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Pittsburgh is poised to take ownership of Hays Woods and turn it into the city’s newest public park. City Council on Wednesday advanced legislation that would allow the city to buy the land from the Urban Redevelopment Authority for $1 plus costs. “This is going to be a really unique...

Pittsburgh City Council is expected to vote next week to authorize funding for a two-year pilot program on composting in the city. Next week’s vote would clear the way for the city to use $90,000 in grant money from the U.S. Department of Agriculture for the composting program. The program...

Some residents of Kennedy Avenue in Pittsburgh’s Perry South section had to jump to safety after their homes caught fire early Thursday, according to Pittsburgh Public Safety officials. No one was injured in the fire that spread to at least three homes. The fire, which started in a two-story home...

A Pittsburgh man was jailed Wednesday on accusations that he robbed two businesses on Pittsburgh’s South Side in the past two weeks, city police said. The suspect, Dakota Face, 23, was placed in the Allegheny County Jail on Thursday, awaiting arraignment on charges filed in connection with the two robberies,...

A family doctor who practiced in Westmoreland and Fayette counties has pleaded guilty to illegally prescribing opioid painkillers in exchange for sex, federal prosecutors said. Emilio Ramon Navarro, 60, also pleaded guilty to health care fraud for billing the federal government to pick up the tab for illegal prescriptions, Acting...

After an 18-month pandemic intermission, PICT Classic Theatre will return to live, in-person performances with William Shakespeare’s “As You Like It.” “As our opening production, we wanted to give our audience something to lift the spirits, and ‘As You Like It’ fits the bill perfectly,” said Alan Stanford, PICT artistic...

President Joe Biden on Wednesday nominated a current federal prosecutor to become U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Pennsylvania. Cindy K. Chung, 46, has been with the office in Pittsburgh since 2014. She has served as deputy chief of the major crimes section and acting deputy chief of the...

Pittsburgh City Council has reintroduced a proposal to create a rental registration and inspection schedule for the city’s rental units, a measure that was stopped by a judge when officials previously tried to implement it. The proposal, advanced unanimously by council, would allow the city to identify all of Pittsburgh’s...

A proposed $16 million project would upgrade Pittsburgh’s streetlights to more efficient LED lights, though two council members said they’ve already heard pushback from residents. The city has identified The Efficiency Network, an independent energy services company, to handle the proposed citywide project. The company would survey the city’s streetlights...

Each year in late October, as fall starts to turn a bit grayer, the feeling shifts for many people who are connected to Pittsburgh’s Tree of Life synagogue. “It’s a day that you know is coming,” said Barb Feige, executive director of the Tree of Life congregation. “It’s not like...

Three years to the day after a lone gunman killed 11 people at the Tree of Life synagogue in Squirrel Hill, President Biden acknowledged the “indelible scars of grief” in a brief statement from the White House Wednesday. Biden referred to the deadliest act of antisemitism in American history as...

The State Museum of Pennsylvania will hold its annual archaeology workshops virtually on Saturday, focusing on stories of Black history told through the lens of archaeology. University of Maryland professor Cheryl LaRoche will present “Free Black Communities and Archaeology” as the day’s keynote presentation. LaRoche is a founding member of...

A man was reported in stable condition after being shot in the leg in the Homewood South neighborhood, Pittsburgh police said. Police said they responded to an alert of a shooting around 8:20 p.m. in the 7300 block of Hamilton Avenue. Medics transported the victim to a local hospital and...

Carol Black remembers making the 27-mile drive from her Cranberry home to the Tree of Life synagogue on Oct. 27, 2018, and turning onto Wilkins Avenue in Pittsburgh’s Squirrel Hill. As she headed for the parking lot, she saw her brother Richard walking into the building. It’s the last time...

Candidates seeking political office in Pittsburgh will be allowed to use campaign funds for some childcare costs incurred because of their campaigns starting next election cycle. Under legislation passed by City Council on Tuesday, candidate committees will be able to use campaign funds to pay for childcare expenses incurred during...

Pittsburgh City Council on Tuesday introduced an ordinance that it said would address lead exposure, and it also urged Pittsburgh Public Schools and utility companies to take action to reduce potential lead exposure. “About 400 children each year in the region are found to have elevated blood lead levels,” Councilwoman...

Federal prosecutors say the mass shooting that Robert Bowers carried out at a Pittsburgh synagogue three years ago was preceded by disturbing, hate-filled activity on social media. Since then, social media sites have continued to be linked to — and some say breeding grounds of — acts of violence and...

Corey Mickens, then 15, killed a man who had been his friend by shooting him in the head execution style on Feb. 5, 2019. Two weeks later, Mickens stood up through the sun roof of a car as it drove through North Braddock and shot and wounded a stranger on...

Pittsburgh police will be required to publish data about certain incidents with breakdowns by demographics like race and gender. City Council on Tuesday approved legislation that requires city police to collect data including information on pedestrian stops; use of force and physical restraints; citations and warnings issued; misdemeanor and felony...

Pittsburgh will lease a former Steamfitters Local Union 449 building in the city’s Duquesne Heights neighborhood to consolidate police operations, allowing the city to redevelop other sites that police are currently using. City Council on Tuesday unanimously approved legislation allowing the city to lease 1517 Woodruff St. The city will...

Pittsburgh City Council on Tuesday approved a measure requiring at least 80% of Pittsburgh’s Stop the Violence Fund to be spent on community-based, non-government organizations. The ordinance, sponsored by Councilman Ricky Burgess, will allow no more than 20% of the fund’s money to be spent on internal operations. Limiting how...

A former Pittsburgh animal control officer who had a felony charge of animal abuse against him dismissed last month on Monday filed a federal lawsuit against the police officer who charged him, as well as other witnesses in the case alleging that they conspired against him. James A. Genco III...