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Downtown Public Safety Center Statistics for 10/19-10/25 2026

Published on October 26, 2026 Downtown Public Safety Center officers continue focused enforcement in the Central Business and Entertainment Districts. Below are the arrest and citation numbers for 10/19 t...

Mayor Corey O'Connor's Public Schedule Wednesday, October 28, 2026

Published on October 28, 2026 10:00 AM Weekly Scheduling Meeting 11:00 AM Visiting Brookline Meals on Wheels 2:30 PM Passport Academy Groundbreaking  5:30 PM City Hall Haunted Crawl, free and open to...

DPSC High-Visibility Patrol Stats for October 12-18, 2026

Published on October 19, 2026 Downtown Public Safety Center officers continue focused enforcement in the Central Business and Entertainment Districts. Below are the arrest and citation numbers for 10/12 t...

New Soccer Mini-Pitch Opened at Ormsby Park

Published on October 21, 2026 Pittsburgh, PA – Mayor Corey O’Connor, City Councilperson Bob Charland (District 3) and CitiParks Director Eric Sloan joined kids and partners from the South Side and youth s...

Mayor Corey O'Connor's Public Schedule Thursday, October 29, 2026

Published on October 29, 2026 Mayor Corey O'Connor's Public Schedule Thursday, October 29, 2026 10:30 AM Ribbon Cutting for New Renovations at Spring Hill Park, 1308 S Side Avenue 1:15 PM Meeting with Str...

UPDATE: Police Respond to Stabbing and SWAT Incident in Zone 1

Published on October 29, 2026 UPDATE: Daynia Ayers, 17 of Steubenville Ohio, (Act 33) has been arrested in connection with this incident.  She is charged with felony counts of aggravated assault, as ...

How Allegheny County property reassessments could increase IRS scrutiny

Capo's bar on the South Side is closed after weekend stabbing, pending a hearing on its future

Allegheny County District Attorney’s Office obtains court order to temporarily close Capo’s

PITTSBURGH — An embattled bar in Pittsburgh’s South Side was forced to close on Monday. The Allegheny County Sheriff’s Office tells Channel 11 that the Allegheny County District Attorney’s Office was obtaining ...

Election 2026: A complete guide to who is on the ballot, when to vote, where to vote, casting mail ballots, and more

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Allegheny County polling location switched, dozens of others changed since primary

Many Pennsylvania communities are wary of data centers — and some concerns are existential