The street corner at Hodgekiss and Stayton was busier than usual, with people gathered around a makeshift memorial and members of One Vision One Life, an anti-violence advocacy group, decrying the killing of Michael Ross. The snowy and cold Nov. 20 provided a somber backdrop to the proceedings, as m...

Alongside East Ohio Street near the turn for Route 28 stands a single tree. Planted in the right-of-way of PennDOT’s construction area, it signifies the return of a memorial to commemorate the memory of 11-year-old Scott Drake, who was killed and his body found near East Ohio Street in September, 20...

By Andy Medici In the midst of stalled contract negotiations, the Port Authority is moving ahead on their long-term plans to develop new traffic infrastructure, including the light rail system known as the North Shore Connector. As workers continue to tunnel under the Allegheny River, construction h...

By Andy Medici On Friday, Nov. 14, the Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board officially presented the new casino owners with a license to operate the casino. Wearing suits and hard hats, members of the PCGB and Holdings Acquisition Co. along with local politicians walked out of the casino construction s...

By Andy Medici Years ago a young girl would go to the Carnegie Science Center as often as possible to race against the time of an Olympic track athlete. Years later that same girl would go on to win silver in the 2004 summer Olympics. Ann Metzger, the acting co-director of the Carnegie Science Cente...

In an effort to battle the ongoing foreclosure crisis, the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development will assign grants to cities and states totaling nearly $4 billion. Pittsburgh will receive $2 million under the program. Steve Preston, the secretary for HUD, said that the $3.9 bill...

There was a sixty-year-old Oak tree growing in his neighbor’s backyard, and Michael Glass saw that the roots had begun to push out the nice wall that separated the two yards. He knew if it grew much further, the Oak would eventually destroy his wall. So Glass confronted his neighbor, who agreed to r...

By Andy Medici After years of community effort and three different mayoral administrations, Western Avenue will be given a pedestrian-friendly makeover. The $1.7 million project will focus on improvements to the sidewalk, street lights and the overhanging power lines. In a bricklaying ceremony on We...

By Andy Medici The Pittsburgh Public Works lot on Ridge Avenue doesn’t draw a lot of attention. Moveable barricades line one area of the compound alongside a flatbed hitch, about a dozen picnic tables, and sections of chain link fence. In a corner near a clump of trees lies a pile of stones. Overgro...

By Andy Medici On June 12, Councilwoman Darlene Harris brought the rest of the City Council to the Perry High School auditorium in Observatory Hill to help answer an important question.   Does Pittsburgh have any money? The short answer is yes, but with conditions, while the longer answer is actuall...