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Well, Well (Market): Downtown Pittsburgh to get new grocery store
A new grocery store is coming to Downtown Pittsburgh, the Downtown Neighbors Alliance announced Tuesday. The new store, Well Well Market, is expected to open at 817 Liberty Ave. In a statement, the Downtown Neighbors Alliance, a community-based nonprofit, said it has been looking to attract a grocery store as...
West Nile virus detected in Allegheny County, 7 neighborhoods to get sprayed
After mosquito samples tested positive for West Nile Virus, the Allegheny County Health Department announced today that seven neighborhoods will be treated this week. On Thursday from 8 to 11 p.m., residents in the Hazelwood, South Side Slopes, Arlington, Mt. Oliver, Carrick, Knoxville and Beltzhoover areas should expect to see...
Fatal barrage of gunfire on North Side ends with last of 6 defendants pleading guilty
The last of six defendants charged with killing a man on Pittsburgh’s North Side in a barrage of gunfire in 2022 pleaded guilty on Monday in Allegheny County Common Pleas Court. Rayvon Poellnitz, 23, will serve 15 to 40 years in state prison after pleading guilty to third-degree murder before...
Unions rallying in Pittsburgh pitch Trump ‘chaos’ as chance to grow ranks
Union heavyweights pitched their organizations Monday at a Downtown Pittsburgh rally as not just detractors of the second Trump administration, but vehicles for a unified opposition. “We’re saying: ‘Look to the labor movement,’ ” Liz Shuler, president of the AFL-CIO, told TribLive after the event. “We are the ones that...
Pittsburgh Regional Transit starts ticketing drivers in Downtown bus lanes
Pittsburgh Regional Transit this weekend started ticketing motorists who drive or park in designated bus lanes Downtown. The new bus-only lanes — which are distinguished by their bright red markings — are reserved for buses and emergency vehicles. Private vehicles are barred from entering the lanes, even for brief pick-ups,...
Carnegie Mellon president reopens The Fence, says Trump visit angered many on campus
Carnegie Mellon University’s president on Monday lifted the temporary prohibition on painting its iconic campus fence and acknowledged that last week’s visit to campus by President Donald Trump “angered and hurt” members of the school community. University President Farnam Jahanian shut down The Fence last Thursday in response to messages...
Heinz Chapel undergoes 2-year renovation of iconic spire
A face-lift of the Heinz Memorial Chapel’s iconic spire in Oakland is complete. The two-year project, originally estimated to cost $11.5 million, involved meticulously removing, repairing and replacing hundreds of copper panels, all while negotiating stories of scaffolding that surrounded the structure. “To see it finished and without the scaffolding...
10-month-old Pittsburgh boy dies after being abused by parent’s boyfriend, police say
A 10-month-old boy died after a man said he became “aggressive” with the child because he was frustrated that the child would not stop crying, according to Pittsburgh police. Pittsburgh police on Sunday charged Dominic Pinnick, 18, of Homewood with attempted homicide and other charges. The baby was taken to...
Man riding scooter seriously hurt after colliding with SUV in South Oakland, police say
A man was seriously hurt after Pittsburgh police say he crashed his motorized scooter into the side of an SUV in the city’s South Oakland neighborhood early Sunday morning. The collision happened just before 5:45 a.m. at Bates Street and Second Avenue. According to an early investigation, the scooter rider...
3 men charged in Larimer slaying headed to court after 7-hour hearing
Three Pittsburgh men accused of killing a Woodland Hills High School football standout last year during a drug deal that escalated into an execution are headed to court. After a marathon, seven-hour preliminary hearing Friday, District Judge Lisa Caulfield sent charges in the fatal shooting of Gavin Yarbough, 21, to...
Pittsburgh councilwoman raises red flag on winner of $1.8M bid to design public safety facility
A Pittsburgh councilwoman is raising concerns about paying an engineering firm $1.8 million to plan a public safety facility because of a report the company has placed opponents of its projects under surveillance. City Council this week delayed a vote on the measure after Councilwoman Deb Gross said she did...
Distillery Complex — with rooftop bar, cigar lounge — set to open on Pittsburgh’s South Shore
Back in 1794, Western Pennsylvania farmers picked up their pitchforks and muskets over a tax on whiskey. These days, Pittsburghers are more likely to wig out after a bad call at a Pirates game, but history seems to be repeating itself one barrel at a time. The location of the...
