Pittsburgh category, Page 11

Darlene Washington sat on a swivel chair bouncing her great-grandson on her lap while his estranged parents visited her East Liberty home. It was then that she realized her grandson — the boy’s father — was armed. “I looked up, and I saw that he had a gun, and all...

A judge Tuesday sentenced a Pittsburgh man to nearly a decade in federal prison for robbing three Shadyside banks, rejecting a request for leniency because of the defendant’s mental illness. The federal public defender who represents Rashon Coleman, 31, of the city’s East Liberty neighborhood, maintained his client’s schizophrenia and...

The attire was fittingly green-tie for The Ireland Funds’ Pittsburgh Gala on Monday. Chip Ganassi of Chip Ganassi Racing and Evan S. Frazier, founder of The Advanced Leadership Institute, an initiative that promotes Black executive leadership in the Pittsburgh region, were honored at the 34th annual event, held...

Steelers Nation can take some credit for bringing the league’s largest offseason event to Pittsburgh. And, for the NFL Draft next year, they’ll be taking over Point State Park, the anticipated venue of a free fan festival known as the NFL Draft Experience, documents show. Cities compete to host the...

The Cathedral of Learning’s feathered residents have welcomed a new addition to the nest. The National Aviary says the peregrine falcons — Carla and her mate Ecco — saw the egg arrive Sunday afternoon. They live on the side of the cathedral. It’s the first of about four eggs total,...

A man was shot Monday afternoon in the abdomen in Pittsburgh’s Brookline neighborhood. Pittsburgh police found the victim, an adult who authorities did not name, suffering from gunshot wounds in the 800 block of Brookline Boulevard about 5 p.m. The man had been shot twice near Brookline Boulevard at Flatbush...

A Beaver County man in January bought a $190 bottle of tequila at a Pittsburgh bar and smacked another man in the head with it, knocking him unconscious and fracturing his skull, police said. Now the accused and two other men involved in the sidewalk brawl are heading to trial...

A Pittsburgh Regional Transit bus on Monday afternoon struck an 11-year-old girl in the Hill District. The girl was taken to UPMC Childrens’s Hospital of Pittsburgh. Her condition was stable, according to Adam Brandolph, a transit agency spokesperson. Details about her injuries are unknown. The bus, an 81 Oak Hill...

As St. Patrick’s Day dawned Monday in Pittsburgh’s Oakland neighborhood, there were remnants of the revelry gone awry that left more than a dozen University of Pittsburgh students hurt when a porch roof collapsed during a daytime party Friday. Students partied throughout the weekend following the collapse, although it left...

An attorney for a man identified as a person of interest in the case of missing University of Pittsburgh student Sudiksha Konanki asked for his release Monday, a day after he spoke with authorities in the Dominican Republic. Dominican officials told ABC News on Sunday that authorities confiscated the passport...

Here are some of the latest news items from this morning, Tuesday, March 3: Firefighter injured in Cranberry Township fire A firefighter was taken to a local hospital early Monday morning after being injured on the scene of a fire in Cranberry Township. The fire was reported just before 1:15...

It was fall 2020, covid-19 case counts were about to explode, and Uma Gaffney had just started work as a middle school teacher in Minneapolis. “It was such a hard time to be a teacher,” she recalled. Remote learning was the order of the day, and students and teachers were...

Duquesne University President Ken Gormley will step down next year and take on the role of chancellor, capping a decade-long run at the helm of the Catholic university where he navigated declining enrollment and the covid-19 pandemic while strengthening several key programs. Gormley’s semi-retirement will start July 1, 2026, he...

Pittsburgh police have charged a city woman in connection with a shooting Saturday morning that critically injured another woman in the city’s Middle Hill neighborhood. Police arrested Lina Scott, 32, of Pittsburgh. Police said they received a ShotSpotter alert in the 2600 block of Centre Avenue around 9:45 a.m. Officers...

Well over 100,000 people were expected to turn out Saturday morning for Pittsburgh’s annual St. Patrick’s Day Parade. The temperature, in the 60s — the warmest it’s been in several years — made for pleasant viewing. The city’s parade, one of the largest in the nation, started more than 150...

Pittsburgh police are investigating a fatal vehicle crash that killed a pedestrian early Saturday morning in the East Allegheny neighborhood. Police from Zone 1 were called to the scene, the intersection of East Ohio Street and East Street, at about 2 a.m. A man was found in the roadway with...

Music was bumping and St. Patrick’s Day celebrations were underway once again on Semple Street in Oakland on Saturday — the day after a porch roof collapsed at an off-campus house there near the University of Pittsburgh, sending 16 young adults to the hospital. Music is bumping here on Semple...

At least 16 young adults were hospitalized after a porch roof collapsed Friday afternoon at an off-campus house in Oakland near the University of Pittsburgh, creating a chaotic scene during a St. Patrick’s Day weekend celebration. Witnesses told TribLive there were about 20 students on the roof of a porch...

Students throughout Pittsburgh’s North Hills have persisted in organizing events and countering hate in their communities as they prepare to convene for a conference later this month at Acrisure Stadium with more than two dozen schools. The event is a follow-up to last October’s Eradicate Hate Global Summit in Pittsburgh,...

Here are some of the latest news items from this morning, Friday, March 14: 1 injured after car crashes into building in White Oak One person was transported to an area hospital after a car crashed into a building Friday morning in White Oak. The crash occurred shortly before 5:30...

If turning out for the St. Patrick’s Day parade isn’t your thing, there are lots of other events happening around the city this weekend — and even some non-green-beer-related holidays to celebrate. Check out some ideas here. Shamrock and Roll Time for weekend two of Pittsburgh Downtown Partnership’s new festival,...

Not much can faze Elizabeth Pittinger, the eyes of police oversight in Pittsburgh for the past 27 years. But even the longtime executive director of the Pittsburgh Citizen Police Review Board is alarmed by the recent revolving-door leadership that has fomented turmoil in the 758-officer force. “We’ve never had anything...