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Pittsburgh City Council members on Monday met with outreach workers to discuss possible solutions to help quell the uptick in homicides and protect the city’s youth. “We’re attempting to treat this disease of violence,” said Taili Thompson, director of Operation Better Block’s Violence Prevention Initiative. Thompson and others who are...

A 14-year-old boy was hospitalized Monday evening after Pittsburgh Police said he was shot in the ankle. Officers responded to a ShotSpotter alert in the 1200 block of Mohler Street near the Homewood North neighborhood around 8:50 p.m. Police said they weren’t able to find evidence of a crime scene...

A man was killed after being shot in Pittsburgh’s Homewood North neighborhood Monday afternoon, officials said. Officers responded to an 11-round Shotspotter alert around 1:50 p.m. along the 7100 block of Hermitage Street, public safety spokesman Maurice Matthews reported. They located a man in a vehicle with a gunshot wound...

Pittsburgh police are looking for a man suspected of hiding a camera inside a city museum’s bathroom to spy on museum-goers. The man is believed to have taken “multiple pictures and video of victims (ranging) from children to senior citizens” at The Frick Pittsburgh on South Homewood Avenue in Point...

Some Squirrel Hill residents are petitioning Pittsburgh officials to temporarily hold off on reconfiguring a dangerous intersection in their neighborhood. City officials, however, claim the proposed work needs to be done quickly because money for it is included in the $25.3 million of federal funding being used to pay for...

Pittsburgh’s Planning Commission this week unanimously voted against a proposal to tear down and replace the Citizens Bank in East Liberty. Citizens Bank — which opened a branch at the site in 2002 and later closed it in March 2020 — proposed tearing down the existing structure and replacing it...

Pittsburgh police are investigating after a Penn Hills man was found shot to death in the city’s East Liberty neighborhood Thursday evening. Officers responded to the 600 block of North St. Clair Street around 5:30 p.m. after receiving a 911 call for shots fired, according to Pittsburgh Public Safety spokeswoman...

The trial for a man accused in 2019 of killing an off-duty Pittsburgh police officer has been postponed until Feb. 27. Jury selection in the capital case against Christian Bey was supposed to begin on Monday before Allegheny County Common Pleas Judge Kevin G. Sasinoski. However, according to a motion...

Five months after reopening on Braddock Avenue, Square One cafe is closing its Regent Square location and merging with the larger Square Cafe in East Liberty. “It’s not goodbye, it’s see you later!” Square One wrote on its Instagram and Facebook pages. “We are joining Square Cafe in East Liberty...

Martell Smith stood at the front of an Allegheny County courtroom Thursday with his legs shackled and a leather belt around his waist, securing his hands. He was no longer presumed to be innocent. Less than an hour earlier, a jury of seven men and five women had found Smith...

A 12-year-old girl who had reported missing from Pittsburgh’s Larimer neighborhood has been found and is safe. Kamarah Sanders, 12, had last been seen on Tuesday at her home on the 6000 block of Carver Street. Police described her as 5-feet-5-inches, 90 pounds with black hair and brown eyes. She...

A public park in Pittsburgh’s East End is looking for some upgrades and a new plan details the desire to better connect the park’s two halves and to slow drivers down as they pass through. The Mellon Park Action Plan was released Wednesday, and it lays out the community’s priorities...

If there was a word to describe East Liberty, it would be transformation. The neighborhood has redeveloped itself over the years and is now an up-and-coming hotspot for all things food, entertainment and shopping. But that growth did not happen overnight. Patricia Lowry, a member of the board of directors...

U.S. marshals have arrested a man wanted in connection with a September 2021 fatal shooting in East Pittsburgh. Cecil H. Foreman, 45, of Braddock, is alleged to have shot and killed 22-year-old Michael Kelley in the 100 block of Prospect Drive. Kelley’s mother was also wounded in the Sept. 12,...

A woman accused of running down a man she had been dating with a car in Homewood last year pleaded guilty Monday to third-degree murder. Ausha Dakisha Brown, 27, will be sentenced by Allegheny County Common Pleas Judge Elliot Howsie on Nov. 28 and remains in custody. There is no...

A man was shot in the leg Sunday afternoon in Pittsburgh’s Homewood neighborhood, authorities said. A ShotSpotter alert sent officers to North Murtland Street about 1:15 p.m., police said. First responders discovered a man with a gunshot wound to his upper leg. He was taken to the hospital in serious...

Residents of a condominium complex in Squirrel Hill were forced out of their homes after a fire broke out early Friday morning, according to authorities. Firefighters were dispatched to the 5100 block of 5th Avenue at around 1:40 a.m., according to emergency dispatchers. The fire was raised to two alarms...

It will be a festive weekend in Pittsburgh, with events celebrating everything from fine art to tiny houses to vegan food. Tiny house roadshow The Reuse Box Truck Roadshow makes a stop from 9 a.m. t0 5 p.m. Saturday at Construction Junction, 214 N. Lexington St., Point Breeze. The event...

Delivery of the last of the beams needed to rebuild the Fern Hollow Bridge will begin Thursday, shutting down a Parkway East ramp and several Regent Square side streets during delivery times. Fourteen beams have already been delivered to the Squirrel Hill side of the bridge. The bridge, part of...

A woman whose toy poodle died during a PetSmart grooming appointment in Pittsburgh filed a lawsuit this week against the pet store and two employees in connection with the November 2020 incident. AJ Ross, a Pittsburgh native who works as a CBS Sports reporter, had taken her 12-year-old poodle Kobe...

Pittsburgh police are investigating a fatal shooting that took place early Sunday morning in Pittsburgh’s Homewood neighborhood. Police were called to the 7000 block of Kelly Street in Homewood around 3:20 a.m. As they were investigating evidence that a shooting had occurred, Wilkinsburg police reported that they’d located a vehicle...

As he was growing up in Pittsburgh’s Homewood neighborhood, Amir White would sing along and mimic television and radio – first the commercials, but not long after, the songs. “I think I was born to do music,” said White, who now splits his time between the Steel City and Atlanta...

Last year, vintage car driver Chris Longo recalled being worried something might be wrong with his vehicle before a race. Then he noticed some people nearby. The MGB GT’s condition became secondary. “We met a group of children with autism, and they were happy just to talk with us and...

Start your day with the “Ben-Eddict-Ive.” It is eight layers of a thin dough cheese pastry, two over-easy eggs, topped with hollandaise aioli and served with a side Israeli salad. Dishes such as that are on the menu at the newest eatery in Squirrel Hill. Upstreet Diner is located in...