Morning Roundup: Andy Warhol Bridge to close for inspection; Rodi Road set for repaving
Here are some of the latest news items happening this morning, Friday, July 18: Andy Warhol Bridge to close for inspection The Andy Warhol (Seventh Street) Bridge will temporarily close Monday for inspection, according to the Pittsburgh Public Works Department. The bridge, which connects Downtown Pittsburgh to the North Shore,...
Shaler Area grad identified as victim of fatal Armstrong Tunnel crash
The Allegheny County Medical Examiner’s Office identified the 19-year-old man killed this week in a motorcycle crash in the Armstrong Tunnel. Bilol Egamberdiev of Glenshaw was driving on the inbound side of the tunnel in Pittsburgh’s Bluff neighborhood near Downtown just before 12:25 a.m. Tuesday. Investigators said he was traveling...
$5,000-per-plate dinner with McCormick at Carnegie museum spurs backlash
A private event billed as a dinner and fireside chat featuring U.S. Sen. Dave McCormick and his wife at the Carnegie Museum of Art has generated backlash and raised concerns about the propriety of the museum offering space for such a gathering, which cost $5,000 to attend. The dinner occurred...
Man charged with stabbing victim up to 40 times in Downtown Pittsburgh heads to trial
An Ohio man is headed to trial on charges that he stabbed a 65-year-old man dozens of times on a Downtown Pittsburgh sidewalk last month. A district judge Thursday sent the case of Christopher Leroy Harris Jr., 30, of Sidney, Ohio, 40 miles north of Dayton, to Allegheny County Common...
Pittsburgh’s annual holiday market to relocate amid Market Square upgrades
The annual holiday market that pops up in Pittsburgh’s Market Square each winter will have a new home this year. The Pittsburgh Downtown Partnership on Thursday announced the Peoples Gas Holiday Market will relocate to the Cultural District because of ongoing construction in Market Square. The holiday market, which will...
Pittsburgh councilman mulls checkpoints, private security to quash East Carson Street chaos
A Pittsburgh councilman is exploring the use of checkpoints along a stretch of the South Side’s East Carson Street to counter the pandemonium that has rocked the entertainment district in recent weeks. The idea would be to regulate pedestrians and possibly vehicles on weekend nights and require anyone entering the...
Striking workers from Springdale’s Greco Steel Products push for improved safety, benefits
Worries about safety and his poor life insurance policy pushed Jerry Harris to go on strike from Springdale-based Greco Steel Products. Harris, 35, of Jeannette recalled watching a co-worker fall through a roof and die on the job in June 2023. Several of Harris’ striking colleagues pointed to that moment...
Carnegie Mellon temporarily shuts down The Fence in wake of anti-Trump message
Tensions over free speech continue to mount at Carnegie Mellon University as President Farnam Jahanian on Wednesday announced he was temporarily forbidding any new messages from being painted on an iconic campus fence that has served for a century as a student billboard. The decision was prompted by controversy over...
Victim in fatal Point Breeze rollover crash was Allderdice grad
The Allegheny County Medical Examiner’s Office has identified the teen killed in a Point Breeze car crash early Thursday as a Pittsburgh Allderdice High School graduate from Squirrel Hill. Jakob James Sirlin, 18, was killed and three others hospitalized after a vehicle rollover crash on Beechwood Boulevard, according to Pittsburgh...
WQED leader vows to continue work in face of possible federal funding cuts
Pittsburgh’s public radio and television stations will remain in business even if federal financial support ends, their leaders maintain. They’re also encouraging their listeners and viewers to lobby their legislators to preserve the $1.1 billion the government provides the Corporation for Public Broadcasting each year. The matter remained unsettled Wednesday...
Greyhound sued over fatal bus stabbing on Parkway East
The family of an Indiana man who was stabbed to death on a Greyhound bus as it traveled on the Parkway East two years ago is suing the bus company for wrongful death. Cozell McQueen Jr., who represents the estate of his father, filed the complaint on Wednesday in Allegheny...
Families of killer, victim describe anguish over ambush murder outside North Side bar
Akil Tennyson intimately understands the pain he caused when he murdered a father of three last year on the North Side. When he was 2, Tennyson’s own father was fatally shot. “This is the worst thing I could have done as I understand the pain of not having a father...
Photos: Pennsylvania Energy and Innovation Summit
Some of the nation’s top energy companies joined President Donald Trump and leading state officials Tuesday at the Pennsylvania Energy and Innovation Summit, held at Carnegie Mellon University. U.S. Sen. Dave McCormick said the summit could pave the way for tens of thousands of new jobs in the Commonwealth across...
