4+ day, 21+ hour ago   (597+ words) Joey Berumen paced up and down Broadway Avenue outside Las Palmas grocery store Wednesday around lunch time under a blistering late-summer sun. He held a walkie-talkie while he glanced around the road. He was looking for signs of Immigration and…...

4+ day, 22+ hour ago   (555+ words) Stowe commissioners voted for a second time last night to overturn a taskforce agreement with ICE, following public opposition. Since the 287(g) agreement was first inked last November, Stowe police have conducted no operations with ICE, said commission President Jeff Paul…...

5+ day, 6+ hour ago   (1472+ words) Allegheny County Executive Sara Innamorato didn’t want to announce her pregnancy right away. She turned 40 this year, which makes her pregnancy higher risk. She didn’t experience morning sickness but she was tired during the first trimester. Between big events at…...

5+ day, 19+ hour ago   (507+ words) A confrontation in front of a centerpiece of Pittsburgh’s Latino community reflects increased immigration enforcement activity in Beechview, according to the director of Casa San José. Today in Beechview, immigration enforcement agents stopped but did not detain a father who…...

6+ day, 1+ hour ago   (513+ words) The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection has fined Shell $15 million for air quality violations at its Monaca, Pa. plastics plant. The agency says between 2023 and August 2026, Shell’s plant, called an ethane cracker, exceeded limits on visible emissions set by its…...

6+ day, 6+ hour ago   (1321+ words) Still though, it was a tree. “This was a big, beautiful tree,” Murray said. “It was our only real shade.” Residents catching buses at nearby stops with neither shelter nor seats waited it out beneath its branches, resting in chairs…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (1419+ words) Pittsburgh Regional Transit is forging ahead with a sweeping redesign of its network, even as the agency stares down a deficit next year that threatens to significantly cut service starting as early as 2028. “I see this as part of the…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (1090+ words) Editor’s note: This story first appeared in a Public Source neighborhood zine, a print project created to highlight the people, places and stories shaping Pittsburgh communities. Find a physical copy near you or view the digital version here.Music spills…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (999+ words) For more than 5,000 Pittsburgh students, Monday, Aug. 24 marked the last day they celebrated the start of a new academic year in their school. Beginning next summer, Pittsburgh Public Schools (PPS) will close 12 schools and nine buildings in a phased approach…...