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PNC Park employees avoid strike, reach agreement with Pirates

The union representing ushers at PNC Park avoided a strike after reaching a tentative agreement with the Pittsburgh Pirates. On Sunday ushers, ticket takers and ticket sellers working at PNC Park voted to strike after rejecting a contract proposal from the Pirates. Workers were planning to picket outside the Pirates’...
5 things to do in Pittsburgh this weekend: April 14-16

It’s the weekend. Here are some ways to spend it. Beer here There are many events taking place this weekend for Three Rivers Beer Week, including East End Brewing Co.’s annual Pedal Pale Keg Ride from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Saturday beginning at 147 Julius St. in Larimer....
Year after fatal Airbnb shootings, Pittsburgh Police have no update

Nearly a year after two teenagers were killed and eight others were injured in an Easter morning shooting at an Airbnb rental property in Pittsburgh’s North Side, city officials have not passed any legislation to regulate short-term rentals, and police have no updates on their investigation. Police said about 200...
‘He’s home’: Fans greet Andrew McCutchen with raucous reception during home opener

Pirates fans waited five years for this moment. No. 22 is back. Andrew McCutchen returned as a Pirate to PNC Park on Friday for the team’s home opener and was embraced by about 40,000 people in attendance. “To wear No. 22 again,” he said, “there is nothing else like it.”...
North Side author pens book about Pittsburgh’s baseball parks history

The start of a new baseball season brings hope, beginning with the first pitch. The annual tradition of fans gathering at PNC Park for the Pittsburgh Pirates’ home opener inspired North Side resident Mark T. Fatla to think of the people over the years making their way to the ballpark,...
Optimism is in the air at PNC Park as Pirates open home scheduleVideo

There is nothing quite like the home opener as baseball season kicks into gear. The crack of the bat. The sizzling of the grill. The roar of the crowd. It’s the time of year to welcome spring and gather once again inside PNC Park on Pittsburgh’s North Shore, this time...
Man wanted in North Side shooting arrested

A man sought for a shooting that happened in February on the North Side has been arrested. Jermaine Lamont Colwell, 46, is being detained in the Allegheny County Jail in lieu of $100,000 cash bond. He is charged with attempted criminal homicide, aggravated assault and gun violations after a person...
Diocese says hot dogs benched for Catholics on Pirates’ home opener

Baseball and hot dogs go together like peanuts and Cracker Jack — except when it comes to Good Friday. Catholics attending the Pirates’ home opener on Friday — one of the holiest days of the year for Catholics — still must abstain from eating meat, according to the Pittsburgh Diocese....
PNC Park enhancements include new scoreboard, faster entry and new foods

The long lines to get into PNC Park should move more quickly at Friday’s home opener. The Pirates have installed a new technology called Evolv at all gates, which speeds up entry to one person per second. As people walk through, it will detect anything shaped like a weapon or...
Man stabbed on Pittsburgh’s Observatory Hill

A man was stabbed in the neck and back Saturday afternoon in Pittsburgh’s Observatory Hill neighborhood, city police said. The victim was hospitalized in critical condition after being stabbed multiple times in the back shortly after 5 p.m. at a residence in the 300 block of Delaware Street, police said....
Pittsburgh woman charged in neighbor’s stabbing

Police have accused a Pittsburgh woman of stabbing another woman Friday afternoon in the city’s Fineview neighborhood. City police charged Shamerea Wilson, 29, with aggravated assault, stemming from a reported altercation shortly before 1 p.m. in the 1700 block of Letsche Street. The stabbing victim told officers she had been...
$4.5M bridge project would reconnect Pittsburgh’s Brighton Heights with Riverview Park

A proposed $4.5 million bridge project could reconnect Pittsburgh’s Brighton Heights neighborhood with Riverview Park. The Civic Design Committee of the city’s Art Commission has approved plans for a new Davis Avenue bridge for pedestrians and bicyclists. Pending approval from the city’s Department of Mobility & Infrastructure, construction could begin...
5 things to do in Pittsburgh this weekend: March 17-19

We’ve made it to the St. Patrick’s Day weekend. Here are some ways to spend it. Flower Show “Five Senses of Splendor” opens Saturday at Phipps Conservatory and Botanical Gardens in Oakland. There will be thousands of spring blooms, including lilies, amaryllis, petunias, daffodils, tulips and hyacinths, in addition to...
One Big Table welcomed everyone to share a meal to benefit Literacy Pittsburgh

Viviana Altieri stretched curds in hot water. She rolled the mozzarella into balls, submerged them in ice cold water and formed them them into nodini, which are tiny knots, before placing them on plates for guests. Fresh mozzarella was one of numerous food items at Monday’s One Big Table: An...
Man arrested in Allegheny General Hospital attack

A 43-year-old man was arrested this week after police said he went on a rampage in a hospital emergency room and attacked at least three people, punching them and throwing a computer at a nurse. Michael Robert Johnson, whose home address is unknown, faces three counts each of aggravated assault,...
Duquesne Light donates $1 million to Allegheny Commons Park project

The Pittsburgh Parks Conservancy is entering another phase of construction on the North Promenade in Allegheny Commons Park. The project will reconstruct a 15-foot-wide central promenade along North Avenue, realign the system of connecting pathways and plant more than 100 trees at the park, according to the conservancy. There will...

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