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Angry crowd shows up at Mayor Peduto’s home challenging Pittsburgh police arrest of protesterVideo
Dressed in black and carrying signs like “Defund the Police, Peduto is a coward,” about 150 protesters marched to Pittsburgh Mayor Bill Peduto’s home Sunday after rallying in Mellon Park in Point Breeze. Protesters were outraged by a “low-visibility arrest” of a protester in Oakland on Saturday during a Black...
Much-needed new Giant Eagle-backed Community Market opens in Pittsburgh’s Bloomfield neighborhood
It has been at least 40 years that Gregory Utz of Lawrenceville has been shopping for groceries at 4401 Liberty Ave. He remembers back decades ago when it was a Kroger’s and other grocers, but most recently it was a Shursave IGA. Shursave closed last month after the Liberty Avenue...
Mayor Peduto, Pittsburgh public safety leaders address protest arrest in Oakland
What was meant to be a “low-visibility arrest” of a protester by plainclothes officers in Pittsburgh’s Oakland neighborhood Saturday turned into a social media firestorm, pushing Mayor Bill Peduto to call a news conference Sunday to express his concerns over the incident while police leadership explained why they thought their...
Allegheny County reports 77 new coronavirus cases, 1 new death
Allegheny County on Saturday recorded 77 new coronavirus cases and one additional death. The county now has a total of 9,359 cases of covid-19 and 284 deaths. All of Saturday’s cases have been confirmed. Officials also reported 11 new hospitalizations, bringing that total to 777 since the virus was first...
Ozanam founder Carl Kohlman honored with shoe lineVideo
Carl Kohlman has always believed in helping young people take steps in the right direction on the basketball court and in life. To continue his direction of moving forward at the Ozanam Cultural Center in Pittsburgh’s Hill District, a shoe has been designed in his name, the “Carl Kohlman Sneakers.”...
19-year-old killed in I-79 motorcycle crash
A 19-year-old man was killed late Friday when he lost control of his motorcycle along Interstate 79 and hit a guiderail, state police said. Seth C. Misak of Bethel Park was pronounced dead at the scene of the 11:50 p.m. crash along Interstate 79 near mile post 55 in Collier...
Braddock restaurant owner apologizes for comparing Gov. Wolf, Levine to Nazis
A Braddock business owner made a Facebook post this week comparing Gov. Tom Wolf and Secretary of Health Rachel Levine to Nazis. Levine is Jewish. Robert Portogallo, owner of Portogallo Peppers N’AT, on Wednesday posted the photo of Nazis on Facebook, with Levine and Wolf’s faces superimposed. “Thursday’s lunch special...
Head of U.S. Small Business Administration visits Pittsburgh restaurantVideo
Cilantro & Ajo, a modest Venezuelan restaurant on the South Side, might seem an unlikely poster child for the U.S. government’s Paycheck Protection Program (PPP). However camera crews from all three Pittsburgh-area TV news stations and others descended on the small eatery Friday morning. The attraction was an appearance by...
Pitt researchers collect stories of covid-19 patients in Story Booth project
University of Pittsburgh researchers are gathering the personal accounts of patients who have recovered from covid-19 as part of an ongoing project called Story Booth. The archive of stories will be used as a tool to promote patient-centered outcome research — a mentality that focuses attention on patient experience and...
Bloomfield Community Market to open Sunday
A new Community Market location in Bloomfield is scheduled to open on Sunday. The new shop, located at 4401 Liberty Ave., will be open from 9 a.m. until 9 p.m. daily. Giant Eagle will operate the store. “We are excited to have an opportunity to step in and provide the...
Homestead man charged in Pittsburgh shooting that injured 1
Pittsburgh police arrested a Homestead man Friday in connection with the shooting of a man who was in a car with a woman and a child. William Griffin IV, 20, faces attempted homicide charges for the July 30 shooting in the city’s Arlington neighborhood. Shot Spotter notifications and 911 calls...
The Coop Chicken & Waffles opens brick-and-mortar spot in Pittsburgh
The Coop Chicken & Waffles, which operates a local food truck, on Friday opened a brick-and-mortar location in Pittsburgh’s North Side. Nicki Cardilli and her partner started with a food truck about four years ago. Business steadily increased every year, Cardilli said, prompting them to open their new location at...
