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Kinetic Theatre is going meta with its next production, the world premiere of actor/playwright Simon Bradbury’s “The Illustrious Invalid.” The comedic romp, inspired by French playwright Moliere’s “The Imaginary Invalid,” will be staged Thursday through June 26 at City Theatre Mainstage, 1300 Bingham St. in Pittsburgh’s South Side. Moliere’s 1673...

The news came during National Nurses Week, and it was stunning. Although six- and seven-figure gifts to colleges are not unheard of, many of them come with strings. Often money is to be allocated for endowed professorships, labs or buildings. The $2.5 million award Duquesne University’s School of Nursing has...

Summer is nearly here and the U.S. Steel Tower Plaza wants residents and workers to enjoy the nice weather with some outdoor office spaces and some drinks after work. The Pittsburgh Downtown Partnership (PDP) announced last week the opening of three outdoor workspaces and a new pop-up beer garden at...

Pennsylvania’s Commonwealth Court on Tuesday ruled that Allegheny County District Attorney Stephen A. Zappala Jr. did not follow the law when he dismissed private criminal complaints submitted against Pittsburgh’s former mayor and city council over gun control legislation they approved three years ago. Zappala should have investigated the complaints, the...

Popular WPXI-TV news reporter Mike Holden announced Tuesday morning on social media he will be leaving Pittsburgh this month to take a television news reporting job closer to his native home in Cleveland. “Personal News: June 24th marks my last day reporting here at WPXI,” Holden wrote in his post....

A 21-year-old man wanted for a fatal shooting March 19 in South Side Slopes was arrested early Tuesday inside an apartment in Homewood after a standoff with Pittsburgh police that lasted several hours. Zahvair Palmer of McKeesport was taken into custody early Tuesday, according to city public safety officials. The...

For local youth looking to explore their creative side over summer vacation, Pittsburgh’s Roving Art Cart will be bringing arts and crafts to various city parks. The Roving Art Cart allows children to participate in multi-media art projects at no cost. The program includes painting, beads and sculpting in an...

A former president and chief executive of The Hillman Company of Pittsburgh and prominent Duquesne University alumnus was remembered as a special person of enormous accomplishment and generosity. Charles “Carl” G. Grefenstette, 94, of Pittsburgh, a former Duquesne board member, “was nationally respected as a business leader, known for the...

Pittsburgh Police Chief Scott Schubert, set to retire next month, will take a job with the FBI, a police spokeswoman said Monday. Schubert, 55, will move to a position within the bureau’s Criminal Justice Information Services headquarters in Clarksburg, West Virginia, said spokeswoman Cara Cruz. He will serve as the...

The Pittsburgh Parks Conservancy will celebrate the Juneteenth holiday this weekend with a concert and garden tour at Frick Park. Local artists Sierra Sellers and Chandra Rhyme will perform on the lawn of the Frick Park Environmental Center from 6 p.m. till 8 p.m. on Friday. Guests are also invited...

Fudge Farm is closing its location on East Carson Street on Pittsburgh’s South Side amid a spike in violence that the owners said makes them worry for employee safety. The gourmet fudge, chocolate and ice cream shop announced on social media that Sunday would mark the last day for their...

A second suspect has been arrested in the shooting death of an 18-month-old in downtown Pittsburgh over Memorial Day weekend, Pittsburgh police said Sunday. The suspect, Markez Anger, 23, was arrested in Turtle Creek in connection with the May 29 drive-by shooting of De’Avery Thomas, police said. Anger was taken...

A Clairton man was killed early Sunday morning when he was hit by a vehicle while walking along the Parkway East in Pittsburgh, the Allegheny County Medical Examiner reported. The victim, Zaonte Lonee Davis, 24, was hit by a vehicle at about 2:10 a.m. in the westbound lanes of the...

Two men were shot multiple times in Homestead late Saturday night, Allegheny County police said. One of the men was reported hospitalized in critical condition, while the other was in stable condition, as a result of the shooting that was reported at about 9:30 p.m. in the 300 block of...

A man and a woman were wounded late Saturday night in a shooting outside a business in Pittsburgh’s Homewood neighborhood, Pittsburgh police said. The victims were shot while they were in a crowd entering the Victory Banquet in the 800 block of Bennett Street shortly after 11:30 p.m. Saturday, police...

Two men who were shot in an apparent exchange of gunfire on Pittsburgh’s South Side early Sunday morning are in critical condition in a hospital, Pittsburgh police said. The men were found with gunshot wounds at the corner of South 15th Street and East Carson Street around 2:30 a.m., police...

A domestic and sexual abuse survivor is volunteering her decorating talents to help other victims find comfort after fleeing from their abusers. Jennifer Zimmerman, 52, of Wexford said she escaped from years of mental and physical domestic abuse. Today, she is focusing her style skills to transform seven rooms at...

When Pittsburgh voters elected Ed Gainey as the first Black mayor in the city’s history, he vowed to assemble a diverse administration. A half-year into his first term, Gainey said he believes he has built “one of the most diverse administrations in the city of Pittsburgh, ever.” Directors, managers and...

With blue skies above, rainbows filled the Downtown streets as hundreds joined in the Pittsburgh Pride Revolution March on Saturday afternoon. Participants walked from the City-County Building along Grant Street, down Sixth and Seventh avenues and across the Andy Warhol Bridge to East Commons and Allegheny Center to show off...

Pittsburgh-based Richard King Mellon Foundation this week filed a federal lawsuit against the New York-based Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. The trademark infringement complaint alleges that the Andrew Mellon foundation’s decision in March to change its name to just “The Mellon Foundation” will cause confusion for the public. The lawsuit seeks...

Pittsburgh police said a man ducked into a South Side restaurant early Saturday morning after after being shot. The victim, who was not identified, told police he was struck in the leg by a stray bullet around 4 a.m. He ran into Cambod-Ican Kitchen at 1701 E. Carson St., to...

A 13-year-old girl has been missing for over a day, Pittsburgh police said in a Friday night social media post. Dreemah Matthews was last seen getting on the school bus at 7:45 a.m. Thursday. According to police, Matthews is known to spend time on the North Side. She is 5...

The 2022 Dollar Bank Three Rivers Arts Festival opened Friday as a full in-person event for the first time since 2019. And the festival has added to its storied history by opening in a new setting — Downtown’s Cultural District, rather than its previous home in Point State Park. With...

Pittsburgh Mayor Ed Gainey on Friday unveiled a plan that aims to reduce violence across the city. “It is time to address the violence as a public health crisis that is treatable and preventable,” Gainey said during a news conference at a community garden in Beltzhoover. High-profile violent incidents so...

Pittsburgh will open 11 city pools on June 18. The pools slated to open are Ammon, Bloomfield, Jack Stack, Highland Park, Magee, Moore, Ormsby, Ream, Riverview, Schenley and Westwood, city official said Friday. The city recruited 107 lifeguards to open the 11 pools, city officials said. Typically, it takes 180...