Details are scarce about the death of an incarcerated man at the Allegheny County Jail over the July 4 weekend. The Allegheny County Medical Examiner’s office identified Martin Bucek, 55,…
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By Mary Niederberger The agreement that allows middle and high school students in the Wilkinsburg School District to attend the Pittsburgh Public Schools has been so successful over the past…
By Brittany Hailer Pittsburgh Current Managing Editor brittany@pittsburghcurrent.com Editor’s Note: This is a breaking story and will be updated frequently. Pittsburgh fire crews were on the scene for multiple fires…
By Charlie Deitch and Brittany Hailer Pittsburgh Current charlie@pittsburghcurrent.com, brittany@pittsburghcurrent.com Beginning Monday, April 12, incarcerated individuals at the Allegheny County Jail will have the opportunity to be vaccinated for the…
By Charlie Deitch Pittsburgh Current Editor charlie@pittburghcurrent.com UPDATE: United States District Judge Cathy Bissoon approved the modification of the consent order 3/24/21 Although it has fought the implementation of universal COVID…
By Jody DiPerna Pittsburgh Current Senior Contributor jody@pittsburghcurrent.com A preliminary hearing was held yesterday afternoon by videoconference in the case of USA v. George Tanios, filed in Federal Court stemming…
By Charlie Deitch Pittsburgh Current Editor Charlie@pittburghcurrent.com UPDATE: 3/29/2021 On Friday, March 26, President Judge Kimberly Berkeley Clark of the Fifth Judicial District signed an administrative order directing all judges…
By Mary Niederberger Pittsburgh Current Education Writer mary@pittsburghcurrent.com Editor’s Note: This is a developing story and we will update with additional comments and information as it becomes available. Facebook posts…
By Aaron Forbes Pittsburgh Current Contributing Writer info@pittsburghcurrent.com Xander Orenstein, a nonbinary housing organizer, announced today that they are launching their campaign against long-time incumbent Tony Ceoffe for district magistrate…
By Mary Niederberger Pittsburgh Current Education writer mary@pittsburghcurrent.com The Pittsburgh Public Schools board put a halt to an administrative proposal that would have closed schools and reassigned students over the…