all indications are that the country music legend will be sticking with his familiar formula...

One of two men critically injured in a shooting last weekend along busy East Carson Street instigated the incident, according to police, prompting one of the victims to return fire. Christopher Young, 27, used a stolen gun when he opened fire, police said. He is charged with attempted homicide in...

Outbound traffic on the Parkway East resumed about 11:30 a.m. after a truck overturned in the Squirrel Hill tunnel that blocked both lanes, according to PennDOT officials. No injuries were reported in the crash that occurred about 9:30 a.m., but first responders shut down the outbound tunnel to clear the...

A man was grazed on the neck in a shooting Thursday on Pittsburgh’s North Side, city police said. Zone 1 officers responded to a ShotSpotter alert for multiple shots fired on the 1300 block of Federal Street around 11:50 p.m., according to public safety information officer Maurice Matthews. Responding officers...

It’s the weekend. Here are some ways to spend it. Kenny Chesney Country music star Kenny Chesney brings his “Here and Now Tour” to Pittsburgh on Saturday. The show starts at 5 p.m. with guests Carly Pearce, Old Dominion and Dan + Shay. Chesney is set to take the stage...