Pittsburgh category, Page 213

Pittsburgh police filed charges in a triple homicide in Homewood on New Year’s Eve. Ronald Steave, 29, has been charged with three counts of homicide in connection with the shooting deaths of Nandi Fitzgerald, 28; her son, 12-year-old Denzel “Buddy” Nowlin Jr.; and Tatiana Hill, 28. Police responded to reports...

A 30-year-old woman is in critical condition after she was hit by a vehicle in Pittsburgh’s Homewood South neighborhood Saturday night, officials said. Crews responded to Frankstown Avenue and Sterrett Street around 10 p.m. and found the woman unconscious in the street, according to Pittsburgh Public Safety Spokeswoman Cara Cruz....

A body was found Saturday behind a home in Pittsburgh’s Knoxville neighborhood, Pittsburgh police said. Officers responded to a report of a possible body in the 300 block of Reifert Street around 4:30 p.m. There, police said officers found a dead person in a shed. The Allegheny County Medical Examiner...

One person is dead after a single-vehicle crash in Pittsburgh’s Bluff neighborhood Friday night. Emergency crews responded just before 10:15 p.m. to the 1700 block of Second Avenue, under Interstate 376, for reports of a vehicle crashed into a pole. The unidentified driver was pronounced dead at the scene. The...

Duquesne University students are required to have a negative covid-19 test prior to returning to campus for the spring semester as case counts inch toward record highs. In guidance released Thursday, officials said proof of a negative test must be provided 48 hours before a student arrives on campus. The...

At 3 p.m. Saturday only the sparkling memories will remain. Schiffman’s Jewelers, a staple in the Clark Building in Downtown Pittsburgh for more than eight decades, is closing. “In the words of King Solomon in the Book of Ecclesiastes, there is ‘A time to be born and a time to...

Westmoreland and Allegheny counties largely missed a weather system that moved through the state this weekend, bringing with it freezing rain and slick conditions for several counties in northern parts of the region. Freezing rain impacted several areas north of Interstate 80, which were under a winter weather advisory for...

Could Pittsburgh potentially host the next Republican National Convention? The city is on the GOP national committee’s shortlist for 2024, according to a report in Politico.com, along with Milwaukee, Nashville and Salt Lake City. “We always welcome commerce in the City of Pittsburgh, whether it’s filling our hotel rooms or...

All Diocese of Pittsburgh priests, deacons, choir members and everyone entrusted with the distribution of Holy Communion must wear masks during Mass, according to new safety protocols announced by diocese officials Friday. The diocesan protocol updates are based on the surge in community spread of covid and the highly contagious...

Sidney Poitier’s groundbreaking work as a film actor and director is being hailed by prominent figures in Pittsburgh’s rich arts and entertainment community as the inspiration for their careers as actors, directors and playwrights. Poitier, the first Black actor to win an Oscar for his performance as a handyman in...

Pittsburgh Mayor Ed Gainey on Friday announced that he is appointing Krysia Kubiak as city solicitor. As solicitor, Kubiak will lead Pittsburgh’s law department, which includes a team of attorneys who specialize in corporate counsel, civil litigation, labor, real estate and tax, contracts and worker’s compensation. Kubiak previously served as...

Crews with Pittsburgh’s Department of Public Works were still working to clear snowy and icy roads on Friday after the first significant snowfall of the season Thursday evening. Enough city streets remained covered in snow and ice Friday morning to prompt school closures for Pittsburgh Public Schools, which moved to...

Mary Conturo said Friday she will be leaving her positions as executive director of the Sports & Exhibition Authority and Pittsburgh Stadium Authority after about two decades on the jobs. “We are enormously grateful to Mary for her 18 years of skilled leadership as the authorities’ facilities were developed,” said...

A 13-year-old girl who was missing since Thursday has been located, Pittsburgh police said. Sarai Stevens had last been seen on Suncrest Street in the city’s Knoxville section. Police said Stevens was returned home safely. Further details were not available....

Let someone else do the cooking. Pittsburgh Restaurant Week starts Monday. The semi-annual event runs through Sunday, with some establishments participating through Jan. 23. The restaurants are offering new menu items with some discounting meals from their standard fare. In addition to changing up the menu, some highlight their local...

One look at the Doughboy statue and it’s clear you’re in Lawrenceville. The larger-than-life-size bronze statue of a World War I soldier stands at the entrance to the Pittsburgh neighborhood at Butler Street and Penn Avenue. Over the past 15 years, Lawrenceville has experienced a fascinating resurgence and become a...

It’s the weekend. Don’t let the snow stop you from getting out. Pittsburgh RV Show The Pittsburgh RV Show is celebrating its 55th anniversary beginning this weekend at the David L. Lawrence Convention Center, Downtown. Hours are 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. on Saturday and 10 a.m. to 5 p.m....

Pittsburgh Public Schools students will learn from home Friday because of snow- and ice-covered roads, officials announced. Students can access their lessons in the online platform Schoology. The day will follow the regular bell schedule of each school. Earlier this week, the district closed several schools because of covid-related staffing...

One person died and another was injured early Friday in a fire in Pittsburgh’s Beechview neighborhood, according to Pittsburgh Public Safety officials. Emergency crews responded at about 2 a.m. to the house fire in the 700 block of Sebring Avenue. Authorities said the crews found a woman, 79, and man,...

Pennsylvania lawmakers and officials gathered at Carnegie Mellon University on Wednesday to unveil legislation to authorize the testing and commercial deployment of automated vehicles. State Sen. Wayne Langerholc Jr., R-Johnstown, chair of the Senate Transportation Committee, discussed how the Pittsburgh region’s continued leadership in autonomous vehicle technology — with cutting...

Legislation calling for a ban on most single-use plastic bags was reintroduced to Pittsburgh City Council Tuesday. The measure, originally introduced by Councilwoman Erika Strassburger in November, did not pass before the end of the 2021 legislative cycle because council members were seeking to address questions about equity, enforcement and...

With covid positivity rates in Allegheny County dramatically increasing as the omicron variant spreads, Carnegie Mellon University is going to “mostly remote instruction” for the first two weeks of the spring semester. The announcement was made Thursday in an email to students and staff from CMU president Farnam Jahanian and...

Duquesne Light Co. and HeroX, a platform for crowd-sourced solutions, are looking for some bright ideas. The companies announced a competition called “Reimagining the Duquesne Light Company Tree of Lights” on Thursday. The challenge is for someone to design an iconic holiday light display to replace the “Tree of Lights”...

Pittsburgh police are investigating after a boy was found with a “graze-type wound” to his head after a shooting Wednesday night, officials said. Crews responded to the 5500 block of Penn Avenue near the city’s Garfield and Friendship neighborhoods around 8:45 p.m., said Pittsburgh Public Safety spokeswoman Cara Cruz. First...

Pittsburgh City Council must vote within three months to decide whether the city’s possible annexation of Wilkinsburg will be on the neighboring borough’s ballot later this year, a judge ruled Wednesday. The ruling came as supporters of the potential merger, in anticipation of the ruling, gathered outside the City-County Building...