Allegheny County reports 90 new coronavirus cases, 5 additional deaths
Allegheny County on Friday recorded 90 new coronavirus cases and five additional deaths. The Allegheny County Health Department raised its case total to 9,282 since March 14. Of the 90 new cases, 49 are confirmed and 41 probable. The positive test results came from tests from July 31 through Aug....
Kennywood hires new general manager
Kennywood Park announced this week that it has a new general manager, but he’s been working for months. Mark Pauls started June 29. He has spent the past six weeks learning about the West Mifflin amusement park and overseeing the health and safety measures in response to the pandemic. Pauls...
Shrine to ‘Our Lady of the Parkway’ in Oakland may receive historic designation
The Shrine of the Blessed Mother, located on a South Oakland hilltop overlooking the Parkway East and Monongahela River, may soon receive historic designation, after a unanimous recommendation this week by Pittsburgh’s Planning Commission. The Shrine, created by a collection of community members in the mid-20th century, was blessed in...
Inbound lane of Parkway East reopened following crash
One lane of the Parkway East was blocked early Friday morning due to a vehicle crash. The crash blocked the left inbound lane near the Forest Hills ramp, Tribune-Review news partners WPXI-TV reported. It was reported around 4:40 a.m. Traffic was still able to flow through the right lane, but...
Man transported to hospital after shooting in Pittsburgh’s Elliott neighborhood
One person was transported to the hospital after a shooting in Pittsburgh’s Elliott neighborhood, officials said. Pittsburgh police responded to a home in the 700 block of Lorenz Avenue around 10 p.m. Thursday where they found a man who was shot in the hip. He was alert and conscious. The...
‘Apocalypse ’45’ brings last days of World War II into your home
Only those who fought in World War II really know what it was like. Over the decades since the war ended with the dropping of atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki in August, 1945, movie dramatizations and documentaries using heavily edited, rapid cut newsreel footage have skewed America’s perception of...
Pittsburgh police: Man shot multiple times in Hazelwood
A man was hospitalized in stable condition Thursday after being shot multiple times in Pittsburgh’s Hazelwood neighborhood, according to police. Authorities said officers responded to a Shotspotter alert and 911 calls for a man shot along the 100 block of Alluvian Street around 10:30 a.m. The found the victim suffering...
Highmark CEO: Covid-19 pandemic has not deterred growth across Pa., neighboring states
Despite recent plunges in hospital revenues statewide, the covid-19 pandemic has not thwarted Highmark Health from strengthening its overall financial position and increasing its reach across Pennsylvania and neighboring states, Highmark CEO David Holmberg said Thursday. “We believe that we are very well-positioned for the long term,” Holmberg told reporters...
3 drug dealers tied to the SCO gang get federal prison sentences
An “ SCO” drug-dealing gang member and two associates, all of whom authorities said were dealing drugs in the Pittsburgh area last year, will spend five years to eight years in federal prison, the U.S. Attorney for Western Pennsylvania announced Thursday. Michael Rose, 28, formerly of Pittsburgh, was sentenced to...
As deadline approaches, restaurants vary on defying Wolf’s capacity order, other restrictionsVideo
Push has come to shove, and some restaurant and bar owners in the region are ready to shove a little harder than others. “To make a blanket ruling for everybody just doesn’t make sense,” said Joseph Tambellini, owner of the eponymous restaurant in Highland Park. “We’re cornered. Tell me what...
Dozens of clergy sex abuse lawsuits filed in Allegheny, Westmoreland courts as possible deadline looms
More than two dozen lawsuits that allege sexual abuses by priests were filed Thursday ahead of what lawyers suggest could be a deadline to file legal action two years after the release of a grand jury report that detailed claims involving Catholic dioceses throughout Pennsylvania. Pittsburgh lawyer Alan Perer filed...
Construction project unearths Civil War era cannonballs in Pittsburgh
A construction crew in Pittsburgh recently unearthed a piece of history. The Franjo Construction crew was turning soil for a new condominium development on 39th Street, between the Allegheny River and Butler Street in Lawrenceville, on July 2 when they found a piece of buried history, Pittsburgh Public Safety officials...
Diocese of Pittsburgh to delay elementary school reopening
The first day of elementary school for the Diocese of Pittsburgh will be Tuesday, Sept. 8, school administrators announced . The diocese said the change is in response to some elementary school teachers requesting more time to implement new health and safety protocols. High schools in the diocese will reopen...
