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Pittsburgh looks to formalize guard rails for Stop the Violence fund

Pittsburgh officials are looking to formalize “guard rails” to ensure accountability and proper use of the Stop the Violence fund. Legislation before City Council aims to ensure organizations receiving grants from the fund report to the city on how it spends the cash. It outlines the responsibilities of a steering...
Pittsburgh council splits on planned public safety facility some deride as ‘cop city’

Pittsburgh City Council members are sharply divided on whether to spend nearly $2 million to advance plans for a new public safety training facility amid concerns that it could become the kind of “cop city” that sparked protests elsewhere. Council is considering a proposal to launch a $1.8 million master...
Allegheny County faces ‘unsustainable’ financial challenges, O’Connor warns

Allegheny County’s financial position is unsustainable, according to Controller Corey O’Connor, who said leaders must prioritize economic growth. O’Connor, who also is the Democratic candidate for Pittsburgh mayor, released financial reports Monday that show the county’s property, sales and drink tax revenue declined last year. The county spent $45.5 million...
Activists, elected officials rail against UPMC’s decision to end gender-affirming care for minors

Dozens of LGBTQ+ advocates, elected officials and supporters gathered outside UPMC’s Downtown Pittsburgh headquarters Sunday to rally against the health care giant’s decision to stop providing gender-affirming care to transgender youth. UPMC has confirmed it will end gender-affirming care for patients under age 19 in response to an order from...
Driver taken into custody after breaching barricades, striking pedestrian during OpenStreetsPGH event

Allegheny County sheriff’s deputies took a woman from Duquesne into custody after she plowed her car through barricades at Sunday’s OpenStreetsPGH, an event that allows pedestrians and bicyclists free rein on certain roads. The sheriff’s office filed charges, including first-degree aggravated assault and assault of a law enforcement officer, against...
Cars, motorcycles, tattoos on tap at inaugural Whiskey Throttle Fair

Joe Fidanzato loves to flaunt his shiny, silver 1981 GMC Caballero Diablo any chance he can get. Fidanzato, 75, of Monongahela polished the wheels after parking the car Saturday morning off a dusty road at the Westmoreland Fairgrounds in Mt. Pleasant Township for the Whiskey Throttle Fair. The fair featured...
Man arrested after stabbing in Downtown Pittsburgh

Pittsburgh public safety officials said a man was arrested near PNC Park after allegedly stabbing a convenience store employee Downtown. Police were dispatched to the 600 block of Liberty Avenue for reports of a stabbing around 1:14 p.m. Friday. Officers found a man who had been stabbed in his ribs....
5 teens charged with carjacking after chase through West End

Five teenagers are facing charges connected to an armed carjacking and police chase Friday. TribLive news partner WTAE reported the teenagers were armed with at least one rifle and two handguns when they carjacked a woman and led police on a chase along Route 65. They crashed on the West...
Pittsburgh institutes chaperone policy at Ormsby Pool

Kids ages 15 and younger will need adult supervision at Ormsby Pool in Pittsburgh’s South Side. Pittsburgh officials said the new policy goes into effect Saturday following “repeated violations” at the outdoor pool. Anyone 15 or younger must be accompanied by an adult age 21 or older. Chaperones will have...
Pittsburgh officials consider $1.8M plan for ‘pipe dream’ public safety training facility

Pittsburgh City Council will consider spending $1.8 million on a master plan for a sprawling public safety training center that has been long delayed. Councilman Anthony Coghill, D-Beechview, who chairs council’s public safety committee, said he doesn’t want to spend so much money on a new public safety training site...
Proposed Pittsburgh bills aim to shield LGBTQ+ residents, reduce penalties for sex workers

Pittsburgh City Councilwoman Barb Warwick on Tuesday introduced legislation that aims to protect LGBTQ+ people and reduce the penalty for sex workers. The bills come at a time when the LGBTQ+ community is “under attack” by federal officials, Warwick, D-Greenfield, said during a news conference outside the City-County Building. “These...
Pa. Dems warn GOP’s proposed Medicaid cuts will ‘cost lives’

Republicans’ proposed cuts to Medicaid, the federal program that provides health coverage to poor Americans, could leave hundreds of thousands of Pennsylvanians without health insurance and force rural hospitals and medical centers that cater to vulnerable communities to shut their doors, Democratic officials warned Tuesday. They urged people to call...
Acrisure Stadium upgrades to start next month

Pittsburgh’s Sports & Exhibition Authority on Thursday approved plans for a new turf field for young athletes and a larger LED video board at Acrisure Stadium. The authorization for the improvements comes as the city is preparing to host the 2026 NFL Draft next spring. State Sen. Wayne Fontana, D-Brookline,...
Harmar police seek driver who struck pedestrian in hit and run

Harmar police are looking for a car that struck a pedestrian Thursday night. A 28-year-old woman, who police have not identified, was struck by a vehicle on Freeport Road around 10:13 p.m., Police Chief Jason Domaratz told TribLive. The woman was using a crosswalk near Alpha Drive West to get...
2 killed after train hit vehicle in Somerset

Two women were killed after a train hit their vehicle Thursday in Somerset County. Pennsylvania State Police said the crash happened around 10:30 a.m. at a railroad crossing on Bridge Street in Rockwood Borough. Traffic control devices at the crossing were working properly at the time of the crash, state...
Police responding to East McKeesport crash discover driver was fatally shot

Police are investigating after a man with a fatal gunshot wound to the chest drove into parked vehicles Thursday night in East McKeesport. Authorities were notified at 11:48 p.m. of a crash in the 500 block of Pittsburgh Street near Park Avenue. First responders found a vehicle had crashed into...

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