Pittsburgh category, Page 93

Pittsburgh police arrested a 16-year-old boy after another boy was found with a gunshot wound to each leg in Hazelwood on Friday afternoon, police said. Adedjai Edwards of McKees Rocks is charged with aggravated assault, possession of a firearm by a minor and carrying a firearm without a license. Police...

E-scooter operations in Pittsburgh are on an indefinite pause, city officials said Friday. The announcement came as officials with the city’s Department of Mobility and Infrastructure announced the conclusion of the two-year pilot phase of the Move PGH program, which city officials said included more than 1 million trips on...

Human remains found in Sharpsburg about two weeks ago were located on a burial site for indigenous people, the Allegheny County Medical Examiner’s Office announced Friday. The human remains were found June 21 on private property along Short Canal Street, where Peoples Natural Gas Co. crews were digging for a...

Starbucks illegally fired four baristas in Pittsburgh who supported unionization according to a National Labor Relations Board decision that ordered their reinstatement. In a June 30 ruling, NLRB administrative law judge Robert Ringler found that Starbucks management had repeatedly engaged in anti-union activity at four of the company’s Pittsburgh locations...

Pittsburgh has created a new city office that will work to ensure disability rights, civil rights and labor laws are enforced in the city. The Office of Equal Protection will become part of Mayor Ed Gainey’s Office and be headed by Zeke Rediker, who serves as the mayor’s executive adviser...

A Pittsburgh woman has been ordered to stand trial on charges connected to the fatal fentanyl poisoning of a 7-month-old Penn Hills infant. Barbara Ann Dunlap-Toombs, 66, of the city’s Larimer neighborhood, is charged with involuntary manslaughter, endangering the welfare of children and recklessly endangering another person in the Jan....

A Pittsburgh police officer who was injured in a crash has been upgraded to good condition, the city said. The crash happened around 7:30 p.m. at Madison and Spring Garden avenues in East Allegheny, according to Public Safety spokeswoman Cara Cruz. The officer, who was not identified, had been responding...

Repair work on the North Side’s Swindell Bridge will close the span for nearly a month starting Monday, city officials said. The full closure is expected to last through Aug. 7, according to officials with the city’s Department of Mobility and Infrastructure. Swindell Bridge — which links Pittsburgh’s Perry South...

As Ira Lewis talked about plans to reopen Wilson’s Bar-B-Q on Thursday, the phone kept ringing with people inquiring about when the eatery will open. “People have been waiting,” Lewis said. “When I come in every day, there are 60-plus calls. And there are Facebook messages and texts.” Lewis doesn’t...

Summer is a time when gardens are in full bloom. The picturesque views create spaces to enjoy, which is why many garden tours are held in June and July, including the Wexford Garden and Pond Tour on July 8. “We have property owners who have done awesome work,” said event...

We’ve made it to the weekend. Here are some ways to spend it. Liberty Mile The Fleet Feet Liberty Mile is on Friday in Downtown. More than 1,500 runners are expected to participate in this evening race and compete for more than $23,000 in prize money. The first heat starts...

Here are some of the latest news items from this morning, Friday, July 7: Mars man accused of soliciting sex from minors A Mars man has been charged with trying to solicit sex from two decoys posing as teenage girls. Adams Township police charged Dale Wahl Pine, 61, with permitting...

A Pittsburgh police officer was taken to a hospital after a city cruiser was involved in a crash Thursday evening in the East Allegheny neighborhood. A city Public Safety spokeswoman said the crash happened at about 7:30 p.m., at Madison and Spring Garden avenues, while the officer was responding to...

A nationally renowned psychiatrist who has evaluated some of the most notorious criminals of the 20th and 21st centuries believes that the man who killed 11 people at a Squirrel Hill synagogue does not have any diagnosable mental illness, including schizophrenia. What Robert Bowers does have, though, that expert said,...

The National Senior Games getting underway Friday in and around Pittsburgh will showcase some of the top 50-and-older athletes while also pumping tens of millions of dollars into the region’s economy, officials say. The National Senior Games — hosted by SportsPittsburgh, a division of the tourism agency VisitPittsburgh — is...

The 624-acre site known as Hays Woods is poised to become an official Pittsburgh park. Legislation before City Council would formally recognize the property — which includes city-owned land in Pittsburgh’s Hays and St. Clair neighborhoods, as well as Baldwin — as a park. “It’s an amazing space with lots...

Music in the middle of July returns once again to Pittsburgh’s North Side, but with a new name. The inaugural Northside Music Festival is happening July 14-16 within the heart of Deutschtown. Previously known as the Deutschtown Music Festival, the free, three-day event will feature more than 70 musical acts,...

Walnut Capital is looking to nearly double the size of its Bakery Square development in Pittsburgh’s East End. The Bakery Square office and commercial development opened in 2009, expanded to include housing and now sits on 20 acres in Larimer and Shadyside. Walnut Capital is looking to expand the specially...

Cavernous domes, enchanting tunnels and captivating pods are located inside the multipeaked structure that’s situated in The Backyard, the summer arts park at the corner of Eighth Street and Penn Avenue in Downtown Pittsburgh. The exhibition is dubbed “Architects of Air: Daedalum.” The inflatable sculpture, known as a luminarium, was...

Mt. Oliver has a neighborhood bakery again — and if Kate Clemons has her way, just maybe a greater sense of community because of it. Brown Bear Bread Cafe opened last month in spot that once housed the hyped Kevin Sousa restaurant Mount Oliver Bodega and most recently The Finer...

John F. Mook of Leet dedicated his life to serving his country, community and family. The former Sewickley police chief and Pittsburgh officer died June 20. He was 83. Law enforcement was one of his passions. Mook served in the U.S. Army Military Police in the early 1960s and began...

Pittsburgh City Council advanced legislation Wednesday that, if adopted, would clear the way for the city to tear down a poorly rated bridge despite an ongoing lawsuit. The bridge crosses over Saw Mill Run Boulevard near Woodruff Street, linking the city’s Bon Air and Mt. Washington neighborhoods. The bridge is...

Pittsburgh first responders treated 33 people who suffered mostly minor injuries in the Downtown area during the city’s annual fireworks celebration in Point State Park. The majority of those treated suffered injuries when someone “reportedly set off firecrackers during the official display, causing groups of people to run from the...

Rain was falling hard as Jerad Bachar rode his Cannondale gravel bike on the 40-mile course of Rush to Crush Cancer in May. Pittsburgh area roads were slick. The ride was uncomfortable. But he kept pedaling. “It was grueling,” said Bachar, president and CEO of VisitPittsburgh, of the inaugural event...

The man who killed 11 people at a Squirrel Hill synagogue told a government expert in behavioral neurology six weeks ago that if he could do it all over again, he would have done more research prior to the attack to ensure there were more victims. Dr. Ryan Darby, who...